Porn in the Workplace
 

It appears that the partner was saving the most interesting research for himself.

Once, at a former firm, a partner took a call when I was in his office and proceeded to book a stripper for a party he was having at his house that weekend. That partner and another partner also brought "escorts" to the firm's "prom" (yes, they actually called it the "prom") that year.

On a different note, I once asked a guy friend "Do you like porn?" He thought I asked if he liked corn and said "Well, I like creamed corn." I thought he said he liked creamed porn, NTTAWT. The whole conversation was like a weird Gary Larson comic.

AM(is "weird Gary Larson comic" redundant?)M

Angel, the soap
 

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Ah, it's a tangled web they weave! For convoluted reasons, Wes had a falling out with Angel and co. and fell in with bad company, including Lyla. Lyla was an associate at Wolferman & Hart, a BIGLAW firm out to make the world evil and get rich in the process. Lyla and Wes started having sex and, despite each being callow and cruel, seem to have fallen in luf. When the devil came to blot out the sun, he also killed all the W&H staff but Wes helped Lyla escape and brought her to the Angel crowd for shelter and to allign against the common enemy. Then Cordelia iced her and blamed Angelus while Angel's soul was stored in a bottle. I think the flashback was when he realized it was Cordy being evil rather than Angelus.

I got addicted to Angel first and Buffy has really been pissing me off. Besides lacking soul (like Angelus), it's been reruns for practically the whole "season."

Punk'd
 

My new favorite show. The concept is great. Ashton Kucher (sp.)screws with celebrities, like Candid Camera. Best example yet is that they convinced Justin Timberlake that all of his possessions were being seized by the Tax Enforcement Agency to be sold to pay back taxes (they seized his dog too).

Punk'd
 

That was a great episode. The whole show and its execution are outstanding. Watching that Justin episode, I kept thinking, "why doesn't he call his lawyer instead of his mom?"

Of course I have questionable taste in television . . .

Even(NFL draft weekend!)Odds

And on another topic
 

Both you and Manfred ended up on my crush list for quoting from that movie. A truly great moment in American filmmaking.

Angel, the soap
 

Ah ha! Thank you. Yeah they have had a lot of reruns. They seem to as long as I have been watching. I guess it is their way of extending the season.

Punk'd
 

that was very funny. on the same episode (I believe) was the one where they stole Frankie Munoz' car and had the guy who took it negotiate with Frankie for a free trip to Hawaii for him and his girlfriend.

anyone see RW/RR Battle of the Sexes this week? How lame was it that Emily left because her bf got kicked off? Also how lame was it for James to diss Shane in order to try to stay? Glad that Antoine thought so too... Mtv fucked up and showed the first half of the episode this week twice instead of airing hte second half. I finally caught the second half on Thurs night.

n(if any of your sisters needed you now you would go too)cs

Five terrific Political events in LA this weekend!
 

Not anymore.:bang:

Porn in the Workplace
 

In an interesting twist, about two months ago, I was in the office one night at 11:00 (well actually I'm in the office at 11 at night every night, but the incident I am about to describe only happened on the one particular night), and thought I was alone. Upon checking my yahoo email account, I found the usual 20 or so porn spams, and being an enquiring chap, I was in the process of checking out the sites, with about 10 browser windows open, when a partner walked in my office. I quickly clicked on a document (he walked to the side of my desk so he could see my screen) and started talking. About a minute into the conversation I saw, out of the corner of my eye, a new screen pop up, no pun intended, and lo and behold it was graphic, in that XXXXX gonzo porn way. Without breaking eye contact and with the screen up for no more than 2 seconds (which was long enough, no pun intended), I clicked/kicked the reset button on my computer (under my desk) with my foot.

No one acknowledged that anything out of the ordinary had happened.

C'est la vie.....assumption of the risk and all that. My feeling is, if I'm going to be stuck in the office every night until midnight, I may as well get some perks, no pun intended.

Penske

wise beyond her years
 

One of the twins in The Real Cancun says:

"I'd rather be known for this instead of being smart or something. There's a million people who are smart. There's only 16 of us who were in Cancun together."

Punk'd
 

Did anything interesting happen? From last week's episode you knew that Emily was leaving and that Antoine was going to save Shane. As the group gets smaller, the show seems to get duller. And is it me or do most of the challenges appear to favor the men due to the strength involved. Not that women aren't strong or anything.

90210 reunion
 

In the middle of a ketchup here, LP, but don't feel old. I remember Edge of Night and I am young enough to be Paigow's sister. It was on at 4 pm on Channel 7, right after General Hospital, and was only a 1/2 hour. It was followed by the 4:30 movie. Wasn't there a character called Preacher?

Also, a girl from my high school was on that show.

Me, I started watching Days of Our Lives in 4th grade. I can't bear to sit through it now, but every day at 1PM a little switch in my brain says it's time to watch. Talk about conditioning. Too bad the same switch doesn't work when it's time to write that way overdue memo.

Porn in the Workplace
 

I've had similar things happen, though not because I was surfing porn, but rather, because I was surfing hacker sites. Often when you are searching for how to crea....um destroy a virus, you will find that the sites that have that information often have pictures of naked women.

I've had bosses wander in while I was doing such research. Always causes an awkward moment or two, as I am sure you can imagine.

The funniest thing I ever had happen though is when I was talking about an actress with one of my bosses and I said oh yeah she is on this new show now. He said I think I know who you mean. I said let me find a picture. Did a quick search pulled up a site and damned if she wasn't practically naked. I must have turned bright red.

90210 reunion
 

No, you're not dreaming, Janine Turner played Laura Templeton, Jackie's (Demi's) younger sister. Luke saw her on the pier and in the fog thought she was Laura.

I think this was before Anna came along . . . I tend to think that at one point Demi was a love interest for Robert.

I think Jackie Zeman bulgey eyes got her boobs done and is still on the show, as well as doing commercials for study at home courses.

I do have a job, really.

Schadenfreudapalooza (pp: nice re line, btw)
 

I think Dean Cain dated Brooke Shields while they were at Princeton together, not that that means anything with respect to the q. of whether he's gay, NTTAWWT.

Now that I have posted three random answers to two-day old posts, I'm feeling kind of skekky. I am going back outside.

Porn in the Workplace
 

OK, I lied, I haven't gone outside yet. How many firms call the event the "prom"? I know of at least one in DC.

Porn in, er, Prom at, the Workplace
 

Not mine.

At the risk of being dense, what are you talking about?

Schadenfreudapalooza (pp: nice re line, btw)
 

Dean Cain is not gay, though he is awfully pretty.

Porn in the Workplace
 

Officialy it was the "Winter Dance", but everyone called it the Prom.

Prom at the Workplace
 

Would somebody please identify the firm, please? This is the sort of quality scuttlebutt that law students just can't get anywhere else. Inquiring minds want to know.

l'horreur!
 

Martin Brodeur caught minding his sister-in-law's net.

http://www.sportsnet.ca/images/brode...3958588750.jpg

Porn in the Workplace
 

There is a NYC-based IP firm (which has a satellite DC office) that calls its annual spring formal dinner/dance the "prom."

great evening soaps and shitty evening soaps
 

I was putting a mental compilation of the successful and failed evening soaps together and trying to find a theme for why the failed ones didnt cut it.

Successful: Melrose, 90210, Dallas, Knots Landing, Dynasty (which is the only one I never saw)

Failed: Models Inc, that one with Yasmine Bleeth that was revolved around some wealthy family in LA; that one based on Wall Street that had Pete Sampras's wife and Eddie, the fruit shrinker from Friends. Why were these so compelling? (I really never got into 90210 but obviously many others found it compelling).

Did the failed ones fail just bc they sucked? I personally think Models Inc had some schadenfreude built it- like who wanted to see this stupid spinoff with Jo's moronic abused model friend succeed? The LA one just sucked as I recall- I was hoping it would be good- but why did it suck? I dont htink the Wall Street one was bad the one time I saw it, but I have schadenfreude for Pete Sampras's wife because I heart him and she is just the luckiest girl in the world- like a female Ben Affleck.

Thoughts?

Toaster question
 

And speaking of toasters- I was at the gym this weekend taking this SRO fitness class where you need tickets to get a space. THe substitute teacher said, "oh if i kneow you needed tickets, I would have suggested there be a prize. I would give away a toaster. '"

Toasterman? Are you an aerobics instructor?

90210 reunion
 

Yes, I think he was Lori Loughlin's love interest with a dangerous criminal past while she was on the outs with her other bf. I do not believe he has held a job since. Fair enough--other men on that show were far hotter.

Did anyone see the VH-1 "I Love the 80s--1981" where
some wiseass smirked about Luke and Laura: "It's the classic American love story--boy rapes girl, boy gets girl"? Aside from the feminist outrage thing as a young PJ, I thought he was the most hideous fucking actor ever to be on a soap and couldn't see Genie Francis being paid enough to fake screwing him.

p(holy crap, I've regressed 20 years here)j

90210 reunion
 

Tony Geary stud?! I'll never understand that. Bad perm, thinning hair, goofy, awkward body, shady business dealings. I thought the wedding of Luke and Laura was so stupid. Come on, what did she see in him? Must have been male writers who came up with that and the whole Ice Princess story line. I was always a One Life to Live and All My Kids fan. GH came on and the set would go off.

A dog prettier than PLF, dtb's dog or mine
 

Does anyone have a picture? This is apparently the same chihuaua that was dyed pink by this gaping asshole. Somebody shoudl call the authorities.

Why aren't these Hilton parents doing something about their kids? Like sending them to college and ensuring they do something productive with their lives and their money. The Park Avnue crowd used to shun show bz types, and now their ass clown older daughter is trying to be an actress by way of a reality tv show. Times have changed. These people are on the Barbara Hutton fast track to anorexia, alcoholizm, eight divorces and early death. Either that, or the Doris Duke death by gay butler route. Either way, alone, fucked up and miserable.

http://www.pagesix.com/pagesix/pagesix.htm

Those wacky Hilton Kids!
 

The SPCA should pick up Tinkerbell right after it sorts out Neverland.

Now this reality show looks interesting. I wonder if Paris and Nicole will actually go through with it, or if they'll have Cristal withdrawal and make a break for the nearest velvet rope hang out.

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/030211/3/37bbq.html

Edited to replace text with link.

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Rosario arrested?
 

Apparently the woman who plays Rosario on Will and Grace has been arrested on suspicion of shoplifting.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/0....ap/index.html

PSA: US Open tix go on sale today!!!
 

Can't wait. And Agassi reclaimed number one again. Not too shabby for an oldtimer. See him while you can!

Etiquette Question
 

A couple of months ago, the OddMan and I saved my neighbor's life.

It's not a particularly big deal -- we heard something fall down a flight of stairs in the middle of the night and found em unconscious.

Our neighbor has been extremely grateful. Em regularly drops little gifts by -- tickets to things, etc. -- and has introduced us to em's friends so that they can thank us as well.

We have explained that that em's health is the only important thing and that we are relieved em is ultimately going to be fine. (The week our neighbor was in the hospital, when we did not know where em was or if em had lived, was very scary.)

At this point, we are at a loss to move beyond this obviously important moment in our neighbor's life to resume the pleasant but unintrusive neighborliness we had before.

Any thoughts?

Even(prizes her privacy)Odds

Those wacky Hilton Kids!
 

I'm certain Paris is going to run sobbing back to her limo driver the minute she chips her Elizabeth Arden manicure while ferrying her own teacup back to the kitchen. Horrors!

If she doesn't turn out to be something more useful to the planet that an airheaded society ornament, she should be stripped of her inheritance.

p(it's brutal being a peasant)j

Song Parodies
 

I just noticed we had a thread dedicated to making newbies comfortable. I think this is fucking stupid and against FB tradition, but whatever.

Couldn't energy be put toward something useful, like compiling all the song parodies written here and the on the other board over the years? There have been some good ones and it would suck if we lost them.

Obviously this would be a tremendous amount of work and I'm not willing to do it. I just thought I would mention it. Maybe one of the newbies we're coddling can get on it.

TM

Those wacky Hilton Kids!
 

But she supplies such interesting fodder for Ted Casablanca. What would he write about without her (and Tara Reid and Alec Baldwin)?

Etiquette Question
 

Push em down the stairs in the middle of the night.

TM

Song Parodies
 

Which is why, you moron, it isn't part of the FB board.

Why don't you do a song compilation if you want one.

Jesus.

Song Parodies
 

If he had posted this on the newbie board, you would not be able to respond like that. ;)

Song Parodies
 

Yep, you'll make partner. Definitely.

Song Parodies
 

Funny, I was thinking exactly the same thing . . . especially since he wrote at least half of the song parodies (and probably 80% of the ones he wants preserved).

Even(we'll get right on that, sir)Odds