Towards A Virtual Williamsburg!

[ThurgreedMarshall]

So, after reading the New York Times review of the upcoming Cruise movie, Jack Reacher, and hearing good things from the reviewer about the books, I decided I would start reading them. Anyone else read this series and like (or dislike) it?

TM

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

The jet stream moves west to east. Since Santa is smart enough to know that, he would start in your neck of the woods and wouldn't be tuckered out until he got to NYC.

Unless he has Adder's elf cousin working in logistics, he'd go East to West.

The distance Santa has to travel can be estimated from the following. First, while the surface area of Earth is about 510.000,000 square kilometers, only about 30 percent of that is land mass, or about 0.3 x 510,000,000 square kilometers. Multiply this by the 800 million households to get the distance Santa must travel on Christmas Eve to deliver all the children's gifts: 160 million kilometers, farther than the distance from here to the sun.

But, thanks to the rotation of the earth, Santa has more time than children might initially think. Standing on the International Date Line, moving from east to west and crossing different time zones, Santa has not just 10 hours to deliver his presents (from 8 p.m., when children go to bed, until 6 a.m., when they wake up), but an extra 24 hours- 34 hours in all.

[Fugee]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

So, after reading the New York Times review of the upcoming Cruise movie, Jack Reacher, and hearing good things from the reviewer about the books, I decided I would start reading them. Anyone else read this series and like (or dislike) it?

TM

I've read at least one of them -- probably from somewhere in the middle of the series -- and enjoyed it. They're your basic action/adventure thrillers with the loner ex-army tough guy -- i.e. don't expect high literature, just go with the flow.

If you read the books, you will wonder who thought casting Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher was going to make fans of the series happy.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

Santa uses original packaging, which can be a complication when we start to do our Xmas shopping on eBay.

Can't you buy "original", "authentic", "OEM" packaging on eBay as well?

[dtb]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

Unless he has Adder's elf cousin working in logistics, he'd go East to West.

The distance Santa has to travel can be estimated from the following. First, while the surface area of Earth is about 1014 square meters, only about 30 percent of that is land mass, or about 0.3 x 1014 square meters.

Wow. My house is bigger than the Earth!

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)

Can't you buy "original", "authentic", "OEM" packaging on eBay as well?

Dunno about that, but I was thinking of picking up one of these.

[Fugee]

I've been looking forward to The Hobbit movie, but apparently have not been paying attention as I didn't realize they split the book into 3 movies.

What's up with that?

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by dtb

Wow. My house is bigger than the Earth!

that's the danger of cut and paste. during the Bush era we were about to have Ty put into protective custody for some of the blogs he pasted as his own "thoughts."

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Fugee

I've been looking forward to The Hobbit movie, but apparently have not been paying attention as I didn't realize they split the book into 3 movies.

What's up with that?

do you know how many people moved to Wellington to make the LotRs? They need work.

[Not Bob's Id]

Originally Posted by taxwonk

I that what the id is? an UWS goy? I always thought that was the superego. The very, very repressed, sphincter-clenching heart of the superego.

UWS? The only time I'm there is when I venture uptown to hit on Barnard chicks at Barney Greengrass. When I am in TCOTU, I hang my hat in TriBeCa, bay-bee -- I'm all about the models and bottles.

Not Bob, on the other hand, is really more happy staying in places like the mirrored glass Hyatt at Grand Central.

[taxwonk]

Originally Posted by Not Bob's Id

UWS? The only time I'm there is when I venture uptown to hit on Barnard chicks at Barney Greengrass. When I am in TCOTU, I hang my hat in TriBeCa, bay-bee -- I'm all about the models and bottles.

Not Bob, on the other hand, is really more happy staying in places like the mirrored glass Hyatt at Grand Central.

I was a happier man ten minutes ago, before I googled it and learned that there is no such thing as the pompatus of love. Thanks, pal.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by taxwonk

Fucking someone passed out is kind of like fucking a corpse.

I know what frat you were in. I loved those "Margaritaville" parties. The Cheeseburger in Paradise thing with the free burgers out back was all class.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by pony_trekker

No. What's a discovery motion? Sounds like something kids talk about when they are trying to play lawyer.

I get all my discovery from this guy. He gets the papers before they are shredded and leaves no fingerprints.

I never had a source that good. Best I got was the shredded stuff:

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by dtb

Even after reading the online instructions, I'm unclear on how (and where) that thing attaches.

Somewhere (probably Missouri, or nearby), someone has stretched it around not only the shaft, but also the satchel. He sits in an emergency room, cursing his perverted self, and praying Jesus will forgive him for enhancing the excitement of what should already have been good enough for him.

[Icky Thump]

Originally Posted by Not Bob's Id

UWS? The only time I'm there is when I venture uptown to hit on Barnard chicks at Barney Greengrass. l.

So you're a woman, obviously.