My bad
 

This is blasphemy at its finest...
Dress up Jesus in a top hat and bow tie (tying threads) or in the devil suit, or snorkel gear.

I'm sorry, my heathen friends keep sending me this stuff.

dress up Jesus

My bad
 

Right. Like you have friends.

Happy Monday.

Burke & Hare?
 

http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2004/...cla/index.html

[head of UCLA med school cadaver acquisitions arrested, apparently for selling bodies]

For those getting married
 

Tie it yourself.

http://www.beautiesltd.com/howtotie.cfm

Long time since we had a fat fight -
 

http://www.salon.com/mwt/wire/2004/0...ano/index.html

[deborah voigt booted off the London ROH's production of Ariadne of Naxos for being too fat.]

BR(you can't play a concerto on an upright, but opera is also a visual medium)C

For those getting married
 

Note that in tying the knot the ends should be FOLDED around each other, as you fold about the ends of a regular tie, not crumpled up and knotted like a string. Also, note that the top (dark) flap should be about 1 inch longer than the short (bottom) flap, because that 1 inch will come down to go accross the middle of the bow tie.

But I don't, admittedly, think that little diagram will be much help for those who couldn't figure it out for themselves already ....

Cultural (and semi-cultural) things I have done lately
 

Just thought I would mention that I heard (and saw) Renee Fleming sing La Traviata the other day and it was fantastic. Most excellent. She is worthy of the title of diva. Only standing ovation I have ever actually wanted to give.

Also, I saw Bend it like Beckham (on Dvd) on the weekend. I liked it a lot.

And going from highbrow to middlebrow all the way to lowbrow - we got the latest of Don Cherry's rock'em sock'em hockey series on Dvd (on the cheap somewhere). I have not watched it yet, but I'll spare you the review.

Continuing the makeup thread...
 

Indeed. This thread has been chock full of useful information -- learning the MAC lip pencil trick has been the highlight, of course, but ...

For those getting married
 

Disagree. Tying a shoelace isn't done in a mirror.

My bad
 

Are you seriously still saying "Not bad"? Do you also say "D'oh!" and "Not!"? To say these when they first came out makes you a follower of bad pop culture trends who lacks the oringiality to say thier own words. To use it now makes you someone who doesn't know a pop culture sell-by date when they see one. It's positively COoteresque and I am embarrassed for you.

Keep yawning
 

My package of Excedrin QuickTabs contains a "dip and win" game piece so that you can "Win A Beach House Getaway!" Dip and win means what it sounds like to minds uncorrupted by the FB - dip the game piece in water to reveal the message.

The whole point of the magical Excedrin QuickTabs is that there is, as highlighted in yellow at the top of the package, "No Need For Water!"

I don't think that the people who think up these stupid promotional ideas did this intentionally for fun. The game piece is huge, so salive won't work. I suppose if you were stranded somewhere with limited water supply and an intolerance for suspense, you could pee on it, but if you won that could make things awkward when you go to redeem the winning piece.

This aside, QuickTabs are a good thing. Caffeine and pain reliever, ahhhhh.

I have to add that the instruction insert for the game piece says "Thanks for playing!" at the bottom.

Arrested Development
 

Funniest and sickest thing ever said on prime time television: "Is it just me, Linds, or does this rape room have the exact same layout as our kitchen?"

On a related matter, GOB continues to be the best executed live-action character ever developed for a sitcom.

Sounds like Fox will attempt to duplicate the format with "Cracking Up," but advance word isn't good and Jason Schwartzman clearly peaked in "Rushmore."

Cultural (and semi-cultural) things I have done lately
 

I was kind of surprised to learn (from his newish "as told to" autobiography) that Phil Esposito wasn't that much of a fan of Don Cherry when Don was the coach of the Bruins.

And to tie it in to the FB, there's a great picture in the book of an ad with Phil, Ron Dugay, and some other Rangers of 1979 wearing (ooh-la-la) Sasson Jeans, the official Jeans of the Rangers.

Arrested Development
 

Not that I watch any of these shows, but I thought Arrested Development had the same kind of thing going as Oliver Beane? Like all the newer Fox sitcoms have that feel whicH I cant describe exaclty.

and the new show will suck bc it has Molly Shannon, the biggest one trick pony since the Fuzzy Sweater. Shari Otari was always much funnier. As evidenced by her turn on Curb.

For those getting married
 

Another factor is the quality of the tie. I once spent 45 minutes trying to tie one before my friend lent me one of his. 30 seconds later we were headed out the door. It was like magic. It was like learning to drive a stick on a 70s Alfa Romeo and then getting into a late model Civic. Somehow everything that was impossible just works.

Of course, I don't really remember what the difference was between the ties: I tossed the bad one that night and kept the "borrowed" one. I've never had trouble since, even though I tie a bow tie probably less than once a year.