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[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by Not Bob
Apropos of early teens behaving badly, Mrs. Not Bob and I watched The Dangerous Life of Altar Boys last night. Great flick. Nice flashback to my own misguided youth -- plus it reminded me to check the level on the liquor bottles before and after the Not Bobette's sleepover this weekend.

If they're smart, and I'm sure they are, they'll fill the bottles with water up to where they started and they'll take some out of a lot of bottles so that there isn't much dilution. And they'll try to drink more vodka than anything because that's the one that all their friends will tell them smells the least like alcohol on your breath.
I'm just saying.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by baltassoc
This is true. Also, most people go through ugly stages in their lives. Adorable fat little babies grow up to be fat little people. Beanpoles grow up to be supermodels. I have a second cousin who looked like a frog for the first year of his life, and is now a very cute three year old. I think I'm a not-unattractive guy as an adult, but looking at pictures of me from about 2 to about 14 makes me shudder, and not just because I grew up in the 70s and those pictures often prominantly feature polyester.

Everyone worries about what their not-yet-conceived children will be like. Almost everyone is pleasantly surprised.

ADD and ADHD runs in my family the same way teeth, feet and organs run in most. My wife's family is either creepy smart and attractive or total fuck-up disaster. My guess is that'll create a child of average intelligence with no interest in any endeavoirs involving protracted paying of attention (I believe Plated once described me as sounding like a drunken aerobics instructor). If the kid's ugly to boot, he's doomed.

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I am scared of having ugly children. What does one do when your child is objectively terrifically homely? I'm serious... is there a moment where you say "Damnit, the kid's ugly." Do parents discuss these issues? Do you worry to yourself as the child is developing?

Given the choice of two evils, I would much rather have smart, homely kids than stupid, pretty ones. Lucky for us, two decently intelligent, not bad-looking people tend to produce a cute, bright kid. The odds are in your favor, assuming neither you nor your wife is a hideous freak.

[NotFromHere]

Jeff Probst is dating a former contestant. You'd think he'd at least pick someone who'd one the $1mill.

Jeff Probst dating
‘Survivor’ contestant
Fifth-place finisher Julie starting
seeing host after e-mail exchange
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Probst says they started dating after he e-mailed her to say hello once the show was over. He says he’s already met her family.

Probst is 43, Berry just turned 24.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
ADD and ADHD runs in my family the same way teeth, feet and organs run in most. My wife's family is either creepy smart and attractive or total fuck-up disaster. My guess is that'll create a child of average intelligence with no interest in any endeavoirs involving protracted paying of attention (I believe Plated once described me as sounding like a drunken aerobics instructor). If the kid's ugly to boot, he's doomed.

How do ADD and ADHD translate to ugly? Or is your entire genetic stock beee-yoooouuu-teeee-full?

[baltassoc]

Originally posted by TexLex
The odds are in your favor, assuming neither you nor your wife is a hideous freak.

We are talking about Sebby.

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
ADD and ADHD runs in my family the same way teeth, feet and organs run in most.

This explains a lot.

My wife's family is either creepy smart and attractive or total fuck-up disaster.

Keep the kid away from them and the kid will likely turn out fine. Give nurture a push over nature. The Lexling won't ever meet most of his dad's family for this very reason.

[SlaveNoMore]

sebastian_dangerfield
Back in Black is not heavy metal. AC/DC is more just hard rock. Black Sabbath defines heavy metal. Christ, I'm a fucking tool...

The kid should have these...

1. Stickey Fingers/Exile/Beggars/Let it Bleed
2. Two From the Vault (Smoking Dead at its finest)
3. Axis: Bold as Love (just because the title tune is that fucking great)
4. Tyrannosaurus Hives (this is the best modern rock has to offer)
5. Led Zeppelin Box Set
6. Back in Black/Highway to Hell/Powerage (like it or not, AC/DC is one of the bigger incluences on music in the past 25 yrs)
7. Everything by Janes
8. Metallica - Master of Puppets
9. Straight Outta Compton/Chronic 2000/Hello Nasty/Takes a Nation of Millions
10. Velvet Underground - Any one of their records
11. Neil Young - Decade
12. Dylan - Live 1966

The kid is fucking 13 - not 45. Jesus.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
How do ADD and ADHD translate to ugly? Or is your entire genetic stock beee-yoooouuu-teeee-full?

I wonder if I met you IRL if we'd constantly talk past each other. Its kind of amusing how we consistently can't understand a damn thing the other is saying. I actually enjoy it. Its interesting to read my posts spun back to me from a totally different perspective. Its like you and I are on opposite ends of a grapevine or something...

What I was joking about was the fact that since the kid will be an ADD addled nightmare and likely no scholastic all star, he/she'd better at least have some looks.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I wonder if I met you IRL if we'd constantly talk past each other. Its kind of amusing how we consistently can't understand a damn thing the other is saying. I actually enjoy it. Its interesting to read my posts spun back to me from a totally different perspective. Its like you and I are on opposite ends of a grapevine or something...

What I was joking about was the fact that since the kid will be an ADD addled nightmare and likely no scholastic all star, he/she'd better at least have some looks.

No, I got you. I just felt like being insulting. It probably was not a good insult, and I apologize for that.

Originally posted by baltassoc
We are talking about Sebby.

Oh. I assume that everyone on here is drop-dead gorgeous and of supermodel proportions. If you ask them, they will probably tell you I have assumed correctly.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
The kid is fucking 13 - not 45. Jesus.

I grew up on old lps of:

Let It Be
4 Way Street
Sticky Fingers
Best of Gordon Lightfoot (Yes, I know WOTEF by heart)
Revolver
Beggar's Banquet

I turned out fine.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
No, I got you. I just felt like being insulting. It probably was not a good insult, and I apologize for that.

Apology taken.

I just don't dig hummers. Don't really know why...

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by baltassoc
We are talking about Sebby.

I'll take that as a compliment.

[Alex_de_Large]

Tomorrow afternoon TiVo is giving away free 40GB Series 2 digital video recorders between 11am and 1pm to anyone who shows up with their Comcast cable bill and a gift for The Family Giving Tree Charity in hand.