Meh.

[notcasesensitive]

I do not watch this show. Okay, fine, I've seen 5 minutes here or there while channel surfing. Anyway, they had some insane Christian woman on the show recently and she has become the "breakout" star of the show (someone even produced a bobble-head of her, which is apparently for sale on eBay). For your viewing pleasure, I give you The God Warrior: http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2681739

Sure, she's angrier than William Hung, but can you dance to it?


ETA: Upon rereading of the realityblurred blurb on this, it turns out the show in question was Trading Spouses, not Wife Swap. Color me embarrassed. I'm not sure if I've ever seen any of that show while channel surfing, but the rest of my post stands unedited (except for the needing to edit it part).

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
I understand your concern that, if this board becomes too filled with rapid, rapier-like, uber-witty exchanges, then potential Newbers may be intimidated and consequently unwilling to jump into the fray.

2. Do you realize that NO, as in, not 1, newber joined over the 3 months I was crafting the Guernica posts?

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
After decades of waiting and thousands of posts of trash talk from both corners, the game is finally on (unless Coltrane chickens out). The dream match. The race of the century.

Coltrane v. Penske. For unqualified bragging rights. Head to head, mano a mano, tit a tit!!! (sts)

The race: the granddaddy of them all, the Marathon. 26.2 miles.

The place: the hallowed Boston Marathon.

The date: Patriot’s Day 2007.

The rules:

1. As coffee is for closers, so is Boston for qualifiers, and as such each of the racers can do whichever marathon(s) he or she so chooses to qualify. Qualifying times are only relevant for qualification for Boston 2007 purposes and trash talking, if necessary, warranted or required.

2. If both racers don't qualify by the deadline for qualification (which is to be pursuant to the Boston Athletic Associations’ rules) then the contest is a wash, sts.

3. In the event that one of the racers doesn't qualify then that non-qualifying person loses and must publicly genuflect to the other (qualifying) person on the board and acknowledge the other (qualifying) person as the winner and the unqualifiedly “Superior Runner”; provided however if one of the racers qualifies, but the other does not attempt to qualify due to injury, act of god, extreme pussification etc., that person shall be mocked for being a pussy in perpetuity (or until a head to head race proves otherwise), but the other person does not receive the title as "Superior Runner". Yet.

4. In the event that both racers qualify then the racer with the best official finishing time at Boston is the winner (and failure to start or dnfs= automatic loss as long as the other racer officially finishes) and the loser must publicly genuflect to the other on the board and acknowledge the winner as the unqualifiedly Superior Runner.

5. In the event that the racers tie at Boston there shall be an Overtime 100 meter dash to follow to determine the winner.

6. In addition to the above, the Loser shall also be obligated to buy the winner/Superior Runner drinks and dinner at a place to be determined and in a quality/price range somewhere between Penny's Noodles and Charlie Trotters (2 Chicago legends in deference to Coltrane).

May the best man or woman, atcmb, win.

Penske ("game on") Account

I guess this means you're both scared of mmmmmmm1098779?

TM

[LessinSF]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
[Story about office castoffs]

I learned long-ago to redecorate in the middle of the night after other attorneys quit or were fired. Expecting to receive new chairs, monitors, bookshelves, credenza, rolling chair pads, in/out boxes, or whatever by asking for them from the powers that be is more irrational than thinking abstinence is the solution to teen pregnancy.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
I'll miss my chair. *sniff*

What did you do to your chair?
Or do I want to know?

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
no bookshelves (which I like to use to store my law school text books (no room for them at home)

Hmm. I sold all my law school textbooks the second I finished the course. Do you keep them around for nostalgia, or do they ever offer anything useful?

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Nut Case, Sensitive
Oh, nuts.

OK. Here's the scoop. Most of the time, we just like to play around up in the attic. Nobody gets hurt, and it's a lot warmer than a tree stump. Please, if you have squirrels in the attic, just leave them alone.

And if you're nice, we'll even let you have a little tail.

Nuts!

Bring back the old avatar, please.

[Nut Case, Sensitive]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
I do not watch this show. Okay, fine, I've seen 5 minutes here or there while channel surfing. Anyway, they had some insane Christian woman on the show recently and she has become the "breakout" star of the show (someone even produced a bobble-head of her, which is apparently for sale on eBay). For your viewing pleasure, I give you The God Warrior: http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2681739

Sure, she's angrier than William Hung, but can you dance to it?

This is Nuts! Nuts! I tell you.

Why swap when you can share?

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
What did you do to your chair?
Or do I want to know?

Fisting accident.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
1. I am sworn to Revos for life. I never lose them and can't live without them. I have green/grey eyes, so its imperative I have good shades, cause I can't take the sun. I'd go Maui Jim, but I don't like the styles as much.

2. I've heard the "A Timex is as good as any watch, and and expensive watch is just advertising class insecurity" argument before. Fine. I'm a boorish yuppie jackass who likes a nice watch. I've had a lot of money in my pocket and I've had a little money in my pocket. Its only fun for spending anyway. Blowing a few grand on watches ain't going to be the difference between you retiring a bizarre miser at 50 or a harried, half dead burnt out lawyer at 65.

The whole "Millionaire Next Door" thing is horseshit. It cites fifty guys who lived lousy boring lives, squeezing pennies, and managed to squirrel away a pile of dough to start living at 50 (just in time for pancreatic cancer and heart disease). It doesn't even consider the thousands of people who did the same thing and didn't wind up with a million bucks. ...Another stupid self help book based on only the half of the data which supports the author's position.

And yet people swear by this bullshit like its fucking scientifically proven fact. I wonder if they also read that book by that convicted felon (fraud) who claims the govt is holding back an herbal cure for HIV and cancer. I believe he's sold about 3 million copies already.

Why I am writing here? I am a fool.

Yeah! Why does that BRC moron think we are going to be taken in by the idiocy of that "Millionaire Next Door" shit? Does she really object to me going out for a nice dinner now and again, or spending a little extra on a mountain bike? Does she really think if I eat noodles every day and ride a Huffy, I'll be able to retire at 50? It is hard to believe, yet that is exactly what her post said. Thank you, Sebastian, for so ably dismantling the fallacy of BRC's inane get-rich-slow scheme.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I guess this means you're both scared of mmmmmmm1098779?

TM

I think Penske/Coltrane is a qualifier for the final.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
Unrelated question: I've been told I'm going to have to decorate my own office at my new firm. I'm not coming in as a partner. Once I start there will be 6 full time lawyers, 4 of whom are partners. Does this sound right? They all have really nicely furnished offices. How hosed am I?

Don't decorate. Keeps management on its toes.

There's something wonderfully contemptuous about bare white walls. Nothing says "There is no place I'd less like to be" than stark white plaster.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
I think I need to clarify that they'll give me a very basic desk and chair, which may be too short for me, but no bookshelves (which I like to use to store my law school text books (no room for them at home) and CDs), and certainly nothing fancy.

Sigh, Design Within Reach, here I come.

I worked at a firm where the associates were not permitted to have bookshelves in their offices because the managing partner didn't like how cluttered they often looked.

What he had forgotten was that those of us who still practice law (as opposed to managing the practice of law) sometimes actually need to refer to a written reference. I found that storing my closing volumes on the floor in stacks with my deal toys atop them was a suitable compromise.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Don't decorate. Keeps management on its toes.

There's something wonderfully contemptuous about bare white walls. Nothing says "There is no place I'd less like to be" than stark white plaster.

The thing is, though, that you're the one that has to spend 50 to 85% of your waking hours staring at that stark white plaster.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by LessinSF
I learned long-ago to redecorate in the middle of the night after other attorneys quit or were fired. Expecting to receive new chairs, monitors, bookshelves, credenza, rolling chair pads, in/out boxes, or whatever by asking for them from the powers that be is more irrational than thinking abstinence is the solution to teen pregnancy.

Right. This is what being a good lawyer is all about. Figuring out how to get the best cast-off stuff.

Warning: Taking your neighbor's (new, fancy) chair from his office after he has left for the day and replacing it with the broken-down one in the empty office down the hall may lead to months and months of "Chair Wars". These are not for the faint of heart.