No post yesterday and I don't know if I'll be able to write anything today. It's been annoyingly busy on my day-job, making me miss the days when I was paid 50% more to work 90% less.
I'm also missing last year's autumn weather, which was crisp, cool and clear through September and October. We had the luxury of not working for the first six weeks we moved here (courtesy of some very hard work the months before), and the lovely weather just enhanced our feelings of joy and good fortune. Looking back, it was one of the happiest times of our life together.
Not that I'm complaining now, mind you.
I'll leave this up for your own news and the inevitable off-topic comments. Hope you're all well.
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Since being off-topic is now on-topic, I'd like to take issue with James always going off-topic, which I didn't feel I had leave to do previously because it would have been off-topic. Okay, let's shoot it around the room... :)
Now that you mention it... It can be a bit much. Many of the posts are clearly in the "you should post this on your own blog" category.
I don't like to be the Topic Police. But there's a difference between a thread that naturally evolves during a discussion, and an attempt to steer a thread in a completely different direction.
I say this with all due respect to my friend James, of course.
Oops! I was just kidding... didn't mean to really to get James in dutch. :) The only reason I picked on him is he was the most recent to flick that switch. <:)
Oh great. Make me look like a big whiner.
James is not in the dutch, or the clutch, or the doghouse, or the henhouse.
Fire away, off-topic be damned.
Isn't it remarkable how on-topic we've stayed despite the liberty? :D
Go Canada! You wild girl. :)
this is a bizarre story as senn on the CBC website, choice between jail or Canadano wonder people question judges sainity at times..
"An American teacher convicted of having sex with a 15-year-old student has been exiled to Canada as punishment in an unusual case that has immigration experts questioning its legality.
A U.S. judge gave Malcolm Watson a choice between serving as much as a year behind bars or agreeing to a three-year exile in Canada. Watson, a 35-year-old former teacher at Buffalo Seminary in New York state, chose Canada.
"you should post this on your own blog"
I should, at that. :) I have to get back in the mindset of updating the blog. Unfortunately, I found that I was spending something like two hours on each post, and I don't have that time to spare now that I'm at this new job...
I'll try to save the "off topic" type comments for when there are posts that they'll be on topic for. ;)
Doug: that's being discussed right now in comments on the previous thread. Slightly off-topic, but... :-D
James: You can always email me with topic suggestions if you like. Meanwhile, keep posting, that's the main thing, what would wmtc be without you. (And maybe find a way to post on 77 Track 7 more time-efficiently...?)
sorry see you already discussed this story(the sentencing story) in yesterdays post...
no I saw the game what a gem by Rogers ...see on ESPN where they are going on about the dirt, pine tar? incident in the second inning...what a crock he pitched 6 scoreless innings after that...it'll be a good series, don't you think? can't see it ending quickly.
I like both teams actually remember growing up and Bob Gibson was my idle he was untouchable,,,so I just want a good series...
Im not typing anymore until this cast comes off...my mind and typing are on two opposite pages...I meant Bob Gibson was my idol, not idle...bad spelling just grates on me...like when you read a resume' with spelling errors, what were they thinking...
sorry see you already discussed this story(the sentencing story) in yesterdays post...
No problem, Scott just beat you to it, he posted it a bit earlier in yesterday's thread.
see on ESPN where they are going on about the dirt, pine tar?
Even more to-do on Fox broadcast, of course.
It's so neat to have a *choice* of where to watch! Rogers has the international broadcast on ESPN, and I get the Fox station out of Buffalo. A World Series without Tim McCarver!! What a concept.
I do think it will be a good series, but I expect the Tigers to come out on top. I'm hard pressed to ever cheer for an NL team, AL all the way, but the Tigers' underdog story is irresistible to me.
...I meant Bob Gibson was my idol, not idle...bad spelling just grates on me...
Hee hee. At least it doesn't great on you. :)
No worries, my friend. Don't stop posting until your wrist heals, we'll miss you.
Why can't Swiss Chalet serve any other kind of frozen yogurt besides that raspberry shite? That's all I'm asking.
Why can't Second Cup serve real iced coffee, that is already cold, before the ice goes in?
Next question?
Why can't Second Cup serve real iced coffee, that is already cold, before the ice goes in?
Didn't you previously say that iced coffee was coffee brewed normally (hot) and poured over ice?
Didn't you previously say that iced coffee was coffee brewed normally (hot) and poured over ice?
No. That's what Second Cup, and many other places, will do for you if you order iced coffee.
Iced Coffee is brewed extra strong, then kept in the fridge or in a cooler. That's the key - you keep it cold.
Then when you're ready to serve it, you pour it over ice.
If you pour hot coffee over ice, the ice melts (obviously), the coffee will be mildly cool, but not very cold, and watered down.
If you pour chilled coffee over ice, it stays icy cold and refreshing. :)
How about some Bill Hicks (of whom Lewis Black is sort of a pale imitation)?
I, ah ... this abortion issue in the States is dividing the country right in half. You know, and even amongst my friends -- we're all highly intelligent -- they're totally divided on the issue of abortion. Totally divided. Some of my friends think these pro-life people are just annoying idiots. Other of my friends think these pro-life people are evil fucks. How are we gonna have a consensus? I'm torn. I try and take the broad view and think of them as evil, annoying fucks.
The worst kind of non-smokers are the ones that come up to you and cough. That's pretty fucking cruel isn't it? Do you go up to cripples and dance too?
"This is your brain." I've seen a lot of weird shit on drugs. I have never ever ever ever EVER looked at a fucking egg and thought it was a brain.
That's an act -- that's a frying pan, that's a stove, you're an alcoholic! Dude, I'm tripping right now, and I still see that that's a fucking egg, alright? I see the UFO's around it, but that's a goddamn egg in the middle. There's a hobbit eating it, but goddammit that hobbit's eating a fucking egg! He's on a unicorn. But, no, th-th-th-that's a fucking egg. How dare you have a wino tell me not to do drugs!
They lie about marijuana. Tell you pot-smoking makes you unmotivated. Lie! When you're high, you can do everything you normally do, just as well. You just realize that it's not worth the fucking effort. There is a difference.
I personally do not believe in burning the flag. It's a personal belief, but I'll tell you something, I think people are overreacting, oh, just a little bit. "Hey buddy, my daddy died for that flag." Well, I bought mine. Sorry. You know they sell them at K-Mart for three bucks, you're in, you're out, brand new flag, no violence was necessary. "Hey buddy, my daddy died in the Korean war for that flag." What a coincidence -- my flag was made in Korea!
I was in Nashville, Tennesee last year. After the show I went to a Waffle House. I'm not proud of it, I was hungry. And I'm alone, I'm eating and I'm reading a book, right? Waitress walks over to me: "[smack smack smack smack] Hey, whatchoo readin' for?" ... Isn't that the weirdest fucking question you've ever heard? Not what am I readING, but what am I reading *for*? Well, godammit, ya stumped me! Why do I read? Well ... hmmm ... I dunno ... I guess I read for a lot of reasons, and the main one is so I don't end up being a fucking waffle waitress.
But then this trucker in the next booth gets up, stands over me, and goes, "Well, looks like we got ourselves a reader." What the fuck's going on here? It's not like I walked into a Klan rally in a Boy George outfit, godammit, it's a book!
You ever noticed how people who believe in Creationism look really unevolved? You ever noticed that? Eyes real close together, eyebrow ridges, big furry hands and feet. "I believe God created me in one day" Yeah, looks like He rushed it.
Fundamentalist Christianity - fascinating. These people actually believe that the the world is 12,000 years old. Swear to God. Based on what? I asked them.
"Well we looked at all the people in the Bible and we added 'em up all the way back to Adam and Eve, their ages: 12,000 years."
Well how fucking scientific, okay. I didn't know that you'd gone to so much trouble. That's good. You believe the world's 12,000 years old?
"That's right."
Okay, I got one word to ask you, a one word question, ready?
"Uh-huh."
Dinosaurs.
You know the world is 12,000 years old and dinosaurs existed, if they existed in that time, you'd think it would have been mentioned in the fucking Bible at some point.
"And lo Jesus and the disciples walked to Nazareth. But the trail was blocked by a giant brontosaurus... with a splinter in his paw. And O the disciples did run a shriekin': 'What a big fucking lizard, Lord!'
But Jesus was unafraid and he took the splinter from the brontosaurus's paw and the big lizard became his friend. And Jesus sent him to Scotland where he lived in a loch for O so many years inviting thousands of American tourists to bring their fat fucking families and their fat dollar bills.
And oh Scotland did praise the Lord. Thank you Lord, thank you Lord. Thank you Lord."
He is definitely the spiritual godfather of Lewis Black.
Well, looks like we got ourselves a reader.
THAT'S where this comes from? Holy shit, I didn't know that.
I've seen a lot of weird shit on drugs. I have never ever ever ever EVER looked at a fucking egg and thought it was a brain.
I love this bit. Stand up for your right to say yes to drugs.
We have reached the ultimate in the "up is down, hot is cold" mindset of the US:
America may penalise Iraq if it fails to stop the violence
President George W Bush met his top generals to discuss the deteriorating situation in Iraq as it was reported that America is considering punishing Baghdad if it fails to meet deadlines to stop the violence.
We need a new word for Orwellian.
Hey Redsock, shouldn't this have been an email to me...? :)
So, like, I just arrived in Boston. Anyone have any suggestions for places I absolutely must go to, that I might not have noticed in the guidebook?
Note: this comes under "my own news" so I'm not technically threadjacking.
Any suggestions welcome!
Oh, and as for Redsock's link... Hasn't the US already penalized Iraq enough? And what's the penalty going to be? Are they going to invade them again?
I just arrived in Boston. Anyone have any suggestions for places I absolutely must go to
New York.
Anyone have any suggestions for places I absolutely must go to
Fenway Park. But sadly, there is no baseball going on there now.
Other than that, no idea. That's the only thing I really like in Boston.
Anyone else?
Oh this is too funny - Redsock and I posted at the same time again, and in the same vein.
And by the way, there's no threadjacking on this thread. It's a free for all.
But seriously, about Boston, if you're into architecture, Frank Gehry designed a complex at MIT that's supposed to be a knockout. I haven't seen it, but I'd love to.
Thanks for that. We're going to New York in the first week of December, so in a way we'll be taking your advice.
Anyhow, if we don't go see at least something in Boston, we'll never know what's wrong with it...
Anyhow, if we don't go see at least something in Boston, we'll never know what's wrong with it...
Well, there's nothing wrong with it, really. It's a very nice city to visit. Great historical stuff, beautiful riverscapes, Cambridge, Beacon Hill, all that stuff. All very nice.
It's a nice little city.
I believe that's called "damning with faint praise".
I don't know the ins and outs of Boston - anything I know would be in your guidebook. New York, you know I can give you great tips there. And if you ever visit Philadelphia, the same. Maybe San Francisco and Chicago. But Boston, anything I could suggest you'll already have heard of.
Have a great trip! It's a nice time to be in New England.
Not much doing here, Wryette doesn't get back for a week, I went down to Bellingham on Saturday and the used bookstore owner there was an asshat, but it's hard to elevate that to a general Canada/US generalization.
(Are Americans, desopite packing guns, more willing to tolerate asshattery among snobby bookstore owners? See, it just doesn't flow.)
I did give in to the stereotype and buy cheese, though.
Wierd Al's "Canadian Idiot" is pretty amusing, if anyone likes that sort of thing.
Are Americans, desopite packing guns, more willing to tolerate asshattery among snobby bookstore owners?
Absolutely. Completely different set of Americans than the gun-toters, but yes, I think so.
Wierd Al's "Canadian Idiot" is pretty amusing, if anyone likes that sort of thing.
In fact, our James posted the lyrics not so very long ago. It's in comments back there somewhere...
Ahhhh, it all does all come back to James. Synchronicity lives. For example, on Sunday, I went to victoria and found an article in the Globe and Mail about wreaking revenge on companies with bad service. It cheered me immensely.
At any rate, I've already figured out my revenge on the bookstore owner. I just need to get my hands on a copy of a valuable rare book, something in the $500-$1000 range, which I will then feign interest in selling to him, before taking it across the street and selling it to his polite competitor.
For a dollar.
Oh yeah.
Uh, yeah, let us know how that turns out.
The worst kind of non-smokers are the ones that come up to you and cough. That's pretty fucking cruel isn't it? Do you go up to cripples and dance too?
Only for the ones who ignored the Surgeon General's warning on the side of the thresher. :)
You ever noticed how people who believe in Creationism look really unevolved? You ever noticed that? Eyes real close together, eyebrow ridges, big furry hands and feet.
Hey, get bent! I believe in evolution! :O
...I think I know now why you left New York. Evidently Redsock was monopolizing Dr. Melfi's time and pissing off Tony Soprano. :)
...I think I know now why you left New York. Evidently Redsock was monopolizing Dr. Melfi's time and pissing off Tony Soprano. :)
Hee hee.
If only Redsock could take credit for those remarks. Even though Bill Hicks is gone, we still don't want to plagiarize him.
When I was in Boston, I went for a tour of their state legislature -- rather interesting, actually!
All I remember of it was the impression that history there is full of a lot of backward thinking...
... another one bites the dust ...
When I was in Boston... All I remember of it was the impression that history there is full of a lot of backward thinking...
... another one bites the dust ...
By which you mean Boston was stuck on old 1970s Queen tunes? :)
...Or maybe the Queen was stuck on old 1970s Boston tunes; I'm not sure. You're being kind of vague.
You're being kind of vague.
I believe Scott was referring to the appearance of a banned commenter, whose comments I've been deleting.
Or the fact that I kill threads...
Either would work...
Ha! That's right, I forgot your reputation as a thread-killer. I'll keep this going a little longer in the hopes of changing your mojo.
To elaborate...this was an asshat who told me not to waste his time as he wasn't even going to look at my late brother's Sci-Fi collection, and that wasn't even the rudest thing he did in the ten minutes I was in the vicinity.
That honor goes to the conversation he had with the customer who'd been in just before me (who I later heard, like Ishmael, retelling the tale). Seems this softspoken fellow was selling some nice books on dogs, because, as that he related it...
Customer: "I'm selling these because my dog just died."
Asshat: "Maybe if you'd read the books, he'd still be alive"
Study Question; How is it some people can live to their sixties, talk like that, and yet still have never had their teeth knocked in?
Study Question; How is it some people can live to their sixties, talk like that, and yet still have never had their teeth knocked in?
We could send a team of scientists to a conference in Prague and we'd never get an answer to this vexing question.
Geez. This is beyond asshattery, it's mental illness. It makes me wonder if he's the kind of person people tolerate as "eccentric" when in reality he is a sociopath, and incapable of normal human interaction.
In a comment no one but me ever saw, a commenter once wrote: "If I were your dog, I would have put myself down."
This person fancies himself a radical leftist, and so also insulted my politics as too bourgeois and comprised. He didn't know me at all, but he believed I had insulted someone he cares about, and so wrote a lengthy spew at wmtc.
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In other news, I'm very sorry to learn you've lost a brother. That's a terrible thing.
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