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March 11, 2009
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Posted by: the chicken at March 11, 2009 9:39 AM
I hope all your shorts are covered, chicken.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 11, 2009 9:41 AM
lol i ransacked my closets last night like a total crackhead digging thru every pocket in every article of clothing i own and i wound up finding almost 6 bux! WOOT!
so someone had breakfast and coffee today!
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at March 11, 2009 9:44 AM
Who did you buy breakfast for Rob?
Posted by: wasder at March 11, 2009 9:45 AM
not a chance DIBS.
I can see how newly-opened shorts would feel the pain but this is just giving me an opportunity to reload.
With increasing civil unrest in China leading to riots around the corner, I expect capitulation in the market in the next couple of weeks.
Sell dollar-based holdings now.
Posted by: the chicken at March 11, 2009 9:47 AM
World's largest swimming pool:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-trw-offbeattraveler2,0,4713370.special
Posted by: East New York at March 11, 2009 10:07 AM
Well that was a tease. How many gallons? How long is it? Inquiring (bored) minds wanna know!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 10:09 AM
onion bagel and cream cheese and coffee from a truck
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at March 11, 2009 10:29 AM
I'm moving this from the 'Big Plans for Fulton Mall Makeover 'thread, cause it's off topic.
"A certain ho from Southern Brooklyn might not be there on March 19th [cue organizer]. And if she is, she's not wearing her CFMPs. There are no prospects for that night; Snappy might not be there :-(
Seriously, about a week ago, I found some pics of me with really big hair and dressed like a ho (I was going out dancing, I was young don't judge me) and yes, I was wearing CFMPs. I was laughing so hard. I scanned them, I'm going to use them somehow, they're hysterical.
What was I thinking going out looking like that!!
- Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 11, 2009 10:22 AM
Post them in the Forum, BRG.
- Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 11, 2009 10:27 AM
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 11, 2009 10:34 AM
You should post them, BRG! I'd love to see those.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 10:36 AM
DIBS, No way!!
And have people know what I look like.
I could black out my face and just post a pic of the top of my hair, that would take up about 5" of the photo.
I laughed so hard when I found them.
Does anybody else have any embarrassing pictures of themselves?
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 11, 2009 10:37 AM
BRG...my bf got ahold of a pic from my brother & sistr-in-law from when I was in high school...he was using it for my 50th birthday party. It was me in one of those bad powder blue tuxedos. Back then I had a big head of curly hair in an Afro style. Arrrggghhhhh.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 11, 2009 10:40 AM
I had to steal a pic of me from my mom - I'm about 7 years old and wearing a purple bikini running under a sprinkler. My hair is in braids with beads on the ends (a la the Williams Sisters before they could afford a weave). I was about as big as a toothpick and actually looked like one!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 10:43 AM
That sounds like my favorite picture of my neice. She was about 3, wearing a gold lame bathing suit, She's hold her hand in one of those "divaesque poses and giving a come hither look over her shoulder. She looks so don't bother me I'am a star- until you notice the big diaper hanging out the back. I love that picture!
Posted by: bxgrl at March 11, 2009 10:48 AM
Gold lame bathing suit? I love it!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 10:51 AM
Snappy, you like looking at pictures of 'hos'....hhhhhmmmm.
Only have one embarrassing photo? I have albums and albums of them. My entire childhood is full of weird photos, heck even now as an adult I have embarrassing photos of myself.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 11, 2009 10:52 AM
I have some truly stunning pictures of myself up on the website that I use to meet guys!!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 11, 2009 10:55 AM
Oh, yes, there are more embarrassing photos:
1. My sophomore year pic with my hair going every which way (I truly looked like who did it and ran)
2. A college photo of me w/ a devilish look in my eyes while pretending to ride a bed post
3. Me in Hawaii with severe sunburn on my face (yep, found out the hard way that people as dark as me can burn and burn badly despite using 45 SPF)
I could go on, but I'll spare us all :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 10:57 AM
My mom gave us all a bunch of old photos of ourselves one year for Christmas. In one of them, my borther and I are hugging this aqua-green inflatable thing (NO clue what it is). It looks like a huge giant -----.
Posted by: infinitejester at March 11, 2009 10:57 AM
Give us the URL Dave! I wanna see!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 10:58 AM
"Well that was a tease. How many gallons? How long is it? Inquiring (bored) minds wanna know!"
You got me...I just came across it in a news search. Carry on with your discussion.
Posted by: East New York at March 11, 2009 11:00 AM
That's a cool gift idea infinitejester.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 11:00 AM
my most embarrassing photo EVER:
there was a picture of me taken by my grandmother when i was about 6 or so. sitting on the toilet bowl taking a poop with SERIOUSLY a santa claus book in my hands. im like screaming in the picture, clearly cuz someone broke in. the picture always embarrassed me. in 4th grade i took it out of the photo album and hid it in the boiler room behind the boiler of our apartment (we lived in a basement at the time). when we moved my upstairs neighbors kids who owned the house and were in my school found the picture and brought it to school and told everyone it was me. :( i denied it and denied it but everyone knew.
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at March 11, 2009 11:02 AM
My parent put one of those together for each one of us about 15 years ago. It was a great gift.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 11, 2009 11:02 AM
What's with parents thinking it's cute to take pics of their kids on the crapper??? It only haunts us in our adulthood and provides yet another reason to go to therapy. Oh, Rob, I feel for you!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 11:04 AM
Wow, you guys have managed to work poop into the OT, again! Good work!
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 11, 2009 11:13 AM
Maybe someone can post on cat poop, thereby combining the two most common topics here.
Posted by: Biff Champion at March 11, 2009 11:14 AM
Actually (can't believe I'm admitting this) when I was a baby I was a model for toilet paper ads that appeared in Chicago area newspapers. There were pics of my naked chubby ass surrounded by toilet paper, hovering over toilets, etc. *Good God!* I know, I know, it's probably not as bad as candid shots on the john, but all of Chicago in the 70's saw my bare bum. Horrifying.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 11:14 AM
"but all of Chicago in the 70's saw my bare bum."
All of south brooklyn in the 90's saw my bare bum ;-)
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 11, 2009 11:16 AM
cobble & Biff...again, you jump to conclusions. I think rob squats to pee.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 11, 2009 11:18 AM
Do tell, BRG, do tell!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 11:20 AM
Hm, you may be right about that DIBS, a lot of children squat to pee. I saw the word 'crapper' and jumped the gun...
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 11, 2009 11:20 AM
I think rob probably still squats to pee. :)
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 11, 2009 11:23 AM
Here you Snappy, here's my story:
Actually (can't believe I'm admitting this) when I was younger I was a ho answering to ads that appeared in South Brooklyn area newspapers. There were pics of my naked ass surrounded by glass pumps. *Good God!* I know, I know, it's probably not as bad as candid shots of me wearing glass pumps, but all of south Brooklyn in the 90's saw my bare bum. Horrifying.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 11, 2009 11:24 AM
Does anyone else think that the proliferation of digital cameras, where the marginal cost of a photo is zero, will lead to the most narcissistic generation the world has ever seen?
Posted by: the chicken at March 11, 2009 11:24 AM
LOL
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 11:25 AM
BRG, I thought they used photos of models for those ads rather than the real thing? Bit like McDonalds with their hamburgers...
Good story though.
Posted by: the chicken at March 11, 2009 11:27 AM
Chicken, I think digital cams have made folks less likely to think about what they are doing/developing. With the ability to instantly upload a photo to the web where, let's be serious, can never really be retracted, what you have done is out there for good. Not needing to wait to have film developed leaves no time to reconsider the photo. Thus, the racy photos a lot of folks regret.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 11:29 AM
quote:
Does anyone else think that the proliferation of digital cameras, where the marginal cost of a photo is zero, will lead to the most narcissistic generation the world has ever seen?
oh most definitely. look at peoples facebooks and myspace pages. there is an inverse relationship proportionate to ones age and # of pictures they have posted. someone 25 will have 25 pictures of themselves. someone 30 will have 10 pictures and someone 15 will have 150 pictures of themselves.
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at March 11, 2009 11:31 AM
chicken- "will lead?" Isn't it obvious they already there?
Posted by: bxgrl at March 11, 2009 11:32 AM
Digital camera...$79
Twelve margharitas....$60
Pictures of your best friends topless, drunk and puking on the web forever....priceless
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 11, 2009 11:33 AM
Now there's a MasterCard commercial I'd like to see!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 11:35 AM
DIBS- it took 12 margaritas? tsk tsk.
Posted by: bxgrl at March 11, 2009 11:36 AM
and it's like everyone thinks they are a pornstar these days too!
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at March 11, 2009 11:38 AM
Yeah rob...all those guys on websites with full frontal nudity or an ass shot and then saying they're looking for a relationship and not NSA sex!!!! LOL
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 11, 2009 11:40 AM
The number of people who have computers, (and digital cameras)which they only use to get email, upload and send pictures out, is staggering.
If Dell or some other company made a laptop with only the capability for Windows Explorer and room to store photos and music only, they'd make a fortune. They already figured out that stand alone photo printers are gold.
I belong to Facebook only because of relatives and long lost high school and college friends asked me to join. I confess I never even check it unless someone sends me an email about some entry or a new "friend". It's too much information out there. Potential employers and colleges actually check you out to see if there are glaringly obvious signs of stupidity/culpability/criminal activity on your site. They caught some idiots on the police force somewhere in Long Island posting sexist and racist crap on Facebook. Stuuuuppiddd!
Posted by: Montrose Morris at March 11, 2009 11:41 AM
"Twelve margharitas....$60"
shizah - where do you buy your margaritas rob?
Posted by: dirty_hipster at March 11, 2009 11:43 AM
dave that is
Posted by: dirty_hipster at March 11, 2009 11:43 AM
I don't go on facebook or any of the countless other sites I've been asked to join. Who the hell wants to register with logins and passwords for all the lame sites.
If you want to contact me there's IM and email.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 11, 2009 11:46 AM
montrose, they do have those now. they are called "Netbooks" they are smaller and much much cheaper than notebooks and used primarily for the internet, music, pictures and stuff. no hardcore applications.
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at March 11, 2009 11:49 AM
Amen, Dave. I refuse to use any of that stuff. I always figured it was for kids anyway. Sometimes I get the feeling that the folks on B'Stoner already know too much about me! (My fault, I know!)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 11:51 AM
quote:
If you want to contact me there's IM and email.
oh yeah and craigslist, and manhunt, and adam4adam, and etc etc.. who u kiddin dave
*r*
in regards to facebook i recently tried to change my name on there from my real name to my street name (shut up) and it said it wont change for 30 days and then after that people can still look up the real name you originally signed up for and your account will still show up. i try not to keep my facebook page stupid tho, but somteimes i slip.
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at March 11, 2009 11:52 AM
Yes- I was just going to mention netbooks. And notice all the media/photo programs they offer. There is (or was) a Windows media edition- Some people only use their computers for email and photos.
Posted by: bxgrl at March 11, 2009 11:53 AM
None of those rob. You'd never figure out the site I use!!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 11, 2009 11:53 AM
"oh yeah and craigslist, and manhunt, and adam4adam, and etc etc."
Jeeesh! How many dating sites are out there now? I see ads for things like Match and Eharmony, but I guess I never really thought about how many others lurk on the net.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 11:54 AM
You use a dating site, Dave? Are there serious ones out there that cater to gay men that aren't NSA only? (serious question, not a knock)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 11:55 AM
Snappy, you looking for a gay man??
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 11, 2009 11:56 AM
gay men just use those those sites for cheap gross anonymous dirty sex. eharmony and match.com are for the straight women in their 30s who's eggs are slowly being depleted and really really REALLY need to snag a husband, stat. sorry to generalize, but it's true. some days i think i hate both heteros and homosexuals.
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at March 11, 2009 11:57 AM
Rob, that's funny!
No, BRG, not looking for a gay man! Just curious :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 11:59 AM
I've let go of the idea of finding a life mate while living in NYC. The gene pool is totally contaminated and the lesbian community is so...so...well, incestuous, that it's impossible to find a woman who hasn't dated so-and-so, so-and-so's friend, ex, etc.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 12:01 PM
I use LinkedIn and Facebook - I like them well enough.
LinkedIn for business networking - Public - anyone can view. And they have job listings and show you how you may be connected to a person in position to hire.
I use Facebook for family and friends - Private - only immediate friends can view.
They've got their issues, like when someone you don't actually like/trust/know very well asks to link to you.
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 11, 2009 12:01 PM
I filled out an Eharmony personality profile once, on a lonely afternoon. I got emails saying there were several matches, but I was too cheap to actually pay for eharmony, so nothing ever happened. Plus I got paranoid and had vast feelings of unworthiness about actually meeting anyone who someone else felt was a good match for me. I know, Montrose has some self esteem issues.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at March 11, 2009 12:01 PM
I use one site that is geared toward younger guys looking for older guys. Its a very interactive site in that you can search by zip code, by country, and what they like or what they want....NSA, friends, date, relationship. You can search all around the world. I've met many guys in different countries when I travel. There is the very rare guy who's trying to scam (always quite obvious) or the guys that are looking for a sugar daddy (usually upfront that that is what they want) Met many really great guys on that site.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 11, 2009 12:02 PM
Montrose! (((HUGS))) Everyone deserves someone good :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 12:05 PM
i don't think i'd want to be with someone who has unresolved daddy issues.
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at March 11, 2009 12:06 PM
I use one site that is geared toward guys looking. It’s a very interactive site in that you can search by neighborhood, and what they’re like. You can search all around Brooklyn. I've met many guys in different nabes. There is the very rare guy who's trying to scam (always quite obvious). Met many really great guys on that site.
Site: Brownstoner.com
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 11, 2009 12:10 PM
They don't rob...they are just physically attracted to older guys instead of younger ones. They also say that younger guys are just too immature for them. I find most, but not all, of the young guys I meet there to be more mature than what you'd expect at any certain age. There are always exceptions though and it doesn't take more than 2-3 messages to detect someone who behaves like an immature adolescent.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 11, 2009 12:11 PM
"and it doesn't take more than 2-3 messages to detect someone who behaves like an immature adolescent."
Rob, take note.
Limit your posts on Brownstoner to 3.
:-)
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 11, 2009 12:14 PM
DIBS: Daddylover.com?
Posted by: Miss Chiff at March 11, 2009 12:19 PM
You too, Snappy. Fortunately, I'm quite content with my state, usually. If it's meant to happen in the future, it will. In the meantime, life is quite full.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at March 11, 2009 12:20 PM
Miss Chiff...I've been looking for you. Did you and V give Leo, the cute red cat to barbara??? I would adopt him if I were home more often. He's a really great cat.
Won't divulge the site.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 11, 2009 12:21 PM
Montrose should not have self esteem issues. Montrose should tell herself daily, in the mirror, with a smile and a self-congratulatory pat, that she is one of the finest thinkers many will have the good fortune to come across, and that she further adds to that by being adept at writing those thoughts in ways that are artful, succinct and understandable at once. And she's nice. But nice in a good way, not in a saccharin, annoying way.
Not too many men deserve a Montrose.
Posted by: Nokilissa at March 11, 2009 12:23 PM
Yes, I've met MM and I agree, Nokilissa.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 11, 2009 12:25 PM
Been busy with work, Dave. We never had Leo. Do you want me to see if he is available? I can chat with Babs. Just let me know.
Posted by: Miss Chiff at March 11, 2009 12:26 PM
"Montrose should not have self esteem issues. Montrose should tell herself daily, in the mirror, with a smile and a self-congratulatory pat, that she is one of the finest thinkers many will have the good fortune to come across, and that she further adds to that by being adept at writing those thoughts in ways that are artful, succinct and understandable at once. And she's nice. But nice in a good way, not in a saccharin, annoying way.
Not too many men deserve a Montrose."
I second the affirmation! : ) You rock MM, and deep down inside...you know it!
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 11, 2009 12:27 PM
No, Miss Chiff. I thought Babs told me that you guys gave her that cat.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 11, 2009 12:31 PM
Hi folks;
Too busy today to join in the discussion, but just let me add a hearty "Here, here" to Nokilissa's statement.
Posted by: benson at March 11, 2009 12:33 PM
THANKS, ALL!
I needed that today, as I'm looking for a job, and not having much luck. It's really hard trying to break into fields in which you have no experience, even though I could easily use my skills in another industry to compensate.
A sugar daddy, or better yet, large lotto pot, would be great right now.
In the meantime, friendship knows no price, and I treasure it well. (sniff)
Posted by: Montrose Morris at March 11, 2009 12:35 PM
Hey MM, go on and get out there. You could be surprised.
I met my bf online, and it was, funnily enough, right after I had officially given up on men in this town.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at March 11, 2009 12:35 PM
We did give her back a kitten that she had rescued and we were helping to bottle feed, but she wasn't Leo.
Do you know who is hosting the next party for the neighborhood "crowd"? I gather the last one was quite the shindig. My neighbor got home at 4 in the morning after Barbara and crew dropped her off. Lots of lesbian silliness going on.
Posted by: Miss Chiff at March 11, 2009 12:38 PM
Having met MM, I second (or third or fourth) the accolades.
MM, you are a great person!
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 11, 2009 12:41 PM
I would like to announce that I have personally kicked MM in the butt for such thinking. (All I got in return was a very sore foot- but hey...I tried). And I agree with the posters- anyone would be lucky to have MM.
I'm not usre I would want to be in a realtionship again. That's what a disastrous divorce does to you- not to mention the semi-stalker boyfriend who had to be scraped off. I like being independent and maybe more honestly- just too afraid to think about getting involved again. But as MM says- life is full in anycase.
Posted by: bxgrl at March 11, 2009 12:42 PM
Mother Montrose: Is there any man out there who is deserving of YOU? I think you are great. Hopefully, you can find someone who isn't intimidated by your beauty and brains.
Posted by: Miss Chiff at March 11, 2009 12:43 PM
quote:
Everyone deserves someone good :)
that's not really always true. not everyone deserves someone good
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at March 11, 2009 12:45 PM
Large butt of steel, bxgrl, what can I say? I'm afraid I resemble the "thick" woman in the rendering more than the one with the tank top. I'm taller, though.
Changing the subject - with the Sainted Tenant's help, and a dummies book, I'm teaching myself Illustrator, as every design job out there wants it. Any tips or suggestions?
Posted by: Montrose Morris at March 11, 2009 12:49 PM
"right after I had officially given up on men in this town."
were you about to try out the women?
Posted by: dittoburg at March 11, 2009 12:51 PM
Did bxgrl show you Lynda.com? There is great and really helpful stuff there.
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 11, 2009 12:52 PM
Sainted tenant (still limping form kicking MM in her "butt of Steel) has not disclosed all her resources yet- but have promised to stay close by and smack the keyboard hand if MM does not pay attention in class.
Posted by: bxgrl at March 11, 2009 1:01 PM
Dave: Adultfinder?
MM: I will admit I tried the EHarmony thing. I met a lot of great guys but none that were "the one". The funny thing though is while doing Eharmony I ended up meeting my husband in the real world (not through Eharmony) under the most odd circumstances. Go figure. I do have a friend that met his wife and are now expecting through Eharmony.
Cobblehiller: You tell 'em! That's for yesterday, I saw it early this morning.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at March 11, 2009 1:05 PM
Mental Note: re-read prior to posting not after
Posted by: TownhouseLady at March 11, 2009 1:08 PM
adultfinder.com...that's a laugh!!!
Miss Chiff...don't know when the next shindig is. I did not attend the last one. I was out of town.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 11, 2009 1:09 PM
Thanks THL. I'm still quite annoyed with that 'OP'. I don't suffer fools gladly, especially presumptuous condescending know-it-all/know-nothing fools.
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 11, 2009 1:16 PM
> "were you about to try out the women?"
Actually it was right after I had made the "I'm though with men" declaration to an ex-girlfriend over dinner.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at March 11, 2009 1:17 PM
MM - Unless you are designing logos, do you really need to learn Illustrator? I'm digging Fireworks lately, which does all sorts of vector/bitmap coolness.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at March 11, 2009 1:19 PM
I would have paid to see that "scene," SnarkSlope!!!! :)
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 11, 2009 1:19 PM
MM: Two cheap/free recommendations if you're trying to bring yourself up to speed on current software. 1) Sign up for Apple One-to-One training. It costs $99/year, and gives you as much as an hour a week of individual personal training at the Apple store. Technically the training is limited to teaching Apple software, but there's a lot of crossover and they'll certainly cover questions on AdobeCS products. 2) Tekserve holds free seminars on a wide range of topics which are always very good introductions, with lots of reference links to new versions, upgrades, etc.
http://www.tekserve.com/learning-events/seminars-demos.php
http://www.apple.com/retail/onetoone/
Posted by: vinca at March 11, 2009 1:27 PM
Snark, I'm a soft furnishings designer. That's bedding, pillows, tabletop, etc. I've always worked for smaller companies or myself, where all I had to do was sketch something out. I've been checking the job market, and what little there is all involves knowing either a CAD program, Illustrator or Photoshop. Same with some freelance work I've tried to get. Larger companies making say, comforters, especially overseas, need computer generated designs. We're mostly talking rectangles with patterns on them.
I have a PC, btw.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at March 11, 2009 1:37 PM
She really needs it only because places list it as a requirement. I hate it myself- I swear by Coreldraw- I can work in vectors and bitmaps and lay out an entire journal in one program instead of needing 3 adobe programs. MM won't need it for logo design but for product design. So I also gave her a copy of Coreldraw. I have been kow to cheat- do it in coreldraw, then save it in illustrator format.
Cobblehiller and I talked about the mac/adobe cult. I find the adobe programs overwrought and the interfaces very confusing and non-intuitive. And they're way overpriced. But a lot of people think they are the only program to get "professional" results. I disagree with that, and I think a lot of other people do too.
Posted by: bxgrl at March 11, 2009 1:37 PM
Thanks, vinca. I'll check those out, too.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at March 11, 2009 1:38 PM
vinca- there is so much stuff out there to train people. I love the internet. MM works on PC so I don't know that the apple store is the place to go. But she has my books and I'll be helping her too.
Posted by: bxgrl at March 11, 2009 1:42 PM
bxgrl: I work in the printing industry, where Mac has long been the only way to go. I'm a hands-on learning type, rather than a RTFM type. Having fallen behind the curve due to deaths in my own family, I've found both those sources useful. My best resource when I hit a program snag, let along a life snag: my friends.
Posted by: vinca at March 11, 2009 1:48 PM
> "I find the adobe programs overwrought and the interfaces very confusing and non-intuitive. "
There is a steep learning curve to programs like Photoshop, that's true. But I've been using Adobe products for so long that learning InDesign was a snap when that became a necessity.
You are right about the prices. Too darn high. Fortunately my employer is footing the bill.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at March 11, 2009 1:51 PM
MM - if you need a tutorial in CAD, let me know. Would be glad to help you. I'm a CAD wiz (not 3D though, medicore in that).
If you need the program, well..... ;-)
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 11, 2009 1:55 PM
*** Alert Alert Alert Alert Alert Alert Alert Alert Alert Alert***
If you see that retard "Benson" tell that Asshead that The What is looking for him!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok Homeboy, You want me, you got me!!!!! You are my number priority right now! You are a old pice of Reagan era dirt that the times have passed by! You come from a era where New York neighborhoods was segregated and properly cheered when Yuself Hawking was killed you covert racist pice of Sh*t!!!
Come one Benson come on......
The What
Someday this war is gonna end...
Posted by: Return of The What at March 11, 2009 2:17 PM
can someone answer something for me? what neighborhood is the corner of Bergen street and Vanderbuilt considered?
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at March 11, 2009 2:20 PM
I feel unwanted now (What's 2:17 post) :(
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 11, 2009 2:24 PM
Rob,
It's Prospect Heights
Posted by: etson at March 11, 2009 2:25 PM
DIBS, join the club.
No one wants me either :(
According to realtors, it's Park Slope. But it's really North North Park Slope :)
Not sure, I'd really have to look at a map. I can't remember if that intersection is north or south of Atlantic.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 11, 2009 2:28 PM
benson...I voted for Reagan too.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 11, 2009 2:36 PM
Rob, looked at a map. Don't listen to anybody else. It's definitely North North Park Slope.
etson said it: Prospect Heights
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 11, 2009 2:40 PM
See folks no Benson!!!! I'm waiting for ya!!!
Anyway Benson can suck my balls!!!
The What
Someday this war is gonna end
Posted by: Return of The What at March 11, 2009 2:42 PM
Hey What! Listen, while you're on the hunt for benson, would you mind just toning down the balls thing a bit? It makes me feel like barfing. ; )
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 11, 2009 2:49 PM
Man, I go to have lunch with my husband and this is what I come back to?
They must be swaying between his knees with all of the people he's had s*ck*ng on them!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at March 11, 2009 2:53 PM
What...why the focus on the balls now instead of the ass??? Curious minds want to know. That said I bet benson doesn't give a shit!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 11, 2009 2:58 PM
Montrose;
I didn't realize that you were also looking for employment. Good luck to you (as well as Bxgrl and Cobblehiller). I'm not sure I can offer much help, as I am in the tech area, except to say "Best wishes". Keep the chin up, and eventually, good things happen to good people.
Posted by: benson at March 11, 2009 2:59 PM
"Hey What! Listen, while you're on the hunt for benson, would you mind just toning down the balls thing a bit? It makes me feel like barfing. ; )"
Wow Cobblehiller I'm glad you are on the friendly profile of the Asshat Targeting system! I have some awesome comeback on this statement!
Well Benson you have no more creditability (Like you had some before). I waited for you to have a debate and you punked out! Thanks Benson, now I can ignore you too! Case Closed...
Suck some skittles...
The What
Someday this war is gonna end...
Posted by: Return of The What at March 11, 2009 3:02 PM
BRG - did you split up?
Posted by: dittoburg at March 11, 2009 3:02 PM
Thanks benson...and Snappy too, don't forget her!
We need all the positive vibes we can get! [As I bounce along to some good tunes here in my shack!]
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 11, 2009 3:02 PM
Last thing: How many retards looked for a Job today???????!!!!!!!!!
The What
Someday this war is gonna end....
Posted by: Return of The What at March 11, 2009 3:05 PM
"What...why the focus on the balls now instead of the ass???"
Maybe he finally grew a set.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 11, 2009 3:05 PM
" I have some awesome comeback on this statement!"
I have no doubt What, no doubt at all! : P
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 11, 2009 3:05 PM
^^^^^ NAH...never mind, who are we fooling!
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 11, 2009 3:05 PM
"BRG - did you split up?"
Huh???
And cobble WTF to your WTF to me?
I confused.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 11, 2009 3:07 PM
vinca- I'm hoping to get a mac. I've worked on both but couldn't afford to get the kind of mac I needed whereas pc I could. Love them both anyway but I work with printers as a freelancer and have been finding many of them now using pc and coreldraw as well. Coreldraw has actually been around for a long time. I really dislike the pc-mac wars. It long ago lost all touch with reality, imho. The only important thing is whether or not you can get the job done the way they want it. (But I still want a mac to play with!)
I am a hands on learner too. Of course that can get you in trouble as the time I tried to fix my very old pc and blew up the monitor. The bang, the puff of smoke, so exciting.:-) SO damaging :-(
Posted by: bxgrl at March 11, 2009 3:09 PM
You said nobody wants you
Posted by: dittoburg at March 11, 2009 3:09 PM
my last 3:05 post doesn't make sense now, cause it was supposed to go right under my first 3:05 and not after Cobble's 3:05.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 11, 2009 3:10 PM
I'm still confused then Ditto.
Split up with whom?
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 11, 2009 3:11 PM
"Rob, looked at a map. Don't listen to anybody else. It's definitely North North Park Slope.
etson said it: Prospect Heights
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 11, 2009 2:40 PM"
Yes, you are confused/ing.
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 11, 2009 3:11 PM
> "The bang, the puff of smoke, so exciting.:-) SO damaging :-("
You are SO HOT right now.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at March 11, 2009 3:14 PM
Rob, it's so true eharmony is "for the straight women in their 30s who's eggs are slowly being depleted and really really REALLY need to snag a husband, stat" but any casual perusal of match.com will show that it's for the 45-year-old heterosexual men who've only had sex twice in their lives.
snappy, a lesbian friend of mine who lives in SF was very shocked to use an online dating service and suddenly realize that if she emailed, met and/or had sex with someone from the site, but it didn't work out, and she returned to the site, anyone she might mail or hook up with could also be someone the "ex" was mailing. Potential dates were also her competition. I guess that's obvious, but never so much until she went online. The pool of lesbians in SF is also miniscule. In fact, I'm sure it's smaller than in NYC. That's what I keep telling her, anyway. Anything to convince her to move so she can stop bitching about how she'll never own a place.
Posted by: mopar at March 11, 2009 3:14 PM
Cobble:
First half of that post = joke (as in every nabe should be called Park Slope cause it's the best, in a snide kinda way)
Second half of that post = truth (etson said it's Prospect Heights, I agreed)
you confused?
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 11, 2009 3:16 PM
Nope, me no confused. Me quite clear.
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 11, 2009 3:18 PM
btw cobble, I hope my posts aren't coming across snippy, cause I'm not.
I'm in a very giddy mood right now and being very silly.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 11, 2009 3:21 PM
Nope BRG, it's cool. : )
I'm distracted by something else at the moment.
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 11, 2009 3:23 PM
Hey What
Is this what trying to escape the Mutant Asset Bubble looks like:
http://dlisted.com/node/31095
Posted by: TownhouseLady at March 11, 2009 3:24 PM
Anyone else notice that today the What seems to be very much a friend of Dorothy's? He waits until Benson announces he'll be offline, then calls him out for a fight. Kind of straight out of the Cowardly Lion's script: Put 'em up, put 'em up! Which one of you first? I can fight you both together if you want. I can fight you with one paw tied behind my back. I can fight you standing on one foot. I can fight you with my eyes closed. Oh, pull an axe on me, eh? Sneaking up on me, eh? Why, I'll... Ruff!
Posted by: vinca at March 11, 2009 3:25 PM
LOL! Those are baby MA bubblettes THL! The MAB is WAY bigger!
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 11, 2009 3:26 PM
I think those are misterbubble's friends.
vinca... "Friends of Dorothy" means something alltogether different!!!! It's code for "gay." LOL
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 11, 2009 3:29 PM
LOL Vinca!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at March 11, 2009 3:29 PM
"any casual perusal of match.com will show that it's for the 45-year-old heterosexual men who've only had sex twice in their lives."
Now wait a minute!! I can categorically say that I and all the other married guys I know do NOT use match.com!!
BTW: Snappy,sorry I forgot about you above.Good luck to you too in your job search!!
Posted by: benson at March 11, 2009 3:29 PM
Oh I bought a bunch of books I think Montrose suggested about Victorian decoration and Victorian interior photography. Very interesting.
What I learned: Charles Lockwood's photo probably was from the early 20th century, not older as I claimed.
The book of interior photographs shows photos of ladies with the same hats and flat-top-instead-of-leg-o'-mutton sleeves and plain skirts like the lady in the photo, and they were dated around 1906. The peaked sleeve crested in 1895.
Posted by: mopar at March 11, 2009 3:30 PM
MA Fizz if you will.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at March 11, 2009 3:30 PM
Hi DIBS, I know that. The use was intentional.
Posted by: vinca at March 11, 2009 3:31 PM
i was just eating a slice of pizza and reading in AM new york about sanitation plants that poop is organic. i think that's something vegans should contemplate.
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at March 11, 2009 3:41 PM
Poop! For real this time...
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 11, 2009 3:43 PM
Yipee, mopar is here to show us how smart she is and edumacate the great unwashed amongst us..
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 11, 2009 3:44 PM
Photos of Barbie's--Yes, the Doll--New Dream House in Malibu:
http://laist.com/2009/03/10/photos_of_barbies--yes_the_doll--ne.php?gallery0Pic=1#gallery
Posted by: TownhouseLady at March 11, 2009 3:44 PM
He puts the "brown" in "brownstoner."
Posted by: SnarkSlope at March 11, 2009 3:46 PM
" waits until Benson announces he'll be offline, then calls him out for a fight. Kind of straight out of the Cowardly Lion's script: Put 'em up, put 'em up! "
HUH?? Lookie here:
Montrose;
I didn't realize that you were also looking for employment. Good luck to you (as well as Bxgrl and Cobblehiller). I'm not sure I can offer much help, as I am in the tech area, except to say "Best wishes". Keep the chin up, and eventually, good things happen to good people.
Posted by: benson at March 11, 2009 2:59 PM
*** Alert Alert Alert Alert Alert Alert Alert Alert Alert Alert***
If you see that retard "Benson" tell that Asshead that The What is looking for him!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok Homeboy, You want me, you got me!!!!! You are my number priority right now! You are a old pice of Reagan era dirt that the times have passed by! You come from a era where New York neighborhoods was segregated and properly cheered when Yuself Hawking was killed you covert racist pice of Sh*t!!!
Come one Benson come on......
The What
Someday this war is gonna end...
Posted by: Return of The What at March 11, 2009 2:17 PM
That's a 32 minute span! This like the Jon Stewart Jim Cramer dust up...
Like I said before case closed...
The What (Suck the rainbow)
Someday this war is gonna end..
Posted by: Return of The What at March 11, 2009 3:47 PM
The best Barbie ever:
- http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=MTL9663
Posted by: SnarkSlope at March 11, 2009 3:48 PM
Does Barbie have any "friends of color?" She never got married after all these years, correct? Makes me wonder.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 11, 2009 3:48 PM
I go away for 30 minutes and come back to Rob referencing Poop.....AGAIN!
Rob, can you go one day on here without mentioning Poop in any form?
Should we make this a challenge?
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 11, 2009 3:50 PM
WTF was that all about, What?????
Clear winner of today's STFU Award.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 11, 2009 3:50 PM
DIBS, Here are some of Barbie's friends...
http://www.kattisdolls.net/faces/blkfrens.htm
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 11, 2009 3:55 PM
Back in the day Rob worked at Uranus as a scientist on this very special product featured in the movie "Groove Tube":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=008BPUdQ1XA&feature=related
Posted by: TownhouseLady at March 11, 2009 3:55 PM
http://www.kattisdolls.net/faces/christie.htm
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 11, 2009 3:56 PM
THL! STOP! That's horrible!
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 11, 2009 3:58 PM
Actually 1896- 1898 saw the biggest sleeves.
Posted by: bxgrl at March 11, 2009 3:59 PM
I'm sorry CH! The movie The Groove Tube was a staple during my stoner days. I get to reference back to it so rarely!
Here's one you'll enjoy (and it's on topic!) Meet Bab's and Roy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8Qs2bhQcdA&feature=related
Posted by: TownhouseLady at March 11, 2009 4:04 PM
Ummm, that should read "Yusef Hawkins", not Hawkings. Yusef Hawkings must be Stephen's younger brother.
What, you were writing in perfect, college educated, grammatical speech this morning, and were making some good points. The meds must have worn off big time, or you are the biggest phony here. Guess what most people believe?
Leave Benson alone. He and I may disagree on many things, but he is a class act, and I respect and like him. There are others far more deserving of being called out around here. Why not go after cornerbodega or prop joe? If you are looking for racists, go after the guys in white hoods, not the guy standing on the corner when they pass by.
Oh, and since I know you'll go there, I'm looking for a full time position in this time of flux. That is not the same as being unemployed. I've been steadily working since Gerald Ford was president.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at March 11, 2009 4:04 PM
"Hi folks; Too busy today to join in the discussion, but just let me add a hearty "Here, here" to Nokilissa's statement."
Posted by: benson at March 11, 2009 12:33 PM
"*** Alert Alert Alert Alert Alert Alert Alert Alert Alert Alert***..."
Come one Benson come on......
Posted by: Return of The What at March 11, 2009 2:17 PM
That's a 2-hour, 16-minute span, what, apparently making sure that the coast was clear. Don't imagine for even a 1-minute span that I'll be hooked by your addiction to conflict and negative attention. Just curious whether you've ever calculated how much of your wealth of vitriol will eventually fit through the eye of a needle...
Cowardly Lion: [singing] If I were king of the fore-e-e-est / Not queen, not duke, not prince / My regal robes of the fore-e-e-est / Would be satin, not cotton, not chintz / I'd command each thing, whether fish or fowl / With a r-r-ruff and a r-r-ruff, and a royal growl - R-R-Ruff! / As I click my heels / All the trees would kneel / And the mountains bow / And the bulls kowtow / And the sparrow would take wing / If I, if I were ki-i-i-i-ng! / The rabbits would show respect to me / The chipmunks genuflect to me / Though my tail would lash / I would show compash / For every underling / If I, if I were king / Just ki-i-i-i-ing!
Posted by: vinca at March 11, 2009 4:06 PM
Re:CAD, thanks BRG. I'd like to learn it someday, just because, but since I don't have a Mac, I'm going to try these other programs. I appreciate the offer.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at March 11, 2009 4:07 PM
I go out to take care of a few things and POOF, everything has gone to hell. Give me a good word folks! Something happy :) Something snappy :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 4:21 PM
MM- there are a ton of cad programs for pc. A lot of ree ones if you just need basic cad stuff- but if you want to go pro like BRG take her up on her offer!!!!! (Can I sit in on the lessons, BRG?) I've used 3d programs, but for graphics, not CAD.
Posted by: bxgrl at March 11, 2009 4:22 PM
Finally got my new macbook this weekend. Must say I'm really impressed with it. I can rotate pictures with my fingers!!
Posted by: dirty_hipster at March 11, 2009 4:25 PM
How 'bout....there you are! And damned glad to see ya!
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 11, 2009 4:27 PM
MM - I've spend many many years producing drawings and construction documents on Autocad (on a PC, not MAC). Some don't think it's an easy program to learn. So, if you don't need to learn CAD, then I wouldn't bother if I were you. There are far simplier programs out there for everyday space planning / design (although, I've never used them).
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 11, 2009 4:31 PM
:)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 4:32 PM
Moustache rides up at the Closing Bell.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 11, 2009 4:38 PM
I hate, loathe and despise you, DH. How dare you rub our noses in our lack of mac? :-)
Posted by: bxgrl at March 11, 2009 4:38 PM
> "Finally got my new macbook this weekend."
Ixnay about the Acbookmay. Obray has a obiaphay.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at March 11, 2009 4:38 PM
Where's Biff been all day? he doesn't seem to be his old engaging self anymore.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 11, 2009 4:39 PM
Sorry MM, when you said CAD, I assumed AutoCAD, cause for people in architecture and design, that is THE program. Now reading bxgrl's post I feel dopey.
I've never used any other programs for drafting but AutoCAD, except once when I was working for a large architecture firm I had to use Mircostation, which I hated.
So my offer only stands if you want to learn AutoCAD...and yes bxgrl you can sit in. As long as I get to play with the cats after.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 11, 2009 4:40 PM
Oh where, Oh where, has the Biffster gone? Oh where, oh where, can he be?
Posted by: TownhouseLady at March 11, 2009 4:43 PM
So, we missed the lunch call, but what is everyone having for the 'depression era' dinner?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 4:44 PM
Gee DIBS, you sure notice when people aren't here.
You keeping track?
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 11, 2009 4:45 PM
Biff is out boning up on his bocce ball skills :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 4:45 PM
Sloppy Joes (manwich).
Posted by: TownhouseLady at March 11, 2009 4:46 PM
BRG, yo haven't been here when he does the daily roll call?
Posted by: TownhouseLady at March 11, 2009 4:46 PM
Yes, I'm the thread monitor for today.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 11, 2009 4:47 PM
Believe it or not Snappy...I'm making tuna casserole! [Stop laughing!]
My mom used to make it, and it's comfort food.
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 11, 2009 4:48 PM
Snappy, watch your wording at 4:45pm!
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 11, 2009 4:48 PM
SNAPPY you are gonna love my dinner tonight (it's a choice of either christmas capn crunch (some hausfrau sent it to me as a gift around christmas with a care package. long story). or a tupperware of rice that the opening was left open and got all dried out :-/ ive been WORKING that 40 dollars all week ahhahaha. (did however find tons of change) but i need that for the weekend.
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at March 11, 2009 4:49 PM
rob...I think those video stores only take dollars now, no more quarters :)
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 11, 2009 4:50 PM
I made black bean soup this weekend [Three quarts of it to freeze some]. I'm making pasta sauce with meat tomorrow - I'll freeze a bunch of that, too. Then I want to do a white bean and ham soup/stew.
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 11, 2009 4:50 PM
DIBS, you're the thread monitor everyday.
You noticed I wasn't here yesterday.
But it's nice that you care.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 11, 2009 4:50 PM
Pittbull, put that rice in a pot with some water and steam it back to life. After that put it in a fry pan with a little butter, oil whatever and some soy sauce (I know you got some packets stuffed in a drawer!!) along with any other canned or frozen veggies you have and an egg and stir fry that baby up!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at March 11, 2009 4:51 PM
OMG Rob. One of these days I am cooking you dinner. It's a done deal! And, I'll make you watch The Bad Girls Club with me - It'll be fun :)
I'm having ground turkey -based tacos. Yum :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 4:52 PM
Awesome THL! Eggs are great protein and they have good vitamins, too Rob.
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 11, 2009 4:52 PM
Sounds good to me CH!!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at March 11, 2009 4:52 PM
CH, what do you put in your tuna casserole? I've never had one of those and I'm curious to know what the typical ingredients are.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 4:53 PM
oooooooooooh good idea thl!! ive never actually fried rice before. hahah. thanks :)
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at March 11, 2009 4:54 PM
Old rice is exactly what you need for a fried rice dinner. I throw mine in a wok, add an egg, some sauteed spinach and some shrimp....HEAVENLY!!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 4:55 PM
snappy i LOVED turkey tacos! i used to make them all the time when i lived with my ex. weird we always did it on top model night (which is tonight) do you have top model taco night too? is it a gay thing? and yes i will take you up on your offer one dya :)
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at March 11, 2009 4:57 PM
I feel like I'm in JR HS but...
ROb said "model taco"! LOLOLOL!!!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at March 11, 2009 4:59 PM
For the next hour this thread will go as follows:
- Exchanging recipes
- Talking about cats stealing the food from plates
- After dinner, the trash / reality TV that one watches
- DIBS will add that he wines and dines his dates and then will throw in a sexual comment
- BRG will flirt with Snappy
- Ditto will throw a jab at BRG
- Snark make a very Snarky comment
Am I missing something?
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 11, 2009 4:59 PM
Well, if you make it from scratch - which I am not doing this evening, it's a egg noodles [from Trader Joe's], basic white roux, add to sauteed onions and mushrooms with a little sherry, soy sauce, and S&P, then like 2 or 3 cans of tuna and some frozen peas.
Or, like tonight, if I don't want to make the roux, I'll buy the Campbell's mushroom soup and saute the onions and mushrooms, add a little sherry and then add that with the peas and tuna to the noodles.
both versions get bread crumbs and grated cheese mixed with a little olive oil on top for 'crunchy-ness'.
bake.
epicurious has the full on recipe...
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 11, 2009 4:59 PM
I only watched one season of top model - its the one they will be doing a marathon of this weekend where Jaslene won. Tonight, ashamed to be saying, I'll be watching The (not so) Real World to find out if Katelynn, the tranny leaves the show.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 5:00 PM
quote:
Eggs are great protein and they have good vitamins, too Rob.
gee really cobblehiller. :-/
sorry hahahh. but i know the nutritional value of an egg hahah.
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at March 11, 2009 5:01 PM
Wow, CH, that sounds very involved!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 5:01 PM
SEE!!! SEE!!!
What did I say about reality TV shows. You all are moving to those now.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 11, 2009 5:02 PM
SEE!!! SEE!!!
What did I say about reality TV shows. You all are moving to those now.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 11, 2009 5:02 PM
BRG....my date last night actually paid for dinner. Not sure what I'm making tonight. Same date, but we're eating at home.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 11, 2009 5:02 PM
you forgot beanbag and OE 40 ounce time brg! which it is almost time for.
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at March 11, 2009 5:03 PM
Jorge Nunez on AI is soooo hot.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 11, 2009 5:03 PM
THL, do you make your sloppy joes out of ground beef or turkey?
BRG, it's all about the trash tv, baby!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 5:04 PM
Again, I told you so!
DIBS talked about his date AND made a sexual comment.
"Same date, but we're eating at home."
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 11, 2009 5:04 PM
Sorry Rob : (
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 11, 2009 5:05 PM
Good g*d, are we that predictable?
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 11, 2009 5:06 PM
I'll admit I'm like a kid with ADD when it comes to Idol. For the past few seasons, I've only tuned in at the beginning so I could laugh at the horrible folks during the auditions. Once they weed out the croakers, I'm done with it until the finale to see who wins.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 5:06 PM
oh ive missed a couple episodes of the real world. i just couldnt get into i guess. they are all just so completely annoying and vile in their own ways. usually i like vile reality tv people but not these people. why is katelynn leaving the show? she has a major chip on her shouldar anyway. good riddance tranny trash (i can call her trash cuz she admitted on the first episode to having a 6-way)
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at March 11, 2009 5:07 PM
Always ground beef. I'm allergic to any and all poultry.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at March 11, 2009 5:07 PM
Snappy....I'm kinda like you...watch it in the beginning for the laughable ones and then usually tune it out unless there's a hot latin or asian guy....like Jorge.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 11, 2009 5:07 PM
Well, I don't know that we are all that predictable. I'd like to think that it's just that point in the day where all other topics have been exhausted and there is nothing left but cats, food, sex and tv :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 5:08 PM
But if it interferes with House, I watch House.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 11, 2009 5:08 PM
I'm making my favorite pasta salad, and inviting the Sainted Tenant down for dinner. She seems to be able to smell it, and come down anyway.
In a large bowl mix cut up tomatoes, green olives, mozzerella cheese, basil, a good olive oil, salt and pepper to taste. Let it all marinate while cooking pasta, and then toss together. It's simple and delicious. I haven't had anyone over who didn't like it.
I'm using cellentini shaped pasta, as it holds the oil and flavors. I use either fresh or flaked basil, and oftentimes, other kinds of cheese. In the summer, there's nothing better than juicy fresh beefsteak tomatoes and basil from the farmer's market, with a fresh mozzerella, but more mundane cherry tomatoes and commercial mozz isn't bad.
Getting hungry.....
Posted by: Montrose Morris at March 11, 2009 5:09 PM
Rob, they are a boring lot. I have missed a few, but saw a preview for tonight's episode where Katelynn is totally broke, winds up dancing in a sleaze-o-club for bucks and then says she may leave because she can't afford to be here.
Dave, any cute hotties on there for me to check out?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 5:10 PM
I love House. He's such a curmudgeon that he has to be loved. I was worried in that episode where he was on methadone and happy. I like my House mean!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 5:11 PM
Speaking of cats. The two I had that were strays I was trying to find a home for? Well, I took both of them to the vet this morning for a complete work-up. They are now official members of the family (pending test results).
I am now putting an electrified fence around my yard so that no other stray bits of cuteness can attach themselves to the two pathetic suckers that live here.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at March 11, 2009 5:11 PM
quote:
I'd like to think that it's just that point in the day where all other topics have been exhausted and there is nothing left but cats, food, sex and tv :)
(or for some, just catfood and tv)
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at March 11, 2009 5:11 PM
MM...I sooo miss fresh tomatos. I usually grow my own all season long. With bufala mozzz they are the best
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 11, 2009 5:12 PM
For anyone keeping track that makes 5, yes FIVE!!!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at March 11, 2009 5:12 PM
That sounds stellar MM, I'm stealing that one...
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 11, 2009 5:12 PM
MM, your doorbell is going to ring in about an hour. There will be a woman with a silly grin on her face wearing a bib and holding a fork. That would be me. Let me in, please :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 5:12 PM
I can't remember, Snappy. For obvious reasons I don't really focus on the girls.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 11, 2009 5:13 PM
BRG, I'm afraid you nailed it. I went right for the recipes.
I love House, Dave. Although they've been making him not just iracible, but downright unlikeable. That's a dangerous step. Hugh Laurie is amazing though.
Re: my pasta salad recipe - Piranha Boy tries to steal the cheese from the bowl while I'm cutting up the ingredients. There is always a cat story.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at March 11, 2009 5:14 PM
quote:
Rob, they are a boring lot. I have missed a few, but saw a preview for tonight's episode where Katelynn is totally broke, winds up dancing in a sleaze-o-club for bucks and then says she may leave because she can't afford to be here.
LOL i feel her pain!
on a lighter note i just went grazing around my office looking for free snacks and someone put out chocolate covered pretzel. woowoo!
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at March 11, 2009 5:15 PM
Come on, Dave! Help a sister out some time!!!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 5:15 PM
Anytime, Snappy!
Posted by: Montrose Morris at March 11, 2009 5:16 PM
Snappy, I told you a long time ago that I had someone in Bed Stuy to fix you up with.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 11, 2009 5:18 PM
Someone should organize a B'Stoner potluck dinner - make your favorite dish and show up hungry! Rob, you can't bring cereal or hunks of cheese!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 5:19 PM
MM....mmmmmmmm.
I'll be right over for with my AutoCAD, feed me first.
I do the same, but I also add onions.
I'm not a fussy cook, cause I hate hate hate to cook. I make simple stuff.
Truthfully, I am happiest eating really good fresh bread, mozzarella cheese and fantastic olives. That's a meal for me. I can and do live on olives. I can eat 1/2 pound in a sitting.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 11, 2009 5:20 PM
Yeah, Dave, but you said she was like 60 or something right? I'm 34, man! I like women older than me, but not that much!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 5:20 PM
I think she's about 50. Also looking for a job as well :(
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 11, 2009 5:22 PM
But seriously Dave, I can't think about a date right now until I get my job situation under control. No one dates the unemployed :(
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 5:22 PM
I love olives, grew up eating them with big hunks of feta on crusty bread.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at March 11, 2009 5:22 PM
She's unemployed too? Wow, maybe we would be a good match!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 5:22 PM
Fresh bread, mozzarella and olives? BRG, I'll be at your place once I'm done stuffing myself at MM's house :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 5:23 PM
She seems a lot more depressed though so I'm not pushing it :(
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 11, 2009 5:24 PM
I must un-humbly boast that I make a mean baked Mac N Cheese. Fortunately for my arteries, I only make it at Thanksgiving and sometimes Christmas. It's all in the mixture of cheese, glorious cheese.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at March 11, 2009 5:24 PM
Then you can come upstairs, Snappy and meet my cats! (You too, BRG. Cobblehiller already has her open invite. Oh hell- everyone's invited! benson- you will love my guys.)
Posted by: bxgrl at March 11, 2009 5:24 PM
Patty LaBelle's Mac & Cheese recipe is awesome.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 11, 2009 5:25 PM
"No one dates the unemployed :("
Snappy, but someone will still want to have a fling with an unemployed :)
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 11, 2009 5:25 PM
^^^ there, I filled the quota for my predictable behavior.
Next!!
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 11, 2009 5:25 PM
One of my best dishes is my seven layer spinach lasagna that includes feta, fresh mozzerella, sharp cheddar and provolone cheeses (I hate ricotta and refuse to use it). It's a cheese lover's delight :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 5:26 PM
NOT TRUE SNAPPY! I met my husband when I was unemployed. He used to leave me in his apt. all day while he was at work with his cats. Come to think of it, he's not too bright is he?
When it's right it's right.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at March 11, 2009 5:26 PM
I've had a few with some that are illegally employed and boy are they hot.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 11, 2009 5:27 PM
Ha!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 5:27 PM
I just feel so, so, icky not working. I can't hit on women properly without a job!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 5:28 PM
"He used to leave me in his apt. all day while he was at work with his cats."
He works with his cats???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 11, 2009 5:29 PM
Sometimes, when I visit my client in the West Village, I'll stop at Murry's Cheese and get a really good piece of cheese, sundried tomatoes, proscuitto di Parma, and a fresh baguette from Amy's, a good bottle of red, and the ST and I will feast. Simple and delicious.
Haven't done it lately, as all that deliciousness ain't cheap, although it lasts a couple of days. The good life certainly is more expensive than a box of Hamburger Helper.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at March 11, 2009 5:32 PM
THL- what does that mean? Did yoiu marry a Seigfried and Roy type ? Or a Dr. Doolittle type?
Posted by: bxgrl at March 11, 2009 5:33 PM
Snappy, this isn't like normal "not working" this "not working" is like a club. I know SOOOOO many people that aren't working. It's got nothing to do with being lazy or not ambitious or for that matter prideful. It's boils down to almost every company is either laying people off or has a hiring freeze. Yes, there are some jobs out there but the number of highly educated people competing for those jobs is astronomical.
I'm not saying that to make you feel bad I'm saying that so that you understand that it's nothing to be ashamed of. It's just the way it is right now.
No one can fault you for it.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at March 11, 2009 5:33 PM
"The good life certainly is more expensive than a box of Hamburger Helper."
You can say that again!
Aw Snappy, that sounds so sad!
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 11, 2009 5:34 PM
LOL, yeah I worded that a little ass-backwards didn't I?
I was home with his cats while he was at work.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at March 11, 2009 5:34 PM
"Biff is out boning up on his bocce ball skills :)"
Can you please not use "boning up" and "ball skills" in the same sentence??
Posted by: Biff Champion at March 11, 2009 5:34 PM
MM...there's a Murray's in Grand Central market...on my way home from the office. They had the cheese there but just added the meats a few weeks ago. The prosciutto di parma was great and not badly priced either.
Nothing better than prosciutto and fresh figs!!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 11, 2009 5:35 PM
“BRG, I'll be at your place once I'm done stuffing myself at MM's house :)”
I'm guising myself up and putting the olives on the table.
THL: I also grew up eating olives (hey, I’m Mediterranean). Even as a child I loved olives. My mother always said she was going to sell me to the ‘Olive Man’. Back in the Old Country, a man with a cart would go around selling olives, door to door.
When I first saw an Olive tree in Europe, I ran up to it and hugged it.
I always have at least 5 different types of olives in my frig.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 11, 2009 5:36 PM
Biff, yesterday I was inquiring as to your dating status. I was told that you'd divulged it recently but I'd missed the post.
Do tell (again)!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at March 11, 2009 5:37 PM
I never heard him divulge it.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 11, 2009 5:38 PM
BRG- Really? Where? My dad's side is Armenian. I think we grew up with the same palate.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at March 11, 2009 5:39 PM
I'm sad not working :( I'm one of those people who thrive on structure. I know there is a serious lack of jobs out there. I feel like 9million people are competing for the same 100 jobs and the chances, no matter how smart I am or how good I am, my chances are miniscule. That's why I was trying to find a cheap resume counselor/career advisor. Argh.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 5:40 PM
My niece is like you, BRG- Olives are her life. It took me a long time to like olives- I hate the ones with pits. Actually it isn't the taste, I can't stand looking at the pits.
Posted by: bxgrl at March 11, 2009 5:40 PM
Sorry Biff! I'll keep that in mind :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 5:40 PM
Wasder heard it but thought it should come from Biff so I've been waiting to ask him.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at March 11, 2009 5:41 PM
Yeah, Snappy. What THL said. For the first time in my adult life, I can schedule meetings and appointments with friends and colleagues during the day. There are so many qualified, educated people not working in the traditional 9-5 mode right now. They are either looking for that kind of job, or, like me, are freelancing at whatever can keep the wolf from the door. I'm enjoying not competing with the rest of Brooklyn to get on the subway in the morning, but I do miss a regular paycheck and health insurance. You are not alone.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at March 11, 2009 5:42 PM
Hang in there Snappy - I'm the same, I need the structure. I feel...adrift. I keep trying to build schedules/goals for myself.
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 11, 2009 5:44 PM
"Biff, yesterday I was inquiring as to your dating status. I was told that you'd divulged it recently but I'd missed the post."
My dating status? Are these the options?
* Dating
* Not dating
Posted by: Biff Champion at March 11, 2009 5:45 PM
Why is the last hour of the workday always the longest??
Posted by: dirty_hipster at March 11, 2009 5:45 PM
I've applied for several jobs that are below my experience level and I keep being told, "You're over qualified" and "We can't give you the job because we know you'll be out the door as soon as something 'real' comes along for you." $*$Y!!**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 5:46 PM
SURE you are Cobble...maybe you're just not applying yourself. Why don't you ask some B'stoners for job hunting advise?
I'm so sorry, I couldn't help it! I was so upset when I saw that this morning but was too bleary eyed to type anything!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at March 11, 2009 5:47 PM
CH, I'm keeping my goals simple these days. Apply for at least 5 jobs in the morning, take an afternoon walk for at least 1 mile, apply for at least 5 jobs in the afternoon, spend time loving on the cat, rinse and repeat :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 5:47 PM
Biff,
There's also
C) Other (if so please describe below)
Posted by: TownhouseLady at March 11, 2009 5:49 PM
I don't think mopar saw it THL, or at least she acted as if she hadn't today when she came into the OT and talked about Victorian clothing [WTF?].
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 11, 2009 5:51 PM
Yes, THL, that discussion yesterday got to be infuriating. I love how people assumed that those of us not employed aren't doing all we can to get a job. Maybe we should put our emails and phone bills on display and list all the former and potential employers we have called to prove we are trying???!!!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 5:51 PM
That's great Snappy!
Loving on the cat is nice, my visiting cat has been very sweet, I think she knows I'm freaking.
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 11, 2009 5:53 PM
THL, I am happily married to Mrs. Champion and have a couple of little Champettes running around.*
*Thanks to MM for coining that phrase**
**Thanks to THL for reminding me how fun it is to use asterisks
Posted by: Biff Champion at March 11, 2009 5:53 PM
To all the unemployed:
While I'm not unemployed, I work for myself. I do see my work slowing down. Hubby and I will probably be in panic mode in a few months.
I feel for you all and truly hope things turn around for all of us.
Let's keep our spirits high.
And continue sharing recipes, cat stories, sex stories and reality TV obsessions.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 11, 2009 5:54 PM
Snappy, all the more reason for you to come to the Brownstoner get together. You need to meet some new people to help cheer you up. You never know, you might be able to network, too.
Bring the lasagna.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at March 11, 2009 5:54 PM
THL:
I won’t reveal my ethnicity, not here.
Come on March 19th and if I’m there, I’ll tell you.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 11, 2009 5:55 PM
MM, I should show up with lasagna! It does, however, taste better with Lindeman's Framboise - Does Floyd have that on tap? Gotta love those Belgians and their sweet beer :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 5:57 PM
You're welcome, Biff.
We missed you today. They must have had you scrubbing the decks of the Death Star all day.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at March 11, 2009 5:59 PM
Aww Biff! Congrats!
Oh well, I suppose that does put the kibosh on me hooking you up with my ultra hot single friend who seems to have the same sense of humor you do.
Good for you for keeping that so close to the vest.
I tend to reveal WAY too much!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at March 11, 2009 6:00 PM
MM, it was really insane here. I was chomping at the proverbial bit to join the fray on the Fulton Mall thread, but just wasn't able to. The Storm Troopers were coming at me all day long.
I'm hoping to regress back to my old slacker self tomorrow.
Posted by: Biff Champion at March 11, 2009 6:02 PM
It's still light outside and supposedly 56 degrees! Whooohooo! I'm going for another walk! Later folks :) And thanks for all the well wishes.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 6:03 PM
Cobble, I just read your post in yesterday's Open Forum. You're reading things into what I'm saying. I was simply answering your question: "How would you get the phone numbers for these individuals mopar? Especially when there is no hiring manager or other noted? Or when the company is 'confidential'?"
I wasn't implying you were or weren't doing these things, or anything else, nor am I blaming you for being unemployed.
I'm really sorry you're unemployed and everyone else too. I am extremely grateful to have a job, which is as much as matter of luck as anything else.
Posted by: mopar at March 11, 2009 6:04 PM
Dying for a burger from Shake Shack!
Posted by: mopar at March 11, 2009 6:05 PM
After this meet up, some of us should def. get together for a food night.
I'll make grapeleaves. It's the best thing I make.
Unless, you all want Garlic Shrimp, another tasty dish I can whip up.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 11, 2009 6:06 PM
Are the lines still long at this hour?
Posted by: TownhouseLady at March 11, 2009 6:07 PM
crap- the cat has gutted yet another roll of toilet paper.
THL- I had a good laugh about the sleeves peaking in 1895. the "What I learned" comment. First, leg-o-mutton sleeves had a glorious, pumpkin sized run from 1896 to 1898. 1895 was actually the beginning. I wouldn't have posted that piece of useless info at all but I was also upset for cobblehiller too.
Posted by: bxgrl at March 11, 2009 6:07 PM
"Good for you for keeping that so close to the vest."
- Obviously I didn't always keep everything close to the vest or I wouldn't have any rugrats.
"Oh well, I suppose that does put the kibosh on me hooking you up with my ultra hot single friend who seems to have the same sense of humor you do."
- Well at least she has one out of two things going for her!
Posted by: Biff Champion at March 11, 2009 6:08 PM
THL, are you coming to the soiree next week?
Posted by: Biff Champion at March 11, 2009 6:11 PM
A brownstoner foodfest! Love it! I make the best stuffed cabbage ever. Takes hours but its great. I can do a vegetarian version too if needed.
Posted by: bxgrl at March 11, 2009 6:12 PM
I hate cooking, but my hot buttered popcorn is unrivaled.
Posted by: Biff Champion at March 11, 2009 6:14 PM
"I don't think mopar saw it THL, or at least she acted as if she hadn't today when she came into the OT and talked about Victorian clothing [WTF?]."
And I just read this. What are you referring to?
Posted by: mopar at March 11, 2009 6:14 PM
Mopar, thanks for saying that. Honestly, as someone who was out of work after 9-11 when the job market was similar I felt really down and when I saw several people giving unsolicited advice that desperate, "why can't I even get an interview" feeling came flooding back.
It's really rough and the fact is once you reach a certain level you can't go back down the ladder. No one will hire someone they think might leave for something better. Besides the whole idea of "pounding the pavement" in a city where every building requires security clearance isn't possible these days. Everything's electronic until you get an interview.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at March 11, 2009 6:14 PM
bxgrl...you make the stuffed cabbage.
My grapeleaves are the vegetarian version.
I rarely cook with meat. I can't stand touching meat.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 11, 2009 6:18 PM
No Biff. I, like Snark, prefer to keep my mingling in the digital world.
Please if reveal this much here in person I'll be handing out copies of my SS card.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at March 11, 2009 6:19 PM
"I hate cooking, but my hot buttered popcorn is unrivaled."
Um....Jiffy Pop
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 11, 2009 6:19 PM
LOL BRG, I could have been a surgeon. I LOVE butchering meat. It sounds so sick but I really do like the precision of it. I really can't explain it without it sounding creepy but I get such satisfaction out of it.
Plus, the meats so much cheaper when you buy it whole!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at March 11, 2009 6:21 PM
"Please if reveal this much here in person I'll be handing out copies of my SS card."
THL, you were in the Gestapo?
Uh oh, there goes Godwin's Law again.
Posted by: Biff Champion at March 11, 2009 6:21 PM
"No Biff. I, like Snark, prefer to keep my mingling in the digital world."
Sure, but you don't mind shuffling off your ultra hot single friends to cyber buddies. ;-)
Seriously, I do appreciate the thought re: your friend.
Posted by: Biff Champion at March 11, 2009 6:23 PM
Please don't tell me what I'm reading or not reading mopar. Your words are on the page. Others read them as well, and had a similar reaction. I'm not off base here.
I'm still pretty aggravated by the tone of your comments yesterday. I feel your comments were callous, self-satisfied and arrogant. In some of the comments that I have read, you have come off with a tone which I find condescending and for me unacceptable. The tone was not that you were simply answering a question. It certainly seemed that you were lecturing as if to some young person just starting out - or patting yourself on the back for your long past success at job hunting when you were younger. The fact that you talked about a headhunter giving you a list of hiring managers just added insult to the injury. The comment about 'Please! Don't call HR! A complete waste of time" sticks in my mind. I'm quite sure I have at least 10 years on you and I've been working a good many more years.
I am, obviously, still very annoyed. I will take your statement above into consideration.
But I sincerely advise you to consider your tone and your audience much more carefully.
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 11, 2009 6:24 PM
!!!!B I F F!!!!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at March 11, 2009 6:24 PM
Rats! You beat me to it, biff :-)
Posted by: bxgrl at March 11, 2009 6:24 PM
THL, you also could have considered a career as a mohel.
Posted by: Biff Champion at March 11, 2009 6:25 PM
Biff, when I read your posts it's like she's typing them from a male perspective and yeah, she's like crazy smoking hot. Seriously, I look like a fat hobbit standing next to her.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at March 11, 2009 6:26 PM
Thanks, THL. I was fired in 2001 and out of work for four years.
Also, I am getting kind of freaked out by the comments about the sleeves. My post had to do with my happiness at receiving some books Montrose had recommended in another post and a photo that Charles Lockwood had posted on here. I was saying I was wrong about my comments about the date of the photo. In any case, people post all kinds of odd things on here in the Open Thread about what they had for breakfast or whatever so it didn't seem inappropriate. Did it sound like I was lecturing because of my comments yesterday about job hunting or was there some other thread about Victorian clothing that I missed? I'm really confused and I don't mean anyone any harm and I feel like I'm being attacked for something I didn't say.
I also have to leave here pretty soon so if I don't reply tonight that's why. It's nothing personal.
Posted by: mopar at March 11, 2009 6:26 PM
"And I just read this. What are you referring to?"
I'm referring to the fact that you hadn't acknowledged that I had responded to your comments in the OT last night - comments which I found upsetting and insulting. Or as yet hadn't made any statement, at that point.
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 11, 2009 6:27 PM
Biff, when I read your posts it's like____________.
I will stay quiet.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 11, 2009 6:30 PM
Do they let girls do that?
"Who hired the schiksa mohel?"
Posted by: TownhouseLady at March 11, 2009 6:32 PM
O.k...it's Sloppy Joe time.
No BRG, my husbands name is NOT Joe!
Have a great night everyone.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at March 11, 2009 6:35 PM
Ok, I have no idea why I'm getting in the middle of this but mopar's words didn't strike me as condescending or lecturing or malicious, etc. I truly felt she was trying to give helpful advice.
I was actually surprised at the backlash to what she said, but I respect the negative reactions cobblehiller and others had to it and maybe I would have had the same reaction if I had posted something about looking for a job and then received unsolicited advice. I just went back and read all of mopar's posts and, at the end of the day, I do still feel her intentions were good and she meant no harm.
Posted by: Biff Champion at March 11, 2009 6:35 PM
I'm not going to debate my feelings or impressions.
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 11, 2009 6:37 PM
"Do they let girls do that?"
Come on, THL. It's 5769! Jewish women have many more opportunities these days to have careers they could only have dreamed about back in 5739.
Posted by: Biff Champion at March 11, 2009 6:38 PM
mopar made her statement. I said I will take it into consideration. It's done.
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 11, 2009 6:38 PM
Shoot, and here I've been partying like it's 5740!
BYE!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at March 11, 2009 6:42 PM
cobblehiller, understood. I think we all can use a few pints...very much looking forward to next Thursday!
Posted by: Biff Champion at March 11, 2009 6:42 PM
"Biff, when I read your posts it's like she's typing them from a male perspective and yeah, she's like crazy smoking hot. Seriously, I look like a fat hobbit standing next to her."
Thank goodness I'm taken. I just hate meeting crazy smoking hot women with my exact same send of humour.
Phew!
Posted by: Biff Champion at March 11, 2009 6:43 PM
make that "sense of humour"
Hopefully her spelling is better than mine.
Posted by: Biff Champion at March 11, 2009 6:44 PM
SPELLING!!
OH, OH, OH!
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 11, 2009 6:45 PM
I'm sorry, Cobble. I didn't see your comments until tonight.
I'm really sorry for the offense. I really didn't mean it. I didn't write with a spirit of I know better than you. That's not how I feel. I'm sorry it came across that way and caused so much upset.
Also, I'm trying to go back and find the Open Thread again but it has disappeared. I was reading it just a little while ago and now I can't find it. I guess you must have said something about HR and so my remark about HR sounded like I was attacking you. I'm really sorry. To be honest, when I wrote that about HR, I was trying to sound funny, but I guess I wasn't. I guess it was just offensive. But I didn't mean it to be, really. I guess I am insensitive and was thoughtless and I didn't realize going on and on about the topic would sound like it did. I'm really sorry.
Also, just FWIW -- and now I'm responding to THL -- I wasn't recommending pounding the pavement. I was recommending calling or emailing friends and hiring managers directly. (And I'm not implying Cobble or anyone else is or isn't doing that!) When I was out of work for four years I sent things in electronically and except for one exception it didn't work and it was very discouraging. It was so depressing. Because you never talk to a human being. It's all a big charade, I think. Anyway, that was my experience that's all.
I'm sorry my posts were so offensive. I'm really sorry.
Also, I don't mean to make things even worse, but also my comments were irrelevant because almost no one is hiring. I'm sorry.
Posted by: mopar at March 11, 2009 6:47 PM
Indeed Biff, it'll be good clean fun!
I've poured a glass of wine, and BH is home...
cobblehiller signing off...
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 11, 2009 6:48 PM
Cobble, also we met at the last get-together. I'm 43.
Posted by: mopar at March 11, 2009 6:49 PM
Mopar, I too originally took offense to your post, but I have to admit, my quills poked up after that ridiculous, unprovoked attack I received from the What/Why. I see now that you were not trying to be condescending. I'm sorry for lumping you into a category with a true idiot.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 6:54 PM
Yes, I remember meeting you, I don't recall knowing your age. I'm still older than you. Not that I demand any respect beyond the ordinary, but I do require common respect.
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 11, 2009 6:55 PM
I guess we all do that from time to time. I think most of us are genuinely just trying to get through the day as best we can.It's hard to know what people really mean or intend in a post- I get surprised at how much teh brownstoner cyberfamily has come to mean to me. And when things are important to you, you react more to them, I guess.
Posted by: bxgrl at March 11, 2009 7:03 PM
I'm glad I kept everything about me close to the vest as well!!! :)
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 11, 2009 7:06 PM
On a lighter note, my walk was nice! It's a beautiful evening :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 7:07 PM
I accept your apology, and want you to know it is appreciated mopar. I also appreciate your efforts to clarify.
It's a bad situation all around. My earlier comment regarding considering tone and audience stands. In fact, I'll try to pay attention to it more often myself.
Here's the link to the OT from last night: http://www.brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/2009/03/open_thread_54.php#comments
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 11, 2009 7:08 PM
Dave, your vest has holes in it! J/K
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 7:08 PM
"What, you were writing in perfect, college educated, grammatical speech this morning, and were making some good points. The meds must have worn off big time, or you are the biggest phony here. Guess what most people believe?"
Hiya Morris! You know what? I was thinking on giving you a link where you can learn Lynda.com tutorials for free, that's right free! I'm going to chill for Biff and not attack you.
Morris I'm not bothering you, after our dust-up I left you alone. Why would you type this garbage now???
"Leave Benson alone. He and I may disagree on many things, but he is a class act, and I respect and like him. "
Good, I'm happy you feel this way. Updating Profile......
The What
Someday this war is gonna end...
Posted by: Return of The What at March 11, 2009 7:12 PM
what up WHAT!
Posted by: randolph at March 11, 2009 7:19 PM
I just came in to sign out in DIBS' Attendance Log and I see I'm leaving just in time.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 11, 2009 7:19 PM
....Assclowns to the left of me ,
....Morons to the right..
....here I am....
....stuck in the middle with you...
Posted by: Legion at March 11, 2009 7:32 PM
Nite all :) These tacos aren't going to make themselves!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 11, 2009 7:32 PM
wow it seems like all the best conversations happen while im on the bean bag :-/ oh well. time to shower up, make some fried rice (thanks guys for the recipe!) and watch top model.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at March 11, 2009 7:35 PM
Thanks, Cobblehiller. I'm sorry, truly. And Biff, Snappy, bx, Dave....
And Rob, your evening sounds very pleasant. I hope the rice was tasty!
Posted by: mopar at March 11, 2009 11:45 PM
Well I said hello to you Randolph but I had to put Legion on blast and Brownstoner Deleted the post. Be well and have a good night!
The What
Someday this war is gonna end...
Posted by: Return of The What at March 12, 2009 12:49 AM
mopar, no need whatsoever to apologize to me! I believed from the start you were being sincere and genuine and really trying to help out. Are you going next week?
Posted by: Biff Champion at March 12, 2009 8:53 AM
Thanks, Biff. :) Re party, um, maybe.
Posted by: mopar at March 12, 2009 11:28 AM
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added November 18, 2009 12:00 PM in Williamsburg -
Mr. Wonton
added November 17, 2009 12:00 PM in Park Slope -
Casa Rosa
added November 16, 2009 12:00 PM in Carroll Gardens -
Cousin John's Café & Bakery
added November 13, 2009 12:00 PM in Park Slope -
Elote
added November 12, 2009 12:00 PM in Williamsburg -
Miracle Grill
added November 11, 2009 12:00 PM in Park Slope -
Phoebe's Cafe
added November 10, 2009 12:00 PM in Williamsburg -
Ruthie's
added November 9, 2009 12:00 PM in Clinton Hill, Downtown Brooklyn
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