Knights Templar
 

Still a gay man trapped in a woman's body?

Apropos of nothing, don't you just love it when you hear a song that you haven't heard in a loooooooong time, and the absence of that song from the zeitgeist allows you to listen to it with a fresh set of ears?

I just heard "Do You Know The Way To San Jose?" while channel surfing. Growing up, I heard that song (the whole Bacharach and David and Warwick oeuvre, actually) constantly, thanks to the local babysitter. Dreams turn into years, how quick they pass...

Ahem. Musical flashback over. Carry on.

Sideways
 

I heard it had to do with tight ass, but not in that context.

Sideways
 

Oh, I have no idea what Finding Neverland is about. I was just saying that you were giving the Sideways guys too much credit for youth.

Again, I need a first name for the google to work.

[If any of you care, there is only one ncs, so all google hits are rightfully mine. They all relate boringly to my chosen profession, but they are all me.]

Sideways
 

The movie did not appear to support the position that JM Barrie or whatever his name is was actually molesting the boys upon which Peter Pan is based.

Sideways
 

Paul Giawhatever is under 40. If you are old enough, middle-aged angst is understandable, though not pretty. If you are under 40, it's just fucking annoying.

But really, I just wasn't in the mood.

[all the mes that are "first name last name" are me. Some weird shit comes up if you don't specify that my first name has to precede my last name.]

[does this mean ncs and I are the same person??]

Things with wheels
 

I rolled the 37-sided die and the result indicated an unusual incidence of positive test results on the Phonak team despite the presumed use of autologous blood doping, so I smited the entirety of the UCI governing body with Harry Potter's Scepter of Leniency in the hopes of redemption for Phonak. Unfortunately, the resulting press conference was held in Klingon, the only word of which I currently speak is "K'plah," and as chance would have it I had lent my Babelfish to Bilbo so he could go undercover with the dawrves or elves or whatever, so I do not know whether the smiting had the desired effect.

Sideways
 

Someone recently pointed out to me that Mr. Depp and a certain Mr. Clooney are the same age. Apparently, Mr. Depp is a de Leon descendant.

Sideways
 

works for me. Have that set up, OK?

Things with wheels
 

I wish nerd parody could hold my attention. B/c I bet this was pretty funny.

Sideways
 

Are you trying to tell us something fringey or are you having another episode?

TM

Things with wheels
 

That is so haughty.

Sideways
 

Read the fine print before you sign anything. Mr. Depp's youthful appearance may be truly remarkable:

http://www.clooneyforcongress.com/im...e/clooney1.jpg

Sideways
 

My parents and I saw. Over the holiday weekend, which I spent with family.

Things with wheels
 

I think that sound you just heard was your Tri Lam membership being revoked.

[And fucking a, Flower, where was the Darth Moll reference that we discussed?]

Sideways
 

Speaking of youthful appearance, I nearly picked up a law student at an art event last night. I think we were equally shocked at the relative difference in age. I swear, he looked older than his 24 or so. Apparently I didn't. :D

Things with wheels
 

I hear you. Imagine sitting through a whole movie of it.

Sideways
 

There were two nice-looking guys at Thanksgiving dinner. Both of whom are freshmen in college. I decided, regretfully, that it would be inappropriate (well, and futile of course) to try anything.

Sideways
 

That's because Mr. Clooney is clearly lying about his age. He says he's 46 (I think), but I saw a show that said that he was on the Fact of Life in 1985 and while he could have been 20, he looked closer to 30.
http://www.sightssounds.net/images18...REDITS%202.JPG

Sideways
 

To say nothing of the incest laws.

Sideways
 

This wasn't a family dinner, was it?

Sideways
 

ummm, she's from Oklahoma remember.....

Things with wheels
 

Nicely done. I'd write "LOL," but it's passe and I've never actually written "LOL."

Sideways
 

They were related neither to me, nor to each other. So, not a problem.

imdb has Clooney two years older than Depp.

Sideways
 

Hey, wait, I'm from . . . never mind.

if Brooke can do Princeton ....
 

Veritas, indeed.

http://www.defamer.com/hollywood/bri...rs-harvard.jpg

So we can all move along . . .
 

Like oh sure, she went to Hahvahd.

if Brooke can do Princeton ....
 

Well, she does suck.

TM

if Brooke can do Princeton ....
 

In vino veritas.

So we can all move along . . .
 

If you mean a trailer park in Harvard, IL, I wouldn't bet against it.

Question.
 

Is this the best/easiest wine opener on the market? I want to get it as a gift for someone and it looks easy to use. Anyone have a bad experience with it? Is there something better? (Yez, I know it's expensive.)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0...CLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

TM

Question.
 

I have one in that style and like it and find it very easy to use. A friend just got one in that style and thinks it's much, much easier to use than the kind where the arms go up as you twist the screw into the cork, and then you push them down to pull out the cork.

I have found with mine (don't know what brand it is) that it is more difficult to use with plastic corks than on cork corks. I don't think I've used any other type of corkscrew on a plastic cork, though, so that may be just generally true of plastic corks.

Question.
 

I've had several of this basic design over the years, and the first one was the best. There's something weird about the newer ones, and it's hard to get the leverage right. You have to lower the bottle below countertop height in order to open them.

I have the Rabbit* and it's OK. Not better than others, but not the best I've ever used. The problem is you sort of have to try them out in order to get the proper feel, and you can't do that over Amazon.

*and the other Rabbit, but that's not relevant here. I don't take corkscrews to bed, except for the express purpose of opening a bottle of wine. Now I'm having flashbacks of True Romance. BTW, I had an excellent chocolate port the other night.

Question.
 

who else was distracted from the question by the phallic shape on the left hand side? the small one with the giant head.

Question.
 

I just want to be sure you are aware that it's only proportionately giant.

I was slightly distracted by the fish -- I thought TM might have been trying to get us all to join his church.

Question.
 

Chocolate port? That sounds wonderful. I didn't know there was such a thing.

My favorite corkscrew is a simple, cheap one where the arms don't go up as you turn it into the cork -- you just keep turning and the cork moves up. It's two pieces, one shaped like a T, and it goes into a hole in the bottom of an upside-down U. The legs of the U fit around the side of the bottle, obviously. It's very easy to use.

As for bringing a corkscrew to bed, it's funny you should mention that, because last night I opened, in the kitchen, a bottle of port (with a corkscrew), and poured a glass with the intent of bringing it upstairs, but before I could do so, I got screwed right there on the kitchen counter, by a dark haired man, who looked very good against the red walls in the background, by the way. So it was not necessary to bring the corkscrew to bed. You know, mountain, Mohammed, etc.

Question.
 

I've never had any trouble with this one, but it may be a little more than you are looking for:

http://www.johnlewis.com/Shopping/Pr...93&source=6132

Question.
 

hmmph. I suck out my corks. That's what the classy people do.

Question.
 

Just like in the Gallery of Huge Beings. I am fond of Bikini Woman. I hope she isn't a heightist fuck.

http://www.wlra.us/hb/hbbkiwmn.jpg

Question.
 

I have one of these. I love it. And even my mother can operate it.

After this post, and the post about the $500 cell phone for the girl friend, I wish I were on your Christmas list.

Question.
 

Oh, god. I hate when that happens.

Move along. Nothing to see here.