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

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Jack Manfred
Some people kayak, and some people fish, and some people do both at the same time. That's right, fishing in kayaks is very happening.

You haven't experienced fun until you've hooked a five-foot tarpon while in a ten-foot kayak in the Keys, and been pulled faster than you can paddle. That almost beats eightballs for pure heart-pumping pleasure.

Almost.

[evenodds]

Originally posted by bilmore
You haven't experienced fun until you've hooked a five-foot tarpon while in a ten-foot kayak in the Keys, and been pulled faster than you can paddle. That almost beats eightballs for pure heart-pumping pleasure.

Almost.

Anecdotes like this are why you are our beloved curmudgeon.

[Alex_de_Large]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
With only a moderate workload, it took me about three hours this afternoon to ketchup, and even then I was skimming like mad. Yesterday's theology is today's chub-chub. ASSEZ!

A-Rod/Nomar was an interesting debate a few years ago, but no longer. Kinda like Alomar/Baerga in the early 90s.

str(I once danced the roomba with Harold Bloom's protege, but not Harold Bloom himself, grace-a-dieu)8

How the hell do you think I feel? I can only get on the board when not connecting through the office servers, as the IT Nazis deemed this Board to be non-essential. What the hell do they know?!?

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Alex_de_Large
How the hell do you think I feel? I can only get on the board when not connecting through the office servers, as the IT Nazis deemed this Board to be non-essential. What the hell do they know?!?

I pray to God (or Cthulu or whatever) that this doesn't happen to me. Maybe we should include something substantive on this site to provide some cover. Or would that be the PB?

[pretermitted_child]

Originally posted by leagleaze
I needed some more help to manage things around here, so after some thought, decided Even Odds was the right person to be our newest Admin. I trust her, and I think you all trust her too. She has also done more for this site than anyone but the original three Admins, so I also felt she deserved the position.

I wanted to make you aware of this so (a) you know you can go to her if you need help and (b) that you know that she too is capable of seeing all the things that Slave, MR and I can see.

Thanks for stepping up to the plate E/O, I appreciate it.

L

Congrats, E/O!

And now, a suggestion: To enhance the notice function of this post, perhaps it should be posted in that prominent Welcome/News box on the top-level page of this site (rather than buried amongst the FB's 10,000+ posts).

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
Maybe we should include something substantive on this site to provide some cover.

In hindsight, the Lawtalkers name might have been shortsighted. When the IT'ers saw "Findlaw" or "Infirmation" amongst my roamings, it was easily explainable. "Lawtalkers" sounds like . . . well, this. Perhaps this place needs a new name for cover, like "A Multi-Jurisdictional Survey of Post-Enron Ditch Law and Its Effects Upon Wetlands Degradation (With Special Emphasis on Lawson Spatial Analysis of Funding Patterns and Their Resultant Revenue-flow Vector Assignments)".

I think it's catchy.

[leagleaze]

Originally posted by bilmore
In hindsight, the Lawtalkers name might have been shortsighted. When the IT'ers saw "Findlaw" or "Infirmation" amongst my roamings, it was easily explainable. "Lawtalkers" sounds like . . . well, this. Perhaps this place needs a new name for cover, like "A Multi-Jurisdictional Survey of Post-Enron Ditch Law and Its Effects Upon Wetlands Degradation (With Special Emphasis on Lawson Spatial Analysis of Funding Patterns and Their Resultant Revenue-flow Vector Assignments)".

I think it's catchy.

Right, well, long name aside, I can certainly register another domain name that points to this one. If you seriously think it would be a help.


As it happens though, Alex's problem happened right when the site opened, and as I recall, it was in the middle of a general crackdown for his firm. I am unaware of anyone else running into this problem after repeated visits to the site.

[bridge of love]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
How did they test this? And where do I sign to be a testee (so to speak)?

preliminary testing is done, but if you provide a street address, we can have a vial of the improved semen sent to you along with the survey form.

[ThrashersFan]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Of course excessive drinking can have effects on one's looks as well.

As well as on the looks of those around you. This is why everyone should keep a sober friend around them at all times to stop their drunken-ass from going home with someone ugly enough to scare a dog off of a meat-wagon.

Edited for this link: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,89938,00.html

spree: Thanks to the growing number of plus-size-friendly vacation packages, heavier-set folks are having their day in the sun.

"Recent reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (search) say nearly 65 percent of Americans are overweight — 31 percent are considered obese (search). With numbers like that, it seemed imminent that a plus-size travel market would pop onto the scene — and it has."

We skinnies are in the minority and maybe shoudn't joke so much or we might get whipped with a pepperoni stick or something.

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by bilmore
Maybe this is just a rephrase of what you are saying, but - people SHOULD eat for satisfaction and pleasure, but need to re-train themselves so that they derive that pleasure from healthy foods instead of from empty foods.

One cannot derive genuine pleasure from carob, frozen yogurt, tofurkey, or broccoli. They are all crappy wishful-thinking substitutes eaten solely to fend off an early death, and the failure of the health-food crowd to acknowledge this honestly is the reason why so many people turn to Ding-dongs and Bob's Fatass Frozen Partially Hydrogenated Myocardial Infarction Happy Meal in frustration. Sometimes life is mean and you have to eat salads instead of pate so you don't croak.

Just spit out the truth and tell people that, like taxes, it's just something you have to suck up, and that you'll try to make it palatable as possible. That, people can respect.

P(pork chops are still healthy though because they are 'the other white meat')J

[ThrashersFan]

Originally posted by purse junkie
One cannot derive genuine pleasure from carob, frozen yogurt, tofurkey, or broccoli. They are all crappy wishful-thinking substitutes eaten solely to fend off an early death, and the failure of the health-food crowd to acknowledge this honestly is the reason why so many people turn to Ding-dongs and Bob's Fatass Frozen Partially Hydrogenated Myocardial Infarction Happy Meal in frustration. Sometimes life is mean and you have to eat salads instead of pate so you don't croak.

Just spit out the truth and tell people that, like taxes, it's just something you have to suck up, and that you'll try to make it palatable as possible. That, people can respect.

P(pork chops are still healthy though because they are 'the other white meat')J

I like broccoli. And cauliflower. I like to sit and eat them raw with a beer -- better than chips in my view. Maybe I just have fucked-up taste buds or something. Tofu shall never pass over these lips -- it looks funny and jiggles but it sure as hell ain't Jell-O.

[evenodds]

Originally posted by purse junkie
One cannot derive genuine pleasure from carob, frozen yogurt, tofurkey, or broccoli. They are all crappy wishful-thinking substitutes eaten solely to fend off an early death, and the failure of the health-food crowd to acknowledge this honestly is the reason why so many people turn to Ding-dongs and Bob's Fatass Frozen Partially Hydrogenated Myocardial Infarction Happy Meal in frustration. Sometimes life is mean and you have to eat salads instead of pate so you don't croak.

Maybe I have become a pod person, but . . .

Since I changed my eating regime last January, if I have one of the OM's donuts or a handful of onion rings, I feel like crap. I enjoy it at the time, but after, ick.

I agree that a big juicy hamburger cooked on a grill is far superior to my boca all-american burger. But I prefer how my body feels after my soy burger.

Even(and I love fried tofu)Odds

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by bilmore
Maybe this is just a rephrase of what you are saying, but - people SHOULD eat for satisfaction and pleasure, but need to re-train themselves so that they derive that pleasure from healthy foods instead of from empty foods.

Originally posted by purse junkie
One cannot derive genuine pleasure from carob, frozen yogurt, tofurkey, or broccoli. They are all crappy wishful-thinking substitutes eaten solely to fend off an early death, and the failure of the health-food crowd to acknowledge this honestly is the reason why so many people turn to Ding-dongs and Bob's Fatass Frozen Partially Hydrogenated Myocardial Infarction Happy Meal in frustration. Sometimes life is mean and you have to eat salads instead of pate so you don't croak.

Just spit out the truth and tell people that, like taxes, it's just something you have to suck up, and that you'll try to make it palatable as possible. That, people can respect.

Sing is sister. I was going to say basically the same thing myself, but was behind and was too lazy to go back and look for the post.

People shouldn't try to retrain themselves to think tofu or rabbit food is just as tasty as lovely fatty meat and cheese and sticky gooey sugars. That is clearly an idiotic idea, doomed to miserable failure.

People should retrain themselves to derive pleasure from quality not quantity. Very un-American, I know, but there it is.

BR(had a LOVELY foie gras the other night, weighed no more than 2 oz and once the fat hit my bloodstream I was full, but anybody who implies that any sentient human could be "retrained" to like health food just as well deserves to have their tongue cut out)C

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by evenodds
Maybe I have become a pod person, but . . .

Since I changed my eating regime last January, if I have one of the OM's donuts or a handful of onion rings, I feel like crap. I enjoy it at the time, but after, ick.

I agree that a big juicy hamburger cooked on a grill is far superior to my boca all-american burger. But I prefer how my body feels after my soy burger.

Even(and I love fried tofu)Odds

Having forced my body off my preferred Neanderthal diet to smaller portions of healthier foods and occasional treats, I do feel a bit gross too honestly after my annual KFC meal. But nothing makes me sicker to my stomach than eating fresh fruits and vegetables, and nothing soothes it when it's upset like a nice piece of sirloin or pizza.

P(fine, I'm a caveman, I'm at peace with it)J

[bilmore]

Originally posted by purse junkie
P(pork chops are still healthy though because they are 'the other white meat')J

Silly Junkie. Lutefisk is "the other white meat".