Re: Same Old Jets
 

and why'd Favre throw so many picks? At least the other team's dbs could hold on to the balls.

Re: Congratulations Slave and Catrin!!!
 

Entourage on the Macintosh is an abortion. It fucked up my computer so thoroughly that I had to reformat the hard drive and reinstall everything because it kept causing crashes. Mail.app is good to use once you get used to it. Don't get sucked into using entourage.

Re: Congratulations Slave and Catrin!!!
 

What about web browsers? Safari or Firefox? I've been using Firefox on my PC.

tm

Re: Congratulations Slave and Catrin!!!
 

entourage doesn't fuck up anything. OTOH, I don't use it too much as I compulsively check email other ways.

You should have safari and firefox, as each does some things better.

finally, ignore me, ignore j muggs, ignore any other sock that opines who isn't burger.

Re: Same Old Jets
 

Re: Congratulations Slave and Catrin!!!
 

As hank says, Firefox for Mac is pretty good. I find Safari faster, but Firefox sometimes works with sites that Safari doesn't (although there are fewer and fewer). On the other hand, FF seems to have all sorts of security protections built in that are hard to turn off but sometimes funk up sites. Since I've been using Safari for a long time, I prefer it, but you really can't go wrong either way. Also, FF has a bookmarks sync add-in that allows you to sync your home and work bookmarks automatically.

As for Entourage, I've never had problems with it. I find it to be pretty good.

Re: Same Old Jets
 

I went bowling at my neighborhood alley (the one that is 4 blocks from the ocean) on Saturday and I sat on Venice beach in a tee shirt today.

California: It Has Everything!

Re: Congratulations Slave and Catrin!!!
 

Ad and popup blocking? I'd forgotten how annoying ads are.

tm

Re: Congratulations Slave and Catrin!!!
 

Safari has popup blocking as does FF. FF seems to allow more configuration of adblocking through the use of ad-ons. The problem I've had on the PC side is that the ad blocking sometimes blocks other stuff, which makes the webpage hard to deal with.

Safari is "cleaner" and easier to use. FF is more configurable. If you like FF and all the ad-ons, go with it. If you want a simple, excellent browser, go Safari.

Re: Same Old Jets
 

Ironically, I went bowling on Saturday today. Trounced the competition in two successive games. Smack. down.

Re: Congratulations Slave and Catrin!!!
 

Yes, but they are an avenue to great deals on Viagra......or so Hank tells me.

Re: Congratulations Slave and Catrin!!!
 

Situation 1. X + Entourage = constant crashes and nonfunctionality
Situation 2. X = dreamy apple goodness.

You decide

I prefer firefox for its modifiabilityness

Re: Congratulations Slave and Catrin!!!
 

Which version of entourage, and Intel or non-Intel?

Re: Same Old Jets
 

Weird that. Not the trouncing, though. That's expected. Par for the corner office. Speaking of bowling, I think that it is one of the great axioms of popular music that covering Pink Floyd is an endeavour fraught with peril. Are things actually ever fraught with anything other than peril? Why does peril have such an overwhelming majority share of the fraughting that is occurring? Anyhoo, I digress. Pink Floyd. Covers. Trouble. And especially the notion of a cover of Comfortably Numb. On paper, it is a train wreck. Or, for angry west coast monkeys, an abortion. Except Flinty. Flinty would not say something is an "abortion." Unless it were an abortion, non-metaphorically speaking, of course. And even then, he would try to come up with some more polite way of saying it. Like he would call it a "procedure" or something. But not Muggs. He has a computer problem? It's an abortion. His car has a flat tire? It's an abortion. His secretary uses too much teeth? Abortion. Anyhoo, despite everything written here so far, the Bad Plus do a cover of Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb that was fantastic live. With vocals, even. I will be purchasing their upcoming CD on the strength of this tune alone. You people should go see the Bad Plus because it is jazz and will make you classy, but they do covers of Pink Floyd and the Pixies and a mean cover of Iron Man and you will like that, because you will laugh while secretly really enjoying it because you love the song Iron Man.

Re: Same Old Jets
 

The acoustic act I was in during law school did a reggae version of Comfortably Numb that always went over well.

Don't bogart that joint, my friend.
 

Dar Williams (with backing vocals from Ani DiFranco!) does a cover of Comfortably Numb. It is not a trainwreck -- perhaps you have heard it on "Acoustic Estrogen" on Sirius/XM?

eta: maybe Shape Shifter is a granola-crunching lesbian IRL.

Re: Congratulations Slave and Catrin!!!
 

Intel and the one before 2008. I was considering upgrading to avoid the issues, but figured if I was going to switch software, I'd just go native and run mail.app and ical

Re: Don't bogart that joint, my friend.
 

I heard it on Youtube. Just now. Well, most of it. It is not a train wreck. That is all I will say about it. Holiday season and all that. I prefer Shifter's acoustic reggae version, although the image of Shifter with those white dude dreads is a bit discomforting. I'm sure he was able to pull it off, though. (Holiday season, holiday season.)

Re: Same Old Jets
 

Also I love the Godzilla song.......Oh no, they say hes got to go.....Go go godzilla, yeah. I have a mix tape, I think that's what the kids call it. It has many versions and remixes of the Godzilla and the Iron Man. I'd like to Mash them up, but I don't have the madd tech skillz. Anyhoo, I'm listening to the mix now. And did i mention, my corner office is 420 friendly in the O. nine. Also in the last days of the O. eight. Tea time in Holland, iykwim. I. AM. IRON. MAN.

Re: Don't bogart that joint, my friend.
 

You really are too kind. On the same album, her cover of Neil Young's Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere is much better, as covers go. (Marshall Crenshaw is on guitar and back-up vocals.)

As for Shifter, his law school classmate sent me this snap:

http://www.ryansonline.com/photos/NY...cs/phish16.jpg

Re: Don't bogart that joint, my friend.
 

I have not shaved in about a week and there's no sleep til the New Year at this point. Is this the Jesus look in for the OhNine? I am thinking about it although I am not sure how the soul patch will feel being surrounded by all that other hair.

Pool Skating: Greenspan's Gift
 

Skate Rats are major fans of the housing bust, or rather all the empty houses with pools available for skating. One comments, "God bless Greenspan. Patron saint of pool skating." http://skateandannoy.com/

http://skateandannoy.com/wp-content/...008/12/nyt.jpg

For $8K, Live By Hank
 

For $8K, you can have a 7 BR / 5 BA in the Big D

http://p.rdcpix.com/v01/lcf02e641-m0m.jpg
http://www.realtor.com/search/listin...lsn=1&srcnt=44

Re: Same Old Jets
 

Re Floyd, a neat little nugget:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk4Uy...eature=related

It's genius as is, but I often wonder, "How amazing might Gilmour sound if he actually tried?"

Re: Don't bogart that joint, my friend.
 

It's impossible to truly train wreck the song anymore as Van Morrison did that for the ages at the end of Waters' famous "My Ego is Terminal" show, mainly known by its American release title, "The Wall Live in Berlin."

Demon rummies.
 

It must be true that alcohol precipitates violence, because I want desperately to punch absolutely everyone who had anything to do with this article. Including all of the people in the slideshow.

Re: Demon rummies.
 

Oh, no. I guess you hadn't heard - Sidd designed the Breakfast Fizz currently being served at the Clock Bar.

This is going to be so awkward.

Re: Demon rummies.
 

Speaking of alcohol and violent impulses, is anyone else still working this year? I am not drinking tonight, or tomorrow and I am angry about it. I have about 100 billable hours of work to finish before year end. Wednesday I'LL probably pass out looking at a drink from lack of sleep.

Oh the humanity! Happy new YeaR!

Re: Demon rummies.
 

The tyranny of the corner office?!?

Re: Same Old Jets
 

Hello, trouble.

Re: For $8K, Live By Hank
 

wow. last time Penske visited that's where i had him squat (corner office indeed.) So if you buy the place you'll be able to clone him, or at least get some DNA, or a BM at least.

Increased value with this news?

Re: Same Old Jets
 

imagine the Hank franchise if I had spellcheck.

Re: Demon rummies.
 

your point is that frills added to a mundane task are bothersome? do you have yourself on ignore?

Re: Demon rummies.
 

No worries, old chap. By my calculations, if you keep strong and keep at it, you'll finish with 9 hours til the Oh to the 9. Plenty of time to get down with the get down, if you know what I mean and I think that you do.

As for me, it is another late night, but I am working from home, watching Deadliest Catch, and enjoying a little Balvenie. Cuz. That's. How. I. Roll. If the deposition starts a little slow tomorrow, so be it.

So.


. .. . . .... .... ... ..... .... .... .. .. . .. . . .. BE.

..... ..... .i t

Re: Demon rummies.
 

I really think you're taking all too seriously, as are the people in the article. Come join me here in Chicago. We'll find a nice little dive on Western Avenue that's serving at 9:00 a.m., and do a PBR and a shot of Old Crow. That'll set you right, my good fellow.

Re: Demon rummies.
 

I will finish tomorrow after putting in about 10 hours. I plan on being deathly ill the first full week of January. Yes, it's passive-aggressive, but fuck 'em. I don't care.

Quick Reminder
 

Get celebrity death pool picks to me via PM by Wednesday night if you want in the 2009 pool! Fun for the whole family!

(By the way, local celebrity in my neighborhood died last weekend at 70 -- Robert Graham, a sculptor who did a lot of big works including the FDR memorial in DC but who may be better known as Anjelica Huston's husband. RIP.)

Re: Demon rummies.
 

Just for karma, perhaps you should think of something else to be during the first full week of January.

Re: Demon rummies.
 

Dissent.

The cocktails at Beretta are worth the price. Sure, some of the people (and cocktails) are too precious by half, but they're making an effort, which is more than a lot of bartenders in other areas do.

I sympathize though. I remember visiting the Orbit Room on an unseasonably hot San Francisco night, and thinking to myself, I appreciate all the effort the bartender took with my drink, but I'd rather he had made me three less-perfect drinks because I just needed the beverage.

Another reason hockey players are cooler
 

My sister recently sent a facebook friend request to a very famous local NHL player. Who granted her request.