Fashion Board--Penske . . . forever!

[Adder]

Originally posted by taxwonk
pssst, Adder, I am Jewish.

Not according to certain posters on the PB. But, yes, I know.

I read forty pages of bullshit and Thurgreed and pppnypcppcny don't even fuck at the end? Just what the hell is going on here?

[Retard]

Originally posted by taxwonk
I wouldn't know. For the last two years, I've been in the zero bracket. Lucky fucking me.

Paralegalling pays pretty well, I hear.

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by dtb
Do you really need the first period?

Whom?

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by ironweed
I read forty pages of bullshit and Thurgreed and pppnypcppcny don't even fuck at the end? Just what the hell is going on here?

Slave and Paigow apparently, allegedly did. did you miss that part?

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Hmmm. One was a mortgage guy whose house the party was in. The other was the general manager of Niemans. Another was the most beautiful human being who has ever grabbed my ass.

Needless to say, they were all gay.

You know, one of the byproducts of having my entire social life centered around the arts is that the people I hang out with pretty much run the gamut income wise. I'll spend hours at a bar with an oil equipment company owner who could blow ppnyc's investment bankers out of the water in terms of his wealth, an artist who works the counter at Einstien bagles every morning who is over the moon excited about the fact he can afford $200 a month for studio space, a woman who is Beyonce's manager, and a woman who runs a PR company for restuarants out of her home who makes about the same as I do. Ultimately, our relative incomes don't really matter. Artists need patrons and patrons need artists. We all share a passion for art and for having fun, and we're all interesting people. That's all that really matters in a group of people with such disparate incomes.

I went to Hawaii with the mortgage guy above a few years ago on one of his company's annual reward trips for the top mortgage brokers in the country. One night, we went to a dinner with all of the other winners from our region, and the only thing that the bankers could talk about was the stuff they've bought since the last time they got together. Cars, watches, clothes, the additions on the house. It was one of the most tedious discussions I've ever sat in on. And it's not because I'm not materialistic. I'm a fan of beautiful things. I love great design, and I generally can't afford my tastes. But it was clear that these guys were buying things because they were expensive, not because they were beautiful or interesting. It was a competition for who could spend the most money, who could drop the most brand names. I was so relieved when my friend and I went back to the hotel and he told me how bored he was with the discussion too.

I think one of the vast misconceptions about an on line persona is that people don't have depth or are very "one track" like it is perceived that I think it is cool to sit around and discuss the latest toys or I revere people like that.

Like anyone, I move easily among circles of wealthy and not so wealthy people. I am equally at ease with the banker hedge type as I am the Starbucks guy which we discussed his band. We live in an area that there is great disparity in the allocation of wealth. There is chafing and static from the locals re the new developments going up.

Truly...I like to shop I like beautifully cut, well tailored clothes. I rock a classic look. But at the end of the day, the people in your life, your family, your kids, your non people your pets the realtionships you establish with your colleagues these are what sustain you and make it interesting. And no, having a vast amount of wealth doesn't make you a better person, or more interesting.

[Oliver_Wendell_Ramone]

Originally posted by dtb
Do you really need the first period?

I'd get rid of the period and add a question mark.

Fuck another? Administrative headache.

Keeps me faithful IRL. Which is why I have to be a manslut on the internets.

[Oliver_Wendell_Ramone]

Originally posted by patentparanyc
I think one of the vast misconceptions about an on line persona is that people don't have depth or are very "one track" like it is perceived that I think it is cool to sit around and discuss the latest toys or I revere people like that.

Like anyone, I move easily among circles of wealthy and not so wealthy people. I am equally at ease with the banker hedge type as I am the Starbucks guy which we discussed his band. We live in an area that there is great disparity in the allocation of wealth. There is chafing and static from the locals re the new developments going up.

Truly...I like to shop I like beautifully cut, well tailored clothes. I rock a classic look. But at the end of the day, the people in your life, your family, your kids, your non people your pets the realtionships you establish with your colleagues these are what sustain you and make it interesting.

But do you rock a classic blowjob technique. You still haven't told us, and if Thurgreed knows, he ain't tellin'.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by dtb
I thought you said she was hot.

She used to be, but then she let some guy pee on her and he was some sort of mutant. It wasn't pretty.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Retard
Paralegalling pays pretty well, I hear.

It sometimes pays better than soloing.

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by taxwonk
It sometimes pays better than soloing.

Like I've always said re: law firms. You won't starve but you won't be rich.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
BTW, we've doing bag rotations for about half an hour a workout at our boot camp for the last two weeks, and there were hints yesterday that we might be moving to real sparring soon, quite possibly tomorrow.

The other members of the bootcamp are my brother and my sister. I'm getting really excited that the first person I'll get to legitimately punch is a sibling.

This could go really, really well or really, really terribly. But I am excited about actually boxing with someone other than a bag.

Channeling Slave: You've fought paigow?

TM

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by patentparanyc
But at the end of the day

I would like to pause to note that this has become one of the most sickeningly overused phrases of late. What, really, does it mean? Is it a "bottom line"? Is it "net, net, net"? Is it "cut to the chase"? It is "like", "um" or "er"? It's 6 words that add nothing to anything.

It is all the more objectionable that it seems to have derived from consultants. If there is a group of people who contribute less to the overall benefit of society than lawyers, it surely is consultants. So far as I can tell, consultants are the people who could not pass a legal writing class, because they write only in cliches. Yet they make money because they manage to smile and convince people that the bullshit exiting their mouths actually contributes to the corporate bottom line. They have, despite their regular vapidity, managed to persuade companies to part with significant sums of money in exchange for the same tired advice. Do lawyers do the same thing? Sometimes. But at least corporate lawyers fill the role of helping to create value through implementing corporate strategy, and litigators are merely protecting corporate value from the leaches like Pony. Even paralegals contribute value to this effort.

BTW, if you're a consultant: suck it. It's friday.

[str8outavannuys]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, I HAVE HAD IT WTH THESE MUTHERFUCKING SOCKS ON THE MUTHERFUCKING BOARD!!!!!

Timely stuff. Happy SOAP day, everyone.

[dtb]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
I would like to pause to note that this has become one of the most sickeningly overused phrases of late. What, really, does it mean? Is it a "bottom line"? Is it "net, net, net"? Is it "cut to the chase"? It is "like", "um" or "er"? It's 6 words that add nothing to anything.

BTW, if you're a consultant: suck it. It's friday.

The corporate banner that used to greet me in my firm's lobby taught me that, "At the end of the day, there is no end of the day."

Did you provide consulting services for that ad campaign, burger?

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
It is all the more objectionable that it seems to have derived from consultants. If there is a group of people who contribute less to the overall benefit of society than lawyers, it surely is consultants. So far as I can tell, consultants are the people who could not pass a legal writing class, because they write only in cliches. Yet they make money because they manage to smile and convince people that the bullshit exiting their mouths actually contributes to the corporate bottom line. They have, despite their regular vapidity, managed to persuade companies to part with significant sums of money in exchange for the same tired advice. Do lawyers do the same thing? Sometimes. But at least corporate lawyers fill the role of helping to create value through implementing corporate strategy, and litigators are merely protecting corporate value from the leaches like Pony. Even paralegals contribute value to this effort.

If anyone is laboring under the delusion that investment bankers are anything other than glorified customer service reps, please allow me to instruct you to think again.