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

[evenodds]

The Hulk opens this weekend to mostly tepid reviews. We're still going to see it, but I have recalibrated my expectations.

Next weekend is a movie I have been waiting to see: 28 Days Later. The concept sounds like every scifi book the OddMan has read in the past year (killer virus knocks out most of humanity), and EW gave it a great review.

What are you looking forward to seeing?

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

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.

I've never seen ANYONE doing that when I fish for tarpon in Islamorada. How long does it take to land the thing (or, can you actually land it?)?

[MisterEbola]

Originally posted by evenodds
The Hulk opens this weekend to mostly tepid reviews. We're still going to see it, but I have recalibrated my expectations.

Next weekend is a movie I have been waiting to see: 28 Days Later. The concept sounds like every scifi book the OddMan has read in the past year (killer virus knocks out most of humanity), and EW gave it a great review.

What are you looking forward to seeing?

I just want the movie to open and go away. I'm sick of annoying pop-up windows with screaming "hulk" noises when I really could do without such detritus.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
anybody who implies that any sentient human could be "retrained" to like health food just as well deserves to have their tongue cut out

There's a world of difference between "health food" and healthy food. "Tofu" is the sound you make spitting your mouth clean after hugging the porcelain god. "Soy" is what you yell when calling pigs. But, whole grains taste better than processed, a few slices of lean grilled meat are just as good as, if not better than, a whole porterhouse, fresh fruit is a wonderful breakfast, and that candybar that sounds soooo good as you type at 2am is just gonna make you crash an hour later.

I'm not saying you should go to bed with a tape playing under your pillow saying "crap is goooood!" over and over - just that you spent a long time training yourself (or being trained) to like certain things, and it ain't hereditory or ingrained or instinctual, and it can be adjusted.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
I've never seen ANYONE doing that when I fish for tarpon in Islamorada. How long does it take to land the thing (or, can you actually land it?)?

Never did (line finally broke after about forty-five minutes) and probably would have chickened out had I actually gotten it up to the boat. The thing was nearly as long as me, and there's only one hatch, and that thing WASN'T going to get stuffed down amongst my feet while I paddled back, and hanging it over the side wasn't an option (think "other toothy things down there"). I thought I was going to get some fun two-footers. Surprise. (It was out of the same bay/inlet as that marina that has all of the huge tarpon gathered around their dock for tourist feedings. I think that's on Isla.)

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by ThrashersFan
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.

I have found that excessive drinking keeps me svelt. The more you drink before dinner, the less you're inclined to eat, if you make it from the bar to the table at all. In that regard, booze also saves you money.

[ThrashersFan]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I have found that excessive drinking keeps me svelt. The more you drink before dinner, the less you're inclined to eat, if you make it from the bar to the table at all. In that regard, booze also saves you money.

Hubby's friends are always commenting that I must be a cheap date because salads are not that expensive. Hubby agrees but then adds that my bar-tab could choke a horse. He eats a lot (meat included) but doesn't drink much and I drink a lot but don't eat much -- like peas and carrots, baby.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by bilmore
Never did (line finally broke after about forty-five minutes) and probably would have chickened out had I actually gotten it up to the boat. The thing was nearly as long as me, and there's only one hatch, and that thing WASN'T going to get stuffed down amongst my feet while I paddled back, and hanging it over the side wasn't an option (think "other toothy things down there"). I thought I was going to get some fun two-footers. Surprise. (It was out of the same bay/inlet as that marina that has all of the huge tarpon gathered around their dock for tourist feedings. I think that's on Isla.)

Yep, that marina is on Isla. I still have yet to catch one over 100 lbs...I can't even imagine one the size you're describing...

And yeah, you would have had some "Old Man and the Sea" problems had you lashed it to the side.

[Replaced_Texan]

I do not have a reserved copy of Harry Potter, and I am assuming that I'll be able to get one somewhere at some point this weekend, though I'm beginning to hear that some chain bookstores are expecting hordes.

Is anyone else planning on reading the book this weekend? Did you reserve a copy? Is Amazon shipping it to you?

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by bilmore
and that candybar that sounds soooo good as you type at 2am is just gonna make you crash an hour later

Right. Ben & Jerry's chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream or a couple of high-quality truffles work much better.

P(if you're stuck typing at 2am, hell no you shouldn't settle for crap!)J

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I have found that excessive drinking keeps me svelt. ... In that regard, booze also saves you money.

Oh, if this were true. If anyone is looking for me, I will be bellied up to the bar, dripping in diamonds, faking orgasms, and ripping on fat people.

[ThrashersFan]

Judging by the 7-day forecast, the South is finally due to rise out of our recent "when did I move to Seattle?" weather pattern. In honor of that, here is an article billed as having "4 cool cocktail recipes."

http://houseandhome.msn.com/Food/Cla...ePunches0.aspx


As everyone knows, I only partaketh of the hops and barley beverage but I thought that others may want something else this weekend. No doubt I would prepare these for any one of you (okay, with a few exceptions) if ya'll wanted to drop by and float in the pool this weekend. Cheers.

:cheers:

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by ThrashersFan
Judging by the 7-day forecast, the South is finally due to rise out of our recent "when did I move to Seattle?" weather pattern. In honor of that, here is an article billed as having "4 cool cocktail recipes."

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No doubt I would prepare these for any one of you (okay, with a few exceptions) if ya'll wanted to drop by and float in the pool this weekend. Cheers.

Champagne Peach Punch? If any of you ever see me drinking, ordering, or associating with someone who is drinking, ordering or has ever drank or ordered a Champagne Peach Punch, you can slap me right here. I can think of no place, outside of perhaps a sorority rush event, where it is even legal to consume this drink. I'm O.K. with martinis, but those others look just awful. People, let me spell it out for you:

P-I-S-C-O S-O-U-R

Is that so hard? Whip up a tasty and refreshing Pisco Sour and I'll happily stop by the pool with a twelve pack of the domestic beer of your choosing and a platter of crudites. In fact, I'm looking forward to it.

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by bilmore
But, whole grains taste better than processed, a few slices of lean grilled meat are just as good as, if not better than, a whole porterhouse, fresh fruit is a wonderful breakfast, and that candybar that sounds soooo good as you type at 2am is just gonna make you crash an hour later.

Riiight. Be sure the tape player is on loop all night. Good luck with that.

BR(my mom tried putting our peanut butter & jelly sandwiches on wheat instead of Wonder Bread once. My sister actually called 911 to report child abuse. Of course, she did that when told to clean her room, too)C

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by bridge of love
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.

That would be testER, Mr. Dumas. Seriously, though, I can't wait to see the ads for this new and exciting product. I envision something like the "Got Milk?" ads.