Interesting comment on benefits article
 

As long as you are happy. And I love the use of "all y'all," BTW.

Personally, I'm not into either lifestyle, particularly knowing that the second one seems to involve housework, yard work, and child care -- in addition to an outside job. And all to the point of exhaustion. While some other adult sits around not helping until sex is used as a motivation.

PC living
 

Actually, the book to which I linked is supposed to explain how the moisture problems can be addressed so that straw bale can be used in any climate.

Your post reminds me of a funny documentary I saw on HBO last spring called Blue Vinyl. (I seem to remember it's being discussed on the board?)

Here's a link: http://www.bluevinyl.org/animation.htm

The filmmaker's parents decided to cover their wood house in blue vinyl siding and she, having survived cancer caused by DES, goes on a quest to discover all that is wrong with vinyl. Ultimately she convinces her parents to remove it by overwhelming them with the evidence of vinyl's toxicity in every stage -- manufacturing, installation, disposal, and, heaven forbid, a fire. The scene where she visited with factory workers in Italy who lost their voiceboxes to cancer did it for me.

It's an enjoyable film because the filmmaker has a great sense of humor and appreciation for the absurd, and her interactions with her parents are very amusing.

Vegans, Leather and FLO$ Spoiler
 

I have a fear of flying, that is not so unusual. I do, however, travel by car, train (I love trains up the coast) and occasionally boat (but I gotta know where the lifeboats are). I admit that I work a lot and that does interfere with travel opportunities as does having a child in school and no family in the area to watch him while we vacation (area? hell, the closest relative is almost 1,000 miles away) and I am not comfortable leaving him for a week with a non-relative. I don't eat eggwhites -- I just did a few times when I was a child. I like pizza. And nachos. Salad. And really sharp white cheddar cheese. The human body is a beautiful thing, clothed or naked. I think the naked body can be showcased in many artistic manners. Using the naked human body for shock value (is flesh necessary in every damn movie?) just doesn't appeal to me. I did not view the Breasticle Day photos in large part because I did not provide a photo of myself and thus felt that it was taking advantage, so to speak. An aversion to having things in my ass does not equate to an aversion to sexual experimentation. I have tried many, many, many things -- I kept what appealed to me and tossed what did not. You see, I am old enough to have "been there, done that" and discovered what I like and I stick to that -- I don't feel a need go back and retry things that I don't like. Fuck you.

Vegan style
 

We should start a company to design "attractive" vegan clothing. Maybe we could get some hollywood types to model to get us going. Vegan doesn't have to be frumpy. That said, a lot of vegans do like to look frumpy - it's that earth mother thing. But for the vegan lawyers, what else you going to wear to court? BRC and NFH's hot vegan clothing store. We could call it Hot Topics - or has that been done? I have a friend who, while in search of golf clothing for a company tournament, lamented that golf clothing for women (even for men) is hideous. Even the most expensive stuff is not very flattering. We're going to design attractive golf clothing for women. Or maybe I'm just trying to appeal to the wrong people - vegans and golfers - maybe they want to look dowdy.

Vegan poll
 

Interesting. I never knew I was on your ignore list, but it explains a lot. More than anything, I'm amused by your utter cowardice and lack of character.

It takes a special kind of sociopathic personality...like yours... to put someone on an "ignore" list and then send them vituperative PMs, which you know you'll never "see" the responses to. Before now, I didn't understand what was going on. It doesn't take any guts to flame people when you don't have to deal with the fallout. Current public potshots aside, your behavior is pathetic.

And as for getting some, I've somehow managed to get married and reproduce, unlike a certain burrito-butt bitch with a coke habit, a woefully-underpaid therapist, and a vibrator named "Chad." At the rate you're going, you won't be able to afford a sperm bank when you hit 40.

Which is really a shame, when you think about it.

:)

Moving on
 

Looks like Finch has finally found a way to send his kids to college:

http://www.cnn.com/2003/EDUCATION/09...ion/index.html

spree: (CNN) -- A chain of strip clubs is offering to pay tuition for co-eds who work as strippers -- and keep up their grade-point averages.

TM

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Not all cats are lactose intolerant, just a lot of them. I have one cat that is and one cat that isn't. I will sometimes give the cat that is SILK because she loves it that much. But it is a rare treat for her. The other cat can only have milk when the lactose intolerant cat doesn't know about it. Otherwise she gets mad and kicks her ass.

It's actually pretty funny.


Oh, and Cheval... Daaamn.

Vegans, Leather and FLO$ Spoiler
 

You want me to bring the asstroglide?

TM

PC living
 

Great. My house has vinyl siding, though it was there when I bought it. I figured that it was better than wood because I wouldn't have to repaint it every five years or so. Sheesh, even if I get rid of it, it will still cause problems...

Vegan style
 

I bet you looked awful.

I'm really not sure what this country is good at making. Not cars (5 years behind Japanese/Euro cars); Not steel (50 years behind the times); Not clothes; Not electronics; Not housing (all new houses are built like shit).

I've got it: golf courses. Man, can we build a golf course.

I think our economy thrives b/c of advertising and the service industry. That's it. We're not the most productive country in the world. But we're the best advertisers. We're told that we NEED things we don't need.

Moving on
 

He (strip club owner) has been doing that for years. When I went to University of Toronto back in the late 80s (yikes) he (least I think it was him, it was some club in Windsor) was advertising in underground student publications. (no one that I knew took him up on the offer - when tuition is $2,000/year and rent is $200/month, one does not have to strip to get by).

Vegan style
 

Mainly an ass of herself at parties. The USA always insists on being the one to put a lampshade on her head and dance around after too many beers. It's embarassing.

Vegans, Leather and FLO$ Spoiler
 

Jesus - let it go already or I'll bring up little kids wearing jewelry and force you to change the subject.

-TL

Vegans, Leather and FLO$ Spoiler
 

Keep away from my ass. You remind me of this one cat that I have that keeps sticking his nose up the other cats' asses which tends to piss them off to the point of kicking his nasty fucking ass. Does your head smell like ass? You almost make me the Pliffy One look good. ;)

Vegans, Leather and FLO$ Spoiler
 

Let people say what they want about your life, your posts are interesting.

And I'd just like to say that I haven't been to enough theres or tried enough thats.

Vegans, Leather and FLO$ Spoiler
 

That sounds like an interesting kind of morning sickness.

Vegans, Leather and FLO$ Spoiler
 

No - but it's not much better.

And I'm very literally about to lose my lunch, so let's talk no more of m/s - it will only encourage the inevitable.

-T(The books say this goes away about 4 months ago. The books lie.)L

PC living
 

Well, you really have to choose your battles. Vegan friend was reaching for a piece of fruit one day and her father said, "you're not going to eat that are you?" She said, "yeah, why not." He said, "well most fruits and vegetables are picked by non-union labor so you can't in good consciousness eat that." That's when the screaming match began and the "choose your battles" line was drawn. You can't fight every battle.

Vegans, Leather and FLO$ Spoiler
 

By itself, no.

Note: I am posting before reading, I'm sure that one was covered already, but it was too easy.

Moving on
 

I recall an ad in a college newspaper by the Sultan of Brunei, seeking 20 young, attractive wellspoken female students to act as "hostesses" at his parties during a 2 week tour of the country. Despite the assurances that this was a "decent" proposal and the attractive college women were just expected to wear an evening gown, socialize with his guests and make intelligent conversation, the $80,000 pricetag for the 2 weeks work seemed to imply otherwise.

To this day I regret that I didn't meet the height requirement.

Craving poll
 

That reminds me, a friend of mine is about 10 weeks pregnant, and I went out to eat with her maybe a week or so ago. When we were making plans, she sort of hopefully suggested that we go to a local mediterranean style buffet, and I had no problem with that. After her third trip back to the line, she confessed that ever since she got pregnant, she can't stop eating tobouleh, and I realized that pretty much every plate that came back was all tobouleh. I assured her that I didn't think worse of her for having a tobouleh problem, and she went back again.

Anyhow, I thought it was an interesting thing to get a craving for (and actually rather healthy too), and I figured it could be a good poll. What's the most interesting thing you've seen pregnant women crave?

Vegans, Leather and FLO$ Spoiler
 

Guess that SO's cat must not be lactose intolerant. His favorite treat is cheese. Doesn't really like any other people food.

Moving on
 

God you women are lucky. I would whore myself out for a lot less than $80k.

Interesting comment on benefits article
 

So while the article is not interesting, the use of apostrophes in the article fascinates you and your apostrophilia makes you more interesting than someone who would focus on the substance of the article?

Thrasher, can I come over for beer and sports?

furs
 

no need in BRC's neck of the woods except maybe one or two days every fourth year. its besides the point.

Moving on
 

So that's all your firm is paying?

Moving on
 

Gravy whoring. I would moonlight as a whore. It wouldn't replace my day job of being a lawyer, although it would essentially be the same thing.

Vegans, Leather and FLO$ Spoiler
 

Bullshit.*







*I say this not as an admin, but just as a general calling out on a BS statement. We have no way of knowing whether people who had access to that forum actually looked at the pictures. I'm not even sure if TF (funny initials) had access to the pics. I could check, but I'm too lazy. This note has gone on entirely too long. Perhaps I should end now? Nah, one more sentence should do. Perfect. Oops, that was two.

It's over
 

AntTwat. Stop.

Vegan poll
 

Do we have to?

Interesting comment on benefits article
 

Yes, so long as you don't try to poke me in the ass with anything. The other day I had this really weird idea to somehow have a television mounted into the retaining wall near the pool -- I had visions of hanging in the jacuzzi, drinking beer and watching Monday Night Football and Hockey Night in Canada. Do they sell weatherproof televisions? I suppose you would need some sort of cover over the screen when not in use to protect it from the elements and birdshit. I wonder how I could make this happen...

Vegans, Leather and FLO$ Spoiler
 

Or people.

furs
 

Most winters I've spent here, you're right, it's only really cold (by which I mean highs below freezing) 5-6 days each winter, if that. Last winter was a major bitch, though, and this winter is supposed to be the same. For a few years I've had this very silly early 1970s fur coat I'd picked up on a lark for $8 at a garage sale, and I never really had an urge to wear it, but I was SO GRATEFUL I had that thing last winter. I looked stupid, but I was WARM. I fully expect to look stupid this winter as well, but am considering getting a stupid hat to match.

Now, where I grew up we had real winter. (You kids, you don't know how lucky you've got it. Now when I was your age ...) Not quite Minneapolis winter, but every year a few people froze to death going to the corner for milk. If I were back there now I'd get a full length fur coat in a second (actually, probably a full length fur lined coat, or a long swing-cut shearling thing). I've never heard of anyone having trouble with PETA there, largely because when it gets cold, it is too cold for anyone to want to go out in anything OTHER than fur so the PETA folk stay inside.

Interesting comment on benefits article
 

Pool supply stores sell nice transparent-front cabinets that provide a secure and weatherproof environment for your TV, with hook-ups to outside amps and speakers so you can actually hear the thing.

(Take a look at the cool subsonic underwater subwoofers.)

old glory
 

Speaking of which, a question for "y'all."

My family has its coastal lefty faction -- the effete intellectual snobs, if you will -- and its red-state, blue-collar faction -- the folks you might meet in a small town in the Mountain Time Zone. My father is in the former group. We usually avoid talking politics when we all get together, for obvious reasons, but sometimes it just slips out.

One of my cousins (in the other faction) has decided to work up a family website, which is cool. At the top of the home page, he's inserted a graphic of a flapping American flag.

My father is bent out of shape about this. He sees it as an attempt by my cousin to make a political point.

I'm not so sure. I'm not as sure as my dad that the cousin sees the flag in a divisive way, and thinks it's possible that he sees it as something we all share. Said cousin actually lives in a suburb of Seattle, so he should be more attuned to these things than someone who lives in, e.g., a rural area in the Mountain Time Zone uninhabited by liberals, but I just don't know. And I think raising this could be awkward.

So, where do you all think this cousin is coming from?

old glory
 

Wait - let me get this straight - you are the conservative in this menagerie?

Vegans, Leather and FLO$ Spoiler
 

This is usually not true.* Most people look better clothed. This is why fashion is so important.



*Thank you all for tending to prove otherwise on Breasticle Day II.

Interesting comment on benefits article
 

Geez woman, how long to you sit in the jacuzzi? Isn't anything over 20 minutes like unhealthy?

old glory
 

Could be anywhere. But I'm gonna go with Alabama.

TM

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I did have access (I am SPECIAL). I went to the board. I did not look. Call it what you want. There is no reason to mention it if it isn't true because nobody asked -- I said it to explain a time that I did not take advantage of nekkidness.