Cake!!
 

You can get raw cheese - generally it is cheese that has not been pasteurized. It may not be readily available - I think some states may not sell it because of alleged health risks.

Baby Names
 

Avoidance of popular names is a topic on which the SFC and I differ. I've never met anyone with my name. The SFC, on the other hand, pretty much always had at least one other boy in his class with the same name. I place a pretty high value on unusualness, the SFC not so much.

And even avoiding the nationally-common is not a guarantee of unusualness, especially in places like Stumptown proper where literacy is above-average and the weird is prized. There are two little boys in our neighborhood named Solomon. And while neither Magnus's real name nor a current leading contender for No. 2's are in the top 1000, friends have friends with kids with those names. Sigh.

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Cake!!
 

Please don't ask about cheese (and or the making thereof). You don't want to know. And Paigow might be tempted to tell you anyway.

Raw foodists do not eat animal products. No dairy whatsoever. Heck, they won't even drink pasteurized juices. No heat can be involved in the process of preparing the food.

Cake!!
 

No but is it a "raw food." It's my understanding that unpasteurized cheese is illegal in NY, at least. Illegal to bring into the country, too, I think.

Cake!!
 

I refuse to engage in a cake fight. I am just too full of love right now.

Celeb height - first hand estimates
 

The appropriate honorific celebration consists of getting drunk, spewing hatred and intolerance of the infidels, killing a few for good measure. Later you should find a 6 year old to marry, but out of respect for the child you should wait until the 1376th anniversary of his death to consummate the relationship, with the understanding that since oral"sex" is not sex you may let the little one suck or lick away, as necessary and desirable.

Cake!!
 

Raw milk cheeses are legal in the US if they've been aged long enough. There is also an underground market in non-aged raw milk products.

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beep beep
 

Baby Names
 

Are the women strong, the men good-looking, and the children above average?

Detain him because he's creepy
 

A dude shows up at the border, covered in blood and weilding a bloody chainsaw, and they let him waltz right on in? Homeland security, indeed...

Celeb height - first hand estimates
 

I can't believe I forgot this one:

Benicio DelToro - 6'3" at least

Celeb height - first hand estimates
 

Further cementing his place on my laminated list. Swoon.

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Baby Names
 

The men are men, the women are too, and the sheep are afraid.

It's Like The DaVinci Code With 12-Foot Lizards!!!
 

Last winter, I had the opportunity to overhear a conversation between an author (Mr. Free) and some polite Californians. Mr. Free was on his way to meet up with an ex-girlfriend who had been a helpful psychic channel for some period but then sadly refused to play along with him any further. He was very excited about being reunited with her.

"This book may be the most important work in contemporary spirituality as it explains how to maintain one's connection to divinity on a planet in transition!!!" - Reverend Beverly Craig, Sr. Minister, La Cresenta Church of Religous Science

Reincarnation of Edgar Cayce

Baby Names
 

I always had at least one and usually two other girls in my class with my name. It blew, because, with my last name, I was never the first one who was asked what I wanted to be called, and therefore frequently got stuck with some stupid teacher-chosen nickname to "distinguish" me.

My three favorite girls names not only do not appear in the top 1000, I have not been able to discover anyone currently living in the US with any of them. Of two of those, so far as I can tell, one has been given to about 40 girls in France over the last century, the other to about 15. The third, I haven't found anyone who's used it since about the year 700 (though, given the name, I admit there's a reason for that, love it though I do).

Freakonomics has a pretty amusing section on baby naming, socio-economic status and naming trends, actually. (And I recommend it again.)

Celeb height - first hand estimates
 

Does he surround himself with really short people? He always looks a lot taller than that to me.

Baby Names
 

And this is why the advice is always never to tell anyone other than your spouse the proposed name. Especially your imaginary internet friends.

RP evidently gets it . . .

BTW, from the Washington Post, how to pick a classy name.

It's Like The DaVinci Code With 12-Foot Lizards!!!
 

"Then he found that he was born on the one day of 127 years where hisastrological planetary configurations exactly matched Cayce's, with odds of 300,000 to one."

Them's some odds. Which reminds me, what's the line on the Pistons to win the series?

Baby Names
 

I have no idea if he's going to name his son Evan or not, but how exactly does the above sound to you? You should say it out loud using your kid's name sometime (even if it's not top 50 and therefore boring).

RP is right. People shouldn't tell anyone their name ideas until it is a done deal.

TM

Celeb height - first hand estimates
 

I googled this -- he is 5'10"

I really thought he seemed taller than that.

The height thing (among other things) keeps me from being attracted to people like Cruise, Jude Law, Orlando Bloom, etc. Doesn't stop me from liking Colin Farrell though. I totally love Vince Vaughn -- it must be the height.

Baby Names
 

For the record, the only reason I commented in the first place about Str8's name choice is because it instantly made me think of Joe Millionaire, and that's not a great association.

I have a name strongly associated with a religious faith other than mine. That's been kind of annoying, and I've often wished my mother gave me a more jewish-sounding name.

The Brazenette has one of those names that was super popular when we were all growing up (which makes sense since she's named after my best friend). Despite that fact, she's never had another child in any of her classes or playgroups with her name... lots of moms, but no one her age.

Spirit-Girl
 

Will Ferrell has stated he is six three but I woulda thought taller too. Tom Cruise is 5'7" on a good day. Brad Pitt is 5'8" tops, probably less.

Harrison Ford and Jude Law are very disappointing. Sucks the hotness right out of them. Have you seen Jude Law in person?

Baby Names
 

Today I am reading everyone's links and quoting from them until I either get some motivation to do work or get fired. I am leaning toward fired.

"Sharon Johnson and her husband, Martin, named their son, now 4, True Solomon and their daughter, now 1 1/2 , Honor Psalm."

Why not just go all the way and name the kids God's Righteous Wrath On All Fags and Jesus BoBeezus?

Baby Names
 

Jesus was a Jewish name originally.

Baby Names
 

My name is not Jesus.

Celeb height - first hand estimates
 

Bernie Williams is listed at 6' 2". Although athlete listings are notoriously false, they are almost always false in the opposite direction. So, I guess we can subtract 2" from each person on your list above?

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Baby Names
 

What, it's "Hey, Zeus!"? Would that be associated more with being from someplace spanish-speaking, or with christianity/catholicism?

The knockout blow in the height fight
 

I can't believe no one has called his office yet to ask how tall he is.

Baby Names
 

Mary Margaret Francis Xavier McGonagle Feldstein? Is that you, after all these years?

Detain him because he's creepy
 

Yeah. If only he'd had a nail file. Then those bastards would have cuffed him and thrown his ass in jail.

Baby Names
 

I have a friend whose twin brother became born again in high school. My unsaved friend used to ask his brother why he wore a "Hay-zews Cah-rez"* t-shirt to school. The brother was never amused by this, and I guess it really isn't that funny, but the dope** made us laugh hysterically.

Uh, anyway.

*That would be "Jesus Cares" -- a slogan that was then-popular with the born again. Now it seems that the saved wear shirts attacking gay marriage with cites to Leviticus.

**"Why do you think they call it *dope* you idiots? I'll be laughing when you're both burning in hell!"

Celeb height - first hand estimates
 

True. The NFL lists Jeff Garcia (yes, him again) as
Jeff Garcia — Height: 6-1 / Weight 195
HA! No freakin way he's 6-1. Maybe in his cleats. 195? Doubtful. Unless he's "heavier than people think he is." And I think he's 180-185 after a big dinner.

Baby Names
 

I just discovered that my name actually is on the Top 1000 list for 2000-2004, though it is lower than a couple of the similar alternatives. The fact that it made the list shocks me somewhat, because it is quite unusual. I'll have to check whether it was on the list or not in the 70's. I'd guess no.

I disliked my name somewhat when I was growing up. Mainly just because of the common mispronounciation problem. Now I really really like it. If I were a celebrity, I would only use my first name. That is harder to accomplish in the legal world, it seems.

I have noticed though that it seems more common and accepted for girls to be given unusual names than it is for boys. I'm not sure why this is. I've never dated a guy with a name that was not in the top 50.

Celeb height - first hand estimates
 

Shhhhh! her husband has convinced he's 6 feet tall. and that throws the rest off.

Celeb height - first hand estimates
 

OK

Chris Farley: Fat and maybe 5'10"

Kato Kailen: Tight, schlong hugging pants and 5'10 or 11

Sandra Bernhard- pregnant and seated but not small
The guy who played Arliss- Fat, 5'8" , Shitty actor5

Pete Sampras- talking to Tennis Yoko in seven series BMW, left a waft of stink behind him, 6'1

Kate Hudson= chain smoking anorexic mom. My sister was very disappointed.

Steve Buscemi- seated, but appeared short and slightly annoyed.

Ba Ba Booey= High fives, very nice.

Mel Gibson- approaching midget

Ron Howard- very tall

the guy who coached the Knicks and then the Heat- tall.

Stephanie Seymour- tall and anorexic

Richard Gere- 5'9 or 10" and very nice

Greg Brady- schleppy looking.

James Woods- pockmarked.

and

Fabio- maybe six feet, highlights and gayer than cheese. very nice. has his own cereal special at the cajun place on sunset.

Baby Names
 

Bambi?

Celeb height - first hand estimates
 

Certainly someone has already taken this overhead smash, but, do you really need to ask this?

I think maybe your TITS are impeding your brain function.

Baby Names
 

forhskihn

Baby Names
 

That's easy. Boys are carriers of the family name, and reputation, and traditional (i.e, recurring) names make them seem more likely to succeed. That's why boys' names are more stable. Girls are more like accessories. Pretty, trend-following names make them seem more attractive to successful men. Traditional names make them seem old. My grandmother's name was Mildred. That seems to heavy and depression-era to dump on a cute little pixie.

Celeb height - first hand estimates
 

You can do whatever you like. They are just guesses based on being up close (relatively, in most cases) to the person, and estimating based on their tallitude or shortitude compared to mine.

Maybe Bernie seemed taller because he's so damned big. He seems almost slender on tv, but up close, he's enormous (I don't mean fat, just really strong looking).