Merry Generic Winter Day-Off With No Religious Content

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Gattigap
I have recently learned that when a (pre)school here has a designated "snow day," it does not -- as in other, normal areas of the country -- relate to floating day(s) where the kids might stay home because of, well, snow falling from the sky.

Instead, it relates to a day where the school hires a dude to come out with several big friggin' blocks of ice and generate several hundred cubic feet of machine-generated snow on the ground so the kids can go play in it. (Apparently, this is the kind of gig that local contractors do when they're not on set generating snow for the latest Bruce Willis flick.)

You may now mock.

Gattigap

what do you think it'll mean when your kid is in HS there?

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Sidd Finch
If there were a team in the Bay Area, I'd go to games. But, alas, no more.

SF or Oakland, sure, but San Jose?

Originally posted by Anne Elk
Good thing they changed the salary cap rules recently.

ION - despite my intense dislike of Brian McBride, I will know be following Fulham so I can see how Deuce does in the EPL.

You don't like McBride? Why not?

And I didn't realise Beasley had gone to Man City until I watched some random game a few weeks ago.

Unlike Flower, who would have us coddle underperforming, backsliding primadonnas like Donovan and thereby make our national team a laughingstock (he truly Hates America, as I am sure you know), I would like to see all of our players test themselves in the European leagues.

[Anne Elk]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
For some reason, McBride always strikes me as less annoying in the EPL than he does in the US jersey. I think Dempsey will do well there.

I think Dempsey will do very well there. I'm just disappointed that he'll be playing with such a dull striker like McBride. McBride tends to be lazy. Fulham is supposed to be interested in Onyewu too. Are they trying to capture the American ex-pat fan base?

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
what do you think it'll mean when your kid is in HS there?

I know what it meant when I was in high school.

I am reminded of a time in high school when I was up in the catwalks over the performing arts building with this guy the school had hired to do lights for some drama club performance who had been a roadie for The Tubes.

I was up in the catwalks with the ex-roadie-guy, my boyfriend (who wasn't my boyfriend yet, back then) and me and well, it was a snow day. And the roadie-guy asked me if I was "bi".

Weird question to ask an eleventh-grader.

[Adder]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
I know what it meant when I was in high school.

I am reminded of a time in high school when I was up in the catwalks over the performing arts building with this guy the school had hired to do lights for some drama club performance who had been a roadie for The Tubes.

I was up in the catwalks with the ex-roadie-guy, my boyfriend (who wasn't my boyfriend yet, back then) and me and well, it was a snow day. And the roadie-guy asked me if I was "bi".

Weird question to ask an eleventh-grader.

Well, were you?

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I don't understand what's going on. When did this feud begin and why? And what does "Paris/Britney/whatever" mean? I am feeling notBob-ish all of a sudden.

I think my conception of
"despise" has less depth than other people's conception.

the p/b/w comment was intended to convey that it's possible to have a bad opinion of someone whom one has never met -- it seemed like bnb was saying she never did anything to me personally, so there's no reason for me to have a strong negative opinion.

I don't know why any of you care . . . but maybe the caring part ended back when this was posted, while I was still asleep.

ETA it occurs to me that I wasn't even really mean. Sheez. Who cares?

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
I know what it meant when I was in high school.

I am reminded of a time in high school when I was up in the catwalks over the performing arts building with this guy the school had hired to do lights for some drama club performance who had been a roadie for The Tubes.

I was up in the catwalks with the ex-roadie-guy, my boyfriend (who wasn't my boyfriend yet, back then) and me and well, it was a snow day. And the roadie-guy asked me if I was "bi".

Weird question to ask an eleventh-grader.

Step right up and don't be shy,
Because you will not believe your eyes.
She's right here behind the glass
And you're gonna like her,
Cause she's got klass [(hi!)]
You can look inside another world.
You get to talk to a pretty girl.
She's everything you dream about...
But don't fall in love...

[Anne Elk]

Originally posted by ironweed
You don't like McBride? Why not?

And I didn't realise Beasley had gone to Man City until I watched some random game a few weeks ago.

Unlike Flower, who would have us coddle underperforming, backsliding primadonnas like Donovan and thereby make our national team a laughingstock (he truly Hates America, as I am sure you know), I would like to see all of our players test themselves in the European leagues.

To me, McBride is like Donovan, a prissy prima donna that doesn't like to work that hard. Or maybe he's a victim of my lasting resentment of Bruce Arena and his handpicked favorites that he rarely deviated from regardless of on field performance.

I read about Beasley when I was following the Dempsey signing. Haven't seen a Man City game yet.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by Anne Elk
I think Dempsey will do very well there. I'm just disappointed that he'll be playing with such a dull striker like McBride. McBride tends to be lazy. Fulham is supposed to be interested in Onyewu too. Are they trying to capture the American ex-pat fan base?

I don't think he is dull with Fulham. I think he actually is a pretty dynamic player there, and it's nice to see a U.S. player doing well abroad. Because I Love America, although it is not the slack-jawed, unconditional, love-it-or-leave-it co-dependency found with the pathetic Ironweak-types.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by Anne Elk
To me, McBride is like Donovan, a prissy prima donna that doesn't like to work that hard. Or maybe he's a victim of my lasting resentment of Bruce Arena and his handpicked favorites that he rarely deviated from regardless of on field performance.

I read about Beasley when I was following the Dempsey signing. Haven't seen a Man City game yet.

I saw highlights from the West Ham game, where he scored, and then saw part of the Everton game, where he started.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
I think my conception of
"despise" has less depth than other people's conception.

the p/b/w comment was intended to convey that it's possible to have a bad opinion of someone whom one has never met -- it seemed like bnb was saying she never did anything to me personally, so there's no reason for me to have a strong negative opinion.

I don't know why any of you care . . . but maybe the caring part ended back when this was posted, while I was still asleep.

ETA it occurs to me that I wasn't even really mean. Sheez. Who cares?

Translation: Suck it, bnb. Suck it hard and suck it long.

TM

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
I saw highlights from the West Ham game, where he scored, and then saw part of the Everton game, where he started.

http://www.cnn.com/

This front page picture of Becks is just hot. he's smokin' hot. mmm hmmm.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by Adder
Well, were you?

In eleventh grade, I had not yet had sex with anyone of any gender. But I don't think I'd kissed a girl yet. I had definitely kissed a boy by then.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Translation: Suck it, bnb. Suck it hard and suck it long.

TM

Are you asking me out?