Fashion Board 2-3-04 to 3-5-04

Originally posted by bilmore
What, have I, like, insulted your daughter or something? (Yeah, yeah, I get it. No, it's not a frog . . . )

(Vapid valley girlz bore me. And, apparently, most everyone else.)

Perhaps you might feel better if she offered you a


But then, if you are like me, the mere offer might trigger an embarrassing

[bilmore]

Originally posted by kafka_esquire
Perhaps you might feel better if she offered you a . . .

I'm too old. A pocket wetty is but a fond mammary.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by lookingformarket
This is a 3 part poll.

1. Do you and your spouse take separate vacations? If yes, for weekends or longer?
2. Do you have kid(s)? If yes, do(es) the kid(s) go on the separate vacations?
3. Does your spouse work outside of the home?

1. MY SO and I vacation together, but occasionally make solo visits to friends or family for a few days.
2. No kids, but three pets (those occasional solo trips make things easier in terms of pet care).
3. We both do.

We have very good friends who take almost all of their vacations apart, even at Christmas. They work a lot, and seem happy together, but have different interests, and dislike leaving their pet in another's care, but those might be more incidental conveniences than reasons.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
1. MY SO and I vacation together, but occasionally make solo visits to friends or family for a few days.
2. No kids, but three pets (those occasional solo trips make things easier in terms of pet care).
3. We both do.

We have very good friends who take almost all of their vacations apart, even at Christmas. They work a lot, and seem happy together, but have different interests, and dislike leaving their pet in another's care, but those might be more incidental conveniences than reasons.

You're turning me on here. Stop that this instant or I'll have to don my policewoman outfit and take you into custody.

Originally posted by bilmore
I'm too old. A pocket wetty is but a fond mammary.

So, um . . . are you saying that you have a problem regarding

[Fugee]

Originally posted by idle acts
they actually read the second sentence of the proposed amendment to mean that the amendment is "weak" and doesn't actually "require" any state to restrict marriage to a man and a woman.

I can see how one could get that reading with "construe," "require" and "state or federal law." At first I thought they were just aiming at penumbra-type interpretations and trying to avoid Canada and Mass. situations. But with state laws included, it could mean that no state law (even one that explicitly provided for same sex marriage or marriage rights given to civil unions) can be construed as requiring same sex marriage/civil unions.

It's obviously crappy drafting; I just don't know whether it is crappy drafting that is supposed to override states' rights to allow it or not. In any case, Lester is right that this might turn a tide against Bush.

In other stupid legislation, some bozo congressman (Rep. Walter Jones) has introduced H.R. 235, “The Houses of Worship Free Speech Restoration Act,” to allow political speech at houses of worship. Bad bad idea. So bad a lot of major denominations are against it.

[Fugee]

This question probably belongs on the Gadget Board but I hoped to get a broader response here.

I am a Luddite when it comes to people being able to reach me anywhere anytime. I didn't even have a home answering machine for years. Thus, it is with great reluctance that I have decided to get a cell phone and a PDA.

Questions:

1. Should I combine and get a PDA that can be used as a cellphone too or two different gadgets?

2. Whose calling plans and service suck the least?

3. I currently contemplate using a PDA to keep track of appointments, tasks and contacts. Does it make sense to start with a basic model (like the Palm Zire 71 or Titanium E) and then down the road if I decide to use it for email or more, upgrade (on the theory that they are getting lighter and cheaper all the time) or should I get a more expensive model with more features (WIFI?) right away?

And, since this is the FB:

4. Which PDAs and cell phones are the most fashionable?

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by lookingformarket
1. Do you and your spouse take separate vacations? If yes, for weekends or longer?
2. Do you have kid(s)? If yes, do(es) the kid(s) go on the separate vacations?
3. Does your spouse work outside of the home?

1. When I first read this, my thought was "Absolutely not. That's for self-centered yuppies with open marriages." Then you mentioned retreats. And I remembered she sometimes goes to visit her out-of-state folks for weeks at a time. Neither of which seemed like separate vacations, but which obviously are. (If we have an open marriage, she hasn't told me yet.)

2. Yes, and (in the sense sometimes they go on the trips to her folks') yes.

3. Yes. But in her job, vacations are frequent and long, and in mine (obviously) not so much.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by lookingformarket
I was discussing something with a friend today* and was told that this friend and em's spouse annually take week long separate vacations. They also take vacations together. Both are high-powered lawyers in a relatively large urban center.

I was surprised by this. My surprise caused my friend surprise. Hence, we thought that we'd submit this to the arbiters of all that is normal.

This is a 3 part poll.

1. Do you and your spouse take separate vacations? If yes, for weekends or longer?
2. Do you have kid(s)? If yes, do(es) the kid(s) go on the separate vacations?
3. Does your spouse work outside of the home?

In the tradition of Chef, I'll answer my own poll.

1. We will each occasionally go away for a night or 2. She goes to church retreats generally. I go boozing with my friends.
2. Yes. No they do not.
3. My spouse is a homemaker.

I don't see my family often enough because of work which is why the concept of a separate vacation was odd to me.

Agree on most counts.
1. No.
2. Yes and no.
3. Yes.

[tmdiva]

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No one was as bad as the Roman brothers, thank goodness.

Jonah picked a really stupid, meandering song (what was that? E/O?) that really didn't work for him, and he went really overboard on the ornamentation, but at least he was mostly in tune.

Latoya was great, really great. I had goosebumps from beginning to end. And it was definitely a good thing for her to go last--I would have hated to follow her.

Leah (whatever happened to her cool ethnic name? I know she wasn't Labelle the first time we saw her) is way oversinging, and is in danger of damaging her voice. She has an interesting sound, and her family background is obvious, but she needs to dial it back a few notches and stop shouting (see also, Diana Degarmo from week 1).

I really like Charly, though I don't think she has it in her to be an R&B diva like Aretha--this was not a good song choice for her. She's quirky and cute, and with some help on song choices she could do well.

Amy Adams and Elizabeth Letendre both look to have gained some weight since the Hollywood round. Elizabeth shows it in her thighs, Amy in her face. Both gave just okay performances tonight. I thought Amy should have picked a different song--she sounded pinched and thin on the high notes.

Song choice is, again, a recurring theme. We're back to familiar songs (except for poor Jonah) a la week 1, but not quite so white (2 Whitney songs and 1 Aretha, by my count).

I kind of liked Jon Peter, and not just because he's Mormon. He has personality, and his voice is distinctive. He showed great range, though his song stylings could use some work. He also has a nice gap-toothed country boy appeal. My sister observed that, with his shaggy curls and his short stature, he could have been cast as a resident of the Shire.

Now Eric Yoder doesn't have any country-boy appeal, and needs to stop plucking his eyebrows. He looks like a drag queen out of drag. They keep saying he's like Clay but without the personality. I say he doesn't have the voice, either. He's but a pale imitation, blander.

I think that's everyone. I voted for Latoya (duh!) and for Jon Peter. If it had been based on singing throughout the competition, I would have voted for Amy, too, but she didn't wow me tonight.

tm

Originally posted by Fugee
2. Whose calling plans and service suck the least?

Depends where you live. I have had very good call quality with Sprint - rarely losing calls even when driving cross country. And never roaming in any major city or highway.

4. Which PDAs and cell phones are the most fashionable?

No idea, but my new camera phone has been lots of fun to play with. Note - often Best Buy has their own rebates in addition to provider rebates when you sign up for new service, so you get an even better phone for cheap or free than you would from going to say, the Sprint store.

Originally posted by lookingformarket
1. Do you and your spouse take separate vacations? If yes, for weekends or longer?
2. Do you have kid(s)? If yes, do(es) the kid(s) go on the separate vacations?
3. Does your spouse work outside of the home?

1. Last trip I took was tagging along for a CLE the Mr. was speaking at...well over a year ago. And it was to Fort Worth, which hardly qualifies as a vacation in any event. The Mr. has been to several out-of-state sporting events with buddies.
2. Yes. 3mos old, so no.
3. Yes, but I'm an at-home mommy litigator for the foreseeable future.

-TL

[pony_trekker]

Originally posted by lookingformarket
I was discussing something with a friend today* and was told that this friend and em's spouse annually take week long separate vacations. They also take vacations together. Both are high-powered lawyers in a relatively large urban center.

I was surprised by this. My surprise caused my friend surprise. Hence, we thought that we'd submit this to the arbiters of all that is normal.

This is a 3 part poll.

1. Do you and your spouse take separate vacations? If yes, for weekends or longer?
2. Do you have kid(s)? If yes, do(es) the kid(s) go on the separate vacations?
3. Does your spouse work outside of the home?

In the tradition of Chef, I'll answer my own poll.

1. We will each occasionally go away for a night or 2. She goes to church retreats generally. I go boozing with my friends.
2. Yes. No they do not.
3. My spouse is a homemaker.

I don't see my family often enough because of work which is why the concept of a separate vacation was odd to me.






*We all know that this means that I was IMing with someone who I've never met in real life, right?

The wifey and I occasionally take "separate" vacations because she gets less vacation than I do. They really aren't separate because I am on vacation and she's not but she's done the same thing when I couldn't get out of a work commitment.

So I occasionally take pony Jr. to see grandma or skiing or some other sports trip. But it isn't like I'll go to New Orleans for a week during the same week that she goes to Fiji.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
remember that time that you posted a link to prove me wrong and it only proved you wrong? ah, good times.

In grammar school, walking home with your friends, were you the kind of kid who recapped her 4-square stats?

[sunnybunny]

I've decided to change political parties.

--The kinder, gentler, Bunny

EOM

[Pretty Little Flower]

Apparently the Courtney death watch is a widespread phenomenon:

http://www.citypages.com/databank/25...ticle11916.asp

(local arts paper reviews Love's latest in the form of an obit)