Regifting
 

Last year my former secretary (never going to know) gave me a Mikasa crystal angel for Christmas and it's really nice but just isn't my style.

It's still in the box, pretty much untouched. I'm going to a casual friend's house for a holiday gathering this weekend. Is it unacceptably tacky to re-gift it to her as a hostess gift? She's religious so that wouldn't be an issue.

Now I have to find someone else to re-gift the Christmas tip towels I got from another member of that group when I had last year's party. Why do they even make tip towels? They're too small for anything but hanging on the towel bar and looking fussy. I'm also going to a cookie bake this weekend but the hostess would hate them so that's not an option.

Well-deserved recognition
 

I am pleased to report that "The Fashionistas" is up for best DVD at the 2004 AVN awards. Thankfully, we don't have to compete in the same category as "5 Guy Creampie" or "Screw My Wife Please." Though I'm pretty sure we could take "Look What's Up My Ass." Assuming said ass had been properly washed, that is.

How could I forget?!? Reality TV alert
 

Tonight is the episode of Average Joe where we see if these average guys practice what they preach: will they look beneath the surface appearance of Melana's fat and dumpy "cousin" or will they prove my belief that they are every bit as shallow and looks conscious as they complain all the women who reject them are???

I can't wait.

Confidential to Aloha Mr. learned Hand
 

My socks. Don't say anything, top secret, hush hush and all that. To be honest I can't believe the self-loathing rubes fell for it, not once, (Not me), but twice (pinky).

Except for Fugee. couldn't slip the old racist curveball past her. The stench of my M.O. was pungent.

Tomorrow I may do a He-Man-Woman-Hating sock. Don't let on that you know its me, K?

Confidential to Aloha Mr. learned Hand
 

Crap. I was really hoping for the flabby-body-hating hardbody bitch sock. Guess I'll have to actually do billable work tomorrow. Please send me an updated calendar at your convenience so I can follow along from home. Really.

Regifting
 

So people give you tacky shit and you think it's OK to pass it on to your friends provided only that they don't find out you did it? They wouldn't know the difference between a tacky re-gift and something you purchased yourself?

It's not like you can't afford to buy new stuff. You're a lawyer for gosh sake.

31 Flavors
 

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan

It's like tax_hottie said about asian chicks that only date asian guys: they're attractive enough to the opposite sex to get away with it.

Your temp cookie folder holds a thousand personalities.
How much time do you waste concocting new identities?
You'll say this new sock is Penske’s, or JRUSS, or Flower’s.
But is it you or your colleagues who’ll make up for your lost hours?

Now . . . sparring with Thurgreed and pissing off Less,
Go ’head and flame a sucka poster, but please make a speedy egress.
But how hard must you hint that you’re Icky Board versed?
That proves you were there,
That you invented socking first?

Well, how do you afford your sock and troll lifestyle?
How do you afford your sock and troll life-style?
How do you af-ford your sock and troll life-styyyyyyle?
Oh, tell me. Oh yeah, all right, all right.
Oh yeah, all right, oh . . .

How long did you work on that racist persona,
The one we’ll ruthlessly trash by the end of this week?
And how long will you work on a female persona,
One that we'll ruthlessly trash at the end of another week?

And how long will Penske keep making up new ones?
As long as New Yorkers keep electing the Clintons.
And how long will Penske keep making up new ones?
(Chorus: As long as New Yorkers keep electing the Clintons.)
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, all right.
Ho! Oh, ho ho ho, oh no!

The partners would rather you took clients to Scores;
Instead you’re logging hours darning socks for flame wars.
Your timesheet pays dearly now for your patentgreedy hobby.
Finding a real-life newbie here’s like finding real wasabi.

Now, how do you afford your sock and troll lifestyle?
How do you afford your sock and troll life-style?
How do you af-ford your sock and troll life-styyyyyyle?
All right, oh yeah, so good, oh baby . . . .

Your socks are signs of a perversion.
You’ve earned the bulk of our aspersion.
Your witty banter won’t impress them.
Got sock ideas? Please suppress them.
They’re very rarely entertaining.
We’d rather see you try refraining.
Oh, yeah, socking’s a lame endeavor.
But going on thinking that you’re clever.
The Land of Fu is where you’re fated,
Who the hell died and made you Plated,
Oh, yeah
Who the hell died and made you Plated?
Oh, yeah, all right, oh yeah all right!

31 Flavors and More
 

Originally posted by fugee

It's worse for them than white women, mainly, because the college attendance rate among black men is so much lower than it is among black women. But women of other stripes will be in the same boat soon enough. Rates of college attendance among men of other races keep dropping. These days, college students are 60% female overall. At the Ivies, the gender split is about 50/50 because those schools have prestige to attract enough men. Other schools, particularly liberal arts schools, have been forced to lower admission standards for men to admit enough of them.

Confidential (this one goes out to the one I heart)
 

There it is.

Proving yet again, why, notwithstanding your shockingly whiter than a ghost really really really white womanliness, I heart you.

True dat.

Indeed.

Carry on.

It's tens of thousands.

Plated owed me a dinner. He defaulted on the payoff. I foreclosed on his King of Socks title. No offence.

Regifting
 

Do it only if you won't feel like a complete schmuck when you get busted for the regifting. They'll call you a cheap lawyer behind your back. Mikasa, Swarovski et al change their designs/patterns pretty much every year with religion (not religious, but you know - consistently). That's how they get you to buy new stuff every year. I'm sure a simple internet search will pull up "Angel ornament 2002." Then they'll either think you bought it at a discount store or are a regifter.

Weight the cost/benefit and decide for yourself.

Regifting
 

No, they change their religion designs, too. I'm pretty sure my college roommate had the entire Mikasa Rastafarian Collection for 1992 through 1994. I think he registered for Waterford when he got engaged.

Regifting
 

Jesus H. Allah and Mohammed to boot!, who fucking gives a rat's wet ass about stuff like this. People should thankful to get any gift at all and shut the fuck up about regifting. I'm sure the proposed recipient doesn't deserve a gift, so what is there to moan about?

This is why I don't give gifts to anyone. But myself. And my progeny. At least the ones I know of. And acknowledge paternity for.

Regifting
 

your oldest is not my fucking kid. Lots of people have strong chins. its a residual charecteristic. i'm sure if you looked at picture of your grandpas or some such you'd see this. Buy the kid a Christmas gift this year.