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

Bridge of Love 8:57



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Originally posted by ltl/fb
Static turned up really loud, with occasional feedback and fingernails scraping down a chalkboard.

It's how I maintain my cheery demeanor.

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when you were young, after your dad left, did your mom bring home "uncles" alot?

NotFromHere 9:56


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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Isn't this effectively a toga party? I guess that's somewhat more limited, you miss the fun Germanic deities.
Not quite the same, but I went to a great vernal equinox party once. Everyone had to be something ... vernal equinoxed themed. We had Bottom, lots of faries, elves and nymphs, spring flowers, baby birds, lambs, rabbits, eggs, etc.

And we all got very drunk. I still don't know what happened to my wings.
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That's it. St. Pauli Girl! She's kind of hot in a strange sort of way.

Str8 12:00 am 10/3






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Originally posted by taxwonk
And you call yourself a chef? You been too long sucking on your own chocolate salty balls.
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Those balls cost three-fitty.

Str8 12:05


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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Yeah, I think you're right. I remember it was mostly used in New Orleans, which got rather more into complicated classifications.
One of my S.A. friends has two kids, one of whom can pass and one can't. Mother's white, and the daughter isn't (though she'd pass anywhere in the US). The whole family refers to the boy as "White-Boy." Going out in Johannesburg with them is kind of weird. People will smile at the boy and mother, but treat the daughter like she's invisible. Or, they'll compliment the beautiful daughter with that whole, smug "see how progressive I am!" tone. Though one has to give them marks, being still rather new at this "how do we deal with having to actually deal with each other" thing, for jumping right in, slogging along and trying things out rather than timidly waiting for someone to tell them what's "right."
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Kathy Pfeiffer has written an interesting book about "passing," in literature, the title of which escapes me. "The Human Stain" is probably the best known current work on the subject, and I hear the upcoming movie based on same is pretty fucking cool.


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Ann Elk 12:31



Canada upsets China 1-0 in the quarterfinals! Charmaine Hooper's goal in the 7th minute stood up. Swiatek was amazing in goal.

Just in case anyone cares the semi-final matchups are:
US v. Germany
Canada v. Sweden

OK back to reality TV, music, costumes, etc.

Str8 12:32



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Originally posted by robustpuppy
Yes, we called it "F--k or die," but I prefer the version I've played: present two vile possibilities for banging with death as the out. It's a different dynamic when you introduce the comparative aspect, and it's often very telling when a person will explain why they chose one person over another. It's also fun to see who in your group is capable of the most evil pairings that almost always motivate the player to choose death.
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Back before going in-house, the guys and the old firm and I would play "who would you rather fuck:" with the choices usually being [moderately ugly male partner, associate, or nut-job paralegal] vs. [grotesquely fat female associate or heinously ugly female partner].

Variations went to:
Would you rather give [name partner] a blowjob at the partner's meeting in front of all the partners, watching silently, vs. [take it in the ass from fat guy in word pro]?

Or the ever popular:
Would you do [x] for $1,000,000. I was on record as never refusing to do anything safe for $1,000,000.

Str8 12:43



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Originally posted by Aloha Mr. Learned Hand
This also might be a calculated plot to gain "street cred" in the Change Agent community...

Tell the story of how he was mistreated, take out the part about the socks, insert some bullshit story of oppression, and all of a sudden he is a "prisoner of conscience" instead of a royal dipshit...
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This reminds me of the guy who used to sit outside of Yale station in 1991 and tell everyone who passed by that Lyndon Larouche was George Bush's political prisoner. Good times.

Str8 12:52






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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Ignorant boor. There is a chocolate bar in Canada called "Big Turk". It's turkish delight for the masses. Been around forever. Still around. Loved by many (not by me).
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Yeah. Big Turk sucks. Crispy Crunch or nuthin. Unless you got some Jos Louis, or perhaps an Aero or a Crunchie. Or a Mr. Big or some Smarties*, or a Flake bar.

*not the dumb American Smarties, which are really Rockets.

Str8 1:00



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Originally posted by Shape Shifter
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...x.html?cnn=yes

Rush sez:

"My comments this past Sunday were directed at the media and were not racially motivated."

Except for the part about race, of course. Fortunately, the NFL seems to be getting it right:

"ESPN knew what it was getting when they hired Rush Limbaugh," league vice president Joe Browne said. "ESPN selects its on-air talent, not the NFL."
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Rush would have been better served by citing to the cases of:
Gannon v. McNair (N.D. Cal., 2003)
Dilfer v. McNabb (E.D. Pa, 2003)
Brady v. Kordell (W.D. Pa., 2002)
McNabb v. Warner (E.D. Mo., 2002)


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Str8 1:04





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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
"PORTLAND, Ore. -- Trail Blazers swingman Qyntel Woods has been cited for driving with a suspended license and no proof of insurance, Portland police said Tuesday.

When asked to produce his drivers license and proof of insurance, Woods reportedly provided officers with his rookie trading card as identification."

Now that's funny.

TM
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Say what you want about the Blazers, but they really know how to draft players who fit in well with the team and its image.

Str8 1:18



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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
this is a bit over-broad, no?
you don't like Tortoise Brand Pot Scrubbing Cleaner Theme? the cover of Daydream Believer? konnichiwa? whatever the song is about missing garbage day?

did you ever hear the Atticus samplers*?
*not Shonan
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Dude. Tortoise Brand pot cleaner is the very best cleaner in the world.

Str8 1:24


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That's another idea for group costumes--legendary characters. Besides PB and BtBO, there's Pecos Bill, John Henry, etc.



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Me and the wife (well, she will be the wife by Halloween) are going as the Captain and Tenille. Not that anyone cares. For similar reasons I'm going to decline to list my mix-tape or soundtrack or whatever.

Slave No More 1:38


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str8outavannuys
Rush would have been better served by citing to the cases of:
Gannon v. McNair (N.D. Cal., 2003)
Dilfer v. McNabb (E.D. Pa, 2003)
Brady v. Kordell (W.D. Pa., 2002)
McNabb v. Warner (E.D. Mo., 2002)
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Been lurking for a few weeks and nothing has compelled me to chime in - until today.

First the silly Fishbone comment...

McNabb IS totally fucking overrated. He has never won a big game for the Eagles - Ty Detmer and AJ Feeley [for fuck sake] rode the defense to the NFC championship for the Birds last year. McNabb came back and they lost.

And in a League that deliberately puts race at the forefront by fining teams for not interviewing a set number of "minority" coaches for openings to serve some random quota, it is extremely hypocritical for bringing down the hammer on someone who mentions race considerations in the NFL. Regardless of whether one agrees with his opinion.

And what the pile-on artists like Wes (still not a registered Democrat) Clark and Jesse Jackson forget, is that piling on Limbaugh will only arose the ire of those "red state" Dittohead voters in the next election, and not gain them a nickel. Dumb politics.

Slave(someone please fight tomorrow - it is friday you know)4ever

Idle Acts 2:53




Cannot believe that no one has mentioned Hotel California - not because it is great, so much as because other song choices lead me to believe that many posters are of the age to remember when the song was ubiquitous.

I haven't an actual list because it would be too long, but since you people have made me think about the college years, some random thoughts:

ACDC: Back In Black
Kate Bush: Suspended in Gaffa & The Man With the Child in His Eyes
REM: Radio Free Europe
Bowie: Heroes and My Death
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Siouxsie Sue and the Banshees: Dear Prudence
Andrew Lloyd Weber: Evita (British Concert version)
The Vandals: I Want to Be a Cowboy
U2: I Will Follow
English Beat: Mirror in the Bathroom
Soft Cell: Mug's Game
Madonna: Burning Up
Peter Gabriel: Shock the Monkey
Berlin: Sex
Tears for Fears: Head Over Heels
Neil Young: Old Man and Ohio
Springsteen: Jungleland and Thunder Road and The River
and
the STAR WARS soundtrack*

*for the ass who played it every night in the dorm down the hill at full volume until someone broke into his room and threw his stereo, with the record, out the window. The cheering lasted for 20 minutes, EASY.

idle(Suddenly my feet are feet of mud; it all goes slow-mo)acts

Idle Acts 2:55


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Originally posted by str8outavannuys
Me and the wife (well, she will be the wife by Halloween) are going as the Captain and Tenille. Not that anyone cares. For similar reasons I'm going to decline to list my mix-tape or soundtrack or whatever.
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Damn, Str8, I think that was a ketchup quinella.