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

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Anne Elk
Massholes are those crazy people you see driving on the rotaries.

Well, at least the driving rules are spot on:

Excerpts:

-- Never get in the way of a car that needs extensive bodywork.

-- Double-park in the North End of Boston and South Boston, unless triple-parking is available.

-- Making eye contact revokes your right of way.

-- Whenever possible, stop in the middle of a crosswalk to ensure inconveniencing as many pedestrians as possible. And if a pedestrian ahead of you steps into the road, speed up loudly and chase them up on the curb. Pedestrians have no rights.

-- When making a left turn at an intersection with a red light, glare at the oncoming drivers, inch your way into the intersection, and floor it when the green light from the other direction turns yellow.

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
That happened to me once, but it was Reveah.

Which has a beach with an astonishingly high number of thong-wearers, on bodies where thongs should never, ever be.

P(which totally changed my Lilly Pulitzer experience of New England)J

[Sparklehorse]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
And as I recall, black reeboks and acid washed jeans were spendy items in the late eighties, so it aint a class thing. Its a Mass thing.

Eh, I grew up in CT and you can still see those fashions on display in my home town.

[Anne Elk]

Originally posted by purse junkie
Let's not leave Woostah residents out of the loop please though--I believe it was a Woostah Masshole who stole my piece-of-crap car from Western Mass. in college for a joyride and dumped it in a skanky neighborhood there.

Definition of Masshole (from a tripod site):

You may only be referred to as a Masshole if you are, in fact, from Massachusetts. In order to be considered for Masshole status, you must have lived in the state for at least half your life, and you must have at least three other family members who have been or are currently residents. You must also have a complete lack of respect for any other driver on the road as well as any road signs, traffic lights, or pedestrians. To a true Masshole, there are no good drivers - there is only you.

Find the site here

[leagleaze]

Originally posted by baltassoc
As a former journalist I find this incredibly childish and wrong of AmLaw. It is one thing to write a trash piece; its quite another to then engage in a discussion defending it with the people you've trashed, even when they attempt to establish the dialog. The correct answer is simply, "We're sorry you were unhappy about our coverage. We would be happy to publish a letter to the editor so long as it meets the printed criteria for such letters" [which may include requiring signatures or no profanity, etc., I haven't looked at AmLaw's rules in particular]. And that's it.

To be fair, that was the original response. The original response was perfectly appropriate, and said they were sorry I was unhappy, etc etc. I responded to that that I appreciated it and hoped they wouldn't just see it as someone who was bitter about an article, but rather, from someone who was concerned about the process.

All of this was cc:d to someone else. I don't know who is whom so I don't want to name names. Anyway, it was that person to whom it was cc:d who came back and said something about cautioning me from attacking the integrity of one of their reporters in a public forum. He's also the one who said the petty and childish stuff.

I prefer to address reasonable concerns, so I figured no big deal to make sure y'all got it was an opinion. Besides, I also knew what your reaction would be to understanding he actually had the nerve to ask me to do that...so win win yes?

Someone asked if he said it was an opinion piece. No, I don't think so. He (the second guy) basically said they felt the article was fair and that it was a fair summary of the reasons, apparently those reasons were childish and petty for the most part. I'm honestly not sure what he thinks our reasons were. I have to wonder though who would actually go to the trouble I and everyone else involved went through to create this place, never mind the trouble you folks went through to follow us around to four different locations, just so we could curse. That's moronic.

Anyway, the first guy was always polite, he just said he thought I hadn't separated opinion and fact well enough. I disagree with him, obviously. Actually though since I said I would say something I'm not sure why he bothered to respond. Maybe a last word kind of thing? I don't know.

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by pony_trekker
Is funnier than shit. (Can I say that here?) My nephew is now real buddy buddy with all those guys. IF I had money I would back that director in a movie.

This is the one about Coven, right? I totally dig this movie.

Originally posted by Sparklehorse
Eh, I grew up in CT and you can still see those fashions on display in my home town.

Wallingford or Middletown? Really, those places are Massachusetts Lite, as opposed to Rhode Island which, in places like Wahwick can outMass Mass.

[Seven of Nine]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
Yeah, in Woostah. Were you wearing your faux ripped acid washed jeans with the comb in the back pocket, authentic Patriots varsity jacket and black reeboks when you drank Zima, you wicked cool guy?

STOP IT PAIGOW!

You're giving me terrible acid flashbacks.

Oh, my aching head....

Speaking of Patriots' varsity jackets, my office resides right next to the apparent epicenter of Boston's BIG DIG. Each morning, I start my day to the cacophony of a dozen jackhammers furiously pounding rock to dust right outside my office. Although I'm actually quite high up, the noise levels somehow remain at near calamatous proportions until quitting time (4:00) for the damn construction workers.

Needless to say, all this noise wreaks havoc with my billable intentions, reducing my Magna Chartas to mindless drivel. A well trained team of squirrels could generate papers equivalent to mine during the hours of construction. Now, however, I am thinking that I can buy off these guys by appealing to their more basal desires. Perhaps a few cases of Zima and some unrestricted access to some of the looser secretaries of my firm could at last bring me the peace and quiet that I so desperately crave.

Any other Big Dig survivors out there? How are you coping with the noise?

Seven (eh?) of Nine

[Jack Manfred]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Bill O'Reilly tops his gay bathhouse rant --

http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/103.htm

n(he doesn't seem to do as well when he isn't in total control of his surroundings)cs

I saw this on C-SPAN. (I suppose I could have just gone down to the convention center.) The crux of the issue is that Bill O'Reilly had, in several interviews, defended his tenure on Inside Edition by saying that the show had one a Peabody Award. Franken found out this was untrue, and he called O'Reilly on it.

O'Reilly's point was that it's not a big deal whether he misspoke and called a Peabody award a Polk award. Franken's point was that O'Reilly is an inveterate liar.

As I see it, the problem is that O'Reilly just won't live up to his tabloid past. Perhaps he made the mistake because the show won the award after O'Reilly had left the show. O'Reilly also had said that "we won a Peabody." This use of the second person is also deceiving. He didn't win anything. Of course, if I went to Syracuse, I could say something like, "We won the NCAA Final" and no one would question my meaning. The same wouldn't be true if my old firm won a $100 billion judgment and I said, "We won the biggest case of the year."

I should have watched the O'Reilly Factor yesterday to see his reaction. Franken wondered aloud how the incident would be edited.

My reaction after watching the whole thing was as follows (1) I'm not buying books from either O'Reilly or Franken, (2) Molly Ivins (the other panelist) comes off as Yoda, and (3) Pat Schroeder (wasn't she a presidential contender at some point?) was as ineffective as Cartman's mom ("Now boys, play nice together") at handling the situation.

I suppose this should be on the Politics Board, but whatever....

[Anne Elk]

Originally posted by Seven of Nine


Any other Big Dig survivors out there? How are you coping with the noise?

Seven (eh?) of Nine

Did you say something?

I'm thinking about entering some orienteering races this summer. Having had to figure out a new way to/from my office on a weekly and sometimes daily basis, I figure a race where they give a map and a compass should be pretty easy.

[Sparklehorse]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
Wallingford or Middletown? Really, those places are Massachusetts Lite, as opposed to Rhode Island which, in places like Wahwick can outMass Mass.

Nah, a much smaller town. You are dead-on about RI out-MAing MA. (It's pronounced "Ro Diland")

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Jack Manfred
I saw this on C-SPAN.

Earlier this morning, CNN had a clip posted on their site, but they wanted me to sign up for a trial run with a Real player to see it. If you already have one, maybe you can watch it without paying.

[lawyer_princess]

Anyone see this show? It was hilarious. Brought to you by the folks from Monster Garage, we got to see a bunch a guys transform an ordinary house into a Theme House. The theme? Cars! The kitchen looked like a garage, with tool chest drawers and a pneumatic egg beater. The dining room table was a car hood. The kids room had a sofa made on the back of a Honda de Sol. Plus much, much more! Must See TV!

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by Sparklehorse
Nah, a much smaller town. You are dead-on about RI out-MAing MA. (It's pronounced "Ro Diland")

Just like saying "Lawn Guyland"--a dead giveaway for former Guylanders trying to masquerade as old Greenwich Lockjaw landed gentry.

[Cantinflas]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
Speaking of visitors, "Hi" to all of you out there lurking! ("Lurking" is a term we use to decribe those who read, but do not post.) I know some of you have gotten just a terrible impression of us from that article portraying us all as pottymouths, but please do not let a few bad apples spoil the bunch. many of us are capable of carrying on quite civilized conversations. Stick around and find out!

Yay!

Hi back to you Mr. Pretty Little Flower! I'm a recently delurked lurker and you are the second nice person here today to welcome me!

Based on what I have seen at findlaw and here, I think that law.com article and reporter are full of crappola! What passes for content at findlaw looks to me like the inside of the holding tank of a Porta-potty!

ole!

Cantinflas