Hunting for ltl's head?
 

Originally posted by the fringe

Originally posted by robustpuppy

TM shitstomped ltl well enough to have Plated her. One can't say the same of any of your flames.

edited to avoid provoking one of the lesser denizens of Hollywood for ugly people.

Paging Wannabe Graphic Designers and Reality TV
 

Just post a link and I'll resize it for you.

Useless Quote
 

Option (C): Don't buy the album. Do go to the concert when they come to a city near you.

I will remain silent on the issue of whether you should download any/all tracks from any/all of the Dandy Warhols' albums.

One further note about concert-going. The downside is that they don't do encores. The upside is that their female fans look better than most indie fanbases.

One further LA-only music note, Record Suplus is having their annual Super Sale September 3rd-7th. It's the only record store in LA where I've seen actual record execs wandering the aisles (if that means anything to you; if it doesn't stick with Tower Sunset and Virgin Megastore Hollywood for celeb sightings.) Record Surplus is great if you want to buy a new CD from one of the 10 or so new titles they stock at a time. That must have something to do with state sales taxes or something. Why stock so little new product? Why not just sell used?

I concured before on the Penelope Cruz angle issue. I think it is so pronounced that the FB should coin a term like "the Penelope Problem" to describe it. Or maybe, "Yeah, she dresses well, but she's got some Penelope issues, unfortunately."

Slang 101
 

Apparently I'll have to send my mentee to remedial slang class.

She uses triflin' in the context of having nothing going on so she's safe there. And things having jumped the shark probably don't matter in Minneapolis for awhile.

But the definitions of pimpin' and chickenhead don't quite fit although maybe she uses pimpin' in a gender neutral context for a player. She described it to me by reference to the excessive (IMHO but obviously not hers) number of chains she was wearing so I thought it had something to do with that. And the kids yell "Holla back pimpin" to each other in the halls and don't get into fights for it.

Her definition of chickenhead is the farthest from the ones posted here. She sometimes calls her little brother a chickenhead so I thought it was like calling him a dope.

Useless Quote
 

I heart Jack Manfred.

Big Alison 4
 

Maybe it is just me, but I think that Alison embodies just about everything that is wrong with the world today. The clip of her parents belittling her boyfriend Donny for being hurt for seeing her canoodling with other men was painful. Yes, your daughter is a conniving backstabbing itch. Yes, Mr. Alison's father, your wife is everything that your faughter is, and the fact that you married her says a lot about you. Yes, you will have a full Entertainment Tnight career after BB4, and I hope that it judges you well.

Recently, a disgruntled take-for-a-ride partner in my group told me that, since he had no kids, he had secretly canceled the life insurance to which his ex-wife was entitled. I guess that she had been of the "keep working 16 hour days and never taking time off so that I can continue my $1000/weel shopping habits at the Oak Street boutiques" ilk. He didn't seem like he was suicidal of anything, so the twinge of guilt for her lasted at least three or four seconds.

Get your dirty fonts off the sofa!
 

OK, you've just topped DS as the poster concerned about the most "interesting"** things.

Between this and your "don't let the kids play in the living room" issues and your font woes, I just realized you picked the perfect avatar.


**"Interesting" is Minnesota-speak for "that is flipping weird."

Fu(we didn't have a family room so the living room was the family room and we did homework on the "formal" dining room table)gee

Edited to change the subject line.

Paging Wannabe Graphic Designers and Reality TV
 

I think the proper word is "eclectic".

(Granted, Minnesota deals with "eclectic" as well as it deals with "flipping weird", but . . .)

Little Lord Font-leroy.
 

Credit Not Bob. He derisively changed the "Originally posted" lines in his quotations to "Niles Crane" a couple of times before I homage-d him with my avatar. Incisive on his part, no?

Apropos of nothing, that Not Bob sure was a good poster when he was around. I miss his yarns about Podunkville. It always sounded a lot like Mayberry, or Hooterville, or New Rochelle.

Just for the record
 

I don't know that naked yoga person, although the park where she was arrested is less than a mile from where I grew up and the site of frequent Diva family bike rides and annual blackberry picking.

tm

PS Wonk, I make jam. Want some? Strawberry, raspberry or marionberry?

Gentle Request of the Day
 

Can the plague-spewing death-rattling phlegm-gacking ill-bred morons on the train please learn to COVER THEIR GODDAMNED WIDE OPEN SPITTLE SPREADING MOUTHS instead of infecting us all with a fucking monkey-virus disgusting-doom-by-instant-internal-hemorraging horror-movie Outbreak?

It would be much appreciated.

Big Alison 4
 

One perfect moment on last night's BB4:

Erika (eyes narrowed, looking at Alison, who had just looked back at Erika and Jack and done one of those fake over-animated laughs): I hate her so much.

Jack(without emotion): She. Is. Intolerable.

RIAA and one of our own?
 

So I was reading an article on the fight a Jane Doe is having with RIAA about revealing her name (http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/interne....ap/index.html) and I noted the name she goes by is nycfashiongirl.

So which one of you is it?

And if you claim to be fashionable, are you in fact fashionable? Is that sort of like claiming to be classy?

Big Alison 4
 

Alison is so completely unlikable that she may last until the end, since everyone would assume they could beat her with the Jury. (They would be right.)

I cannot stand to watch her or listen to her. That attitude! That accent!

Big Alison 4
 

That's what happened with Jenna on the last Survivor--she was such a horrid shallow egomaniacal unattractive whining bitch ("I'm so beautiful--everyone hates me because I'm so beautiful") that she seemed the natural to lose at the final vote. Then she won.

Go figure. In reality TV, as in law, it often pays to be a total asshole.

laser eye surgery- more information
 

Apologies in advance for the length of this long (and slightly late) post. I'm not a doc, but I did quite a bit of research before submitting to the "flap-and-zap", including talking extensively with a colleague who is a doctor and represents a laser manufacturer.

I had very successful bi-lateral LASIK earlier this year, and would recommend it to the "right" patient. I went from being off-the-charts nearsighted (20/1000 vision? couldn't see the big E, coudn't even see the poster the big E is on, you get the picture), with moderate astigmatism to a good, clear 20/20 in both eyes. Had the surgery on Thursday, and was back at work on Monday with very little problem.

Whether you are a good candidate for PRK or LASIK fundamentally involves a number of items: how thick is your cornea, how large are your pupils, how strong is your prescription. Successful surgery also depends on the skill of the surgeon, the sophistication of the software running the laser, the type of laser, the optical zone that the laser treats, etc.

Unlike PRK, which involves directly ablating the surface of the eye, LASIK involves cutting a flap, ablating the surface under the flap, and then replacing the flap. The healing time is generally quicker than with PRK, although there are folks that would argue that PRK doesn't destroy the integrity of the cornea like LASIK does (the question is whether the flap ever truly adheres to the surface again). And yes, with LASIK, you get to wear funky eye guards at night for at least a week, to prevent you from inadvertently dislodging the flap. Some doctors give plastic shields that you stick on with surgical tape. My doctor prefers goggles.

Just so you can have a true picture of the things that *can* go wrong (as the result of a bad practitioner, bad equipment, or doing the procedure on someone who isn't really a good candidate), you should check out the following web sites:

www.surgicaleyes.org

www.lasermyeye.org

These sites have some pretty horrific stories. Surgical Eyes is basically a support group for patients with bad results from refractive surgery, and many of the board participants will proclaim that anyone considering refractive surgery is an idiot. Lasermyeye is a bit more balanced in tone.

I would also highly recommend avoiding any outfit that is a "lasik mill". These folks have been known to recommend RS to people with prescriptions as low as -.25. If I had had this tiny amount of correction, I would never have even considered surgery.

These centers usually own their own equipment, and are paying for it even if it isn't being used. My doctor "rents" laser time from a major teaching hospital that has the most up to date equipment, and participates in FDA trials. If she isn't using the laser, she isn't paying for it.

There's a number of lawsuits against practitioners for using the wrong "card" to program the laser, for not using new blades (to cut the flap) for each patient, for leaving metal debris under the flap (ewwww), and other screw-ups that eventually require cornea replacements. The issue of whether patients had truly given informed consent is the topic of another discussion.

While this isn't to say that such an accident can't happen to non lasik mill practitioners, lasik mills generally charge a la carte for services (that's why you see the $299 per eye specials), and may not be interested in continuing with follow-up services.

If you are considering RS, you should be aware that the newest laser technology has the ability to "custom map" the cornea. Thus, even if you and Joe Eyepatch have an identical (or eye-dentical!) glasses prescription of -4.0, the custom mapping technology will account for the differences in the shape of your corneas in determining the ablation pattern. Also, the latest laser technology has a tracking feature, which will automatically shut down the laser if you move your eyeball.

That is all.

P_E

edited because apparently my surgery didn't go as well as I thought and didn't see the typos. . .

Big Alison 4
 

I was so sad to see Jack go. He was the only mature, non delusional about Hollywood, not vain and materialistic person in the house. I would hate to see what Erika would do with the money though I am for some reason kind of rooting for her.

That "twist" was total bullshit. Herself leaves the house to go to some cross promotional event in NY for a day? Oh my. What will that do to the remaining houseguests?

Is there any chance in hell the sumo wrestler will nominate the bulldog, and spare her moronic ex? She can use the pawn excuse. but probably not since the bulldog will be an ideal person to go to the end with. i may have to stop watching this show since the bulldog is intolerable. how she gets these reasonably attractive men is beyond me. thouigh donny seems to have had a lobotomy. I am the walrus, donny, I am the walrus.

Maintenance poll.
 

Frequently, it's the unintended puns that are best.

Maintenance poll.
 

You think that was unintended?

Cool New Album
 

Sesame Street's greatest hits:

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/arts/...ainmentdc.html

Since I spent hours on the web fruitlessly trying to find R.E.M's song about shiny, happy monsters, I am very excited. Woo-hoo!

Bonus points if this includes Little Richard's version of Itsy Bitsy Spider.

Maintenance poll.
 

I ordinarily assume that anything clever said by a sock is unintended, for if the author truly knew they were being clever, they would take credit for it.

I suppose I may have to take another footing with special purpose socks like BRC's Parents. Oh dear, now you've led me down another path entirely.

Maintenance poll.
 

In keeping with the mind fuck theme, I have started to assume that anything stupid said by a sock is intended.

RIAA and one of our own?
 

I confess.

Dua(classy of me, wasn't it)lit

RIAA and one of our own?
 

It was.

I found a good avatar for you.


http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0...1.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Gentle Request of the Day
 

Urm, they can't see your post because their screens are covered with Phlegm.

But, if you want someone to shut em's mouth on the train, do what I do, just give em a swift kick in the balls. That generally shuts em right up, with the added benefit that should they subsequently cough, only your ankles are in danger.

The Original QE Culture Guy Speaks
 

http://www.africana.com/articles/dai...0827queeri.asp

[Good article by the Culture Guy from the QE pilot. Still doesn't explain Blair and his disappearance from the show though.]

TI3
 

in other reality tv news --

A year and a half after the finale of Temptation Island 2, the show returns on FOX tonight at 8 p.m. ET. Mark L. Walberg hosts as four couples have their relationships tested by the singles. The singles, one reviewer says, "are only moderately good-looking, with personalities ranging from lackluster to utterly obnoxious." argues that "if you want to wallow in the discomfort of others [the show] ... will afford you that pleasure in every segment." The show's already being protested by Morality in Media.


I love wallowing in the discomfort of others!!

Cool New Album
 

It's available at Amazon* ($44.99). No Little Richard tunes.

Anne
*No link, 'cause we should use the one on to the left to get the pennies.

Deck Site of the Day
 

This site cult sirens (it is okay for viewing at work) is on an equal par with the gallery of women in spacesuits.

And, I finally saw Bowling For Columbine last night. In my case, Moore is obviously preaching to the converted, but, nonetheless, he does an excellent job of deconstructing gun ownership and its various connections to "white fear."

Your (my) daily moment of Zen.
 

The hottest man in the world
http://www.usopen.org/images/pics/la...ipousisNEW.jpg

Rising american hottie. Why are all the men in this sport so fine? This pic doesnt do him justice.
http://www.usopen.org/images/pics/la...y01_23fish.jpg

Gets hotter by the minute. Anyone have the NYT Magazine spread on him?
http://www.usopen.org/images/pics/la...3_052Blake.jpg

For leagl, and just cuz I dig her

http://www.usopen.org/images/pics/la...04Mauresmo.jpg

RIAA and one of our own?
 

Thanks. That's better than the silver one I used to use, although now I feel like Stanford on SATC.

Dua(always at the height of fashion)lit

Slots B, C, D . . . and E?
 

You have lots of slots.

Edited to make it rhyme more.

Your (my) daily moment of Zen.
 

He's Bosnian, but has applied for citizenship.

Agreed.

Anne
(panting at my desk)

Deck Site of the Day
 

[comma] in that . . .

RIAA and one of our own?
 

There was a pink one too, and something called blue lavender. Which confused me, because it wasn't actually lavender, it was blue. Perhaps blue is the new lavender?

Your (my) daily moment of Zen.
 

Thank you for posting pictures small enough to keep the margins intact.

Even(FB pet peeve #4)Odds

Your (my) daily moment of Zen.
 

Mardy Fish is Bosnian? Are you thinking of Delic? Who lost to Sargsian? With the cutest babyface ever? I wouldnt mind teaching him a thing or two.

Slang 101
 

Triflin' has other meanings. Why don't you check out http://www.urbandictionary.com?

That makes no sense. "Holla back" can mean "let me know what's up with you" or "talk to you later" in that context. And "Pimpin" would make sense as a response. But the two don't go together like that. Minesota. Whatever.

I don't think she knows what it means, although the term may have evolved into meaning any dumb person. I never hear it used on guys. She's probably been called a chickenhead and inferred that it was something negative, but doesn't know how to use it.

TM

Slots B, C, D . . . and E?
 

Lots of slots come in handy. Sometimes I have company.

Non-Texans Should Ignore
 

Don't forget, early voting on the 22 proposed amendments to the TX constitution starts today!

Handy-dandy list of proposed amendments, along with explanations and pros/cons: http://www.lwvtexas.org/pdfs/TXVG0903_Engl.pdf

Listing of county websites, at least some of which have early voting location information: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections...s.shtml#County

For some reason I'm feeling civic today. Too bad it's not civil instead.