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Hey -- I like the sound of that!! (And that's sure not to make any top 100 lists....)

You are all correct -- to have the same name as a medication is a definite buzz-kill.

I don't even know India's last name (the PR tart/singer). So I'm not sure if it's the same one. The one I'm thinking of was openly going out with Juan Gonzalez (the baseball player) while he was married (and not to her). The same way Camilla Parker-Bowles is a tart!

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That has a nice ring. And if it hasn't been done yet (but knowing lawyer types, I'm guessing it has been), you simply MUST do it. Perhaps she and Hunter could do play time together.

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which reminds me of the time my father was in the hospital, and his obviously pregnant nurse was in the room. My father asked if it was a boy or a girl. Girl, she said.
He asked if she had picked a name and she said yes, Kloreen. And I said, like the bleach?
And she said no, not Clorox, Kloreen, K-L-O-R-E-E-N. And then I said well isn't that....nevermind.

Demi in Iowa
 

Not sure about her IQ, but she has money, connections through her own career and her ex-hubby, a nice body and many people find her to be good looking. Perhaps Ashton is a complete Einstein for snatching her up -- it isn't likely to hurt his career any. I do not think that he is quite the extreme fool that he portrays himself as, but he doesn't look exceptionally bright. He is not, IMHO, that attractive and I think she could have found someone more attractive with a better resume. She has power while he has a played out show on MTV -- maybe she likes it that way. That is all.

Demi in Iowa
 

Above-the-neck notwithstanding, you should check out some of his Calvin Klein ads. He's not so bad. Better than her, with the plastic surgery, caps, implants, lipo (yes lipo), and she has no waist.

Edited to add - not that he's my type, I'm just saying I can see what the 14 year olds see in him when they're kissing his Tiger Beat pictures.

Demi in Iowa
 

Ashton Kutcher has a degree in engineering from Purdue.

I'm sure that those of you who attended schools such as Notre Dame and Michigan will agree that this does not in any way negate the thesis that he's an idiot, but it is considered by many to be a good school.

Demi in Iowa
 

Cool. I find it highly disturbing that you know this, but cool.

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You have us mixed up. I'm the Scroll, then post person..

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And when will "Phoning It In: The Later Years" be available at my local Wal-Mart bin?



Yes, I shall regret this but I do not at this moment.

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I expect buckets of pith.

Demi in Iowa
 

I can't believe I did this, but in order to stop the misinformation...
Ashton studied biochemical engineering at the University of Iowa until he dropped out to pursue his modeling career.

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OMG you are related to that "Hints from Heloise" chick? Can you get her autograph for me?????

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Whoops, sorry. Well, she should be too!!!

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There is? I just think "Wilkes." Or do you mean pronounced "IN-jer," which is awfully English?

Oh: more fun odd names that I like but probably wouldn't inflict (mostly in the trad. scottish vein):
Cormac
Mael Coluim (old spelling)
Cinead
Gillecrist
Muiredach
Dairmuid

And, the 12th C. spelling of a much maligned boys name: Morgann/Morgant

edited to change my phonetic pronun. of India.

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I say name the poor kid Ahnuld and move on.

Demi in Iowa
 

I distinctly recall this from a feature on him in In Style magazine a while back. Perhaps they were wrong. Perhaps I was on drugs. I was at the doctor's office. It was either that or How to Make Gobblers* for a Thankgiving Treat!

*turkey shaped cookies

Demi in Iowa
 

Well I guess it's just a matter of whose source is more credible. Mine was the internet. And if it's on the internet, you know it's true.

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India*

*It is unfortunate that there's a Puerto Rican tart/singer named India... but maybe not many people know this, so I'll keep it on the list.

See? If you didn't know.... I'm hoping that sufficiently few people know about the tart/pop star (I think that may be a tautology) so that I won't have to cross it off the hypothetical, and likely unnecessary, list.

I think of Wilkes too. But GWTW and the British pronunciation are fairly close. In fact, it's darned near impossible to say India without slipping into "IN-jah" -- even in "Southern"!

Demi in Iowa
 

OK, even more disturbing - the fact that you picked up an InStyle magazind AND turned to the Ashton Kutcher article (were there any pics?) - and obviously shunned the 4 month old Sports Illustrated and Jack and Jill available to you.

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Are you really going to pronounce your kid's name "injure"? That seems . . . injurious.

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No, no, no. This is all hypothetical -- but since the hypothetical will only come true if I win the lottery and can have loads more kids, I will be rich, and therefore will have to turn into a fake fancy person - a la Madonna - and affect a British accent.

Besides, it's not "injure" (IN-jer), but IN-jah (as in "jah rasta").

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Not according to DS. Whose British affectations do I trust more? Yours or hers? Hmmmm.

The Reasonable Woman Standard
 

I also assumed [the USB port vibrator link] was a link to a news story about the vibrator. Seemed like something Salon would write about. Color me naive.

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The chick I knew named India was raised in the old empire, and the UMC English officer corps/civil-servant abroad pronunciation involved a distinct swallowing of the last vowel, which made it sound rather a lot like a vague "er." I think her accent was different than SBE, though. I've found there is a weirdly distinct "colonial service" accent, or was about 50 years ago. It is the accent I've always associated with the name, but that is just me.

The Wilkes/US/southern pronunciation is definitely "jah," except to people who think it is pronounced like the country.

Demi in Iowa
 

Have you ever been to a doctor's office? Okay, my doctor's office. This was after I made it through the months old SI, the Outdoor Sportsman, the Skin Disease quarterly, the What You Should Know About Genetal Warts, four issues of Highlights (love that Goofus and Gallant) and the aformentioned Thanksgiving cookie recipe in the Ladies Home Journal or something like that. God I hate my doctor.

Actually, In Style isn't so bad. Its better than a lot of the alternatives. In the waiting room I'd pick it over Glamore or Vogue (but not Cosmo - where else would I learn about what the oposite sex thinks I'm thinking?). It doesn't really pretend to be about anything but style, and seems to make some effort to not exclusively cover couture. Plus it has just page after page of babes sorted by attire type.

Free Montecore!
 

"They just think I'm a strange tiger who walks on two legs."

"We watch and observe. We talk to them, take walks with them, swim with them, meditate with them. Day by day, we learn about each other. But you must have patience and respect for Mother Nature. Because when an animal gives you its trust, you feel like you have been given the most beautiful gift in the world."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...ack_roy_horn_6

Poor inbred mutant tiger Montecore had to live with sayings like these, uttered by a duo of stripperglittered manpixies, uttered on a daily basis for every one of his tormented six years. Is it any wonder that he finally snapped? Roy has been quoted as saying he wants no harm to come to Montecore as a result of the attack. But can man who says "ff-fuff, ff-fuff" as his special friendship sound really be trusted? Absolutely not. It is time to tell Fishbacher & Horn and their hired goons to just STOP IT!

I am pleased to announce the formation of the Society To Offer Protection for Inbred Tigers! (STOP IT!). Our initial aim is to free Montecore, currently being held unjustly in the F&H cult's Las Vegas compound, and reintegrate him back into society, hopefully even among Tigers of color. But Montecore is only the beginning. STOP IT! hopes to free all of the felines currently being held unconstitutionally by the F&H cult.

I post this on the lawtalkers board because of STOP IT!'s 2 urgent needs - money (feel free to IM, PM, or email your credit card information to me) and top flight legal talent. STOP IT! is seeking dynamic, energetic, and committed attorneys willing to toss aside their careers for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fight to establish new feline freedoms in what is sure to be high profile, cutting edge civil and animal rights litigation. All inquiries will be kept in fairly strict confidence. Sign up today and make the F&H cult STOP IT!

Fugitives from Mexican justice need not apply.

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This is Irish, is it not?

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And we thought you were all about Reptiles!

It's good to see some good old warm-blooded love in the house.

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My God. Woman, what have you done to this board? Get thee to a trailer park!


(FYI: I go by many names.)

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I have an acquaintance whose baby girl is named MacKayleigh. She was going for something "Scottish sounding." Vomit. Same goes for a client's grandson whose name is Jayden. Gramps hates it as much as I do.

My own name was quite unpopular when I was hatched, but is extremely popular now. At least when the current batch of babies are older, they won't think I have an old lady name. The Mr.'s name has always been very popular and probably always will be.

Still have no name for the fetus, but we are working on something nice and classic, but definitely not on the top of the list. Unfortunately our last name sounds bad with many perfectly good names, so choices are pretty limited.

-TL

p.s. I saw the "Madison" article and got a kick out of it.

Free Montecore!
 

Recent events in Harlem have demonstrated solidarity between Tigers and reptiles.

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I have never downloaded music. I do not condone the practice of downloading music, but really, this isn't really a hack if it's that simple.

Oct. 7 — A Princeton University student has published instructions for disabling the new anti-copying measures being tested on CDs by BMG — and they’re as simple as holding down a computer’s Shift key.
IN A PAPER PUBLISHED on his Web site Monday, Princeton Ph.D. student John Halderman explained how he disabled a new kind of copy-protection technology, distributed as part of a new album by BMG soul artist Anthony Hamilton.
Under normal circumstances, the antipiracy software is automatically loaded onto a Windows machine whenever the Hamilton album is run in a computer’s CD drive, making traditional copying or MP3 ripping impossible. However, simply holding down the Shift key prevents Windows’ AutoRun feature from loading the copy-protection software, leaving the music free to copy, Halderman said.
The technique was confirmed by BMG and SunnComm Technologies, the small company that produces the anti-copying technology. Both companies said they had known about it before releasing the CD, and that they still believed the protection would deter most average listeners’ copying.

They underestimate people who steal.
link to article

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I dunno. They were still getting fed. If the human moron stopped feeding them for a while the "solidarity" would have gone out the window...

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Sadly, every jack-off in Hollywood does this. I asked around my office to see if other people in my department did so, hoping that the answer would be "no," so I could feel safe in hanging up on such offenders-of-decency. Most of my own department engages in this practice. Sigh.

str("yes, I'll gladly hold")8

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No. That's unacceptable. I will not hold. I will "accidently" get cut off every single time. They'll either think the secretary is incompetent, or that I'm being a bitch. Either way, I don't care. Dial your own fucking phone.

Are there only 6 words now?
 

The FCC more progressive than infirmation? Holy fucking cow.

Tenth Circuit lets Do Not Call Registry go forward pending appeal.

Apparently, Judges Seymour, Ebel and Henry combined are smarter than Judge Nottingham.

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Edited to remove rant about the one Abigail I knew. Nobody cares that she was a psycho bitch. Ok, not remove, just tone down.

Headlines for stories I don't want to read.
 

Headlines for stories I don't want to read.
 

Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop

Of course, he had to charge. Even the terminally stupid know there's no such thing as free surgery.