Meh.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I don't really understand your post, but you've missed Canadian thanksgiving. It takes place on the day you people call Columbus Day.

Get with the lingo. It's Indigenous Peoples' Day.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
Does cupping hurt? While it is being done? After?

It hurt for an instant when the suction was happening when the cup was put on. After that it felt good. Didn't hurt after at all. It looks as if it hurt a lot - the bruises are deep purple.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
We all look the same to you, don't we?

Yeah, but at least they acknowledge we have more natural rhythm.

[Gattigap]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
On to more interesting things, last night I got acupunctured like 90* and my injury feels much better today. Fascinating. I also had cupping done, so my groin and tailbone/ass region looks as if I got totally bruised and banged up by someone who punches in very neat circles. But my chi is flowing. Yay!




*this is an expression from small-town Ontario. It means "a lot."

In our local injury report, it's worth observing that when playing on a carpeted basketball court, you do not -- you DO NOT -- let yourself fall to the ground, as the rug burn to the leg can be a bitch.

For rehab, I concede that it is unlikely that acupuncture can solve the problems of a nasty rugburn. But with a name like "cupping," I am tempted to try it.

[andViolins]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
It hurt for an instant when the suction was happening when the cup was put on. After that it felt good. Didn't hurt after at all. It looks as if it hurt a lot - the bruises are deep purple.

For me it didn't hurt when i put it on, but it hurt like a motherfucker when the suction was happening. And I'm still no fucking bigger goddammit! Johnny Fucking Wadd my ASS!

aV

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
http://entertainment.tv.yahoo.com/en...172195800.html

The Bluth clan of Fox's ratings-challenged "Arrested Development" is also headed for the exit after Fox cut the third-season order on the Emmy-winning comedy to 13 episodes.

As for the demise of "Arrested," it comes just as the acclaimed comedy came back this week after a hiatus to make room for Fox's baseball coverage. The two back-to-back episodes averaged a paltry 4 million viewers Monday, sending Fox to fifth place in the 8 p.m. hour and putting a dent on the ratings of its lead-out, the rookie drama "Prison Break."

There is a possibility that the show will be shopped around, but its high cost is expected to be prohibitive for a cable network.

Fox said Thursday that it will pull "Arrested Development" and "Kitchen Confidential" off the schedule for the remaining three Mondays of the November sweep, replacing them with a rerun of the previous episode of "Prison Break" leading into an original episode of the serialized drama.

"Arrested" and "Kitchen" are set to return to their time slots with original episodes December 5, following the fall finale of "Prison Break" on November 28.



This just ruined my day. Fuck.

This sucks.

I wonder what makes it expensive. Do they film on location or something?

ETA: I thought it was cancelled last month, because it wasn't on for so long and Tivo said there were no upcoming episodes a few weeks ago. I was wondering why there wasn't a board uproar about it.

One of the nice things about Tivo is that I don't have to pay attention to schedules. I have no idea when it came on. On the other hand, unless they're advertising during football or baseball games, I have no idea if a cool new show is being promoted, since I don't watch commercials, cancelled my subscription to US Weekly during their Bennifer obsession and otherwise have stopped paying attention to what's on TV. My sole source of info on pop culture is NFH.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by andViolins
Johnny Fucking Wadd my ASS!

I didn't know you were into that kind of thing. PM me. I have some spin class "friends" you might like to meet.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by spookyfish
If I had, in fact, broken my penis, I would never disclose that information to Oprah, of all people. She is pure, undistilled evil, and I hate her with the fire of 1,000 suns.

(Besides, I think she just wants to have a pool of broke-dick men together so that Steadman can have someone to compare notes with.)

It was bound to happen, what with her sumo wrestling and all.

[notcasesensitive]

I'm into his column this week. I've been bored by it lately and I'm an advice column junkie, so I'm happy about this turn of events. Here is today's installment:

http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/20...end/index.html

Very FB appropriate...

Dear Cary,

A couple of months ago I met the girl. She is perfect in every way, physically, emotionally, intellectually, and yes, sexually, except ... She dated a dude in a rock band before me, for about five years. And while I have no problems with that it turns out they had a very interesting sexual relationship. While we were out drinking one night, I asked her what were some of the "wilder" sex acts she'd performed. What followed caused me to sober up pretty quickly. Without going into too much detail, there was a lot of anal penetration, not to mention handcuffs, costumes, oil, honey, strange locations, you name it. And of course he had a big penis. None of these things individually bothered me, but all of it together! I realized I was like a rec leaguer suddenly thrown onto the court with the Miami Heat.

All of which adds up to an obvious point. I'm feeling pretty damn inadequate now. Our sex is new and wonderful, highly orgasmic, but relatively vanilla. In the back of my mind I'm always thinking, "Is she bored? Should I suggest something different? Should I tell her to get her dildo?"

Again, I just want to be clear that I am totally down and open-minded with exploration, and have nothing against just about any kind of sex (even the dildo, maybe especially the dildo). And the fact that I am with someone who has already proven to be sexually open, well, for many guys this would be like winning the lottery. But even so, I am constantly worrying that I come off as, well, amateurish, self-conscious, awkward. Right now things are great, but down the road when the new wears off ...

If You Don't Like the Answer, Don't Ask the Question

Dear Lucky,

You can give yourself a long signature if you like. I'll just call you Lucky.

I don't see how you can go all that terribly wrong here, unless you get yourself all tied up in knots trying to live up to some standard you feel she's set for you. You don't have to live up to this other guy. You just have to be you. If she wanted to still be with that other guy, she'd be with him. She's with you because she wants to be with you. If you start trying to be that other guy, you're just going to louse it up. So cool off, Lucky.

If you want to experiment with something that excites you, do it. Obviously you are with someone who is open to new things. But if you don't want to experiment, don't experiment. I don't see why you have to. The big mistake you could make is assuming that your girlfriend is somehow programmed to expect the same thing from every man. That would be doing her a disservice. If she got the feeling that that's what you thought, she would probably figure you have no clue what she's about and she would dump you and then we wouldn't be able to call you Lucky anymore.

Again, I don't see how you can go wrong if you just concentrate on who she is and what she likes. Forget all the stuff about her other boyfriend. The worst thing you could do is compete with her ex-boyfriend's ghost in the bedroom. If that happens, you're dead. So forget about him.

Yes, I know, that may be a little like saying don't think about an elephant. So let's forget the negative form of that suggestion. Let's think about it in the positive way: Think about her. Think about her. Think about her.

Think about her some more. What do you want to do to her? What do you want her to do to you? Tell her what you want to do to her. Tell her what you want her to do to you. Take it as far as you want to take it, as long as it's real.

Don't fake it, though. Don't start cluttering up your act with synthesizers. You've seen what happens to rock bands when they start cluttering up their act? Keep it real and pure and lean. Stay true to your roots. Don't go all ersatz kinky on her or it's over. She'll sense it. She'll be thinking, where did this guy go? What did I do?

If that were to happen, she would have herself partly to blame. What woman in her right mind is going to tell a man she really likes all about the very wild and intimidating experiences she had with her most recent boyfriend, the rock musician? I'm not saying she's a terrible person for telling you, but it does appear that she lacks a certain capacity for calculating the effect of her remarks on others. It is fine to be completely open about one's experience, I suppose. I mean there's nothing morally wrong with it. But to pretend that what you tell someone about your sexual past isn't going to have a profound effect on him would seem to me to be naive.

No harm done, though. If you can keep the rocker out of your head (Think of her! Think of her! Think of her naked! Think of her in chains! Think of her on an album cover! Think of her upside down!), you'll be OK. Just concentrate on your girlfriend, and everything will work out just fine.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
I'm into his column this week. I've been bored by it lately and I'm an advice column junkie, so I'm happy about this turn of events. Here is today's installment:

http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/20...end/index.html

Very FB appropriate...

I'm all misty-eyed now.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
I'm into his column this week. I've been bored by it lately and I'm an advice column junkie, so I'm happy about this turn of events. Here is today's installment:

http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/20...end/index.html

Very FB appropriate...

What's a "good" thing always depends on the perspective, and this is just the wrong guy to really benefit. Example of better fit: Can you imagine how much Str8 would love being able to say his girlfriend used to bang Tommy Lee?

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Not Bob
You wound me.

AoN, I would watch a reality show starring you and I. Or a remake of The Odd Couple. We're like this venn diagram made human.

Write up a pitch and we'll pay Str8 a little visit.

TM

[ltl/fb]

So, I overheard a couple women discussing some supplement one of them was taking for her hair (supposedly makes it grow faster and stronger) and, since my hair grows roughly one millimeter per month, decided to try a hair supplement. It seems to have a lot of biotin in it, plus a fair amount of vitamin E and various B vitamins. And some A, but not crazy amounts, which is good because it's not great to have a ton of A.

Anyway, it's a little creepy how well it works. Anyone had any experience with this stuff?



(and, for pp if she's lurking, you should see the disco mitt!)

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
Ah - I didn't realize it is Veteran's Day. I am an insensitive asshole. I am going to go take a shower.

Also - holy shit -- it is almost the end of 2005 and what do I have to show for it!?!?????

Sex like burning?

TM

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
So, I overheard a couple women discussing some supplement one of them was taking for her hair (supposedly makes it grow faster and stronger) and, since my hair grows roughly one millimeter per month, decided to try a hair supplement. It seems to have a lot of biotin in it, plus a fair amount of vitamin E and various B vitamins. And some A, but not crazy amounts, which is good because it's not great to have a ton of A.

Anyway, it's a little creepy how well it works. Anyone had any experience with this stuff?



(and, for pp if she's lurking, you should see the disco mitt!)

What is it called?