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ThurgreedMarshall · 11-01-2006, 04:01 PM

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Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
Dissent. It is not at all clear to me that New York is a cause, much less the primary cause, of Thurgreed's overwhelming pussiness. It could just as easily have been the cheese curds for all we know.

I tend to think the cause is the time I spent in Minnesota. That place is full of wanna-be hip hop white boys* bobbin' their blond locks to Dead Prez and talkin' about how the cops look at them funny when they roll through Eden Prarie on their way home to their parents' 4 bedroom, 5 bath suburban dwelling.

TM

*aka pussies

pony_trekker · 11-01-2006, 04:02 PM

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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I can't vote in U.S. elections because of citizenship requirements.

You haven't found the right areas of NYC>

Did you just call me Coltrane? · 11-01-2006, 04:04 PM

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Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
Dissent. It is not at all clear to me that New York is a cause, much less the primary cause, of Thurgreed's overwhelming pussiness. It could just as easily have been the cheese curds for all we know.

It's obvious that he's trying to make up for his pussiness with that manly bed.

Did you just call me Coltrane? · 11-01-2006, 04:09 PM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I'll cop to that (when it comes to cigarette smoke, at least). Right before the ban I always said it was a stupid law -- that bars are supposed to be smokey and what's the big deal with it anyway? But now, I don't know how you guys do it.

TM

Chicago's ban in bars becomes effective July 1, 2008. Smoking is currently banned in restaurants. I actually can't wait. It doesn't bother me that much (as an ex-smoker), but the wife isn't a fan of smokey bars. It'll be nice to be able to wear a sweater again after being in a bar w/out washing it.

Did you just call me Coltrane? · 11-01-2006, 04:11 PM

Wow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeGCWJrwfNg

Replaced_Texan · 11-01-2006, 04:18 PM

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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Wow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeGCWJrwfNg

Damn, that was pretty.

After trick or treating was over, I finished the last 75 pages or so of Fever Pitch. I had soccer dreams last night. I didn't really understand most of the technical stuff in the book, but I understood in the dream that I was a die hard Arsenal fan and everyone else could just sod off.

I don't even know Arsenal's colors, though I do know, thanks to a Marketplace report yesterday, that they just acquired a 17 year old named Theo Walcott.

patentparanyc · 11-01-2006, 04:24 PM

Is it normal if your body is used to virtually no sleep that when you actually do get a good night's sleep it throws you for a loop and you feel more tired than before?

That is what I am feeling now. And I had a triple espresso.

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) · 11-01-2006, 04:39 PM

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Originally posted by patentparanyc
Is it normal if your body is used to virtually no sleep that when you actually do get a good night's sleep it throws you for a loop and you feel more tired than before?

That is what I am feeling now. And I had a triple espresso.

That triple was a single. The doppio part was saliva. Barristas talk, you know.

notcasesensitive · 11-01-2006, 04:41 PM

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Originally posted by LessinSF
I have much better sense than to go to the Castro on Halloween. I went once, several years ago and realized: (1) you can't get into a bar; (2) the police don't let you drink outside; (3) it is so fucking crowded you cannot control your own movement, i.e. like being in front of the stage at a concert; and (4) it is partly populated by assholes from Dublin, Berkeley, San Lorenzo, Cupertino, San Jose who are just there to be dicks. Plus, someone lets all these fags in.

Other than the assholes being from different cities, this sounds just like West Hollywood Halloween. Except that there are also inexplicably yuppies (this is probably no longer the correct term) wheeling around small children in expensive strollers. Which part of night of drunken debauchery in the gay part of town drags out the toddlers, anyway?

LessinSF · 11-01-2006, 04:45 PM

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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Other than the assholes being from different cities, this sounds just like West Hollywood Halloween. Except that there are also inexplicably yuppies (this is probably no longer the correct term) wheeling around small children in expensive strollers. Which part of night of drunken debauchery in the gay part of town drags out the toddlers, anyway?

The nine year old boy in my trunk. [rim shot]

heh, heh, heh, I said rim.

notcasesensitive · 11-01-2006, 04:45 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Damn, that was pretty.

After trick or treating was over, I finished the last 75 pages or so of Fever Pitch. I had soccer dreams last night. I didn't really understand most of the technical stuff in the book, but I understood in the dream that I was a die hard Arsenal fan and everyone else could just sod off.

I don't even know Arsenal's colors, though I do know, thanks to a Marketplace report yesterday, that they just acquired a 17 year old named Theo Walcott.

I am on a huge Nick Hornby kick. I just finished How to be Good and I'm about to finish The Polysyllabic Spree. Fever Pitch is undoubtedly next, as I think that may be the last book of his I haven't read. I also love the name The Polysyllabic Spree and it reminds me of sitting in Zilcher Park trying to listen to [who was it, who was it] someone else over the din of 80-someodd chorus-gown-clad-singers. Good times.

barely_legal · 11-01-2006, 04:54 PM

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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
I am on a huge Nick Hornby kick. I just finished How to be Good and I'm about to finish The Polysyllabic Spree. Fever Pitch is undoubtedly next, as I think that may be the last book of his I haven't read. I also love the name The Polysyllabic Spree and it reminds me of sitting in Zilcher Park trying to listen to [who was it, who was it] someone else over the din of 80-someodd chorus-gown-clad-singers. Good times.

I haven't read Fever Pitch or his essay collections, but I was very disappointed in How to be Good and A Long Way Down. I loved About a Boy and High Fidelity so maybe my expectations were too high.

I will probably read Fever Pitch eventually just because I haven't completely given up on him yet, but my hopes are not high.

notcasesensitive · 11-01-2006, 05:03 PM

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Originally posted by barely_legal
I haven't read Fever Pitch or his essay collections, but I was very disappointed in How to be Good and A Long Way Down. I loved About a Boy and High Fidelity so maybe my expectations were too high.

I will probably read Fever Pitch eventually just because I haven't completely given up on him yet, but my hopes are not high.

I may not be a particularly discerning reader, but I liked both of his latest novels. But you remind me - I never read About a Boy. I assume it is worth reading even if I found the movie to be sort of <meh>?

barely_legal · 11-01-2006, 05:06 PM

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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
I may not be a particularly discerning reader, but I liked both of his latest novels. But you remind me - I never read About a Boy. I assume it is worth reading even if I found the movie to be sort of <meh>?

I thought the book was much better (but isn't that always the case?). If you like Nick Hornby, you will like About a Boy.

I'm reading The Uses of Enchantment right now. I'm not very far in, but I really like it so far. It reminds me a little of Alice Hoffman's novels.

Alex_de_Large · 11-01-2006, 05:09 PM

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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Wow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeGCWJrwfNg

Wow indeed.

ETA: FSC truly sucks.