Enforcer84 Posted July 3, 2009 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 Re: A Thread for Random Musings All American Alien Boy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 3, 2009 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 Re: A Thread for Random Musings America will have a winner at Wimbledon on July 4th. But on the 5th I think Federer will break Sampras's record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted July 4, 2009 Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 Re: A Thread for Random Musings The last 4 weeks have been a roller-coaster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted July 4, 2009 Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Happy 4th to all the members from the USA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted July 4, 2009 Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I felt like I was Michael Palin on a bicycle tour around northern Cornwall, taking in Bude . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinKitty Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I just watched a big, beautiful fireworks show in the Park behind our property. They had a party in the Park last year, but no fireworks. We went running out when we heard the loud explosions and watched from our parking lot. I'm glad we didn't drive to the local High School. It was a great show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinKitty Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Americans are getting bigger and bigger. They are eating bigger and bigger and more gloppy meals. The new weak and wimpy toilets make no sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I grow tired of mournful celebrity obits, let alone so many, and often obscure one's at that. Knowing of someone and knowing them are very different things. And, to be frank, beyond a distant "huh, that guy was still alive?" or [occasionally] an abstracted, vague "that's sad," I don't feel a darned thing. Often, I don't care one way or another beyond an abstract recognition of the human condition. I honestly don't understand the obsession with celebrity western culture has. Lots of good people, often better people than their celebrity idols, die anonymously every day. Most of them didn't make play-pretend or play games for a living. Okay, I know, I'm being sour, but the constant stream of another-one-bites-the-dust threads is getting old and taking up bandwidth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 Re: A Thread for Random Musings "That makes as much sense as serving high tea on Independence Day!" --This actually did pop into my head randomly (well, mostly) the other day. "Platonic love is like being invited into a wine cellar and drinking a bottle of pop." --Anonymous. I saw it in a book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 Re: A Thread for Random Musings And we're back! With apologies to my facebook friends who've been updated already... This weekend I got to visit my brother Pete and his beautiful wife Mariah (1 month to go for their first baby). So, due to my automobile being barely mobile...and certainly a gamble if I leave town...I took the greyhound. Which despite recent beheadings I still kind of like. I got my iPod charged, bought a couple of new used books (Soon I will Be Invincible and Devil's Cape (by our own Rob C Rogers)) and of course the bus to Eugene was crowded. I got a seat in front of the bathroom. Smelled like a porta potty for an hour...*sigh*.... But I heard my tunes and read Devil's Cape (well the first 158 pages) and tada! I was in Eugene! Oops! Never called my brother to come get me. Call... Mailbox is full...page Call... call... you know what? I'm not sure this is going to work... Call his wife...leave message Call Pete...Answers! We went back they showed me the nursery, it's adorable. My sister-in-law is a huge Curious George fan...so there's a bit of CG goodness in the room. Like a lot. So I ask Pete, "Hey, what if the baby is afraid of Curious George?" Pete says, "We'll miss her." Then it was off to Pizza with the in-laws...My brother hit the In-Law lottery. They not only adore him... but, and this is important, have adopted my lonely ass self. They constantly go out of their way to make me feel welcome and they're all a hoot. After gorging on pizza and playing video games with Pete's nephews (ages 9 and 4 I think) We went back to the house where Pete finally got me to watch Superbad. Cause he thinks I'll relate...which is odd since I've never drank and I never had sex in highschool. Of course, he was right. It saw enough of me in there to feel slightly embarrassed at the whole thing. It was funny. Then to bed. For the first time in ...god...a year? I went to bed having never checked my email. Saturday rolls around. First thing, I'm not a day person - realized that after getting fired at WaMu...I can do a daily routine but given absolute freedom I tend to get up at noon and sleep at 5 am but I have a reason these days to get up early and I do so, pretty good so far around 8:30 am. So I woke up at 8:30 and went with Bother and Bro's wife...met her brother, his wife, their parents, her cousins ... a lot live in the area. We went to the Creswell 4th of July pancake breakfast and well...had pancakes, eggs, ham, and juice. Then back to Sister-In-Law's cousin's place and hung out, watched small children being annoying..but mostly well behaved. Chatted with everyone I met last year. Then we took our chairs and set up shop at the beginning of the parade route. The Cresswell Parade, for a town of probably less than 5000...is pretty impresive. Firetrucks (and people) from all the nearby little towns, vintage and modern hotrods, planes flying over head....horses...children's groups....tractors...etc. Very nice. A tae Kwon do club marched and kicked, some cheerlading squads, boyscouts, cubscouts, it was more political this year (darn it)... It was great getting sprayed down by the fire trucks. Very hot and I managed to only sunburn the inside of my right ankle...I felt like Achilles...oh and there was a senior citizen marching band called "One More Time" along with a (rather good) 60+ year old baton twirler. Then it was a quick nap and off to Sister In Law's family's farm for legos with Austen (age 4) and the StarWars Trilogy (it was on and Jesse (age 9) and Brian (age 33? Jesse and Austen's Dad) wanted to watch)...I remember it being a) less cheesy and I didn't remember Leia kicking so much tuckus in the third movie. It was fun. My Lego spaceship was admired for its look but mocked for lacking an entry point for the pilots...it also came in WAY behind schedule. 4 year olds make for rough bosses. Dinner time came around and we had Steak, Waldorf Salad, Baked beans, rolls, garlic bread, fruit salad, steak, steak, and ok one more piece of steak. Then it was pack up back to Brother's place and get ready for Fireworks. Off to Sister-in-law's cousin's again...the fireworks show happens behind their house. Eat more (Chicken, chicken, potato salad, potato slices, and the fruit pizza dessert which was to die for). Watch small children do fireworks and cry. Austen doesn't like loud noises; spent the parade covering his ears. Reminded me of me. Interestingly though, he didn't cover his ears when playing with sparklers even though fireworks were going off around us. But once the sparkler was gone his hands went to his ears. Cute. Still don't want kids, but cute. After fireworks it was back home for a phonecall to my WoW buddy and a search through Pete's music collection for CD's to borrow. and sleep Today, was Pancake breakfast at the farm. Basketball with Jesse (age 9) and then Haying! (Throwing Bales into trailer and then unloading) I did one load with them (115 bales) and then had to bus back home. This bus was empty..well mostly. It was bittersweet...there were a couple saying goodbye...college kids. It was just like when I lived in Portland and came to Eugene to visit Jenny practically every weekend....*sigh*... No porta potty this time. Comfortable seat by myself. quick trip...now on page 278 of Devil's Cape...I love it. City transit does not run on Sundays...so I walked the three miles back home, beautiful day, stopped at Cafe Yum and had a chicken bento meal...good ...Cage Yum is kind of like corporate hippie ...it's very nice and weird. Then I got home and heard my bedroom fan running and went to turn it off only to find that it was indeed not on. The noise was coming from my closet. Where my washer/dryer unit was....nope. Not on...sound was coming from...water heater. Looked down...wet floor...*sigh* Long story short, I'll have water tomorrow after about 2pm.... Cold shower in the morning. But I'm back now...had good time...too much food...too few pictures (read: 0, left camera at home) and an appropriate number of laughs and good times. I hope everyone here had as good or better 4th of July! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddHat Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Just saw that there will be PvP in the Champions Online game. On some level I knew this, but it's still very disapointing. The point of being a Superhero is to serve and protect, to save people. Sometimes it follows the White Knight fantasy, sometimes the Emo Teen Martyr fantasy, sometimes even the Anti Hero fantasy, but if it's really a Superhero story it's about Protecting the Weak from the Evil Strong. Sure, Heroes fight Heroes in the comics, almost always pre-Civil War before teaming up to take on the bad guys. Maybe Champions Online will follow that model. If there's PvP at all, I hope so. If they follow the Civil War model, or worse the standard online game Bully the Newbies model, I see no reason to bother buying the game. Which makes me sad, as I've been a Champions fan since the beginning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddHat Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 Re: A Thread for Random Musings 1979 - When American TV wasn't afraid of male lower back hair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 God I hate this city. Right now there are extra police outside the library watching for weapons because two men got in a fight in the parking lot and one threatened to return with a shotgun. Good times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 Re: A Thread for Random Musings *sigh* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I am building a new computer -- finally -- now that Windows 7 is about to come out. I haven't yet broken my "skip every other Windows" oath. I found a video card that I think will be really, really good in my system. But there is a problem. It's sold out d^#n-near everywhere. The only place that I found that has one is charging $100 more than what it is going for elsewhere. I'm looking for a Sapphire Toxic edition Radeon HD 4890, part # 100269TXSR. It is a sweet card, with 1GB of GDDR5, it is HDCP Ready and overclocked to 960 MHz (instead of the stock 850 MHz), and has Vapor-X Cooling. But I can't get it anywhere for a decent price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinKitty Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 Re: A Thread for Random Musings The new Coach bags are too blingy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Gah! I'm having my butt handed to me by 1 rule on each of the last two tests for the dumbest class ever. That does not make me feel scholarly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Dear Manpower Management; If an employee survey gives high marks to all questions except about upper management, then you have the problem and the answer is not telling Team Leaders that they need to be more positive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocMan Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I'm feeling better, now that the staples have been removed. Right now my belly button is more of a puckered gash. We'll see how it is after I don't have to wear the bandages any more. Doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Sometimes you realise just how much influence you have. I saw a note from Serious Personal Injury Koala. I also made a throwaway gag about tkdguy being not Tae Kwan Do Guy but Technical Kettle Drum Guy and he has adopted that for the moment as a moniker. Nice to know my chaos is spreading Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clonus Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 Re: A Thread for Random Musings The Joker wouldn't be that dangerous with a Deathnote. He'd have to watch his kills and he isn't inconspicuous. Avoiding live tv broadcasts would be a good idea, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Man, the Mexico-Panama match in Houston last night got completely out of control. The crowd was ferocious. If it wasn't on (officially) neutral ground there'd be grounds for declaring a forfeit. And I've never seen a soccer coach touch, inadvertently or not, an opposing player while the play was going on. He was rightfully ejected, but they ejected the player for shoving him back. I wouldn't have redcarded the player; cautioned perhaps, but no more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 Re: A Thread for Random Musings In my dreams I often appear to be in a movie. I fade into and out of the fourth wall, seeing the event and participating at odd intervals. And she's dancing to an old Kinks song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I cannot remember the last time I was this pissed off. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Well...that's a new laziness record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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