Hey look! Smartasses are everywhere
 

Now, that thing is definitely not worth killing an animal for. Not even the notoriously vicious and dangerous wild vinyl.

Out of curiosity
 

Question...

Is the hurricane affecting anyone yet? And what is the deal with the names of the coastal cities?
Cape Fear
Morehead City
Baldhead Island
Kill Devil Hills?

The Case Against Rock and Roll Church
 

This is, I think, true. There's certainly a lot more "sir"ing and "ma'am"ing between black and white in the South, and successful interracial transactions have a more genuine warmth instead of wariness.

However, the fact that Northern racism is more latent and less patent does not in all cases make the Southern way better. For example, I like the fact that in California (latent racism region), you're not invited back to cocktail parties if you use a slur, even in jest. Giving voice to racist beliefs is an utter social dead-end. In my experience of the South, those who express patent racism (like a hotheaded use of the "n" word) are dismissed as relics (at least in the public forum), but are never ostracized. Outside the South, I can feel embarrassed to be in the presence of persons who voice racist beliefs, and the local culture supports that reaction instead of quietly closing ranks around those who are "old fashioned" in their thinking.

If you could combine the "sir"ing and "ma'am"ing of the South with righteous indignation, instead of mild clucking, at vocal racial generalizations, both regions would be better off.

Hey look! Smartasses are everywhere
 

I saw a fake one in the mall yesterday which was even more ugly than the real one.

I'm craving a new filofax/agenda/dayrunner thingy. Anybody have any suggestions (and don't say palm pilot, I hate technology and like writing my social events down on paper).

A True No-Win Situation
 

So now you think the seals are cute, aye? Are we thinking of a move to Ty-land, PJ?

Hey look! Smartasses are everywhere
 

So true. And those wild vinyl - they smell bad too.

Out of curiosity
 

Most certainly.



http://www.infirmation.com/file-stor...rsion_id=13422

Hey look! Smartasses are everywhere
 

Not possible. The real thing is just a bad idea.

In the past, I found that the Dayrunner line of agenda thingies were the most flexible and convenient. Refills were relatively easy to get. I have friends that swear by Franklin - but I find them too bulky.

Hey look! Smartasses are everywhere
 

No no, Paigow swears by Franklin but I find him to goofy.

A True No-Win Situation
 

"Cute," not "hot."

Dammit. Now anyone who even looks at my future dog is going to have to get their ass kicked.

Filofax
 

Okay...I want this one.

http://www.filofaxusa.com/alligator1.html

Do you think I could get it with a mink carrying case?

Hey look! Smartasses are everywhere
 

Somehow, I doubt that Nicky, who is much better-looking and possibly a bit more sane than Paris, really needs dating advice from her whack-job sister.

Which reminds me. I read somewhere that John Molloy (sp), the author of Dress for Success is coming out with a book advising women on how to land a man and make him marry you. The only advice I remember from the tease was that he had a 6 month rule -- if you don't have a commitment to head for the altar within 6 months, it's not going to happen. That, at he found that men ages 28-33 were especially susceptible to the marriage thing.

If I can find the link, I'll post it.

Job Posting
 

I couldn't find a San Diego board, so I decided to post this here. Unfortunately, I do not qualify.

http://jobsearch.monster.com/getjob.asp?JobID=19123209

Out of curiosity
 

Is this some pathetic attempt to get off my shit list?

Try harder. Send me a finger or two that got sliced off in the hurricane. Though, they are saying now it is a pathetic Category 2 so inland people may not have to worry much.

The Case Against Rock and Roll Church
 

Wait a second, are you saying that evenodds' doesn't have standing to talk authoritatively about race, or are you saying that she in some ways is being offensive when she is talking about a race that is not her own?

If it's the first, I don't understand why a person has to be of a particular minority to comment on issues relating to that minority. Does that mean that I can't talk about gay culture from time to time with authority, even though I'm not a gay man. I care a great deal about gay culture, and my brother is gay. I spend a hell of a lot of time with gay men. I don't know the plight of every gay person, or even any gay person, because I'm not gay and I'll never fully understand exactly what that means. But I have some insight to what I see around me, and I care very much that my brother is not hurt by idiots and bigots. So if I see an opportunity to waylay an idiot before he or she gets near someone I care about, I'm going to take it. If I see an opportunity to talk about something i know a little about, I'm going to take it, because, as my post count in general and this post in particular indicate, I like to talk.

If it's the second, you're not being very clear. Are you offended on someone else's behalf about what evenodds has to say? Or even on your own behalf, because I have no idea where you're coming from on the race spectrum. I'm not seeing her comments as offensive on their face, but I may be reading things differently than you are.