AI Results
 

I loved the montage of Clay's visit home (almost as good as the Survivor montages of people voted off which I sadly missed this round). He was so the gay kid who never played sports. When he comes out I wonder if the Durham Bulls will have an issue with the fact that a gay guy, or HOMO, was pitching for them. Too funny.

OREO Cookie Suit dropped
 

From the SF Chronicle.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...814EDT0162.DTL

A quote from the article:

"We have received thousands of e-mails expressing support for what we have done in advising the public of this problem," Joseph said. "But it's no longer necessary to continue the lawsuit because at the time the lawsuit was filed nobody knew about trans fat. Now everybody knows about trans fat."

aV

One American Life
 

That's your distinction? :eek: In my town the distinction was whether you thought a drink was a bloody mary or a pastel confection with a paper umbrella in it.

"Crack" is only in neighborhoods where everyone goes to buy their coke, doofus. ;)

Matrix Reloaded
 

Apparently his voice wasnt the only thing soaked in butter -

as almost every review has noted, Fishburne really "packed it on" between films. One reviewer even noted "they must get really good eats in Zion"

not7yS

One American Life
 

How does that work for people who went to high school before the advent of crack, which is probably most people over the age of 30.

The Good Morning Burger
 

"We take eighteen ounces of sizzling ground beef, and soak it in rich, creamery butter, then we top it off with bacon, ham, and a fried egg. We call it the Good Morning Burger."

One American Life
 

After I read this, I realized I know a few recovering crack and/or cocaine addicts. From people I know who tried it (and are still functioning/alive, which is not all of them), the jump from powder cocaine to crack happened quickly in the 80s and among people you would have never suspected.

For example, it has been said that a mysterious fire in the state capitol was caused by the governor's kids smoking crack with lobbyists and legislators in the governor's apartment.

Ultimately, they all went back to powder cocaine, since it became more socially acceptable, or rehab, or both in those endless cycles.

Edited to add: I know lots of people who smoked weed, or popped their parents meds, and who ended up rolling into rehab during high school, but I was completely stunned when I learned that a kid with whom I had attended school since the 5th grade was a big-time heroin dealer. We were both 18 at the time, and I think he is still in prison.

One American Life
 

How did people go #2 before the advent of crack?

All Star (?) Survivor
 

The long-awaited all-star version of Survivor has been confirmed by CBS and Mark Burnett. After announcing details for Survivor Panama, which will include "more challenges in the water [and] an ongoing theme involving piracy and the biggest and most impressive tribal council area yet," Burnett said the eigth season will be "an all-star Survivor tournament of champions," according to Zap2it.com. Although the site reports "Burnett did give a final list of returning contestants," it and other media outlets are only reporting the names of the following former cast members who will participate: Rudy Boesch, Richard Hatch, Susan Hawk, Jerri Manthey, Tina Wesson, and Ethan Zohn. The show will air next spring, The New York Daily News reports.

n(in other news, it will take place on a film set in the valley)cs

Brazilian
 

Wait, am I one of them? B/c I don't have a hairy ass at all. And I'm 1/2 Italian...My mom (the full Italian) has a better mustache than me...

AI Results
 

I didn't watch much last year and don't recall Tamyra at all. But she SUCKED last night. What the hell? Also, has Kelly Clarkson made any appearances on AI this year? I haven't seen her around during the moments I've seen. Her new song is listenable. For those with ABBAcal musical taste.

Same goes for Justin Guarini. Don't really remember him. He, however, was quite good last night. I really liked Clay's Unchained melody but Justin's was really great.

I \|/ Clay.

One American Life
 

Well, I knew a couple people who did crack in HS, and I'm over 30. And I grew up in SERIOUS matching-bicycle plain-vanilla suburbia, though I haven't seen this show at all. (Seriously - the suburb in Edward Scissorhands? Made me homesick.) None of them (or the other crack-dooer I met in college) ever had any trouble with it, actually. Though one of the HS people did go on to a serious herion problem, now kicked.

Crack, it's a gateway drug.

AI Results
 

I still don't get the fascination with this show. I've only seen 2 shows and both were shows where someone gets thrown off. The entire shows appear to be fluff and filler that is so bad it makes The Bachelor appear to be a streamlined show. And those tacky medley concoctions (A Tribute to the Bee Gees?) that appear to be lipsynched remind me of Star Search at best and Solid Gold at worst. Don't even get me started on the taped skits or whatever they are. So what gives? Why would anyone want to spend an hour of their lives watching this dreck?

n(in gossip, the movie poster for From Justin to Kelly has digitally enhanced the size of Kelly's ass from the original photo, according to realityblurred.com)cs

Matrix Reloaded
 

I saw Fishbourne on the Today Show (or some such) earlier in the week and he said he was in the best shape of his life during the filming. Go figure.

Singh apologizes to Sorenstam
 

This is really the last time I will speak on the subject, I swear. I listen just fine, and because of this, I'm convinced we are talking past each other (as usual). I will recap what your arguments are and where I have no argument with you.

Thurgreed: I don't like sponsor's exemptions -- they are bad for the game and keep deserving men who went through Q-school from a spot in the tournament.

Me: Fair enough. You don't like sponsor's exemptions, but they have been a fact of life in the PGA for some time. As Less and others have mentioned, sponsors exemptions are for the benefit of the sponsors and if they "hurt" anyone, they only do so to those professionals who are at the lower margin. They have been used in the past to generate interest in the game and allow for fans to see up and coming golfers who they ordinarily would not get to see in this context. In the past, players such as Tiger who have certainly proved they could play with the pros have played under sponsor's exemptions as amateurs. I will assume, for your argument to be internally consistent, you didn't like that either. Acknowledged. However, as long as they exist, the sponsors are allowed to give them to whomever they want, as long as they feel that person won't be a complete embarrassment to the game.

Annika has proven herself to be one of the greatest female golfers ever. Because of this, I don't think she will be an embarrassment. Since the sponsor's exemption exists and they saw fit to give her one, I think she should be able to play. I didn't take a position on whether I agreed with sponsor's exemptions or not, or didn't you catch that?

Will some of the male golfers be "distracted" by the buzz surrounding her competing in the tournament? Obviously -- just look at Singh's comments. But this distraction would also exist had she qualified for this tournament or any other, and don't pretend it wouldn't.

Thurgreed: A great number of men, especially the elite players, have advantages over women in golf. Their strength (but not in the sense required in sports like football, basketball, etc.) allows them to hit shorter clubs than women, thus allowing them better control. Even though you exoressly acknowledged that Annika can hit as well as some of the men on the tour, she will still be at a disadvantage to the elite male golfers and therefore doesn't belong.

Me: Well, no shit. There is no argument here, and the fact that you think there is proves that you did not listen to what I was saying. What I said was that while she would be at a disadvantage to many men for this reason, she will not be at a disadvantage to all of the male competitors who play in that tournament, because she hits as well as a number of the men (let's not quibble about the number, okay -- that's irrelevant). It's irrelevant because if we follow your argument to the logical extreme, we should probably just keep the field to the number of men who have a realistic chance of winning any given tournament on any given week (the long hitters with the requisite control) because they hit the ball better than all the others, which means we would have a field of what, ten guys? Maybe that's what you would like to see, but I think that would be boring as hell. And sometimes, yes, depending on the course, someone who is not a long hitter can win a tournament. We agree on this. Go back and reread, if you need to.

The fact that she can hit as well as a number of the men who qualified apparently doesn't mean anything to you because they qualified and she didn't. I get it. Will you at least concede that she is probably as good as some of the guys who will play in that tournament, and who qualified "the right way"?

I just fail to see any harm here. The fact that a tournament can give sponsor's exemptions to whomever they please, and she is indisputably as good as some of the men who will have either been given these same exemptions, as well as some who will have qualified to compete. I say that this makes her as worthy of the opportunity to play if the sponsor sees fit to allow her to. I know, you don't like sponsor's exemptions -- I get it, really. I concede that you don't like them, but they exist. Since they exist, they should be able to do with them as they please.

Is she doing this to make a statement? Probably to herself, sure. Is she doing it to make a larger statement? Not necessarily. Maybe, she just wants to see how she does against what is considered the best of the best. Unlike other sports, the only thing that she is likely to bruise or injure is her ego, in which case, I'm sure that she will be the first to admit that "she doesn't belong".

You're a weird dude, Thurgreed. I am loathe to bring this up, because I have no taste to start this debate, and I realize it's probably not a perfect analogue as you seem to demand, but if you substituted the words "University of Michigan Law School" for "Tournament" and "minority applicants" for Annika, whose side of this argument would you be taking? I'm just curious.

Have a great day. I'll be looking forward to your response.

sf

Put on a few extra pounds recently? Maybe you're pregnant.
 

Article here.

Women gives birth in hospital restroom. Didn't know she was pregnant.

How can you not know? The first couple of weeks, OK, that I can understand, but 9 months?


Edited to fix typo.

Matrix Reloaded
 

I saw a sneak preview last night too, and your asssessment pretty much matches mine. I thought that the Zion temple scene was rather well done, too. But then I'm a sucker for dance intermingled with sex. My companion commented to me during the Burly Brawl that if they kept it up much longer, it would begin to resemble a video game.

I thought that the chase scenes were the most amazing, in terms of special effects.

The movie was a little too exposition-y. I don't recall that in the first film, but in retrospect, they did do a lot of explaining. I think the major difference was that most of the exposition in the first film was at least overplayed with images (the whole baby to battery series).

Surprise!
 

God, what a horrible surprise! I'd be screaming from a hell of a lot more than labor pains.

I have read of a few cases where women who were morbidly obese, always had really irregular menstrual cycles, or who had some breakthrough bleeding that didn't harm the fetus, were not aware that they were pregnant. Seems more likely though that it was utter denial.

Matrix Reloaded
 

I noticed that too. I was wondering if they were going to explain that. His face looked oddly doughy.

Put on a few extra pounds recently? Maybe you're pregnant.
 

I saw an Oprah show about 10 yrs ago that I have never forgotten - the story was about a woman who was a nurse with one kid already who went to the bathroom and out popped a baby. She was a size 4-ish and put on about 3-5lbs over the 9 months. They showed pics in her bikini right before the birth - she looked great. Had her period for nine months. And she was very well-spoken and seemed very intelligent - not some crackhead who doesn't know what's going on. Amazing. They had her Dr. on and everything who theorized that instead of pushing forward the baby had somehow gone backward toward the spine and remained hidden.

-TL :eek:

Surprise!
 

Well, she certainly denied having any reason to think she was pregnant, but wouldn't the belly bulge be a dead giveaway to any nurse in anything but a motherjumpin' huge person?

Put on a few extra pounds recently? Maybe you're pregnant.
 

Now that sounds like the way to have a baby.

Were she and the baby okay?

All Star (?) Survivor
 

I am so glad Rudy is still alive. THey should definnitely bring back that really bitchy gay guy (Brandon?) from what I am guessing was the third season. I believe he was a bartender in the valley. Rudy would love him.

I am only sad that Tina the Doe-reet-teo queen with the nonshrinking "funbags" will be back in my reality. And I am sure Jerri will be on Ethan like flies on shit. Didnt he date Jennifer Love Hewitt or Winona Ryder at some point? After those fallen stars, how does one go back to a media ho like Jerri?

All Star (?) Survivor
 

Rudy lives, in the area in fact -- he works out in my old gym.

Ahh, brushes with fame make life worth living, don't they?

AI Results/Cp;trane
 

You arent supposed to watch the whole results show- just the last five minutes. I did flip to it a couple of times and stumbled upon Justin Guarini. THis guy is like two plastic surgeries away from being Michael Jackson. I dont know it is was the lipstick and powder they made him wear, but he just looks not quite human to me. Like some kind of corporate machinery answer to Lenny Kravitz, but for the kids. Like, ooh, biracial is really big with the kids today, what with all the immigrants and the crossover popularity of hiphop, so lets make a really *safe* looking blackish boy for the girls to ooh and ah over. Like Lenny Kravitz, but without the tattoos and nose ring.

Thats just my opinion, I could be wrong.

And Coltrane, you are not the other assman on the board. Maybe you are too young to get the reference?

AI Results/Cp;trane
 

This made me think ... Thurgreed should get a vanity plate that reads U ASSJACK.

All Star (?) Survivor
 

Brandon was a bartender in Dallas. Went down to boys town when that cast was on their tour to catch their appearances. Sirus (think that was his name) was a big hit with the Dallas gay community. I'm more of an Ethan chick myself.

n(Brandon was quite bitchy -- in a good way)cs

AI Results/Cp;trane
 

Maybe MR's history in that regard should be added to the history of the FB as retold by leaglease on the home page here?

n(MR-- assman and code guru)cs

AI Results/Cp;trane
 

There is no way to win. Either they keep him from making it because he is biracial (or black, in the case of some of the others mentioned) or he only makes it because he is biracial (or black or whatever)?

The Olive Garden & Scheduling Note for Paigow
 

Spending an hour + with the catty rejected women of the bachelor was barely worth it. Other than to listen to Amber reiterate her love for the Olive Garden and (its version of) Italian food.

And, Paigs, if you're watching, the finale is on Sunday

Lingo
 

ASSJACK is so 2002.

The insult de jour is ASSHAT.

not7yS

The Olive Garden & Scheduling Note for Paigow
 

Thanks Chief. I can never remember Bachelor is on Wednesdsay so Sunday finales are hopeless for me. But I need the reminder on Sunday. Will it conflict with Six Feet Under?

The Olive Garden & Scheduling Note for Paigow
 

I totally missed the train wreck that was Amber on The Bachelor but saw the recap last night. Good lord. Back when I was dating, it would have never occurred to me to lay down on another girl if I were trying to impress some guy. At least not because I was so drunk I needed a nap halfway through the night.

Put on a few extra pounds recently? Maybe you're pregnant.
 

This happened to a friend of mine. She gained no weight. Felt generally not well for a few weeks, but has an irrational fear of doctors, so convinced herself she just had a persistent stomach bug.

One day she fainted walking out of class and awoke 24 hours later in the hospital with an incision in her lower abdomen from the emergency C-section and a baby girl. She had been about 32 weeks pregnant, with an ectopic pregnacy. According to her father, her first words when she woke up and the nurse kept babbling how the baby was going to be okay and not to worry was "What the fuck are you talking about?"

The father had been a short, crappy relationship and was nowhere to be found. She had to drop out of here doctoral program and move in with her parents for a year. Luckily, she was able to get her shit back together pretty quickly, all things considered, and finished her degree only about a year late.

AI Results/Cp;trane
 

I did just get pubes (and subsequently had them removed by my friend's wife, the aestician...).

Put on a few extra pounds recently? Maybe you're pregnant.
 

Yes - that's the way to go. I'm jealous. The baby was fine - normal weight and everything. Thankfully the woman lived a healthy lifestyle. Mom called her 3yo daughter in to help bring the phone, scissors, etc. And she thought it was a bad case of food poisoning.

-TL

Put on a few extra pounds recently? Maybe you're pregnant.
 

Freaky, but (and I'm no MD here, but) it can't have been an ectopic pregnancy - an embyo cannot survive if it ends up implanted in a tube. The tube would have burst much earlier on causing some nasty problems. I almost lost a good friend to the blood loss caused by an ectopic blowout. I suppose it could travel outside a tube somehow and still be in the wrong place, but where the hell would the placenta attach anyway?

Sounds more like an ideal pregnancy ending with some other type of abnormal early labor or something.

-T(but again, no MD here)L

Happy Gilmore
 

No, it's just the hip new ironic lingo for "lesbians." Coming soon to a coast near you.

Happy Gilmore
 

Thanks for the updates. If you need me I'll be in the corner drinking my mojito. I'll be the blonde in the pashmina.

Happy Gilmore
 

Will you be with that guy with the goatee and the tattoo of the chinese symbol and the ankh drinking the cosmo?