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tax_hottie · 08-14-2003, 04:06 PM

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Originally posted by robustpuppy

I did finally got around to reading Me Talk Pretty One Day, and I almost choked I was laughing so hard. (I could barely keep my Appletini down and I almost spewed it all over my Kate Spade bag.) Just thinking about some of the stories makes my eyes water. I read it during my vacation and other passengers on the plane kept looking back at me with looks of either concern or annoyance -- apparently they thought I was crying. Naked was not as uproarious. I plan to buy his and Amy's other books, but wouldn't mind a capsule review from the other Sedaris fans on the board. Having heard Sedaris on NPR a couple of times, I would like to buy his books on tape.

I LOVE David Sedaris! Me Talk Pretty is his best work yet, though Santa Land Diaries is a close second (from Holidays on Ice). Some of my favorites: You Can't Kill the Rooster, the one about Easter, and the one about his dad never throwing food away. I laughed so hard at the airport that people kept staring at me like I was a lunatic. I also saw Sedaris on tour in April. He was good, but I think he's funnier in print.

Pretty Little Flower · 08-14-2003, 04:06 PM

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Originally posted by bridge of love
just don't see Snoop playing a stoolie

Suge Knight would disagree.

ThurgreedMarshall · 08-14-2003, 04:08 PM

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Originally posted by leagleaze
What would your bedroom theme song be?

Now THAT'S a good poll.

The Harder They Come, The Harder They Fall?

Strictly Business?

All Night Long?

(Three, that's) The Magic Number? [Doh. Walked right into whatever joke comes of this one, although I will note that it's off the album entitled "Three Feet High and Rising."]

No Sleep 'Til Brooklyn?

Thurgreed(I'm guessing Thrasher's would be "Pull up to my bumper")Marshall

bridge of love · 08-14-2003, 04:09 PM

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Originally posted by robustpuppy
I just read a review in the WSJ of The Literary Book of Economics by Michael Watts, and I'm wondering if anybody on this board has read it. The review left me intrigued, but I'm still on the fence and think I'd rather spend the $ on more David Sedaris.

I did finally got around to reading Me Talk Pretty One Day, and I almost choked I was laughing so hard. (I could barely keep my Appletini down and I almost spewed it all over my Kate Spade bag.) Just thinking about some of the stories makes my eyes water. I read it during my vacation and other passengers on the plane kept looking back at me with looks of either concern or annoyance -- apparently they thought I was crying. Naked was not as uproarious. I plan to buy his and Amy's other books, but wouldn't mind a capsule review from the other Sedaris fans on the board. Having heard Sedaris on NPR a couple of times, I would like to buy his books on tape.

Holidays on Ice, although it might be more of a compilations of holiday stories that appeared elsewhere first, is great. The one about working as an elf at Macy is my single favorite of his stories, and also includes a great Amy cameo, where she teaches him some sign language.

Penske_Account · 08-14-2003, 04:10 PM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall

Thurgreed(still haven't decided on my Ouisee)Marshall

Obviously PJ. You must be the only person who doesn't see this coming. No pun intended.

evenodds · 08-14-2003, 04:12 PM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
(Three, that's) The Magic Number? [Doh. Walked right into whatever joke comes of this one, although I will note that it's off the album entitled "Three Feet High and Rising."]

My theme:

One Mo'Gin

Greedy,Greedy,Greedy · 08-14-2003, 04:14 PM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Now THAT'S a good poll.

You're right, it is a good poll. So what would TM's bedroom theme song be? My best answer: "Backdoor Man" Alternative: "Ain't Nothin but a Hounddog"

idle acts · 08-14-2003, 04:16 PM

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Originally posted by taxwonk
. . . why are we exchanging anonymous messages over the internet instead of fucking our brains out in a bathtub full of gin and olives?

Why, indeed. Thank you for the most excellent mental image.

flare up · 08-14-2003, 04:17 PM

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Originally posted by leagleaze
What would your bedroom theme song be?

As a lurker of some duration, experience tells me that a poll is always a good time to jump into the fray here.

Mine would be "Hold it now, Hit it" by the Beasty Boys, but I'm kinky like that.

MisterEbola · 08-14-2003, 04:22 PM

OK, just got back from a 10-day business trip to Osaka. Great food, huge client, lotsa work.

Unfortunately, I've now been told by the partner in charge that the client has been recently moaning and groaning about billing (despite the fact that the company exec VP took five of us out to dinner in the Namba ward of Osaka to the tune of a mere $1100). As such, I've been instructed for my return flight to simply bill the standard 8-hour work day to the client and the remaining 11 hours to the "office".

Does this make sense? Any thoughts? Nice way to kill a lot of easy hours for me.

08-14-2003, 04:23 PM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
...flying car or motorcycle would do too.

So now I am picturing you as George Jefferson driving Chitty Chitty Bang Bang with a Pimp Jacket on and a dog navigating and I have to tell you, it's not such a good look.

-TL

SlaveNoMore · 08-14-2003, 04:25 PM

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TexLex
So now I am picturing you as George Jefferson driving Chitty Chitty Bang Bang with a Pimp Jacket on....

No, you are just having a flashback of an Old Navy commerical.

not7y(what happened to Morgan Fairchild)S

dtb · 08-14-2003, 04:25 PM

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Originally posted by NotFromHere
I'm with you on this one. It's the ugliest expensive purse that a person can own. I was at an airport one time - I think it was JFK and this couple gets out of a cab with the whole LV collection. I'm talking purse, suitcase, suitbag, trunk, carryon - it looked like a catalog. My only thought was - I hope the luggage guys get ahold of this crap and beat hell out of it.

No, wait, they've come up with something even uglier!

It's a white purse with the logos in pink and blue (and maybe some other color). I suppose it's supposed to look summery, but it looks even worse than the dark and light brown combo. I saw some woman on the street carrying it and couldn't stop staring (a la slowing down to look at a car accident.)

Here is a particularly hideous example:

Did you just call me Coltrane? · 08-14-2003, 04:27 PM

Originally posted by leagleaze
What would your bedroom theme song be?

Side Two of Led Zeppelin IV...

Mr. Man · 08-14-2003, 04:30 PM

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Originally posted by MisterEbola
OK, just got back from a 10-day business trip to Osaka. Great food, huge client, lotsa work.

Unfortunately, I've now been told by the partner in charge that the client has been recently moaning and groaning about billing (despite the fact that the company exec VP took five of us out to dinner in the Namba ward of Osaka for dinner to the tune of a mere $1100). As such, I've been instructed for my return flight to simply bill the standard 8-hour work day to the client and the remaining 11 hours to the "office".

Does this make sense? Any thoughts? Nice way to kill a lot of easy hours for me.

That is never fun (at least not as much fun as snoozing on a plane listening to mp3s for eight hours and billing). I have seen it more doing some project for a big client in some remote locale as a favor or "to get in the door" or to cement some relationship. The work itself is billed but the travel is sometimes purged. Kind of a don't use a firm with an office in that city kind of thing. Fine for the firm, bad for the traveler.