Total Recall
 

Sheesh, what part of mild mannered do you not understand?

Not form Hravard
 

I guess I will now be less offended when the secretary-from-hell (not Harvard) misspells every other word in that critical pleading, since the Judge will know what was meant anyway. Some study said so.

I wonder if the theory holds with legal lingo too?

P (wishing they would actually ban filing in DC, there'd be a lot less paperwork) D

Not form Hravard
 

To the contrary, I think they know exactly what they are doing, as do the contract drafters who place important paragraphs in all caps without legislative prompting.

Serious request for information
 

This might be your most erotic post ever.

Mass at brunch?
 

I would have been quite unhappy, though certainly not rude enough to show I felt that way.

On the rare occasion I have attended a Mass it has been because a dear friend truly needed me there for some reason. This means I tend to attend Mass around funerals, and on rare occasion Weddings. I do my best to hide in the back, and I know about it ahead of time, either because it is obvious one will happen or I am told ahead of time. Anyone who is dear enough to me that my presence makes a real difference would know better than to ambush me.

I have no wish to sit through such a ceremony without a very good reason. I don't see it as a simple matter. And a good reason is not someone not bothering to mention it on the invitation. It doesn't take much effort to do so.

It has nothing to do with being in God's presence or not being in His presence. It is respect for those who have different views and feelings on the matter. Sometimes quite strong feelings, as mine are.

strip club question
 

At every strip club do the dancers constantly pester you for a table dance? Or are there some out there where they are a little more relaxed? - like if you are getting one, another girl will not pounce on you immediately afterward. What is customary?

strip club question
 

It is customary to receive multiple solicitations for lap dances, but there is typically a bit of time between the solicitations. You also have to choose your dancer very carefully, I think strip clubs are how the phrase YMMV came into regular usage.

Some clubs do have a more relaxed atmosphere than others.

Serious request for information
 

This is what happens when you break up the biggest couple of the decade. Vicarious stuff happens.

Mass at brunch?
 

The brunch really does go overboard. After all, this isn't the wedding proper, where one consents to a certain degree of religious participation by attending. I was recently at a very Orthodox Jewish ceremony recently where it seemed the process never ended -- we were filing from one place to another and witnessing various things, and the end of evening blessing took about an hour by itself. Still, I just sat back and said, OK, I'm a religious tourist for this period of time, and so I'll hang out and see what they're up to.

Of course, in that case most of the important stuff happened in a language I can't understand anyways.

strip club question
 

It's a commission job - they're just trying to earn a buck. It's like car salesmen without clothes. What can we do to make you buy today?

strip club question
 

Throw in some free jumps, maybe?

Mass at brunch?
 

Why didn't you just plead Jewish or Hindu and leave? Or just step outside for a smoke or to use the men's roiom and don't come back.

Mass at brunch?
 

Technically, you can't be invited to a religious observance, even if that observance is a wedding. You're merely told when one will occur (admittedly, this was the vital courtesy that was lacking at the wedding Coltrane attended), because the alternative implies ownership of the worship space. This is why excruciatingly correct wedding invitations invite you to the reception-to-follow but merely give notice of the date and time of the actual ceremony if it will held in a church. This also is why it is improper to have a receiving line outside the church at a church wedding --- you're supposed to "receive" them as they arrive at the reception, but they weren't really "invited" to your wedding ceremony because you lack the right to choose who is and isn't inside the church for the nuptials. Besides, at the reception you can say "Thank you for coming" --- what are you supposed to say outside the church? "Thank you for partaking in the Blessed Sacrament"?

While I'm wearing the Cranky Pants, I think the "morning after brunch" is itself a problematic appendage to the modern wedding ceremony. I think it's better when the bride and groom hightail it out of town in the late middle of the reception, and leave the revelers to their own devices. I don't want my weekend programmed for me. And the bride and groom are supposed to be pawing at each other in the back seat of the limo on their way to Kauai, Bermuda, or Disney World. Whatever.

strip club question
 

I understand how the stripping concept works, but thanks. It is just that the clubs that I have ever been to (north of the border) are more laid back. It is not such a pestering frenzy.

strip club question
 

It's colder there. They're not so eager to strip.

Mass at brunch?
 

That red-eye flight to Kauai the night of the wedding I'm sure appeals to every bride and groom. Do they have the extra-large lavatories on those flights to allow proper consummation?

Mass at brunch?
 

I'm curious, when you were a youngin' did anyone ever discuss with you the concept of form over function and how it is problematic?

strip club question
 

Is "pestering frenzy" a Canadian expression, or did you just coin it? Either way, it's nice --tight and evocative.

Mass at brunch?
 

The mass was outside. I didn't really particpate. I just stood there.

Mass at brunch?
 

First of all, brunch is rude without the mass. The last place I want to be with a vicious wedding hangover is eating shitty bagels and herbed cream cheese and mimosas and bloody marys with the same people from the night before. Its rude to softly compel me to get up and get ready by ten when I went to bed at 3 am. What's worse is I'll have have to dress nicely when I'd really rather be wearing an old pair of shorts and a t-shirt and a hat. I want to sleep till noon, get in my car, put on tunes and drive home. I'll rehash the night before on monday morning via email, if at all, but on Sunday, I want my couch, the NYTimes and the television.

There's just no point to the Sunday brunch - its a long drawn out goodbye which is toally unnecessary.

S(I didn't make my own brunch after my wedding)D

Mass at brunch?
 

that's what the little blankets on airplanes are for. which is why I would rather freeze than touch one of those things.

also wasn't the statistic something like only 20% of marriages get consummated on the wedding night anyway?

strip club question
 

Attend the brunch with Coltrane.


editted, to fix a mistake, of course.

Mass at brunch?
 

If so, that's because they have to get up for the brunch. Sebby has no excuse, then.

But aren't these brunches optional? I would feel no compulsion to go to one if I were hung over or wanted to leave town early. (But I would feel duped if I ended up in Mass).

Mass at brunch?
 

Its still fucking boring as hell. Religious ceremonies are like watching paint dry. When was the last time you thought "Damn... what a beautiful mass/service"? No matter the religion, its all silly costumes and a whole lot of tired pseud-pomp and circumstance. nothing happens, you're not supposed to tlak, everyone acts reverent and you daydream for about an hour. I always wanted to stand up in church as a kid and say "Hey, why do we go through this repetitive shit over and over again? I mean, really, once I've seen this movie ten times, I pretty much know the end... what's the point?" That's the trouble with ceremonies of all kinds - they're boring. I generally try to skip wedding ceremonies for this reason because, lets face it, everyone there is just twiddling their thumbs waiting for the reception which is the fun part.

If it isn't interesting, why the hell should I have to sit through it? I have to be bored silly enough at work, but at least they giveme money for that gig.

S(getting bored silly for nothing seems so utterly wasteful of the limited time we have)D

Mass at brunch?
 

Come on, Sebby, sex and money can both be yours if you play the priest/minister game right.

Mass at brunch?
 

Most of the time they are optional. But the invitation (to the brunch) was separate from the invite to the wedding and specifically asked whether you (+ guest) were attending or not. Both the bride and the groom are close friends of mine, so I decided to go.

Serious request for information
 

Originally posted by robustpuppy
Originally posted by ltl/fb
Short hand for the endorphins she'd released if you fringe her benefit?

Games on the site
 

I'm exploring the possibility of putting some games on our site.

Miniclip offers some flash games for free which I could place on here.

Would you guys take a look and PM me the names of whatever games you would be most interested in having on the site?

http://www.miniclip.com/experienced.htm These are the choices.

Thanks

L

strip club question
 

Which, not coincidentally, I'm sure, is exactly how I want a stripper to be.

Prima-vision
 

Originally posted by str8outavannuys

She looked like an overgrown twelve-year old.

Results of the Bennifer Poll- will Bennifer ever tie the knot?
 

Yes, it is true love, and we all know that always wins out, in the end, especially for famous types with no talent

2

No, because he's too good for her, and he should marry someone who can appreciate his lantern jaw.

0


No, because she is too good for him, she should marry someone who can appreciate her big ass.

2


No, and come on, I am sick of this, and who gives a fuck you sick, sad people.

25

No, because they are both pathetic and so obviously WRONG for each other

3

My favorite "wasn't this in the Onion" article
 

Un-kind bud.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...al_marijuana_1

Canadians Pan Government-Backed Marijuana
1 hour, 20 minutes ago


OTTAWA - Some of the first patients to smoke Canada's government-approved marijuana say it is "disgusting" and they want their money back.

Health Canada, the federal health department, started selling marijuana in July to bring relief to patients suffering from AIDS (news - web sites), cancer and other diseases. The move followed a court order that patients should not be forced to get their marijuana from drug dealers on the streets.

But some of the first to buy the government's marijuana say it is no good.

"It's totally unsuitable for human consumption," said Jim Wakeford, 58, an AIDS patient in Gibsons, British Columbia.

My favorite "wasn't this in the Onion" article
 

Wow. The GOP has been telling me for years that the world's universal health care systems are inherently flawed and inefficient compared to the American private care marketplace. Until today, I guess I never really believed them.

Another Lunatic
 

And I thought it was just me. The full moon is definitely a factor. Two things I try:

(1) putting on socks and/or slippers. Don't know why but making my feet warmer seems to help.

(2) wetting a washcloth with really really cold water and putting it on my face until my face is really cold. A friend told me to fill the sink with really cold water and put my face in it for as long as I could stand. (Something about tricking your body thermostat, I don't know.) I don't like that so I so the washcloth.

Shopping channels with the volume on low also help me sleep.

The Lovely and Talented Scarlett Johansson
 

Scarlett Johansson is a fine actress. She had a difficult role in Ghost World, because most of the work was reacting to Thora Birch's character. She also had to subtly convey the distance that grew between them as the film progressed.

In The Man Who Wasn't There, she more than held her own with Billy Bob Thornton. She also had to play a teenager who was not snarky or obvious or modern or "edgy." That's hard for a lot of young actors to play, since most teen movies require one of those modes for the leads.

She also has a fantastically smoky voice. Now that Kathleen Turner has passed her prime (See The Virgin Suicides), some woman needs to pick up that torch.

Having said that, I don't think of Miss Johansson as an object of lust. That's what Salma Hayek and Jennifer Connelly are for.

A New Record
 

For fewest posts in a morning.

Is there another blackout east or something?

Perhaps you are all still groggy after staying up to watch the Cowboys beat the Giants in OT?

A New Record
 

Luckily, I was able to sit through all the inane comments made about Shockey to enjoy an outstanding finish. Shockey's comment about Parcells was stupid (you can take the boy out of Oklahoma but you can't take the Oklahoma out of the boy), but the only people who seemed to care were Lisa Guerrero and Al Michaels. Bill Parcells is 62 years old - he either knows that he is not homosexual or that there is nothing wrong with that.

Dating Question
 

Okay, I have been discussing a situation with one of my girlfriends whose birthday is next week.

She has just started dating this new guy. They've been out once or twice, and she likes him.

She'd like to go out with him for her birthday.

Should she remind him that her birthday is next week and hope he steps up? Should she schedule something with him for her birthday, but not tell him it's her birthday? Or something else?

A New Record
 

God damn Giants! Why do they do this to me?

Interception return for a TD! Yeah baby! Team is looking pretty good. I'm feeling pretty confident, then everything breaks down. Oh well. As I leave the bar they are getting their asses handed to them on a plate. Head home, walk the dog, Parcells in owning the clock as they move into the 4th quarter. I go to sleep, not being able to stomach watching yet another loss to the hated Cowboys. Then I wake up to hear they came back?!

If only I had stayed awake and cheered them on, I know they would have pulled out the victory.

On another note, there is a story at cnn.com today about sleep positions and personality traits. Link here

Summary:
Fetal sleepers tend to be shy and sensitive while people who assume the soldier position, flat on their back with arms at their sides, are quiet and reserved.

Sleeping on one's side with legs outstretched and arms down in what Idzikowski refers to as the log, indicates a social, easy-going personality. But if the arms are outstretched, the person tends to be more suspicious.

The freefall, flat on the tummy with the hands at the sides of the head, is the most unusual position. Only 6.5 percent of people prefer it and they are usually brash and gregarious.

Unassuming, good listeners usually adopt the starfish position -- on the back with outstretched arms and legs.

I'm a log. (TM would probably agree with that.)


Anne
No one can lose, like the Giants can lose. I still have flash backs to The Fumble.

A New Record
 

Take a wild guess as to what I am. Freefaller, unless there is new person in bed, in whcih case i am fetal position. but eventually bc freefaller. Didnt know we were so rare. Its jjust the best position.

Speaking of rare, I am also the counselor on the Meyers Briggs which is one of the rarest.