Fashion Board 11-2-03 - 12-09-03

[Fugee]

Originally posted by Penske_Account

This is a weird tableau from Madame Tussard's, right? No way there could be such a bizarre grouping in real life. And they all look so waxlike.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Suffice it to say, if you go out drinking with Hello, make sure he buys the first pitcher.

And if Atticus is there, you may have some fun watching Hello bait him. Unless that's not your cup of tea.

[Fugee]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
In this case, however, I believe that Phelps is in the role of "notorious sinner" and we need someone else to play the lead.

I was thinking of his perspective -- since he appears to think there is no worse category of sinner on the planet. I fear the reverend is going to be in for a disappointment when his actions are reviewed in the afterlife. To celebrate a death at all, much less to celebrate what you believe is someone's entry into hell is to me the antithesis of Christianity. God doesn't celebrate when someone goes to hell so what right does he have to do so, much less be the judge of who did or didn't.

Leagl, it may have been mail such as Phelps sent to that kid's mom that inspired the detail in the show. Phelps having been a lawyer also explains why the Phelps-like character on L&O talked so confidently about his actions not breaking the law.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Fugee
I was thinking of his perspective -- since he appears to think there is no worse category of sinner on the planet. I fear the reverend is going to be in for a disappointment when his actions are reviewed in the afterlife. To celebrate a death at all, much less to celebrate what you believe is someone's entry into hell is to me the antithesis of Christianity. God doesn't celebrate when someone goes to hell so what right does he have to do so, much less be the judge of who did or didn't.

Leagl, it may have been mail such as Phelps sent to that kid's mom that inspired the detail in the show. Phelps having been a lawyer also explains why the Phelps-like character on L&O talked so confidently about his actions not breaking the law.

At what point is someone's behavior better explained by reference to personality disorders instead of religion? (Which is not to suggest that religious people have more personality disorders than anyone else.) I'm just not clear what the right disorder is.

[Jack Manfred]

Originally posted by dtb
Anyway, speaking of stories that remain branded into one's brain -- and not in a good way -- I remember some short story about how a futuristic society would administer some kind of intelligence (?) test to each child at age 12 (or whatever). The story centers around a set of parents who, although very worried about the outcome of the test (as there is some hint given that a less-than-desirable outcome will have grave consequences), put on a brave face, and send junior into the testing center with smiles and encouragement.

Originally posted by baltassoc
You're thinking of Kurt Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron." It was eventually made into a movie starring Sean Astin. I've never seen the movie, but the story was pretty much burned in my brain.

No. "Harrison Bergeron" is different. And it's my favorite short story.

"And she had to apologize at once for her voice, which was a very unfair voice for a woman to use. Her voice was a warm, luminous, timeless melody."

While I'm here, I'll weave a couple of threads together. There wasn't a library nearby, so I read a lot of the World Book Encyclopedias that were in my dad's den. That's how I first learned about sex - by looking it up. Later, I realized that the Psychology section at Waldenbooks was crammed with salacious stuff, like Nancy Friday's My Secret Garden. In retrospect, reading all of those how-to books was overkill. When you have your first kiss and wonder, "When exactly should I start trying to give her a multiple orgasm?" you need to revise your to-do list.

I also read my mom's copy of Flowers in the Attic. About two-thirds of the way through the book I became incensed at the brother and sister. Their grandmother was imprisoning them? She poisons their baby brother, and when they escape they don't go to the police? What the fuck? They could have had sex with each other after filing the damn police report. For crying out loud, avenge your kin.

In happier news, I loved the dog-eared copies of Peanuts and Charlie Brown books from the 50s and 60s. People take Charles Schultz for granted because of the Met Life commercials and the slow decline of the quality of his work. I want to get the complete volumes of his work that will be coming out.

Hank: Elf is going to be the next film to gross $100 million. Will Ferrell cannot be stopped until and unless he makes two box office bombs in a row. You're just going to have to deal with it. Maybe he'll have Chevy Chase's career, and you'll be able to write him off soon enough.

Whoever asked for a comparison pic of Gina and Jennifer should know that I looked for one before posting last night. There was not a comparably hot shot, just box covers for the DVD.

I remember reading Choose Your Own Adventure books and I remember reading the monthly Encyclopedia Brown mystery in Boys' Life. I wasn't a fan of Encyclopedia Brown. I do remember The Chocolate War either freshman or sophomore year of high school.

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I want to hear from people who have this service. I know it's a digital service provider. I know you get a dish. I think I know you can watch different channels in different rooms. What I don't know is how well it works. How responsive customer service is. What kind of problems you have with it. If it is better or worse than cable.

And does anyone have the HDTV service? (I have it on good authority that I am mainly correct when I say that someone may get me a nice HDTV for Christmas.) If so, are there enough shows shown (including sporting events) in HD that justify the extra $11 a month for the package?

Any and all other information would be appreciated. I'm sick of Time Warner Cable.

TM

Two things I learned about DirectTv that resulted in me not getting it when everythihg else was totally appealing, including the fact that it was cheaper are

1) they dont have HBO comedy which is in my top two cable stations

2) you have to have a SW exposure or be able to put a dish on your roof. Apparnetly there is some law HERE that says your building has to let you or soemthing, but who wants to wrangle with management and the anals with aesthetic roof issues (we aint talking stylin manhattan roof here either)

Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
Good to know. I will be sure to remember this in the event that I am out on the town with some friends who recently had an unfortunate experience with lawn darts (or other sharp playthings), and we are thinking of catching some folk music.

Ty- I see you are about to hit your second K. Does this mean you are about to have your P2K?

Shape- Congrats. I had my first FB dream about you. I was somehow transferred to a Texas office of my old firm. You were a floor below (I have no idea wha tyou look like but you were hot in my dream). You shared an office with a Texan from my old firm who is a real person that I have not thought of in a couple of years so thats weird. We started getting it on inthe way that Tim and Rachel get it on in the Office- (Ie I sit in your lap at your desk kinda thing). Thought you might want to know.

Originally posted by mmm3587
I'll post about my "first orgasm" experience because I find it so amusing now, looking back:

I had just turned 16. I had looked at pictures of naked girls, and like the way that girls smelled and felt and looked, but I had been a little sheltered, and just had never really thought about the act of sex much. I knew that you had sex by inserting that into there, but I didn't really get how it ended. Looking back, I'm amazed by how clueless I was.

I was making out with my first real girlfriend (in that, she was the first girl with whom things were being touched and fondled), and we started, for lack of a better term, "dry humping." It ended with me having an orgasm, and I was very surprised, and shocked. It felt good, but it felt like I had a lot of cleaning up to do. She explained it to me, and thus began my travel down a long, winding road of debauchery.

How is it possible that a guy never has an orgarm unti lthey were sixteen? What about the Judy Blume wet dreams? You never woke up in a sea of splooge? You must be some kinf of convent raised catholic girlboy to not have ever wacked off, fine. but the wet dreams? are those even controllable?

I dont get you.

Originally posted by Penske_Account
FYI, I almost just socked. But I didn't. Phew.

This Jackson chap is an odd bird, non?

I had to see this pic again. This is the plastic surgeryhall of fame induction ceremony, non? THe only people missing are CHer, Tori Spelling and Faye Dunaway.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
FYI, I almost just socked. But I didn't. Phew.

This Jackson chap is an odd bird, non?

I think Liz's complications are having complications:

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
I had to see this pic again. This is the plastic surgeryhall of fame induction ceremony, non? THe only people missing are CHer, Tori Spelling and Faye Dunaway.

Aiiiiggggghhhh! Aiiiiiggghhhhh! Please, please stop with the Michael Jackson pix. It's agony. We should've frozen the boy at 13, stuck him in a warehouse and left it to some future generation to thaw him out and straighten him up.

Or at least thawed him out to get him a new stylist. WTF is with the Peter Pan collar and Grandma Vanderbilt's brooch?

[leagleaze]

Originally posted by Say_hello_for_me


Anyway, sorry to trouble you. I meant to trouble Atticus.

Hello

You didn't trouble me, except for perhaps the thought you might actually argue like that in court I am satisfied however you were just talking out your ass in this particular case.

[evenodds]

Originally posted by purse junkie
Or at least thawed him out to get him a new stylist. WTF is with the Peter Pan collar and Grandma Vanderbilt's brooch?

Wasn't that his award for artist of the millenium?

[Say_hello_for_me]

Originally posted by leagleaze
You didn't trouble me, except for perhaps the thought you might actually argue like that in court I am satisfied however you were just talking out your ass in this particular case.

Puhleeze. You wanna be the prosecutor trying to convict me in front of a jury for this stuff?

The card conversion? Maybe (actually, probably, assuming I don't lie about how the card was revised to enable the access).
The reception of signals that are already in my home? There may be a good reason nobody is charged with this stuff.

And I've never lost in court ;>) Imagine the tears you'd surely see when I brought out the "is it also wrong to bottle the aroma of the cookie factory next-door when it wafts through my window" argument? You holy rollers wouldn't stand a chance.

Hello

[Pinky]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Thanks for all the input.

Now, follow up:

If you could get either of these tvs, which would you get? Please note that the second one, although smaller and made of a traditional cathode ray tube, has a better picture.

http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTE...tSKU=KF42WE610

http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTE...SKU=KV34XBRKIT

Always open to other suggestions too.

TM

I have that projection TV in a 50". I like it a lot. The picture is great when you are looking at it at eye level. When you're not, the picture loses brightness. I would suggest that you set it up higher than the way they normally display it in stores because if it's too low, it magnifies the problem. Other than that, I don't have a problem with it.