Logan D. Hurricanes Posted December 25, 2005 Report Share Posted December 25, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I just finished reading "KISS: Behind the Mask-The Official Authorized Biography." It was a Christmas gift one year ago, so knowing that I would need reading material on this trip, I thought it apropos. I used to be a huge KISS fan. I still am a fan, but I haven't really listened to them much in recent years. My wife didn't like them (that should have been the dealbreaker! Live and learn) so they didn't get much play in the house. After she left, I just wasn't much in the mood for listening to any of my CDs, KISS or otherwise. They all seemed so flat, no pun intended. In college KISS was practically my hobby. I finally had the money to start buying CDs and I got access to The Internet (Hosannah!) which changed everything. You know what? I missed that. This book brought back a lot of the fun that I'd had that was missing in my life. It's like the time I stopped buying comic books for some years, then walked into a comic book store for no real reason other than curiousity. "I used to love this stuff? Why did I stop?" When I get home, I'm burning all of my KISS CDs to the hard drive, and me and the boys will be playing all night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted December 25, 2005 Report Share Posted December 25, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Commercial: In the Pacific, there is an island where man does not go... Me: It's called Thymescria. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted December 25, 2005 Report Share Posted December 25, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Anyone been watching the Google Images the past week? cute stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted December 26, 2005 Report Share Posted December 26, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I just got back from watching The Producers. No real time to do a full review, so I'll just say that it is the g#ddamm funniest movie I've seen in decades. Decades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted December 26, 2005 Report Share Posted December 26, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings The actor who played Flick in Christmas Story went on to a porn career according to imdb. Hope he got over that ugly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted December 27, 2005 Report Share Posted December 27, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings 'Another year, another restraining order. Well that's Halle Berry off my Christmas card list for next year' - attributed to Death Tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edsel Posted December 27, 2005 Report Share Posted December 27, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Willow trees are the hardest thing to kill on this planet. Roaches got nothing on them. I have cut a willow tree down to the ground line along our back fence, drilled holes in the stump, filled the holes with systemic herbicide (it is supposed to kill anything). The next spring all the grass in a two foot radius is dead but that willow tree sprang right back to life. I think I need some bunker busting bombs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Gillen Posted December 27, 2005 Report Share Posted December 27, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings "We're going to need to send a technician out to look at your satellite system." "Do I have to pay for that?" "Yes ma'am... are you covered by our Protection Plan?" "I don't think so...." "I was going to say, after the warranty expires, the company doesn't cover replacement parts or service calls. If you're on Protection Plan, that costs $5.99 a month, but that covers the service call. Otherwise they charge 70 dollars per service call without the Plan." "$5.99 a MONTH?? I'm not paying that! Why should I have to pay for you to come out and fix this?!?" "..........Because it's broken." "But I was getting TV an hour ago!" "Yes, ma'am. But the dish isn't getting a signal now, and I can't do anything from here to fix that. We need to send a technician out to find out what's wrong." "Well, I'm not paying for it! It's YOUR system, if it breaks down, it's YOUR fault!" "Did you buy the equipment from us?" "Yes." "Then it's your equipment." "But it's YOUR system!" "Yes, ma'am. Just like when GM sells you a car, it's still a GM car. Now when your car breaks down on the side of the road, do you expect GM to repair it for free without an insurance plan just because it was working an hour ago?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted December 27, 2005 Report Share Posted December 27, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I like today. It was fun. I liked this weekend. I spent time with family. I have decided to speak only in short sentences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Gillen Posted December 27, 2005 Report Share Posted December 27, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings "37! My girlfriend ****ed 37 *****!" "In a row??" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted December 27, 2005 Report Share Posted December 27, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I want James' Girlfriend's phone number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zornwil Posted December 27, 2005 Report Share Posted December 27, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I just had this thought...this delightfully evil and master-villain kind of thought..but also kind of Foxbat kind of thought...but it COULD be done... Okay, so as you may or may not know, Subway has switched from Pepsi products to Coke, which means, among the obvious, no more Mountain Dew! Now I was thinking I could perform spam-terrorism on the general public, indicating it won't end until Subway changes their ways, a crackpot thought but it's the kind of thing one could do with a proper amount of subterfuge and some replicating virus stuff...but then I realized that in fact lots of hackers are young guys who are die-hard Dew guys. So then I started thinking, I could easily network, make connections, and we could launch something truly massive! And it would be the first organized spam-terrorism, a marker in history, and I'd be a salient footnote. Yeah, I know, it's nuts, but think about it, someone could do something like this, whether for a cause this trivial or one much greater. And it's evil, but not as evil as shooting a president or anything. (That last line pretty much cracked up my wife. For some reason she thinks I'm headed into nutty (I said "dangerous" earlier but meant it in terms of oneself!) old man territory. I can't imagine why...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted December 27, 2005 Report Share Posted December 27, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Just finished watching X-Men 2 in preperation for X-Men 3 next year. One thing I noticed as I was stepping through the frames was at 1:25:11 it appears that Jean's hair (wig?) flies off. is Famke was wearing a wig? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zornwil Posted December 27, 2005 Report Share Posted December 27, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings It's so dead at work. But I have two meetings today; well three, really, but one is trivial. None the rest of the week, theoretically. No notes from HQ today, few emails in general. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted December 27, 2005 Report Share Posted December 27, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings It is a sad day; my sensai, Ninja Master Hunke Dore, passed away in a freak margrita blender related accident. Crappiest ninja sensai ever, but he will be missed. I'll remember him fondly when ever I unsucessfully attempt to be sneaky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 27, 2005 Report Share Posted December 27, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I have to keep reminding myself that running a campaign for my kids is NOT carte blanche to pile bad puns into the world geography. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted December 27, 2005 Report Share Posted December 27, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Fresh, hot, home-made jelly doughnuts... YUM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted December 27, 2005 Report Share Posted December 27, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings This week will be like the prom. Dull, smelly, sweaty, and performed to the accompanyment of Milli Vanilli. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper-Man Posted December 27, 2005 Report Share Posted December 27, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Why do people assume that everyone else knows which "Bay Area" they are referring to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted December 27, 2005 Report Share Posted December 27, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Fear me for I have had a shower. Asti Spumante and Pineau de Chantres. Hmm nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zornwil Posted December 28, 2005 Report Share Posted December 28, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Pizza Hut's online ordering seems extremely efficient, even if they have a few minor issues on their site. PS - their status window is neat, too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinKitty Posted December 28, 2005 Report Share Posted December 28, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Today in the South Street, Philadelphia Comic Book Store, I saw T-shirts of the Statue of Liberty with fangmarks on her neck and a dazed expression in the arms of a vaguely-familiar looking Vampire. I asked myself, who is that Actor ? I KNOW I've seen him somewhere. Suddenly I realized it was President Bush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted December 28, 2005 Report Share Posted December 28, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Bored. That's what work makes me today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted December 28, 2005 Report Share Posted December 28, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I'm hungry... I think I should go out and get some subs from the local sandwich shop... mmmmm Steak & Cheese! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zornwil Posted December 28, 2005 Report Share Posted December 28, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Just listening to this - what a great song for such a simple song: Cool thing walkin' like a panther come on and give me an answer what do you say? I don't wanna I don't think so Anyway, the real musing is, I think I know why Paris Hilton is such a phenom. She's really the quintessence of white trash, whether the Euro trash version or the American trailer trash version, yet she comes from an upper class home. As such, she demonstrates that linkage of white European junk (in all forms) culture across our socioeconomic spectrum. And it's a powerful strain of white culture. I mean, in addition to her slutty nature and all and from a powerful media position, sure, that all counts, but I think that "something extra" which makes everyone say "why the heck is everyone so interested in Paris Hilton?" is that linkage. Which is also why we love to hate her so much, for many can see that linkage to the undesirable underbelly of American/European culture. She is us. (well, depending on who "us" is, but being of part white trash origin and like so many crackers having a few traits influenced by that, I'm part of "us") Now this song is on: Are you waiting? I don't mind you're already saying goodbye I see a little light I know you will I can see it in your eyes I know you still care Oh now this song: and I laughed like I always do and I cried like I cried for you and balloon man blew up in my hand ...and it rained like a slow divorce and I wish I could ride a horse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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