Tragic!
 

To think Thurgreed went before he got to see FB boobies again. Cruel fate!

Happy, Bilmore?
 

In that case, I'm sure bilmore will make a cell reservation for you.

Happy, Bilmore?
 

I didn't know there was a line out the door. Against my better judgment, I'm sort of intrigued.

Bennifer
 

Thanks man. I thought it was a nice balance between classy and topical and obnoxious.

And now since all the east coasters have gone home, I guess we have the place to ourselves. Guess I'll have to go stand in line to see Bilmore's cell.

seatmates
 

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall

Sitting next to famous people is overrated. Years back, I sat next to the dalai lama once from Hawaii to LA. One of the more boring adults I'd ever had the mispleasure of listening to. Luckily I had a pinball machine and the complete sherlock holmes to distract me.

Ouvoir de Litterature Potentielle
 

Originally posted by bilmore

No, creativity. Life without restraints is like tennis without nets, too easy to do anything cool.

Ouvoir de Litterature Potentielle
 

I thought you were into restraints.

Please don't feed the goldfish (to the reality TV participants)
 

Trial Date Set For Accused Koi Killers
UCSC Fraternity Brothers Facing Misdemeanor Charges

"What're you in for?"

"Eating a goldfish."

{Muffled sounds of off-camera anal rape.}

Please don't feed the goldfish (to the reality TV participants)
 

It's not just a goldfish...it's a koi. And I hope these guys know that they bought a lifetime worth of bad karma for killing the "lucky" fish. That's worse than prison.

Breasticle Day
 

Site please?

Thrashers Fan's team
 

So, I don't really follow this hockey thing. I follow, in order, MLB, Premier League, WRC, Bundesliga and F1. That's it. So I got that Thrasher's Fan was some big hockey fan, but I thought that the Thrashers were some minor league hockey team or the nickname for some NHL team I had heard of, like the Minnesota North Stars or the Winnipeg Jets. It wasn't until I saw her new 'tar that I realized that the Atlanta Thrashers are an NHL team.

Anyway, now that I get the reference, what the hell is a thrasher? Is that some kind of fish or something? Is that what a Southerner becomes when NASCAR isn't on?

P.S. Is there some kind of good article by King Kaufman or some general interest sports writer that tells me why professional hockey has any sort of redeeming sporting qualities? Because I get that the level of athleticism is awesome and all that, but they keep fighting all the time, and there are no real consequences. It's like watching professional wrestling.

[1] I don't want to hear any shit about me belittling Southerners, because I have complete Southern cred. Two words: Bi-Lo.

Sebby on Survivor?
 

Kellogg is Northwestern's B-School. Hmmm, SMU or Northwestern, which would I find more impressive?

Purple Pride
 

Ha! I am a legend in my own mind.

Speaking of me, there is someone out there I've been expecting to meet. You know who you are. PM me.

Thrashers Fan's team
 

GWINKY and Thrasher Fan can give you better explanations but I'm a recent convert to the sport so I'll explain why I like hockey.

1. To really appreciate hockey, you have to see it live at the arena. Hockey on TV is passable but live is best. Hockey on the radio is for desperation measures.

2. My brother calls hockey "controlled chaos" and that is a big part of the excitement. I love the strategic nature of baseball and think it is a very cerebral sport. But hockey has both speed and limited predictability. Imagine basketball with a player in front of the basket to block shots and make it harder to score, more opportunities to steal the ball both by hooking it with a stick in mid-dribble or running into or glomming all over the person with the ball, player substitutions while play is on, and all this done most of the time at a dead run. Oh and make the ball about the size of a baseball.

3. The icing and offsides rules keep the action moving and all the players involved so teams can't just send one person down the ice for long passes or get the puck away from their goal by hitting it to the other end and making the other team skate away for it.

4. With the speed of play and the size of the puck, sometimes it is hard to keep track of the puck as a spectator -- the skill to do it while playing is pretty amazing.

5. It isn't all about the fights. My 15 yr. old nephew bemoans the decline in fighting. And there are consequences -- being on the wrong side of a power play at a critical time can mean the game, especially if the person in the box is one of your best players. And for really egregious violations, the player may be out of commission for 10 minutes -- a significant chunk of a period.

I got into hockey by watching my nephew through years of midget, bantam etc. leagues. (Last year was the first time I could watch him check and get checked without cringing.) I hope he makes the Junior Varsity team this year or I'll go into hockey withdrawal. As he got older, I took him to some Golden Gopher (U of Mn) games and a Wild game.

My advice: Go to a good college or NHL game with someone who knows the game and can explain what's happening.

The Tara Reid challenge
 

Concur. On all counts.

Moving on to the VMAs, I thought Chris Rock saved the day. Concur with str8 on the direction/sound problems/video problems. The reason Kelly Osbourne had to beg for an ovation for Duran Duran is that the video package about how the band was revolutionary etc.

The kisses were medium spicy. Was I the only one who thought that Britney and Christina were going to kiss at some point in the performance? The performance reinforced what we already know:
(1) Madonna can't sing.
(2) Madonna has great stylists.
(3) Britney can't sing either.
(4) Britney needs a better stylist.
(5) Christina can sing.
(6) Christina needs a stylist who has never been convicted of pandering.

I do like the idea of Madonna having to consumate the ceremony with Brit and Xtina on pay-per-view.

"Hurt" by Johnny Cash won best cinematographer for Mark Romanek (who directed One Hour Photo). It was the best video of the year. I saw it a couple of times while channel surfing and was struck by how powerful it was. It reminds many of the emotional punch that "Jeremy" had, but I think it recalls Radiohead's "Just."

I really like Missy, but she should not have won best video. Best use of a prepubescent white girl in a dance video? Sure. Best backwards singing in a video? Yup. Best? Un unh.

It's sad, because there are videos that rise to the level of art.