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Final call for TONIGHT'S Second Annual End of the World (Or Maybe Not) Party for Friends of Brownstoner.
It will be held this evening at Union Hall in Park Slope.
The gathering starts at 6pm. From 7pm on, we will have our own dedicated space at the back of the bar. Hope to see you there!
Below are directions to the venue and the website for Union Hall:
Directions
http://tinyurl.com/ybvkfd5
Website
http://www.unionhallny.com/home.php
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 9:16 AM
Just wondering who knocked over the trophy case? Who killed the cream cheese so there was nothing left for my bagel this morning? And whose brilliant idea was it to turn off all the lights and not put on a nightlight, leading me to trip over the damn trophy case?! Biff? *rob*? Snappy? Some splainin' to do?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 9:16 AM
I KNOW NATHEENK!
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 9:19 AM
Schultz!!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 9:20 AM
I will not be coming tonight by virtue of the fact that the only PLUSA prize I was in the running for was the one you get by not turning up.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 15, 2009 9:22 AM
You all live in the same house now? Is it period appropriate? Are there beanbags?
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 15, 2009 9:22 AM
Kens, I'm finding the "Late Edition" of the OT highly entertaining these days
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 9:24 AM
Ditto! What the heck. Come out damn it!
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 15, 2009 9:25 AM
My plan is to come, but I've been feeling a bit sick lately. I'm fine to join, but don't want to upset the seemingly fragile PLUSA immune systems.
Posted by: jessibaby at October 15, 2009 9:25 AM
I just posted in the Forum about the party.
Kens, I loved your comment there!
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 9:26 AM
CGar, I really would attempt not to admit to that. Makes you a capital PLUSA :o).
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 15, 2009 9:26 AM
jessi, sorry you're not feeling great. I promise no shots for you!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 9:27 AM
Biff, I am guessing you agreed :o). I even spotted someone that DIBS would like. DIBS check the bar stools.....
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 15, 2009 9:27 AM
JB, it's aight. I have been sick past 2-3 weeks. We can sit in the corner, booze and cough at people together. Yey!
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 15, 2009 9:28 AM
I'd thought of that, Kens, but I figured I'm already a PLUSA with the most TKOTDs, so WTF
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 9:29 AM
jessi, sorry you're not feeling great. I promise no shots for you!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 9:27 AM
Rewrite
jessi, sorry you're not feeling great. I promise no BODY shots for you!
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 15, 2009 9:30 AM
[checking bar stools now]
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 9:30 AM
It's the End of the World as We Know It
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmxyj6iInMc
Posted by: brownjokester at October 15, 2009 9:31 AM
Good point CGar.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 15, 2009 9:31 AM
So I'm thinking of changing my login to "The Fish" because I got absolutely battered last night. My opponent was just too fast, too technical, and too fit for me to handle. Surprisingly, no bruises today and not even achey.
It won't mean much to anyone that didn't see the fight but I'm quite proud of myself for going the distance and not going down. If I have a regret, it's not being against someone more closely matched to me as I felt I could have given a much better account of myself.
Sorry I'm not able to make it tonight but I hope you all have a great time!
Posted by: the chicken at October 15, 2009 9:32 AM
Wow. Body shots. Ha. Now's a good time to tell you that I have a rash all over my arms and chest!
Posted by: jessibaby at October 15, 2009 9:33 AM
"It won't mean much to anyone that didn't see the fight"
What are you saying, chicken? No FGVOTD of your fight for us? Nothing on YouTube (yet)?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 9:35 AM
JB, TMI TMI TMI!!!!! I am totally avoiding you all evening.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 15, 2009 9:36 AM
Biff, can you arrange for that Asian guy to be back at Union Hall tonight???
Generou$ Dad $eeking young A$ian Guy....53, 5'9", 145 lbs, likes dining out, drinking heavily, old house renovation.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 9:36 AM
Chicken, I am glad you can still type so you must be OK. It was for a good cause so it was worth it, even if you got battered.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 15, 2009 9:37 AM
Chicken - was the guy's last name Pacquiao? I shoulda warned ya.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 15, 2009 9:37 AM
I flew over to London to see the fight. Here's the video...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlpOCUq3nYo
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 9:39 AM
"You all live in the same house now? Is it period appropriate? Are there beanbags?"
No, they all live on my deck! ; )
And it's a combo Modern with period appropriate details.
Sorry, no bean bags...LOL!
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 15, 2009 9:41 AM
i got my 401K report in the mail yesterday. im SO going to be livin' large when i retire!!!
quote:
"Are you ready for retirement? Using your closing balance above, the chart below shows the hypothetical accumulation of your account at age 65 to be $63,150. Estimated monthly income during retirement is $380 per month." LOL!
okay, here are the three places i have my 401 money in. it looks like they picked up tho..
are these good? DIBS?
American Funds EuroPacific Growth
Goldman Sachs Mid Cap Value
Blackrock Global Allocation
When i had to pick what i wanted to money into i just copied what some other coworker picked, but i think she just did eenie meenie miney moe.
on that note, Ivanka Trump was on the morning news this morning. Remember when i thought i wanted to become straight and i named woman and you all were like EW bad choices, well i think Ivanka is smokin' hot, has brains, and a great business woman!
SOOOOOO in case she ever decides to google herself, im gonna say her name a bunch here and maybe she will stumble here. Ivanka, i want to be your personal assistant! or your personal assistant's personal assistant! ill wipe your booty with gold-leafed Charmin if you want and feed your purple grapes, even in an En Suite bathroom!!!
ivanka trump ivanka trump ivanka trump ivanka trump please save me from being a hobo living in a cardboard box when i get older!
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 15, 2009 9:42 AM
Every person in my Forum post picture will be there tonight. They are all part of one of those cheesy comedy troupes that get hired for corporate events and pretend they were legitimate invited guests and then start a ton of havoc as the night progresses. The pic is from last night's dry run at Union Hall. Tonight is the wet run at Union Hall.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 9:44 AM
Kens, I know. It's freaky - but fading. I don't want anyone to get sick!
Posted by: jessibaby at October 15, 2009 9:45 AM
rob...get me the 5 character symbols for the funds
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 9:46 AM
were you standing on your stilts when you took that forum pic Buff?
Posted by: dittoburg at October 15, 2009 9:46 AM
Rob, do you like put away 48 cents from every paycheck?
Ivanka dates models that are 30-40 years younger than her. Gotta tell ya, your chances are pretty slim.
IMHO, She is DISGUSTING looking but hey, that's me.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 15, 2009 9:47 AM
Kens...you missed the Latino behind the bay. Now I'm in a real quandry.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 9:48 AM
I mean Biff, I got confused with Manny Pacquiao.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 15, 2009 9:48 AM
"were you standing on your stilts when you took that forum pic Buff?"
Re-write
"were you swinging on the chandelier in the Buff when you took that forum pic?"
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 9:48 AM
"What are you saying, chicken? No FGVOTD of your fight for us? Nothing on YouTube (yet)?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 9:35 AM"
Somebody is putting a video together of the whole thing. I'll have to preview it to see how bad I was before deciding whether to post it or not.
"Chicken, I am glad you can still type so you must be OK. It was for a good cause so it was worth it, even if you got battered.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 15, 2009 9:37 AM"
Thanks Kens
"Chicken - was the guy's last name Pacquiao? I shoulda warned ya.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 15, 2009 9:37 AM"
I couldn't tell - he was speaking spanish. Think his first name was "manno" or "mannay" or something like it.
"I flew over to London to see the fight. Here's the video...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlpOCUq3nYo
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 9:39 AM"
Yep - that's me getting knocked down in all of them.
Posted by: the chicken at October 15, 2009 9:49 AM
Kens, I know. It's freaky - but fading. I don't want anyone to get sick!
Posted by: jessibaby at October 15, 2009 9:45 AM
JB, is it something you picked up at Ratifico?
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 15, 2009 9:49 AM
- ill wipe your booty with gold-leafed Charmin if you want and feed your purple grapes, even in an En Suite bathroom!!!
Am I dreaming?
Rob's disgust of Poo Mist is overshadowed by a Blond with Tits.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 15, 2009 9:50 AM
" and feed your purple grapes
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 15, 2009 9:42 AM"
Rob, Ivanka has purple grapes that need feeding?!
Kens, you're thinking of Ivana (Ivanka's mum). I second Rob's opinion - Ivanka is hawwwttttttttt............
Posted by: the chicken at October 15, 2009 9:51 AM
Dave, I saw the Latino barback but I figured your attention will be better spent on the Asian.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 15, 2009 9:52 AM
Chicken, you're right.
Ivanka is not rich though. Trumps are pretty broke. They filed bankruptcy how many times now? That family has a brand name, some property and no liquidity once so ever. Rob, she aint buying 40s in a bodega for you, that's all I gotta tell ya.
BTW, she is not hot. Looks like a mix of mom and dad, basically ewwwww.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 15, 2009 9:54 AM
Kens, if it was from Ratifico, that was quite the incubation period. People seem to think it came from Sweden.
Posted by: jessibaby at October 15, 2009 9:56 AM
where do i find the 5 character symbols dave? what does that mean?
Posted by: Butterfly at October 15, 2009 9:56 AM
chicken - Did you forget to wear the hat of invincibility?
Posted by: Arkady at October 15, 2009 9:57 AM
Rob - he's talking about your 5 chinese character tramp stamp.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 15, 2009 9:57 AM
Folks,
Here is my follow-up report on the great meatball/polpette dust-up. Yesterday I chatted with my buddy Giorgio, who is in charge of my company's Milano office. Giorgio enjoyed the chat because he finds Italian-American culture intriguing, sort of like an off-shoot of your family.
Here is what he said:
-confirmed that the concept of spaghetti and meatballs is an Italian-American invention.
-confirmed that the word "polpetta" is indeed now a "corrente" word for meatballs in Italy, though not in the sense that we regard this item here in the US. He said that polpetta refers to a practice in poor homes of using scrap meats,usually pork and veal, and forming it into a small ball for frying. Typically one did not add the other ingredients that are common in the US version of an Italian meatball: cheese, eggs and breadcrumbs,in particular. As THL said, it was served as part of the "secondo" course, after the pasta, usually mixed with a vegetable.
-I then asked Giorgio: "If this is so, how come I've never seen polpetta served in a restaurant in Italy?". Giorgio said that it is rarely served in a restaurant in Italy, one would only find it made in poorer homes (this is what Arkady said). One of the reasons is that Italians are suspicious of what a restaurant might put into a polpetta, given its origins as an amalgam of scrap meats. They would trust the freshness of the meat at home, but not in a restaurant. He said that the only place you might find it is in a high-end place that is serving dishes based on traditional peasant food (and folks would have confidence that such a place would not mess around with the quality of the food).
-Finally, Giorgio said that the word polpetta has taken on a second meaning, which is derived from its original. When Italians want to describe a meal that is just a mish-mash of stuff thrown together poorly, they call it a "polpetta".
OK, there you have it folks. Tonight at Union Hall you can serve me a heaping dish of "polpette di crow" :-)
Posted by: benson at October 15, 2009 9:59 AM
Bloody hell, I have to actually go do some work.
hmpf.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 15, 2009 10:04 AM
i think she's cute, she looks like a muskrat!! all she needs is the whiskers and a lil tail
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 15, 2009 10:04 AM
M4L, I didn't see yesteday's late OT and just saw it today. Thanks for the ticket advice and I looked and there is no getting out of the ticket for cell phone unless I can come up with some genius excuse. I'll just pay the $130 bucks (That's second time in 3 months).
BTW, I have 2 blue tooth headsets (got as presents) and hate em! If anyone wants a brand new blue tooth headset let me know. To me, it looks douchy when people walk around with them in their ears. They think it makes them look important or something.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 15, 2009 10:05 AM
Benson - Humble pie (a mix of ingredients) would be more apt but it's elegantly served on a silver salver & fine napery just like your posting.
And on a related note, did you see that research has shown Columbus was more likely to have been Catalan, not Genoese? People have analyzed his writing & language usage.
Posted by: Arkady at October 15, 2009 10:06 AM
JB, sorry you cant make it and tell your roommates Kens will show 'em a good time
Posted by: more4less at October 15, 2009 10:06 AM
[Visions of benson doing the Church Lady's Superior dance]
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 10:06 AM
Is Giorgio going to be there tonight?
Posted by: brownjokester at October 15, 2009 10:06 AM
Rob, my idea of cute is not someone who looks like a muskrat. Here is your gay card back. When you dry clean the hetero card, I would like it back please.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 15, 2009 10:07 AM
Mornin' ya nutballs :) Rob, I trust that you cleaned up the mess you left last night...Biffy, did you up-right the trophy case? And I *did* leave on a nightlight. You didn't see it? It's over in the corner...don't tell me someone stole it?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 10:07 AM
- i think she's cute, she looks like a muskrat!!
Confirmed.
*Rob* is 100% gay
Posted by: brownjokester at October 15, 2009 10:08 AM
R.I.P. Captain Lou Albano.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 10:08 AM
rob, they may be good funds but your allocation is all over the place. Not a good mix imo.
Europacific growth (AEPGX )invests in stocks in Europe and Asia + Australia minus Japan.
GS Mid-Cap Value (GSMCX) invests only in mid-size American companies, and only value not growth. A slice and dice fund that's really only useful as part of a specific allocation strategy.
Blackrock (MDLOX)is a mashup of international & American stocks, bonds, and whatever else. I dislike these kinds of funds because you never really know what the manager is thinking, where the money is (here or overseas), and what amt is in stocks or cash at any given time. Still you could make a case for it being the one fund to own if you could only own one.
First, you need to decide how much you want in the stock markets and how much in the safer bond markets. Depends on how much you have in the way of balls. If you have some, at your age 70-80% should be in stocks. If not, adjust accordingly.
Your best bet, if offered, is to put 70% or so of the STOCKS portion in an index fund that tracks the S&P500. People like dibs get paid the big bux to beat the S&P but very few do over the long term. It's a relief to know that if you hear on the radio the S&P is up 2%, that your portfolio will be as well.
Put the other 30% of the STOCKS portion in an international equities finds, preferably one that tracks one of the indexes also like one of the MSCI indexes.
Put the BONDS portion of your portfolio into a fund that holds short to medium term guvment debt, maybe with a dose of high quality corporate debt as well.
And remember that free investment advice you get on the internet is worth what you pay for it.
Posted by: denton at October 15, 2009 10:08 AM
Kens, the freaking blue tooth is for use in the car man. but if you insist on not using it or dont want it, give it to me. the built-in one that comes with my phone is crap (plus it make me look doofy vs important,etc)
Posted by: more4less at October 15, 2009 10:09 AM
M4L, JB is planning on showing up. I am just avoiding her tonight. Last thing I want is some rash :o).
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 15, 2009 10:10 AM
rob, I gave the 5 character info in my previous post to make it easy for dibs. It's done. Take a cigarette break.
Posted by: denton at October 15, 2009 10:10 AM
Arkady;
Thanks. That's news to me. What will we do about Columbus Day being an Italian-American clebration?????
Brownjokester;
Giorgio will not be there tonight. If the ladies saw his picture I think they would pay his fare to come to the next get-together. He is QUITE handsome.
Posted by: benson at October 15, 2009 10:11 AM
Denton, see you're a money manager even though you have a day job
Posted by: more4less at October 15, 2009 10:11 AM
You all need to see this...click "slideshow" so you can see them full screen because you need to see the detail for this to be fully appreciated. (the slideshow last for 1 minute or so) And yes, this really is cake!
http://tinyurl.com/yz7lk7u
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 10:11 AM
LOL! i was just at the copier and some random DOG saunters in our office and comes up to me and scared the heck out of me! hahah then waltzed right back out the side door hahahahhah
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 15, 2009 10:12 AM
"One of the reasons is that Italians are suspicious of what a restaurant might put into a polpetta, given its origins as an amalgam of scrap meats."
Ah, so the American version of polpetta is frozen beef patties! If y'all read the NYT story a few weeks ago...
Posted by: denton at October 15, 2009 10:12 AM
M4L, is that a hint? I feel fine, was planning to come, but didn't want to (potentially) infect anyone. It's unclear what I'm packing here. Probably nothing.
Posted by: jessibaby at October 15, 2009 10:12 AM
rob, what Denton says is pretty much spot on. Given your age, the only difference i would have is that you put more in International, specifically about 25% in Emerging Markets.
What are the OTHER fund choices you have????
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 10:12 AM
"Ivanka is not rich though. Trumps are pretty broke. They filed bankruptcy how many times now? That family has a brand name, some property and no liquidity once so ever. Rob, she aint buying 40s in a bodega for you, that's all I gotta tell ya.
BTW, she is not hot. Looks like a mix of mom and dad, basically ewwwww.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 15, 2009 9:54 AM"
Hawwwttt has nothing to do with money, background, or parents. Hawwwwtttt is just hawwwwtttt....
Posted by: the chicken at October 15, 2009 10:13 AM
Hold on - rewind....
"Generou$ Dad $eeking young A$ian Guy....53, 5'9", 145 lbs, likes dining out, drinking heavily, old house renovation.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 9:36 AM"
you are 145lbs?
Posted by: the chicken at October 15, 2009 10:14 AM
M4L, you coming tonight? I have an LG one that should interact with all phone that I never used. It's brand spankin new. Hopefully I'll remember to bring it.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 15, 2009 10:15 AM
"Denton, see you're a money manager even though you have a day job"
It's really pretty simple stuff, m4l. Maybe I should introduce Rob to Suzie Orman (sp)?
Posted by: denton at October 15, 2009 10:15 AM
snappy- did you see the dead Lenin cake? The caption was even funnier than the cake.
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 10:16 AM
Rob, Denton's advice is sound. Also, don't freak out about the statement as to how little you will have to live on. I think those kinds of statements are based on anticipated growth of what is in your 401k now, but does not assume you will keep contributing, but presumably you will, and will therefoer have more to retire on.
Posted by: slopefarm at October 15, 2009 10:16 AM
AEPGX underperformed the S&P on the way down but is outperforming now, most likely due largely to the currency effect. That might change. No reason to think Europe is a real growth area.
GSMCX I think is Ok but yes, is specifically small cap. I like small cap over large cap and virtually all of the data indicates that small cap outperforms large cap over longer periods of time
MDLOX is a weird mish mash strategy but I kind of like what they own....essentially non US blue chips
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 10:18 AM
Bxgirl, I haven't hit that one yet...still going page by page on that site. HYSTERICAL. My favorite is still the fireman 'giant wang' hose! I swear I must have emailed that page to a dozen people last night. ROFL
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 10:18 AM
JB, the roommate attendance was NOT a hint but a blatant request. as for your attendance, you know me - I like seeing you at these gatherings
Posted by: more4less at October 15, 2009 10:18 AM
Usually between 142 -145...now a bit on the heavier side. It's all in my midsection as I have very skinny arms & legs
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 10:19 AM
The divorce cakes are a hoot too!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 10:20 AM
Benson - Here's a link (I think - but it's my first stab at a tiny url so it may not work.)
http://tinyurl.com/yhsobsr
Posted by: Arkady at October 15, 2009 10:20 AM
Dave and Denton, next time my portfolio comes back, I am asking your advice. I am a totally chicken (no relation) and not a risk taker so my 401K was mostly (about 70%) in safe funds therefore I didn't lose much at all during the whole downturn last year.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 15, 2009 10:21 AM
Kens, I'll be there tonight. should be there around 8'ish.
btw, if Ivanka knocks on your door, don't send her away but direct her to my place
Posted by: more4less at October 15, 2009 10:21 AM
whoa denton. you totally just channeled charlie brown's teacher! i really didnt understand much of anything you said :(
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 15, 2009 10:22 AM
I told everyone over in the blog who's name we dare not speak that I had a fantasy that the moderator looked like Tyson Beckford.
Here's the yahoo images for Tyson....
http://tinyurl.com/ygc4tuc
Discuss.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 10:22 AM
snappy- I think that cake is in the truly bizarre category. And the Exxon Valdez fish? I had tears coming out of my eyes!
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 10:23 AM
ARKADY, did you have to start some new Italian thing???????
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 10:23 AM
So, the national book award finalists have been announced. Glad to see I've read and own three of five.
http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2009_test.html
I'm especially glad to see Colum McCann's, Let the Great World Spin, is on the list. I hope it wins. It's a book I've been meaning to recommend here, as it is a love story (imo, many others will take the opposite pov) to NYC in the 1970s. Loosely based around Phillip Petit's walk btw the Trade Center towers.
benson, you would especially like, I think, an earlier work of his that I also love, This Side of Brightness. About sandhogs in the early 20th century who dug the tunnels under the East River, and their ethnic rivalries.
Posted by: denton at October 15, 2009 10:25 AM
That site is now in my bookmarks...I spent the better part of last night going through the pages and howling with laughter. The cats looked at me as if I were nutso. Pia eventually ran and hid under the bed.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 10:25 AM
"therefore I didn't lose much at all during the whole downturn last year."
Hey Kens, that makes you a better money manager than most people!
Posted by: denton at October 15, 2009 10:26 AM
Denton - I loved This Side of Brightness - really fascinating!
Posted by: Arkady at October 15, 2009 10:28 AM
I want to read This Side of Brightness, denton. I met some of the sandhogs working at Ground Zero. They were amazing- and their stories!
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 10:29 AM
There's a blog dedicated to terrible cakes.
www.cakewrecks.blogspot.com
People post comments, sometimes the posts reach in the 100's. How P A T H E T I C!
Posted by: brownjokester at October 15, 2009 10:29 AM
Denton, do you like nonfiction/autobiography? I recommend "Destined to Witness: Growing Up Black in Nazi Germany" by Hans J. Massaquoi. It is a fascinating read about a young boy whose father is African and mother is German. He doesn't fully realize he's not Aryan and doesn't get why he can't join the Hitler Youth. Very good book.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 10:30 AM
I'm TIC'd off that I didn't put 'How Pathetic' on a separate line.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 15, 2009 10:31 AM
Kens- I'm guessing you mean you were/are in Bond Funds or combination bond funds...still a safe bet to have a portion of a 401K in Bonds..ie. 70/30,... 30% bond funds.
Posted by: Crescent Hill at October 15, 2009 10:32 AM
rob, if u want help, like dibs said, you have to post a list of all the choices, if you don't understand what anyone said. And if u don't u should really start reading the NYT biz section, at least.
Posted by: denton at October 15, 2009 10:32 AM
No love for Captain Lou?
Ok, fine. Here's the most famous video he was in and I dare you try to not tap your feet to it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTtelwOgscM
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 10:32 AM
Denton, Thanks! I didn't lose much but wont gain much if I keep the money allocated in the same mix. I need to re-evaluate next quarter. I think I can only change mine around every 3 months.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 15, 2009 10:33 AM
I love Captain Lou. Big time.
Ok, M4L, the roommates have been officially invited. See you later.
Posted by: jessibaby at October 15, 2009 10:35 AM
m4l, got any cousins you can invite????
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 10:37 AM
Crescent you are correct. Its a combination fund that I chose at work that was considered safe and stable or whatever choice of word they used. It was mostly bonds and treasuries as I recollect.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 15, 2009 10:38 AM
What is this, a hookup party now??? LOL I saw that Ellis now does speed dating! Maybe the next PLUSA party can be a "Sing your heart out and get laid" event!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 10:39 AM
Snappy- I need to read that also!
I sent snappy and a few others the cake wrek website last night. One of my favorites:
http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/2009/07/im-guessing-they-didnt-have-matching.html
scroll down to the Dead Lenin Cake.
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 10:39 AM
Denton - I read the NYT biz section but remain almost as clueless as Rob. You have to know things before you can understand it.
Posted by: Arkady at October 15, 2009 10:40 AM
DIBS, they dont meet your standard of big & hard guns & buns
Posted by: more4less at October 15, 2009 10:41 AM
hey snappy, I read a lot of both Holocaust and Afam-lit, so naturally I own and have read that one :-)
Another kinda mixed up book that I really like is Soul to Soul: The Story of a Black Russian American Family 1865-1992 by Yelena Khanga.
I didn't know that a small number of African American families moved to Russia around the depression. It seemed captialism was dying and racism was alive and well, so communism seemed a reasonable choice at the time. Anyway she became famous as Russia's first sex columnist and I think came here for a while.
Posted by: denton at October 15, 2009 10:41 AM
Speed dating for (& among) PLUSAs?
Posted by: Arkady at October 15, 2009 10:41 AM
Dead Lenin Cake = 543 posts.
We have competition, folks!!!
Let's step it up.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 15, 2009 10:42 AM
Snappy, that book sounds fascinating. I was the raisin in the cream of wheat during my entire childhood, but can't imagine what growing up black in Nazi Germany would be like. I'm adding this one to my list. The sandhogs book also sounds great.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at October 15, 2009 10:43 AM
m4l, standards drop precipitously after 6 beers.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 10:43 AM
My word!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 10:43 AM
I don't know whether this site got famous over in the US. It's basically an australian guy making fun of people.
http://www.27bslash6.com/overdue.html
He's also the guy behind the recent spoof that a local McD's had a policy to a "accidentally" leave out items in the drive-thru in order to boost profits.
http://www.27bslash6.com/images/maccas.jpg
Posted by: the chicken at October 15, 2009 10:43 AM
I don't know, Arkady. When I was thirty I had a kid, and decided it was time to learn. The big-picture stuff like asset allocation and index funds doesn't seem all that hard. We're not talking options and commodities and futures here :-)
Posted by: denton at October 15, 2009 10:44 AM
Denton, I'll have to check that one out!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 10:45 AM
"Ok, M4L, the roommates have been officially invited. See you later."
GO JESSI, GO JESSI!!
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 10:45 AM
MM, have you read Paul Beatty, especially 'White Boy Shuffle'? No one does the raisin in the COW better. And funnier. A masterpiece of African American satirical lit.
Posted by: denton at October 15, 2009 10:47 AM
MM, pick it up at the Strand...much cheaper than B&N. It is great reading. One of my favorite books.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 10:47 AM
Do jessi's roommates have logins??? What will we call them???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 10:47 AM
Arkady...good point...we may have to import some non-PLUSAs for that to be successful!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 10:48 AM
We need to start a PLUSA book loaning system...sounds like we all get out of there have a good collection.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 10:49 AM
MM - Mine was the photo negative image of your neighborhood - we were the only family that made ours an integrated place to live in DC.
Posted by: Arkady at October 15, 2009 10:49 AM
OOOPS! The "get out of there" should not have been in my last post...was yelling at Hari and actually typed it! :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 10:50 AM
- we may have to import some non-PLUSAs for that to be successful!
I say make it ALL non-PLUSAs and maybe there's a shot at success.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 15, 2009 10:50 AM
DIBS, JB Roommate 1, JB Roommate 2,....
Posted by: more4less at October 15, 2009 10:50 AM
well i just took the brownstoner survery. the question, how many times a month do you go out to eat dinner at a restaurant did not include a ZERO as an answer :-/ i was forced to pick 1-2
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 15, 2009 10:50 AM
rob, McDonalds counts as a restaurant.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 10:53 AM
"Do jessi's roommates have logins??? What will we call them???"
Hopefully Hottie #1, Hottie #2 and Hottie #3.
We'll have a PLUSA Dating Game. What single guys will be there to mingle with them? DH and Kens, I believe. Anyone else?
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 10:53 AM
I can't even recall the last time I had Mickey D's.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 10:54 AM
- OOOPS! The "get out of there" should not have been in my last post...was yelling at Hari and actually typed it! :)
Folks, they're now typing messages to their cats on the OT.
It's all going downhill from here!
Posted by: brownjokester at October 15, 2009 10:55 AM
Jokester - How can something go down from the lowest point?
Posted by: Arkady at October 15, 2009 10:56 AM
- What single guys will be there to mingle with them?
Talk about putting the cart before the horse.
The invitations went out.
I didn't see a reply from them.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 15, 2009 10:59 AM
:) You only need to worry when we start to allows the cats to have their own logins and communicate with you all :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 11:00 AM
Then I'm in big trouble, snappy :)
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 11:03 AM
Brownjokester, are you even coming? (Hope so!)
Posted by: jessibaby at October 15, 2009 11:03 AM
No fear - Beckett & Widget are too young to be exposed to the adult content on the OT.
Posted by: Arkady at October 15, 2009 11:05 AM
Biff, I will be single by tonight
Posted by: more4less at October 15, 2009 11:05 AM
- Brownjokester, are you even coming?
That's what my dates ask.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 15, 2009 11:05 AM
M4L, just make sure you fill out the Dating Game Entry Form carefully or you might find yourself in a private meet and greet with DIBS.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 11:06 AM
BJ, clearly we've never dated. No doubts in rash town.
Posted by: jessibaby at October 15, 2009 11:07 AM
Biff, I will be single by tonight
Posted by: more4less at October 15, 2009 11:05 AM
Hey, looks like you been working out. no homo
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 11:07 AM
"We'll have a PLUSA Dating Game. What single guys will be there to mingle with them? DH and Kens, I believe. Anyone else?"
I'm single. And there's no one in the Union Hall pic for me, so . . .
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 11:08 AM
See what I mean?
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 11:08 AM
Ha! Considering my level of potty mouth around the house, Pia and Hari would feel quite at home here on the OT.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 11:09 AM
I'm single until my wife shows up.
Posted by: denton at October 15, 2009 11:10 AM
pssst Hari.
You jump on that nest she calls her hair and I'll grab us some treats. Quick, while she's typing!
Posted by: Pia at October 15, 2009 11:12 AM
DIBS, only muscle group I work out on is around my jaw from all my eating and yapping. My current built is perfect for being a dad to a young child - built-in soft pillow around mid section for son to rest head on or jump on
Posted by: more4less at October 15, 2009 11:13 AM
Good Heavens! Who is that??? Cut it out!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 11:13 AM
AND MY HAIR IS LAYING DOWN QUITE NICELY TODAY, THANK YOU VERY EFFING MUCH!
harumph
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 11:14 AM
"Ha! Considering my level of potty mouth around the house, Pia and Hari would feel quite at home here on the OT."
I meant:
pssst Hari.
You jump on that f*cking nest she calls her mothaf*ckin hair and I'll grab us some f*^king treats. Quick, while the b*tch typing!
Posted by: Pia at October 15, 2009 11:15 AM
ROFL
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 11:16 AM
OH GOD. Now we have PLUSAs pets logged in too!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 11:17 AM
Dave, fess up...it's you, isn't it?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 11:18 AM
Snappy, the Strand is an evil place. You walk in, and your money jumps right out of your wallet into their hands. It's like magnetism, or something. Evil, I tell you.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at October 15, 2009 11:18 AM
In the suggestion box on the survey I should have included the request to limit one login per IP address! Augh!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 11:19 AM
Brownjokester, are you even coming?
That's what my dates ask.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 15, 2009 11:05 AM
BJ, clearly we've never dated. No doubts in rash town.
Posted by: jessibaby at October 15, 2009 11:07 AM
clearly, JB only asks her dates when they are leaving and not when they are coming.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 15, 2009 11:20 AM
Nope, not me.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 11:20 AM
I know MM! My trick is to place my order over the net and then go pick up the books at the counter...that way I do no browsing and the money vacuum is limited :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 11:20 AM
- Jokester - How can something go down from the lowest point?
- Posted by: Pia at October 15, 2009
When Hari responds.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 15, 2009 11:24 AM
Snaps & MM - You should try PaperBackSwap.com
Posted by: Arkady at October 15, 2009 11:25 AM
JB vs BJ - isnt one just the backward of the other?
Posted by: more4less at October 15, 2009 11:26 AM
ugh the strand. ive only sold books there. too hard to find stuff. and dont get me started at the beyond queeney queens who work there. ugh. newsflash you geriatric cashier, you are NOT celebrity because you work at the f'ing Strand!
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 15, 2009 11:26 AM
My only problem with that is that I've got a book sickness...I can't let go of them! Unfortunately (for my parents at least) my folk's rec room is covered wall to wall with books because of me. I'm just waiting to hit the mega and buy a house and convert a huge room into a library. Sigh.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 11:27 AM
Sooo, who wants to write my long terms Objectives and assessment for my management to see. They call it a Career Action Plan and I have to write my Key Strengths, Key areas of Development and Actions. Anyone care to comment on that one. I can't believe Management actually takes this stuff seriously. There is a time frame column too. Ehhhhh.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 15, 2009 11:28 AM
rob, they got some cute NYU students there, at least from my side of the fence.
Posted by: denton at October 15, 2009 11:28 AM
While the Strand could be a bit more organized, that is the ultimate thrill for book lovers - to wander aimlessly amongst a ton of books never knowing what you will find that strikes your fancy. Of course you wallet winds up getting struck as well, but that's another matter :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 11:28 AM
I'll check it out, Arcady. I love books, perhaps too much.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at October 15, 2009 11:29 AM
Kens - Just cut & paste from the last one & change the dates since no one reads them.
Posted by: Arkady at October 15, 2009 11:31 AM
MM - No such thing as "too much".
Posted by: Arkady at October 15, 2009 11:31 AM
- JB vs BJ - isnt one just the backward of the other?
I'm doing it right.
Love,
BJ
Posted by: brownjokester at October 15, 2009 11:33 AM
I love The Strand. Over the years I collected hardcovers of all the books of many of my favorite authors for $2 - $5 apiece, all mint condition, many first editions. It's also great to buy a brand new "Reviewer's Copy" of most any book for 50% off.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 11:33 AM
im good with letting go of books... not other things, but books yeah.. i keep a few.. the one the things i really do like about park slope is that people love putting out their books for other people to take. i pretty much get ALL my books that way that i read. i have like 20-30 backlogged still. keep on putting out those books people!!
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 15, 2009 11:33 AM
Arkady, they actually read it and this is my first one so I have nothing to cut and paste from. My yearly reviews are fine. This is some long term goal thing that comes around every 3-5 years and I've just passed my 3 year mark so I am getting one now.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 15, 2009 11:34 AM
MM - Alibris also has really terrific deals on books - often under a dollar & not killingly high s/h costs.
Posted by: Arkady at October 15, 2009 11:34 AM
I hear you, Snappy. I would love a large library in my home, with wall to wall books, a large table with reading light, and some comfortable chairs, also with reading lights. Lots of woodwork, very clubby/Ivy League/Oxford looking. It would be my favorite room in the house.
I have tons of books stacked all over my place, and more in storage. Every once in a while I purge the paperbacks and give them away, but the bulk of my books aren't going anywhere.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at October 15, 2009 11:35 AM
Kens - So lift from your yearly reviews, change the verbiage slightly & put somewhat unrealistically optimistic dates for the goals.
Posted by: Arkady at October 15, 2009 11:37 AM
I'll say again, if any of you like audiobooks, Librivox.org has free classics for download. You don't even need an ipod...you can play them on your computer (I like to listen to books while I clean the house...just plug the computer into the home theater system to use those speakers instead of the puny computer ones) By the by, does anyone here not have an ipod but want one?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 11:38 AM
- JB vs BJ - isnt one just the backward of the other?
I'm doing it right.
Love,
BJ
Posted by: brownjokester at October 15, 2009 11:33 AM
will believe it when I SEE it
Posted by: more4less at October 15, 2009 11:38 AM
I've had to let go of so many books because of space constraints but i still have them falling out everywhere. Books are sacred. someone told me to get Kindle but I wouldn't do it. there is nothing like a real book- you can get immersed in the printed page. The digital image- not nearly so much. I wonder why that is?
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 11:38 AM
"They call it a Career Action Plan and I have to write my Key Strengths, Key areas of Development and Actions"
I hate that kind of corporate BS. That's why I never worked in a big company. Couldn't take it.
Posted by: denton at October 15, 2009 11:39 AM
- I would love a large library in my home,
My large home library would have wall to wall books, a NYC train car with plastic seats and fluorescent lighting and pee in the corner.
Hey, that's where I do most of my reading.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 15, 2009 11:40 AM
MM, I picture a room that is wall to wall shelving with glass doors (gotta keep the dust out!) and a big ole ugly lazy-boy/barcolounger with hideous upholstry in the center of the room and a small table next to it with a lamp and a bowl of popcorn and a mug of hot apple cider. Heaven.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 11:40 AM
Yeah, I've never understood how the shelter magazines always have pix of bookshelves w/ room for little chotchkas.
Posted by: Arkady at October 15, 2009 11:40 AM
Morning all!
Rob- Ivanka's getting married to Jared Kushner. She's even converted to Judaism for him. They are getting married in an Orthodox ceremony on the 25th.
Too bad really, I think it'd be cool to see TRUMP Bodega's spring up around town.
Snappy- yelling at your cats in the middle of a sentence? Priceless.
Strand- Rob's dead on the people who work there are really frickin' pompous for being the employees in a bookstore. That said, I LOVE The Strand. When I worked in the seaport area I spent a lot of lunch breaks there pursuing.
Benson- Appreciate your doing the research on Polpette(a). I hope you understand now that I wasn't being emphatic just to break your polpette. I was going on actual information passed down from the older generation of my family. Hence my insistence. Again, thanks for doing the legwork. :).
Oh yeah, heard you apologized for the Sandy V comments too. Thank you. :).
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 11:41 AM
I can do audiobooks, but Kindle seems like downright sacrilege.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 11:41 AM
Jokester - You'd have to upholster one bench so you can stretch out to read.
Posted by: Arkady at October 15, 2009 11:42 AM
Arkady, I've checked Alibris from time to time. When my finances are better, they will hear from me, and I'll also whittle my Amazon wish list down a few entries. Can't right now, though.
Kens, if you can spare a little stipend, I'll help you out. Email me.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at October 15, 2009 11:43 AM
I have amagazine rack next to the terlet in my ensuite bathroom.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 11:43 AM
"I would love a large library in my home, with wall to wall books, a large table with reading light, and some comfortable chairs, also with reading lights. Lots of woodwork, very clubby/Ivy League/Oxford looking."
MM, that sounds like your dining rm could be that library. just swap out 1 of the dining chairs for a cushy reading chair
Posted by: more4less at October 15, 2009 11:44 AM
Hola THL!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 11:44 AM
I don't go much to the Strand these days, but when I was a kid I used to hang out in many of the places down on 4th Ave (Manhattan). Too bad they're all gone. The internet has driven down the prices of used books dramatically. Unfortunately even with a book for a buck you still have to ship it.
I don't know if you guys are familiar with http://www.addall.com/Used/
It aggregates books from all the websites (Biblio, Alibris, Abebooks, Amazon, and even the Strand). And you can search and sort in many ways.
Too many idiots selling used books on Amazon who have no idea how to describe them.
Posted by: denton at October 15, 2009 11:45 AM
I think only men read in the loo. Bill Bryson has one of the funniest passages on it in Small Island. It's so hilarious I can't read it out loud to people because I have to laugh so hard.
Posted by: Arkady at October 15, 2009 11:46 AM
THL, the Strand on Fulton St is completely diff vibe vs the pompous attitude at the village location
Posted by: more4less at October 15, 2009 11:47 AM
I can't get down with the kindle. It doesn't have that yummy book smell to it.
Magazines in the bathroom. This is a male only thing I think. I have never seen this in any woman's bathroom. The only paper that should be kept in the bathroom is toilet and tissues.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 11:48 AM
Denton - AllBooks4Less is good too.
Posted by: Arkady at October 15, 2009 11:48 AM
Yeah, loo reading isn't for me...but I do play an electronic hand-held hearts game once in a while :) TMI?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 11:48 AM
"MM, I picture a room that is wall to wall shelving with glass doors (gotta keep the dust out!) and a big ole ugly lazy-boy/barcolounger with hideous upholstry in the center of the room and a small table next to it with a lamp and a bowl of popcorn and a mug of hot apple cider. Heaven."
Mine ain't much different snaps, you'll see it one day soon. Swap the cider for something stronger. Also since most of my LPs are there I've set up a modest 'vintage' stereo system with a 1980s Yamaha receiver and a Technics SL1210 table.
Posted by: denton at October 15, 2009 11:49 AM
I hate the Strand on Fulton. I only like to deal with the one in Union Sq.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 11:49 AM
"THL, the Strand on Fulton St is completely diff vibe vs the pompous attitude at the village location"
M4L, that location is CLOSED!!!
pomposity rules, it appears!
Posted by: denton at October 15, 2009 11:50 AM
- hand-held hearts
Is this some kinky lesbian position?
Posted by: brownjokester at October 15, 2009 11:50 AM
Denton, drunk reading is no good...you just wind up having to backtrack the next day because you're like "What? When the hell did *that* happen?" I lose my memory while 'drinkin' and bookin'!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 11:52 AM
M4L, only problem is that there is no room for the books in there. I inherited a very massive, even baronial, late 19th c. dining room set. I love it, but it eats up the room. I need a bigger house. My St. Mark's house is not a fantasy, it's a necessity!
Posted by: Montrose Morris at October 15, 2009 11:52 AM
Denton, How long has it been? At least a year now right?
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 11:52 AM
Denton - Me too! Except Rotel receiver & Denon deck.
Posted by: Arkady at October 15, 2009 11:52 AM
Denton, that stupid construction on fulton will soon kill off some more of those retail stores in that area.
Posted by: more4less at October 15, 2009 11:54 AM
Ooooh...yes...a nice vintage record player that is spinning some classic jazz in the background would be perfect in the library. I may have to take up smokin' stogies to get the full effect.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 11:55 AM
Yes! Libraries are a necessity! Now I just gotta hit the lotto...
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 11:56 AM
Snappy - Last night I exited the 4/5 at Borough Hall around 10pm. I was planning to stop for some food because I hadn't eaten dinner. I'm walking up the stairs, approaching street level, when the woman in front of me literally jumps up and dodges to the other side of the stairs. I'm thinking this woman is whacked. And then I see it. On the landing. Larger than life. A HUGE dead rat. (Better dead than alive.) Rigor mortis had already set in so God only knows how long that rat had been lying there. Can you say "appetite lost"?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 11:57 AM
Let's think of as many euphemisms for "book" as possible!!
On second thought...
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 11:57 AM
"I'm doing it right.
Love,
BJ"
BJ, my skills were lauded on the wall of the boys bathroom in high school. Top that!
One roommate has responded, she's too sick to make it but said count her in for next time!!
Posted by: jessibaby at October 15, 2009 11:57 AM
Did anyone win MegaMillions last night? I forgot my wealth strategy, and forgot to play.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at October 15, 2009 11:58 AM
- Can you say "appetite lost"?
Lunch whistle is blowing.
mmmmmm, what to get?
Posted by: brownjokester at October 15, 2009 11:58 AM
Cargar...EEEEEEK!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 11:59 AM
BJ, my skills were lauded on the wall of the boys bathroom in high school. Top that!
Posted by: jessibaby at October 15, 2009 11:57 AM
WHOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAA NELLY!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 11:59 AM
No one won, MM
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 12:00 PM
I don't like second hand books in general. I'm not normally easily skeeved but there's smothing about them - yellowing pages, odd splotches that may be bolidy fluids etc..
Posted by: etson at October 15, 2009 12:00 PM
Some kind of rodent, BJ? I eat a late lunch so I'm good.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 12:00 PM
"BJ, my skills were lauded on the wall of the boys bathroom in high school. Top that!"
Re-write:
"My BJ skills in the high school boys' bathroom were applauded."
(sorry, JB, you sorta set that one up)
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 12:00 PM
I want one of those doulble height (or triple height- better yet!) rooms where you need to have a spiral staircase and iron landings for each level. In an enormous turret tower. sofas and desks below, with a fireplace and bar.
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 12:00 PM
I played the mega, but as usual, didn't check my ticket. Why oh why do I bother playing when I never check the tickets? Ugh.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 12:00 PM
Given my propensity for falling off of anything over 2 feet tall, I'll have to forgo the ladder system in my library. Unless of course I have a Jeeves on standby to go up and pluck out a book for me :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 12:02 PM
I don't like second hand books in general. I'm not normally easily skeeved but there's smothing about them - yellowing pages, odd splotches that may be bolidy fluids etc..
Posted by: etson at October 15, 2009 12:00 PM
Books, etson, books. Not magazines.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 12:02 PM
Yeah, loo reading isn't for me...but I do play an electronic hand-held hearts game once in a while :) TMI?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 11:48 AM
Or taking a nap.....
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 15, 2009 12:02 PM
HEY! Enough rat talk! I've got super yummy leftovers for lunch and I plan on enjoying it!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 12:03 PM
I loved used books- not just because they're cheaper, but I love the idea someone read and appreciated them before me. Of course the bodily fluid thing is a big ewwwww.
Anyone remember the Seinfeld episode where george bought a book, and returned it afte reading it in the bathroom. that was the one episode I ever watched but it was memorable.
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 12:03 PM
ROFL Kens! Yes, I have, uh...well, napped once :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 12:04 PM
Yes, Bxgirl! The book was "marked" and he couldn't get his $100 back!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 12:05 PM
Or no, the book was "flagged"! LOL
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 12:05 PM
snappy- I would think Pia and Hari would earn their keep by protecting you.
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 12:05 PM
Thanks MM for the offer. I think I'll manage. They'll keep my ass regardless of what I write. They kinda sorta like me here, until there are layoffs there is. Then no assessment is going to help my ass if I am out the "out the door" list.
Denton, I hate these self evaluations too with all passion. I have been stuck writing them since my careers path has always been in big corps.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 15, 2009 12:05 PM
Eh, all these lazy furballs do is sleep, eat and play!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 12:06 PM
BJ, my skills were lauded on the wall of the boys bathroom in high school. Top that!
Posted by: jessibaby at October 15, 2009 11:57 AM
Jessi, buddy, have I told you I am very fond of you lately :o).
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 15, 2009 12:10 PM
Still hanging on to my vinyl, too, Denton and Arkady. Rotel receiver, Technics TT, I've even got cassettes (and I play them). I've been called pretentious about the vinyl, 'cause it's such a little hipster fad, but really, I'm just a sentimental packrat and a cheapskate. Why should I dump my old Miles and Van Morrison LPs and buy them back on CD or MP3?
OK, anyone out there still hanging on to 8-track (now there's a hipster fad in the making, would go great with the PBR and the Schwinn).
Posted by: slopefarm at October 15, 2009 12:11 PM
BJ, my skills were lauded on the wall of the boys bathroom in high school. Top that!
Posted by: jessibaby at October 15, 2009 11:57 AM
Jews always excel in something, even in suburban towns where they are a minority.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 15, 2009 12:12 PM
Bxgrl, I like your library. I forgot about the necessity of the fireplace. That makes it perfect, along with a good sound system, great music, and a brandy snifter.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at October 15, 2009 12:12 PM
"BJ, my skills were lauded on the wall of the boys bathroom in high school. Top that!"
I'll be sure to go to Floyd's tomorrow and check the writing on the bathroom walls :-)
Posted by: brownjokester at October 15, 2009 12:13 PM
BJ, my skills were lauded on the wall of the boys bathroom in high school. Top that!
Posted by: jessibaby at October 15, 2009 11:57 AM
DIBS, were your skills lauded in the boys bathroom in high school as well?
Man o man, I can keep on going but its lunch time! Bon appetit everyone.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 15, 2009 12:13 PM
Snappy,
You need a tough guy cat. We call J-Kun the enforcer. if I raise my voice at any of the others he lunges high speed after them with his bad old man hips and everything.
He's also the one the screamed in my ear and licked my face when I blacked out in the hallway when I came down with E coli.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 12:13 PM
ill probably be the only person to admit that ive wiped boogers in books while reading them before.
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 15, 2009 12:14 PM
"ill probably be the only person to admit that ive wiped boogers in books while reading them before."
I truly hope we have totally opposite tastes in literature.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 12:15 PM
Yes, a fireplace! How could I forget?
Slopefarm, I LOVE LOVE LOVE Van Morrison. There is no better tune than "Tupelo Honey".
THL, I think Pia will wind up being the enforcer.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 12:16 PM
Slope, I have one 8-track still, a great, but very eclectic, mixed selection, from the Beatles to Simon & Garfunkel, from jazz to show tunes, that came with my family's station wagon in the early 1970s. I've had no way to listen to it for years, but I finally managed to create the identical Playlist on my iPod, including some very obscure music, and it brings back some really good memories.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 12:16 PM
Good heavens. I *was* enjoying noshing on my lunch until I read that Rob.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 12:17 PM
"BJ, my skills were lauded on the wall of the boys bathroom in high school. Top that!"
I'll be sure to go to Floyd's tomorrow and check the writing on the bathroom walls :-)
Posted by: brownjokester at October 15, 2009 12:13 PM
BJ, you should be checking the bathroom walls in Union Hall tomorrow, not Floyds.
BTW, True Fact...Bathroom in Floyds has magic marker writing "Dirty Hipsters suck". I emailed that pic to dirty when we were there.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 15, 2009 12:17 PM
My vinyl is in storage, but I no longer have the stereo equipment to play it on, anyway. Something else to buy for the estate.
Great Kens, good luck!
My cats have taken over the bed and are huddled for warmth. The landlord has the heat on, but hasn't winterized yet, so there are drafts. A trip to Home Depot is coming very soon, like tomorrow.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at October 15, 2009 12:17 PM
When Cakes Go Wrong:
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/10/13/dining/20091014-CAKE_index.html
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 12:17 PM
- I'll be sure to go to Floyd's tomorrow and check the writing on the bathroom walls :-)
Meant Union Hall.
The bathroom in Union Hall is unisex. Should make it easy.
My advice: Use the handicap stall. There's something to grab on to.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 15, 2009 12:18 PM
^^^^ Grab Bar = Euphemism
Posted by: brownjokester at October 15, 2009 12:18 PM
uh, Biffy, that's the site we've been talking about all morning...catch up my brotha! Catch up!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 12:20 PM
im not a fan of the kindle either. the name itself just sounds stupid. i like folding the pages down when i put it away to save a place and sometimes i like writing in a book and sticking it in my pocket or bag.
also doctors say it's bad to read on the toilet because you can hemmeroids that way.
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 15, 2009 12:20 PM
"Hawwwttt has nothing to do with money, background, or parents. Hawwwwtttt is just hawwwwtttt...."
I must beg to differ. I once had a girl I though was plenty hot until I met her dad. She had inherited far too many face genes form him. From then on I kept seeing him in her which killed all the hotness.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 15, 2009 12:20 PM
- BJ, you should be checking the bathroom walls in Union Hall tomorrow, not Floyds.
I realized my mistake. I confuse my 'F*cking' bathrooms all the time.
Floyd's is a good one also. Just be quick in there.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 15, 2009 12:21 PM
"The bathroom in Union Hall is unisex. Should make it easy."
Make that- The bathroom at Union Hall is unisex. Should make it disgusting!
I avoid those places like the plague!! Why do they do that? What on earth could possibly be the upside? Nasty.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 12:22 PM
"uh, Biffy, that's the site we've been talking about all morning...catch up my brotha! Catch up!"
Oops, looks like I just let it be known whose posts I skip.
:-)
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 12:22 PM
- im not a fan of the kindle either.
Can't wipe a snot on it and close the page?
Posted by: brownjokester at October 15, 2009 12:22 PM
"also doctors say it's bad to read on the toilet because you can hemmeroids that way."
I fail to see what one activity has to do with the other. I know I shouldn't ask, but please explain that. My imagination has gone places it shouldn't.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at October 15, 2009 12:24 PM
across the street from my office is some kind of dance studio. and right now a bunch of gay boys in leotards are jumping around like frogs :-/
so not attractive
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 15, 2009 12:25 PM
Rob, I don't want my book back. Consider it your bday present :o)
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 15, 2009 12:25 PM
MM, its not directly the book, it's the amount of time spent sitting with no support directly under the , uh, well, ya know. If you read while 'going' you lose track of time and sit there for much longer than you should without said support.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 12:27 PM
agreeance on unisex bathrooms in a large public place. that is just absolutely DISGUSTING! sorry girls, but lady poo is SMELLAY!
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 15, 2009 12:27 PM
Any civil war buffs here on the OT?
Posted by: wasder at October 15, 2009 12:27 PM
I've already mentioned to the one PLUSA that I've actually slept with that we might "do it" in the unsisex bathrooms at Union Hall!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 12:28 PM
"Any civil war buffs here on the OT?"
I've always been more partial to WWII, wasder, but recently I've been devouring whatever I can read or watch on the Civil War. Why do you ask?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 12:31 PM
Thank you rob- I am not only now obsessivley ripping through my used books to make sure you never touched one, but i will never look at a bathroom the same way again. (I guess you never followed a mant to the john? At one restaurant they had to practically fumigate after one gent's visit).
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 12:31 PM
*Hork*
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 12:32 PM
- I've already mentioned to the one PLUSA that I've actually slept with that we might "do it" in the unsisex bathrooms at Union Hall!!!!
Aaaaaand, noone will be drinking tonight to avoid having to use the bathroom.
Or you can all make wagers as to which stall was used.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 15, 2009 12:32 PM
"I've already mentioned to the one PLUSA that I've actually slept with that we might "do it" in the unsisex bathrooms at Union Hall!!!!"
DIBS, I hope you're also bringing one of the mop guys from one of the peep show joints on 8th Avenue.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 12:35 PM
Is it me or does anyone else find it impossible to drop a duece in public restrooms. I think I'm physically incapable.
The only reason I could think of ever doing that outside of the home is if you were violently/suddenly sick.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 12:35 PM
And it was suggested that discussing rats during the lunch hour was in poor taste, LOL?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 12:36 PM
wasder- I think blue and gray are lovely colors. :-)
However I do find the Civil War completely fascinating. Are you a buff?
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 12:36 PM
The Unisex bathroom at Union Hall is one big room with about 10-15 stalls and probably the same # of sinks.
Why did you reserve the back room for the End Party? Could have had it in the bathroom.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 15, 2009 12:37 PM
Is it me or does anyone else find it impossible to drop a duece in public restrooms. I think I'm physically incapable.
ROFLMMFAO a 'duece'???? WOOOOOOO! I'm cryin' over here!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 12:37 PM
"Is it me or does anyone else find it impossible to drop a duece in public restrooms."
QOTD!
THL, I've seen people in NYC who have no problem doing it anywhere in public. I, however, seem to have a serious problem even peeing at a urinal when a man is next to me.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 12:38 PM
A kid from across the street was in a school production of Gypsy so I played him the original cast album - he'd never seen an l.p. & was fascinated by the technology. When his mother stopped by he told her about it & she'd never seen it either! Arghhh! Antediluvian.
Posted by: Arkady at October 15, 2009 12:38 PM
Me, too, Snaps! I always thought she was so tasteful & refined...
Posted by: Arkady at October 15, 2009 12:40 PM
I shudder to think that there are people so much younger than me that they've never owned a record player or an 8 track. Damn I feel old.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 12:40 PM
So we're having simultaneous discussions of the Civil War and uncivil boors.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 12:41 PM
Make that- The bathroom at Union Hall is unisex. Should make it disgusting!
I avoid those places like the plague!! Why do they do that? What on earth could possibly be the upside? Nasty.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 12:22 PM
shorter lines for you ladies. when you gotta go, a little dirty one is better than testing how strong are your bladders
Posted by: more4less at October 15, 2009 12:41 PM
One big room with a whole bunch of stalls???!!??
WTF? I would NEVER in a million, gazillion years go there.
There are things I just DO NOT need to know about you people!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 12:42 PM
"A kid from across the street was in a school production of Gypsy so I played him the original cast album "
Further enabling the journey to gayville.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 12:42 PM
"I, however, seem to have a serious problem even peeing at a urinal when a man is next to me."
Oh, yeah, serious performance anxiety!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 12:42 PM
quote:
I fail to see what one activity has to do with the other. I know I shouldn't ask, but please explain that. My imagination has gone places it shouldn't.
you're supposed to poop as fast as you possible can, not sit and linger on the bowl. that causes unnecessary strain on the an@l l@bia (i cant believe those two words are filtered here)
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 15, 2009 12:43 PM
A little dirty bathroom is NEVER better than testing the strength of your bladder. NEVER.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 12:43 PM
"Oh, yeah, serious performance anxiety!"
CGar, I'm only worried about performance anxiety around women. Of course, when one is not called to perform often, one needn't worry about such things.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 12:44 PM
THL, you are so right. Group pooping is not on my list of things to do for 'bonding.' No way no how.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 12:45 PM
Arkady is a gaynabler?
Posted by: dittoburg at October 15, 2009 12:45 PM
WASDER!! What's up about the Civil War? You looking for re-enacters? I volunteer to be a prisoner.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 12:45 PM
Grooping?
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 12:46 PM
Biff - aren't you more of a re-enacter nowadays than a performer?
Posted by: dittoburg at October 15, 2009 12:48 PM
From my Bea Arthur-loving, African American friend, who sent it with this message, "I had to send this to you. Oh Black people..."
I told her it's a good thing us white folk have so much rhythm and don't have to ever worry about us embarrassing ourselves on the dance floor!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EaI0U1_IW4
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 12:48 PM
ROFL @ "Grooping"
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 12:48 PM
I'm less interested in the Civil War than in the issue prior and post, Reconstruction, etc. More interested in the Holocaust than WWII.
Posted by: denton at October 15, 2009 12:50 PM
"Biff - aren't you more of a re-enacter nowadays than a performer?"
Ditto, I'm more of a non-factor nowadays than anything.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 12:50 PM
quote:
Is it me or does anyone else find it impossible to drop a duece in public restrooms. I think I'm physically incapable.
u are NOT alone. ive been working here over 8 years and never ONCE have i pooped in the office bathroom. that is just vile. people can't hold it in til they get home?!
and i only pooped ONCE in a public bathroom. i could have used the one at work, but i decided to go down the street to a cafe that has a secluded bathroom with a lock on it that i knew of.
it should be illegal to subject your coworkers to your poomist. ILLEGAL!
it's funny, as a kid i had mad poop issues. i had to go to the hospital a few times because i used to hold poop in FOREVER! :( im talking times where it was almost and possible over a WEEK! i was deathly afraid of toilet bowls (and bathrooms in general as a kid) so i think that's how it started. it eased up a bit in my early teens (around the time i "discovered my body" ahahah
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 15, 2009 12:50 PM
Any Reformation fans here?
Posted by: dittoburg at October 15, 2009 12:51 PM
If synagogues were as fun as that church, I would go every week!
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 12:52 PM
Apparently his church tapes him every week as he's now a big Youtube hit.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 12:52 PM
"it's funny, as a kid i had mad poop issues"
becuase you don't have them now
Posted by: dittoburg at October 15, 2009 12:52 PM
Arkady,
I'm trying to get my mind around that. A mom of a kid who is old enough to be in Gypsy had never seen a turntable? I take it the kid is in Act I, but that still makes no sense.
Posted by: slopefarm at October 15, 2009 12:52 PM
wasder - read all the michael / jeff shaara books and watched all 6 tapes of Gettysburg. does that count? the killer angels was a fantastic book, though jeff did an admirable job completing his father's work.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 15, 2009 12:53 PM
Ugh! Unisex with 10-15 stalls? No way, no how, not ever! I thought that was a class place.Honestly- who thinks up these things. Ugh. Ewwww.
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 12:53 PM
quote:
Is it me or does anyone else find it impossible to drop a duece in public restrooms. I think I'm physically incapable.
u are NOT alone. ive been working here over 8 years and never ONCE have i pooped in the office bathroom. that is just vile. people can't hold it in til they get home?!
and i only pooped ONCE in a public bathroom. i could have used the one at work, but i decided to go down the street to a cafe that has a secluded bathroom with a lock on it that i knew of.
it should be illegal to subject your coworkers to your poomist. ILLEGAL!
it's funny, as a kid i had mad poop issues. i had to go to the hospital a few times because i used to hold poop in FOREVER! :( im talking times where it was almost and possible over a WEEK! i was deathly afraid of toilet bowls (and bathrooms in general as a kid) so i think that's how it started. it eased up a bit in my early teens (around the time i "discovered my body" ahahah
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 15, 2009 12:50 PM
All VERY Freudian and answers a lot of questions we've all had about rob. The actual physical anal retentiveness is counteracted by his verbal anal expulsiveness that we are subjected to here.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 12:53 PM
Why Ditto, you got some indulgences to sell us sinners? :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 12:53 PM
A little dirty bathroom is NEVER better than testing the strength of your bladder. NEVER.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 12:43 PM
not according to the numerous times where I saw ladies move from their super long line to use the men's room cause they couldn't hold it anymore.
Posted by: more4less at October 15, 2009 12:56 PM
well the place IS in park slope. so unisex bathrooms makes sense. aren't too many men living in park slope with actual balls anyway. ha
ha?
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 15, 2009 12:57 PM
Now that the OT is in the toliet should we discuss Albany?
Posted by: DeLepp at October 15, 2009 12:57 PM
SlopeFarm = She'll be 50 in Dec. & had started w/ cassettes! She's Asian & I guess they're more early adopters than we are.
Posted by: Arkady at October 15, 2009 12:59 PM
Snappy - I could retire on selling indulgences just to DIBS, let alone the rest of you hellbound heathens
Posted by: dittoburg at October 15, 2009 12:59 PM
whoa dave, that's deep.
last message did not go thru when i tried to quote u
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 15, 2009 1:00 PM
"well the place IS in park slope. so unisex bathrooms makes sense. aren't too many men living in park slope with actual balls anyway. ha"
While that may be true Rob. It's till no place you'd catch me ever consuming alcoholic beverages.
M4L-
That's because they didn't plan a'head'. Most women know, you go before you have to go.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 1:00 PM
Biff - Maybe you should bring your waste basket to Union Hall.
Posted by: Arkady at October 15, 2009 1:00 PM
"Biff - Maybe you should bring your waste basket to Union Hall."
You mean the thing that doubles as my inbox?
(no rewrites please)
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 1:03 PM
ditto- I hear we Jews can't get indulgences -although that's never stopped us from indulging ourselves.
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 1:09 PM
deLepp, I was born in Albany.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 1:09 PM
- You mean the thing that doubles as my inbox?
Everyone please empty your outbox before arriving at Union Hall tonight.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 15, 2009 1:12 PM
Which one of these puppies is not the same?
http://tinyurl.com/yhzv4ej
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 1:12 PM
dibs, much more refined back then. Now it lifetime pols wrestling in the swamp.
Any family still there?
Posted by: DeLepp at October 15, 2009 1:15 PM
parents and a few siblings.
I cut my teeth at the "Eight balls" gay bar in the late 70s.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 1:17 PM
"I cut my teeth at the "Eight balls" gay bar in the late 70s."
That must have been painful when you got intimite with the other guy.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 1:18 PM
I assume the "Eight Balls" gay bar is owned by four men?
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 1:24 PM
THL- that is so cute!
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 1:25 PM
Update: one roommate has expressed interest.
Posted by: jessibaby at October 15, 2009 1:28 PM
Most likely owned by a pair of sisters who looked into the eightball and saw a high ball and said ca-ching.
Posted by: DeLepp at October 15, 2009 1:29 PM
Ding ding ding. yes, Biff it was and that's why they named it so.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 1:30 PM
I love little piglets to begin with but the big momma Rotti giving her a kiss is just too much.
How much do you want to give every one of those pups a kiss on their little noggins?
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 1:32 PM
There's too much assumption out there that it's going to be Dodgers-yankees. That kind of consensus thinking is good for the Phillies.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 1:37 PM
THL, what a great picture!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 1:37 PM
ANNOUNCEMENT: There is a special guest who just confirmed the odds of attendance tonight are 99.9%. That should entice many of the ladies (and many of the men around here too).
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 1:40 PM
Dave, I agree. Philles were true pimps on Tuesday - especially in the 9th. Hard to belive we've got a mature team -- very un-Philly.
Posted by: jessibaby at October 15, 2009 1:41 PM
AMZI?
Posted by: jessibaby at October 15, 2009 1:41 PM
ANNOUNCEMENT: There is a special guest who just confirmed the odds of attendance tonight are 99.9%. That should entice many of the ladies (and many of the men around here too).
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 1:40 PM
You hired a male stripper????
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 1:41 PM
Waiting for confirmation from said guest that it is ok to announce here.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 1:43 PM
- There is a special guest who just confirmed the odds of attendance tonight are 99.9%. That should entice many of the ladies.
Giorgio?!?!?!?
Posted by: brownjokester at October 15, 2009 1:44 PM
The guy on the backhoe?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 1:46 PM
George Clooney?
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 1:48 PM
Although it tends to escape the casual fan, the reality is that the Phillies have no closer. This will eventually be their downfall.
Posted by: East New York at October 15, 2009 1:48 PM
Fabio :(
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 1:48 PM
Jack Nicholson??? Arnold Schwarzenegger???
http://www.marvelousmanboobs.com/
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 1:50 PM
Lidge is back, ENY. He'll be your downfall.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 1:50 PM
No, it's me in my new fedora!!
Posted by: benson at October 15, 2009 1:51 PM
Just kidding, of course.
Posted by: benson at October 15, 2009 1:51 PM
keanu reeves. rworrrr
THL - those puppies 'n piglets are prosh! nomnomnom
Posted by: CG_ups at October 15, 2009 1:52 PM
- ANNOUNCEMENT: There is a special guest who just confirmed the odds of attendance tonight are 99.9%. That should entice many of the ladies (and many of the men around here too).
Is it ME?
Posted by: brownjokester at October 15, 2009 1:53 PM
Is there anything more disgusting than those large billboards next to the BQE that advertise for male breast reduction, with "before" and "after" photos???
Posted by: benson at October 15, 2009 1:53 PM
saw amzi at the CHN walking tour. not to embarass him but he is still hot.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 15, 2009 1:54 PM
Biff, I give you permission to announce my name.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 15, 2009 1:56 PM
Oh and by the way, sister Kens just informed me that she might make an appearance as well for an hour or so.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 15, 2009 1:57 PM
snappy- you bringing Hari?
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 1:58 PM
Benson don't be mad. There was a clause that said "confidentiality" meant they wouldn't show your face, your chest was excluded from the agreement.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 2:00 PM
snappy- you bringing Hari?
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 1:58 PM
Well, she better Pia at home unless she wants to use those unisex bathrooms.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 2:00 PM
I think all of us better Pia at home then :)
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 2:02 PM
THL - not me, honest!!
I don't know why, but the "before" photo of the guy with sizable breasts gives me the creeps. That's one of the reasons I didn't vote for Al Gore (among a few others :-)
Posted by: benson at October 15, 2009 2:06 PM
Dave, the Dodgers are 20-8 in one-run games at home. Phillies' closer Brad Lidge blew nine one-run leads.
As I mentioned, the Phillies have no closer. Now that they're facing some better offenses, this will be a tragic flaw. No repeat.
Posted by: East New York at October 15, 2009 2:08 PM
I just noticed one of those billboards the other day..maybe it was on the BQE. gross. I see enough ugly naked male bodies at the YMCA.
Who has seen the ads on sides of those vans that pickup people downtown brooklyn for DNA testing to prove you are or not father....I think trying to market to those wanting to get out of child support payments.
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 15, 2009 2:08 PM
"Is there anything more disgusting than those large billboards next to the BQE that advertise for male breast reduction, with "before" and "after" photos???"
Note to self: take Jackie Robinson expressway when driving to the airport this weekend.
Posted by: East New York at October 15, 2009 2:09 PM
I would consider "male bun enhancement", however. I'm pretty deficient in that area,and I hear it means alot to the ladies.
Posted by: benson at October 15, 2009 2:09 PM
"I've always been more partial to WWII, wasder, but recently I've been devouring whatever I can read or watch on the Civil War. Why do you ask?"
Doing a documentary on Gettysburg right now and have been spending a lot of time there, including yesterday. Just finished reading "The Killer Angels" about the battle. Its heavy on my mind these days, Gettysburg that is. What a wacky amazing place.
Posted by: wasder at October 15, 2009 2:10 PM
The Steinbrenner's would like to formally say "we prefer to face the phillies cause we dont want to risk Torre beating us with that lesser name line-up"
Posted by: more4less at October 15, 2009 2:11 PM
- I would consider "male bun enhancement", however. I'm pretty deficient in that area,and I hear it means alot to the ladies.
I think alot of the ladies around here will agree, that you're enough of an Ass :-)
Posted by: brownjokester at October 15, 2009 2:12 PM
Touche', BJ!
Posted by: benson at October 15, 2009 2:15 PM
Hey, did I just win some kind of thread-killer award?? Acknowledging that I'm an Ass and killing a thread at the same time??? This has got to be a first.
Posted by: benson at October 15, 2009 2:27 PM
And can someone please give Benson the TKOTD award.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 15, 2009 2:27 PM
What's everybody drinking tonight??? I hear we've invented a few new cocktails.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 2:28 PM
- Hey, did I just win some kind of thread-killer award??
Yep, cause it sure ain't the Lady-killer award!!
You know I jest.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 15, 2009 2:30 PM
Five Pearls of Wisdom to Remember:
1. Money can't buy happiness, but somehow its more comfortable to cry in Rolls Royce than on a bicycle;
2. Forgive your enemy, but remember the bastard's face;
3. Help a man when he is in trouble and he will remember you when he is in trouble again;
4. Many people are alive only because it's illegal to shoot them;
5. Alcohol doesn't solve any problems, but them again, neither does milk.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 15, 2009 2:30 PM
Sounds like 5 things Oscar Wilde would have said.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 2:32 PM
you know everyone will be checking out your buns tonight.
I think you are looking for sympathy. Yesterday complaining
about being line Rep/Cons and today your bum doesnt attract enuf attention.
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 15, 2009 2:34 PM
"I've been rich and miserable, and I've been poor and miserable. It's better to be rich and miserable".
Burt Reynolds
Posted by: benson at October 15, 2009 2:34 PM
i meant complaining about being lonely.
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 15, 2009 2:34 PM
any of you ever dye clothing? i found a bunch of great white weekend pants on mega sale and figure i'll toss them in the tub with a tube of rit dye or something?
Posted by: CG_ups at October 15, 2009 2:35 PM
Look for my new hit single to be released shortly: "Oh these lonely Republican buns of mine!"
Posted by: benson at October 15, 2009 2:38 PM
I'm sick of people saying money doesn't buy happiness. Money buys you contentment. Contentment overjoys me.
If you're rich and not happy just end it now. For real. Off yourself. Also, I'll be happy to provide you with a firearm and my SS# and full name to give to your attorney for the revised will.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 2:43 PM
I'm sick of people saying money doesn't buy happiness. Money buys you contentment. Contentment overjoys me.
If you're rich and not happy just end it now. For real. Off yourself. Also, I'll be happy to provide you with a firearm and my SS# and full name to give to your attorney for the revised will.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 2:43 PM
COMPARE THIS TO.....
I love little piglets to begin with but the big momma Rotti giving her a kiss is just too much.
How much do you want to give every one of those pups a kiss on their little noggins?
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 1:32 PM
Which is your true personality???? :-)
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 2:47 PM
DIBS,
I remember an early 80s two-bit punk band from somewhere in the Pittsburgh/Akron/Youngstown area called the Eightballs. The lead singer would start a set by saying "Hi, we're the Eighballs 'cuz we're a four man band, get it?" and then the guitar thrashing would start.
Posted by: slopefarm at October 15, 2009 2:48 PM
Kill all the rich and unhappy!
Hi again :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 2:49 PM
I have paid for happiness. It usually works.
i am a sad, sad little man.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 2:52 PM
Both Dave. I
I can get joy from seeing a big dog loving a little momma-less piglet. Cost? Free.
If you have money and still can't figure out how to be happy. There's really no hope for you. Why putter around? Just go already.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 2:53 PM
Late to the party but "Columbine" by Dave Cullen was IMO hands down the best book of the year. Still have "Let the Great World Spin" on my coffee table to plow through.
I'm transferring soon and need to get a Kindle or some kind of app-y device to read with one hand on the train.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 15, 2009 2:54 PM
Helloooooo Snappy!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 2:54 PM
Did I miss anything good?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 2:56 PM
I being of sound body and mind do hereby bequeth the rest, residue and remainder of my estate to TownhouseLady.
Posted by: jessibaby at October 15, 2009 2:56 PM
I'm transferring soon and need to get a Kindle or some kind of app-y device to read with one hand on the train.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 15, 2009 2:54 PM
See, I'm not the only one who reads in the bathroom.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 2:57 PM
What's everybody drinking tonight??? I hear we've invented a few new cocktails.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 2:28 PM
Let's get them to make us a pitcher of "Panties in a Bunch."
Posted by: infinitejester at October 15, 2009 2:57 PM
Hey, jester! I just played with a friend's Kindle. I really liked it, and I'm gonna get me one. I'm not going to stop buying books, but it's great for travel, and especially for reading the Times on the subway and saving Times "clippings" - no more newspapers and clippings cluttering my apartment.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 2:58 PM
Jessi, what about me? Feel free to spread the wealth my way :)
**Ain't too proud to beg sweet darlin...**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 2:58 PM
Snappy's back. Are we nearing the 500 post?
Posted by: brownjokester at October 15, 2009 2:58 PM
Reciprocity is a wonderful thing, Dave.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 15, 2009 3:00 PM
Thanks, CGar. I used to have a reverse commute and could sit and crack any weighty tome to read, and always got a seat. Soon it'll be stand up only.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 15, 2009 3:01 PM
Nearly 400, Jokester.
Posted by: Arkady at October 15, 2009 3:02 PM
Jokester, the rain has thrown off my B'Stoner 500th post jacking device...I'm early :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 3:03 PM
Jokester, the rain has thrown off my B'Stoner 500th post jacking device...I'm early :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 3:03 PM
More bathroom talk.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 3:04 PM
Shouldn't it be panties with a twist?
Jessi- thanks! I'll make sure it's sure for joyfull purposes like animal rescue, children charities and the like.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 3:06 PM
Rain?!?!?
Yikes, how is this going to fair for you hair when you go out tonight?
Posted by: brownjokester at October 15, 2009 3:06 PM
A six year-old Colorado kid climbed into his family's experimental helium balloon and undid the anchor cord. He's currently sailing 8,000 feet above the state while authorities try to figure out how to rescue him.
http://bit.ly/3K3Uv7
Posted by: East New York at October 15, 2009 3:06 PM
Yeah, no more potty talk I'm eating.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 3:06 PM
jester, you should be able to walk to your new location most of the time.
(unless the weather is like today's, it's nasty out there).
Posted by: etson at October 15, 2009 3:07 PM
I'll rescue some animals too...on my way to the mall :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 3:07 PM
- post jacking device
Are you sure you're a lesbian?
Posted by: brownjokester at October 15, 2009 3:07 PM
"Jessi- thanks! I'll make sure it's sure for joyfull purposes like animal rescue, children charities and the like."
What about a trust fund for brownstoner cocktails!
dibs should be able to brew something up with his time at us trust
Posted by: DeLepp at October 15, 2009 3:08 PM
ENY...I just saw that story too.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 3:11 PM
Jokester, me and my tempermental hair will be at home tonight!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 3:11 PM
Well I know what I'm NOT going to be building in the backyard!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 3:13 PM
"WASDER!! What's up about the Civil War? You looking for re-enacters? I volunteer to be a prisoner."
I am currently producing/directing a feature documentary about Gettysburg these days and all of the passions, obsessions and incongruences that it inspires.
Posted by: wasder at October 15, 2009 3:14 PM
**Up up and away in my beautiful my beautiful balloon...**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 3:15 PM
wasder, appparently a lot of ghost stories too
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 3:16 PM
That story makes me feel nauseous.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 15, 2009 3:17 PM
I saw the video of that baloon and it is moving really, really fast. it's not like a hot air baloon with a basket, it's like a flying saucer. Also, at a feew thousand feet above ground in Denver it has to be VERY, VERY cold inside.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 3:19 PM
Colorado boy, 6, floats away in family's experimental balloon
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33330516/ns/us_news-life/
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 3:20 PM
Temperamental Hari, Snaps.
Posted by: Arkady at October 15, 2009 3:20 PM
And rarified oxygen too, dibs.
Posted by: Arkady at October 15, 2009 3:21 PM
Ladies:
Get paid $60-150 to Lift 140 pound men
http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/tlg/1422149196.html
Posted by: brownjokester at October 15, 2009 3:21 PM
I see we all focus on the same "Breaking News" stories, LOL
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 3:22 PM
Yes, Hari is tempermental too! Perhaps I'll send him to Union Hall tonight. Everyone be on the lookout for a small, motley looking, long legged tabby. And please, don't let him get too drunk. He talks a lot a shit when high on the sauce :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 3:24 PM
Kid is now 40 miles north of Denver, and the balloon can go as high as 10,000 feet
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 3:25 PM
LOL
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 3:27 PM
Oh no, please, please , PLEASE don't bring cats to the get-together!!!
Posted by: benson at October 15, 2009 3:29 PM
My favorite noise of his sofar..."eeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEE"...poor wee one slid across the kitchen floor and collided with a kitchen chair and slammed his little beans against the chair leg. He was STUNNED!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 3:29 PM
"Got a funny story about losing your virginity? Nat’l TV show wants to"
http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/tfr/1420952125.html
Posted by: brownjokester at October 15, 2009 3:31 PM
Benson, I'm not bringing him...he's going on his own! It's a good thing...besides, someone's gotta show Rob how to get there!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 3:32 PM
O.k. so what they say about cravings when you're pregnant is totally true. Now, I'm not going the ickles and ice cream route but I'm finding that I now want all the pre-packaged garbage that I see on TV.
I already told you that frozen waffles are like slices of gold to me right now. Prior to this I hadn't eaten them since college.
So yesterday I'm watching TV and I see a commercial for Hamburger Helper- I HAD to have it. the thing is...
I've never had Hamburger Helper before so why I now couldn't live without it is beyond comprehension. They showed ground beef, noodles, and cheese sauce. So...
Last night I browned up onions, mushrooms, green peppers ground beef, with a bunch of spices- oregano, parsley, paprika, salt, pepper. I then boiled up some small shells while I made a cheese sauce using a block of pepper jack cheese I had and about a half cup of Parmesan (brown a tsp. of flour with butter in a pan add milk and cheese). Then I tossed everything in a big pot and kinda let them ruminate together for a bit.
Holy crap! De-frickin-lish. I'm making it again, and again and again until I either get totally sick of it or get so fat I need to sit while I cook a la Paul Prudhomme.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 3:32 PM
He still has beans?
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 3:33 PM
Your cat has Rob babysitting duty?
Posted by: benson at October 15, 2009 3:33 PM
Hamburger Helper?? AAAAAAAHHHHH!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 3:34 PM
It was snowing in Denver last weekend. Surely the kid is not firing the torch to reheat the air. Will the balloon drift down or accelerate rapidly downwards? Yikes.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 15, 2009 3:34 PM
THL, what are "ickles"?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 3:35 PM
Yep, still got his beans...until next week...shhhh!
Benson, somebody's gotta do it! It will be Hari's gang initiation :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 3:35 PM
They don't call it comfort food for nuthin'.
Posted by: benson at October 15, 2009 3:36 PM
wth, the kids name is falcon?
here is the birdmen from sunday's 60 minutes, amazing
http://tinyurl.com/ygw6k9k
Posted by: DeLepp at October 15, 2009 3:36 PM
box macaroni and cheese with ground beef. aka cheeseburger mac. good stuff.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 15, 2009 3:36 PM
CG - they are pickles with a rash on them
Posted by: dittoburg at October 15, 2009 3:37 PM
Snappy, there's no part of my food likes/dislikes that is logical right now.
LOL- ickles are pickles.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 3:37 PM
Ditto- So that's why there are the bumps on the pickles skin. Huh! Who knew?
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 3:38 PM
That balloon story is awful. I can't imagine how it will end ok, but I sure hope it does.
DeLepp, I saw the birdment story on Sunday and was astounded. I too thought of them when I heard the item about the hot air balloon.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 3:39 PM
THL, the Kraft Foods people would be appalled to learn how much care you took in preparing that meal!
Posted by: infinitejester at October 15, 2009 3:39 PM
...now I feel doubly nauseous
Posted by: dittoburg at October 15, 2009 3:39 PM
So pickles have VD?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 3:40 PM
Who knew pickles could get the clap?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 3:40 PM
LOL- maybe I could get a job in their test kitchen.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 3:41 PM
someone here at work just shouted out the balloon landed and there's NO kid in there.
Posted by: more4less at October 15, 2009 3:41 PM
CBS has video that the baloon has landed and the boy is safe.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 3:42 PM
conflicting stories obviously
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 3:42 PM
I guess it depends where you stick the pickle.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 3:42 PM
biff, the skier I've seen before in movies/videos. The fella has no fear whatsoever.
Posted by: DeLepp at October 15, 2009 3:43 PM
i saw the video of the landed balloon but did not seee the kid
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 3:43 PM
I feel terrible for that poor little kid (and the parents). Did the family not think a 6-year-old, a hot air balloon, and one tie-down rope was a potentially bad combo? And does anyone know why they were building their own balloon?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 3:43 PM
- ...now I feel doubly nauseous
Use an L word, it'll make you feel better.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 15, 2009 3:43 PM
The balloon landed. It's empty.
Posted by: East New York at October 15, 2009 3:43 PM
Ha! New party theme: Careful Where You Stick That Pickle!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 3:44 PM
I saw a photo of the balloon down on the ground. Story says no boy found inside. I hope that poor kid didn't fall out.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 3:44 PM
Leper?
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 3:44 PM
Oh no! What happened to the kid? Horrible.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 3:46 PM
conflicting stories obviously
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 3:42 PM
when in doubt, believe the Chinaman
Posted by: more4less at October 15, 2009 3:47 PM
No, I've been too loquacious
Posted by: dittoburg at October 15, 2009 3:48 PM
If the kid did fall out, I have mixed emotions towards the parents. How on earth could they let this happen yet I can't imagine having to deal with the death of a child, let alone being the one responsible for it.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 3:49 PM
Hopefully he is just farting around somewhere in the neighborhood and was never in the balloon in the first place.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 3:49 PM
No definitve word on the kid yet. The balloon was in the air for over 2 hours.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 3:50 PM
it would be nice if the kid wasn't in the balloon when it went up. the sibling saw the kid by the gate or go in, but there seems to have been a time gap from that point to when the balloon got free. hopefully it's something like the kid saw the balloon go up and was scared to get in trouble so is hiding in the backyard or something.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 15, 2009 3:51 PM
Biff, my feelings too.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 15, 2009 3:51 PM
Had the authorities been keeping an eye on the balloon from the start? Would they have seen him fall out?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 3:52 PM
you beat me this time snappy!!!
Posted by: CG_ups at October 15, 2009 3:53 PM
That's what I was thinking CG. I hope that's the case.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 3:54 PM
oh g-d, what an awful story! Did they find him yet?
CG ups- are those pants all cotton? If you want them a dark color you'll need at least twice as much RIT as they tell you and boiling hot water. Make sure the pants are fully wet when you put them in and keep stirring them- you'll get uneven color if you don'. Also add salt to the water- it helps the fabric to absorb the dye better. Email me if you have more questions. I used to do fabric dyeing when I did costume restoration.
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 3:54 PM
For one thing, the parents didn't call the authorities until it had already been in the air for about 30 minutes.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 3:55 PM
ah bxgrl, thanks for the great advice! awesome!!! :) they are all cotton. marked down to $20 from $100!!! :) any of you small butt people, they have XS too (and M/L, woot!)
Posted by: CG_ups at October 15, 2009 3:56 PM
30 minutes? Scales are tipping even further away from sympathy for the parents.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 3:57 PM
i totally used to hide when i did a bad thing as a kid. and if i broke something, i would hide that too. we moved when i was in second grade and my parents were not happy with the assorted collection of broken dishes/vases etc behind the cabinet.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 15, 2009 3:58 PM
"Limbaugh blamed DeMaurice Smith, executive director of the NFLPA, whom he called an "Obama-ite," and the Revs. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, whom he referred to as "race hustlers," for Checketts' decision a day earlier to drop him. He said his sacking was an example of the political clout wielded by the Obama administration."
Nice. Amazingly, he wonders why a league whose key employees are 65% black don't want him involved.
Posted by: East New York at October 15, 2009 3:58 PM
You did bad things as a kid, CG_ups? But you seem so natural and innocent.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 4:00 PM
The Times has a video of the balloon- it's tiny. I thought it would be some big thing but it's not at all.
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 4:00 PM
LOL CG!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 4:00 PM
30 minutes? Oh man.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 4:00 PM
I only get CNBC at work.
Anyone else get to see other channels at work?
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 4:01 PM
from earlier manboob/moob discussion, peter kriss (original drummer for KISS) successfully beat breast cancer. mazel tov!
Posted by: CG_ups at October 15, 2009 4:01 PM
ENY- so you sense a disconnect, there huh? :-)
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 4:02 PM
CG_ups, that's funny. I was NOT supposed to play under the tarp covering the furniture when the living room was being painted. But it was like a big tent, so of course I made a beeline for it. Played right on the glass coffee table in fact. Which immediately broke in two. I fled. My mother blamed the painters. I finally confessed when I was in my 20s.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 4:03 PM
They're looking for him in his neighborhood, hoping he's hiding somewhere. I have a feeling he won't be getting spanked at all if he's found and ok.
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 4:05 PM
i don't mean to be bad. really.
i've been kind of on a big verbal beatdown lately and am sorry for freaking out so hard on my victims. it is weird. i am very testy. if i had a twin, we'd be testes. sigh. anyway, have been very very stressed out though that is no excuse. sorry.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 15, 2009 4:06 PM
CG Ups- I can completely understand :-)
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 4:08 PM
ij, 'Columbine' was a damn good book, for sure. Don't know if it's the best of the year, but good.
Personally, I can think of several good reasons to have waited 30 minutes.
Posted by: denton at October 15, 2009 4:08 PM
"if i had a twin, we'd be testes."
ROFL!
CG, it's all good in the PLUSA hood :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 4:08 PM
CGar likes to pitch a tent.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 15, 2009 4:09 PM
ROFL, benson. That didn't even occur to me. Thanks for pointing it out! Don't know. Always loved camping - backyard as a kid, White Mountains after that.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 4:10 PM
Colin Cowherd on ESPN said a porn king or casino owner would also have been dropped.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 15, 2009 4:11 PM
Maybe the 30 min delay was due to them not knowing for that amount of time that he was missing.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 4:13 PM
All the channels are going to other stories now.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 15, 2009 4:14 PM
I still don't know what a worm-off is.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 15, 2009 4:14 PM
Re: ENY story. Who knew being black came with such power? Who knew all black people shout "how high?" when Obama says jump? Up to this point, who didn't know that Rush was one of the consummate idiots of all time, and a bigot to boot?
Posted by: Montrose Morris at October 15, 2009 4:14 PM
rush can go to baseball. lock him in a room with marge schott and wait for it to implode into a black whole leading straight to he11
Posted by: CG_ups at October 15, 2009 4:14 PM
The upside is that the balloon appeared to be whole when it landed...don't see any part where he would have fallen through/out.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 4:14 PM
500!
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 4:15 PM
"it's tiny. I thought it would be some big thing but it's not at all."
That's what she said.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 4:15 PM
500
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 4:15 PM
500?
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 4:15 PM
Hey now...what's wrong with owning a casino? So far as porn goes, that's a legitimate business venture.
No need to get ugly!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 4:15 PM
500
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 4:16 PM
jester,
...what's that? you said a porn king can't own a sports franchise???
..damn, damn, damn...
..there goes my bid for the Brazilian women's volleyball franchise I was working on.
Posted by: Legion at October 15, 2009 4:16 PM
A sibling reported seeing the kid in the balloon. They're searching for him on the ground now.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 4:16 PM
You have to come to Union Hall to find out, ditto. And buy drinks for jester.
Posted by: etson at October 15, 2009 4:17 PM
If you don't like porn, don't look at it. Simple enough.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 4:17 PM
Rush is not the Albert Einstein of our time, MM? Well! I must say I am surprised!;)
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 4:17 PM
An (intelligent) porn king or casino owner wouldn't have even applied, recognizing their chances were virtually nil. Somehow that possibility escaped Limbaugh (and I guess Dave Checketts, too).
Posted by: East New York at October 15, 2009 4:17 PM
Rush....bashing.....time.....ridiculous....commments
Stay...calm....Benson....remeber....your pledge.....not....to...be ...prickly.
Posted by: benson at October 15, 2009 4:18 PM
Yes!! The all-important Second Annual End of the World (Or Maybe Not) #500 post. I guess increasing one's odds with multiple posts around the 500 mark pays off. Where's my damn trophy?
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 4:18 PM
newsflash,
...turns out the mylar balloon was just Madonna's
runaway diaphragm.
no he didn't.
Posted by: Legion at October 15, 2009 4:18 PM
i'm not a huge al franken fan but i have to agree that rush limbaugh is a big fat idiot (or whatever the title of his book was called)
Posted by: CG_ups at October 15, 2009 4:18 PM
I hope I can still buy a sports franchise after I become a porn magnate.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 4:19 PM
I think I saw the kid on the open house thread
Posted by: dittoburg at October 15, 2009 4:20 PM
dave checketts is a goddam idiot as well though. grgh. hate that guy. he totally screwed the knicks. gard i hate him.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 15, 2009 4:20 PM
The kids' parents were featured on "Wife Swap" last March!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 4:20 PM
omfg im totally laughing hysterically at the dumb kid who is floating in a air balloon right now thanks for that
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 15, 2009 4:20 PM
madonna's giant runaway diaphragm would definitely have ickles.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 15, 2009 4:21 PM
I met Al Goldstein in bangkok once. Why was i not surprised to see him there??? What was surprising was that it was at the Oriental Hotel.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 4:21 PM
"Where's my damn trophy?"
In the trophy case you knocked over and have yet to pick up
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 4:22 PM
Rob- He's 6- Not funny.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 4:22 PM
Damn. Apparently there is a part of the balloon that is missing :-( On Wife Swap the premise for their switch was that they were 'adventurous' and switched with a family who was super strict and watchful over their kids.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 4:23 PM
"madonna's giant runaway diaphragm would definitely have ickles."
QOTD!!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 4:23 PM
hey folks,
Rush Limbaugh called,
he said; "that's ok, I'll just redouble my efforts into the evil pursuit of democrats, he he he"
then he retreated to tropical island that has a laser
hidden beneath a fake bushes and dwarf caretaker/ sidekick with a menacing look and a large gun.
This is according to CNN.
Posted by: Legion at October 15, 2009 4:25 PM
Wife swap is the WORST!!!
If I applied I know they'd try to swap me with Benson's wife.
THE HORROR!!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 4:25 PM
Benson, even my conservative Repub friends (I actually do have some) think Rush is an idiot. He's doing the Cause no good, and you would be better off without him.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at October 15, 2009 4:26 PM
Rob;
I generally appreciate your irreverent comment but that was one idiotic statement you just made. Do you understand that we are talking about the possible death of a child here?????????
Posted by: benson at October 15, 2009 4:26 PM
Imus has overtaken CNBC on ratings.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 4:26 PM
Hope he stays there too, legion. The world would be a better place.
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 4:27 PM
Benson- the first thing on my agenda would be to adopt some stray cats and housebreak them.
LOL
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 4:27 PM
"then he retreated to tropical island that has a laser
hidden beneath a fake bushes and dwarf caretaker/ sidekick with a menacing look and a large gun."
Legion, I saw this, only it was Simon Bar Sinister on Underdog with the Weather Machine on an island
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 4:27 PM
It's OK Benson, I agree with you. Don't see why he shouldn't be allowed to buy into the team just based on his political views.
Posted by: etson at October 15, 2009 4:27 PM
montrose,
Rush Limbaugh called.
He said "stop talking trash" or
he'll buy up Atlantic Yards and
put in a museum of meatballs.
Posted by: Legion at October 15, 2009 4:27 PM
Rush is a nutcase.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 4:28 PM
benson- I can't think of anything more heartbreaking than that. I can't even imagine what the parents are going through now.
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 4:28 PM
I have knots in my tummy. This is horrible.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 4:28 PM
"Rush....bashing.....time.....ridiculous....commments
Stay...calm....Benson....remeber....your pledge.....not....to...be ...prickly."
C'mon Benson, let it rip! I'm anxious to hear how Rush would be a good thing for the NFL.
Posted by: East New York at October 15, 2009 4:28 PM
Actually, rob's post is so f*cked that it had me laughing. It's so *****rob*****
Assuming that it ends well, and that's a very big assumption, there is something cute about a 6yo stealing a balloon. What a sense of adventure!
Anyone remember the guy who went up 30,000 feet or something is a lawn chair with a bunch of helium balloons, a sixpack, and an air pistol?
Posted by: denton at October 15, 2009 4:28 PM
carrollgardened,
lol,
...or The Man With The Golden Gun.
shaken, not stirred please.
Posted by: Legion at October 15, 2009 4:29 PM
THL;
Just think though, there would be one compensation: I travel alot. You wouldn't have a pesty husband hanging around all the time! Time for your friends and cats!
Posted by: benson at October 15, 2009 4:29 PM
"a museum of meatballs"
Meatballs were invented in Italy, weren't they? Does anyone know?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 4:29 PM
He's not being barred because of his political views but because of the racist comments he has made and specifically some that were directed at NFL members.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 4:29 PM
Rob, Benson and I are in complete agreement on that one. Unless this kid is hiding on the ground, he probably fell to his death. I wouldn't wish that on anyone, especially a child.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at October 15, 2009 4:30 PM
"omfg im totally laughing hysterically at the dumb kid who is floating in a air balloon right now thanks for that"
**
"Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily attainable, more people would be content to be ignorant than would take even a little trouble to acquire it."
- Samuel Johnson
Posted by: East New York at October 15, 2009 4:31 PM
Denton I remember that!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 4:31 PM
Rob, if you can't properly consider the consequences of your various dumb life-threatening actions as an adult, its a bit rich of you to call a 6yr old "dumb" for taking an action for which je didn't consider the conseqences for. To a large extent, the world to a 6yr old is mixture of reality and fantasy, which to them are indistinguishable.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 15, 2009 4:31 PM
"He's not being barred because of his political views"
Oh really???
Posted by: benson at October 15, 2009 4:32 PM
Denton, theres an Australian movie about that
Posted by: dittoburg at October 15, 2009 4:32 PM
etson- I can agree to that. So what was the real reason? Because his saying the Rev Al and Jesse Jackson had anything to do with it ranks up there with conspiracy theories and alien spaceship sightings.
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 4:32 PM
Legion, "museum of meatballs?" Is Rush putting in one of those giant mirror rooms?
Posted by: Montrose Morris at October 15, 2009 4:32 PM
museum of meatballs. priceless.
they will find the boy. i'm sure he is ok. little ones are like that, they don't realize that they're "missing" so they just go off somewhere. i know it's a stupid comparison, but when i couldn't walk at all a few days after foot surgery, max wandered out into the yard. by the time i could call up to get someone to get him, he was nowhere to be found. i was in crazy hysterics within 5 minutes (and i'm not a cry-er). after 30 minutes of everyone going shithouse looking for him, he wanders out from the neighbor's back porch like he just woke up from a nap. the little bugger. (max is a dog fyi)
Posted by: CG_ups at October 15, 2009 4:32 PM
"then he retreated to tropical island that has a laser
hidden beneath a fake bushes and dwarf caretaker/ sidekick with a menacing look and a large gun."
And got high on some prescription meds.
Posted by: East New York at October 15, 2009 4:32 PM
Cute kid. Nice looking family. Hope he's just hiding, afraid to get in trouble for releasing the family balloon.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 4:33 PM
I'd probably have tried it if I'd had a balloon in my back yard. I tried to calculate how many balloons it would take to lift me when I was a kid. Saw a routine at Cirque du Soleil in which a little woman floats under a huge balloon - would love to try it.
Posted by: Arkady at October 15, 2009 4:36 PM
Well, for what he said about Donovan McNabb for one thing. How many more examples do you want?? The guy is a bigotted moron.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 4:36 PM
i made really awesome meatballs last weekend. tiny little thumb sized polpette baked in a mixture of red sauce and red wine. heaven!
Posted by: CG_ups at October 15, 2009 4:36 PM
"At this point, we are thinking that he did not fall out of the balloon and is somewhere on the ground," Larimer County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Eloise Campanella said. "The basket itself was not breached. It does not look like he fell out of it, but again, this is all conjecture."
"I'm very confident we will find him. I think it's a matter of him being a little scared," she said. "Maybe he's not ready to be found." --CNN
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 4:37 PM
He said Donovan McNabb was overrated. At the time McNabb had been in the conference championship 4 times.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 15, 2009 4:38 PM
What did he say about McNabb?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 4:38 PM
Exactly Arkady! I can't imagine why it didn't occur to the parents that this would be much too irresistible for a kid that age.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 4:39 PM
thanks for the clarification, dibs. Good- glad they dumped him. If it were just his politics I would still agree with etson.
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 4:39 PM
i used to jump off the porch with an umbrella and was utterly convinced that i floated for a little bit. i was secretly convinced that i could float/fly, it was just a matter of getting the brain waves in line. i think i was about this kid's age. i hope they find him safe and sound very soon.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 15, 2009 4:39 PM
Cirque du Soleil was invented in Canada.
When performing in Quebec, they sell poutine at the concession stands.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 4:39 PM
hey people,
This is Rush Limbaugh talking.
I know, I know,,, I've got a bit of a bad rep. with the Brownstoner crowd. But try to see it my way. If you had to put up with all these liberals, you would be taking oxycontin and bidding on NFL teams too. I mean, it's not like I can just take a cab to the U2 concert or something, not with bono always hitting me up for world causes and getting me all guiltridden and whatnot.
Don't hate the player. hate the game.
Posted by: Legion at October 15, 2009 4:41 PM
In short....
CNN) -- Amid a storm of controversy over his racially charged comments on a weekend TV show, conservative commentator and radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh announced on Thursday that he had resigned from his post at ESPN.
Limbaugh said on Thursday he stepped down late Wednesday from the show "Sunday NFL Countdown" to protect the network from the uproar caused by his statement that Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb was overrated because the media wanted to see a black quarterback succeed.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 4:41 PM
Gee, never realized that minority share owners of football teams are investigated for past statements and indiscretions. Must be a new test they just implemented. Yeah, that's it.
Posted by: benson at October 15, 2009 4:41 PM
the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB,.... all these sports leagues are like a coop board man. if they don't like you for some reason, they reject your ass. for P/R, they'll give you some explanation of some sort and that's the only diff vs a coop board rejection.
Cuban dropped out of Cubs bid cause he knew league and ownership doesn't like his NBA brashness.
Posted by: more4less at October 15, 2009 4:41 PM
Here's Rush's quote on McNabb from 2003:
"I think what we've had here is a little social concern in the NFL,'' Limbaugh said. "The media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well. They're interested in black coaches and black quarterbacks doing well ... McNabb got a lot of the credit for the performance of the team that he really didn't deserve.''
Posted by: slopefarm at October 15, 2009 4:43 PM
Will that Museum include Swedish meatballs? Weren't meatballs invented by Mr. Ikea?
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 4:43 PM
So we have Canada to thank for Cirque du Soleil and Biff. Thanks, Canada. ; )
[Cue posting of list of famous Canadians]
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 4:43 PM
His politics are really fu&^ed up but that's no reason he can't own a team. That said, i think the VAST MAJORITY of republicans consider him a loose cannon at best and an extreme liability.
They spcifically disallowed him from the ownership because of the racist statements he's made. I'm sure Imus can't own a team either.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 4:44 PM
benson, take a few deep breaths and please skip all posts about Rush. I don't want you to blogicide before tonight. I'm counting on you to show up.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 4:44 PM
benson,
true, Mark Cuban bankrolls a movie which basically slanders the Marine corps, and no one says a thing in the NBA. what was that piece of trash movie? Redacted. that's it.
Posted by: Legion at October 15, 2009 4:46 PM
McNabb = thinking man's quarterback
Posted by: infinitejester at October 15, 2009 4:46 PM
"[Cue posting of list of famous Canadians]"
Why post it? I'm having the list copied and framed to be given as parting gifts for all of tonight's attendees.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 4:46 PM
Rush- for better or worse- is a public figure whose big mouth spouts off whatever comes into his head. He wants attention and doesn't care what he says to get it so when you start mouthing off racist comments you can expect pushback. Surely benson you don't think racist comments are ok? You're the first one to get upset over any perceived negative comments about Italians.
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 4:46 PM
i used to jump off the porch with an umbrella and was utterly convinced that i floated for a little bit. i was secretly convinced that i could float/fly, it was just a matter of getting the brain waves in line. i think i was about this kid's age. i hope they find him safe and sound very soon.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 15, 2009 4:39 PM
you aint alone. I did that too. everytime it failed, I blame the umbrella was not big or strong enough. boy did I get in trouble. fancy imported umbrella back in the day in China was expensive and grandma was super pissed I broke the one grandpa brought back from the States. think only reason I didn't get big old school beat down is my brother & I are the only boys in 4 generation (ie every generation up to us was just 1 son to carry the family name)
Posted by: more4less at October 15, 2009 4:46 PM
the swedish meatballs at smorgas chef are good. yum yum.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 15, 2009 4:46 PM
the swedish meatballs at smorgas chef are good. yum yum.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 15, 2009 4:46 PM
By the way, may I post some of the past statements of some of his most fierce critics in this matter? Somehow,I don't think they would pass the new "sniff" test either.
Posted by: benson at October 15, 2009 4:47 PM
legion- what movie was that?
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 4:47 PM
Sean Hannity is the conservative commentator of choice for college-educated conservatives. Rush is big in the heartland.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 15, 2009 4:48 PM
I will say (and not to defend Rush) I do find it funny that they are so particular about the owners but they'll let any old criminal on the field. The players conduct is easily excused.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 4:49 PM
benson- why does it have to become a tit-for-tat? Rush said what he said- it doesn't matter what someone else said.
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 4:49 PM
they're good with the lingonberry sauce
Posted by: dittoburg at October 15, 2009 4:50 PM
one of my co-workers listens to michael savage. michael freaking savage. i can't fathom it. PAINFUL. he makes rush look like a my little pony.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 15, 2009 4:50 PM
LOL...Limbaugh is saying that the people who derailed him, the "Obamaites" as he called them are doing it "for their own ratings, their own fundraising, their own face time, their own business reasons."
Limbaugh is not a spokesman of the republican party. he is a hukster spewing moronic crap to the right wing haters and simpletons of the country and is primarily a radio program shock jock, no more, no less and does it for the money.
It's pretty simple. if you don't understand that then you're part of his ilk.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 4:51 PM
I tried a sheet parachute too - but only from the back porch & was stopped from doing it from the roof even though I argued it would work given the bigger jump w/ time for the sheet to fill w/ air.
Posted by: Arkady at October 15, 2009 4:51 PM
Bxgrl has a point. One does not excuse the other.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 4:51 PM
hey bxgrl,
the movie was titled; REDACTED,
basically the story line on Haditha. All the marines in that case were exonerated.
Mark Cuban bankrolled that film.
Posted by: Legion at October 15, 2009 4:51 PM
again, these professional sports leagues are like coops. the board can reject your ass for any reason.
if not for the juicy expansion opportunity into the huge China market, I'm sure the NBA would've blatantly rejected the Cleveland cavalier's selling 30% ownership to a group of businessmen from China.
Posted by: more4less at October 15, 2009 4:51 PM
And Lou Dobbs is a close second.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 4:51 PM
Bxgrl;
I'm not defending his statement, nor am I arguing about whether his brand of conservatism is helpful. All I'm saying is that the thing is such a farce it's laughable. He was rejected precisely because of his politics.
Again, I could post the past comments of some of his fiercest critics in this matter, and they wouldn't be coming up roses, that's for sure.
Posted by: benson at October 15, 2009 4:52 PM
benson, I agree that Al Sharpton & Jesse Jackson are almost as dangerous in a different fashion as Rush is.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 4:52 PM
oh and by the way, the swedish meatballs at smorgas chef are quite good.
NOW THAT'S A TASTY MEATBALL!
but seriously, i guess i'm considered conservative-ish and definitely work with people who can be ultra conservative and most of them (myself included) think that rush is a big sack of dumbshit.
BTW, i heard a really funny word for a hookup (the person) today. slampiece. funny or crude?
Posted by: CG_ups at October 15, 2009 4:53 PM
well i was reading about it on Survivor Sucks before, and the way they describing it made it sound hysterical. and there were 100s of people making jokes about it as well. if he's dead and missing that's not funny, but a kid floating across the sky in a hot air balloon is.
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 15, 2009 4:53 PM
cgups,
Mike Savage is a different sort of character. He's all over the place but he does make sense at times. He has a PhD from Berkeley and is well published.
He's banned from the UK for basically talking his mind. That is very scary.
Posted by: Legion at October 15, 2009 4:54 PM
Legion, was that movie made AFTER Cuban was Mavericks owner or before? easier to reject his ass before but way harder to get rid of him afterwards
Posted by: more4less at October 15, 2009 4:55 PM
DIBS;
As I just said, I'm not arguing about his politics. I just think it is ridiculous that someone is rejected from the ownership of a team because of his politics.
OK,I better quit while I'm ahead. Biff, I'll be there!! I did it!!
Posted by: benson at October 15, 2009 4:55 PM
benson, they had more than enough of his racist comments to exclude him, they DIDN'T NEED HIS POLITICS.
Also, it was not the NFL who ruled. His partners in the purchase actually threw him out because he was a liability.
The devil is in the details.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 4:55 PM
Sorry benson- I don't buy that. Rush is a liability and has proved it many times over- and certainly he is not a liability to the Democrats. It's to Republicans. He was rejected because of racist statements- why is that so hard for you to accept?
Legion- I have to watch that. I hadn't heard of it.
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 4:57 PM
So...does anyone watch the show Sons of Anarchy on FX?
LOVE IT!!
The show is fantastic and it doesn't hurt that the lead character Jax (Jackson) played by Charlie Hunnam is a DAMN SEXY man:
http://fxnetworks.com/shows/originals/soa/cast.php
My husband is completely lusting after Katy Segal as a hot biker momma.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 4:57 PM
A debate over Rush isn't going to go anywhere here. Let's not spoil our evening. I think m4l is right -- NFL is a business and has the right to approve ownership Rush is a controversial figure. NFL is within its rights to decide how much controversy to allow. Past statements that were arguably controversial have been the focus of attacks from the left and the right as grounds to disqualify all sorts of people from all sorts of positions. Anyone remember the Sotomayor hearings? Various discretionary Obama appointees the right has tried to hound out of office? Unfortunately, sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. It would be great if we could get everyone to stop this gotcha game, but no one is likely to disarm unilaterally any time soon.
Posted by: slopefarm at October 15, 2009 4:58 PM
eeeek
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 4:58 PM
benson,
I think you're right. the Rush Limbaugh thing was basically political correctness.
Since when are people banned from commerce and enterprise because of their political/social views?
we better start investigations into the secretive owners of other American cultural institutions and see if they don't have some strong views. then proceed to ban them from free trade.
What does the Catholic church own here in the US. Don't they have some "extreme" views as well?
Posted by: Legion at October 15, 2009 4:58 PM
I saw those previews THL but never got around to watching it.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 4:59 PM
Also, it was not the NFL who ruled. His partners in the purchase actually threw him out because he was a liability.
The devil is in the details.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 4:55 PM
that sez it all!
Posted by: CG_ups at October 15, 2009 4:59 PM
The New Yorker had a good piece on Michael Savage. It was a sensitive, thoughtful profile.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 15, 2009 4:59 PM
"BTW, i heard a really funny word for a hookup (the person) today. slampiece. funny or crude?"
CG_ups, that is funny and crude. :-)
My favourite and admittedly very unpolitically correct term is when someone refers to an unattractive man or woman as a "slump buster". Basically it's someone one would not typically have sex except one's been going through such a dry spell that he or she is willing to do it with this person just to get back into the swing of things.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 5:00 PM
I don't know about you Asshat morons but I have someplace to go to now. Adios.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 15, 2009 5:01 PM
And, for the record, I'm quite sure I've been considered a slump buster to others a couple of times in my past.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 5:03 PM
DIBS, I should be there around 6:15
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 5:03 PM
Snappy it's phenomenal. We have season one on DVD already I'm sure the Mr. can make you a copy if youd like.
Honestly, I didn't watch season 1, I saw the hub watching it and I saw the guy Jax on the screen and fell head over heals in lust. He's like a rough version of Brad Pitt. So I said what is this and why am I not watching it??
He went and downloaded season 1 for me and I sat through it in a marathon.
Just let me know if you'd want it. I'd be more than happy to send it your way.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 5:03 PM
Have a good time Grooping tonight!!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 5:04 PM
legion- I just looked that up. As of this past September, 2 of the marines have been convicted and the other three have pled guilty. So maybe Redacted wasn't a good choice. They were guilty to the murder of a family and the rape/murder of the daughter.
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 5:05 PM
Slampiece? FUNNY!
I'd use Charlie Hunnam as a slampiece anytime!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 5:05 PM
jester,
I'm not defending Michael Savage's views but I know that he is not in the same league as known terrorists and mass murderers who are also banned in the UK.
This is an American (a loud New Yorker) who has never even been arrested in his life as far as I know. I believe he was even asked to speak at an Oxford debate over this issue of free speech. Don't know if he's going.
Posted by: Legion at October 15, 2009 5:05 PM
Outing supporters: The workout franchise, Curves, supports the anti-abortionists big-time.
Posted by: Arkady at October 15, 2009 5:06 PM
You mean this is season two? Damn! I'm so out of touch.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 5:07 PM
no dominoes pizza means that maybe some of those peeps won't need curves? heh
Posted by: CG_ups at October 15, 2009 5:07 PM
If you all do participate in grooping tonight, please spare us the details tomorrow :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 5:08 PM
So how come if Rush and his ilk say something stupid, which is like breathing, those statements have to be excused because somewhere, some liberal said something stupid, last year, last week, whenever? What does one have to do with the other? Rush just HAD to open his mouth, and spew. The consequences of which are now he's out of a job. No one made him say stupidness, he chose to do it. How that compares to Jesse Jackson or Al Franken, or anyone else is total crap. They don't get a pass because of Rush, nor should they.
Rush Limbaugh is his own worst enemy, and every statement he makes, he does so playing to his audience. I bet he hears the applause and laughter in his head as he's saying it. There are plenty of capable people out there who can comment on sports. I don't see any great loss here.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at October 15, 2009 5:08 PM
So, anyone wanna see "Captialism" with me :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 5:10 PM
Are you frickin' serious Arkady? Good to know!
Here's my take on it. Until every single child that is up for adoption- this including teenagers, special needs and other hard to place children are adopted out into the homes of these anti-abortion characters then I don't want to hear boo about them restricting a woman's right to choose.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 5:10 PM
is tonight's meetup postponed because of the rain?
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 15, 2009 5:11 PM
"A pod that was attached to the balloon is missing" --MSNBC
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 5:11 PM
Yup, season two it is.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 5:11 PM
Isn't Rush a druggie? That would nix his employment in most places anyway.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 15, 2009 5:12 PM
"is tonight's meetup postponed because of the rain?"
No, it's still on because of umbrellas.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 5:13 PM
"is tonight's meetup postponed because of the rain?"
Not at all, *rob*, people are on their way to Union Hall already
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 5:13 PM
Rob, you are going? YOU ARE GOING TO COUGH ON PEOPLE?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 5:13 PM
THL, I didn't think you were talking about the indestructable Ron Perlman, who must wake up with aches and pains after most of the movies he's been in during his career. The last time he was cute was when he was "Vincent" in Beauty and the Beast in the 80's.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at October 15, 2009 5:14 PM
"is tonight's meetup postponed because of the rain?"
No, it's still on because of umbrellas.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 5:13 PM
OMG!!! I think I just tinkled in my pants a little.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 5:15 PM
THL,Arkady's right, it was a big thing when they opened on 9th Street. Now gone, I think.
"How that compares to Jesse Jackson or Al Franken, or anyone else is total crap."
MM, don't forget Rev. Sharpton when discussing Rev. Jackson. They're always a pair, even if they live in different parts of the country. lol...
Posted by: denton at October 15, 2009 5:15 PM
On a conference call as well, THL?
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 5:16 PM
Amen, THL, amen!
Posted by: Montrose Morris at October 15, 2009 5:16 PM
My biggest concern is that we not go back to the "coat hanger" days - people who want abortions *will* get them & the risks were horrendous when I was of an age.
Posted by: Arkady at October 15, 2009 5:16 PM
LARIMER COUNTY - Authorities are searching a specific area in Larimer County for a box that was attached to the bottom of an experimental aircraft that took off from a Fort Collins home with a 6-year-old boy inside after a sheriff's deputy thought he saw something fall in that area.
The Weld County Sheriff's deputy thought he saw something fall in the area around County Road 41 and County Road 28. He believes it came from the bottom of the aircraft.
9NEWS has a digital picture of the balloon showing some sort of black object underneath it. . . .
Police believe the boy, Falcon Heene, was inside the box when the aircraft lifted off around 11 a.m.
Police say there are pegs on the bottom of the aircraft that indicate that a box was attached at some point." --CNN
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 5:17 PM
No, not Ron Perlman! Yikes! The hot young blondie boy that plays Katy Segal's kid.
Ron is fantastic in this role. I never woulda think it had i not seen it.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 5:17 PM
I think I'm going to go join Curves just to enjoy the feeling of canceling my membership in protest.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 5:18 PM
"No, it's still on because of umbrellas."
QOTD
Posted by: Arkady at October 15, 2009 5:18 PM
Denton, neither one is my fave, but there are times I'm glad they are around.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at October 15, 2009 5:18 PM
Did we miss the 600 winner?
Posted by: Arkady at October 15, 2009 5:19 PM
Ugh. The Shreriff's Deputy says he saw something fall off the balloon :-(
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 5:19 PM
yeah ill be there. probably around 715-30 ish
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 15, 2009 5:19 PM
yeah ill be there. probably around 715-30 ish
ETA - Snappy, are you bringing the prizes / dollar store presents?
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 15, 2009 5:19 PM
"On a conference call as well, THL?"
Is that code? I don't get it.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 5:19 PM
Don't the parents know whether there was a box or not?
Posted by: Arkady at October 15, 2009 5:20 PM
Arkady, under the scenario where the Supreme Court strikes down Roe v. Wade, it becomes an issue for the individual states to decide, so abortion will be legal in some states, and illegal in others. Like gay marriage, it will largely break down between red and blue states.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 5:20 PM
is this the some other lame sign and scorpio celebration or is that another gathering? cause i want my birthday stuff!
Posted by: CG_ups at October 15, 2009 5:21 PM
Rob, my ass is staying home!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 5:21 PM
"No, it's still on because of umbrellas."
QOTD
ROFL, Biff! I second that as QOTD!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 5:21 PM
Agree, THL. Totally and completely. And to that I also suggest people read the heartbreaking story in the Times today about women who have fertility treatments and wind up with a multiple pregnancy. One family decided not to reduce the number of fetuses (6 fetuses)against the doctors' orders. 4 of them died after premature birth- and it was painful. The other two will be in the hospital for months. The family has topped out its lifetime benefits for health insurance and are fighting that. They are Mormons and didn't want to abort. So what was the more selfish decision?
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 5:21 PM
THL, yesterday I posted that I was in the middle of a conference call and had to pee very badly but couldn't leave my office...I was worried I wouldn't be able to hold it in.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 5:22 PM
This isn't sounding like it's going to turn out well. Frack!
My heart is breaking for these parents.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 5:22 PM
"OMG!!! I think I just tinkled in my pants a little."
Well, if you're gonna drop a deuce, wait for the rest of us!
Posted by: jessibaby at October 15, 2009 5:22 PM
No statements from the parents or any info received from them has been released yet.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 5:22 PM
THL, I know, I'm just kidding you. I've never seen the show, just the trailers on other stations.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at October 15, 2009 5:22 PM
"ETA - Snappy, are you bringing the prizes / dollar store presents?"
Snappy's bringing you a 40 and a balloon.
Posted by: denton at October 15, 2009 5:23 PM
"Is that code? I don't get it."
THL, did you miss the discussion about Biff needing to pee during his conference call? That's the reference. No code.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 5:23 PM
My heart just sunk when I read that. Snappy- where are you getting your information?
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 5:25 PM
My niece lives near where the balloon took off & just heard a radio interview w/ the sheriff who says he saw where a box fell off & they're searching there.
Posted by: Arkady at October 15, 2009 5:25 PM
I know this is ironic of me to say being pregnant and all but...
There is no shortage of children who are in need of homes in this, or any other, country. If you have fertility issues and are MORMON of all things maybe you might want to take it as a sign from GOD that you're meant to go any adopt so as to help others?
Wouldn't that be the most Christian thing to do? Rather than using Science?!?!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 5:25 PM
bxgrl, Snappy - read my 5:17 post, from the local authorities, via CNN's website
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 5:26 PM
CNN and MSNBC
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 5:26 PM
Ok, everyone, I'm heading over to Union Hall.
See you there and/or back here tomorrow.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 15, 2009 5:27 PM
- yeah ill be there. probably around 715-30 ish
*rob*
found his hello kitty umbrella.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 15, 2009 5:27 PM
Someone has said the box was a battery w/ no room for the kid but they have newscopters looking for it.
Posted by: Arkady at October 15, 2009 5:27 PM
"Since when are people banned from commerce and enterprise because of their political/social views?"
As Dave said, Limbaugh wasn't banned from the NFL, he was dropped from a group of investors looking to buy an NFL franchise. He was dropped because that group (late in the game) realized that NFL team owners and players, as well as the player's association and the NFL commissioner, believe Limbaugh's divisive comments are in direct opposition to what the league represents - inclusiveness and a chance for people to rise on their own merits. and ability . I'll say it again - Limbaugh's history of race-baiting commentary pretty much guaranteed he'd never be allowed to participate - on an official basis - in a league where 65% of the key talent is black. He's free to WATCH an NFL game, tho.
Posted by: East New York at October 15, 2009 5:28 PM
Yeah, I did miss that. Maybe you should get a Stadium Pal?
I'M DEADLY serious when I say you have got to watch this. It's David Sedaris on Letterman:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBdymtyXt8Y
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 5:28 PM
THL- I wondered at how they could play one against the other. They said they consulted with the Church elders who told them not to abort. Yet, did they consult them to see if was ok to have fertility treatments? I wanted to post the link but can't find it now.
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 5:31 PM
THL-
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/health/12fertility.html
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 5:32 PM
Abortion is an issue where there are strong views but very little debate is possible. Either you believe the unborn child is a life, or you don't. I do.
All of the other arguments on the issue flow from that a priori belief.
Posted by: etson at October 15, 2009 5:32 PM
I don't like when people use religion only when convenient and then turn around and justify the extreme use of science when it's an end to their means.
Hypocritical.
But what do I know? I'm agnostic. Perhaps that's how it works for Mormons.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 5:35 PM
ok that stadium pal clip had me peein in ma pants!
Posted by: CG_ups at October 15, 2009 5:39 PM
I'm antag-agnostic.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 15, 2009 5:41 PM
It's the way he reads it too. So droll. I just love David Sedaris, I have read each of his books 2-3 times and they never get old.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 5:42 PM
jon and kate aren't mormons but they are also very religious and against abortion which is why they insisted that she carry all 6 babies to term against the doctors orders. thankfully they were spared phyical problems but then i suppose it all evens out if you look at the nutbag parents they got stuck with. i think if you're against abortion, you absolutely cannot with a clear conscience undergo fertility treatments that may put the fetuses (real word? fetusi? fetusae? ) at risk. they could alwyas implant fewer embryos, like 3 instead of 6. seriously uncool.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 15, 2009 5:43 PM
I need to go ahead and read some Sedaris.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 5:44 PM
Agreed CG. It's selfish and cruel.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 5:45 PM
"jon and kate aren't mormons"
At least one of them is a moron though.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 15, 2009 5:45 PM
Completely fair points, THL and CG_ups.
Posted by: etson at October 15, 2009 5:46 PM
for christmas one year, jon and kate got the kids BIBLE ACTION FIGURES. that is just wack.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 15, 2009 5:46 PM
"There is no shortage of children who are in need of homes in this, or any other, country. "
THL, you sure about that? Seems that there is a shortage of adoptable kids in this country, or so I've heard. Between social mores changing and a lot of kids aborting, and a lot of other kids keeping their children, racial politics, religious politics that will only allow perfect families to adopt, and so on, isn't this what forces people to go overseas to adopt? Where of course they are treated like cash cows.
Since we have been discussing books today, I read a real eye-opener and truly heart-rending book not too long ago. The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Row vs. Wade. Ann Fessler.
About back in the day when pregnant girls were 'sent away', mainly to church-run shelters, where their babies were taken away, often forcefully, and given up for adoption. The girls generally were shattered and had their lives destroyed. Every one spent their life trying to find their child. Fortunately most succeeded.
Check it out.
Posted by: denton at October 15, 2009 5:46 PM
I like Sedaris but sometimes I think he's a bit too clever for his own good. Have you read any Augusten Burroughs?
Posted by: dittoburg at October 15, 2009 5:46 PM
sure etson. Abortion and gun control. And meatballs.
Posted by: denton at October 15, 2009 5:48 PM
I say no one should be allowed to adopt kids from foreign countries unless and until all American kids are adopted. No exceptions.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 5:49 PM
denton, you're right about racial politics and adoption in this country. Big minefield that one.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 15, 2009 5:52 PM
There were so many awful aspects to pregnancy back then. I had 2 friends who almost died & couldn't have kids after a back-room procedure. Another girl killed herself. A few kept the babies but their lives were thrown to bits & families of some shunned them. Choice has made a massive difference - as, of course, has the change from its being a stigma to be a single parent.
Posted by: Arkady at October 15, 2009 5:53 PM
Denton, there are plenty of kids they're just not the desirable ones. Special needs, older, behavioral issues.
I will agree with you though that the adoption process in this country seems to work against the best interests of the children. Would you care what race your parents were or if they were both men or women or god forbid a single parent so long as they loved you to pieces? Frankly, I think they're just looking to be loved by someone who wants them.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 5:53 PM
"I say no one should be allowed to adopt kids from foreign countries unless and until all American kids are adopted. No exceptions."
but snappy, that's my point. The demand exceeds the supply in the US. There are no orphanages full of kids just waiting to be adopted. Why would anyone want to adopt a kid from Korea (just an example) when they could get a kid locally that looks like the adoptive parents? The answer is there are no kids locally.
If I'm wrong, pls prove it.
Posted by: denton at October 15, 2009 5:54 PM
The whole thing of exoticizing (is that a word?) the adoption of foreign babies makes me ill. They are essentially buying children to pull them out of "the third world" to make themselves feel better and look good among their friends. Sickening.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 5:57 PM
"Would you care what race your parents were or if they were both men or women or god forbid a single parent so long as they loved you to pieces?"
I absolutely agree, but there's a bunch of people out there (not the adoptees or adopters) who think its a bad idea.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 15, 2009 5:59 PM
I think so too, THL.
Actually etson, the issue, even for religious people is when life begins. For Jews its not so cut and dry as the second the sperm hits the egg. then there is the whole how do we define life, and how far do we take it. Such as those religious fundamentalists who claim that birth control is a form of abortion.
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 6:00 PM
Snappy, agree but with the caveat of those who adopt children with medical needs that either can't or aren't being addressed in their own countries. I've seen a lot of stories about people who have adopted essentially throw away children who are being tied to prison like cribs because of physical deformities. Heartbreaking.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 6:01 PM
Denton, true, we don't have orphanages full of kids, but there are tons of kids in foster care/temp homes that need to be adopted. They could languish in foster care for years until they age out of the system, never knowing when they will be moved. All those kids need a permanent home with someone to call mom and dad for the long term.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 6:02 PM
Not always, Snaps. A woman on my block adopted an Ethiopian orphan this past summer. She's got 2 teenaged kids. This little boy is amazing - he was skinny & scared & couldn't speak - he's about 3. Now he's happy as a lark, talks a blue streak, rides a scooter like mad & will go to Berkeley/Carroll. Don't know what ethnicity she is - could be Hispanic or Med. She did it because she was asked to by a charity she'd donated to. She talked it over w/ her older kids & they've bonded beautifully.
Posted by: Arkady at October 15, 2009 6:04 PM
Maybe the biggest sin is that we can't seem to accept that those of us who think or believe differently are not entitled to do so. I have no problem with anti-abortionists, so long as they stay out of my life and stop telling me what to do.
I do think, snappy, that many of the foreign adoptions really come out of the difficulties of adopting in this one. And I think the really heartbreaking conditions people see in other countries. Being an orphan in a third world country is far different than being one here. Much worse. Much deadlier.
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 6:05 PM
700?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 6:06 PM
My parents have a family down the block from them. They have 4 kids. All were over the age of, I'm gonna say 5, because they were all school age. When adopted. One of the girls had horrible behavioral issues and had seen over 20 (!!!) foster families prior to having been adopted by them. Once she realized she was never going to ever have to leave this family a switch went off and now she's in HS and doing amazing.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 6:06 PM
I can understand that sentiment THL, but I wouldn't even allow an exception for that. I'm a straight up nationalist (is that the right word in this instance?) and fully believe that we should not even consider the ills of other countries until we clean out our own closet. I admit my view is extremist, as I don't even agree with feeding poorer countries for the simple fact that I literally trip over homeless and hungry people here.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 6:06 PM
700
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 6:06 PM
Yes, being an orphan in another country is far worse than being one in the USA, but I still have to say no to foreign adoptions.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 6:07 PM
"so long as they stay out of my life and stop telling me what to do."
Agree 100%
Posted by: Arkady at October 15, 2009 6:07 PM
Missed it Cargar, THL got 700!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 6:08 PM
I don't see people who adopt from foreign countries are doing it to make themselves feel better and look good among their friends. I just don't think they have such motives. Unless they're celebrities of course.
Have you not watched charity adverts or documentaries on TV where they show starving orphans in countries where there is no system to save them whatsoever and where even adults die for lack of food or basic medical treatment (however bad it is here, there is a systme in place).
I can't ascribe such vain motives to those adopting parents.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 15, 2009 6:09 PM
Curses! Foiled again! By THL!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 6:09 PM
"so long as they stay out of my life and stop telling me what to do."
ding ding ding!!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 6:10 PM
Ditto, you have me there. I suppose I am talking more about the Angelina Jolie's and Maddonas. I shouldn't have been so broad brushed in my statement.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 6:11 PM
Well everyone else already said what it took me 5 minutes to type. I'm not beating up on you Snappy, I just think they have different motives.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 15, 2009 6:11 PM
Phew...I have to admit...it feels good to let some of my conservatism show! :) Don't throw shoes at me please!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 6:12 PM
I think we should make Rob adopt a kid.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 15, 2009 6:12 PM
Why did the kid do something wrong?
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 6:13 PM
I understand that snappy. I agree with it in theory except its so difficult to carry out in real life. Americans are a big hearted people, and beyond that, we have been the richest country in the world. We used to be insular and isolationist- but we were always drawn into wars because what effects one country sooner or later will affect all countries. We can't afford to turn our backs. On the other hand, we need to do more here at home- you are so right.
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 6:14 PM
Snappy, I will but just those flimsy little foam flip flops. It shouldn't cause any damage.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 6:15 PM
Rob with a kid? NOOOOOOOOOOO!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 6:15 PM
yes snappy, I'm also suspicious about those hi-profile foreign adoptions.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 15, 2009 6:15 PM
ba-doom!
Posted by: dittoburg at October 15, 2009 6:16 PM
"I think we should make Rob adopt a kid."
AAaaarrrggghhhhh!!! My eyes! My eyes! The horror!
I say we let a kid adopt him.
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 6:17 PM
I can take a flip-flop hit :) Just no stilletos or shit kickers please!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 6:18 PM
Snappy- Noooooooo. And I trusted you! ;)
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 6:19 PM
C'mon! *rob* couldn't take better care of his dog if Duke WAS his kid!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 6:19 PM
How about boots? Or booties?
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 6:19 PM
I'm a classic wolf in sheep's clothing :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 6:20 PM
"Maybe the biggest sin is that we can't seem to accept that those of us who think or believe differently are not entitled to do so."
It's almost impossible for anyone that believes that an unborn child is a life (or if you prefer, that life has begun by that point) to believe that anyone is entitled to an abortion. As an exercise, start from the assumption that it is, work through the implications, and see if you can support abortion. From their standpoint, it's not just a question of personal preference.
If you don't believe that life has begun before the point of aborton, there is likewise no good reason to oppose it.
That is what I meant before. There really can't be much of a debate when the underlying beliefs are just opposites.
Posted by: etson at October 15, 2009 6:20 PM
I'll accept booties...they tend to be soft!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 6:22 PM
Maybe instead of Rob adopting someone could adopt Rob?
I understand your point Etson.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 6:23 PM
"It's almost impossible for anyone that believes that an unborn child is a life (or if you prefer, that life has begun by that point)"
Not to be pedantic, but life cannot start at this point becuase the egg and sperm are already alive.
Isn't the thing the thing you are getting at is "does a new human being" start at that moment? Well, that is being pedantic, but its a new individual human life that causes the concern isn't it?
Posted by: dittoburg at October 15, 2009 6:27 PM
Etson, I'm leaving right now. Ny-tol!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 15, 2009 6:27 PM
Rob would be an expensive adoptee...not only does he want video games and food, but we'd also have to buy him 40s and ciggies. I'll stick with wee ones.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 6:27 PM
Happily for you, etson, you'll never have to put it to the test. If the mother's life is at risk, if the kid is destined to be born & die almost immediately & painfully, I certainly endorse abortion.
The morning-after pill is a boon as is better birth control but circumstances aren't always conducive to either of those.
Posted by: Arkady at October 15, 2009 6:27 PM
I bet they're not talking about adoption and abortion down at the pub right now.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 15, 2009 6:29 PM
Missing boy found alive in his home!!!!
Posted by: Arkady at October 15, 2009 6:29 PM
Alright, speaking of children mine is flipping and flopping around like nobody's business. I go lay down for a bit.
Have a great night everyone!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 6:29 PM
Oh thank goodness Arkady.
I do like a happy ending.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 15, 2009 6:31 PM
etson- for me the sticking point is when someone says "life begins at the moment of conception." And also that people argue the same subject from the biological or the religious viewpoint. Traditionally Jews believed that life begins with the first breath a baby takes. But to my way of thinking conception is not the creation of life (all cells are alive- egg and sperm alike), but a new combination of biological material. and up to a certain point, a developing fetus is a mass of developing cells. Not to take the wonder and awe out of the process- I am always stunned by it- but I think religious people also overlay the idea of an embryo at the moment of conception with the idea that it is already a full-fledged person. The conversation is apples and oranges and trying to do some sort of alchemy to make it all fit in the same basket. Maybe we'll never get to agree but we do have to get to the point where we stop trying to impose our opinion on another person's body.
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 6:31 PM
Nite THL
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 6:31 PM
THEY FOUND HIM??? HOOORAAAAAYYYY!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 6:32 PM
Arkady- fantastic!
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 6:33 PM
He was hiding in a box in the attic.
Posted by: Arkady at October 15, 2009 6:33 PM
Last comment. I, through technology, have watched my pregnancy progress. At first did I think it was a life? No, it was the possibility of one. It had no heart, organs, eyes, brain etc.
Now with a heartbeat, a brain forming, organs that work etc. (it's peeing, how freaky is that?)is it a life? Yes.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 15, 2009 6:33 PM
And a lovely one at that THL!
Posted by: bxgrl at October 15, 2009 6:35 PM
It pees in there??? Whoa!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 6:36 PM
Lie down, THL. Or "Lay myself down."
Posted by: Arkady at October 15, 2009 6:37 PM
goodnight y'all
Posted by: dittoburg at October 15, 2009 6:39 PM
Nite everyone :) Remember, no grooping!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 6:41 PM
ooops...forgot to turn off the lights
*click*
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 6:43 PM
Gosh, it's dark in there...thud...thump...crash...
Where'd everybody go?
; )
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 15, 2009 9:47 PM
What do you mean it's dark in here? I left the nightlight on! Sigh.
**headed off to buy flashlights and candles**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at October 15, 2009 9:50 PM
g'night. I made it home safely from Union Hall. good seeing everyone who made it.
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 15, 2009 10:59 PM
someone farted
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