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

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Tripplets

This, or the slightly modified "Tripppletz" strikes me as a kick-ass strip club name.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
It amazes me that people ask these questions! When I was in 8th grade, I asked my pregnant PE teacher -- I have no idea why I did this -- if the pregnancy was an accident. She upbraided me severely; and if she hadn't had to go out on maternity leave I'm not sure I'd be here today. Today I am so cautious that I will not even ask an obviously pregnant woman when her due date is unless she specifically informs me that she is pregnant.

This brings to mind Dave Barry's rule that the only safe time to ask a woman if she's pregnant is if she actually has an infant in the process of emerging from her at the time.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Watchtower
Come on, World Rulers are supposed to be omniscient. I said nothing in any way relating to Judaism. But TM came to my defense with a movie quote that was then charged with being anti-semitic.

Shape-Shifter, I am losing my faith in you as a divine being.

Mammal, please. Give me a freaking break. Do you think it's easy dominating your useless species? Everybody always thinks, "Hey, maybe I should become a World Ruler. No outside work, no heavy lifting." Well let me tell you, there's more to Global Domination than hanging out with Dillinger and sipping Rothchild wines at Trilateral Commission meetings. No, you worthless mammals cause nothing but paper, paper, PAPER. Endless memos and color coded spreadsheets. Don't even get me started on the powerpoints.

If we don't give you enough religion, you become hedonistic, and then you go around wearing black, moping, and babbling on endlessing about the meaninglessness of your futile existence. If we give you too much, then fuckers like you start knocking on my door early on Saturday mornings. And I have more important things to do. I have recall elections in California, moon landings to fake, internet rumors to start, the whole Middle East thing, EU argricultural policy, the Kyoto Protocol, the list is endless. The Bush family alone requires continuous hand-holding. And the Basques. Don't forget the Basques.

All the while, I need to find fresh human blood to drink in order to maintain my human form. Speciesists like you get sooooooo uptight confronting your inherent inferiority. Pains in the ass like David Icke, Thottam, and Gary Coleman try to expose me for who I am. So please forgive me if I don't remember every little phrase out of your insignificant gaping maw. I have better things to do than to track every penny-ante hate mongerer. I'm busy.

[Jack Manfred]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
I think you're right, and I bet Nigella Lawson is a tiger in bed.

Not when she's with her new husband, the 60-year old Charles Saatchi. *sigh* Of course, if poor Charles has a late-night heart attack in the next year, your theory could be proven.

I also think that being a very picky eater is an unattractive trait. It seems closed-minded, unadventurous, immature, and unsensuous not to be willing to consume new things. And I know this is going to sound really sexist, but I find the trait exponentially more unattractive in a man than in a woman (particularly when a guy says he hates seafood). Having strong preferences is an attractive quality, but having too many strong aversions is not.

I'm a picky eater. Growing up, I hardly liked anything at all. Now, I can find something enjoyable in almost every cuisine, restaurant, party, etc. I won't eat anything you put in front of me though, and I'm not a believer in trying something just to be polite/adventurous. If I know I won't like it, I won't eat it.

I distinguish between three kinds of people:
(1) the known picky eater: can't ever seem to eat anything they haven't made themselves; always a struggle ordering at restaurants (i.e. Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally) About the only good thing you can say about these people is that you know they're high-maintenance upfront, so you don't have to wait three months to have your suspicions confirmed.

(2) the subtle picky eater: they might have a thousand strong dislikes for food, but they can coexist with others. They might pick the olives off of pizza, just want coffee instead of eggs Benedict for breakfast, but they aren't ruining anyone else's meal.

(3) the lustful eater: they relish their food to such an extent that you suspect they might relish other activities as well.

You can be in both category 2 and 3, but not (1) and (3). This makes sense. For example, someone might hate Indian food but love Thai food. If you only love something when it's exactly according to preexisting standards, that's calculated, not lustful.

That whole seafood cliche is stupid and untrue. FWIW, I like seafood, but I don't eat sushi.

[ias_39]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic

I think credit card debt should be less dischargeable than some other kinds of debt (student loans anyone? mortgage debt, probably, too); however I think that credit card companies should have some sort of obligation to ensure the basic solvency of people they offer cards to, and if they don't (i.e.: if the person is shown to have been insolvent when the card was issued or limit increased), they should have to eat the losses outright as a risk they voluntarily assumed.

Nixing discharge for debts to by "luxury goods" within 60 days of bankruptcy isn't strict enough for you? This is a terrible idea. Credit card companies love lending to spendthrifts, and spendthrifts love borrowing. Neither group would like the alternative of a system like in a lot of other countries where access to credit is much, much more restricted and consumer bankruptcy is less helpful to debtors. There wouldn't be a windfall though because the legislators are smart enough to not make a reduction in the benefits of consumer bankruptcy retroactive so as to affect credit extended before the change in law.

I found the article ... that ... people suck at predicting <in part purchases they'll like> was interesting. <Buying shit I don't like -- > it's not a mistake I make often. Maybe I'm a materialistic unfeeling bitch, though.

Part of your ability lies in you're earning enough to have significant experience as a consumer. It's like experiments where people are randomly given one trinket or another; the ones with trading experience with the kind of trinket are more likely to trade to maximize utility. The ones with less experience trading tend to be biased toward keeping shit they've got.

[cheval de frise]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
I liked this rationalization:

"Producer Fred Gaudelli told USA Today that, 'Since 40 percent of our Monday Night Football audience is women, our preference was to select a woman' to replace Stark on the broadcast."

Is Lisa Guerrero really what those 40% want to see?

I asked my wife this as we watched the second half of the Bucs/Eagles game on Monday. When they went to the sideline and showed LG in that blue gown with the scarf (?) over one shoulder, looking like a refugee from the freaking opera, we winced. When she opened her mouth, we shuddered. And when they finally cut away, and I asked my wife about it after a moment of mutually silent, stunned disbelief, she said:

"If [LG] were selling glossy lipstick, fine. But she's a joke as a sideline reporter. Why can't they get someone who won't embarass women everywhere every time she opens her mouth?"

Good question.

[ias_39]

Originally posted by paigowprincess

I think all the moviews of books I have read have sucked, except Jaws.

Such a joker. It's easy to name good movies based on novels or short stories:

Godfather I & II
LA Confidential
Bladerunner
Apocalypse Now
Silence of the Lambs
LOTR I & II
Emma
Les Miserables
jesus' son
Minority Report

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by purse junkie
So watch out for your daughters:

My favorite part of the article:

"The Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice"




Otherwise known as the Department of Justice.

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[bilmore]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Can't wait for your next brilliant post.

I'll try to get it in before your TV shows.

[evenodds]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
Mammal, please. Give me a freaking break. Do you think it's easy dominating your useless species? Everybody always thinks, "Hey, maybe I should become a World Ruler. No outside work, no heavy lifting."

You're so on my crush list.

[evenodds]

I saw this movie tonight in Austin and I highly recommend it.

I never saw Desperado and I saw El Mariachi about ten years ago, so it's not dependent upon knowledge of the first two movies.

The director Robert Rodriguez hosted the screening. He opened the picture by explaining that it's really El Mariachi 4 because it flashes back to El Mariachi 3 (a movie that doesn't exist).

Afterwards, he took a ton of questions and really deepened our appreciation. The movie was shot on high definition digital cameras, and we watched the digital version. Forgive me for living in the provinces, but this was my first experience seeing a digitally projected movie and it was just flawless.

(As an aside, a lot of indie filmmakers are shooting high def, but for screening purposes, you still have to transfer to film stock to make it into theaters. There are dozens of digital theaters in the country, as compared to the tens of thousands of film projected theaters.)

It's exciting, it's funny, and it's a really great ride, so check it out on Friday.

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by Anne Elk


This looks like it would be fun to drive.

These guys thought it would be fun to "drive" and ordered two.







But then they wrecked 'em.





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[bilmore]

Here's how Minnesota ushers in 9/11:

The American Pyrotechnics Association holds its annual convention here, about five miles from me. They decide, as a convention activity, to hold a HUGE demonstration (just for themselves, you understand) of new fireworks. They quietly get a permit from the city months in advance, and line up a big spot of empty woods. No one tells anyone about this.

Tonight, we are all suddenly blammed out of our houses as they put on a very low-level, sound-intensive demonstration, barely visible except as an overall, very bright flashing of one horizon from more than a mile away, but composed of some of the biggest noise-blasters I've ever heard. This lasts for 25 minutes. They used more shells (at least one boom per second) than I have ever experienced at any show, and I've seen some great shows.

My entire neighborhood is all out in the streets, trying to figure out what's going on. There are people panicking. This sounds exactly like what I imagine a heavy artillary attack sounds like, or a series of hundreds of huge explosions. This reaction, I now hear, is general over a 25-square-mile area.

Police departments in about twenty cities and burbs get hundreds of calls each. News stations are flooded with calls, from people trying to find out what's going on. Terrorists? They don't know. They're on TV counseling calm until they can investigate.

I'm thinking heads are going to roll tomorrow. Stupid fucking gits.

[evenodds]

Wow, those APA are some stupid fucking people.

Hope you're recovering well from the shock. Maybe you can recommend where they stick next year's demonstration.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by evenodds
Maybe you can recommend where they stick next year's demonstration.

Yeah, I have some ideas for that.