Ho Ho Hum.
 

Ah, it's all acquired taste anyhow. I can taste-test the ID's of about fifteen single malts, and really enjoy most of them, but, truly, the only true use for such a skill is the ability to make statements like "I can taste-test the ID's of about fifteen single malts".

Ho Ho Hum.
 

Kind of why I made the statement. I don't drink scotch and was curious as to the truth of it.

Ho Ho Hum.
 

Damn, you're high maintenance. If it's free booze, you're lucky to be getting Thunderbird.

Not that I'd save a kid's photo for passed-out-in-a-filthy-gutter crap.

Ho Ho Hum.
 

I would

()I()

(this is a picture of sebby's barenaked ass- I took it during the homecoming reunion at his frat house)

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(this is a picture of the bottle knocer over's apparatus, no legs or bod attached)

Viagra & Sexual Acrobatics
 

Good, then my plan is working.

Ho Ho Hum.
 

Hmm. I hadn't thought of that as a prerequisite to serious drinking. But after serious drinking, who even knows what anyone is wearing?

Opt Out
 

I'm not sure if this will capture credit card offers. Regardless, it's not a bad idea to call 1-888-5OPTOUT to direct the four credirtreporting agencies not to sell your information to all the assholes who say "Hey, Equifax, we'll give you $y for every ten thousand credit profiles you sell us with credit scores above z and annual incomes about $x."

I've gone from getting an average of 4 credit card offers per day (seriously) to getting one every week or so. Makes that much less shredding for me to do.

See, generally, http://www.privacyrightsnow.com .

Ho Ho Hum.
 

But by the time you finish, it comes out more like "Ahh kan testes the ay-ay-ay-dees of (hic) aboud... (THUD)."

putting things together
 

I used to be a geek, but since I cannot even conceive of sitting through one of the the Lord of The Rings movies in a theatre I must have lost that status.

Now, I love to put things together. Trains, computers, whatever. If something is broken I can often take it apart, fiddle with it for a while and fix it. That said, for some reason, I cannot figure out my nephew's pack and play. I cannot set it up. I cannot take it down. The thing drives me nuts. Do they make these things impossible to work so that a new parent's life can be even more stressful or what?

Sebby's Mass Mailing Humbug
 

For the ones I (used to) get, there were instructions for how to halt them. I think I had to fill out a form at the Post Office.

Ho Ho Hum.
 

That's about right.

So?

Ho Ho Hum.
 

You forgot the pic of painful zipper cat:
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Ho Ho Hum.
 

Oh, hell, I'm not gonna STOP.

I just mean, there's really no absolute measure of higher value of a single malt compared to a blend, unless it's simple scarcity.

Ho Ho Hum.
 

it took me a second, but that's beautiful. POTY

Can this be the new motto?

Ho Ho Hum.
 

In my humble opinion, no.

But if you prefer, take Sebby's word for it and buy the cheap blended stuff with a red label.

Holiday Traditions Poll
 

Speaking of the devil, does anyone else think that the Seinfeld episode with Kathy Griffin doing her one woman show "Jerry Seinfeld is the devil" and with George dating the woman who looks like Jerry, is one of the all time greats? I saw it again yesterday, and was very pleased that I did.

Ho Ho Hum.
 

Translation: It's Slave's fault the stuff is so expensive.

Strom's daughter
 

Article in the NYT today, and here's a picture of her.

http://graphics7.nytimes.com/images/...-strom.184.jpg

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/nati...Paternity.html

NFL (paigow please skip)
 

Fassel has been fired. He will coach last two games of the season though.

Here is si's list of potential replacements (nothing great, I think):

"Among the possible successors to Fassel are LSU coach Nick Saban, former Jaguars coach Tom Coughlin, and the Patriots' two coordinators: Romeo Crennel and Charlie Weis. Coughlin, Crennel and Weis were Giants assistants under Bill Parcells."

Holiday Traditions Poll
 

Get Project Gotham or Project Gotham II for a really fun driving game with lots of options and lots of skill levels for rookies and the experienced. Gamer dude at the Best Buy told me that the only game to have is HALO, it's like totally the best game out there and it's their hottest seller. But more fun if you play on-line - which I don't do. All the guys at husbands company play NFL football on-line with headsets so they can trash talk the kids who think they've got game.

Strom's daughter
 

They had this same photo online last night. When I saw it, I wondered how anyone could doubt that she was his daughter. The resemblance is uncanny.

She's a regular chip off the old block (well, except for that whole segregationist thing).

Ho Ho Hum.
 

Apparently, I drank the entire State of Washington out of Lagavulin, since every single restaurant was out of it when I was out in Seattle.

Not for nothing, I used to have a Yukon_Cornelius sock back on Infirm.

Ho Ho Hum.
 

Many single malts have a great taste, that is distinctive etc....
Single malts are good when you'll have 1 or 2 scotches, then switch to wine.

The only bad part of single malts is that 4 or more single malts equals a hangover. One can drink a good deal more JWBlack and be perky the next day. I'm not sure why a good blend equals no hangover, while single does, but its true.

Ho Ho Hum.
 

You can tell the three credit agencies (Experian, Trans Union and Equifax) that you do not want them giving your information to companies in response to requests you did not initiate. This essentially means that credit card companies and loan refi company's don't get your name for mailing lists from the three companies. Within a couple of months after submiting the request, the number of solicitations I get dropped to almost zero.

I will still be sending you pictures of my kids though, asshole.

QESG Reunion
 

Yeah but did you watch the QESG "making the video" show and Celebrity Poker? It's all Bravo, all Tuesdays for me now.

For what it is worth, I thought the video and the show were pretty amusing; they confirm that Thom is the shit. Ted's handling of the wine bottles is pretty sweet though.

And on Celebrity Poker, I give worst move of the night to Mo for calling big bets with her pocket 8s with two overcards on the board. Improbably, Nicole played very well and if Hank Azaria or Michael Ian Black weren't going to win, I was thrilled that she did.

Ho Ho Hum.
 

You should upgrade the old Avatar.

http://www.thewhiskystore.de/dist/la...gavpx00a_2.jpg

Ho Ho Hum.
 

Simply untrue (and unsurprisingly so, given some of the things you say on the politics board).

But the key to avoiding hangover on any scotch is a lot of good, pure water (on the side, not in the damn drink people).

Ho Ho Hum.
 

What do you think we are, animals?

Ho Ho Hum.
 

that much of what I say is untrue, or that I drink too much?

Ho Ho Hum.
 

Sorry, I should have specifically addressed that to Sebby.

Ho Ho Hum.
 

Exactly.

Save a bunny wabbit today
 

I'm with Skinny. Gotta love the Paigs.

Ho Ho Hum.
 

Appreciated. And did I mention that your children are utterly adorable?

Ho Ho Hum.
 

Of course. With so much scotch AND water, you'd hardly be able to taste the Pepsi.

Viagra & Sexual Acrobatics
 

No, silly. Sebastian Dangerfield, Esq.

Ho Ho Hum.
 

Humor is generally a good thing.

This, however, was beyond the pale.

Save a bunny wabbit today
 

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Ho Ho Hum.
 

Thank you so much.

I think we should talk about them more on this board, don't you?

"It is as it was."
 

Mel Gibson's upcoming "The Passion" has a new admirer: the Pope.


spree: article about the Pope's viewing of the film.

Rings Geeks
 

This was close. Two extended, and one feature-length.

R(I wasn't in costume, but there were some people there who were)T