Goof from the Brady Bunch (TV series, not the movie): During the episode when Greg is playing football and cracks his rib, he is wearing a different uniform and helmet than either of the two teams that are scrimmaging in the footage.
Posted by Mattropolis on :
Damages is a great tv show.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
The square of three is nine.
The triangle of three is seven.
Posted by Mattropolis on :
And another, by Leo Sewell.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
Sometimes I consider what other jobs I'd want in this world and one of them is a Volcanologist.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
The parade grounds of Fort Warren on Georges Island in Boston Harbor. Fort Warren was built during the Civil War.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
Cool! I love that sort of thing. Boston is such an awesome city to visit because there is a never ending series of historical landmarks to visit.
Posted by Dev Em on :
Okay, this is gonna take a few minutes...
Flash back a bout 9 years ago...give or take. Little Han Em was just a wee baby, and daddy was getting the hang of the whole bath thing. I'd go in and help out whenever possible, and Jen Em grately appreciated it. I'd usually finish washing her up and dry her off so mom could go change into dry clothes.
Now on one happy occasion, Jen Em said "You can do the whole bath yourself tonight." To which I responded "no problem."
So I got the water ready...not to hot, not to cold. got everything in arms reach, which could mean clear across the bathroom for me, but you get the idea. Got her in the little infant tub, rinsed her off and started getting soap on the washcloth.
My wife looks at me and says "you've got to wash her hair first." Then proceeds to watch my face drain of color. I turn and say "what do I do?"
She looks at me and after about ten seconds realizes that I have not washed hair of any kind...ever. I lost me hair when I was three years old (Alopecia Areata) , and do not really ever remember washing my own hair...if I indeed ever did.
After we both stopped laughing. She walked me through the process. It may seem simple a simple thing for most people...but then again, sticking a needle in my arm 5 times a day is a simple no brainer, second nature thing for me (Diabetic Type I).
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
Great story, Dev! That's a great example of those things in our lives that are so second nature to us that we forget other people have no idea about (or have forgotten).
Posted by Stealth on :
Two of the songs karaoked last night, Def Leppard's "Rock of Ages" and the Corrs' "Breathless", were both produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange, 17 years apart!
Posted by Set on :
Yes, you are exactly like the wind* beneath my wings**.
And by wind, I mean chair.
And by wings, I mean ass.
Posted by Stealth on :
Better than being exactly like the toilet bowl.
Posted by dedman on :
I just spent an hour fixing my internet connection. It seems better now
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
I just checked out that December 21, 2012--the day some people claim may be Earth's last--is on a Friday. Wow, there are going to be some rocking good parties that night!!!
Best part: if the world ends, no hangovers!
Posted by Stealth on :
quote:Originally posted by Cobalt Kid: I just checked out that December 21, 2012--the day some people claim may be Earth's last--is on a Friday. Wow, there are going to be some rocking good parties that night!!!
Best part: if the world ends, no hangovers!
Now I've got Prince's "1999" as an earworm.
Posted by dedman on :
The average human emits approximately 95 watts of energy as heat in the form of infrared light. A standard 100 watt incandescent light bulb emits only about 5% of its energy as visible light, the rest is given off as heat in the form of infrared light. This means the average human produces the same amount of heat as a 100 watt light bulb.
Posted by Stealth on :
That explains Uncle Fester.
Posted by Exnihil on :
There is something really pointy inside my shirt (right by the crook of my left elbow) that keeps poking me about every five minutes, but every time I try to find what it is, there's nothing evident. It's driving me just crazy enough to complain about it, but not quite crazy enough to change my shirt.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
It's Vi
Posted by Dev Em on :
It's Adam Cray.
You know, this could be turned into it's own thread..."What's inside Exnihils' shirt?"
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
A radically misplaced third nipple?
Posted by Stealth on :
A gremlin?
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
The square of four is sixteen.
The triangle of four is ten.
Posted by dedman on :
There are more insects in one square mile of rural land than there are human beings in the world.
Posted by cleome on :
I don't wear a wedding ring. Never have.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
An 1889 trial against cadres of the Belgian Republican Socialist Party revealed that most leaders of the party were agent provocateurs paid by the government?
Posted by cleome on :
2001's "Hit 'Em Up Style" turns from R&B to Bluegrass, thanks to The Carolina Chocolate Drops.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
There's a picture of my wife and I when we were 18 and 19 and went to a semi-formal in college framed in my living room. We look so young! (Even though its only from 9-10 years ago). It's my favorite picture of us.
Posted by Dev Em on :
quote:Originally posted by Cobalt Kid: There's a picture of my wife and I when we were 18 and 19 and went to a semi-formal in college framed in my living room. We look so young! (Even though its only from 9-10 years ago). It's my favorite picture of us.
Just wait till you hit 40 and look back...
Posted by Mattropolis on :
Pepsi Throwback is yummy!
Posted by Officer Taylor on :
quote:Originally posted by Dev Em:
quote:Originally posted by Cobalt Kid: There's a picture of my wife and I when we were 18 and 19 and went to a semi-formal in college framed in my living room. We look so young! (Even though its only from 9-10 years ago). It's my favorite picture of us.
Just wait till you hit 40 and look back...
Aw gawd...my youth..... Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
I'm just posting here because Officer Taylor did!
Posted by Officer Taylor on :
quote:Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester: I'm just posting here because Officer Taylor did!
What better reason to post? Posted by Dev Em on :
quote:Originally posted by Officer Taylor:
quote:Originally posted by Dev Em:
quote:Originally posted by Cobalt Kid: There's a picture of my wife and I when we were 18 and 19 and went to a semi-formal in college framed in my living room. We look so young! (Even though its only from 9-10 years ago). It's my favorite picture of us.
Just wait till you hit 40 and look back...
Aw gawd...my youth.....
I have under 48 hours till I hit 40.
Posted by Dev Em on :
quote:Originally posted by Officer Taylor:
quote:Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester: I'm just posting here because Officer Taylor did!
What better reason to post?
There is none.
Posted by Officer Taylor on :
quote:Originally posted by Dev Em:
quote:Originally posted by Officer Taylor:
quote:Originally posted by Dev Em:
quote:Originally posted by Cobalt Kid: There's a picture of my wife and I when we were 18 and 19 and went to a semi-formal in college framed in my living room. We look so young! (Even though its only from 9-10 years ago). It's my favorite picture of us.
Just wait till you hit 40 and look back...
Aw gawd...my youth.....
I have under 48 hours till I hit 40.
It's, er, not...so bad...
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
40? What's that like?
I SAID WHAT'S THAT LIKE?!!
I told you guys to take your medicine...
Posted by Dev Em on :
WHA?
Damn kids and their racket...
Posted by dedman on :
the tongue consists of sixteen muscles, not one.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
I heard a great song on the radio today I haven't heard in awhile: "Time Won't Let Me" by the Outsiders.
This should be a Legion song for Brainy or the Time Trapper or something.*
*note - if anyone steals this idea, I expect full plotting credit! Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
John Quincy Adams, when he was president, would skinny dip in the Potomac river.
Posted by Dev Em on :
My son decided to lock himself in his room. He now has a door with no handle on it, as I had to destroy the thing to get it off.
He laughed the entire time.
Posted by kidflash2fan on :
it takes me like a month to get used to daylight savings time...
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
I rode in the back of a cop car and ID'd a guy who tried to break into my house.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
^That happened to me too, when I was 12 years old!
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
Yeah, only this time I had to help them FIND the perp.
Posted by Set on :
I got to slide down one of those inflatable slide thingies once when a plane I was on had problems taxing to the boarding ramp. I was eight, and thought it was great fun.
All the grown-ups were still freaking out over the 'almost crash-landed' thing.
Wimps. I wanted to do it again.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
If you catch the perp, SK, you might be able to get a hotline that links up from your room to the Commissioner's office. In case other perps need to be caught!
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
Well they did catch him.
Posted by Dingleberry Damsel on :
If you think I'm being disgusting, you should try watching some of the kids shows on Disney Channel and Nickelodeon. Some of the gross-out humor on those shows makes even me sick.
Posted by Dev Em on :
I watch way to much of the shows DD mentions...thanks to my daughter.
Posted by Dingleberry Damsel on :
Does your daughter like Sonny With A Chance, Dev? That's my favorite, although the recent "Sicky Vicky" sketch was grosser than even I could bear.
Posted by Dev Em on :
She loves that show...loves Demi Lavato (sp?)
Suite life, hannah M., but the greatest of these is Phineas and Ferb!!!
Posted by Dingleberry Damsel on :
Demi Lovato is awesome. A girly-girl who also digs gross-out humor and heavy metal.
Posted by Dev Em on :
They seem to be finding a better mix of stuff lately.
Posted by Exnihil on :
I forgot today was a casual day at work and I'm the only dope wearing a shirt and tie. Curses!
Posted by dedman on :
Asphalt road surface is the most widely recycled material in the US, both by gross tonnage and by percentage. According to a report issued by the Federal Highway Administration and the United States Environmental Protection Agency, 80% of the asphalt from road surfaces' that is removed each year during widening and resurfacing projects is reused as part of new roads, roadbeds, shoulders and embankments.
Posted by Officer Taylor on :
I had a big-ass bumblebee sharing a ride with me to work! Glad it stayed on the back windshield!
Posted by Dev Em on :
Wooden swingsets are extremely heavy. And if you ever buy one, make sure you have the proper vehicle to take one home in. Best vehicle ever used for this...a hearse. It was the easiet thing to load.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
I have a little guys night out with my brother, one of my best friends and my college roomates tonight.
I need one...it's been months! (That whole pregnancy thing )
I'm pretty sure, its going to be wild.
Posted by dedman on :
Vanilla flowers may only be naturally pollinated by a specific bee found in Mexico. Vanilla grown elsewhere must have each flower individually pollinated by human workers.
Posted by Dingleberry Damsel on :
quote:Originally posted by Officer Taylor: I had a big-ass bumblebee sharing a ride with me to work! Glad it stayed on the back windshield!
Did it speak with the voice of Dan Gilvezan?
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
The word inane is derived from the latin "inanis", which looks enough like "in anus" to make me giggle.
Posted by Dev Em on :
quote:Originally posted by Cobalt Kid: I have a little guys night out with my brother, one of my best friends and my college roomates tonight.
I need one...it's been months! (That whole pregnancy thing )
I'm pretty sure, its going to be wild.
OH MY GOD!!!
COBIES PREGNANT!!!!
Posted by cleome on :
When I fall asleep after donating blood at the Red Cross, my dreams are almost always nastily realistic. This afternoon, it was the earthquake dream.
I HATE THE EARTHQUAKE DREAM!!
[ April 03, 2010, 09:54 PM: Message edited by: cleome ]
Posted by dedman on :
quote:Originally posted by Dev Em:
quote:Originally posted by Cobalt Kid: I have a little guys night out with my brother, one of my best friends and my college roomates tonight.
I need one...it's been months! (That whole pregnancy thing )
I'm pretty sure, its going to be wild.
OH MY GOD!!!
COBIES PREGNANT!!!!
We only got one LWer with a sheepish name.... Ram Boy is the Father!!!!
Posted by Dev Em on :
Posted by cleome on :
That's a hell of a scandal to erupt after barely two weeks in office...
Posted by dedman on :
Hey thats longer than normal for a scandal
Posted by cleome on :
I was hoping we could start with something involving parking meters and work our way up. Posted by dedman on :
what if it was a threeway with meter-maid?
Posted by cleome on :
Just make sure the "art" is behind a cut. It looks like I may have internet access at work, such as it is-- and you know where THAT leads.
Posted by Ram Boy on :
quote:Originally posted by dedman: We only got one LWer with a sheepish name.... Ram Boy is the Father!!!![/QB]
Hey, the batter isn't THAT potent!
Besides, Cobie doesn't strike me as the kind of guy who'd be drinking this far along in his pregnancy.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Today being Easter, we had a lot of visitors in church this morning. A woman who did not know two of my fellow choristers saw them after the service in their vestments and asked "Are you two father and son?". She asked this of two gay men, less than ten years apart in age. One of them, who is one of the wittiest people I know replied "More like sisters!"
Posted by Raging Bull on :
quote:Originally posted by Rockhopper Lad: Today being Easter, we had a lot of visitors in church this morning. A woman who did not know two of my fellow choristers saw them after the service in their vestments and asked "Are you two father and son?". She asked this of two gay men, less than ten years apart in age. One of them, who is one of the wittiest people I know replied "More like sisters!"
What was the woman's response?
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
quote:Originally posted by Raging Bull:
quote:Originally posted by Rockhopper Lad: Today being Easter, we had a lot of visitors in church this morning. A woman who did not know two of my fellow choristers saw them after the service in their vestments and asked "Are you two father and son?". She asked this of two gay men, less than ten years apart in age. One of them, who is one of the wittiest people I know replied "More like sisters!"
What was the woman's response?
Shock and awe. Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
I once got in trouble in high school for forging a teacher's signature on a hall pass (part of a pack I stole). I used to do things like that in high school a lot. Posted by kidflash2fan on :
i believe Conner Kent the gay love child of Super man and lex luthor. and i have spent hours convincing other of this fact
and i convert people to my way of thinking
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
I'm convinced already!
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
I'm already 95% convinced! I just need some more details! Posted by Dev Em on :
I'm not convinced...convince me.
Posted by Officer Taylor on :
Can't BE convinced, unless...<holds out hand for bribe>
Posted by kidflash2fan on :
before i make my point here, i will be making it clear Con/Kon is more love childish for lex then Sup's
okay get ready people cause here it comes ..
point 1) KON-el/ Conner is not a clone
if you have two sets of dna you have genetic parents.
clone to me is the copy dna from another making up one new person or a person with several peoples Dna making up one new person minunamum of 3.
organisms create descendants that have a combination of genetic material contributed from two different members of the species or genetically similar species . Each of two parent organisms contributes half of the offspring's genetic makeup. which is what lex did. he could only make half of a working superman so the half they couldn't he used his dna.
while KON-el/ Conner may have come into this through a tube. he still has dna that comes from two people just like you.
point 2) Both lex and clark separately treat Connor/kon their child
during the early days of Kon and clark. Clark treats Kon like a unwanted love child he fathered in is early teens that he put up for adoption and is back. Clark has his life going the way he wants and bam his kid who is sort of his responsibility shows up and wants to be apart of his life and clark wants nothing to do with this person.. it takes a long time for him to see this kid who he has some connection with needs him.
lex has actually called Kon his son and in the titan of tomorrow and conner wants what a lot of kids who have bad parents want Connor wants to have see this man who makes up half of him who is is a monster have one redeeming Quality. and who can not relate to parents trying to brainwash you against your will
Point 3) lex is gay for superman
you know it, im not saying super man is gay back and im not saying lex is gay in general.i'm not saying Lex drugged superman and had his way with him or any thing.. *is now mad at myself for putting that thought in my own head*
Lex might have some issues regarding superman he can't deal with in a normal way such as making a kid between them
i have more but im too tired to go into them and i dont have my visual ads
Posted by Dev Em on :
Very well done. I'm in.
Posted by Officer Taylor on :
Still waiting for my bribe...
Posted by Dev Em on :
Hands Lardy a couple Bakers dozen donut boxes.
The rest of the shipment will be rolling in soon.
Posted by dedman on :
You've convinced me
Posted by Officer Taylor on :
quote:Originally posted by Dev Em: Hands Lardy a couple Bakers dozen donut boxes.
The rest of the shipment will be rolling in soon.
Nom nom nom
Posted by dedman on :
My cats like to Nom Nom on my toes
Posted by Officer Taylor on :
quote:Originally posted by dedman: My cats like to Nom Nom on my toes
Your toes must smell really good to them! Of course that probably means they smell really bad for humans!
Posted by kidflash2fan on :
quote:Originally posted by Officer Taylor: Still waiting for my bribe...
i dont need to bribe for this its a fact
Posted by Officer Taylor on :
quote:Originally posted by kidflash2fan:
quote:Originally posted by Officer Taylor: Still waiting for my bribe...
i dont need to bribe for this its a fact
Well, just for fun, you could draw that request in the "Brainy/Kara Love" thread and we could call it a bribe! Posted by Dev Em on :
I once on a beautiful spring day, as a young lad...in the days that LP's were still readily available...got a sound effects album out of the library. I took an entire 8 hour day practicing. Over and over and over and over, until I got it 100% down to perfect timing of moving the needle to the proper tracks.
Once my father got home from work, and settled down into the television room (our third bedroom), I went and turned on the stereo, put the album on and proceeded to do the following...
A loud motorcycle roared by the house, a screeching sound of brakes filled the air followed by the sound of the poor rider crashing into a car down the street.
My father, God bless him, came running out of the third bedroom as fast as he could and ran to the front door flinging it open to look down the street.
Much to his amazement, the only thing that he saw and heard was the calm of our neighborhood street...until he heard me laughing hysterically behind him...quite literally rolling on the floor laughing my ass off.
As mad at me as he wanted to be, he had to admire that I had spent an wntire day to "get him" that good. To this day, I just have to mention it, and he starts laughing.
Posted by cleome on :
quote:Originally posted by kidflash2fan: i believe Conner Kent the gay love child of Superman and Lex Luthor. and i have spent hours convincing other of this fact
and i convert people to my way of thinking
How much convincing could that take? I never liked Mpreg stories, personally, but isn't Conner as close as canon gets to Mpreg anyway?
Posted by kidflash2fan on :
you's be surprised how many people hold on to the LeX isn't gay..
have you seen that episode of south park when Cartman is leaning over Kyle and breathing and talking it gets really creepy, really fast? thats how i see lex with Superman.
Posted by cleome on :
I don't know if Lex is gay, either. I have a love-hate relationship with the whole foe-yay thing (as defined by tv tropes), but that's a complex discussion that belongs elsewhere.
But the Cartman-Kyle parallel is hilarious, and somebody needs to dub a JLA/JLU snippet with some SP dialogue immediately!!-- if they haven't already.
Posted by kidflash2fan on :
it ridiculous how much of my day is dedicated to thoughts like that
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
My office has a postage meter and I use it on all my mail, including my bills.
Posted by Dev Em on :
Our fish passed away last night, and Jon has told us about 200 times in the 3 hours he has been awake.
Posted by Officer Taylor on :
Cool youtube music video for Hall and Oates' "You Make My Dreams Come True" produced by high school students. Lip-synch is pretty bad, but the 'special effects' are nice.
Posted by kidflash2fan on :
i secretly wish i was a ninja turtle
Posted by kidflash2fan on :
sometimes i feel like i kill threads when i post on them
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
quote:Originally posted by kidflash2fan: sometimes i feel like i kill threads when i post on them
quote:Originally posted by kidflash2fan: sometimes i feel like i kill threads when i post on them
There are a plethora of threads in Gym'lls I've started where I never even got one pity post reply!
(But seriously, I don't think you kill any threads at all!)
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
quote:Originally posted by kidflash2fan: sometimes i feel like i kill threads when i post on them
happens to us all at one point or another. I've unintentionally killed a few in my time, too.
Posted by Officer Taylor on :
What's worse is when you pour your heart and soul into a post and begin to look forward to the thought-provoking responses....that never come! ARGGHH!
Happens too many times....
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
^All I've got to say is "Thank Levitz that Lardy is here" because then I'd have like 12 threads no one was replying to Posted by dedman on :
Got my prize from last season of 1 vs 100 on Xbox Live.
Posted by Mattropolis on :
quote:Originally posted by Officer Taylor: What's worse is when you pour your heart and soul into a post and begin to look forward to the thought-provoking responses....that never come! ARGGHH!
Happens too many times....
Yeah Im the King of this...
Posted by Dev Em on :
quote:Originally posted by Kent Shakespeare:
quote:Originally posted by kidflash2fan: sometimes i feel like i kill threads when i post on them
happens to us all at one point or another. I've unintentionally killed a few in my time, too.
Felt this way on way too many occasion.
Posted by Dev Em on :
quote:Originally posted by Cobalt Kid: ^All I've got to say is "Thank Levitz that Lardy is here" because then I'd have like 12 threads no one was replying to
More like 1200... Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
Sometimes I'll read a post of mine from like 6 years ago and realize I no longer agree with myself. I think next time I might actually start an arguement with myself.
Then I'll wait 6 more years and see what that Cobalt Kid has to say about the topic.
Posted by Dev Em on :
Call out the Dr's. Cobie is referring to himself in the third person.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
For the record, including an Elvis song title in every post is harder than one might expect.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
You'll have to start using Elvis movies! (I meant to tell you that last night )
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Traveling due south from Detroit Michigan and the first foreign country you would encounter is Canada.
Posted by Dev Em on :
I've done that numerous times.
It's odd, because of this fact, I've never really considered Canada a foriegn country. Odd, I know...but most of my life, Canada was closer than some shopping malls.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
...and if you keep going due south (not just from Detroit, but also from almost any place in the eastern US), you'll eventually hit the Pacific Ocean, down around Chile.
(obviously you will from the western US, too. But like the Detroit/Canada bit, the eastern US does not intuitively seem north of the Pacific)
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
The Canadian Consulate in Detroit, in the Renaissance Center, has a view of Windsor, Ontario, enabling the Consul to see his own country from his office.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
Tonight I'm going out for a second Friday in a row! That hasn't happened since pre-pregnancy.
It's one of my best friend's bachelor parties (we call them "stags" up here) and I'm in the wedding party, so I'm helping throw it. It should be a blast! The way we do it in the Northeast, as I believe I told LW when I had my own two summers ago, is we basically set it up as a fundraiser: everyone buys a ticket for like $30 and then its all you can eat, all you can drink, great music and any entertainment provided. There is also a raffle with usually the coolest prizes (my contributions: a bottle of 12 year McCallan Scotch, a pair of boxing gloves and a soccer ball), and raffle tickets are $10 for 10 tickets. There is usually a 50/50 raffle as well for $5 a ticket. The alcohol is usually a few kegs but when we did mine, we did an open bar for the older crowd. “Entertainment” can consist of several things, and almost always has some gambling and sometimes “adult entertainment”—tonight will actually not have the latter (which doesn’t really change how much fun its going to be).
Usually you make a killing and it all goes to the bride and groom for their honeymoon. Mine was rather exceptional so we had actually 160 people (100 people is a really good one). We did all kinds of things at mine that were really cool: I got a box of good cigars where everyone can just take one when they enter, we had a poker game going on at one table, the prizes included several excellent pairs of Yankee tickets I got through work, etc. I’m throwing my brother’s in July so I can’t wait for that either.
So this should be a blast.
Posted by cleome on :
Today I'm going to a memorial service. I got up early just so I could remove all the pet hair from my dark clothing when I got dressed. Still, the departed loved his pets, so maybe leaving the hair on would've been a better tribute.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
I find it bizarre that there's like 8 billion movies about the Alamo, but I can't seem to find a single movie about the Boston Massacre.
Posted by Dev Em on :
Got called into work today. Bike sales galore.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
As I write this, LW has exactly 16,000 topics.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
I find the Office to be a hilarious show that grows on you over time (but you have to let it grow on you and can't dismiss it right away). And its on basically all the time through syndication.
Posted by cleome on :
The cat got himself locked in the wardrobe earlier today, but he went to sleep and didn't wake up for dinner. It took us about ten minutes of searching to find him.
Posted by Mattropolis on :
I ate chicken today.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
John Cleese spent $5,100 to take a cab from Oslo to Brussels, because the volcano nixed his flight.
Posted by cleome on :
I'm too wishy-washy to vote in the cover face-offs.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
I sometimes get the meanings of the abbreviations "IED" and "IUD" mixed up. Which is often hilarious...
Posted by cleome on :
"This bread I break was once the oat, This wine upon a foreign tree Plunged in its fruit; Man in the day or wind at night Laid the crops low, broke the grape's joy."
-- Dylan Thomas (1914-1953) Posted by Mattropolis on :
White Chocolate is my weakness...
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Valerie Bertinelli finished the Boston Marathon on Monday, four days before her 50th birthday. Along with her trainer Christopher Ross Lane, the actress ran to raise funds and awareness for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Just finishing the marathon was Bertinelli's goal since losing weight with Jenny Craig, for which she is a spokesperson.
She finished, running the whole way, in 5 hours and 14 minutes.
Posted by dedman on :
I had a close call at work the other night. We were draining a vessel and suddenly all our H2S detectors started going crazy, so we all ran out of the danger zone. When we got out our detectors were reading 75 parts per million. We are no allowed to work in anything over 10 and 100 or higher is considered imediately dangerous to life and health.
So the four of us got all packed up with canned air and went and finished the job.
Posted by Officer Taylor on :
The temperature "danger zone" for food serving is between 41 and 135 degress Fahrenheit.
Posted by Fanfic Lass on :
Hard-rockers Rainbow and soft-rocker Kenny Loggins both recorded songs titled "Danger Zone."
Posted by cleome on :
I have that damn Fastball "Fire Escape" song stuck in my head. The spouse... will PAY!
Posted by Fanfic Lass on :
The singer from Fastball had an overbite that made him look creepy.
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
The Outfield was another band with a sports name and a creepy singer.
Posted by Fanfic Lass on :
"Out, damned spot!" is a famous line from Macbeth.
Posted by MLLASH on :
My Granny made chili-mac today and I loved it.
Posted by Fanfic Lass on :
I have no idea where the MST3K people got "Chili Peppers burn my gut" from, but it always made me laugh.
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
"Billy Mack is a detective down in Texas" is a line from the Steve Miller Band's "Take the Money and Run."
Posted by Mattropolis on :
Im hungry for chili now
Posted by Fanfic Lass on :
The handclaps in "Take the Money and Run" always conjure up images of stoners with bad 70s clothes and hair clapping like trained seals.
And towards the end of the song, when Steve Miller tries to do those "bluesy" growls, he sounds like he's constipated.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
My girlfriend in High School and I used to hook-up to Steve Miller's greatest hits CD in the background. (She was the only g/f I ever had for more than 2 months--I got around )
Posted by Crymsun on :
I'm wearing a t-shirt that says "Don't Label Me!"
Posted by Dev Em on :
I did not get into my program at school. I am 101 people away from getting into another program.
Life continually seems to have it in for me at this point. Every time I try to go in any direction...I get waylaid by something...
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
Hang in there Dev! That sucks--but hopefully it will all work out!
Posted by Dev Em on :
Now I'm wait listed for the one class that I'd need to take to get into the program in the fall. wheeeeeee...
Posted by Crymsun on :
I get Jason Mraz songs stuck in my head.
Posted by Mattropolis on :
I'm naked underneath my clothes
Posted by Dev Em on :
quote:Originally posted by Dev Em: Now I'm wait listed for the one class that I'd need to take to get into the program in the fall. wheeeeeee...
Got into this class. One hurdle down...few hundred more to go.
Posted by dedman on :
Congrats Dev!
Posted by Set on :
I played Zachary Zatara in a M&M game, and it was great fun to improvise the backwards-speak spells.
Zatara "Snug ot gniddup!" Kid Devil "Guns to pudding, really?" Zatara "I skipped lunch. Shut up."
Zatara "Serblam, uh, screw it! Htolc ot leets!" <speedsters clothes turn hard like steel, he tumbles out of control> Kid Devil "Was 'screw it' part of spell?" Zatara "You try saying 'marbles everywhere' while being punched in the face!"
Zatara "Roodpart raeppa!" <trapdoor appears, crooks falls into it> Zatara "Roodpart hsinav!" <to teammate> "Heh, that's my favorite part." <trapdoor vanishes, leaving a smooth floor> Duela "Where does he go?" Zatara "I dunno. Downstairs?" Duela "We're on a submarine..." <pause> Zatara "Oh. Sucks to be him, I guess."
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
According to The Guinness Book of World Records, "The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick." is the toughest tongue twister in the world.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
quote:Originally posted by Mattropolis: I'm naked underneath my clothes
Why does that sound so much sexier when Matt says it?
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
"Psychokinesis" and "telekinesis" mean more or less the same thing, but "psychopath" and "telepath" are quite different.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
I haven't been to the gym since Thursday and I actually feel pretty guilty about it. Tomorrow when I go I'll feel really good. Posted by cleome on :
Scoring free stuff on craigslist makes me happy, especially when I don't have to go out to the boonies to get it.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
If my great-grandmother (who died when I was about seven) were still alive, she would be the ninth-oldest person on Earth.
Posted by cleome on :
I went to a small office party w/mr_cleome yesterday. At one point, there were six of us Geminis clustered together in one corner of the room, throwing the balance of the universe entirely out of whack.
Posted by Mattropolis on :
I am also a Gemini, but I wasn't there...
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
quote:Originally posted by cleome: I went to a small office party w/mr_cleome yesterday. At one point, there were six of us Geminis clustered together in one corner of the room, throwing the balance of the universe entirely out of whack.
So that explains global warming.
Posted by Fat Cramer on :
I think I'll look for five other Leos to see what havoc we can cause.
Posted by cleome on :
They sell something at work called a "Shoelace-Style" Headband. I suppose at some point there'll be "Headband-Style" Shoelace as well, right?
Posted by Mattropolis on :
I'm kind of enjoying night shift
Posted by Exnihil on :
In a little over a month, my passport will have stamps from four different countries beginning with the letter, "I".
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Today is Independence Day in Paraguay.
Posted by SharkLad on :
My legally blind neighbor likes to drive at night ...
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
NBC canceled Heroes finally. And honestly, the show has sucked since Season 2 began so I can't say I'm too upset about it.
It had basically become everything bad in the comic book industry. I have friends who don't read comics that were expressing their frustrations (for example, all the characters ever do is move around without doing anything), and I was like 'yeah, welcome to the world of a comic book reader'.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
I watch so little TV nowadays I didn't even know Heroes was still on.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I watch so little TV, I've never even seen Heroes.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
I watch them on DVD as a full season. The show is frustrating enough that I think I'd shoot myself if I had to watch it weekly.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I have used "Wessonality" as a noun in a game of Mad Libs.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
There was a farmer who had a dog, And Bingo was his name-O. B-I-N-G-O! B-I-N-G-O! B-I-N-G-O! And Bingo was his name-O!
There was a farmer who had a dog, And Bingo was his name-O. (Clap)-I-N-G-O! (Clap)-I-N-G-O! (Clap)-I-N-G-O! And Bingo was his name-O!
There was a farmer who had a dog, And Bingo was his name-O! (Clap, Clap)-N-G-O! (Clap, Clap)-N-G-O! (Clap, Clap)-N-G-O! And Bingo was his name-O!
There was a farmer who had a dog, And Bingo was his name-O. (Clap, Clap, Clap)-G-O! (Clap, Clap, Clap)-G-O! (Clap, Clap, Clap)-G-O! And Bingo was his name-O!
There was a farmer who had a dog, And Bingo was his name-O. (Clap, Clap, Clap, clap)-O! (Clap, Clap, Clap, clap)-O! (Clap, Clap, Clap, clap)-O! And Bingo was his name-O!
There was a farmer who had a dog, And Bingo was his name-O. (Clap, Clap, Clap, Clap, Clap) (Clap, Clap, Clap, Clap, Clap) (Clap, Clap, Clap, Clap, Clap) And Bingo was his name-O! Posted by kidflash2fan on :
while i have a general hate for clones, especially how it was used in XXX hoilc( <--the one of two manga's i still keep up with,which stopped read for a while cause..i really. really hate clones,) last night i had a moment of let me see whats going on with the story now.
i was pleasantly surprised how much like where they went with the story while, i have come to know the creations of clamp to have a some big plot points that is pretty guessable. i was spot on with what did to the main hero of the story.
last night while reading the Manga i was reminded of something i have known for a while, that i am a sucker for a happy but still sad moments. i hate the black and white choices books, tv, movie have all seam to an over abundance of them. the world is doesn't work like that there is so much gray in the world. sometimes you can be happy and sad at the same time, one of the best example is from Casablanca Rick was saying goodbye to Ilsa, its both the happiest moment between them and also the saddest
i just wish there was more media like that
Posted by Dev Em on :
life sucks.
Posted by Kent on :
one bright day in the middle of the night two dead boys began to fight back to back they faced each other drew their swords and shot each other a deaf policeman heard the noise and came and killed the two dead boys if you don't believe this tale is true just ask the blind man; he saw it too.
[ May 19, 2010, 09:59 AM: Message edited by: Kent ]
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
I really wish I could hear the name "Sestak" without picturing the "Sleestak".
Posted by Kent on :
heh. well, Washington is the land of the lost.
Posted by Raging Bull on :
quote:Originally posted by Kent: one bright day in the middle of the night two dead boys began to fight back to back they faced each other drew their word and shot each other a deaf policeman heard the noise and came and killed the two dead boys if you don't believe this tale is true just ask the blind man; he saw it too.
That sounds like a synopsis of next year's Blackest Night/Brightest Day follow-up.
Posted by Candle on :
quote:Originally posted by Fanfic Lass: Hard-rockers Rainbow and soft-rocker Kenny Loggins both recorded songs titled "Danger Zone."
'Danger Zone' is the name of my comic book shop!
Posted by Candle on :
quote:Originally posted by Officer Taylor: What's worse is when you pour your heart and soul into a post and begin to look forward to the thought-provoking responses....that never come! ARGGHH!
Happens too many times....
I feel that way sometimes on Bits . . .. I pour my heart into creating or sharing different art stuff and almost nobody responds or joins in or anything. sigh
It's were you have to be self motivated and do it for the art's/Legion's sake.
I'd even take criticing or suggestions or ANYTHING.
Posted by Kent on :
quote:Originally posted by Raging Bull:
quote:Originally posted by Kent: one bright day in the middle of the night two dead boys began to fight back to back they faced each other drew their word and shot each other a deaf policeman heard the noise and came and killed the two dead boys if you don't believe this tale is true just ask the blind man; he saw it too.
That sounds like a synopsis of next year's Blackest Night/Brightest Day follow-up.
oops! typo 'word' should be 'swords'
Posted by Kent on :
quote:Originally posted by Candle:
quote:Originally posted by Officer Taylor: What's worse is when you pour your heart and soul into a post and begin to look forward to the thought-provoking responses....that never come! ARGGHH!
Happens too many times....
I feel that way sometimes on Bits . . .. I pour my heart into creating or sharing different art stuff and almost nobody responds or joins in or anything. sigh
It's were you have to be self motivated and do it for the art's/Legion's sake.
I'd even take criticing or suggestions or ANYTHING.
very true, in the early days of Legion of Camelot, I was spoiled with so many comments. Now very few.
I'm guilty myself. I appreciate efforts of others (like you), but often have very little to say.
Posted by Candle on :
Kent? Are you Kent SHAKESPEARE?
What happened to my gorgeous crush guy?!!
My role play character followed you to keep you safe, for goodness sake! hahahahahahah
Posted by cleome on :
Yeah, I'm kinda' in the "nothing interesting to say" category as well, Candle.
Don't take it personally. Sometimes I get hits for my fics when they're posted but no comments. It really does have to be something you do for yourself first, and everyone else second.
Posted by cleome on :
Back to randomness:
I'm wearing socks with cat paw prints on them right now.
Posted by Kent on :
quote:Originally posted by Candle: Kent? Are you Kent SHAKESPEARE?
What happened to my gorgeous crush guy?!!
My role play character followed you to keep you safe, for goodness sake! hahahahahahah
It's still me, just playing with avatars again. The big blond afro doesn't do it for you, then?
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
Some ideas, no matter how bad, can end in better ways then anyone expected if given the proper treatment. Like Tyroc.
And some ideas should never even be put down on paper in the first place. Like Rise of Arsenal.
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
It doesn't matter what we do, this is all a hallucination inside the mind of a schizophrenic nun in Argentina.
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
quote:Originally posted by Sarcasm Kid: It doesn't matter what we do, this is all a hallucination inside the mind of a schizophrenic nun in Argentina.
Well, at least it's inside the mind of a servant of God, so it's cool.
Posted by Candle on :
I agree cleome, thanks.
Gads, Kent, I think it's more the dress with the hairy chest than the blonde afro!
I taught about the Fruit of the Holy Spirit at my church on Wednesday.
Posted by Fanfic Lass on :
quote:Originally posted by Candle:
quote:Originally posted by Fanfic Lass: Hard-rockers Rainbow and soft-rocker Kenny Loggins both recorded songs titled "Danger Zone."
'Danger Zone' is the name of my comic book shop!
That's a way cool name for a comics shop!
Posted by Kent on :
as long as Cyndi Lauper doesn't mess with it.
Posted by Fanfic Lass on :
Awwww, Cyndi's first album was good.
And "Change of Heart", from the second album, is a GREAT song with exquisite backup harmonies by the Bangles.
Posted by ActorLad on :
There's nothing I've wanted more (at least in recent memory) then to win a role on Glee.
Posted by Kent on :
quote:Originally posted by Fanfic Lass:
Awwww, Cyndi's first album was good.
And "Change of Heart", from the second album, is a GREAT song with exquisite backup harmonies by the Bangles.
not disputing; I love early Cyndi.
It sounds like you took my lyrics ref as a dis of her?
Posted by Fanfic Lass on :
quote:Originally posted by Kent:
quote:Originally posted by Fanfic Lass:
Awwww, Cyndi's first album was good.
And "Change of Heart", from the second album, is a GREAT song with exquisite backup harmonies by the Bangles.
not disputing; I love early Cyndi.
It sounds like you took my lyrics ref as a dis of her?
I did. Thanks for clarifying.
What song where you referencing?
Posted by Kent on :
They say I better get a chaperone Because I can't stop messin' with the danger zone No, I won't worry, and I won't fret Ain't no law against it yet Oop! she bop, she bop. Posted by Kent on :
and by making a masturbation reference, it fits the MMB character entirely!
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
I bop, you bop, and they bop.
She bop, be bop, baloo bop.
I.
Hope.
He will.
Understand.
Posted by Fanfic Lass on :
Whoops.
I'm generally terrible at remembering lyrics.
Posted by Candle on :
ummmm Over my head, I guess.
And you changed your avatar, Kent! You really made me laugh with that. Took me by surprise. Silly man.
I got a bill for $446 today for lab work. Posted by Fanfic Lass on :
Sorry to hear that, Shady. Posted by Mattropolis on :
I did something I have never done before. I cooked a steak!
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
Cheer up. It could've been for four hundred and forty SEVEN dollars!
Posted by Kent on :
sorry to hear that, Shady. hope it contributes towards something positive.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I start every morning drinking a chocolate whey shake with flax seed mixed in.
Posted by Fanfic Lass on :
Actor Dick Gautier is best known for playing robots: Hymie in "Get Smart" and the voice of Rodimus Prime/Hot Rod in "Transformers."
Posted by cleome on :
I got a free bag of frozen marionberries from the co-op a month or so back. I'm making them into compote later on today. Oh, and I'm also fixing pound cake, since there's nothing sadder and lonelier than compote sitting home alone on a Saturday night.
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
My brother ever touches my comics again I'm gonna slit his throat while he's in the shower.
Or, I dunno, put de-lousing powder in his underwear I'm cool with whatever.
Posted by Candle on :
ummmmm, Marionberry compote and pound cake sigh
I'm waiting for a medical card. Then, 'stuff' will be more reasonable, I hope.
I made oatmeal/raisin cookies the other day and my husband gobbled them up in 3 days! (I got a few.) Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
Trying to type up an impressive rant for May 30.
Posted by Set on :
quote:Originally posted by Candle: I made oatmeal/raisin cookies the other day and my husband gobbled them up in 3 days!
I generally loathe baked goods (to the consternation of my bread-fanatic mom), but oatmeal raisin cookies are my kryptonite!
Them and peanut butter cookies.
Note: two greats tastes that *do not* taste together. I tried mixing the recipes once, with the unrealistic notion that if I loved them both, then I'd love them both mixed together. Yuk.
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
Paul Dini, who I voted for in SK's poll, wrote one of the best Transformers Season 3 episodes, "The Dweller in the Depths."
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
The Yellow Mask = Pretty awesome Superman villain.
Not as cool as the Spider Lady, but awesome nonetheless.
Posted by Fanfic Lass on :
M.A.S.K. was a so-so action adventure cartoon from the 80s, produced by DiC, who also did Inspector Gadget and The Real Ghostbusters, and whose business practices destroyed the syndicated animation market.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
I remember really liking M.A.S.K. for awhile when I was a kid, but watching a few episodes recently on Youtube proved rather disappointing.
I've got a couple the toys somewhere, however.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
The Dr. Fate sequence in the back-up story in DCU: Legacies #1 comes from a genuine Golden Age tale and was originally published in More Fun Comics #63.
Posted by Fanfic Lass on :
Walt Simonson did not enjoy working on First Issue Special: Dr. Fate in the 70s, even though he produced one of the most imaginative visualizations of Dr. Fate ever!
Posted by Dev Em on :
quote:Originally posted by Fanfic Lass: Paul Dini, who I voted for in SK's poll, wrote one of the best Transformers Season 3 episodes, "The Dweller in the Depths."
This does not surprise me a bit darlin. The man is a great writer.
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
Damn straight.
God I need a hug after reading RoA. Or a shot in the head.
Posted by Fanfic Lass on :
quote:Originally posted by Dev Em:
quote:Originally posted by Fanfic Lass: Paul Dini, who I voted for in SK's poll, wrote one of the best Transformers Season 3 episodes, "The Dweller in the Depths."
This does not surprise me a bit darlin. The man is a great writer.
And he's a straight-talker. Not many of those in the biz.
Posted by cleome on :
There's a thunderstorm a'brewin' outside at the moment.
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
Tonight, a Hurricane.
Posted by mechana on :
My roommate is blasting music and driving me crazy!
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Is the music any good at least?
Posted by mechana on :
Well, it's not as morose and whiny as usual, but no music is very good when when you don't want to hear it! I have my door closed and the TV on, so all I'm getting is the thump thump thump.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
You're sure that's music?
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
I'm afraid of the future.
Posted by Candle on :
That's a natural state for most of mankind, SK!
The sperm whale can dive to 10,000 feet.
Posted by Candle on :
quote:Originally posted by Sarcasm Kid: God I need a hug after reading RoA. Or a shot in the head.
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
Thanx.
That "afraid of the future" comment was a joke, BTW.
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
My brother's a queen. The Queen of Hearts, actually.
Posted by cleome on :
In Australia, root beer is known as sarsaparilla.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
I think in Australia, not getting eaten by a Great White Shark is called a 'good swim'.
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
I fell into a hole and tried to help up this old man I landed on top of. He was out cold. I dragged him out of the hole.
Then I realized "How did I wind up at the cemetery?"
Posted by Kent on :
We're doomed.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Bud Colyer's natural speaking voice is closer to Superman than to Clark Kent.
Posted by Candle on :
The Hindu's say that when you go to have the required spiritual wash in the Ghanges River, that if you don't come out, you go straight to Nirvana, with no more reincarnations.
So, if a Bull Shark or a Sea Croc or naybe a stray Great White get you, it's considered a good 'bath'.
Posted by Candle on :
Spiders have 'book lungs' which a fairly inefficient, which is why they don't more a terrible amount most of the time, although they have that blinding speed when they need it.
Their lung capacity is why they can't grow, body wise, much bigger than a man's hand. So, 'Ice Spiders' wouldn't really work, or any of the giant spider movies.
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
Sorry you guys. I hope I didn't go too far with that DC Roast thing. But I do hope the Titans roast thing was funny.
Posted by cleome on :
The dog breed known as the Labrador Retriever originated on the island of Newfoundland, not the island of Labrador.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
I am not particularly looking forward to the upcoming John Carter of Mars film.
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
Back on.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
quote:Originally posted by Outdoor Miner: I am not particularly looking forward to the upcoming John Carter of Mars film.
Have you seen the previews for Jonah Hex? This looks like it could be the absolute worst comic book movie EVER. Including Catwoman and Batman & Robin.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
I have not seen the Jonah Hex previews.
But I tend to avoid anything with Megan Fox in it as a matter of course.
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
I don't even know who Megan Fox is.
Posted by Kent on :
I only recently saw her pic, and read a blurb that she has been in at least one Transformer flick (which I have not seen).
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
She's really hot, make no mistake. But whether she can act is a different story.
She's totally milking her popularity among the 'geek' crowd. She's said she's a long time reader & fan of Gen13 and Witchblade. I don't know one way or another but you kinda want to call bullshit on that.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
She dated Brian Austin-Green, which doesn't exactly speak well of her!
Posted by Officer Taylor on :
quote:Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester: She dated Brian Austin-Green, which doesn't exactly speak well of her!
*tee-hee* His initials are BAG!
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
And I don't even know who HE is.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
Jonah Hex also has John Malkovich as the villain. Now *there* is an actor that knows how to chew up the scenery. Ever see "Con Air"? He makes Nic Cage look like Lawrence Olivier.
Posted by Officer Taylor on :
BAG was the geeky kid from the original 90210.
In all fairness, however, he was actually pretty good in the recent Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles TV series.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
When you see interviews with him though, you realize 'BAG' should be preceded by Douche.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
quote:Originally posted by Officer Taylor: BAG was the geeky kid from the original 90210.
Bah! I'm still mad at him for cheating on Donna all those years ago! Posted by Fat Cramer on :
The exclamation mark was introduced in the 15th century but wasn't included on typewriter keys until 1970!
Posted by Set on :
The average person's body inhales and absorbs one and a half pounds of shed skin cells from other people a year.
Yummy!
Posted by Fanfic Lass on :
quote:Originally posted by Cobalt Kid: Megan Fox is totally milking her popularity among the 'geek' crowd. She's said she's a long time reader & fan of Gen13 and Witchblade. I don't know one way or another but you kinda want to call bullshit on that.
I tend to believe her.
Most actresses, even the "glamorous" ones (correction, especially the "glamorous" ones) tend to be geeks and misfits in RL.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
Yeah, all accounts show she was a big misfit in High school and prior.
She seems likable enough in real life. She's certainly got a large portion of teenage geekdom eating out of the palm of her hand.
She's stunningly beautiful. I don't really have an opinion on her acting because I haven't really seen much with her in it.
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
I'm so out of touch with popular culture that every time I hear Megan Fox's name, I think of Samantha Fox.
[ May 31, 2010, 09:35 AM: Message edited by: He Who Wanders ]
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Colombia produces most of the world's emeralds.
Posted by Mattropolis on :
I slept for 13 hours
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
Wow, that's great Matt! Is the insomnia getting better now?
Posted by Mattropolis on :
LOL apparently
Hopefully the pattern will continue
[ May 31, 2010, 10:06 AM: Message edited by: Mattropolis ]
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
One of my pet names for Hyvvie is "Juice Box". I'm not sure why.
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
I just realized when Geoff Johns started the new Teen Titans book all he did was re-create, mostly, the Marv Wolfman/George Perez line-up, with the exception of Superboy.
Kind of cool, if only for the *very* young Jack Nicholson appearance.
Posted by Fanfic Lass on :
quote:Originally posted by cleome: It's STILL raining!
It's raining again Oh, oh It's raining again Oh, oh, oh, oh Come on you little fighter No need to get uptight-er Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
There are only five murders definitely linked to Jack the Ripper. There are another four that are thought to be possible Ripper victims. Jack the Ripper was never caught.
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
At least two films (a made-for-TV movie that aired in 1988 and From Hell) point the finger at Sir William Gull, the queen's royal physician as being Jack. Personally, I find the Royal Conspiracy Theory the most Hollywood-like and therefore least credible theory.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
quote:Originally posted by He Who Wanders: At least two films (a made-for-TV movie that aired in 1988 and From Hell) point the finger at Sir William Gull, the queen's royal physician as being Jack. Personally, I find the Royal Conspiracy Theory the most Hollywood-like and therefore least credible theory.
Just throw in H.G. Wells and a time machine, then. Oh, and a deerstalker.
Posted by cleome on :
Duplicate Damsel Hampyverse wise.
Posted by cleome on :
I have never been outside the continental U.S. Posted by Kent on :
quote:Originally posted by cleome: I have never been outside the continental U.S.
better than being stuck in the incontinental U.S.!
Posted by Zardi, the Eternal Man on :
Turkey sandwiches go exceptionally well with V-8.
Posted by Fat Cramer on :
I listened to an hour-long talk on the Higgs Boson particle and didn't understand a thing. But Holger Bech Nielsen seemed to be saying that the very fact of looking for the particle precludes finding it. I didn't understand how that works either, but like the idea.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
Stolen from Lashkins!
Posted by MLLASH on :
IIRC, I stole it from Kent! Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
Double-steal! I'm like Robin Hood!
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
I don't like shots.
On the occasions that I drink, I like to taste and savor what I'm drinking.
Posted by cleome on :
The weather right now is gorgeous, and I'd be out enjoying it if I weren't borderline comatose. Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
I'm throwing my brother's bachelor party at a Volunteer Firehouse in my hometown. I wrote them a check in April for it and they still haven't deposited it. At this point, I'm ready to burn the damn building to the ground because its so frustrating getting one of these guys to call me back.
That's what happens when you deal with a business that doesn't run things like a business. Posted by cleome on :
Sadly, not a paid endorsement Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
The anchors on sportscener are super-annoying.
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
Guys, do you think if I had the chance I'd be a good writer over at DC?
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
Certainly! I think you keep your level of enthusiasm for the characters going and continued writing over time (continually growing and evolving) you certainly would be!
Posted by Exnihil on :
Over the past couple of months I started taking piano lessons, and I've found that the fourth finger of my left hand is really the finger over which I have the least individual control.
The irony of that being the finger on which I wear my wedding ring has not escaped me. Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
quote:Originally posted by Cobalt Kid: Certainly! I think you keep your level of enthusiasm for the characters going and continued writing over time (continually growing and evolving) you certainly would be!
Well I keep feeling like I should be doing something about what they're doing over there.
Posted by cleome on :
quote:Originally posted by Exnihil: Over the past couple of months I started taking piano lessons, and I've found that the fourth finger of my left hand is really the finger over which I have the least individual control.
The irony of that being the finger on which I wear my wedding ring has not escaped me.
The FIL offered me his late wife's engagement ring when I got married to mr_cleome. I declined, because I'm always losing stuff and I didn't like the thought of a valued family heirloom disappearing down a drainpipe somewhere. :/
Posted by cleome on :
Tonight's dinner is grilled trout and steamed green beans.
Somehow this will magically cancel out all my culinary/dietary sins from the rest of this week. I just know it will!
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
As much of a Titans fan I am, I've never read Terror of Trigon or the whole Terra thing.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
I'm currently wearing mismatched socks.
Posted by lil'rhino on :
I finally bought that "My Neighbor Totoro" tee-shirt I've been eyeballin' for the last six months!
Posted by Fanfic Lass on :
dug dirt wablobla ayurplenz eats a duck turd mahtsalvo messtray OUR REE RAH HATS TREE
Posted by Dev Em on :
I have no shirt on right now.
Posted by Fanfic Lass on :
Grape juice is better when it's diluted with water.
Posted by cleome on :
It's because of Yk's joke in the Pictures thread that the T-shirt I'm wearing right now will always be known as the "Cthulhu shirt."
Posted by Fanfic Lass on :
Now I'm tempted to start referring to the "Chthulhu shirt" as the "InHumanoids shirt."
Posted by cleome on :
FL, the irony is that the shirt doesn't actually depict Cthulhu, but the guy who designed it and sent it to me is definitely a Cthulhu voter, because:
Why Vote For the LESSER evil? Posted by Fanfic Lass on :
LOL Gotcha.
Back on topic -- it's not even officially summer and already the weather couldn't be more unpleasantly hot.
Posted by Kent on :
it's been up and down here. generally mild lately, but fluctuating between rainy/cool and sunny/humid.
Posted by cleome on :
Perfect here!
We're right at the point where the torrential rains have mostly stopped, but it's not yet so dry that I have to drag my rear out of bed at 5 AM to water the plants!
Posted by Fanfic Lass on :
Cool weather is the coolest.
Posted by cleome on :
Speaking of cool, I'm totally loving this solo guitar version of Chicago's Make Me Smile.
Artist is Jake Reichbart.
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
Air conditioners are the coolest of coolicity in the cool history of cool.
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
DC's killed 307 characters and counting in the last seven years.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
I'm out of soymilk.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
The idea for my post in the Sodam Yat thread about his cousin "Where Yat" from New Orleans came to me in a dream.
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
I'm disturbed that Osmosis Jones is working as something of a freaky parallel of DC Comics right now.
Posted by Mattropolis on :
I feel guilty but I will get over it.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
The author of the words to the hymn "My Faith Looks Up to Thee" was named Ray Palmer. To the best of my knowledge he had no shrinking powers.
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
Of course, he wrote those words after he shrank. Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
I went to a buddy's bachelor party last night and spent the night at my brother's. It was the first night away from the baby for me. I had a great night but I missed him at the end of the night.
This week I'm traveling all week, and then again next week. It's going to be tough! I'm going to miss him!
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
The food was poor at our local ESPN Zone and I really won't miss it when it goes, though I feel bad for the staff.
Posted by Mattropolis on :
Two days recovery time... ok, I promise to be a good boy from now on...
Posted by cleome on :
quote:Originally posted by Outdoor Miner: The food was poor at our local ESPN Zone and I really won't miss it when it goes, though I feel bad for the staff.
I end up feeling that way about a lot of places around here when they close.
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
I feel bad whenever a place closes. This pizza place that was across the street from what used to be a Blockbuster keeps getting closed and re-opened.
Posted by cleome on :
One of the world's best living vocalists sings one of the world's best songs.
I think I just died and went to Heaven.
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
Since 2003, 542 characters have died in DC Comics.
Posted by Sir Roy on :
I believe in Legion World.
Posted by MLLASH on :
I feel cranky. I'm going to bed.
Posted by Mattropolis on :
I'm sending Chris Carmack to Lash to cheer him up.
Posted by Fanfic Lass on :
I've discovered this past week that I can type quite a bit with just my right hand! And I'm a lefty! Must be because I'm double jointed.
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
That's, um, ambidextrous, you meant to say.
Posted by dedman on :
My sister had an ultrasound today which was broadcast on the web so I (and other family members away from home) got to watch. It was pretty cool seeing the baby moving and kicking and yawning and stuff!
Posted by cleome on :
I have some truly epic bruises right now, thanks to the avalanche of inventory at work. Those cardboard box corners are way sharper than they look. [grumble]
Posted by cleome on :
[cough] And speaking of killing threads...
Every time I see Quislet's new title of "thread killer," all I can think of is Duke Ellington's "(I've Got To Be A) Rug Cutter."
"...I was so un-trucky But now I'm super-ducky Y'know you got back your figure S'okay, I dig ya'..."
Madonna's father owns a winery ...
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Helen Keller helped found the ACLU.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Mike Pinder of the Moody Blues claims to have introduced the Beatles to the Mellotron, though some doubt that he was the one to do so.
Posted by Lolita on :
From 1952 to 1956 Brigitte Bardot appeared in seventeen films. Though she was a relatively unknown fashion model in early 1952 by 1956 she was one of the most famous international celebrities in the world.
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
I've got three fanfic readers from Gibraltar.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
quote:Originally posted by Sarcasm Kid: I've got three fanfic readers from Gibraltar.
That rocks! Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
I didn't even know it counted as a separate country on ff.net.
I've also had a couple of readers from the United Arab Emirates, and from somewhere called "Satellite".
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
I've also got a couple of readers from the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Posted by cleome on :
I will not read the Legion #2 thread until I can actually purchase the comic... I will not read the Legion #2 thread until I can actually purchase the comic...
[repeat 4,000 times or until those temp agency losers pay me;whichever comes first]
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
God I haven't realized how jaded I've become.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I have never in my life known a small child who regularly used "me" in the nominative case as children in Silver Age DC Comics did.
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
I have, however, heard of a rapper who did same ("Me So Horny").
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
The stereotypical speech patterns of Asians and Native Americans in comics/movies actually have roots in grammatical differences between Asiatic/European languages. For example, Chinese lacks tense, and therefore it was difficult for Chinese immigrants to master the use of tense, thus contributing to the stereotype.
Posted by cleome on :
EDE wrote:
quote:The stereotypical speech patterns of Asians and Native Americans in comics/movies actually have roots in grammatical differences between Asiatic/European languages. For example, Chinese lacks tense, and therefore it was difficult for Chinese immigrants to master the use of tense, thus contributing to the stereotype.
So... Cookie Monster was fresh off the boat from China or fresh off the train from a Rez in Oklahoma when Sesame Street hired him?
That almost makes sense to me! Posted by He Who Wanders on :
Cookie Monster was the original illegal immigrant; after all, they only paid him in Chips Ahoy.
Posted by cleome on :
At least they didn't call him [shudder!] "Cookie Puss."
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
They tried to, but the Muppet Anti-Defamation League put a stop to it. (Even illegal muppets have some rights.)
Posted by cleome on :
[snerk]
Okay, back to randomness:
I just got back from picking up a few things at the supermarket. Total cost as appearing on the receipt: $6.66.
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
I was at the supermarket a few weeks ago, and the bill came to the exact year of my birth.
(Okay, so I'm semi-random. Sue me.)
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
The 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo is coming out on DVD.
Posted by Mattropolis on :
There is a new Scooby Doo cartoon coming out in July on Cartoon Network...
Posted by cleome on :
The cat is chasing a fly.
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
My summary of Cheshire and Deathstroke:
Ooh, I have poison claws and blew up a small country. I mothered a child with a superhero. I HATE HIM! I love him. HATE HIM! Love him. HATE HIM! Did I mention I have poison claws?
I'm the world's greatest dad and my children don't appreciate me. Join my team and I'll give you what you want but I won't tell you how because I know everything and it's a secret. AAH I've been fighting children my entire life!
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
My hangover today is tiredness and a headache. Headache may just be from tiredness though.
I'm not 21 years old anymore. Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
The director of Jeepers Creepers and Powder is a convicted child molester.
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
I'm not getting cheesecake.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
Helen Mirren is still incredibly attractive.
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
Putting together an Arsenal Revenge Squad.
Posted by Red Arrow on :
Steve Ditko is really interesting despite the fact we know nothing about him.
Posted by cleome on :
Tonight's shopping list:
Cheddar Cheese Soy sauce Flat iron steak Limes Seltzer
Posted by Mattropolis on :
Hot in Cleveland is my new favorite show!
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
I just realized, how the heck did Oliver Queen keep his secret identity with that freakin facial hair?
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
quote:Originally posted by Sarcasm Kid: I just realized, how the heck did Oliver Queen keep his secret identity with that freakin facial hair?
I always thought the goatee should be fake, and part of his disguise.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
I love the small tidbit of DC lore that Green Arrow had a red cap by mistake on and off for several years in the 50's and wish someone would retcon in a groovy explanation.
Posted by cleome on :
quote:Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester:
quote:Originally posted by Sarcasm Kid: I just realized, how the heck did Oliver Queen keep his secret identity with that freakin facial hair?
I always thought the goatee should be fake, and part of his disguise.
I prefer to imagine that all the stories took place on an alternate Earth where all the dudes were wearing that same style of facial hair all the time.
It's just as well that I never made it in the comics biz, I guess. Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Hey! I have a goatee and no one suspects I'm...never mind! Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
Who was that goateed librarian?
Posted by SharkLad on :
my local library has a room called "Teen Territory" that scares me a little bit
Posted by cleome on :
I have the dream about the never-returned overdue library book at least as often as I have the dream about the pending school exam for the class I never attended.
Posted by Faraway Lad on :
I got stuck in a traffic jam today, just waiting to get out of the shopping centre car park.
“Oh we’ll just pop in there for a little bit, we’ll be in and out in no time” she said...
Rassin frassin traffic mumble mumble grump grump.
Posted by Exnihil on :
Celebratory concussive pyrotechnics do not sit well with Cairn terriers.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
My wife and I had my brother and fiance (soon to be wife at the end of the month) for a mini-dinner party last night. We got to use the endless amount of nice plates, bowls and other things we've had since her wedding shower which we only use twice a year.
If it were up to me, I'd eat standing up over the sink so I didn't have to clean anything up.
Posted by cleome on :
Tonight, a Random Thing that's been bothering me ever since I was old enough to work the dial of a radio:
Ever hear that Bob Seeger song? "That Old-Time Rock 'N Roll"? Yeah, of course you have.
Every "classic" rock station plays it. Over and over and over again. Ever notice that none of these stations ever play any old "Blues or funky old soul," as referenced in the song? There's no "old-time rock 'n roll" as referenced by Seeger to be found at all. No Buddy Holly. No Johnny Ace. Et al.
Because I've sure noticed, and after all these years, it still irritates the living [bleep] out of me. Like "classic" rock stations aren't already irritating enough. I'll give anyone willing 20 to 1 odds that most of the fans AND most of the DJ's and programmers and ad hucksters don't even have a clue as to what "old-time rock 'n roll" actually is.
Bleah.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
My wife kind of likes Bob Seger. To be honest, I find his most popular stuff rather lame. "Turn the Page" is particularly lame.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Yeah, Bob Seeger is almost Eagles-level annoying in my book.
Posted by cleome on :
Posted by SharkLad on :
I had a dream last night that I had to apologize to one of my college professors
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
Across the street is an open plot of land where a new building was originally going to go up before the recession (no longer the case). Now, there is a circus tent going up--apparently the "Big Apple Circus" is coming to Stamford later this week and going on right across the street!
I wonder if any of the young trapeze artists might one day be superheroes?
Posted by Mattropolis on :
No CLOWNS!
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
No doubt Cobie will be visiting the circus on the look out for potential orphans to make his ward!
Posted by Chief Taylor on :
My kids and my wife are addicted to this stupid game called "Plants Vs. Zombies". Don't see the appeal, personally. Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
quote:Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester: No doubt Cobie will be visiting the circus on the look out for potential orphans to make his ward!
If I don't find any, I'll know immediately that this must be one of those other circuses where all the performers are really gangsters hoping to hypnotize and then rob the audience!
Posted by Fanfic Lass on :
I missed a lot of Legion World birthdays during my recent absence.
BELATED HAPPY BIRTHDAY to everyone who's had one in the past couple weeks.
Posted by MLLASH on :
I just burped.
Posted by Chief Taylor on :
Red Arrow made her 100th post today!
Posted by Kent on :
quote:Originally posted by Cobalt Kid: Across the street is an open plot of land where a new building was originally going to go up before the recession (no longer the case). Now, there is a circus tent going up--apparently the "Big Apple Circus" is coming to Stamford later this week and going on right across the street!
I wonder if any of the young trapeze artists might one day be superheroes?
one of the regulars at the CBS I used to work at had been a trapeze artist with Big Apple Circus.
she's now an artist, and even did a children's book about her time @ BAC.
Posted by Abin Quank on :
I just got the news that I'm going to be in Portland OR for the next three weeks, starting Monday 7/12.
Now I just need an excuse to swing down to S.D.
Any Legion Worlders in the Portland area?
Posted by Red Arrow on :
I feel sick to my stomach and wonder if excessive computer use can be the cause. I use a computer alot during work, and I come home and use it more.
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
I hope my friend's surgery is going/went alright.
Posted by cleome on :
quote:Originally posted by Abin Quank: I just got the news that I'm going to be in Portland OR for the next three weeks, starting Monday 7/12.
Now I just need an excuse to swing down to S.D.
Any Legion Worlders in the Portland area?
[raises hand]
If you can stand to be seen with a filthy hippie and her long-suffering spouse, that is.
Candle and Uranus Lad are the other locals hereabouts, yes?
Pop me a PM, if you feel so inclined. Posted by SharkLad on :
quote:Originally posted by Abin Quank: Now I just need an excuse to swing down to S.D.
I hear there's some kinda sci-fi shindig in a couple of weeks ... good chance there'll be punch and pie ...
Posted by Abin Quank on :
quote:Originally posted by SharkLad:
quote:Originally posted by Abin Quank: Now I just need an excuse to swing down to S.D.
I hear there's some kinda sci-fi shindig in a couple of weeks ... good chance there'll be punch and pie ...
I heard somethin about that. Maybe a road trip is in order.
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
I'm watching SWAT KATS.
Oh, um, Mr. Tabor, how are things?
Posted by SharkLad on :
quote:Originally posted by Abin Quank:
quote:Originally posted by SharkLad:
quote:Originally posted by Abin Quank: Now I just need an excuse to swing down to S.D.
I hear there's some kinda sci-fi shindig in a couple of weeks ... good chance there'll be punch and pie ...
I heard somethin about that. Maybe a road trip is in order.
Power Boy got tickets pretty last minute ... in light of all this Earth Man/GL stuff, I think Legion World's resident ring-bearer needs to be there to keep the rest of us in check ...
Posted by Chief Taylor on :
I posted on the LMBP Yahoogroup tonight. Mine was only the 5th post of 2010. 2009 had only 4 for the whole year.
I'll always remember its golden years....
Posted by SharkLad on :
Do you have a link to that? I think the last time I tried I couldn't get in ...
Oh, and in terms of random ... Carvel's Cookie Puss had an Irish cousin who was only available around St. Patrick's Day ... Cookie O'Puss
Posted by Chief Taylor on :
Try this. There are links to many related sites on the home page of these message boards.
I went on the Yahoogroup in the first place to discover a certain past poster's last name, btw.
Posted by SharkLad on :
hmmm ... I can't get in ... I have no idea what my Yahoo ID is and I can't get Yahoo to email me it ...
Posted by SharkLad on :
quote:Originally posted by Chief Taylor: I went on the Yahoogroup in the first place to discover a certain past poster's last name, btw.
Not SMASHFACE, I hope ...
Posted by Chief Taylor on :
Nah, Sasha's.
Posted by SharkLad on :
Am I listed as a member of the Yahoo group?
Posted by Chief Taylor on :
quote:Originally posted by SharkLad: hmmm ... I can't get in ... I have no idea what my Yahoo ID is and I can't get Yahoo to email me it ...
If it helps, you're registered there as both "sharklad" and "psychoticbeaver". Add the "@yahoo.com" to either and try some of the passwords you've reused over the years. Hope that helps. (Took me lots of tries, too!)
Posted by SharkLad on :
no luck ... I keep getting shot down one way or another ...
Random: In Spain, the Smurfs are called los Pitufos
Posted by Chief Taylor on :
Hm.
quote:Originally posted by SharkLad: no luck ... I keep getting shot down one way or another ...
I wonder if Cru has any special powers that could help you as owner of the group? Posted by SharkLad on :
that would be excellent ... I guess I could always register a new ID and ask to join ...
Posted by Chief Taylor on :
quote:Originally posted by SharkLad: that would be excellent ... I guess I could always register a new ID and ask to join ...
Ha! I see you over there, Sharky! Posted by SharkLad on :
Yep ... I now have three IDs there, with no way of accessing "SharkLad" or "TheSharkLad" ... and forget about "psychoticbeaver" ... I couldn't remember that password if my life depended on it ...
[ July 10, 2010, 12:02 AM: Message edited by: SharkLad ]
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Now in its fifth season, Psych has never had its star, James Roday, in a shirtless scene. I consider this a tragedy of epic proportions.
Posted by Mattropolis on :
Wait you are the Beaver?
Posted by cleome on :
My allergies are back!
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
A few years ago, Eryk said that Captain Marvel could be the Harry Potter of comics.
Well, I'll take a fleeting break from grousing and sulking to say that we've got a brand-new fridge. (The old one was on the verge of death.) It's roomy and quiet and soooo much nicer than the old one.
Of course, putting all the magnets and junk from the old fridge back on it will probably use up most of the weekend...
Posted by Fanfic Lass on :
It's been a trying month, and I'm exhausted.
Posted by Mattropolis on :
Can't wait until I can eat solid food again...
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I got a picture of Captian Marvel on Thursday, Captian Marvel, jr on Friday, and Mary Marvelon Saturday
Posted by Ram Boy on :
Just discovered Firefox's Personas, their add-on which let you customize your browser, and I'm having a blast looking through all the cool art. Found a really cool animated abstract.
Posted by Mattropolis on :
That does sound neat!
Posted by Ram Boy on :
Okay, the animation is starting to annoy me.
Posted by Ram Boy on :
I've settled on a less-animated animated one, but, after seeing one based on the Justice League, I'm now looking for a "persona" based on the Legion.
Posted by Kent on :
I just saw a triple rainbow!
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
quote:Originally posted by Ram Boy: I've settled on a less-animated animated one, but, after seeing one based on the Justice League, I'm now looking for a "persona" based on the Legion.
I tried on several. My current one has the Firefox mascot devouring the Internet Exploder "e".
Posted by Dev Em on :
I have surgery to remove the thing in my chest in two weeks. And they're not removing my heart... Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
I want to see the pics Abin *must* have taken of beautiful booth babes with some Legion Worlders.
Posted by cleome on :
There's some rack-like contraption for sale at the supermarket now that holds your s'mores over the BBQ/grill in little wire "cages" so they look all TV-perfect upon completion or something.
It's that kind of thing that makes me realize that I STILL live in the greatest nation on Earth, by damn!
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
When I saw the first sentence of the above post from the active topics screen, for some reason I read "contraption" as "contraceptive", which was pretty bizarre.
Posted by cleome on :
This should lead to another Bad Pick-Up Line, somehow. But I'm too tired to work out the details.
Posted by Chief Taylor on :
^Next thing ya know, Edie, you'll be mistaking "cleome" for "condom"!
(Sorry, clee...that was directed at Edie, not you! )
Posted by cleome on :
A likely story.
Posted by Exnihil on :
quote:Originally posted by Kent: I just saw a triple rainbow!
I bought some donuts today from a local shop that has "What Foods These Morsels Be" printed on their take-out boxes.
Posted by Chief Taylor on :
My family's pretty unimaginitave, I suppose, so the last two cats we adopted, we kept the names the agencies had given them.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
My brother's wedding is on Saturday. Months ago, I decided I needed to get into shape for the weddings I have this summer (I have 6 and am in 3) and was making great progress. Then the baby was born--and oh boy, my schedule was all out of whack. Compiled on that were three big bachelor party / stags (one more to go) and a week vacation. Now finally, I'm trying to get back into shape again. I worked out yesterday like there was no tomorrow, trying to overcompensate for WEEKS away.
I'm dying today. Literally dying. Everything hurts.
Posted by Fat Cramer on :
The animal rescue people here rescued a boa constrictor, who, after medical treatment, will be put up for adoption.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Instead of "passengers", many airlines now say they have "customers". Instead of "customers", many stores now say they have "guests". I wonder if a hotel chain will now claim to have "passengers".
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Tonight's dinner is a bag of carrots and a glass of soymilk.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
I'm only gonna break, break, your, break, break, your heart
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
It rained hard today, but did nothing for the heat.
Posted by Fat Cramer on :
This one's for Chief Taylor: Poo-powered car. Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Sleep looks to be unlikely tonight.
Posted by Kent on :
Fibonacci did not actually invent the Fibonacci sequence. He merely brought it to Europe from the Arab world.
Posted by Abin Quank on :
1. I neither know nor care what a Fibonacci sequence is.
2. Another 3 week trip to Oregon starts monday.
3. Sometimes I just like to make lists.
Posted by Dev Em on :
1. I wanted to steal the list idea from Abin.
2. It was a pajama day for me and the kids.
3. I am almost severely depressed today...thank God for my kids.
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
I now have a reader from another country I've never heard of. Anyone heard of Maldives?
Posted by Kent on :
yes! nation of islands, just south of India.
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
Just checking to see if anyone else knows.
I wonder if they even get comics to these places.
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
Hey, anyone remember Full Moon Entertainment?
Posted by Dev Em on :
Yeah, why? They did bad horror movies...and the Puppetmaster series IIRC.
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
Yeah, my brother loved the Puppet Master series. Even collected the toys. I was just watching one of their movies for a couple of minutes, Castle Freak.
Posted by cleome on :
quote:Originally posted by Sarcasm Kid: Just checking to see if anyone else knows.
I wonder if they even get comics to these places.
You mean English-language comics? Even w/o a local CBS, there are ways. I used to be in one of those high school "writing clubs" where we got assigned pen pals. Mine was from Ethiopia, and she was a big American comics fan. Relatives used to bring her stuff from abroad when they could get it, so I boxed up a bunch of stuff that I'd already read a billion times and sent it to her. She was pretty pleased.
Posted by cleome on :
On a more random note:
Somebody next door is getting lucky, either live or on TV. I'm unsure which, but I've got the stereo turned up, because--- uh, otherwise TMI.
If I wasn't so damn tired out from my day, I'd probably be jealous. Posted by Fanfic Lass on :
Ida Random was a production designer for movies.
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
MAAAAAAAAAAAAAATLOCK!
Posted by Fanfic Lass on :
I must restart my computer for the security updates to take effect.
brb
Posted by cleome on :
I need to buy yogurt and fruit for tomorrow morning's breakfast.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
When I review a comic I don't like, I sometimes feel I'm not getting across my negativity enough and can't help but come up with ridiculous ways to criticize it, such as my latest review of the recent Iron Man annual. Posted by Chief Taylor on :
I wonder why Cobalt Kid was inexplicably "Cobaltus" again for a few days.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
The answer to that would shake the very foundations of Legion World!
The Fibonacci sequence is a series of numbers that build off of each other by adding them together. Starting with 0 and 1, the sequence continues 1 (0+1),2 (1+1), 3 (2+1), 5 (3+2), 8, 13, 21, 44, 65, etc.
Fibonacci did not invent the sequence, but learned it from Arab scholars and introduced/popularized it in Europe.
Posted by Fanfic Lass on :
Donald Duck's costumed hero alter ego, Paperinik, was created in Italy in the late 1960s by editor Elisa Penna, writer Guido Martina, and artist Giovan Battista Carpi. It was partly a parody of Italy's iconic costumed anti-hero, Diabolik.
Posted by cleome on :
This is post
Posted by Kent on :
yay!
Posted by Abin Quank on :
Attempting to devise a real life use for the Fibonacci sequence has thus far completely stymied me.
I shall however redouble my efforts. This puzzle must be solved!
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Math is hard.
Posted by Fanfic Lass on :
Sally Brown would agree.
Posted by Kent on :
members of the Barbie Liberation Front would but talking Barbies (one of their sayings was, "Math is hard!") and talking GI Joes, open them up and swap voice chips, so GI Joe would have Barbie's voices/sayings and vice versa.
They would then bring them back to the stores and mix them in with the regular stock, so that unsuspecting customers would (re)buy them.
Posted by cleome on :
Bought a nice pair of sandals at a yard sale yesterday. Also picked up three pairs of shoes from the repair shop. Later I have to polish my workboots, because they're looking a little beat.
I still think that the spouse actually owns more pairs of shoes than I do.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
I really need to take my car in to get repair done, but have not found the time so far.
Posted by cleome on :
Fresh Cucumber "Pickle" Salad
Click Here For A SpoilerIngredients:
5-6 small pickling cucumbers, or 1 large regular Cucumber, peeled if the skin is waxed. Ends trimmed off and sliced thin or thick as you prefer. Halve or quarter the slices if you prefer a more "relish-y" texture to your salad.
1 T. White Sugar
1 t. Salt
Scant 1/4 C. of Red or White Onion, chopped medium-fine
1/4 C. White Vinegar
1/8 C. Olive or other Vegetable Oil
1 T. Cold Water
Generous 2 T. Fresh Dill, chopped
1/4 t. ground Black Pepper
Generous Pinch of ground Cumin seed
1/2 t. Caraway Seeds
Generous Pinch of Celery Salt (optional)
Dash of Angostura Bitters (optional)
Directions:
1) Place the sliced cucumber in a large bowl and sprinkle the slices with the sugar and salt. Stir gently to coat them as evenly as possible with the sugar and salt. Cover and let sit at room temperature for 10-15 minutes.
2) Add the chopped onion, plus all liquid ingredients (except the Angostura), stir gently again.
3) Add all remaining ingredients, stir gently again. Refrigerate, covered, for 1/2 hour.
4) Taste and correct seasonings as you like. (Some people find the brine a bit strong and like to dilute it with a bit more water. Some people like more salt, some more sugar. Pepper fans like to add more black pepper, or a bit of cayenne or even a shake of hot red pepper flakes. Experiment ! )
Chill again and serve. Makes about four servings. Keeps 4-6 days in the fridge. Posted by Tempest on :
THE BEACH WATER HURTS MY ANKLES WHEN IT'S COLD!
(a lot)
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Choir humor can be summed up simply: Tenor makes smartass remark. Bass laughs. Soprano complains that they're being childish. Alto ignores everyone.
Posted by Tamper Lad on :
I prefer the look of Suse to Ubuntu but Suse seems to be a resource hog which is odd. However the real problem is the RPM which takes forever to resolve dependencies during patches. Synaptic and its Debian packages wins.
Posted by Fat Cramer on :
There's an ice cream shortage in New Brunswick.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
Humidity sucks.
Posted by Chief Taylor on :
^You should try the SC variety sometime if you think it's bad where you are! Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
*choke*
I'll gladly check out the SC humidity in February! I imagine it's all great weather and bikini clad babes around that time!
Posted by Chief Taylor on :
Er, not exactly. Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
Trying to keep them all for yourself, I bet! Posted by Kent on :
quote:Originally posted by Fat Cramer: There's an ice cream shortage in New Brunswick.
It MUST be Irving's fault!
Posted by cleome on :
I went to the foot doc today and got prescribed anti-inflammatory meds and a mini-brace.
On the plus side, he agreed with me that the nurse practitioner the HMO insisted I go to first was... er, not the sharpest tool in the shed. (She diagnosed a problem I clearly didn't have, then wrote me a prescription for some stuff my previous GP had told me to not take, based on my medical history. Pphht. I don't think all nurses are idiots, BTW. Just this one.)
On the minus side, I'm so spaced out from the meds right now that I can barely sit upright in my chair. Oy.
Posted by Fanfic Lass on :
A turd in the hand is worth two in the tush.
Posted by Fanfic Lass on :
There actually is a person who goes by the nickname Pupi.
Posted by Exnihil on :
For a while I consulted over in England, and I loved picking up English idioms. One of my favorite is the phrase "I can't be arsed" basically meaning, "I can't be bothered". Though I'd love to incorporate that into my vernacular, I don't have enough panache to actually use the pronunciation "arse" so the few times I've tried to Americanize it and say, "I can't be assed," people always misunderstand and say, "You can't be asked to do what?"
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Wizard has just proudly announced that Rod Blagojevich will be a guest at the Chicago Comic Con.
Posted by dedman on :
Hummingbirds can't walk.
Posted by Fat Cramer on :
I had to look up Rod Blagojevich. How soon we forget!
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
I never fix my watch for daylight savings. I just know in the summer I'm off by am hour.
(I only wear it when I'm in a suit).
Posted by cleome on :
The weather was darn near perfect all weekend. Tomorrow the heat's supposed to roar back big-time, though.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
I've never really gotten the phrase "You can't have your cake and eat it too."
I mean, granted. But who the hell wants to just have cake without eating it? What's the point?
Seems like a pretty easy choice to me.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I used to post on the SciFi Channel boards as "AACR2", which stands for Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, Second Edition, a standard reference for library catalogers.
Posted by dedman on :
I used to post on the scifi channel board as well as pyre58
Posted by Tamper Lad on :
"...Who took the 'canvas' out of 'cannabis'? All that's growin' now is greed. We're hangin' ourselves for lack of plant. We're hangin' ourselves for lack of weed..."
-- Eighty Mile Beach (1998), "Hempen Homespun"
Posted by Tamper Lad on :
quote:Originally posted by He Who Wanders:
quote:Originally posted by Tamper Lad: Canadian tax-dollars hard at work.
Can you drive it at night? Can it ever have an auto-pilot? If yes to both, then...
Our Kestrel maneuvers in the dark.
Arrgh! And to think I just composted all the rotten produce, instead of saving it to throw at someone!
Posted by Ramble Damsel on :
quote:Originally posted by Rockhopper Lad: Vivian Vance. That's it. I just wanted to write her name.
MST3K reference in four...three...two...one...
MIKE NELSON IMPERSONATING JACK PERKINS, WHO IS ABOUT TO BE TORTURED BY DR. FORRESTER: "Ah, Vivian Vance...AAAAAAAAAARRRRGH!!!!"
Posted by Mattropolis on :
I like the color magenta
Posted by kidflash2fan on :
awesome magenta is a very underloved color
Posted by cleome on :
Our neighborhood's block party is today, and it looks like the weather will be perfect.
If I manage to not eat and drink myself into a stupor by 6 PM, I'll consider the day to have been a huge success.
Posted by Arachne on :
I found Cherry Ginger Brew at the bulk food store. Tasty. Now I'm wondering what the Spiced Apple Ginger Brew is like.
Posted by Dev Em on :
I bought the entire DVD set of Monty Pythons Flying Circus for $10.
Posted by Arachne on :
That's some bargain.
Posted by Dev Em on :
I know right...we stopped by a garage sale and I asked the guy how much it was. 14 disk box set. He says $10. I looked at my wife and sshe nods her head and I bought it before he came to his senses.
Posted by Chief Taylor on :
I enjoyed reading Hawkeye & Mockingbird #1 tonight.
Posted by Fat Cramer on :
Time seems to have slowed down, for some reason.
Posted by Set on :
I had no jobs last Friday. I have two jobs now.
Oy!
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
No self-respecting pub should ever serve Newcastle Brown in a plastic cup.
Posted by Kent on :
No self-respecting pub should ever serve any decent brew in a plastic cup... except on holiday weekends, where they reluctantly deserve a free pass.
Posted by Fat Cramer on :
Looks like I may be spending the weekend with Earl.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
quote:Originally posted by Kent: No self-respecting pub should ever serve any decent brew in a plastic cup... except on holiday weekends, where they reluctantly deserve a free pass.
I'd like to add the Bourbon Street Clause where it's acceptable all year round if you're getting one on the go.
Otherwise, you are quite right sir.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
quote:Originally posted by Set: I had no jobs last Friday. I have two jobs now.
Oy!
Greedy!
Congrats though.
Posted by Fanfic Lass on :
I can't remember how many ozzes are in a lib.
Posted by cleome on :
The Sid is sacked out in the towel closet, resting between bouts of violence and destruction. Callie the Calico used to love napping up there, too.
Suiting his personality, he's curled up directly on top of an old beach towel that has Beavis and Butthead on it. Posted by Chief Taylor on :
I totally forgot about that.
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
Has anyone heard from Candle?
Posted by Dev Em on :
She posted in a couple threads earlier today. In the Main Legion Forum.
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
Damn. I can't believe I missed her.
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
I came to a horrible realization the other day. James Robinson is the Joel Schumacher of the JLA.
Posted by Karie on :
I'd love to go to Graceland. I'd love to take my mom along too.
Posted by cleome on :
quote:Originally posted by Sarcasm Kid: I came to a horrible realization the other day. James Robinson is the Joel Schumacher of the JLA.
Sorry. Posted by cleome on :
Speaking of cinema, here's Calexico's tribute to Spaghetti Westerns: "The Ballad Of Cable Hogue."
Posted by Tamper Lad on :
I am finishing my final KellerBier.
Posted by Power Boy on :
am stuffed on homemade pizza.
Posted by lil'rhino on :
A homeless person on the subway asked me if I was muslim! I replied, "Me no speakie Engleesh!"
Posted by Kent on :
Posted by cleome on :
In keeping with some of SK's posts (and thus only about 50% random, if that) somebody from a place called Revar of Moldova glanced at my fic earlier today. Since I have ancestors from that part of the world, maybe I'm being watched by some super-ultra-distant cousin without either of us knowing it!
I suppose one of these days I really should update the damn thing... Posted by lil'rhino on :
Cool!!
Posted by ActorLad on :
I can't stand brussel sprouts.
Posted by Fat Cramer on :
Beets are messy.
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
What happened to comicvine.com? I keep trying to log in but it goes to some junk about whiskey media?
Posted by Kent on :
quote:Originally posted by Sarcasm Kid: What happened to comicvine.com? I keep trying to log in but it goes to some junk about whiskey media?
If you want to see it again, leave the suitcase full of unmarked bills behind the water pipe in the Dropsey Ave parking garage...
but seriously, it looked fine a minute ago.
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
Took care of it.
Posted by Abin Quank on :
I love me some fresh roasted beets.
Posted by cleome on :
Mmmm... beets.
Anyway...
Yesterday, we got a gift basket as a "Thank You" from one of mr_c's clients. The timing was perfect, since this has been a week where coming up with grocery money was... uh, not exactly easy.
We broke it open last night while watching The Marx Brothers. Again.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
I'm having very little luck quitting sodas.
Posted by Fanfic Lass on :
Ann Hebistand.
Posted by Ann Hebistand on :
That's me.
Posted by Kent on :
Surely not THE Ann Hebistand?!?!?
Posted by Ann Hebistand on :
quote:Originally posted by Kent: Surely not THE Ann Hebistand?!?!?
Often imitated, never equalled! Posted by Kent on :
The tuba is the largest and lowest pitched brass instrument.
Posted by cleome on :
This morning, mr_cleome was rushing out of the house to watch football with his buddy down the street. I asked who was playing and he said, "Steelers Vs. Titans."
I told him to be sure to stand up and sing the "Titans, Go!" theme when Tennessee took the field.
The look on his face was priceless.
Posted by MLLASH on :
I had rice for brunch. I'm hungry again.
Posted by cleome on :
They closed that other thread before I could add one last shirtless dude pic for Quis.
You guys ever laugh so hard the back of your head hurts?
Posted by Power Boy on :
I laughed till i cried last night
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
The first time I saw the word "pwn", I thought it was a Welsh word, like "cwm".
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Heineken is overrated.
Posted by cleome on :
I love when I'm listening to iTunes and it plays three or four fantastic players of one instrument together in a row. Because then, even my amateur's ears can pick up readily why they're all so different from one another.
It's gonna' suck tomorrow, going back to eight hours a day of repetitive butt-rock radio narrated by brain-damaged would-be comedians and interspersed with tons of sorry-a$$ ads. I've got to make the most of this before the return to purgatory. Posted by cleome on :
quote:Originally posted by Outdoor Miner: Heineken is overrated.
But at least it's not Pabst. Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Any beer that sounds like a comic book sound effect should be avoided.
Posted by Dev Em on :
I feel empty inside and hopeful all at the same time.
Posted by SharkLad on :
Idina Menzel and Adam Pascal from the original cast of "RENT" went to the same high school... with my friend Andie
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
It's always weird when you watch movies that you remember having been filled with sex and nudity when you watched them as an adolescent, and it turns out they really don't have that much sex and nudity after all.
Posted by Fanfic Lass on :
Eezoo
Posted by cleome on :
The art show I'm in has been extended through October, which is nice since it saves me the trouble of having to go across town today and haul everything home. Still, it'd be nice if something actually sold, too.
Also, this is post .
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
I just changed a lightbulb in the bedroom and it may be the most constructive thing I do all day.
Posted by Set on :
Walking out of work a few nights ago, I passed a posted notice about the death of a co-worker, which ended with 'leaving behind his husband of fifteen years.'
I had to stop and re-read it. Yup. A dude. And the spouse was also a dude. In friggin' New Hampshire, the state that wouldn't primary McCain or Bush because they weren't conservative enough.
The world changed again, when I wasn't looking.
It's like I woke up in the future.
Now, where's my darned flying car?
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
My watch stopped / battery died months ago and I've been too distracted & lazy to change it. I still wear my watch to every business function I attend, even though it hasn't worked. Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
My watch is exactly fifty-five minutes ahead, and has been for years. I automatically adjust for that in my head. If I corrected it now, I'd never get the time right.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Actor Lad's "Today I..." post reminded me of my friend Richard's wedding.
It was a small wedding and the only guys there for the garter toss were myself, Richard's two brothers, and the bride's brother. I did not try for the garter as you can imagine. The Bride's brother caught the garter. What made that creepy was that the bride's sister caught the bouquet. And they still went ahead with the brother putting the garter on his sister's leg.
Posted by SharkLad on :
My right calf feels like it's gonna explode...
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
My full middle name, which I greatly dislike, appears only on five documents: My birth certificate, my Social Security card, my voter's registration card and my bachelor's and master's diplomas. Even my driver's license only shows my middle initial.
Posted by Kent on :
Inuit do not eat seals in heat; they apparently smell like gasoline to them. They feed those seals to their dogs instead.
Posted by Mattropolis on :
I am here... you are not
Posted by SharkLad on :
Glenn Close was only four years older than Robin Williams when she played his mother in a movie
Posted by cleome on :
"What is the price of experience? Do men buy it for a song? Or wisdom for a dance in the street? No, it is bought with the price Of all a man hath, his house, his wife, his children. Wisdom is sold in the desolate market where none come to buy, And in the wither’d field where the farmer plows for bread in vain. It is an easy thing to triumph in the summer’s sun And in the vintage and to sing on the wagon loaded with corn. It is an easy thing to talk of prudence to the afflicted, To speak the laws of prudence to the houseless wanderer, To listen to the hungry raven’s cry in wintry season When the red blood is fill’d with wine and with the marrow of lambs.
It is an easy thing to laugh at wrathful elements, To hear the dog howl at the wintry door, the ox in the slaughterhouse moan; To see a god on every wind and a blessing on every blast; To hear sounds of love in the thunder-storm and destroys our enemies’ house; To rejoice in the blight that covers his field, and the sickness that cuts off his children, While our olive and vine sing and laugh round our door, and our children bring fruits and flowers.
Then the groan and the dolour are quite forgotten, and the slave grinding at the mill, And the captive in chains, and the poor in the prison, and the soldier in the field When the shatter’d bone hath laid him groaning among the happier dead. It is an easy thing to rejoice in the tents of prosperity: Thus could I sing and thus rejoice: but it is not so with me."
-- William Blake, The Price of Experience (1797) Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
During the height of the Batman TV series, Burt Ward recorded several songs under the production guidance of Frank Zappa. Two were released as a single.
Posted by lil'rhino on :
There's never any action in my building's laundry room.
Posted by cleome on :
Non Sequitor himself would be proud of such randomness!
Posted by Kent on :
Rhino hasn't gotten the memo about the 4:45 laundry room orgy.
Posted by Fat Cramer on :
The coyotes are howling up a storm tonight.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I'm very naïve about some things. Until recently, I honestly had no idea that a goodly number of my friends in college regularly partook of a certain illicit substance that is generally smoked.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
I care so little about cars that I couldn't tell you what anyone other than my wife drives. I can't even remember what my Mom or Dad's cars are.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Can you guess who this is?
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
Mama Quis?
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Helen Reddy?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Outdoor Miner has it. That is Helen Reddy at age 66. Apparently she is now living in her native Australia.
Posted by Chief Taylor on :
Can we still hear her roar?
Posted by future king on :
Oh how her picture makes me miss the classic Carol Burnett Show.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
I hate talking on the phone. But I like texting.
Posted by Set on :
quote:Originally posted by future king: Oh how her picture makes me miss the classic Carol Burnett Show.
Harvey Korman and Tim Conways sketches were always a riot.
Posted by Kent on :
Twas a great show.
Posted by cleome on :
It took me two freakin' years, but today I sent off my last payment and permanently retired one of my two remaining credit cards.
Yup.
Dead, expired. It's a stiff. Bereft of life, it rests in peace. It's rung down the curtain and joined the choir invisibule. IT'S AN EX-CREDIT CARD!!!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Are you sure that isn't just pining for the fjords?
Posted by cleome on :
Not since I took it to Bolton Notlob for a hot date with a pair of kitchen scissors. Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
That's just a flesh wound.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
So my drive from Washington to Baltimore took the route of going down Massachusetts Ave, which became Vernon Place then New York Avenue. The road was full of cars, bumper to bumper, and every 300-500 yards there was a traffice light. I wasn't too bothered by the slow pace as I had 4 & 1/2 hours to get to the airport and figured the traffic would clear out when I got on the beltway. It did take me 50 minutes to travel 5.5 miles.
But when I reached the beltway, it was 2 lanes of bumper to bumper traffic. The traffic was stop and go. And the go part was at speeds of 5 miles per hours (with an occassional burst of 20 mph for a few seconds) It took me another hour to go about 8 miles. I wa starting to freak out thinking that I'll miss my flight. I did yell out "F***" several times. But after mile 9, the traffic just opened up. There didn't seem to be a reason why it opened up. Anyway, I then made good time and arrived with 2 hours til my flight.
I also arrived in time to actually get a seat on the flight. There were only 5 available seats left when I checked in. They also made an announcement about the flight being overbooked and wantinig to know if anyone would give up their seat in exchange for 2 round trip tickets to anywhere AirTran flies, being put up in a hotel, and getting a flight out in the morning. I was tempted to do it, but I really wanted to get home.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
Once, when I was a boy, I was attacked by ducks.
Posted by Kent on :
quote:Originally posted by Outdoor Miner: Once, when I was a boy, I was attacked by ducks.
It is tempting to ask what attacked you once when you were a girl...
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
My wife watches '18 and Pregnant' on MTV. I find it awfully sad and can't stand it.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
quote:Originally posted by Cobalt Kid: My wife watches '18 and Pregnant' on MTV. I find it awfully sad and can't stand it.
I say, "It is a good day to live!"
Posted by future king on :
Qapla!
Posted by He Who LSHes on :
quote:Originally posted by Hrista Spjóti: Galron says "It is a good day to die!"
I say, "It is a good day to live!"
Gowron?
Posted by cLSHeome on :
I cut the hell out of my finger with the box-cutter today. First time it's ever happened. Posted by rokk steady on :
Today is the first time I have logged on in several years.
Posted by He Who LSHes on :
Welcome back, rokk steady!
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Wikipedia has been showing pictures of its founder, Jimmy Wales, on every page as part of an appeal to raise money. I had only seen an occasional pic of him till recently. I think I'm in love! Posted by Lsh Em on :
I need to make some life changes.
Posted by Chief Tay-LSH on :
Don't try to deep-fry a frozen turkey--it needs to be thawed out first!
Posted by cleome: secret ozone incense addict on :
My love of tomatoes is the stuff of legend.
Posted by Chief Tay-LSH on :
Quis wants tomatoes eradicated.
Posted by cleome: secret ozone incense addict on :
The cat is presently being all sweet and lovable with me because he's freaked out by the vacuum cleaner being used in the next room.
Posted by Chief Tay-LSH on :
My kids are REALLY into their new Wii game.
Posted by Lucifer07 on :
Amazon is Fraking Amazing for early xmas shopping
Posted by future king on :
quote:Originally posted by Lucifer07: Amazon is Fraking Amazing for early xmas shopping
Which Amazon are you referring to? Princess Diana of Themyscera? I didn't know they celebrated Christmas on Paradise Island. Huh! Posted by Chief Tay-LSH on :
Kent's current posting i.d. makes me think of "chipotle" for some reason.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
My roommate got a coupon for a free turkey ($20 value) from the local (international corporation) supermarket. If the turkey you got was less than the $20, you could use the difference to buy other groceries. When he first went to the register he thought the turkey he got costed over the $20, but it was on sale and only was $12. The cashier told him that he could get other stuff. So he goes back and it trying to think of what goes with turkey. He ended up buying 2 bags of cranberries. When I asked him why he bought the bags of cranberries, he said that that was all he could think of at the time to go with the turkey.
Posted by future king on :
SPOT spelled backwards is TOPS. Who knew?
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
When I was little I had sheets and pillowcases with the Peanuts characters on them. There was a picture of Sally Brown lying in bed saying "I hate going to bed at night and I hate getting up in the morning." I understood that so well and appreciated, even at a very young age, the ironic humor.
Posted by cleome on :
Cast iron pots and pans should never be used to cook tomato-based recipes. The acid from the tomatoes will wear away the surface coating, and the pot will have to be reseasoned afterward to keep subsequent foods cooked therein from tasting like rust.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
quote:Originally posted by cleome: Cast iron pots and pans should never be used to cook tomato-based recipes. The acid from the tomatoes will wear away the surface coating, and the pot will have to be reseasoned afterward to keep subsequent foods cooked therein from tasting like rust.
Yet more evil propagated on the world by the vile tomato. Will the horrors never cease?
Posted by future king on :
These examples above were the building blocks for the classic horror movie "Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes".
Posted by Lucifer07 on :
Not totally FK you never read the DC Digest where Santa had to battle his way across the Island to deliver Donna Troy her "My Little Pony?" A 1982 Classic
[ November 30, 2010, 04:26 PM: Message edited by: Lucifer07 ]
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Enrique Segoviano was the unsung behind-the-scenes hero for both "El Chavo del ocho" and "El Chapulin Colorado."
Posted by Chief Lardy on :
Irvin Kershner, director of The Empire Strikes Back among other films, died last week.
Posted by lil'rhino on :
Wool is itchy.
Posted by cleome on :
quote:Originally posted by Chief Lardy: Irvin Kershner, director of The Empire Strikes Back among other films, died last week.
Awww... Posted by cleome on :
If you're trying to do some serious writing, Weird Al videos playing while you work are not the way to go.
Just a friendly tip, from one who's learned.
Posted by lil'rhino on :
I shouldn't have served that sweet old lady from Coral Springs sitting on table 8 a third margarita!
Posted by dedman on :
probably not exactly random, but I'm drunk and posting here and on facebook.
Tommorrow should be fun!
Posted by Power Boy on :
.. just watched the china syndrome. not bad.
going to dim sum tomorrow.
Posted by future king on :
Dog's breath is real bad smelling.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
quote:Originally posted by future king: Dog's breath is real bad smelling.
That depends on the dog. Posted by Chief Lardy on :
quote:Originally posted by dedman: probably not exactly random, but I'm drunk and posting here and on facebook.
Tommorrow should be fun!
quote:Originally posted by Power Boy: .. just watched the china syndrome. not bad.
Cause and effect?
Posted by Set on :
I just realized, after three and a half months of working on a dock, that I'm a dockworker!
Or a stevedore, more accurately, which sounds even cooler.
Yes, I move big heavy things into and out of dark places all night long. And no, that's not any sort of entendre. Posted by cleome on :
Something called the Chinook Winds (not to be confused with the casino by the same name ) blew into our area of the world last night. Within ten minutes, the evening temperatures shot from about 44 F to 54 F, which is where they still are, mostly.
It's also still rainy, of course.
[ December 13, 2010, 12:32 AM: Message edited by: cleome ]
Posted by Power Boy on :
ours are called the Santa Ana winds. (it was about 60 last week)
it will be 85 degrees fahrenheit tomorrow.
swimsuit time.
however at my mother's home where we celebrate christmas, the high on the 25th will be about 52 degrees F. cold.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
Walking home from the store, little flakes of snow were fluttering down. Just a couple here and there. Now 3 hours later, the streets and sidewalks are still snow-free.
Posted by Power Boy on :
.... can not write a research proposal to save his life.
Posted by Exnihil on :
Of my mother, father, younger brother, younger sister, and myself... I'm the only one who has not had back surgery.
Posted by future king on :
I will stop drinking coffee when Tim Hortons closes it final store. (never happen)
Posted by cleome on :
My ex-HM has me on her LJ Friends page. Nearly everything she writes makes me want to reach through my computer and shake her, which makes me feel guilty because she's not a bad person. Just... really really damn irritating.
I never comment on her stuff, because the temptation to say exactly what I think in print for all her other Friends to see is just too strong.
Posted by Power Boy on :
....... drove to mall for christmas shopping, could not find parking, waited for an hour (in car queing) to escape the parking lot. never stepped foot in a store or outside of car.
it's now an amazon.com christmas.
Posted by Lucifer07 on :
Watching "Super Hero Squad" with your Niece and Nephew can really brighten up your day, and give you hope for the future.
Posted by Exnihil on :
The 666th reply to this thread was made by Lucifer07. Coincidence?!?!
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Last night, I was so tired that I forgot to log out of LW before I shut down my computer.
Posted by SharkLad on :
"All Good Things" was a pretty lousy movie... "All Average Things" at best...
Posted by Lucifer07 on :
"The War On Christmas" is about as real as Santa working with Coco Cola.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
My gym had a members appreciation day last week. They had a drawing. I won a 2 week trial membership for a friend.
Posted by lil'rhino on :
Ewww! What IS that underneath my kitchen sink??
Posted by Chief Lardy on :
Why do I keep seeing episodes I've already seen of "Criminal Minds" over and over on Ion when I've probably seen less than 10% of the series run altogether?!?!
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Many of my favorite artists in the fields of film, music, and literature (including comics) did some of their best work in middle age and beyond.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
Once in college, I was part of a huge snowball fight where everyone was in their undergarments. I was in boxers, socks and boots.
Posted by cleome on :
The FIL sent us a holiday check yesterday. Most of it will go to catch up on bills, with a little skimmed off the top for a few 12/25 treats.
I also had a nasty attack of sleep-deprived stupid yesterday and would have overdrawn my account if mr_cleome hadn't gone to the C.U. when it opened and done an emergency cash infusion.
So the operative phrase this joyous season...?
[points toward sub-heading just under avatar]
With a tacked-on, You gotta' have friends...
:whew:
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
I find myself secretly wishing that the anti-obsesity movement would successfully change depictions of Santa Claus so that he is no longer overweight, if only because I think the countermovement to "Put the Mass back in Chrismas" would be amusing.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
^Berkeley Breathed was way ahead of Eryk. There was a Bloom County strip where a slender, yuppified Santa says, "Had to lose some weight to fit into my new Saab."
Posted by Dave Hackett on :
Shaved my beard down to a goatee today. Might not last long, not looking forward to having to learn how to use razors and shaving cream.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
I think Santa should have a built like Superman but with a nice beer belly. Instead of 'fat and jolly', more like a 'conquering hero who enjoyed the spoils of war too much'.
Which, incidently, is how I want to look.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
And, of course, nothing captures the true spirit of Christmas like overindulging on the spoils of war after vanquishing your enemies!
Posted by cleome on :
quote:Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester: I find myself secretly wishing that the anti-obsesity movement would successfully change depictions of Santa Claus so that he is no longer overweight, if only because I think the countermovement to "Put the Mass back in Christmas" would be amusing.
Anti-obsesity, Cobie?
Where would this board be without its own personal Legion of Obses(s)ives?
Now be quiet and eat this Festivus cake. I baked it special just for you! Also, you have to have some of the ice cream or everyone will think you're one of those no-good Atheists!
Posted by cleome on :
quote:Originally posted by Cobalt Kid: I think Santa should have a built like Superman but with a nice beer belly. Instead of 'fat and jolly', more like a 'conquering hero who enjoyed the spoils of war too much'.
Which, incidently, is how I want to look.
So Santa would look like a Chris Ware superhero?
[hides under the bed for the rest of '10]
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Last night (or tonight, depending how you look at it), between Christmas Eve services, two of my brother tenors misheard me when I said that after the Christmas morning service, I was going home to mash rutabagas. They both thought I said--something else. I think this is the birth of a new euphemism! Posted by cleome on :
Oh, my.
It really IS the quiet ones that you've always gotta' watch.
Posted by future king on :
Once, in grade 3 these nine guys were beating me up pretty good ....
then suddenly, there he was ...
Captain Chaos!
Posted by Chief Lardy on :
quote:Originally posted by Cobalt Kid: I think Santa should have a built like Superman but with a nice beer belly. Instead of 'fat and jolly', more like a 'conquering hero who enjoyed the spoils of war too much'.
Which, incidently, is how I want to look.
quote:Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester: And, of course, nothing captures the true spirit of Christmas like overindulging on the spoils of war after vanquishing your enemies!
I always wondered how he got all those elf slaves... Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I almost never start "Happy Birthday" at parties because I invariably pitch it too high for most people.
Posted by Exnihil on :
I'm getting my piano tuned tomorrow (also not a euphemism).
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
quote:Originally posted by Cobalt Kid: I think Santa should have a built like Superman but with a nice beer belly. Instead of 'fat and jolly', more like a 'conquering hero who enjoyed the spoils of war too much'.
Which, incidently, is how I want to look.
So, basically, the over the hill biker look, without the tats and pistol, lol.
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
I don't like chocolate, unless its mixed with JIF peanut butter or reese's. I can tolerate a snickers and baby ruth, but thats about it.
Posted by future king on :
I hate it when girls take their shoes to dance at formal functions such as a wedding reception.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Except for a few licensed kiddie-books when I was very young, I don't believe I have ever in my life actually bought a Marvel comic.
Posted by Exnihil on :
Betty Grable died the day before I was born.
Posted by cleome on :
Crofters Morello Cherry jam is awesome when mixed with plain yogurt.
Yay, Canada!
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
I've had Buffy playing in the background these last three days on netflix. Trying to see what others saw in the show. So far, still just eeeeh.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Tuna salad sandwich + Tab = A little piece of heaven
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
100 years before the day I was born, Billy the kid died.
Or did he?
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
200 years before I was born, give or take a few days, the United States was born.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
30 years before I was born, give or take a few days, the late film producer Julia Phillips was born. In addition to producing The Sting, Taxi Driver, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, she also ripped away Hollywood's civilized facade and revealed the corruption, sleaze, and betrayal underneath, in her book, "You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again." For saving many a sensitive soul, including myself, from making a mistake and going to Hollywood, her memory deserves respect.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
I became an uncle when I was 7 years old.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Neil Armstrong walked on the moon forty days before I was born.
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
quote:Originally posted by Fanfic Lady: 30 years before I was born, give or take a few days, the late film producer Julia Phillips was born. In addition to producing The Sting, Taxi Driver, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, she also ripped away Hollywood's civilized facade and revealed the corruption, sleaze, and betrayal underneath, in her book, "You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again." For saving many a sensitive soul, including myself, from making a mistake and going to Hollywood, her memory deserves respect.
When did she pass? It must have been within the last couple of years...
Posted by future king on :
Malawi declared its independence from the United Kingdom exactly one day before I was born. Go Malawi!!! Posted by He Who LSHes on :
I was born a little less than a month after Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech before a crowd of 200,000 at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Happy MLK Day, everyone!
Posted by Legion Tracker on :
Robin Williams and Don Knotts share my birthday. But they had it first.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
This is my 12,900th post. I'd put that in the w00t thread, but I'll save that for my 13,000th. Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
One of the reasons I love Legion World is it's a safe place to practice gender-free flirty behavior. Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I also really like Quorn products.
Posted by dedman on :
I have pink eye.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I have hazel eyes.
Posted by dedman on :
she's got bette davis eyes
Posted by cleome on :
All my shoes are either black or brown.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
When I was a kid I hated the word "wholesome". Maybe I just heard it used to described Hostess Twinkies and Cup Cakes in commercials one too many times. The mother would chastise her kids for some small infractions and then say how "fresh, wholesome Hostess" met her "tough standards" for her children's snacks. Her "tough standards" were "not overtly poisonous", it would seem.
Posted by MLLASH on :
I threw up tonight.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Feel better, Lash! Posted by Set on :
An hour and a half is the time it takes to brush out and untangle the fur of an overbred, overpriced, health-challenged miniature collie-thing (and clean the excess fur off of one's clothing afterwards).
Ugh. Next dog? Chihuahua. Self-cleaning and easy to bury in the backyard if it gets annoying...
Posted by future king on :
I only have one winter coat and one spring jacket.
Posted by cleome on :
quote:Originally posted by Rockhopper Lad: When I was a kid I hated the word "wholesome". Maybe I just heard it used to described Hostess Twinkies and Cup Cakes in commercials one too many times. The mother would chastise her kids for some small infractions and then say how "fresh, wholesome Hostess" met her "tough standards" for her children's snacks. Her "tough standards" were "not overtly poisonous", it would seem.
Oh, heck yes. "Wholesome snack cake" is right up there with phrases like "Military intelligence" and "Jumbo shrimp."
Posted by future king on :
I will add another oxymoron to the 3 mentioned on the previous page ... Honest Politician. Posted by cleome on :
future king, He Who Lashes says that the politicians in his town are a-okay.
Click Here For A SpoilerI suspect that He Who Lashes actually lives in Brigadoon, myself.
Moving right along...
At the doctor's office yesterday, I discovered that my weight has dropped below the 180 lb. mark for the first time in about 300 years.
Click Here For A SpoilerI suppose this would be a cause for rejoicing-- if I didn't suspect that the loss was due to my having sweated out about eighty-five gallons of water in the last two or three days. Posted by He Who LSHes on :
quote:Originally posted by cleome: future king, He Who Lashes says that the politicians in his town are a-okay.
Well, not quite. I once said that a CERTAIN politician had earned my trust and convinced me not to judge people prematurely, even by what they do for a living.
And I don't live in Brigadoon, though I did visit there the last time it appeared in our reality. Quaint Scottish village. They still think it's 1787 there and were completely perplexed by my cell phone and laptop. Posted by Legion Tracker on :
I like orange.
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
Due to an accident when I was 20 that crushed my leg left me with two toes that are now basically webbed, the skin grown together to the last knuckle.
Can't run for $#!+ now, but I can swim like a scalded dog.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
I recently heard the dumbest question ever. A grown woman asked if a 7 year old would be able to tell the difference between an adult and a child.
Posted by future king on :
I was this close to becoming a paleontologist in university, but instead I pursued a career in retail management. It's a mistake one can only regret in their later years, not while it's taking place in their youth.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
The single person responsible for the greatest number of unsourced quotes in the "Quotes Without Context" thread is probably Charles Schulz.
Posted by Chief Lardy on :
[ February 08, 2011, 05:22 PM: Message edited by: Chief Lardy ]
Posted by Dev Em on :
Lardy needs help.
Posted by SharkLad on :
Saratoga's Chowder Fest 2011 had over 70 types of chowder to sample, including bacon cheeseburger chowder, corn beef chowder, and ice cream chowder...
Posted by future king on :
quote:Originally posted by Chief Lardy:
How the H E double hockey sticks did you manage to take a picture of me on my last vacation??? So much for growing a go-tee to stay hidden!
Posted by cleome on :
They're predicting that we'll finally get the Winter pounding here that most of the rest of America has already experienced... sometime in the next week or so.
I really, really hope they're wrong.
Posted by cleome on :
Yesterday, I saw an assortment of robins and Western Bluejays hanging out in the yard.
The cat was pretty excited about this, which amused me.
Posted by SharkLad on :
... I received a valentine from a student today that said, "I love you! -- God"
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
quote:Originally posted by SharkLad: ... I received a valentine from a student today that said, "I love you! -- God"
And God doesn't say that to just anybody.
Posted by cleome on :
(Behind a cut to spare the dieters amongst us.)
Click Here For A Spoiler
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
I'm so overly organized for my taxes. I've been this way since I was a teenager. I don't want the Gov to beat me for a cent. Posted by SharkLad on :
I work with a number of women who are surprisingly comfortable dropping the "c word" all day long...
Posted by dadman on :
I was at an awesome concert in Edmonton last night...Cradle of Filth totally rocked!
Posted by Exnihil on :
I had forgotten just how much I like Gatorade.
Posted by future king on :
quote:Originally posted by dadman: I was at an awesome concert in Edmonton last night...Cradle of Filth totally rocked!
I didn't realise you were in Edmonton bud, cool. I've been there once and Calgary as well. Both VERY nice cities!!!
Posted by Exnihil on :
The wind is so bad right now, the flashing is peeling off my roof. But... ain't no way I'm getting up on a ladder right now, so all I can do is listen to it bang! Posted by dadman on :
quote:Originally posted by future king:
quote:Originally posted by dadman: I was at an awesome concert in Edmonton last night...Cradle of Filth totally rocked!
I didn't realise you were in Edmonton bud, cool. I've been there once and Calgary as well. Both VERY nice cities!!!
I'm actually in Fort McMurray, we went to Edmonton for the concert on Tue. and a hockey game on Thu. Its been a long time since I've been to Calgary, but from I remember it was nice.
Posted by future king on :
Oops, DUH .... just saw that your profile says "Fort McMurray" on it (and I even knew that already). Shows you what old age does to a person, eh? LOL
P.S. You must enjoy doing a lot of driving then?
Posted by SharkLad on :
The couple next to me at Starbucks is on a first date... I foresee disaster...
Posted by future king on :
Meeting at a Starbucks for a date was their first mistake! Posted by Legion Tracker on :
Orange is a mighty fine color.
Posted by dadman on :
There is a helium balloon shaped like a chicken on my ceiling
Posted by future king on :
Every single muscle in my body aches today from my 2 and half hour workout yesterday.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Today is the 326th anniversary of the birth of George Frideric Handel.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
The name "Old Dutch the Super-Cow" is a play on "Comet the Super-Horse". Old Dutch Cleanser is a now-obscure, but once common brand of cleaning powder.
Posted by Legion Tracker on :
The King James Bible is celebrating its 400th birthday.
Posted by Dev Em on :
My bologna has a first name.
Posted by dadman on :
My feet are cold
Posted by future king on :
My hands are always so cold!
Posted by cleome on :
My hair smells like smoke. Yesterday, I was visiting with a buddy and his roommate lit a fire in the fireplace, which was obviously faulty because the house got damn smokey in the space of half an hour.
Now I'll have to wash my hair again, even though I just did it yesterday evening before I went out...
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
My first job as a teenager was bagging groceries in a supermarket. I had a regular customer, an older lady, who would always tell me "Have a beautiful day in the Lord" as she was leaving. I thought that was kind of inappropriate, but I knew she meant no harm by it, so I always just smiled and thanked her.
About ten years later, when I was in grad school, I was relating this to a rather cynical classmate who asked "As opposed to what? A beautiful day in the bar?"
Posted by Legion Tracker on :
Budding pear trees smell funky.
Posted by SharkLad on :
As a kid, I thought muenster cheese was called monster cheese...
Posted by Dev Em on :
My daughter thinks Swiss cheese tastes kinda like popcorn.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
I got a notice from the Boston Public Library that the book I requested was now in. I requested the book back in September. When I requested it I was number 121 in the queue.
Posted by Power Boy on :
When I was a kid I thought 'Jay walking' was people walking around naked in public. I wrongly made a connection between the phrase 'naked as a jay bird' and the phrase 'jay walking'.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
When I was a kid, I would often see the phrase "hors d'oeuvres" written, but didn't know how to pronounce it, so even though I knew what hors d'oeuvres were when people would talk about them, I didn't make the connection between the spoken phrase and the written phrase for a long time.
Posted by Legion Tracker on :
I'm amazed that Americans still use the term "hors d'oeuvres" because it's so darn hard to spell correctly. "Canapes" isn't much better. In the South, when we're not being fancy, we just call it "finger food."
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
Looks like snow on the ground at my folks place with all the pear tree blossom petals on the ground.
Posted by cleome on :
I like switching all the clocks over. There's something about the symbolic turn of the seasons that always peps me up.
Plus, my clocks are all pretty cool-looking.
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
... 42.
Posted by Legion Tracker on :
lapis lazuli
Posted by Dev Em on :
...I am tired lately...but cannot sleep.
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
... pillows. Bed. Hot milk. Accounting books. Tom cruise. Any Eric Bana movie.
Posted by Dev Em on :
...got 6 hours of sleep...the most in the last week.
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
... too bad. I'm back to posting.
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
no former kryptonian juvenile delinquent is gonna outdo me.... less I geta chance at tha boom boom with tha missus. Then, all bets r off.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
I used to think Buhalis was pronounced "BOO-HAL-ESS"
Posted by Dev Em on :
quote:Originally posted by rickshaw1: no former kryptonian juvenile delinquent is gonna outdo me.... less I geta chance at tha boom boom with tha missus. Then, all bets r off.
heh...we all have to take a break from here sometimes. Posted by cleome on :
quote:Originally posted by Fanfic Lady: I used to think Buhalis was pronounced "BOO-HAL-ESS"
We swapped art cards at a local shop once.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
quote:Originally posted by cleome:
quote:Originally posted by Fanfic Lady: I used to think Buhalis was pronounced "BOO-HAL-ESS"
We swapped art cards at a local shop once.
Cool!
Years ago, I asked Amanda Conner to autograph one of her issues of "Barbie" for my little cousin. She was very nice.
Posted by cleome on :
Yeah. I hear a lot of good things about Conner. I'm always struck by how much her work reminds me of Evan Dorkin's stuff. Which is good, since I love Evan Dorkin's art most of the time.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
She should draw the Teen Titans.
Of course, first they need a good writer. One step at a time...
Posted by cleome on :
Yeah. I know what you mean. Posted by rickshaw1 on :
quote:Originally posted by Fanfic Lady: She should draw the Teen Titans.
Of course, first they need a good writer. One step at a time...
I think Krul is getting better, but Titans have suffered from a couple of problems the last few years. One, no Robin as leader. Drake needs to return. 2, bad cast. 3, changing characters around to fit rather than writing them as they are and working it out. 4, pretty much abandoning a very storied Rogue's gallery for way too many crossovers and forgettable villains.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
I once conceived a toilet-humor parody of "Seinfeld" where instead of saying "Yada, yada, yada" they said "Caca, caca, caca."
Posted by Dev Em on :
^is not surprised.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
It featured a grumpy pharmacist who refused to sell people laxatives. They called him the Poop Nazi, and his catchphrase was, "No poop for you!"
Posted by cleome on :
I've been watching the Rotten Tomatoes show on Hulu, and entirely too many people cite Forest Gump as one of their favorite movies. Un-ironically. My faith in humanity is taking one hell of a beating because of it.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
quote:Originally posted by cleome: I've been watching the Rotten Tomatoes show on Hulu, and entirely too many people cite Forest Gump as one of their favorite movies. Un-ironically. My faith in humanity is taking one hell of a beating because of it.
I lost my faith in humanity entirely back in early 1992 when Silence of the Lambs made a sweep at the Oscars.
Posted by Legion Tracker on :
It's distressing to spend a good part of the day doing research on human trafficking.
Posted by dadman on :
I slept till well into the afternoon today
Posted by future king on :
After the killer snow dumpage yesterday it was nice to go for a walk on this sunny day today. Posted by rickshaw1 on :
...doctor changed my diabeties medicine from metformin to something else. I have a .... bad reaction... to metformin.
Posted by lancesrealm on :
On the whole, I'd rather be in Switzerland.
Posted by cleome on :
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
I had chicken, biscuits, rice and gravy, and an apple for supper.
Posted by future king on :
That kitty two posts up looks EXACTLY like my kitten Jewely! Posted by rickshaw1 on :
Officer and a Gentleman sucks @$$.
Posted by Legion Tracker on :
I wasted a perfectly fine Friday night designing a logo.
Posted by future king on :
For what it's worth I still prefer Farrah Fawcett over Cheryl Ladd on classic Charlie's Angels.
Don't get me wrong, Cheryl's a fine girl and did a GREAT job after The Farrah left the show ... I'm just an ol' fashioned original traditionalist kind of old fart. (I'm 46) Posted by cleome on :
Chai tea is awesome! Made at home, at least. The away kind usually has far too much sweetener.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Asia Argento is the daughter of Dario Argento and Daria Nicolodi. Her parents never married. She has a half-sister, Fiore, from Argento's marriage to Marilu Tolo.
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
I have no idea who is who in popular culture, or who is Asia Argento. Sounds like a porn star name.
Posted by future king on :
I just worked out for 2 and 1/2 hours and I'm not even that tired! Practice DOES make perfect!
Ok, maybe not "perfect" but I'm a work in progress, so there!
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
"Pear pimples for hairy fishnuts."
Posted by future king on :
quote:Originally posted by rickshaw1: "Pear pimples for hairy fishnuts."
Yes ok, that's true but ....
... do chickens really have lips?
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
Nope, just nice breaticles.
Posted by future king on :
quote:Originally posted by rickshaw1: Nope, just nice breaticles.
You crazy basteech! Posted by rickshaw1 on :
I refuse to comb my underarm hair. And you can't make me.
Posted by cleome on :
cleome's Very Unique & Groovy Cats Entertainment Kit™:
contains:
1 paper grocery bag
1 empty carboard beer crate
1 plastic juice bottle ring or milk bottle ring
1 plastic straw
directions for use:
Place straw through plastic ring. Balance on corner of the box, or pitch combo into paper bag. For added value, toss one item in the box and the other item in the bag. Watch cat-related hijinks ensue. Repeat as necessary.
Soon to be on sale for the unheard-of low, LOW price of 29.99 (U.S.)!! Patent Pending.
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
I gotta pee.
Posted by Dev Em on :
The more I eat fast food lately (honestly the last few years) the less I like it.
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
Home cookin' all the way, amigo.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
I feel the same way, Dev. I've taken to frying my own burgers.
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
I love my mom's Jeanburgers as I call them. She makes the perfect burger. Love my wife's cookin', but every once in a while, I gotta have a Jeanburger.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
The theme song for the underrated (yet seemingly accursed) TV show "Misfits of Science" ended with the cryptic phrase, "Good night, bunnies."
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
I always liked Joyce DeWitt over the other ladies of the show. True, she had some bad hairdo's, but she had vastly underated legs.
Posted by future king on :
As well as way too much eyeliner, But, whatever..................... Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Today is the 119th anniversary of the first documented Ice Cream Sundae.
Posted by Dev Em on :
The actors I enjoy the most are usually the character actors that usually get overlooked.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
During World War I, among the civilian loyalty groups were the Boy Spies of America, the Sedition Slammers, and the Terrible Threateners.
When I hear the name the Terrible Threateners, I think of someone saying "You better be loyal to the United States or I'll give you this flower" or "If you don't buy a war bond, I'll beat myself up."
Posted by Legion Tracker on :
LOL at Quis!
Posted by future king on :
It went from cool and wet snow conditions to super mild and raining like crazy in, I'm not kidding you, less than 4 hours!
Crazy country.
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
... job hunting again. Timber has gone to pot in SC.
Friggin hate job huntin'. After the last few jobs doing a crash and burn due to the economy... this is really tiresome.
Posted by lil'rhino on :
After 2 weeks of buying my Skechers "Shape Ups", my overnight charley-horses have ceased!!
The damned things are hard to walk on, but they really stretch the calves & hamstrings!!
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
quote:Originally posted by future king: As well as way too much eyeliner, But, whatever.....................
Whaddaya doin' lookin' at her eyes?
Posted by future king on :
Hey good buddy!
Joyce DehalfWitt's actually in my hometown of Hamilton this coming weekend doing her one-woman show.
I'm sure she'll sell out the shows! *cough, cough*
Posted by lil'rhino on :
Eyes are the windows to the soul.
Posted by future king on :
So what most of us Greeks have big noses? .... when it rains our shoes never get wet!
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
Ahhhh Joyce, da hottie wit da boddy...
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
I always loved Joyce's combination nightgown/football jersey. Still haven't found one at a thriftstore, though.
Posted by lil'rhino on :
I had to read Trees by Joyce Kilmer in front of class when I was a kid.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Mike Joyce of the Smiths was Julian Cope's drummer for a while.
Posted by Legion Tracker on :
"I think that I shall never see..."
...so many torn up and thrown down trees as I did in my neighborhood this morning. We had a high-wind occurrence (maybe even a tornado?) here last night. I now know what is meant by the statement, "It sounded like a freight train went through the house."
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
quote:Originally posted by Legion Tracker: "I think that I shall never see..."
...so many torn up and thrown down trees as I did in my neighborhood this morning. We had a high-wind occurrence (maybe even a tornado?) here last night. I now know what is meant by the statement, "It sounded like a freight train went through the house."
What will the poor doggies pee on?
Posted by Legion Tracker on :
Not to worry, Fanfie. There are still some trees left.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
What a...relief. Posted by Legion Tracker on :
quote:Originally posted by Fanfic Lady: What a...relief.
Bwa..ha...
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Nobody involved with JLI can remember who came up with "Bwah Ha Ha."
Posted by lil'rhino on :
Looking forward to the DC Flashback of that!
Posted by Exnihil on :
I have the hardest time remembering the band name, "The Cult".
I have no idea why, but it keeps dropping out of my memory. At least 2 or 3 times a year I'll hear "She Sells Sanctuary" and be like... "The Cramps? No... what is it? It's something like the Clash, but not quite. Dammit... why can I never remember this?"
Posted by future king on :
For years and years I stuggled with how to pronounce the word "ambulance". True story.
Posted by SharkLad on :
Tomorrow is the last day of Long Island restaurant week
Posted by lil'rhino on :
Whiskers on kittens truly are one of my favorite things.
Posted by future king on :
Nothing beats a Tim Horton's coffee in the morning when you're trying to wake up!
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
The two smallest states, Delaware and Rhode Island, both have a chicken for their state bird.
Posted by lil'rhino on :
Some scenes in the Coraline movie are really, really scary!!
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
Worked my butt off yesterday with the gym and yardwork, 'tain't doin' nuthin tahday.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
I find it odd that, generally speaking, someone who answers the question "What kind of music do you like?" with "All kinds" usually doesn't really like "all kinds" of music. In fact, that's usually an indication that they don't listen to much music at all.
Posted by future king on :
I still have 2 of my wisdom teeth.
Does that make me a half wit?
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
yes, you would, however, have not been considered so if you had said "I only have two remaining..." instead of "I still have..."
Posted by future king on :
quote:Originally posted by rickshaw1: yes, you would, however, have not been considered so if you had said "I only have two remaining..." instead of "I still have..."
SOMETHING PITHY BUDDY!!! Posted by cleome on :
The constant disappearance and reappearance of the sun today is making the cats go ballistic.
After my fourth attempt at doing my yoga stretches without interruption, I gave up for the day.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I always thought it would be hilarious if a butter commercial made the claim that their product tasted just like margarine.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
During Prohibition there were exceptions for sacramental wine and home made wine. Regulations allowed a household to produce 200 gallons of fermented fruit juice per year. This worked out to 3 bottles a day. Prior to Prohibition, California grapes sold for $9.50 per ton. In 1921, the price had risen to $82.00, than $105.00 per ton. The peak price of $375.00 per ton occurred in 1924. And at the same time as the price was rising, production also increased. Grape imports from Argentina and Chile went from 18,000 pounds in 1921 to almost a half a million in the first four months of 1922.
Prohibition started on January 20, 1920 and lasted until December 5, 1933 with Utah (Mormon majority Utah) becoming the 36th state to ratify the repeal amendment.
Info taken from "Last Call: the Rise nd Fall of Prhibition" by Daniel Okrent.
Posted by cleome on :
Brown ale is glorious stuff! Posted by future king on :
Scrambled egg whites taste disgusting to me. And also hollow somehow.
Posted by lil'rhino on :
I have to work at 6AM tom'w!!
Posted by future king on :
The front lawn's grass went from brown and sludgy looking to bright green and healthy practically overnight. I might have to cut it soon. *groan*
Here we go again! Posted by cleome on :
Invert sugar, which shows up in so many seasonal candies, is the result of using an acid (lemon juice or cream of tartar) to break simple sugar syrup into two components: fructose and sucrose.
It's only partly funny when the sprinkler system turns on right before an outdoor Easter sunrise service.
Posted by future king on :
I ate so many hard boiled eggs yesterday that nobody better stand too close to me for the next couple of days! Posted by lil'rhino on :
Elizabeth, New Jersey was not named after the Queen of England.
Posted by Legion Tracker on :
quote:Originally posted by lil'rhino: Elizabeth, New Jersey was not named after the Queen of England.
Of course not, silly. Her last name isn't Jersey.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I wonder if the fact that I am both an Anglophile and a Francophile is not in some ways unlike the fact that I am very fond of both the Justice Society and the Legion.
Posted by Legion Tracker on :
Bubba, are you saying' the Legion is Frainch? I'm pretty sure they're all red-blooded Americans.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Jacques Foccart? Posted by Legion Tracker on :
The boy can't spell. He's Jack Focker.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
I thought EDE's song lyric reference in the Shout Box today was for "Dizzy Miss Lizzy". I Googled the lyrics and found that it wasn't. Then, I looked up the old Lizzie Borden rhyme and saw it didn't come from there. Then I tried Googling the lyrics themselves and got nuthin'!
So I Wikipediaed "Lizzie Borden" and read up on her because my curiosity was piqued.
Still don't know what those lyrics were to but am too embarassed to ask. Posted by Legion Tracker on :
Lardy, you can find it in The Legion of Super-Heroes section, in the "Tenzil-Poco Teamup" thread.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
In the hotel room I'm in at the moment, there is a sign on the door detailing the "Emergency Escape Plan". There is a fairly elaborate set of instructions, in English, about what to do in case of fire. There is one little bit of Spanish on the sign. Under "You are here" on the floorplan, it says "Usted esta aqui."
So, let's suppose you are a Spanish speaker who doesn't speak English. In case of fire, you'll be given absolutely no guidance on what to do to save yourself, but at least you'll know exactly where you are when you die.
Posted by cleome on :
I bought some old Pyrex and Corningware today at an estate sale. Red, yellow, and blue. I love me some primary colors in my kitchen! Posted by Legion Tracker on :
I watched "The Voice" and I liked it.
Posted by SharkLad on :
I can never remember my shoe size
Posted by cleome on :
My allergies are finally dying down somewhat today.
Whew!
Posted by lil'rhino on :
The Emerald Ash Borer is one beautiful bug!!
Posted by cleome on :
My "trick" ankle's bothering me again. Grrr...
Posted by Dev Em on :
My wife got hit by a car Friday while walking into work. She is sore and achy, but seems pretty good for what she went through. No broken bones or anything.
Posted by He Who LSHes on :
Dev and Mrs. Dev,
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
quote:Originally posted by Dev Em: My wife got hit by a car Friday while walking into work. She is sore and achy, but seems pretty good for what she went through. No broken bones or anything.
Wow--just saw this! Hope your wife is doing okay, Dev! That's incredibly scary to hear!
I'm really glad she doesn't have any broken bones and hopefully a day or so later, she's still feeling okay.
Big time for your family!
Posted by cleome on :
Dev, what Cobie said. (And I'm sorry for somehow missing this before.)
Posted by Legion Tracker on :
Hoping all is still well for Mrs. Dev...and Dev too.
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
Geez Dev... thats waaaay to much like YK. Tell me you guys are good...
Posted by Dev Em on :
We're good, and it looks like everything will becovered by somone or another besides us. She's on restrictions at work, but can still go in and do her job. Thanks for all the kind words.
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
I'm very sorry to hear that it happened, but I'm also very glad to hear things are gonna be okay. Damn man, that scared the hell outta me.
Posted by future king on :
quote:Originally posted by Dev Em: We're good, and it looks like everything will becovered by somone or another besides us. She's on restrictions at work, but can still go in and do her job. Thanks for all the kind words.
THANK GOD she's ok bud!!!! Posted by cleome on :
Poor old Butterscotch the Evil (aka mr_cleome's cat). Her coat is all scraggly/scabby from allergies, plus she's dropping weight like crazy. Probably it's her thyroid. She's about at the age for that.
I'm glad I've come into a little cash, because we need to get her to the vet, and soon. Posted by Dev Em on :
You can hit someone with your car, send them flying about ten feet through the air. Leaving them sore and in need of physical therapy and with the worry of nerve damage in her arm...and not even get a ticket. Nothing...nada...zip...no consequences at all legally.
Things you learn dealing with this stuff...
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
I live on the third floor of a 3 story house. My back porch is enclosed. Between the back porch and the pantry there is a small window, It measures 15 and a half inches across and is about 2 feet high. My roommate worries that someone might break into the apartment through this window. He will check to make sure that it is locked if when he goes out of the apartment.
Posted by Exnihil on :
Being all excited about the new Terrence Malick film coming out, I decided to look for a Malick-centric forum to join. My search brought up a new forum only formed two days ago. "Well, this looks promising," I thought, "I can get in on the ground floor."
Before signing up, though, I peeked at the board to see what sort of traffic it had gotten. There were only a handful of users, but one of the first people registered was someone called... "Exnihilo".
What are the chances? It's not like that phrase is at all linked to Malick himself. That is just super bizarre.
Posted by lil'rhino on :
LOL!!
Posted by cleome on :
[snip]
quote:...There were only a handful of users, but one of the first people registered was someone called... "Exnihilo"...
Poor Ex. The social/business dynamo in town who shares my IRL name has caused me to get at least three wrong phone calls this week. I feel your pain.
What's really funny is: we donated some stuff last Fall to a charity she runs, but I made mr_cleome sign all the papers and receipts, because why confuse things even further?
Posted by lil'rhino on :
Smokey Robinson is a very handsome man!
Posted by Legion Tracker on :
I like reading the Arts section of the New York Times on Friday afternoons at Starbucks.
Posted by future king on :
I am planning a vacation to beautiful St. John's in gorgeous Newfoundland.
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
As an adult, i've never had a proper vacation that involved actually doing anything more than working around the house. Most I've had is a 3 day weekend to get certified in scuba.
Posted by Dev Em on :
I think our honeymoon almost 14 years ago was the last time my wife and I went anywhere on vacation alone.
Posted by cleome on :
Fruit Boy designs a building exterior. Awesome!
Posted by cleome on :
quote:Originally posted by Fanfic Lass: I have no idea where the MST3K people got "Chili Peppers burn my gut" from, but it always made me laugh.
It's a quote from the dippy hero of that creepy-as-hell "Sidehackers" movie that they skewered early in the series. Posted by Emily Sivana on :
I plan to write a story with Squirrel Girl, Deadpool, Bat-Girl, and The Punisher.
Posted by Power Boy on :
I bought the newspaper today.
Posted by lil'rhino on :
I was just driven home by a one-armed cab driver!
Posted by Power Boy on :
Heard Love Shack on the radio!
Posted by Power Boy on :
No joke: THIS was a club at my mom's high school, I just saw it in her yearbook. (i've excluded the photo of the members ... cause i dont know them) here is the description.
Bilbo Baggins is listed as a member, but no frodo, legolas, etc. what a bunch of hippies! why couldn't my high school have a club like this??
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Bloody hippies!
Just kidding.
Neil Pye from The Young Ones was named after hippie record label Pye Records.
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
Did he work for an evil pharmaceutical company?
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
He was a hippie, he didn't have a job.
Posted by cleome on :
I have a job interview tomorrow, which means that I desperately need a haircut today. Am planning to go get one after lunch.
My glasses are in terrible shape and look dirty even when they're clean. Too bad there's nothing that I can do about that. [grumble]
Posted by lil'rhino on :
Good luck, doll!!
Posted by cleome on :
Thanks, rhino. I don't expect that I'll find anything out one way or the other until tomorrow, or maybe even Monday.
OTOH, my hair looks better than it has in a coupla' years...
Posted by lil'rhino on :
3 new holes in my wall.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
Last night I went to a high school production of Snow White. Two of my great nephews were in it. The younger one played one of the dwarves (they were not the same names as the Disney version) The older one had a main role as the comedic Sir Pompous. He did quite well, taking prat falls, talking in a funy voice, and even singing. The students who played the evil queen, her sister the wicked witch, and the magic mirror also did a very good job.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I am currently listening to Brave New World on CD when in the car. I now understand Kid Charlemagne's birthday greetings. Posted by lil'rhino on :
Racehorses sweat alot.
Posted by SharkLad on :
I often donate clothing to the lupus foundation
Posted by cleome on :
Sometimes I'm tempted to make up a list of all the times in movies, comic books, and so on that the evil remorseless killer was somehow left all alone and unsupervised in prison long enough to get free and commit all kinds of mayhem. Though the people who were keeping him/her jailed supposedly had a lot in the way of brains.
Then I realized that I'd never be able to leave the computer once I got started.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
I am fascinated when I see racism and misogyny in old cartoons, comic books, and TV shows.
I am watching some of the old Fleischer Superman cartoons and just saw Japoteurs and Jungle Drums.
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
I was a chubby lady hiding in da bushes!
Posted by Candlelight on :
That's a quote from somewhere? I hope.
A missionary talking at my church tonight spent most of the time graphicly describing how the lower half of his arm got ground up in a butcher shop meat grinder when he was 16. geez
Posted by future king on :
Tall, uncut grass due-to-it's-been-raining-steady is really not much fun to cut even if the sun is finally shining! Posted by lil'rhino on :
Finally sunny in nyc too!!
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
My mom and wife have tried to kill me with yard and garden work this last month.
Posted by future king on :
My wife will kill me if I don't do some yard and garden work this month! Posted by Legion Tracker on :
He Who, future king, and I keep trying to cohabit the same post.
Posted by He Who LSHes on :
Is that even legal? Posted by Legion Tracker on :
It's probably going to cause a multiverse.
Posted by future king on :
Sorry if I'm standing in someone else's shadow!
Posted by He Who LSHes on :
Crisis on Infinite Posts
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
If He Who, FK and Tracker are all there, then it must be a pretty swell place! Posted by He Who LSHes on :
And it just got sweller.
Posted by cleome on :
I should be in bed, but I'm too tired to shut off the computer and stand up.
Posted by Legion Tracker on :
cleome, dear, are you still there?
Posted by cleome on :
quote:Originally posted by Legion Tracker: cleome, dear, are you still there?
In what sense, O Airborne One?
Posted by cleome on :
Posted by Candlelight on :
I forgot to soap up during my shower yesterday. So, I took a bubble bath today, just to be safe. gads
Posted by Set on :
I saw the motorcycle gang of the future today, five people on those motorized power-chairs, bee-bopping down main street.
The town's being overrun by these silver-haired hooligans, with their gangs, and their drugs, and their flagrant disrespect for traffic laws!
Posted by future king on :
quote:Originally posted by Set: I saw the motorcycle gang of the future today,
Stop using your time machine to spy on my world! How many times do I have to tell you?? Posted by future king on :
Wait I have another comeback ... Posted by future king on :
quote:Originally posted by future king:
quote:Originally posted by Set: I saw the motorcycle gang of the future today, five people on those motorized power-chairs, bee-bopping down main street.
They're not hoodlums. That's just how we celebrate Victoria Day in the future Canada!
Posted by Dev Em on :
I was called a dickhead by a student yesterday. It made me smile.
[ May 26, 2011, 05:46 PM: Message edited by: Dev Em ]
Posted by Legion Tracker on :
quote:Originally posted by cleome:
quote:Originally posted by Legion Tracker: cleome, dear, are you still there?
In what sense, O Airborne One?
Are you still at the computer, too tired to turn it off and stand up?
Posted by Set on :
Everybody is like 'Peak Oil! Switch to solar!' but don't they realize we are going to hit Peak Solar in only five billion years?
I mean, why bother?
Posted by SharkLad on :
Cheryl Cole got kicked off the "X-Factor"
Posted by cleome on :
quote:Originally posted by Legion Tracker:
quote:Originally posted by cleome:
quote:Originally posted by Legion Tracker: cleome, dear, are you still there?
In what sense, O Airborne One?
Are you still at the computer, too tired to turn it off and stand up?
I'm not sure. Several days must have elapsed since we began this discussion, and yet I have no clear memory of the events that have occurred in the meantime.
Maybe I should stop drinking. Or else have another drink. I can't decide which would restore my memory more effectively...
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
When I was little, I heard about a hurricane that struck the Gulf Coast and thought that one of its victims was a woman named Mrs. Sippy.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
If telekinesis is the same thing as psychokinesis, then why isn't a telepath the same thing as a psychopath?
Posted by cleome on :
Black walnut trees are first to shed leaves in the Fall and last to leaf out in the Spring. It's just one of many things that makes them such an utter pain in the [bleep]. If we didn't need ours there for shade and windbreak purposes, I'd cut it down in a second.
Posted by SharkLad on :
I have IPad training at work on Monday
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I have a friend who passed away suddenly in 2009. His mom took over his Facebook account, keeping it in his name (she already had her own), which is a little creepy, but if it helps her, no harm done. She now uses it to play Farmville and post that she needs help raising her barn or some such (I never was a Farmville person).
Posted by cleome on :
The Sid, our gray tabby, had to go to the vet earlier this week. He had a UTI and needed meds and re-hydration. Today he's feeling a bit better. But I won't really consider him to be back to his old self until he tries to bite and claw me when I pet him.
Posted by future king on :
What in heavens name are there travel agencies still doing taking up space in shopping malls??? I honestly thought I was doing the world a service by trying to go into one in order to get a human being to help me book a vacation I want to take in July. After explaining that I was looking for assistance to book an all-inclusive trip the woman working in there looked at me like I had three heads. "Why don't you just go online and book it yourself? It'll be cheaper" ... really, thanks Sherlock, didn't know that!!! That's what I was thinking to myself. What I should have came back with was "Really, then why are you here??"
So much for kicking it old school, or trying to anyways! I wanted to contact the mall management and suggest that they put a poster up with online vacation information in place of that "travel agancy" taking up valuble retail space. Posted by Legion Tracker on :
I like bowties but I never wear them except with a tux.
Posted by future king on :
Today I celebrate 16 years of marriage to my best friend!
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
quote:Originally posted by future king: Today I celebrate 16 years of marriage to my best friend!
Junipers! How've you kept this from your wife for so long?
Congrats!
Posted by future king on :
quote:Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester:
quote:Originally posted by future king: Today I celebrate 16 years of marriage to my best friend!
Junipers! How've you kept this from your wife for so long?
Congrats!
Thanks bud!
Posted by He Who LSHes on :
Ironically, yesterday was my brother's 16th wedding anniversary--and he posted a similar comment ("best friend") on Facebook.
Happy anniversary, fk and Mrs. King. Posted by Dev Em on :
Jonathan thinks that Iron Man is "the best movie ever!"
Posted by Legion Tracker on :
quote:Originally posted by future king: Today I celebrate 16 years of marriage to my best friend!
Congratulations to both of you, my friend!
Posted by future king on :
quote:Originally posted by He Who LSHes: Ironically, yesterday was my brother's 16th wedding anniversary--and he posted a similar comment ("best friend") on Facebook.
Happy anniversary, fk and Mrs. King.
Thank you very much! It is appreciated. We had a GREAT day together!!
Posted by future king on :
quote:Originally posted by Legion Tracker:
quote:Originally posted by future king: Today I celebrate 16 years of marriage to my best friend!
Congratulations to both of you, my friend!
Thanks bud, you're the greatest!!!
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
quote:Originally posted by Dev Em: Jonathan thinks that Iron Man is "the best movie ever!"
Don't worry. As he gets older his tastes will improve. Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
quote:Originally posted by future king:
quote:Originally posted by He Who LSHes: Ironically, yesterday was my brother's 16th wedding anniversary--and he posted a similar comment ("best friend") on Facebook.
Happy anniversary, fk and Mrs. King.
Thank you very much! It is appreciated. We had a GREAT day together!!
Of course you realize that we're going to have to call you "Scarecrow" now.
Congratulations, FK and many, many more happy years!
Posted by Dev Em on :
quote:Originally posted by Rockhopper Lad:
quote:Originally posted by future king:
quote:Originally posted by He Who LSHes: Ironically, yesterday was my brother's 16th wedding anniversary--and he posted a similar comment ("best friend") on Facebook.
Happy anniversary, fk and Mrs. King.
Thank you very much! It is appreciated. We had a GREAT day together!!
Of course you realize that we're going to have to call you "Scarecrow" now.
Congratulations, FK and many, many more happy years!
Posted by Dev Em on :
quote:Originally posted by Quislet, Esq:
quote:Originally posted by Dev Em: Jonathan thinks that Iron Man is "the best movie ever!"
Don't worry. As he gets older his tastes will improve.
I can live with him thinking Iron Man is the best movie ever at three. Posted by Emily Sivana on :
I am looking forward to seeing Pirates of the Caribbean 4 tomorrow.
Posted by future king on :
quote:Originally posted by Rockhopper Lad:
quote:Originally posted by future king:
quote:Originally posted by He Who LSHes: Ironically, yesterday was my brother's 16th wedding anniversary--and he posted a similar comment ("best friend") on Facebook.
Happy anniversary, fk and Mrs. King.
Thank you very much! It is appreciated. We had a GREAT day together!!
Of course you realize that we're going to have to call you "Scarecrow" now.
Congratulations, FK and many, many more happy years!
Thanks Rocky! Posted by future king on :
Hey, today I was "friended" by none other than the great Mr. Paul Levitz on Facebook!
I know lots of you on here are also friends of his on there (as I saw y'all! lol), and this is all old news to you, but since I'm new to Facebook it is quite a special honour for me. And that is an understatement!
What a great weekend this has turned out to be!!! Posted by cleome45 on :
I'm fixing another lemon cake later today. Yeah, I'm in a rut, but it's a good rut. Lemon cake rules!
Posted by SharkLad on :
Sometimes I crave key lime pie
Posted by Dev Em on :
Spent about 19 dollars to fix the minivan. Two relays were blown...easy fix, that took too long because of money issues.
Posted by cleome45 on :
People who go on and on about "community" often turn out to mean "clique." This can leave a person with a crate's worth of egg on her face when she realizes that all along she mistook the latter for the former.
mr_cleome submits that this kind of self-important b.s. is very much a Portland thing. My theory is that it's everywhere.
Posted by future king on :
I'm on a lucky roll it seems. I also requested to be added to Yildiray Cinar's friend list on Facebook and HE accepted also!
Thanks YC! The art you posted on your page looks GREAT!!!!!
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I've been listening to audiobooks in the car a lot lately. Currently, I'm listening to The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Posted by Jerry on :
quote:Originally posted by cleome45: People who go on and on about "community" often turn out to mean "clique." This can leave a person with a crate's worth of egg on her face when she realizes that all along she mistook the latter for the former.
mr_cleome submits that this kind of self-important b.s. is very much a Portland thing. My theory is that it's everywhere.
quote:Originally posted by cleome45: People who go on and on about "community" often turn out to mean "clique." This can leave a person with a crate's worth of egg on her face when she realizes that all along she mistook the latter for the former.
mr_cleome submits that this kind of self-important b.s. is very much a Portland thing. My theory is that it's everywhere.
But I do like the pink hat. I picked up a hat yesterday, for free. A nice one, but alas-- it didn't have the je ne sais quoi of that one. :/
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
Lately the nail on my left thumb gets dirt under the nail. Just the left thumb nail. None of the other nails on my left hand get dirt under the nails. The nails on my right hand don't get dirt under them. I can't think if anything I am doing to get dirt under my thumbnail.
Posted by cleome45 on :
quote:Originally posted by Quislet, Esq: Lately the nail on my left thumb gets dirt under the nail. Just the left thumb nail. None of the other nails on my left hand get dirt under the nails. The nails on my right hand don't get dirt under them. I can't think if anything I am doing to get dirt under my thumbnail.
quote:Originally posted by Quislet, Esq: Lately the nail on my left thumb gets dirt under the nail. Just the left thumb nail. None of the other nails on my left hand get dirt under the nails. The nails on my right hand don't get dirt under them. I can't think if anything I am doing to get dirt under my thumbnail.
[gasp!]
Quis, how long have you had two left thumbnails?!
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
rasm frasm double posts. But what is this? Suddenly one is gone. It's like a moderator of the forum deleted one. I wonder which of the forum moderators did that?
Now that's how you remove a post. Posted by cleome45 on :
Quis:
In other news, mr_cleome got stuck at work with some late-breaking disaster, and then he had an errand to run. So I ordered us pizza, but the pie got here before he did.
As a testament to the institution of marriage, I set the oven on low and put the pie in there to await his return. (And I have the radio cranked up super-loud so I can't hear it calling to me.)
Posted by future king on :
Believe it or not I am actually one of the few that don't find anything charming whatsoever about the Kardashian family.
Posted by SharkLad on :
The first documented invention of the door handle appears in U.S. Patent entries for the year 1878 when a patent for improvements on a door-closing device was issued to a man named Osbourn Dorsey.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
One of the few words that rhymes with "toilet" is the Irish surname "Moylett", which happens to be the birth surname of former Boomtown Rats keyboardist Johnnie Fingers.
Posted by cleome45 on :
When I read restaurant reviews of local places online, I often wonder if people who complain about service know what they're talking about. I've been to some of the places they complain about service-wise and don't remember having problems.
Maybe the issue is that so many chain restaurants get wayyyy too carried away with the attentive style of service, and then customers expect it no matter where they go... ?
I don't like being ignored or feeling frozen out by hipper-than-thou servers. But I also don't like it when the servers obviously feel compelled to check in with me every 3.5 minutes to make sure everything's okay. Some level of service about halfway between those two extremes is generally what makes me happy.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
Well cleome, ever since I worked at the bank, I am more patient and less patient with customer service people (which would include wait-staff). If it is busy and I see that the customer service person is working hard, I have all the patience in the world. However, if I see the customer service person slacking off (such as by talking to a co-worker about what TV show they saw last night) and I have to wait even 3 seconds, I get mad.
Posted by rot-flam-mow on :
Thank You He Who LSHes for the inspirational new name. I love it! AND IT SUITS ME TO A TEE!!! Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
^Your new name sounds like a cat clearing its throat. Posted by Legion Tracker on :
quote:Originally posted by rot-flam-mow: Thank You He Who LSHes for the inspirational new name. I love it! AND IT SUITS ME TO A TEE!!!
I think it's FUBAR.
Posted by rot-flam-mow on :
quote:Originally posted by Legion Tracker:
quote:Originally posted by rot-flam-mow: Thank You He Who LSHes for the inspirational new name. I love it! AND IT SUITS ME TO A TEE!!!
I think it's FUBAR.
Thanks bud, I think you're fubar too! *really* Posted by He Who LSHes on :
quote:Originally posted by rot-flam-mow: Thank You He Who LSHes for the inspirational new name. I love it! AND IT SUITS ME TO A TEE!!!
You're welcome, rottie! Glad you like it.
Posted by Jerry on :
I started school in a worn, torn dress that somebody threw out.
I'd never really listened to those lyrics before. Quite advanced for '60s pop.
Posted by Emily Sivana on :
I adore the way ItsJustSomeRandomGuy dealt with Green Lantern!
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
The "The Lady and the Tiger and the Lawyer" episode of the Dick Van Dyke show (broadcasted 1/15/64) had a new neighbor move in next door. ROb sets him up with Sally, Laura sets him up with her cousin. The neighbor has a good time with both women, but won't go on a second date with either. He explains to Rob & Laura that he is a recovering wife beater and doesn't want to get involved with any woman at this time.
I thought that was a very advanced subject for a 60s sitcom.
Posted by rot-flam-mow on :
I never pay attention or take to heart anything that critics have to say about anything.
It's like turning to a perfect stranger, getting their advice on a movie (let's say) and then either going to see it ot not ... based entirely on what they said!
Never going to happen.
Posted by cleome45 on :
My old real estate agent just invited me to come to an Open House on the Oregon Coast. The house being showcased is valued at slightly under a million dollars.
Real Estate agents are such adorably optimistic people. Can somebody here lend me $50 for gas and rent me a summery formal suit? Something in a nice white or pale blue linen would be good...
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
I'm convinced that there must exist somewhere on the internet clips of Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress with the subtitles replaced by dialogue from Star Wars. It just seems like such an obvious thing to do that, despite my inability to find such clips, I just can't believe that no one has done it.
Posted by SharkLad on :
The climate affects the density of how travertine tiles are formed
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I am now Facebook friends with the world's hottest geography nerd, Brian Unger, host of the History Channel's How the States Got Their Shapes.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
My cat Belinda is coping with the fireworks very well. The smaller firecrackers don't seem to bother her. The louder ones have made her move from her spot near the window. She is currently laying down beside my feet.
Posted by future king on :
quote:Originally posted by Quislet, Esq: My cat Belinda is coping with the fireworks very well. The smaller firecrackers don't seem to bother her. The louder ones have made her move from her spot near the window. She is currently laying down beside my feet.
Quis, your cat sounds as cute and lovable (not to mention a scaredy cat) as mine. She just went through her second Canada Day fireworks ordeal! Poor thing. Posted by Dev Em on :
Jon cannot stop talking about Iron Man and Batman...but when asked who he wants to be for Halloween, he says Capt. AMerica.
Posted by cleome45 on :
Turkey tacos, and daiquiris, in... [consults clock] 15 minutes, more or less.
Who's hungry/thirsty?
Posted by Jerry on :
I'm ready.
Posted by cleome45 on :
The blender's busted, Jerry. Hope you don't mind your daiquiri on the rocks.
Posted by Jerry on :
No problem. Do you ever make pineapple?
Posted by cleome45 on :
Never tried a pineapple daiquiri, but I'm intrigued. Do you puree' some fruit, or just use the juice?
Posted by Jerry on :
Either one works -- pureed fresh is the best!
Posted by cleome45 on :
Will have to try that next time. Pineapple + pink grapefruit + vodka = big hit around here in the summertime already.
Posted by Jerry on :
It's raining in southern Arizona. The first time in months. It's a downpour. The monsoon season is here!!!
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
If Steve Gerber hadn't been treated so badly by Marvel Comics in the 70s, then TV cartoons in the 80s would have been a lot less fun.
Posted by future king on :
The new employee at my local CBS gave the contents of my box to someone else. So, since they're sold out I know have to wait to read Adventure Comics #528.
That customer who accepted my books has excellent taste! Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Chocolate is spelled the same in both English and Spanish, but pronounced differently in each language.
Posted by Emily Sivana on :
I wonder if there is a collecting gene because of all the Pokemon I have been playing.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing is the version of Gundam best known to Western viewers.
"Just wild beat...communication..." Posted by cleome45 on :
I ran out to pick up some groceries at nine last night. As the checker was ringing us up, there was a cop and a security guard leading what appeared to be an eight-year-old kid out of the store... in handcuffs. The kid was understandably in tears.
Seriously, what the--? What kind of threat could an eight-year-old possibly pose that would merit handcuffs?!
Posted by He Who LSHes on :
Just a guess, but he was probably shoplifting. The handcuffs might have been intended to scare or shame him.
Whether or not that's an effective strategy for dealing with a young shoplifter I can't say. Posted by cleome45 on :
Oh, yes. Likely it was for attempting to steal something, (Though it couldn't have been anything super-valuable, such as a camera-phone. The store keeps all that stuff locked up.) Or vandalism, or picking a fight with someone, maybe.
But handcuffs on a little kid seems... really excessive.
[ July 12, 2011, 05:45 PM: Message edited by: cleome45 ]
Posted by Power Boy on :
I found these posters up across the street today, I'm not sure if they're street art or adevertisement ... the wall is used for advertisements but, i did not see the guy who usually does the work rolling these ones up. If they are advertisements, are they some guerilla marketing for Babs return as Batgirl ??
I thought they were cool, whatever their purpose.
Posted by Power Boy on :
Many hours later, I wonder if these are advertisements for the Dark Knight Rises Batman movie ? and If Bat Girl will be in it. And that the return of Barbara Gordon as Bat Girl in the comics is more advertising for the movie.
However, It dosn't look like anyone's been cast as Babs from the IMDB cast list. (but IMDB is often out of date) Or these posters could be of Cat Woman? (looks like Bat Girl to me though)
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Anne Hathoway has been cast as Selina Kyle / Catwoman in the Dark Knight Rises.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
That Batgirl picture reminds me of a nightmare I had when I was very little where a woman wearing a similar cowl (or maybe a helmet) appeared and shouted "These are murders!" At the time (I must have been about three--it's one of the first dreams I remember), I had no idea what "murder" meant, but I knew it was bad.
Posted by Legion Tracker on :
You can have interesting conversations in art galleries when no one is there but you and the owner/attendant.
Posted by Pov on :
My 3-yr. old niece loudly told me to "quit being a jackass" in a grocery aisle at Wal*Mart yesterday, thus proving that:
a)She's my niece
b)I can still be made to blush
and
c)somebody needs to take her copy of Pinnocchio away.
As an added plus, she did it right in front of this lady, a bit younger than me... her wide-eyed stifle of shock/laughter made me *snrk!* Posted by Pov on :
(And for the record, yeah, I probably WAS being a jackass... )
Posted by cleome45 on :
I really should acquire some of these.
Mostly because my snobby ex-housemate would drive by, see them, and be irritated for hours afterward.
Posted by Pov on :
^^Cleome post= FACEBOOK LIKE Posted by cleome45 on :
[bows]
Thank You. I'll be here all week. Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
The current featured article on Wikipedia is about an earthquake among whose survivors were my two uncles and my grandmother, who at the time was pregnant with my father!
On October 29, 2009, in the "Quotes Without Context" thread, two consecutive posters, neither of whom were Fanfie or me, posted "Peanuts"-related quotes.
Posted by Set on :
I broke my toe last week, and since then I've had to clip that toenail at least every two days, because it's growing like kudzu!
I wonder how often Wolverine has to cut his hair? Does it grow a couple of feet overnight?
Why do clones never have wicked long hair or beards when they come out of the tank at full-growth? Is there something in cloning tanks that prohibits unwanted hair growth or skeevy yellowed gnarled yard-long fingernail growth (and stimulates the exercise-free development of six-packs)?
Gosh, I wish I was grown in a tank!
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
I haven't been able to work out for a couple weeks now, and my arms feel totally soft. Luckily, I got a set of weights last Sunday and will hit them tonight (I promise!)
Posted by Bicycle Repair Man on :
My Tree of Wisdom is 1,000 feet tall!
No, that's not some obscure new euphemism, it just means I spend a lot of time playing Plants vs. Zombies.
Brraaaiiinnsss... Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
quote:Originally posted by Bicycle Repair Man: My Tree of Wisdom is 1,000 feet tall!
No, that's not some obscure new euphemism, it just means I spend a lot of time playing Plants vs. Zombies.
Brraaaiiinnsss...
I love the song they play over the end credits. Charmingly silly and cute!
Posted by lil'rhino on :
I'm perspiring.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
When I eat a bowl of cherries (like I am now) I think of Pres. Zachary Taylor. On July 4, 1850 he was at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Washington Monument. It was a very hot day and to cool off he consumed a pitcher of milk and a bowl of cherries. He then got sick and 5 days later he was dead. The second president to die in office.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
That's kind of a morbid thing to think about while you're enjoying a snack, Quis.
Posted by cleome45 on :
Back then it was probably considered unmanly to spit out the pits. Poor Zachary.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
Well, I know that I am probably safe because I am not consuming a pitcher of milk (that probably was left out on the hot day) and I am not watching them lay the cornerstone to the Washington Monument.
[ July 20, 2011, 08:17 PM: Message edited by: Quislet, Esq ]
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Milk, it does a body...not so good.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Plus, I'm pretty sure you're not a Whig, Quis.
By the way, both Whigs elected to the Presidency died in office.
Posted by Pov on :
That's why I won't wear one. Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
quote:Originally posted by Fanfic Lady: Milk, it does a body...not so good.
[snort] I'm glad I rarely if ever drink the stuff. Their "quirky, bold" new ad campaign that coos with pity for the poor dudes who have to be around PMS-ing women is stupid and gross.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
Well, I am now not consuming a pitcher of milk rather than not omsuming a pitcher of milk
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
I assume that you presume to move to Hulme.
Posted by cleome45 on :
"Omsuming" is like cosplay where everyone dresses up like Outdoor Miner and the most convincing impersonator wins a prize.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
"Congratulations, we consider you the most convincing curmudgeon."
Posted by cleome45 on :
"Thank you, SDCC. Today you've made it just a little bit easier for curmudgeons everywhere to be out and proud." [wipes tear]
Posted by future king on :
Contrary to popular belief, eating too much fresh Atlantic seafood won't kill you! Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
quote:Originally posted by cleome45: "Omsuming" is like cosplay where everyone dresses up like Outdoor Miner and the most convincing impersonator wins a prize.
But only to the one who can successful sum (aka add) a large string of numbers without the use of a calculator.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
The top of the Empire State building at midnight on Wed mid-summer is crowded.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
"Empire State of Mind" sucks.
Posted by cleome45 on :
Pack a lunch. And your Ray-Bans.
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
I plan to get extremely drunk tonight.
Posted by Legion Tracker on :
Fresh, sweet canteloupe and blueberries are pretty good together.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
In the original Transformers cartoon, the main villains' respective lieutenants from both the pre-movie and post-movie episodes were both voiced by actors who were infamous for their real-life wild antics and died in early middle age of drug-related causes: Chris Latta (Starscream,) and Roger C. Carmel (Cyclonus.) The latter actually died before recording all of his scheduled episodes, and was replaced by Jack Angel.
Posted by cleome45 on :
I kind of envy that poor guy in Weird Al's "Skipper Dan" song, because at least he's working.
Posted by Reboot on :
Bow ties are cool
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
'The Hungry Caterpillar' is now my most read book ever.
Posted by Jerry on :
The vet wants $900 to clean my dog's teeth.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
"The antecedents of random are somewhat murky. It originally meant ‘impetuosity, sudden speed, violence’, and only in the mid 17th century emerged as an adjective meaning ‘haphazard’. It was borrowed from Old French randon, which was probably a derivative of the verb randir ‘run impetuously’. This in turn was based on Frankish *rant ‘running’, which was apparently descended from prehistoric Germanic *randa. This originally meant ‘edge’ (it is the source of English rand (OE), now obsolete as a term for ‘edge’, but reintroduced in the 20th century via Afrikaans as the name of the basic South African currency unit), but it was also widely used for ‘shield’, and it is thought that the link with ‘running impetuously’ may be the notion of soldiers running along with their shields."
Took a day trip to Mt. Hood yesterday. Very pretty, but also very scary to see how much less snow there is on the mountain now, compared to twenty years ago.
Posted by SharkLad on :
Next April will mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic...
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
quote:Originally posted by SharkLad: Next April will mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic...
And that iceberg is still at large. Posted by Legion Tracker on :
...but not as large.
Posted by future king on :
Black Spruce trees outnumber White Spruce (and all other kinds of) trees in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Posted by Reboot on :
The boubou is a passerine bird found in Africa
Posted by future king on :
The harder you look for 4 plums without a single bruise on them, the farther and farther away that dream becomes.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
Pres. John Tyler (1841-1845) who died in 1862 has 2 grandsons who are still living. His youngest daughter died in 1947.
Posted by future king on :
The evolution of feathers has traditionally focused on insulation, flight and display. Discoveries of non-flying Late Cretaceous feathered dinosaurs in China however suggest that flight could not have been the original primary function.
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
Guimaras Island is known for its succulent mangoes.
Posted by Reboot on :
Anthocyanins make apples red.
Posted by future king on :
Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates holds the record as the current tallest man made structure in the world.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
In my career, I have managed approximately one quarter of the libraries in the system for which I work.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Elvis Presley died on Madonna's nineteenth birthday.
[ August 16, 2011, 08:57 PM: Message edited by: Rockhopper Lad ]
Posted by Reboot on :
Google Maps says that to drive from Glasgow, Scotland to Stavenger, Norway via Halmstad and Oslo would take 1 day 9 hours to cover the journey of 1852 miles.
Posted by future king on :
quote:Originally posted by Rockhopper Lad: Elvia Presley died on Madonna's nineteenth birthday.
Who's Elvia Presley ... Elvis's sister?? Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
quote:Originally posted by future king:
quote:Originally posted by Rockhopper Lad: Elvia Presley died on Madonna's nineteenth birthday.
Who's Elvia Presley ... Elvis's sister??
Oops! Typo! Posted by future king on :
Yup, you're only human, And I'm just a fiend!!! Posted by Legion Tracker on :
Things are so tough these days, there are people dying who've never died before.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
It is 8:50 pm and the odor of burning charcoal is wafting through my window. This is not the first time I have smelt burning charcoal this late at night.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
quote:Originally posted by Legion Tracker: Things are so tough these days, there are people dying who've never died before.
Things are so tough, there are people dying who ain't even been born.
Posted by future king on :
What is now called Asian Istanbul was probably inhabited by people as early as 3000 BC. Eventually, in the 7th century, Greek colonists led by King Byzas established the colony of Byzantium, the Greek name for a city on the Bosphorus.
Posted by Reboot on :
The initial digits of pi can be grouped as follows: 3. 14 15 9 26 5. Using the substitution 1 = A, 2 = B, and so on, you get C.NOIZE. In other words, you SEE NOISE when you look at the apparently random decimal digits of pi.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Although I never post on it, or even visit it often, I'm registered on a soap opera fandom board as The Edge of Light, which combines the titles of my two all-time favorite soaps.
Posted by MLLASH on :
You wish you could have a bowl of the chili I am currently making.
Posted by Reboot on :
In a mixed analogue/digital signal system, a reconstruction filter is used to create a smooth analogue signal from a digital input.
Posted by future king on :
The bulk of ground sloth evolution took place during the mid to late Tertiary of South America while the continent was isolated. At their earliest appearance in the fossil record, the giant ground sloths are already distinct at the family level.
Posted by Reboot on :
A retroreflector (sometimes called a retroflector or cataphote) is a device or surface that reflects light directly back to its source with a minimum scattering of light.
Posted by dedman on :
Between now and mid-september I will be working approximity 160 hours of overtime, as well as my regular hours.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Nine hundred three members preceded me on Legion World. To date 674 have followed me.
Posted by Reboot on :
The nearest DVD to me right now is the Errol Flynn Adventures of Robin Hood.
Posted by He Who LSHes on :
I really like this song by the British folk/progressive rock band, the Strawbs.
Posted by Set on :
Blonde hair and blue eyes are believed to have come from India and Iran, respectively, places where one is very unlikely to find blonde or blue-eyed people, today.
Posted by future king on :
Cream containing 30% or more butterfat can be mixed with air, and the resulting colloid is roughly double the volume of the original cream as air bubbles are captured into a network of fat droplets. If, however, the whipping is continued, the fat droplets will stick together destroying the colloid and forming butter; the remaining liquid is buttermilk.
Posted by Reboot on :
"Io così non ci sto" (I don't like it this way), was the Swiss entry in Eurovision Song Contest 1983 performed in Italian by Mariella Farré. At the Eurovision Song Contest 1983 in Munich in the former West Germany the song finished 15th and has received 28 points. It was performed 8th on the night, after the Spain's song "¿Quién maneja mi barca?" by Remedios Amaya, and before Finland's entry "Fantasiaa" by Ami Aspelund
Posted by future king on :
The original Ferris Wheel, sometimes also referred to as the Chicago Wheel, opened to the public on June 21, 1893, at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. Intended to rival the 324-metre (1,060 ft) Eiffel Tower, the centerpiece of the 1889 Paris Exposition, it was the Columbian Exposition's largest attraction, with a height of 80.4 metres (264 ft).
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
I found this weird. A guy at my gym was getting dressed and he tied his tie before putting on his shirt.
Posted by future king on :
NASCAR is one of the most viewed professional sports in terms of television ratings in the United States. In fact, professional football is the only sport in the United States to hold more viewers than NASCAR.
Posted by cleome45 on :
There's a cat on my scanner. But this is not producing a CAT scan.
Posted by Reboot on :
For Futurama's "The Prisoner of Benda", the writers created an actual mathematical proof to underpin the finale.
Posted by future king on :
Gull eggs are considered a delicacy in England as well as in some Scandinavian countries, particularly in Norway. In some African countries, guineafowl eggs are commonly seen in marketplaces, especially in the spring of each year.
Posted by l.e.g.i.o.n.JOHN on :
i was walking my dog earlier on this evening and found a dime bag of weed just laying there on the ground.
Posted by future king on :
Charles II of England spent part of his time in exile during the period of the Commonwealth of England in the Netherlands and became keen on sailing. He returned to England in 1660 aboard a Dutch yacht. During his reign Charles commissioned 24 Royal Yachts on top of the two presented to him by Dutch states on his restoration.
Posted by Reboot on :
The square of the length of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the length of the other two sides.
Posted by future king on :
Contrary to legend and popular belief, Dom Perignon did not invent sparkling wine. The oldest recorded sparkling wine is Blanquette de Limoux, which was apparently invented by Benedictine Monks in the Abbey of Saint Hilaire near Carcassonne in 1531.
Posted by Dev - Em on :
Our new little dog is really fast.
Posted by Reboot on :
My alarm clock uses red LEDs to display the time.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
quote:Originally posted by l.e.g.i.o.n.JOHN: i was walking my dog earlier on this evening and found a dime bag of weed just laying there on the ground.
Lots of "if that happened to me..." thoughts in my head!
Posted by Dev - Em on :
I think Aquaman is the best character ever on Batman: The Brave and the Bold.
Posted by cleome45 on :
I seriously need to dump my hotmail account, because it's a pain in the, uh, part that I sit on.
Posted by future king on :
Mice are a staple in the diet of many small carnivores. Humans have eaten mice since prehistoric times and still eat them as a delicacy throughout eastern Zambia and northern Malawi, where they are a seasonal source of protein.
Posted by Dev - Em on :
My Ultraverse blog has had hits from:
United States Canada Philippines France United Kingdom Germany Denmark Latvia Russia Sweden
...and for whatever reason, the Latvia one keeps throwing me...
Posted by future king on :
Spacecraft must be engineered to withstand transit through the Earth's atmosphere and the space environment. They must operate in a vacuum with temperatures potentially ranging across hundreds of degrees Celsius as well as (if subject to reentry) in the presence of plasmas.
Posted by Jerry on :
The most widely distributed single issue of a magazine is illegal to own in most places. The magazine in question is a 1984 issue of Penthouse magazine that was wildly popular because it contained a scandalous, yet beautiful, photo spread of then Miss America, Vanessa Williams. The issue also contained nude photos of porn actress Traci Lords. It was later revealed that Lords was not yet eighteen while performing some of her early porn work (including the Penthouse photos). Most buyers did not intend to purchase child pornography, but are guilty of possession, none the less, if they still own the issue
[ September 05, 2011, 08:33 PM: Message edited by: Jerry ]
Posted by future king on :
The first permanent structure designed for screening of movies in the state of California was Tally's Electric Theater, completed in 1902 in Los Angeles. Tally's theater was a storefront within a larger building, but apparently purpose-built as a movie theater.
Posted by dedman on :
Today is my wedding anniversary. Three years today!!
Posted by Legion Tracker on :
^ Congrats!
Posted by future king on :
quote:Originally posted by dedman: Today is my wedding anniversary. Three years today!!
You kids are so young! Enjoy yourselves because it just gets better and better!!
Congratulations!!!!!!!!!! Posted by Dev - Em on :
quote:Originally posted by dedman: Today is my wedding anniversary. Three years today!!
Congrats.
Posted by Dev - Em on :
Too funny to not share...
I swear to God that Jonathan said "I Iron Man" in his sleep tonight/
Posted by future king on :
A fully-grown Smilodon (sabre-toothed cat) weighed approximately 55 to 470 kg (120 to 1,000 lb), depending on species. It had a short tail, powerful legs, muscular neck and long canines. Smilodon was more robustly built than any modern cat, comparable to a bear.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
So I finally got around to downloading some pictures from my camera to my computer. Among them were ones I took at the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear from 2010.
Among the signs there was this one
Yup that it the Sinestro Fear Lantern symbol.
Posted by cleome45 on :
This has been the most stressful week I can recall having in quite some time. Also, it's finally gotten Summer-level hot here in the past three weeks. I could seriously have done without that.
Small wonder I'm not in bed asleep even though I should be. :/
Posted by future king on :
The Ostrich is farmed around the world, particularly for its feathers, which are decorative and are also used as feather dusters. Its skin is used for leather products and its meat marketed commercially.
Posted by Dev - Em on :
quote:Originally posted by Quislet, Esq: So I finally got around to downloading some pictures from my camera to my computer. Among them were ones I took at the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear from 2010.
Among the signs there was this one
Yup that it the Sinestro Fear Lantern symbol.
That is too funny.
Posted by future king on :
In many traditional accounts, ghosts were often thought to be deceased people looking for vengeance, or imprisoned on earth for bad things they did during life.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
So, my brother in New Hampshire was having a cook-out this past week-end. I don't have a car, but my cousin does (and due to a foot cast, can't drive) So, I was going to take the train to my coousin's and we would both go up to my brother's. The cook-out was to start around 12-1, but my brother said that we could come at anytime.
Thursday, my cousin called & said "What train are you taking on Sunday?" I replied "I'll be on the 9:30 train, but the cook-out is on Saturday." (you can see where this is headed) On Saturday, I took the train to my cousin's and we then drove up to my brother's. We are headed up the walk to the door when my brother comes out with a startled look on his face. "What are you doing here?" he asked. To which I said "You said we could come early!" Yup the cook-out was for Sunday.
So we sat around tlking for a bit when my brother's SO came back from an errand. He had a confused look on his face seeing us there. He ended up treating us to lunch at a local restaurant.
Then my cousin & I headed back to her house. She offered to let me spend the night, but I hadn't brought a change of clothes, my toothbrush, or my razor. So I headed back to Boston (it is a hour train ride) Then Sunday, we did the whole thing over again, but with a cook-out actually occuring.
Posted by He Who LSHes on :
Funny story, Quis.
I just had a similar experience.
This afternoon, I realized I had a message on my voicemail from my brother. The time signature said it was left at 9:36 a.m. Tuesday (today). He was coming to town tomorrow to have lunch with a friend and wanted to invite me along. Since my birthday is in a few days, he offered to pay for my dinner.
I returned the call and left a message on his machine, accepting the invitation. Well, several hours later, I got another message from him. Turns out he'd left the message yesterday and he and his friend actually met today.
Lego pieces of all varieties comprise a universal system. Despite variation in the design and purpose of individual pieces over the years, each remains compatible in some way with existing pieces. Lego bricks from 1958 still interlock with those made in the current time, and Lego sets for young children are compatible with those made for teenagers.
Posted by cleome45 on :
Right now, I can hear boogie-woogie piano in one ear, and the football game in the other.
Posted by future king on :
I really should be sleeping in, seeing as I've been waking up early for work for the past 6 days in a row. I can't help it though ... posting on here is so much fun! Posted by cleome45 on :
I wish I could get one (or several) of these: NSFW. And extras for gifts. Yeah, I need professional help.
I just returned from a trip to The US, and on the flight over we went through turbulence and I bit down on my already problematic wisdom tooth. My face puffed up like the elephant man, and on our first day in the country I decided to get it taken care of. I had my wisdom tooth removed at a random ghetto dentist, where they played Snoop Dogg in the surgery and the dude that operated on me had a gnarly diamond incisor. Some sketchy guy tried to sell my boyfriend watches out of his coat outside. True Story. It was totally awesome.
Posted by cleome45 on :
It seems like a while since Sketch Lad has visited. I hope he's doing okay.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
^^He posted new Starsearchers pages on Facebook this weekend!
Posted by cleome45 on :
Oh, another Facebook migrant. Well, so long as he's alive and kicking, it's all good.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
In fact he just posted that he had a great day!
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
Wish he'd head over here to make our days brighter!
My date and I just exchanged "I Love You"s last night. Wicked awesome! I'm still glowing Posted by future king on :
Congrats IB, so if all goes well I should expect an invitation to the wedding! Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
Thank you, FK Probably won't be for years yet, but we'll see.
Stock up on your sunblock It gets awful sunny here!
Posted by future king on :
Oh don't worry about that my friend. I'm Greek, with skin that tans like a god! Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
Will you be wearing your fig leafs on the island, then? Posted by future king on :
Oh, does it get that cold on the island?? Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I unfriended a very annoying colleague on Facebook the day he quit my organization. Does that make me a bad person?
Posted by Jerry on :
No, just efficient.
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
quote:Originally posted by future king: Oh, does it get that cold on the island??
It's quite warm, actually. If you'll be going in your birthday suit, would you mind if I painted you in gold? You could pretend to be a statue and freak out the guests I'll point you towards the ones I don't actually want to be there.
Posted by future king on :
Oh, now I'm officially offended! (NOT) Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
Well, you'd make a good statue!
quote:Originally posted by Rockhopper Lad: I unfriended a very annoying colleague on Facebook the day he quit my organization. Does that make me a bad person?
Think of it as you teaching him a good lesson in friendship.
Posted by future king on :
Today I proved to myself that I still cannot function with only four hours sleep! It's been a long time since I did that. Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
One cannot get drunk on Diet Coke and Atomic Fire Balls.
Posted by cleome45 on :
The weather is gloomy but no rain, thus far. To take a bike ride, or not...? I can't decide.
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
I've been trying to get on my bike for a couple of weeks now. But I work shitty long hours and it always rains on the weekends...
Posted by future king on :
quote:Originally posted by Invisible Brainiac: I've been trying to get on my bike for a couple of weeks now. But I work shitty long hours and it always rains on the weekends...
*GASP*!!! You said the "S" word .... in public!!!!!
Posted by cleome45 on :
Yesterday, we walked our neighbors' Pit Bull mix, and then drove him to a "pet motel" for them while they were out of town unexpectedly. A really sweet dog, and the trip went of without a hitch. But the cats were sniffing mr_cleome and myself very suspiciously when we got home from our errand.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
There is a stained glass window in my church that depicts the Adoration of the Magi. From just the right angle, one of the Magi (Balthazar, I think) bears a passing resemblance to a Dominator.
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
quote:Originally posted by future king:
quote:Originally posted by Invisible Brainiac: I've been trying to get on my bike for a couple of weeks now. But I work shitty long hours and it always rains on the weekends...
*GASP*!!! You said the "S" word .... in public!!!!!
It's not the same word since I added a suffix! Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I had the following exchange with a library patron today:
She: "Why is my book due on a Saturday? Today is Friday."
I: "We're closed two weeks from today, so it's due the following day."
She: "Why are you closed?"
I: "November 11th is Veteran's Day."
She: "What does that mean in English?"
I: "It's the day we remember those who have served in the military."
She: "I remember people who have served in the military every day!"
Posted by cleome45 on :
Sessions Red Lager is good stuff, and (relatively) inexpensive.
Posted by future king on :
My nephew, who's 11 years old, came up to me the other day and told me that his clip-on ties "suck" and that he wanted me to show him how to make a real tie!
Who says all kids care about these days is video games and smartphones? Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
The Sesame Street segment "J Friends" is a tribute to four of the people who were behind the show: Joe (Raposo), Jane (Henson), Jim (Henson) and Joan (Ganz Cooney).
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
I have three apples and four pears on my desk right now.
Posted by future king on :
The cucumber is originally from India, but is now grown on most continents. Many different varieties are traded on the global market.
Posted by cleome45 on :
If Lou Reed had fronted The Climax Blues Band, it would've sounded a little like this.
[ November 13, 2011, 01:00 PM: Message edited by: cleome45 ]
Posted by future king on :
Adult newts have lizard-like bodies and may be either fully aquatic, living permanently in the water, or semi-aquatic, living terrestrially but returning to the water each year to breed.
Posted by cleome45 on :
Lambert Gardens was a local tourist attraction, torn down to make way for apartment complexes in the late 1960s.
Posted by future king on :
Most natural diamonds are formed at high-pressure high-temperature conditions existing at depths of 140 to 190 kilometers (87 to 120 mi) in the Earth mantle. Carbon-containing minerals provide the carbon source, and the growth occurs over periods from 1 billion to 3.3 billion years (25% to 75% of the age of the Earth).
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
The ancient city of Akkad can be in a number of places but the most likely location is buried underneath the city of Baghdad.
Posted by future king on :
Samson was granted supernatural strength by God in order to combat his enemies and perform heroic feats such as wrestling a lion, slaying an entire army with only the jawbone of an ass, and destroying a pagan temple.
Posted by cleome45 on :
Tomorrow morning I'm going to a sit-in. Foul weather be damned. I'll bundle up.
(After reading Frank Miller's moronic blather about Occupy, I'm tempted to carry a sign that specifically thanks him.)
Posted by future king on :
Originally, the term gingerbread (from Latin zingiber via Old French gingebras) referred to preserved ginger. It then referred to a confection made with honey and spices. Gingerbread is often used to translate the French term pain d'épices (literally "spice bread") or the German term Lebkuchen.
Posted by cleome45 on :
Since the jazz station is celebrating the day after Thanksgiving by playing music by Native American artists, here's the most famous of them all: Jim Pepper (1941-1992), saxophonist and vocalist, playing his most famous number. It was adapted from a peyote chant.
Pepper was born in Salem, and lived and played in this region for years. By the time I was starting to seriously discover his work, he had passed on. I got to attend a huge jam session/wake for him at a club downtown, though. I still have several half-assed sketches of the attending musicians stashed in my garage somewhere.
"...All the spirits feeling springing 'round my head Makes me feel glad that I'm not dead..." Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Warner Brothers animator Robert McKimson claimed that his artwork improved after he suffered a severe blow to the head.
^True story.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
There are four female posters logged into Legion World right now.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
During the early years of Marvel's animation studio, Christy Marx was the only female staff writer.
Posted by future king on :
Posts always look better against a blue background than the gray one. Just my opinion. Posted by ActorLad on :
I watched the Lady Gaga Thanksgiving special on Thursday and did an interpretive dance to Judas on Friday.
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Posted by cleome45 on :
My wrists are in great shape.
My sinuses, OTOH... I'm just gonna' plaster a Condemned By The Board of Health banner across my nose bridge and be done with it.
Bah.
Posted by Jerry on :
It's "four colly birds" not "four calling birds".
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
quote:Originally posted by Jerry: It's "four colly birds" not "four calling birds".
I now love Jerry just a little bit more. Posted by Fat Cramer on :
...googled colly bird.
Posted by cleome45 on :
The house coffee this week is something called Trinity Blend.
The workplace coffee is something that I will not repeat on a family message board. Or even this one.
Posted by Legion Tracker on :
Four colicky birds? No thanks.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
In the New York area, I'm good for giving people four cacophonous birds during my travels to the city! (birds = "The Bird")
Posted by cleome45 on :
I'm going to a Holiday Art Fair tomorrow after work. Any proceeds I make will go towards our Annual Christmas Day Chinese Food/Movie Matinee Fund.
One of mr_cleome's pals who has zero use for "family togetherness" will likely be joining us this year.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
"Myles Standish proud" rhymes with "flatulence is loud."
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I handed back the last batch of essays today and collected the take-home finals. Marking has to be done by Friday. The end of the term is in sight!
Posted by Power Boy on :
Random but completely awesome ... I found this while on the internet looking for images for the Titan Du Jour thread:
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
My 16,000th post on Legion World was the 1100th post on the "w00t!" thread.
Posted by Lad With Glasses on :
I can't wear plaid. Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
Our puppy just loves lasagna. Like a canine Garfield.
Posted by cleome45 on :
Portland's Quadraphonnes! (I just saw them live on Sunday night! Woo!)
(Even non-jazz fans of a certain age might recognize the riff around 2:52 or so, because it's from Grover Washington, Jr.'s "Just the Two of Us," a big crossover hit in the 1980s.)
Posted by Exnihil on :
My wife's latest obsession is learning to belly dance. It made Christmas shopping a bit... hmmm... interesting... this year.
Posted by Fat Cramer on :
Time is perceived to go more quickly when you're cold, and more slowly when you're hot, according to some study.
Posted by Legion Tracker on :
Kumquats finally showed up in my local grocery store.
Posted by SharkLad on :
Josh Duhamel is 39 years old
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
"Santa Drives a Chevrolet" is a story I posted on my blog.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
So, I had a dream involving the Legion last night. It has gotten a little fuzzy, but I was part of the group (although not necessarily a Legionnaire myself) and Element Lad was acting like a tyrant, saying that things we were doing would be punished.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I just finished my first ever batch of Bourbon balls.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
Cute. It reminds me of Little Lulu story that I have stuck in my mind from childhood. The comic book is long gone. Halloween got it's name because a historical version of Tubby went around giving people hotdogs on October 31. He greeted everyone by saying, "Hello, Weenie?" -- which eventually got translated as Halloween.
Posted by cleome45 on :
Aw, Little Lulu. She starred in a few Golden Books when I was a kid, and I have some old Kleenex Tissue ads from the 1950s that feature her as well. But no actual comics.
Posted by Legion Tracker on :
In the past few days' efforts to eat more fruit and vegetables, I've discovered for the first time the tastes of jicama, kumquats, tomatillos, and Sugar Belles.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
There are Little Lulu collections available as trade paperbacks
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
every few months, I take a boxcutter blade and shave a huge callous off the bottom of my foot. It's created by pressure and missing meat from an accident. First time my wife saw me do it, she screamed.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
The gift for the fourth day of Christmas is not four "calling birds", as is usually sung, but four colly birds (i.e., blackbirds).
Posted by Dave Hackett on :
I don't like Marvel Comics.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
quote:Originally posted by Dave Hackett: I don't like Marvel Comics.
I knew there was something I liked about you, Dave! Posted by SharkLad on :
When you register a new Tassimo coffee maker, you get two free packages of T discs...
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
On Legion World, I'm generally called "Rocky", but on another site where I use the name "Rockhopper", I'm called "Rock".
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
quote:Originally posted by Rockhopper Lad: On Legion World, I'm generally called "Rocky", but on another site where I use the name "Rockhopper", I'm called "Rock".
I think we need to start calling you "Rockstar"
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
We can call you "Hop".
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Stu and Semi call me "Hoppy".
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
For the authors among us (and I know there are a couple besides me), here's my advice on finding an agent.
Posted by lil'rhino on :
I told my boss he was fat! He gave me the stink-eye!
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
Inspired by Xben's recent question on "Know Your Legion Worlders," my latest blogpost comments on Adventure # 267 and links to Xben's own review of the LSH Archives.
Posted by Ram Boy on :
This guy -
Grew up into this guy - Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
And Mr. "Leave Britney Alone" has other pictures that look hotter.
Plus he says he will be doing a porn movie
Posted by Ram Boy on :
Well, picture #2 does seem to indicate that he has a pretty big pole.
Posted by SharkLad on :
But, does he know how to use it?
Posted by cleome45 on :
Snarked a fat-bashing article over on the website for one of our local weak-tea hipster rags a couple of days ago. Not something I normally have the energy for, but what pushed me over the edge was this bozo's assertion that Pop Chips™ are some kind of food innovation. For those not in the know, trust me: I tried those damn things once and they're neither.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I went to kindergarten with Mitt Romney's eldest son. I haven't seen or heard from him since we were five.
Posted by cleome45 on :
Glee star Lea Michelle wore an antique embroidered illusion dress from Marchesa to the Golden Globes. She finished off her look with Jimmy Choo shoes and Lorraine Schwartz jewels.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
The last person to have my cell phone number (which I've had since 2006) was also named John. I still get calls for him now and then.
Posted by Abin Quank on :
I'm sitting here watching the snow fall as I make my reservations for ComicCon. The dichotomy(SP) of a San Diego summer and a CT/RI winter is striking.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
One of the funniest Pink Panther cartoons, "In the Pink of the Night" (the one with the cuckoo clock), was directed by the great Art Davis.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
A few years ago I had a dream that I was riding in the back of a limo with a friend and we kissed. I've always sort of been attracted to this guy, but it's always been clear that nothing would ever happen between us. Still, I was very unsettled by it and felt awkward around him for some time after.
Posted by Abin Quank on :
I had surgary for a ventral hernia last tuesday. Today, I'm sitting indoors while a lady friend shovels the driveway. I'm all for equal rights but this just feels wrong.
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
My clumsy little puppy bumped his head on the couch, the dining table, and the front door the other day. He also fell off the bed.
Don't call PETA on me please!
Posted by Exnihil on :
quote:Originally posted by Abin Quank: I had surgary for a ventral hernia last tuesday.
Yikes. Wishing you a speedy recovery, Abin.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
quote:Originally posted by Abin Quank: I had surgary for a ventral hernia last tuesday. Today, I'm sitting indoors while a lady friend shovels the driveway. I'm all for equal rights but this just feels wrong.
Well making her shovel your driveway in the nude is wrong.
Hope you are feeling better soon.
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
Yikes, where are my manners?
Hope you feel better soon, Abin.
I'm sure your lady friend will understand. You can always make it up to her with chores later on!
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
I'm launching my first-ever writing contest on my blog (artists are invited, too)): Describe my character!
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
While the show was called "Gilligan's Island" the lyrics to the theme song called it "Gilligan's Isle"
Posted by Fat Cramer on :
Drummers have a heightened sense of timing, measured in milliseconds: perfect timing, like perfect pitch. Some of them find it annoying, because the rest of us are always off beat. From a study by Dr. Eagleman of Baylor U.
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
Go to www.billboard.com, click on "Hot 100," and then click on "View Chart Archives," and you can find the Top Ten songs of the week you were born.
(But only if you were born during the week of August 9, 1958, or later, because that's when the Hot 100 began.)
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
. . . including one which Legion fans may or may not agree with. Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Great post, He Who.
In case you're wondering who the Red Sersi who commented is, that's me.
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
Thanks, both for the compliment and the comment, Fanfie.
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
While doing research for that blog post, I chanced upon Steve Englehart's site, which contains cover reproductions of every comic book he wrote as well his recollections and notes.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
You're very welcome, He Who.
I've visited Englehart's site on many an occassion. Wonderful place.
I also had the pleasure and privilege of hosting a web chat with him back in 2005. Among other things, he revealed that if he had stayed on Avengers, the next arc would have focused on Wonder Man, delving deeply into his psychology.
Posted by Emily Sivana on :
At least I can incorporate some Egyptian elements into whatever I write next.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
On Feb. 14, 1884 Theordore Roosevelt's mother, Mittie Roosevelt, died of typhoid. On the same day his wife Alice died of Bright's disease (an inflamation of the kidney now known as acute or chronic nephritis). Just the day before Alice gave birth to their daughter.
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Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Occasionally, I'll start reading an old thread and start laughing out loud at something I posted along time ago that I'd totally forgotten.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
^Good to know I'm not the only one who does that.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
Sometimes when an old thread gets bumped, I think of something to add to it. But then looking back, I find I made the same comment originally.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
^ That too! Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
If the Easter Bunny visits on Easter, does the Dust Bunny visit on Ash Wednesday?
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
And does Fat Cramer visit on Fat Tuesday?
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Judging from its original meaning, I think a visit from Lard Lad would be more appropriate.
Posted by cleome45 on :
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
I've always felt this was one of my most clever toilet-humor jokes:
quote:Originally posted by Fanfic Lady: I once conceived a toilet-humor parody of "Seinfeld" where instead of saying "Yada, yada, yada" they said "Caca, caca, caca."
It featured a grumpy pharmacist who refused to sell people laxatives. They called him the Poop Nazi, and his catchphrase was, "No poop for you!"
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
One of Peter David's daughters went to drama camp with Natalie Portman. They did not get along.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
One film critic called John Hughes' writing "a bad combination of National Lampoon and Norman Rockwell."
Posted by cleome45 on :
quote:Originally posted by Fanfic Lady: One film critic called John Hughes' writing "a bad combination of National Lampoon and Norman Rockwell."
That critic was being too kind. Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Last Leap Day, I was in Newfoundland for most of the day, but flew to the French island of St.-Pierre later in the day.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Leap Day birthdays include character actors Dennis Farina, Alex Rocco, and Joss Ackland.
Posted by Fat Cramer on :
A new type of horsefly has been named after Beyonce, since it has a glistening golden underbody.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Punctuation prevents cannibalism! Plastic-lettered lightbox sign on a local restaurant: "LIFE IS BEST WHEN WE EAT PAVAROTTI" Oh, what a difference a dash, or even a period, would have made.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
I never knew, until I did a search just now, that there really is such a thing as turkey jerky.
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
It rained here today and I went through four shirts in about two hours time. But, I saved money by not switching back to Geico.
Posted by Dev - Em on :
I bought a cart for work. Will throw my portable tool box on it with the tools I need for testing. Plus a surge protector strip and some bins to use to hold random things I need. Will also have my portable 120 VAC/ 24 VDC power supply on there.
I do a lot of testing of panels and control boxes before they are sent to the customer. I spend 56 hours a week doing this and needed something to halp me move my stuff around the shop...besides the old and not rolling friendly toolbox I have there. Carrying everything was getting really old.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
The gym I go to closes at 5pm on Saturday and Sunday. Yet, I have seen people coming in at 4:30pm.
Posted by Anita Cocktail on :
I wear green to bars, even when it ain't St. Paddy's Day!
Posted by cleome45 on :
Looking forward to having new eyeglasses ready in the next week or so. The current pair is so damn shot that I've barely been able to see out of them for the last six months, at least.
I had to do this while I'm still employed, and I expect that to last for maybe another two weeks, tops.
For my next trick, I've decided to buy myself a haircut next weekend! Since my bangs grew completely out back in late October, this should take care of any lingering eyesight issues not fixed by the new eyeglasses. Posted by Viridis Lament on :
I'm nearing the end of my first night of training "on the board" at work.
Over the next few months I will be moving from being an outside worker, fixing things when they go wrong to an inside worker, watching screens to find problems and adjust processes BEFORE they become an issue.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
The French song "Alouette" is someone who wants the pluck feathers off a bird.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
"Alouette" is sung by the two rival French chefs in the excellent Bugs Bunny cartoon short, "French Rarebit", written by the always-underrated Tedd Pierce.
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
I spent half the day running an Allis-Chalmers bulldozer that was older than me, and then moving furniture into storage. As well, I replaced a few old receptacle's... and no one cut the power off for me. My hair's purdy raht nah!
Posted by Reboot on :
A pair of birds are having what sounds like a blazing row in birdese outside my window.
Posted by Karie on :
I think I've lost my marbles.
My brain marbles that is.
Posted by Dev - Em on :
I'm glad Karie posted here...even if it was that she lost her marbles.
Posted by cleome45 on :
My sister and my Mom are still incommunicado because of religion issues.
I avoid discussing it with them whenever possible, but it isn't always possible.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
My father had more of an issue with my becoming Episcopalian than he did with my being gay. Posted by cleome45 on :
Rocky, I have a feeling that my mother would much rather my sister be a lesbian than a convert.
Since I don't believe at all, I really just want to stay out of it. Posted by Jerry on :
I don't blame you one bit. I don't really talk to my dad, but religion and sexual orientation have little to do with it.
Posted by Jerry on :
K.D. Lang is famous for saying she lost more fans for coming out as a vegetarian than as a lesbian.
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
"What k.d. lang does in the bedroom is her own damn business, but don't mess with my meat!!" Posted by Anita Cocktail on :
Oh my, it's nearly 4pm! Time to crawl outta bed & fix myself a dwinkie!!
Posted by Power Boy on :
Not quite FEMbrain !!!!!! Basil Discordia wants to party!!!
Posted by Anita Cocktail on :
On my way to the liquor store, I took a shortcut through the park & noticed that the cherry trees are budding. Simply wonderful!
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I saw a sea lion in the river the other day.
Posted by Set on :
It's foggy tonight and the sky over our house is white from the reflected light of our town, while the horizons are black. Usually it's the other way around. It's opposite night!
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Posted by Legion Tracker on :
I came home tonight to hear the frogs reborn in the lake behind my house.
Posted by Viridis Lament on :
We took our daughter swimming today. There were many squeals of delight to be heard!
Posted by cleome45 on :
Time to buy the cats more flea medicine. Butterscotch, the little princess, needs it year-round because of her extreme allergy to fleas. Naturally, she's also allergic to topical flea treatments like Frontline. So the vet prescribed a smaller portion of a chewable tablet normally given to dogs.
The Sid will just munch on his share like it's a treat, but Butterscotch needs to have hers ground up in some canned catfood before she'll eat it.
Ungrateful little brats. Posted by Power Boy on :
I made it inside just in time to avoid the deluge !
Posted by Catonyx on :
I think I'm lost!
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
*Turn left at "Know Your Legion Worlders".
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
It is almost $200 cheaper to take Amtrak from Vancouver to Toronto than to take VIA Rail Canada.
Posted by cleome45 on :
"...The day Jesus rose from the dead what should we do?"
If you have 3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Cop-Tur on GoBots was voiced by Bob Holt, the same guy who voiced Grape Ape, using essentially the same voice, but with a slightly wider vocabulary.
Posted by cleome45 on :
I find this song by Portland's own Quasi sums up the last 3.75 years of my life very nicely.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
When I was little, I thought Cruikshank was spelled C-R-U-S-I-K-R-A-K.
Posted by Legion Tracker on :
It sleeted like hail today.
Posted by Anita Cocktail on :
I was chased by a goose.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Houston has as many mayors in the 13 1/2 years I have lived here (three) as Boston has had in my entire lifetime.
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
I always feel so lazy on Sundays.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
The neighborhood in which I live doubles as filming locations for Seattle, San Francisco, and New York City in three different TV shows.
Posted by cleome45 on :
This week, I have to attend yet another Unemployment "orientation." I also have to get a bad tooth pulled.
I think I'm dreading the orientation more. I mean, sure the removal will be awkward, painful, and mega-expensive, but at least at the end they'll throw in some good painkillers.
Posted by cleome45 on :
quote:Originally posted by Kent Shakespeare: The neighborhood in which I live doubles as filming locations for Seattle, San Francisco, and New York City in three different TV shows.
All I remember is that Portland starred as Boston for Leverage, which I've never seen. And as backdrop for Madonna and some male sex symbol whose name I can't even remember now, despite everyone carrying on about it when it happened.
I much prefer Portlandia, in which the city finally gets to portray itself for a change. And where they don't make a big deal about the celebrity appearances. (Though seeing that 30 Rock intern dude as a bewildered shopper who was scolded for not bringing a reusable shopping bag to Zuppan's Grocery Store was pretty damn hilarious.)
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I'm very fond of the Which Wich sandwich chain. In fact, i'm having lunch in one as I write this.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
quote:Originally posted by Rockhopper Lad: I'm very fond of the Which Wich sandwich chain. In fact, i'm having lunch in one as I write this.
never heard of it.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
It started here in Texas. I'm not where else they are.
Posted by Power Boy on :
Helicopters flying overhead remind me of home.
Posted by Power Boy on :
Now accompanied by police sirens ... REALLY remind some of home ... but now starting to worry. Posted by Nam'Lor on :
<yawn> Nam'Lor awakes now that the sun has gone down!
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Inspired by a post by Kent in the shoutbox...
John Sebastian's famous theme song to "Welcome Back, Kotter" was actually the second attempt to come up with a theme song for the show. The rejected first song was written and performed by Dion DiMucci. A little bit of it was heard on the "E! True Hollywood Story" episode about "Kotter."
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Shows on this side of the pond that were hugely popular at the time apparently never made it to the UK. Not only Kotter, but Taxi and others.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
The only character on Taxi that I liked was Louie, supposedly the most "unlikeable" character.
Posted by cleome45 on :
Drinking coffee at 5:30 PM should be perfectly okay so long as there's alcohol in it.
[hic!]
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I wear a striped shirt to work every Monday, a green shirt every Tuesday, a blue shirt every Wednesday, a red shirt every Thursday and a lavender shirt on the Fridays I work. I don't have a pattern for the Saturdays I work.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
I was reading about Supreme Court Justice James Reynolds. Apparently he was a v ery disagreeable person in addition to being a racist and anti-semite. He didn't talk to Justice Brandeis for 3 years and not at all to Justice Cardozo. During Justice Cardozo's swearing in, he purposefully read a newspaper. He would turn his chair around so his back was to any black lawyer arguing before the court. He would leave if a female lawyer was presenting a case.
He didn't employ anyone who was Jewish or black, except for his personal messenger who was black. Justice Reynolds remained in DC when he retired and died 5 years later. None of the Supreme Court justices went to his funeral. His personal messenger died about 7 years after that and the Chief Justice and some of the other justices went to his funeral.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Arthur Burghardt played the Great Ahmed Kahn in the movie "Network" and Dr. Jack Scott on the soap opera "One Life to Live." He also did the voices of Destro from the original "G.I. Joe" cartoon and Devastator from the original "Transformers" cartoon.
Posted by cleome45 on :
I've gone past this local landmark on numerous occasions.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
^Whoever came up with the idea for that was a real loaf-er. Posted by cleome45 on :
TRIUMPH OF THE BREAD! Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
If I see footage of early 70s rock concerts with the volume turned down, I can't tell the difference between John Fogerty, Steve Miller, and David Gates of Bread.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I saw Crazy, Stupid, Love on DVD over the weekend. Normally I dislike romcoms, but this one was kind of sweet. And it had lots of shirtless Ryan "Photoshopped" Gosling. Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
My all-time favorite comic character of any kind is Charlie Brown. Coincidentally, three of my favorite Legionnaires also have the initials "CB". Posted by cleome45 on :
I love jobsearch sites that demand hours of your time to set up a detailed profile about what you can and can't do... only to flood your email box daily with a metric ton of jobs that your profile explicitly states you are not qualified to do!!
Gah.
Posted by cleome45 on :
quote:Originally posted by Rockhopper Lad: My all-time favorite comic character of any kind is Charlie Brown. Coincidentally, three of my favorite Legionnaires also have the initials "CB".
And you know Computo would get on the intercom system and prank them all the time, calling for "CB to report to Payroll at once," but never specifying which one it meant. Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
I just realized that Ozzy Osbourne's 1991 song "Hellraiser" borrows its melody from one of Heart's 80s power ballads, but since all 80s Heart power ballads sound alike to me, I can't remember what it's called.
Posted by matlock on :
I've started adjusting my bedtime to account for the half hour nap I take on the commuter bus in the morning nowadays.
Posted by Set on :
quote:Originally posted by Rockhopper Lad: Coincidentally, three of my favorite Legionnaires also have the initials "CB".
There was a cute scene in the Legion cartoon where Cosmic Boy and Colossal Boy greeted each other as 'CB1' and 'CB2.'
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
There was a Flintstones episode in which Wilma was having a nightmare that Fred was having an affair with a French woman. In her dream, he was telling the woman "Je t'aime! Je t'adore! Où est la plume de ma tante?". Translation: "I love you! I adore you! Where is my aunt's pen?".
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Posted by Legion Tracker on :
It is thought that the name "weasel" comes from the Anglo-Saxon root "weatsop" meaning "a vicious bloodthirsty animal".
And they're cute.
Posted by cleome45 on :
Posted by Fat Cramer on :
If you go into the grocery store and move in a counterclockwise direction through the store, you're more likely to buy more stuff - and most stores are designed to direct you that way. (from Brandwashed)
Posted by cleome45 on :
My "short nap" today lasted two hours. I might just as well have poured those three cups of coffee into the tub and used them to soak my corns.
Posted by cleome45 on :
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Sometimes, to be funny, I'll hit a bottle of champagne and say "Oh, you brut!"
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
Two dive sites in the Philippines made CNN's list of Top 100 dive sites. Sadly, I have been to neither of them.
Posted by Catonyx on :
Cleome45's picture above really hurts my eyes.
Posted by Set on :
quote:Originally posted by Invisible Brainiac: Two dive sites in the Philippines made CNN's list of Top 100 dive sites. Sadly, I have been to neither of them.
I've been to lots of dives.
Oh. A 'dive' isn't the same as a 'dive site.' My bad.
Posted by cleome45 on :
quote:Originally posted by Catonyx: Cleome45's picture above really hurts my eyes.
But you posted that terrifying song by "Sylvia" in another thread, so now we're even.
Maybe this one'll be a little easier on your eyes:
Posted by SharkLad on :
My pool has a leak...
Posted by Raging Bull on :
My leak has a pool.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
When I was 5, my brother (12) and his friends would watch the show "Dark Shadows". I would watch with them, but every so often, I would get a sudden urge and have to immediately go into the kitchen to make sure my mother didn't need me for something.
I recently read that Jonathan Frid, who played the vampire Barnabas Collins on the show, passed away. I am currently watching some of those Dark Shadows episodes. Hopefully I won't get any sudden urges to go to the kitchen.
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
Pear pimples for hairy fishnuts.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
I'm supposed to get up early tomorrow, but it's almost nine o'clock, and I'm still not tired!
Posted by cleome45 on :
I petted at least a dozen cats while in Seattle over the weekend.
Not all on the same day, though.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
When I was little, I looked at a list of Dr. Seuss books, and noticed one of them was titled "I Can Lick Thirty Tigers Today." Not being up to speed on the slang of the good doctor's generation, I took the title literally and thought it seemed gross.
Posted by cleome45 on :
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
Lalla Ward (Romana 2 from Dr. Who) is married to Richard Dawkins. They meet at a party given by Douglas Adams. Apparently they were the only two guests to show up on time.
Posted by Power Boy on :
I accidentally bought Cherry Garcia ... Frozen Yogurt!
... instead of Ice Cream, it's still good but ... not what I was expecting.
Frozen Yogurt dosn't quite have the recuperative effects of Ice Cream. Posted by cleome45 on :
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
My weekend didn't quite work out as planned, and I didn't get a chance to make granola from Cleome's recipe.
But I'll do it one night this week for sure.
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
Got a hair cut today. I now look older and meaner.
Eh.
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
Got a hair cut yesterday. I look... pretty much the same.
Posted by SharkLad on :
Ahmed Hassan isn't hosting Yard Crashers anymore...
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
I've seen "playpen" used as a substitute by hollywood for "playboy" more than once, and wonder if there ever actually was a "playpen", and if so...playpen... that's a bit young...don'tchaknow.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
I am a Morrissey/Smiths fan who eats meat.
Ex-Smiths bassist Andy Rourke still eats meat.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
The backing tracks on certain uptempo Latin pop songs from the late 70s/early 80s sound like the theme music to any random Hanna-Barbera/Ruby-Spears cartoon from the same era.
Posted by cleome45 on :
Tonight's dinner is chili verde pork. mr_cleome started it in the slow cooker this morning. I still have to put up the beans/rice and make dessert, though.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
"Challenge of the GoBots" had a different theme song in France, which became a hit single there.
My town isn't picking up lawn clippings anymore...
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Broadside of the Transformers is one of three Autobot (good robot) Triple Changers. His vehicle modes are an aircraft carrier and a space shuttle. Unfortunately, Broadside fared the worst by far of the Autobot Triple Changers in the cartoon series. Whereas Springer was one of the lead characters that season, and Sandstorm was showcased in a very good episode ("Fight or Flee"), Broadside was showcased in a very poor episode ("Carnage in C-Minor"), and when he made a non-speaking cameo in a good episode ("The Burden Hardest to Bear"), he had a compeltely different design, so a lot of viewers didn't even recognize him!
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
I tried this method for cooking brown rice. It worked like a charm! w00t!
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
The capitals of the two US States in which I have lived the longest rhyme.
Posted by cleome45 on :
Death to all online scammers! Death, I say!
[bangs head on desk]
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
$40 for nosebleed seats to see Roger Waters. Perform The Wall tomorrow night. Should I go?
Posted by Viridis Lament on :
quote:Originally posted by Kent Shakespeare: $40 for nosebleed seats to see Roger Waters. Perform The Wall tomorrow night. Should I go?
How can you even question this? (the answer is yes!!)
I am about an hour from starting my vacation. 18 days with no work will be a joy, especially after pulling 32 out of 36 days.
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
The Filipino term "Bayanihan" originated from the practice of neighbors helping each other move by physically carrying entire houses (not that hard to do since they're made of straw, but still!)
The term has now come to mean a unified communal spirit in meeting a particular objective.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
When I hear the word "phenomenon", I subconsciously say "Pa-Pee-Da-Pee-Pee". I never cared much for those cowy things that went "Da-Doo-Dee-Oo-Doo".
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
quote:Originally posted by Fanfic Lady: I can't remember how many ozzes are in a lib.
Almost two years later, I remind Fanfie that there are 16 ozzes in a lib. Posted by Dave Hackett on :
I'm building a fence.
Posted by SharkLad on :
My neighbor's beagle has been barking all morning.
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
I fell asleep while doing crunches. Gosh, I'm lazy today.
Posted by SharkLad on :
My iPod ran out of juice halfway through my workout
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
I only have one cup of yogurt left at home.
Posted by SharkLad on :
I'm going out for coal-fired pizza tonight...
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
I fall to pieces...
Posted by SharkLad on :
My best friend just adopted a baby
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I was going to have ribs for dinner, but the pub was offering a soft-shelled crab special. Wasn't as good as he last time I had soft-shelled crab, which was a lunch I had with Lad Boy about 4 years ago.
Posted by SharkLad on :
I just bought a ticket for New York Comic Con
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I find this video hilarious.
Posted by Legion Tracker on :
quote:Originally posted by Rockhopper Lad: I find this video hilarious.
Rocky just made my day! Look there...FROOTLOOP!
Posted by Viridis Lament on :
My favorite band are coming to Edmonton in July and I have tickets
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
After he died, Napoleon's penis was cut off during his autopsy. Apparently it is currently in New Jersey.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Bought train tix to go to Portland for a weekend getaway.
Only negative: have to be up around 4 a.m. To make it to the station on time. but it's still better than going by bus.
Posted by Raging Bull on :
All my weekend getaways seem to start with getting up around 4 AM at the beginning of the getaway and not getting to bed until around 2 AM at the end of the getaway.
Posted by cleome45 on :
quote:Originally posted by Kent Shakespeare: Bought train tix to go to Portland for a weekend getaway.
Only negative: have to be up around 4 a.m. To make it to the station on time. but it's still better than going by bus.
Amtrak?
When I took Amtrak to Seattle, part of the trip we hugged Puget Sound. Right on the shore. Very scenic.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
Kent's train trip makes me want to take another long distance train trip
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I haven't gone this route by train before, but i know it follows the shore at a number of points even north of your route, Quis. I presume you came across from Chicago to Everett, where the train turns south for Seattle. My route from Van will overlap from everett to seattle plus have other coastal stretches as well.
[ June 08, 2012, 12:17 PM: Message edited by: Kent Shakespeare ]
Posted by Karie on :
I'm taking a break from teaching myself Adobe Illustrator and reading an investment statement from my bank... One should not have to think so much on a Sunday afternoon.
Posted by cleome45 on :
Lost: One ego. Last seen in the vicinity of the modern-day job market.
If found, please use the PM link above.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
Ricky...SPANISH! Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
Yesterday, I became a great uncle for the eighth time. This is the first child for my nephew and his wife. I look forward to calling my brother "Grandpa".
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
Congratulations, Quis. (Maybe we ought to call you Uncle Quis.)
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
I've been an uncle since I was 7 years old. 3 nephews, 4 nieces, 4 great nieces, & 4 great nephews.
Posted by cleome45 on :
I'd really like a dollar for every jaggoff "professional" I left a message with this week who said they'd call/email me back with important info but never did. Seriously, what the hell ever happened to manners?
[bangs head on keyboard]
Posted by Legion Tracker on :
Gosh, cleome, don't you know it's tough being a professional? Blame it on their secretaries. ;-)
Posted by cleome45 on :
I shed a solitary tear for their plight, LT. Oh, wait. That's my allergies.
Posted by SharkLad on :
I hate celery
Posted by cleome45 on :
Me, too! A great big green salad with crumbled blue cheese and homemade dressing is also gross, which is why I will not be preparing any for dinner tonight.
Sorry. Thought this was the "lies" thread.
[ August 12, 2012, 05:58 PM: Message edited by: cleome46 ]
Posted by Viridis Lament on :
Desdemonia and I are making lasagna, caesar salad and chocolate explosion for supper...all from scratch of course
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
For the last 20 years or so, HarperCollins has been publishing The Chronicles of Narnia in the United States with the books enumerated in the order of internal chronology of the books, rather than in the traditional order, which is that in which the books were published. Their basis for this is a letter C.S. Lewis wrote to a ten-year-old telling him that he could read them in this order if he wanted to. The publisher claims this means that Lewis preferred this. This puts The Magician's Nephew, not one of the best books in the series, first, displacing The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Now, a whole generation of children has grown up reading the books in what many of us feel is the wrong order.
Posted by Exnihil on :
After seeing a Facebook video link by a buddy of mine, I was reminded about a strange glitch in my memory:
I have no idea, among the bands Pavement, Fuel, and Filter, who sings what.
My brain just combines them into a "Bands with vaguely car-related names" which then promptly causes me to stop thinking about them.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
quote:Originally posted by Rockhopper Lad: For the last 20 years or so, HarperCollins has been publishing The Chronicles of Narnia in the United States with the books enumerated in the order of internal chronology of the books, rather than in the traditional order, which is that in which the books were published. Their basis for this is a letter C.S. Lewis wrote to a ten-year-old telling him that he could read them in this order if he wanted to. The publisher claims this means that Lewis preferred this. This puts The Magician's Nephew, not one of the best books in the series, first, displacing The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Now, a whole generation of children has grown up reading the books in what many of us feel is the wrong order.
And by that logic, you should read A Horse and His Boy before finishing The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe.
Posted by cleome46 on :
My job du jour has a stray/feral cat which I've never seen. According to the warehouse workers, he's been hanging around there for a year and they've never been able to trap him. Late at night after everyone's gone home, he strolls around the warehouse, tears small holes in the bags of cat food, eats a few bites of the "spillage" and then disappears again.
Yes, my job is in a facility that stores pet and animal feed.
Posted by Legion Tracker on :
It's been a good birthday. The weather was pleasant, had a picnic with friends at the lake. Oh, and I got a new car.
:-)
Posted by Dev - Em on :
Just found the three flight rings that came with the founders figures from DCD. After years of looking for them, I finally came across them. Hannah squealed when I gave her hers. She is so happy.
Jon is pretty geeked too, but Hannah has read through all the Archives and loves the Legion.
My kids rock!!!
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
This morning my doorbell rings. I had been up for a couple of hours so no big deal. I go downstairs and there is an old man and old woman standing on the porch. I open the door and say "Can I help you?" The old man starts talking. He has an Italian accent. He says 'Are you from the third floor? Sorry signore. She wants the second floor." I go "Who are you looking for?" The old woman, who has a cane, start to try to come in. The old man says "There is no name on the second floor. We 'll just knock on the door." I go 'I can't just let you in. Who are you looking for?" He says "Her daughter lives on the second floor." I did not think this woman was my neighbor's mother. "What's her daughter's name?" "Lena" "There is no one named Lena living here." At which point they look around and the old man realizes that they are at the wrong address and points to the house next door.
I think the old woman didn't speak English.
Posted by SharkLad on :
I have a blister on my pinky toe...
Posted by Legion Tracker on :
I was afraid my computer needed work because it was so s-l-o-w the past couple of days. Then this evening it updated itself with Internet Explorer 9, and voila!...I have a zippy computer.
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
I tried out this new ointment that works great on canker sores. My untreated sores usually last a week, but with this I was completely healed in 3 days.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
I was thinking about the friends I had as a kid. My best friend from 4th grade to 8th grade was Sean Doyle. (we went to different high schools, hence the drifting apart) I remember one time while on the bus headed back from a field trip thinking that wen we got older we could live together in an apartment. (1st clue for my sexual orientation)
Anyway, I looked him up on Facebook. Lo and behold, he is gay too. His status is in a civil union with another guy.
I'm thinking of sending a message to him, but am not sure what to say.
Posted by cleome46 on :
Going to a bbq in a couple of hours. I'd thought of baking something, but once the daytime temp went over 85 F, common sense won out. Instead, I scooped out some melon balls (first time I've ever tried Santa Claus melon. It's a little like honeydew but paler and much less sweet) and mixed them with rum sauce and some fresh berries. Then I made some fancy scallops on half the hollowed-out melon rind, which I can use as a "bowl" and set some bamboo picks next to.
Sometimes being a caterer's kid really pays off.
Sadly, there's no time to make an ice sculpture. Posted by cleome46 on :
[snip]
quote:Originally posted by Quislet, Esq: I'm thinking of sending a message to him, but am not sure what to say.
Well, you could start with "Hi, and congrats on your civil union."
Then move on to asking if he needs an attorney. Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
I've always thought the word "wharf" is funny.
Wharf! Wharf! Wharf! Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
quote:Originally posted by Fanfic Lady: I've always thought the word "wharf" is funny.
Wharf! Wharf! Wharf!
A Klingon warrior is *not* a funny word.
Posted by Power Boy on :
I was writing in a document for work ... and meaning to italicize something I wrote the square bracketed i and /i in front and after the word ... and then I was completely frustrated as to why it was not italicized in Microsoft Word ... and then I realized I was a big dork who spends too much time on Legion World.
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
fiberboard backing for tile will itch you just as bad as fiberglass insulation. Damnit!
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I saw Juice Newton perform tonight. She is still as amazing as she was 30 years ago.
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
I met Blaze's ex-boyfriend. He seems to think I'm a good dude for Blaze (thank goodness).
Posted by Viridis Lament on :
5 more hours to go and I'm done 3 nights (36 hours) of Overtime
Posted by Blockade Boy on :
Two students came up to me after first day of class, felt they ought to tell me they used to be married. I thought they were warning me there might be fireworks but they just wanted to ask if it was alright to work on homework together.
What a strange relationship.
Posted by SharkLad on :
Mike Birbiglia's new movie, "Sleepwalk with Me," is in theaters now...
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
Years ago the Boston Globe reported that I had a child. What had happened was the local kindergarten opened up some new slots and some people waited in line over night. My brother Mike waited in line to enroll me, but the Boston Globe said he was waiting in line for "his brother Robbie, whose child will start kindergarten in the fall."
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
My ex-girlfriend started following me on Twitter, and I'm not sure how to react. I've only spoken to her once - via Facebook - after the breakup.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Heading for the border, my third trip ack to the US this year (oddly, since i am usually within ight of it a few times per week). 1st trip was just to WA state. 2nd was to Oregon. This time to California. At this rate, my next trip should be Mexico?
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
Tomorrow, I plan to go kayaking on the Charles River. I tried to interest somoe people in going with me, but no such luck.
Posted by Viridis Lament on :
I am drinking Pepsi right now!
Posted by matlock on :
I saw what I'm reasonably comfortable stating were about 10 Amish gentlemen walking through downtown Atlanta today. It was incongruous to say the least.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Comic book creator Tim Truman (Hawkworld, GrimJack, Conan) lives in Lancaster, PA, near Amish country.
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
I don't like Amish furniture, but I do like some Amish cheeses.
Posted by Viridis Lament on :
Havarti is my favorite "snacking" cheese Ricotta is the one I prefer for cooking
Posted by cleome46 on :
I worked 24 hours this week. So far.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
I can't get my computer to load Bleeding Cool. All the other sites I frequent load just fine, so there must be some problem with the site itself.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
I can't get into BC, either, Fickles. It's def a BC issue.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Thanks for the heads up, Lardy.
Hopefully they'll get it fixed soon.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
It's back up, Fickles! Posted by Fat Cramer on :
Male Australian jewel beetles like to have sex with stubby beer bottles.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
quote:Originally posted by Lard Lad: It's back up, Fickles!
Yay! Thanks, Lardy. Posted by rickshaw1 on :
I have far too much knowledge of cartoon network due to my six year old.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
quote:Originally posted by Fat Cramer: Male Australian jewel beetles like to have sex with stubby beer bottles.
well they are male Australians... Posted by rickshaw1 on :
right now I crave tater chips... or popcorn...some food with a lot of salt, lol.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Thirty-one years ago today, my parents and I moved from Massachusetts to Florida. I lived there nine years and then returned to Boston and subsequently moved to Michigan and then to Texas. My mom lived in Florida until three years ago when she moved to Houston to be near me. My dad still lives in Florida.
Posted by SharkLad on :
The family members I feel closest to are not actually blood relations...
Posted by cleome46 on :
It's been about three years since I basically wrote off the person who I considered my best friend for a over two decades, because it was more than obvious that she'd lost interest and I was sick of always chasing after her. Our material/class status diverged pretty dramatically at some point, which didn't help.
I'd say it's only in the last four or five months that I've really gotten used to this, and have mostly stopped being bitter and angry about it.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Cleome,
I would not have met the person who became my best friend if her mother hadn't been a friend of my immediate family. In an unpleasant irony, her mother shut out my family after the family member she was closest to died, which I felt was very rude. I still consider my friend to be my best friend, but I'm still angry at her mother and hope I never see her again. Obviously, the subject of her mother never comes up in our conversations.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I am five miles above cleome's house. Okay, above her burgh, not neccessarily her house.
Posted by SharkLad on :
I'm drinking coffee from a Starbucks Las Vegas mug... I also own a Starbucks Niagara Falls mug...
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
I'm really, really hoping to get to Borobudur and Prambanan temples later this year, and Ayutthaya in Thailand next year. What can I say, I'm a sucker for ancient ruins and magnificent temples.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
My niece was going through some old photos and found a letter I wrote when I was at summer camp when I was nine years old. Note: Kenny is my older brother. Richard was my best friend.
The letter, mistakes and all, reads:
Dear Dad, Mom, & Kenny
Hi! How are you? I am fine. It nice here. It rained Monday. I did some fishing. I saw 3 movies one was the crawling hand. I am having a good time. Last night was boxing. Ma, I could couldn't find the pen, so I borrowed one. Your probly wondering why I am writing so early is because I am home sick. I even miss Kenny. Has Richard called yet? The address is: St. Mary's of the Pines Box 330 Pelham N.H. 03076. At the end of rest peirod I have to stop. And any ways I am near the end. Some kids are mean. And know the man at where the bus stop he live near Uncle Dan's deli. Well by now
Love Robert
XOXOX SOS Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
Aw Quis, that's adorable!!
My aunts and uncles keep trying to set me up with girls from "respectable" families. Alas, even if I found these particular girls smokingly attractive, and even if I weren't with Blaze,I'd be afraid to get involved with them because of the inevitable extended family business politics I'd be dunking myself in.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
I don't remember anything from that camp except for that movie.
Wow! It has the Skipper in it.
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
Currently eating a peanut butter and nutella sandwich on a toasted sub roll. Oooooooooooh good.
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
Our very spoiled dog has ousted me from my bed.
And he's shedding all over my pillows.
Posted by SharkLad on :
I dropped off a houseguest at the airport today after 2 weeks...
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
The Philippines has four churches collectively inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as the Baroque Churches of the Philippines.
The Church of the Immaculate Conception of San Agustín, Intramuros, Manila
The Church of Nuestra Señora de la Asuncion in Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur
The Church of Santo Tomas de Villanueva, Miag-ao, Iloilo
Posted by Reboot on :
Titan is the name of a brand of Mars bar copies.
Posted by Legion Tracker on :
Last weekend I tried a new recipe: Tuna-Fennel Pasta Salad. Yum!
This weekend, I'm debating trying Maple-Nut Grits. Or Strawberry-Arugula Salad with Sweet Lime Vinaigrette.
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
My son Sam is allll boy. He ran into the room the other night, ripped on, then shouted proudly
"I POOTED!" Other than the gagging that then took place, Carol and I cracked up.
Posted by Legion Tracker on :
To celebrate my cat's 13th birthday yesterday, I gave her an extra treat and didn't boot her out of my TV-watching seat.
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
So sweet
My dog likes snuggling up beside my pillows and getting his tummy tickled when he's sleepy.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I will never be responsible for bringing a child with a trendy name into the world.
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
One day, Hyvvie will be a trendy name. Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
When I get home later I'm going to turn on the Playstation. Got bit by the nostalgia bug!
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
I'm posting slightly buzzed. But, no worries. Carol isn't, the boy is with his Granny, and I'm at home restin and recoopin, lol.
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
I had a Guinness last night, best damn beer I've ever tasted.
Posted by SharkLad on :
I have a migraine... again...
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
I have some medicine for you Sharky, but I have no idea how to get it to you. Get well soon!
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
Jell-o pudding cups use to come in a 6 pack. Now they come in a 4 pack. I used to buy the store brand (also in a six pack), but they have not had any out since Jell-o went to the 4 pack. I can't remember exactly what the price used to be for the 6 pack, but I am pretty sure that the price per pudding cup is higher now.
[ September 10, 2012, 08:08 PM: Message edited by: Quislet, Esq ]
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
My favorite yogurt flavor is the one with melon bits. I like mango bits, and mixed berry too.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
It gets cloudy and dark, so I turn on my desk light. Then it gets sunny and bright. So I shut off my desk light. Then it gets cloudy and dark again.
Posted by Legion Tracker on :
So it's not the rotation of the earth that determines day/night and weather. It's Quis's desk light.
Posted by cleome46 on :
All sovereign states in Southeast Asia are members of ASEAN... except for Timor-Leste. Snobby Singapore doesn't want it in, although some of the other members support its inclusion.
Posted by cleome46 on :
"Snobby Singapore" sounds like a character who went to prep school OF SPACE! with
Moving right along...
I got more free produce goodies this weekend: Almost two pounds of ripe Italian plums.
I've decided to preserve them in brandy and/or vodka. Since it's an alcohol-sugar mixture, I don't need a canner or pressure cooker to do it. Just clean peanut butter jars (of which I have, oh, about a million), a cool, dark cupboard to hide them in... and lots of patience. They'll be ready around late November/early December if I put them up today.
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
I think cleome's comment has just given me an idea for a new character to bring into LMB lore!
Posted by Exnihil on :
For some inexplicable reason, the first floor men's room in my building smells like maple syrup. It's really quite delightful.
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
It's midnight and I'm having coffee!
Posted by Legion Tracker on :
The Illinois version of chili is typically spelled with an extra "l". In 1993, the state legislature proclaimed Springfield the "Chilli Capital of the Civilized World."
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
The Jell-o Temptations Strawberry Cheesecake and Lemon Meringue are sooooo good.
Posted by cleome46 on :
My stereo system sounds awful, and I can't afford to have anyone come look at it. But eff it. I gotta' have my vinyl sometimes, so I'm playing it anyway.
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
Sara Rue was hotter with a little more weight on her.
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
Having strawberry yogurt right now. I prefer melon bits, though.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
I want potato chips! A whole bag to eat right now.
Posted by Power Boy on :
One of my absolute most favorite things to eat in the world is ...
Ruffles chips ...(full fat) ... with ranch dip (laurel scudders brand mix)
Posted by cleome46 on :
As they say in the the-ate-er, I've been held over for (maybe) another week at my job with ConHugeCo Corp. (Or at least they said to report to work on Monday before I left today.)
It's back to my former half-time schedule, though.
Posted by Reboot on :
The music for Goldfinger won a Grammy for John Barry & Shirley Bassey.
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
I haven't worked out in a week! Posted by Power Boy on :
Danger Club #4 smells really good!
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
I am so damned sleepy
Posted by Reboot on :
The specific gravity of water at standard temperature and pressure is 1 by definition, as water is the general reference for liquids.
Posted by Set on :
They say that blood is thicker than water. It is. Six times thicker, in fact.
Posted by Reboot on :
Sebastian Vettel often changes his helmet design, and has done so again for this weekend's Japanese GP.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
My dog was once depicted on a religious Web site very near the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
I've started a 3-6 month temp assignment at teh Committee for Public Counsel Service (aka the Public Defenders). And it is thanks to this woman.
It is not as a lawyer though, but that's Ok with me.
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
Wow. So, is the PCS defending Dookhan? Will you be working with her personally?
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
Oh no. Right now I am fielding the calls from the hundreds of prisoners and those who had been imprisoned wanting to know if Dookhan was involved in the testing of drugs in their case. I don't have the list. I just take down their particulars then it is passed on for assignment either to their old public defender or a new one.
[ October 06, 2012, 05:08 PM: Message edited by: Quislet, Esq ]
Posted by Power Boy on :
quote:Originally posted by Quislet, Esq: I've started a 3-6 month temp assignment at teh Committee for Public Counsel Service (aka the Public Defenders). And it is thanks to this woman.
It is not as a lawyer though, but that's Ok with me.
crazy. I'd say she more than "screwed up". what a psycho!
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
So, at my job I am looking over some intake sheets that have been mailed in. On one, instead of writing "Suffolk" for the county, this person spelt it phonetically as you would hear it pronounced around these parts. He wrote Click Here For A SpoilerSufuck Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan are the only two doubly-landlocked countries in the world.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Paris Hilton's grandfather, Barron Hilton, was obsessed with the idea of putting a hotel on the moon.
Posted by Conjure Lass on :
I found these in the candy aisle at the store. What the...
[ October 30, 2012, 11:43 AM: Message edited by: Conjure Lass ]
Posted by Viridis Lament on :
Due to the horrible road conditions I called into work and cancelled my overtime last night. We'll see if I can make it in tonight.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Bananas are high in potassium, which promotes healing of muscles.
Posted by Viridis Lament on :
Yesterday I discovered that Wordpress has a multi-site install function. For the past year I've been trying to set up my sites the hard way it seems Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
quote:Originally posted by Fanfic Lady: Bananas are high in potassium, which promotes healing of muscles.
As Charlie Brown discovered when Lucy gave him one before pulling the football away. Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
quote:Originally posted by Rockhopper Lad:
quote:Originally posted by Fanfic Lady: Bananas are high in potassium, which promotes healing of muscles.
As Charlie Brown discovered when Lucy gave him one before pulling the football away.
Indeed.
Then there was the time that Lucy defied the "ten-billion-to-one odds" of her having an involuntary muscle spasm at the very moment Charlie Brown would have kicked the football. Posted by Space Ranger on :
I've decided to pretty much retire Abin until all my other ID's catch up to his post count.
Posted by Conjure Lass on :
I GOT THIS IN THE MAIL TODAY. Do I like Justin Bieber? No. Will I use this UTTERLY AMAZING piece of dental paraphernalia until the batteries run dry? HELL YES.
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
Wow! A pic of Conjure Lass, cool!
The city of Vigan, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Philippines, was recently awarded for its cultural conservation practices. I'm proud to say that I've been able to visit it already, and it really is worth a trip.
Posted by Conjure Lass on :
quote:Originally posted by Invisible Brainiac: Wow! A pic of Conjure Lass, cool!
The city of Vigan, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Philippines, was recently awarded for its cultural conservation practices. I'm proud to say that I've been able to visit it already, and it really is worth a trip.
I'm a vain, vain camera hog. You should see my Instagram.
Endives are related to daisies! Who knew?!
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Posted by Power Boy on :
I bought some organic butter two days ago because I liked the packaging and it was the cheapest. It is so amazingly good, you can eat it with a spoon. I wouldn't recommend it though.
Posted by Set on :
Our dog just had a stroke, kibbying on the floor and convulsing. Thirty minutes later, he's all fine, walking around and barking and being his usual doggie self, and wonders why we're acting so weird, staring at him and following him around and unpredictably hugging him.
Dogs. So much drama.
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
Our dog has replaced me as the favorite child in the family Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
I have noticed that I tend to turn my feet sideway as I walk down stairs so as to have my whole foot on the step.
Posted by Viridis Lament on :
So on Sunday I returned to work. I was expecting an easy day, as I was slotted to run the gas compression plant or if we had coverage, begin training in the control room. I got on the bus and went to sleep. I woke up as we were pulling into the plant site from the highway and all I could see were 3 giant flames (at least 75 to 100ft high) coming from our flare stacks. I knew at that moment I was NOT going to have an easy day.
A critical vessel in the enviromental unit had failed. I am not only qualified to run that unit, but was the senior field operator on site.
End result, in the past 68 hours I have been at work or enroute to work or home for 52 of them...but everything is fixed and working correctly now.
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
Five sovereign states have capitals with the words "city" in them:
Mexico - Mexico City Guatemala - Guatemala City Kuwait - Kuwait City Vatican City - Vatican City Panama - Panama City
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
There is a graveyard on the Boston Common. I was walking through it today. Most of the gravestones were dated from the late 1700s and ealy 1800s, but there was one marker that was dated 1957. One gravestone was for a young man of 24 who died by drowning. A lot had "Mrs. Sarah Doe wife of John Doe", but one read "Mrs. Mary Smith consort of Mr. John Smith"
Posted by Nam'Lor on :
Nam'Lor try to do work this night but Nam'Lor no good at working so Nam'Lor go to bed early.
Posted by Legion Tracker on :
The Gates of Hell (La Porte de l'Enfer) is a monumental sculptural group work by French artist Auguste Rodin that depicts a scene from "The Inferno", the first section of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. It contains 180 figures, some of which (including The Thinker, The Kiss, and The Three Shades were enlarged and became independent works of art.
Posted by Viridis Lament on :
There was a fire across the road last night. No one hurt but the house was a total loss.
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
The Puerto Princesa Underground River, one of the Philippines' UNESCO World Heritage sites, is also one of the New7Wonders of Nature. Besides containing an "underground" river with plenty of stalactites, the park is also known for its high biodiversity.
Posted by Legion Tracker on :
Althought the parking lot at the grocery store was full at 4:30 PM on Thanksgiving Eve, and I spent $51, it was still, surprisingly, one of the quickest grocery stops I've ever had.
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
I spilled oatmeal all over the floor beside my desk.
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
Well, don't just post, man! Clean it up! Posted by Viridis Lament on :
My mama and papa arrived here from Newfieland last night for a visit
Posted by Legion Tracker on :
Legion Lost #14 became the 2,000th comic in my current collection.
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
I have a sore throat.
quote:Originally posted by He Who Wanders: Well, don't just post, man! Clean it up!
and I did exactly what HWW said!
Posted by cleome46 on :
I had two different temp jobs this week, both of which involved being around/standing in for people who'd picked up the first "super-flu" of the season.
So far, I haven't brought it home with me.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
Despite popular belief, the Great Wall of China cannot be seen from space. Although things like airport runways can be seen from a low altitude orbit (180 miles up), the Great Wall blends in with the surrounding earth and cannot be seen.
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
Pasteurizing milk does not remove its nutrients.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Stephan Pastis, creator of the comic strip "Pearls Before Swine", has really nice arms. Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Charmian Carr, who played Liesel in The Sound of Music is the younger sister of Shannon Farnon, who voiced Wonder Woman in Super Friends.
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
Triceps apparently make up the larger portion of your arm's muscle.
Posted by cleome46 on :
A drop of honey stuck to one's eyeglasses takes considerable effort to remove.
(I wish I could say that I discovered this doing something illicit and/or immoral. But no such luck. I was just fixing myself a bowl of fruit while I was having an all-thumbs morning. :/ I should have just gone to the local drive-thru for a grease bomb on a bun, like normal people do on Sunday mornings. But noooo...)
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
My celphone is busted, and I badly need a new one but doubt I'll be able to head to the mall before Saturday...
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
If my great-grandmother were still living, she would have become the world's oldest person this week at age 115. She passed away in 1976 at age 79.
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
I sometimes still have nightmares about not studying well enough for an exam.
Posted by Viridis Lament on :
Today is Randy Rhoads' birthday. RIP.
Posted by SharkLad on :
Balsamic vinegar contains sodium bisulfate to protect it's color...
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
There is now a direct flight from Manila to Bali, whohoo!
Posted by Viridis Lament on :
The engineering ticket in front of me in the display case expires on July 11th, 2013 (its not mine)
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
The Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras are, according to UNESCO, the only monuments in the Philippines that show no evidence of having been influenced by colonial cultures.
Posted by Viridis Lament on :
I had stuffed peppers for supper this evening
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
Said Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras were, through successful conservation management, removed from the list of World Heritage Sites in Danger in 2012. They were first placed on the Danger list in 2001.
Posted by Viridis Lament on :
I entered my very first photoplasty contest on Cracked.com tonight. The category was "Worst Possible Taglines/Ads for Upcoming Movies".
This is my entry:
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
I love cracked.com! Your entry so cracks me up.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
Mucinex is really good at relieving chest congestion, but when they say "take with a glass of water, they MEAN "take with a glass of water". I forgot to this morning and I am just now not feeling nauseous.
Posted by cleome46 on :
I just watched the preview of a forthcoming zombie flick called "Warm Bodies" over at dailymotion.com.
Really not a connoisseur of the genre, but this one might be the exception that proves the rule. (It's told from the POV of the undead themselves.)
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I told you guys to take your medicine...
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)![[Mad]](mad.gif)
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![[Drool]](graemlins/drool.gif)
![[Fruit Boy]](graemlins/FruitBoy.gif)
+ ![[Fire Lad]](graemlins/FireLad.gif)
= ![[Plant Lad]](graemlins/PlantLad.gif)
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![[Insect Queen]](graemlins/InsectQueen.gif)
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![[Matter Eater Lad]](graemlins/MatterEaterLad.gif)
![[Tellus]](graemlins/Tellus.gif)
![[Fat Cramer]](graemlins/FatCramer.gif)
![[Elastic Lad]](graemlins/ElasticLad.gif)
That's some bargain.
![[I Dunno]](graemlins/urk.gif)
![[Bouncing Boy]](graemlins/BouncingBoy.gif)
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![[Ferro Lad - Animated]](graemlins/FerroLada.gif)
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![[Sun Boy]](graemlins/SunBoy.gif)
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![[Brain-Globe of Rampart]](graemlins/BrainGlobe.gif)
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