Missing the Paigow (et al.) [sniff]

[Nut Case, Sensitive]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
Squirrel fur feels nicer and is less expensive, assuming you can skin and sew. And it can come in grey.

Oh, NUTS!

Leave it on the squirrel, missy. It's even nicer that way, and we like to cuddle.

[Shape Shifter]

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/19/fa...skin.html?_r=2

(Article on Gillettes new razor, the five-bladed, vibrating Fusion Power. No need to repost the old SNL skit - it's referenced in the article)

[sunnybunny]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
http://www.landsend.com/cd/fp/prod/0...21108272104970

LL Bean probably has them too.

Both of these may be too prole for you. Williams Sonoma home may have some, but their on-line catalog is a pain in the ass so you can go look yourself.

LLBean has no grey, and Lands End is sold out of the light grey (dark is too dark) in the king size. I'll try WS though. Thanks

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by sunnybunny
LLBean has no grey, and Lands End is sold out of the light grey (dark is too dark) in the king size. I'll try WS though. Thanks

www.cuddledown.com and www.thecompanystore.com also may have stuff.

I'm kinda into bedding.

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by sunnybunny
LLBean has no grey, and Lands End is sold out of the light grey (dark is too dark) in the king size. I'll try WS though. Thanks

Your horses are that particular?

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/19/fa...skin.html?_r=2

(Article on Gillettes new razor, the five-bladed, vibrating Fusion Power. No need to repost the old SNL skit - it's referenced in the article)

Razor blades are a fucking scam. $12 for four blades? I'm lucky to get 10 shaves out of one blade, and I don't have a thick beard. Someone bought me one of those Gilette M3 Power razors (whichever one that vibrates). It works fine. Nothing spectacular. When I travel, I use two-blade Gilette disposables, a package of 12 of which you can get for $10, and there really isn't much of a difference b/w the disposables and the M3 Power (except that the M3 blades are more than triple the price of a disposable razor).

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/19/fa...skin.html?_r=2

(Article on Gillettes new razor, the five-bladed, vibrating Fusion Power. No need to repost the old SNL skit - it's referenced in the article)

How much closer does 2 or 3 blades shave than 1?

How long does it take your beard to grow that marginal difference?

I'm betting 2 blades buy you about an hour of additional "clean shave" and the 3rd gets you like 5 more minutes.

[Alex_de_Large]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/19/fa...skin.html?_r=2

(Article on Gillettes new razor, the five-bladed, vibrating Fusion Power. No need to repost the old SNL skit - it's referenced in the article)

"Levi's Three-Legged Jeans. They're not any more stupid than acid-washed."

[Sparklehorse]

Originally posted by sunnybunny
LLBean has no grey, and Lands End is sold out of the light grey (dark is too dark) in the king size. I'll try WS though. Thanks

Try Garnet Hill too.

[Shape Shifter]

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My random thoughts:


Boy, some of those people auditioning were really bad. Don't they realize they can't sing? Some of them were sort of funny, though. I think some of them might have been gay.

Some of the people auditioning were pretty good. I wonder if one of them will be the next American Idol?

Greensboro looks like a hole into which one shits.

Simon sure is mean.

[Flinty_McFlint]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
I am blatantly ignoring the "no pictures of Michael Jackson" rule. Mainly because I don't care and also that this is so freaking bizarre, even for him.


Michael Jackson, center, wears an abaya, the traditional Arabic women's veil and all-covering gown, and holds the hand of one of his children, also veiled

I don't make fun of ninjas.

Facts:

1. Ninjas are mammals.

2. Ninjas fight ALL the time.

3. The purpose of the ninja is to flip out and kill people.

[LessinSF]

Originally posted by dtb
Not yet. A few more hours, I think - but thanks for asking!

I am undecided between Jan. 31 and Feb. 1. Any thoughts?

[Oliver_Wendell_Ramone]

Originally posted by LessinSF
I am undecided between Jan. 31 and Feb. 1. Any thoughts?

On Feb. 1, I could buy you a celebratory cocktail. Though I suppose I could spring for the drink even if you gave notice the day before. If you give notice on the 31st, will you be too hung over for a drink on the 1st?

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
When I told Atticus that it is absolutely pathetic that I had to spell the issues out in that level of detail, it was not because I felt that I really needed to spell the issues out in that level of detail for him to understand them. I'm quite sure he is aware of some of the shortcomings of our criminal justice system. Instead, I was pointing out how pathetic it is that, absent my spelling out the issues that I know he already understands and mocking the thought processes that allow him to post what he posts, he will continue to build the "all DAs are evil bastards who gleefully prosecute the innocent" strawmen and then bravely knock them down out of some instinctual need to defend our criminal justice system and the prosecutors who serve it.

It is absolutely pathetic that I had to spell this out to you in this level of detail.

That time I meant exactly what I wrote.

I still don't get it. Can you flesh it out a little more?

Which time?

[LessinSF]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
1. How much of a pain would it be to get from the Oakland airport into SF on a Friday afternoon (either just before rush hour or, god forbid, during rush hour)? It seems that Oakland is the only place Southwest flies in the area - is this correct? If so, do people still fly Southwest or do they pay the extra $100 for American or United? How convenient is the SF airport for downtown SF?

45 minutes by car/taxi barring a real foul-up on the Bay Bridge. Same by BART. Yes, as to Oakland being your only choice on Southwest. I fly SWA, but: (1) I work on the Oakland side of the Bay Bridge; (2) it is much cheaper/more convenient if one is driving one's own car; and (3) it is smaller. SFO is probably 15 minutes more convenient to downtown SF than Oakland, but far less likely to have a traffic foul-up on the Bay Bridge and much cheaper in a cab. Also, BART now goes to SFO - 30 minutes to downtown for $5.

2. Where close to the business district of SF should a person stay? Any good Starwood joints? W? Westin? Or any boutiques the person should try instead? Assume the person lacks the budget for the Mandarin Oriental. Assume also that the person's business will be paying for one night and the person and his or her companion might just stay for a second night and foot the bill (or use Starwood points!) themselves.

Others have answered this better than I because I don't stay in hotels here.

3. How bad is the SF weather in late February? Need for an umbrella? Coat?

Possibly (one never knows), and yes.