Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by Jack Manfred
Rachel Hunter trumps the emo-coeds, even before you factor in that for every girl in her underwear there was a guy in his skivvies, NTTAWTT. Liv Tyler is gorgeous, but I have a problem with putting your formerly-estranged daughter in a series of videos with a faux-lesbian motif. It's just squicky.

I am outraged that you would cite the sacred NTTAWWT (or some bizarre variant thereof) with regard to college guys in their underwear, but not to letting your formerly estranged gorgeous daughter romp with a babyfat Lolita in a series of faux-lesbian musical vignettes. Double standard, say I! Unseemly!

If I am ever blessed to sire a drop-dead gorgeous daughter, I would consider myself honored to cast her in a lesbian scene for my music video. If the lesbianism is faux, well, that's her right to choose.

BTW, there were guys in that video?!?! NTTAWWT.

[bridge of love]

spree- tight neckties constrict bloodflow to head, causing Glaucoma http://www.msnbc.com/news/945161.asp?0si=-

on the bright side, the constricted blood flow can be just the ticket for a little autoerotica during those long conference calls.....

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
If there was better enforcement of copyright laws, bands which get a $100,000 promotional budget for their album would instead get $125,000. The dollar not spent is a dollar at the margin. The band not signed is the artist at the margin.

Enh. Artist-owned labels are pretty common in the singer-songwriter genre, and many of the more "popular" S/S artists like Ani DiFranco created their labels (in Ani's case, the aptly named Righteous Babe Records) in the Dark Ages before Napster.

If memory serves, Ani put out her first CD in 1990. Somehow, I don't think that the reason that she wasn't offered a five record deal by Clive Davis was because a young RT was using a cassette recorder to tape Michael Bolton's version of "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You?" (number 1 in February 1990) or "Hold On" by Wilson Phillips (number 1 in June 1990).

And as for Sidd -- property is theft, dude.

Not (I am 32 flavors, and then some) Bob

[str8outavannuys]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
You're completely rational in every decision you make?

God that sounds boring.

And of course that's the flaw in much of economic theory. That it's based on rational decision making. The human race is FREQUENTLY irrational. I know I am at times. Especially when I'm drunk.

Are there any real world studies on the accuracy of the prisoner's dilemma?

Not a real world study, but the Game Show Network's original program "Friend or Foe" has a Prisoner's Dilemma as its end game. There isn't any data on how it comes out, but it's very interesting.

For those of you who haven't seen it, the team of two players builds up a bank of money during the game. Then at the end, each player decides whether to go "Friend or Foe." I believe the effects of this decision are:

Both go friend: both players split the money
One goes friend/One goes Foe: Foe gets all the money
Both go foe: both players get a little bit of money (less than half).

str8.

[ias_39]

Originally posted by cheval de frise

You don't get another shaved cat until you explain what happened to the last one. ... ( ... I want my hibachi back, Gattigap.)

Given the influx of Vietnamese boat people into the South, a gourmand such as the gatti wouldn't stoop to hibachi'd cat. He'd opt for something more exotic, like canh chua ca bong lau, with some fetal duck eggs, and a nice bowl of rat blood soup.

And fringie, stop maddogging the stupid. It lowers your game.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Not Bob
property is theft, dude.

Not (I am 32 flavors, and then some) Bob

Yeah, well, I'd say it's pretty clear that at least one of those flavors is COMMUNISM, pinko-boy. I bet your grandma was a commie too. Given that you are ancient, she probably participated in the revolution. Hell, she was probably in with those Debarge people in France, knitting away.

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
Yeah, well, I'd say it's pretty clear that at least one of those flavors is COMMUNISM, pinko-boy. I bet your grandma was a commie too. Given that you are ancient, she probably participated in the revolution. Hell, she was probably in with those Debarge people in France, knitting away.

El Debarge (f/k/a Mr. Janet Jackson) was in the crowd that stormed the Bastille? Shoot. I had no idear. I suppose next you'll tell me that Bell Biv Devo were somehow involved in shooting the Tsar.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Not Bob
El Debarge (f/k/a Mr. Janet Jackson) was in the crowd that stormed the Bastille?

Duh, obviously he's French, his last name starts with "De" and his first name is "Chico." He lamely tries to hide his Frenchness by messing with the capitalization. Chevy, babe, I think you need to give the FB some lessons in recognizing Frenchness.

[evenodds]

Let's see . . . music piracy and fat bashing, so, anything new happen on the FB today?

Even(t's stealing)Odds

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
Duh, obviously he [El Debarge] is French, his last name starts with "De" and his first name is "Chico." He lamely tries to hide his Frenchness by messing with the capitalization. Chevy, babe, I think you need to give the FB some lessons in recognizing Frenchness.

Silly girl. Mixing up El and Chico Debarge? What's next, wondering who is Johnny?

Anyway, here's El:



And here's Chico:

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Not Bob
Silly girl. Mixing up El and Chico Debarge? What's next, wondering who is Johnny?

Anyway, here's El:

And here's Chico:

Must be past my bedtime. Damn you and your pernicious knowledge of pop culture!

Edited to take out pictures.

[evenodds]

From The Smoking Gun:

JULY 28--Yes, five months remain in the year, but we're ready to announce the winner of the prestigious 2003 Legal Document of the Year award.

The below motion was filed earlier this month in connection with a criminal charge filed against a Colorado teenager. The boy's troubles started when he was confronted at school by a vice principal who suspected that he had been smoking in the boys bathroom. When presented to the principal, the kid exploded, cursing the administrator with some variants of the "F" word. For his outburst, the boy was hit with a disorderly conduct rap, which was eventually amended to interfering with the staff, faculty, or students of an educational institutional. Faced with what he thought was a speech crime, Eric Vanatta, the teen's public defender, drafted the below motion to dismiss the misdemeanor charge. The District Court document is an amusing and profane look at the world's favorite four-letter word, from its origins in 1500 to today's frequent use of the term by Eminem, Chris Rock, and Lenny Kravitz. The criminal charge, Vanatta argued in the motion, was not warranted since the use of the popular curse is protected by the First Amendment. TSG's favorite part of the motion is the chart comparing Google results for the "F" word and other all-American terms like mom, baseball, and apple pie.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/fword1.html

[mr. bob dobolina]

Originally posted by evenodds
Let's see . . . music piracy
Even(t's stealing)Odds

Put down that bong, Evenodds.

There's no stealing going on here. The file owners are gratuitously sharing them in a voluntary manner. I own a file, I share a file. Share and share alike. No cash money is changing hands and the fair use exception applies as after all, it is just students of musicology becoming educated in the ways of the rhythm.

Its obvious to me that the music industry is in the death throes of self-destruction here in attacking its own consumers. Much like the airlines did, although this time I pray to the good lord that we refuse the bastards any federal bail out and let em rot in chapter 11.

As an aside, I ain't gonna be weeping any crocodile tears over the fact that any of these candy assed leftwing liberal entertainers are losing any money. These shills produce little of any tangible value and usually even that little is borne out of their dysfunctional and and morally retarded psychosis-see Streisand, Madonna and her ex-Sea Penn. Without the facade of entertainment there is little doubt most of these social misfits would be haunting the employment offices and living off government cheese.

Even worse, is that these would be cheese eaters are constantly bitching and moaning about how bad America is or how bad the rich are or how dum Bush is while without the America that patriots like Bush and his family created and that the wealthy support with the burden of income taxes and estate taxes and the like, these enterainment weasels wouldn't even have their social safety of government cheese.

Damn em! I'm going download some Kazaa tonite!

[pretermitted_child]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
But what's the deal with every city having Pride Day on a different weekend.

They are celebrating diversity, and are, accordingly, applying that principle to weekends as well. I mean, how can you say one weekend is better than the next?

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
Is it the same 100,000 people going from city to city all summer long?

Yes. It's a travelling circus, can't you tell? Bearded ladies, check. Tattooed people, check. Human pin cushions (i.e., those who are overly fond of piercing), check. Clowns on motorcycles, check.

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
I'd be much more impressed if they all happened on the same day.

Hmm. That wouldn't be very diverse now would it?

Generally, I avoid parades and other events (including Pride) that shut down the main thoroughfares. I don't like crowds. And I especially don't like crowds of nude, middle-aged men prancing about and getting in my way as I run my weekend errands.

p(a member of this diverse community)c

[LessinSF]

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