Bathing Suit Shopping
 

I think that J Crew might. DISCLAIMER: I really dislike J Crew and the swimsuit that I bought from them at one point was promptly returned (no padding; smashed my little boobies into nothingness), but I think they do separates...

Road Trip Albums
 

If I were to pick 5 CDs for a road trip today, they would be as follows:

1. Duran Dur . . . um . . .

1. Ursula 1000 - All Systems Are Go Go
2. Hindu: The New Bombay Style
3. Orchestra Baobab - Specialist in All Styles
4. The Hives - Veni Vidi Vicious [which is actually enjoying a revival in my car these days]
5. Sugarman 3 - Pure Cane Sugar

If I were to pick 5 CDs for a road trip tomorrow, you would probably get very different answers. I'm very moody.

If my SO were to choose 5 road trip CDs, they would be:

1. White Stripes - Elephant
2. White Stripes - Elephant
3. White Stripes - Elephant
4. White Stripes - Elephant
5. White Stripes - Elephant

Bathing Suit Shopping
 

Thanks for the suggestion, eo. Their offerings seem to be made for a whispy thin flat-chested, sort and don't seem as if they would offer enought support. There si something about them that makes them look like they smash, not lift and support.

Guess I'll take the luch hour to head over to T-backs & More. Yeeeeeehaaaaa!!!!

Disclaimer: Despite the name of the store, no need to worry about me and a T-back. I have too great a love of humanity to inflict my almost naked ass on it.

Bathing Suit Shopping
 

If you can't find a good US company, try www.bravissimo.com , maker of my beloved underwire tank tops--they have bikini separates by cup size. Good luck!

More X-tina `
 

Another photo of the "new" X-Tina:

http://www.robarnieanddawn.com/christina.jpg

AAAHHHHH!!!!!!

aV

Bathing Suit Shopping
 

Try Land's End online. I know that they have the tops but I am not sure about stringy bottoms. This is one of the few places that I was able to locate one-piece suits made for DDs and they seem to carry good quality swimwear. The braless Speedo is being put out to pasture as it is making me feel unattractive because it looks like I have one huge boob.

Poll: Load up the car CD changer
 

Five for my FB friends, hmmm? I will revert to law school form and not fight the hypothetical (which explains why I am a slip and fall litigator in Podunkville instead of a M&A wizard in TCOTU, but I digress). Therefore, I will use this to list provide sort of a Intro To Not Bob's Musical Taste. A survey course, if you will. Anyway, in no particular order....

1. Dar Williams "The Honesty Room" Although her "Mortal City" has my current favorite Dar song -- the delightful "Southern California Wants to be Western New York" -- THR is her debut disc, and is strong. After you listen to "When I Was a Boy" you will want to buy the rest of her stuff.

2. Jimmy Buffett "You Had To Be There" Jimmy's first live album, and his best (I think). You wonder what the deal is with this guy? Listen and ye shall learn.

3. The Beatles "1" Yeah, greatest hits are sort of a cop out, but from "Love Me Do" to "The Long and Winding Road" this is musical magic. We all need to be reminded on occasion that John Paul George and Ringo changed the world. Listening to this will do it.

4. Liz Phair "Exile in Guyville" Angst-ridden chick music at its finest. Shock the people at the rest stop by blasting "Fuck and Run."

5. Bruce Springsteen "Born to Run" Skip the title track (you'll hear it a few thousand times on the classic rock radio station played by Rocko behind the register at the 7-11 when you stop for Slim Jims and cheap beer), and revel in the sheer magic of Bruce's songwriting. SD and slave may mock him, but the opening lines of the first track -- "Thunder Road" -- are poetry. Debate with the other road-trippers whether "you ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright" is the worst pick-up line ever heard.

Road Trip Albums
 

I reserve the right to choose 10 cds (not in order of preference):

1. Sublime - 40 Oz to Freedom
2. Grateful Dead - Dick's Picks 18
3. Jane's Addiction - Kettle Whistle
4. White Stripes - De Stijl
5. Stones - Get Yer Ya Yas Out
6. Widespread Panic - Live in the Classic City
7. Led Zeppelin - How the West Was Won
8. Allman Bros - Anything from 1970-1973
9. Grateful Dead - Dick's Picks 15
10. Neil Young - Live Rust

Road Trip Albums
 

don't you think almost all greatest hits cd's miss one or two you want and stick in 2 or 3 you don't want? it ruins the whole point and is a strong argument for cd burning and copyright infringement.

Bathing Suit Shopping
 

Before you do that, you might call Tootsies.

I am not sure if they carry suits, but if they do, they would have one that would be perfect for you.

I used to love Nuit in River Oaks, but I am not sure if they are still open. The sales staff there was excellent. The owner worked at Tootsies before opening her own place a few years ago and she has a great eye for style and cut. If they are, you might call them as well.

All-over tan
 

I'll save Penske the time of having to post it - "go topless"

Road Trip Albums
 

For my next road trip I would like to take a 5-CD set of the FB's favorite road trip music.

Road Trip Albums
 

Allman Brothers - Eat a Peach
B-52s - Cosmic Thing
Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's
Jazz Mandolin Project - Tour de Flux
Big Lazy - Amnesia

Have to reload the CD changer in the car now.

Road Trip Albums
 

What's with the Femmes? My wife has been listening to that disc at least once a week since I've known her. She says it never gets old.

I have noticed that at certain times, the White Stripes sound like an electric version of the Femmes on steroids. I wonder if I'm alone in that observation.

Obscure Band Poll
 

Jack - Try Green Hills of Earth. Its like they channeled the production skills of Brian Wilson. Its nice to see they peaked right before folding - leaves a great legacy.

S(its just that good)D

More X-tina `
 

She says it's from the Pill, in which case she ought to try switching prescrips as another might solve the problem. And with her cheeks getting, well, rounder, she should lay off the heavy dark eye makeup--it makes her eyes, which are actually very pretty, disappear. And with the bosom expanding, she might try to lay off on the ho-wear--larger assets will play themselves up without any help.

More X-tina `
 

Wow. She really has the look of someone who gained weight really fast (which she did) and who hasn't quite settled into that new higher weight yet. She certainly isn't obese, but she is just SO much bigger than she used to be. Most people gain weight between the ages of 18 (approx. when she came out) and 22 (which I think she is now). I feel bad for her because she can't win. She was ripped on for being too skinny before, and now is being ripped on for being too fat (and/or for not dressing in a way that flatters her new girth).

Personally, I think she is beautiful, in every single way, and I don't think any of you should bring her down today. Unless it helps you control your weight, in which case rip away.

Bathing Suit Shopping
 

Thanks for the suggestions. I was just kidding about T-backs ;)

I swear that there's a swimwear shop in Rice Village.... so I probably try there too.

That or I can always go bak and get the one with the cartoon figure and stink lines that has "Boys are smelly" all over it... or the one that has a little cartoon dog that says "Paws off!"

Road Trip Albums
 

Your wife is right, the Femmes themselves may get old, but their music doesn't. Blister in the Sun, Kiss Off, Gone Daddy Gone, good stuff.

Now I really have to listen to the White Stripes.

Pink
 

So, is she hot or not?

http://cache.eonline.com/Gossip/Fash...ink.062303.jpg

Road Trip Albums
 

There are some definite musical similarities between the Femmes and the White Stripes. It will be interesting to see how their music holds up after 20 years.

Pink
 

That photo looks like Don King mated with a motel sofa.

Road Trip Albums
 

In what order would she want to listen to such selections?

All-over tan
 

Actually I would not have posted that, but its a fine suggestion.

Either way I think SEC should provide pictures. Its the only fair and humane course of action at this point.

Blast from PLF's Past
 

I was going through some very very old e-mails today and came across this gem from the old Boards (I had e-mailed it to a friend of mine b/c I thought it was so funny). Is anyone still collecting this stuff in an organized fashion?

Skimming the Fashion Tips Board over the last week, I realized that you are totally uncool unless you have at least one poster with whom you are in a prolonged, bitter, mean-spirited flame war. Which is how it should be, in my opinion. I also realized that I can barely remember the last time I was involved in any sort of online spat. Totally fucking boring. So, I have decided to start a trendy, virtual cat fight with Third Career. I chose Third Career because I honestly know almost nothing about this poster, and I therefore can start my evil little war with a blank slate. I would tell Third Career not to take it personally, except I want him or her to take it personally because, from this point forward, I hate him or her with dark, burning fury that can barely be expressed in words (although I will certainly try). I suggest that you other posters not yet involved in an extended electonic bitch slap session get on it and quick. Especially all the nicey-nice posters like Kafka and neighsayer. Nobody wants to ready your goody-goody shit anymore. O.K., on to dissing Third Career:

Fired Twice: [some pathetic lament about the sports teams in whatever fucking town he or she lives, punctuated by annoying all-caps screaming and multiple exclamation points]

Me: You used fifteen exclamation points in three sentences. Are you in fourth grade? Do you put emoticons into your fucking client letters? Take a hint!!!! The excessive punctuation does not make your posts either more persuasive or more cute!!!!!!!! GROW UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

More X-tina `
 

It is kinda unfair how they focus on her weight/body so much, I mean it is not like she pushes it in your face and makes it an issue or anything. ;) They should stick to ripping on her music.

I think the girth problem has hit many of our baby songstresses for one reason -- their penchant for the drink. We all know that regularly drinking gobs of booze generally leads to (usually unattractive) weight gain (in everyone except for FBers) and by all accounts most of these kids love to party hearty. They seem to want to stay away from "drugs," especially those ones that tend to make you rail-thin (crack-ho diet) and jumpy. If XTina would pick up the pipe once in a while that extra girth would slide right off. :D

Edited: To break up one big paragraph and note that boozing does not seem to add weight to the Hilton sisters either, but then again I wouldn't be shocked to find that they had already taken my "hit the pipe and lose weight" advice. Which reminds that I read a recent blurb on the sisters which included a snotty comment about their "not found in nature" hair color -- is "found in nature" suddenly a requirement for hair color? The guy who wrote the review seemed very bitchy.

More X-tina `
 

No, instead they're eating sugar cubed ecstasy faster than a 400 pounder eats at the Chesapeake Seafood buffet.

More X-tina `
 

The problem is that the poor misguided darling does not dress in a way that flatters any girth, big or small. And she has a fantastic voice, so if she doesn't go all Mariah mental breakdown, and she stops dressing like a streetwalking drag queen, she could really have a bright future no matter what size she ultimately settles on.

Road Trip Albums
 

She would start with Elephant by the White Stripes.

WHICH IS WHY I PUT IT FIRST ON THE LIST, YOU ASSHATJACKASSJACKHATASS.

Mission of Burma and Radiohead
 

[Mission of Burma reference made earlier by me]

Apparently, their "rebirth over the past couple of years has been one of the coolest stories in Boston rock. The band has recently begun working on its first album of new material in over two decades" (see this short piece from the Boston Globe). Sonic Youth was originally scheduled to open for Wilco but they had to cancel. I heard it was because Kim's mother died.

[Jack Manfred and SlaveNoMore discussing Radiohead tunes]

Isn't a song's use on TV some measure of its value in the pop culture lexicon? "High and Dry" was used in advertisements for Party of Five (if memory serves).

I am the Prince of Fucking Darkness
 

http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/0603/25ozzy.html

Spree: Satan worshipper claiming that the Oz-man is the father of her 6 year-old. Her proof? The child "has a speech impediment just like the former Black Sabbath frontman."

Ozzy's lawyer, being an on the ball kinda guy, rightly points out that not only did Ozzy have a vasectomy 17 years ago (TMI), but that his "slurred speech was a result of his "lifestyle," and not a genetic trait." DUH!!!

Bathing Suit Shopping
 

Sometimes I wish you were more of a misanthrope.

Obscure Band Poll
 

I think you can still probably get tickets for tonight's show at Stubbs Bar-B-Q in Austin. After last night's show, I was seriously considering blowing off today and roadtripping the 150 miles to go see them again.

Road Trip Albums
 

You are likely waiting breathlessly for my picks. Here they are, in order of preference/likely play.

1. Now That's What I Call Music 4
2. Now That's What I Call Music 2
3. Now That's What I Call Music 6
4. Hanson
5. Now That's What I Call Music 7.

But in all seriousness, I despise road trips and refuse to take them. I don't often drive, and I am a shitty passenger. If it is not within a 15 minute cab ride from my house, I am not happy about going there. Getting there is not half the fun. It is not any small fraction of the fun. Being there is 100% of the fun.

I wish I were Jem or a Hologram so I could materialize wherever I want to be.

Road Trip Albums
 

There is no shame in having "Greatest Hits" CDs in your car, though I wouldn't exactly go around decorating the ol' loft with the LP jackets. Instead, I suggest this:

http://www.io.com/~dork/pics/recpics/organfasc.jpg

or this:

http://www.io.com/~dork/pics/recpics2/letmetouch.jpg

I'm going to have to start going to Eminem concerts
 

Ok, so I heard this on the radio last night while I was driving home and my first thought was hmm, that had to be fake. Could it be real?

Eminem gives $450,000 gift to fan
Rapper reportedly hands necklace
to shocked girl at concert in England
LONDON, June 25 — Eminem stunned tens of thousands of people attending a concert in England by giving a necklace estimated at $450,000 to one of his fans.
“I’M GOING to give this to the sexiest woman I see,” Eminem said from the stage of the concert attended by 65,000 fans in Milton Keynes city on Monday night, according to the British Broadcasting Corp.
He then leaned over the stage into the crowd and gave his jewelry to a stunned girl standing at the front of the audience, the BBC said.
Spokesmen for Eminem in New York and Los Angeles were not able to confirm the gift. And officials traveling with the 30-year-old rapper in Britain during his Anger Management Tour were not immediately available Tuesday.
“It looked like a huge diamond-encrusted crucifix,” said a nearby member of the audience, Toby Friedner. “The girl he gave it to was blond, pretty, wearing glasses and 18 to 20,” he was quoted as saying.
“She was obviously shocked,” Friedner said.


here is your cite

This entry from someone who apparently slept through the eighties and never heard of most of those people:

1. John Prine - John Prine
2. Zep - I
3. Ry Cooder - Into the Purple Valley
4. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Greatest Hits 3-cd set
5. Jimmy Buffett - You Had To Be There

Unless, of course, it's a family trip, in which case I'm stuck with the soundtrack to The Lion King, Brittney Spears, Eminem, Shania Twain, and Will Smith.

Obviously, I'm trying to avoid family trips for a while.

Bridezilla
 

Hello everyone! Long time, no see.

I'm a bridesmaid for one of my best friends. The wedding is in DC, but I live out west. I was able to go to her bachelorette party a few months ago, but I couldn't make it to the bridal shower. I did however, send a shower gift from the registry, which automatically gets delivered to her own address (in NY), not the shower hostess's address (in DC). The gift didn't arrive until a few days after the bridal shower. The bride-to-be emailed me the following Monday to tell me she didn't receive a card from me. Is that rude or should I have made sure she received the gift at the shower?

This is not the first time she's exhibited signs of Bridezilla behavior. When I flew out to NY for her bachelorette party, she practically prohibited me from spending any time with my other friends in NYC. She said "I'm the one getting married and it's not my job to accommodate your social life." I flew across the country for a few short days and she expects me to devote every mintue to her? I mean really. It's so selfish. Am I right or am I right?

If I ever become one of those brides, shoot me.

Bridezilla
 

Fuck her. This is one of the reasons I absolutely refuse to have any friends, especially women. The other reason, of course, being that when your "friend" isn't behaving like a total fucking tool he/she wants/needs something from you (money, time, advice, a slap in the face, etc.). I feel crabby today. :devil:

Those damn busybodies
 

Ok, here's an article that I thought would be appropriate discussion fodder. There are a few really good insights in this article...
Sexless marriages: When couples stop coupling
The theory sounds like a veiled slap against feminism: Two-career couples are just too tired to have sex.

The condition known as DINS — dual-income, no-sex — is said to afflict people whose job demands leave them too harried or too sapped for physical intimacy. The catchy acronym usually elicits knowing twitters from listeners and is ammunition for traditionalists who favor stay-at-home mothers.

It is also a myth.

DINS "is a cocktail-party phenomenon. The data show that it's not true," said Janet Hyde, a University of Wisconsin psychologist who co-wrote two research papers that debunked any correlation between hours worked by husbands or wives and diminished frequency of sex.

Here's a great insight..." People who don't have sex are unhappier"
And another...Fatigue was the strongest predictor of diminished sexual desire in women, Hyde found. And women who are homemakers reported feeling just as tired as women who worked full time.

And I like this one...As for the popular DINS theory, Hyde's research found no link between how many hours a woman worked and how often she had sex. In fact, Hyde discovered that career-motivated women had intercourse more often than any other group of women.

Your cite here