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I gave myself a pedicure Yesterday. Ahh that felt good. Painted my toenails red to match my fingernails.

Chatted in the CrispinFreemanfansite yesterday.

Crzy: Zelgoddess wants me to kick your arse for not being there.

Phantom Investigators. very strange animation.

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SJ<<<THE OLSEN TWINS FINALLY TURN 16!!!!>>>Does that mean they are going to start driving in their videos? Or does that mean they are finally going to quit the kiddie crap and appear in music videos. <<<Still too young you say? Maybe not in your state!>>>Still 18 here in Florida, and the REDNECK award goes to South Carolina where the age of consent is still 14.

Aaron<<<This daily posting thing is weird…>>>You shall get used to it oh wise mate of my Mara sama

DPH<<<Like for example, I could have swore that some new official announcement about TGS Timedancer season 4 happenned.>>>Whoa you must have travled to the distant future.<<<Damn moron work me up today. >>>How did my brother get over there?

Gside<<>and we got him discs, he’s got disc’s up the wazoo.<<<Why do you want my father's head to explode?>>>Does he have the patience of a New Yorker?

Josh<<<Because I finished the mini-project my mentor gave me.>>>Yay you should ask for more mini projects.<<<My brother did the same thing to my chair back home.>>>Did you have to bitch and kick his ass as well?<<<ahhh>>>I shall take plenty of pictures.<<<That's sick. Even by my standards.>>>Ahhhh!!!:::Pulls out Smackers::: Get online!!!! I could not Connect DC was giving me a difficult time!<<<Time to download some games for my TI-83 that I started bringing to work.>>>That sounds like a good idea.<<<But he's not a chicken>>>Except for the taste.<<<A full day of real work! JOY! *and* I got my first paycheck.>>>JOY!<<<Too bad I've already spent it ;-p>>>That sounds like my brother.
<<<Why do they talk to anyone who will stand still about things no one could possibly care about? And did you ever notice they pick times when you're held captive?>>>Actually I start the conversation. I have to practice my social skills somewhere, besides some these people are walking novels.

Niahmgold<<<Thanks! BTW, can't wait to see your costume...can you at least give me colors? >>>Red and black mostly.<<<probably pick Goliath as the rooster, Bronx, obviously, the dog...uh, who's the pig? ;)>>>Broadway would be the pig. Lex the rat, and I think Goliath would make a better horse, for reasons I can only say in the Adult Room.<<<Do you do seamstressing professionally/freelance?>>>I only sew when I have to. I prefer to use Sew No More or my glue gun.<<<No. Is that like the 13th zodiac sign "Ophiciules" or something?>>>No it’s the serpent.

Christine<<>> The Hot glue gun is our friend.

Spacebabie - [LadyAndromeda@smstars.zzn.com]
Orlando, Florida, U.S.A
Saturday, June 15, 2002 01:02:32 PM
IP: 64.159.110.145

Wilek <<EBay Bizarreness Time!>> $60,000,100.00 - That's an expensive woman. HehHeh. I think it was a prank though cause when I checked back ebay had removed the "item."
Leo
Saturday, June 15, 2002 11:33:52 AM
IP: 172.148.149.234

Josh > hey, duct tape is just the guy equivalent of hot glue ;)

Christine
Saturday, June 15, 2002 10:33:29 AM
IP: 65.239.13.227

Woohoo! A full day of real work! JOY! *and* I got my first paycheck. Too bad I've already spent it ;-p

They tell me my monitor shipped today. I'll believe it when I see it...which should be sometime next week. Fear my leet tracking skeelz! At then...two displays...yummy. 2048 x 1024...or more. That should be enough for me for a while. Of course, I need more hardware to get it to run, but I'll take care of that at the end of the summer. Now how do I fit a 17" CRT on my desk? Oh well, I guess if it doesn't fit, no big deal. I can find another use for it. I hope.

What is it with old people? Why do they talk to anyone who will stand still about things no one could possibly care about? And did you ever notice they pick times when you're held captive? Like when you're standing in line at the checkout counter, or in an elevator. Really annoying.

Saw Bourne Identity. Not bad at all, even seeing it from the 3rd row.

Niamhgold: <<the restaurant ought to be packed. Which means I'll have actually stuff to do, and not be bored>>: And lots of tips! <<the really nice surprise was a 6X8 Intuos2>>: Sweet! Whoever paid for that must have been a total sucker ;-) <<Cake after pizza?>>: Not exactly. <<you're not a gambling man, right?>>: Nope! <<Bring in the strippers! With pizza>>: Strippers with pizza! Yes! <<last week I got none since I was just training>>: Last week I got none because its me 8-) <<This week I'll probably get none because I'm sure I'll break/spill/kill something>>: This week I got none because I'm me. <<Big fan of spider crab now>>: My little bro likes that stuff. <<Not exactly ;) He washes dishes>>: Hehehe. <>: KY is a fluid though. How would applying it be any different from just spitting it out? <<My brother now officially hates you>>: That's okay. <<Maybe you should try bossing your cubicle mate around?>>: I'm sure I couldn't. <<maybe one other person>>: Probably not. <>: Maybe next year. I'm definitely going next year. <<at least you aren't one of those followers who will just settle for this kind of thing>>: True. I finally complained to the point where they're starting to ask me to do stuff. <<Demona looked sexier than Puck would have in the shape of a fish>>: Not saying much. <<$200 for a fake ID, $500 for a fake BA or BFA, $1,000 for a certifiably fake PhD>>: I'll consider it payment for services rendered. <<Starting your own colony? Is polygamy legal there?>>: That assumes he could get ONE woman, let alone many. <<was it waterproof?>>: I think its reasonable to assume that such a toy would be waterproof to some degree. <<Okay, stop projecting>>: Not funny. <<who's the pig>>: That would be me or SJ. <<trust me, it's better than MICA>>: I think I disagree. But then, I would.

Lain: <<saw "universial soldier II">>: Truly a brilliant piece of artwork.

Christine: <<can't build anything that doesn't involve a hot glue gun>>: What about duct tape?

Aaron: <<I'm working my way down the keenlist. I'm into the "C"s so far>>: And I thought I needed a life. <<It was a pause for effect?>>: Liar. <<Thin the herd, amigo>>: Normally, I'd agree. But when people start mugging me to get drug money (legal or not), then I have a problem. No one ever got mugged for weed money. <<How fast were you going, btw?>>: How fast was I going or how fast did they SAY I was going?

Gside: <<we do have to put in some technobable>>: True. But usually we have a thingy or two in a sentence. <>: Yes it is. As long as I deny you, all the hot chicks I'm doing won't kill me 8-) <<Fire Storm must have big feet, otherwise why would Lady Mystic keep him so long>>: I wasn't aware LM liked washing socks. <<He gets strippers and pizza>>: You're missing the subtle in-joke. <<Lap Pour?>>: She's a waitress, not a stripper. Well, at least not there. <<No BSs>>: In grand irony, you can't fake a BS. Because someone would invariably ask you a technical question you couldn't answer. <<Lucky bananas>>: You have no idea. <<But I enjoy projecting on you>>: That's disgusting. <<The Double slit was just so wrong>>: Yup!

Wilek: slightly used, eh? Ya know, no one mentioned what *sexual* talents she has. Cuz damned if I'm gonna bid on a girl at that price if I don't know what she can do.

DPH: <<Funny, I thought slavery was illegal>>; Only in this country. <<I'll wager those high bids come from people connected to the oil business>>: I'll wager they come from her boyfriend. <>: Doesn't make it right. There's another word that has something to do with fire that has "flag" in it. <<are you going to say the mysterious Todd Jensen got it wrong>>: Sure. <<Pretty hard if you are not used to planning ahead. My dad's a contractor>>: Its a staircase, not the whole house. Its not a major logistics problem. <<You think the age of consent should be just after birth>>: Well, if they're old enough to crawl, they're in the right position! <<all the people in favor of abortion have already been born>>: So are all the people against abortion 8-) You see, fetuses don't have the cognitive abilities to make a rational decision on abortion. Hell, they don't really have much of a self-preservation instinct, either. That doesn't develop until your first few years of life (despite being instinctive). And stop trying to start a flame war.

Whoa, 2AM. Sleeptime.

I do not care if he is good, I want to know if he is LUCKY!
-Napoleon Bonaparte

Josh "Imzadi" Wurzel - [ATkicktothenutsDOTcom]
San Jose, CA, US of A
Saturday, June 15, 2002 05:03:41 AM
IP: 206.170.2.17

Wilek - Funny, I thought slavery was illegal. Without wanting to sound racist, I'll wager those high bids come from people connected to the oil business.

Aaron - <Is that much different from what we've got now?> I'd argue that three kinds of people join law enforcement: 1)those who want to make a positive difference; 2)those who want to abuse the position of power; and 3)those who are coerced into joining. Nobody is in it for the money because you can't pay people enough to be motivated.

Imzadi - <That's "deflagrate".> Hmm. I copied and pasted from Todd Jensen's old gargoyles encyclopedia. So are you going to say the mysterious Todd Jensen got it wrong? <How hard could it be?> Pretty hard if you are not used to planning ahead. My dad's a contractor.

I wait 24 hours after I post and still don't get enough material.

This is the post that will not end
It goes on and on my friend
I started typing it,
not knowing what it was
and I'll keep typing it forever just because

This is the post that will not end
It goes on and on my friend
I started typing it,
not knowing what it was
and I'll keep typing it forever just because

This is the post that will not end
It goes on and on my friend
I started typing it,
not knowing what it was
and I'll keep typing it forever just because

SJ - Let me guess. You think the age of consent should be just after birth?

You know what's funny: all the people in favor of abortion have already been born.
DPH
AR, USA
Saturday, June 15, 2002 03:14:40 AM
IP: 204.94.193.72

EBay Bizarreness Time! What disturbs me most about this one is what the bidding is up to...
Wilek
Saturday, June 15, 2002 12:36:16 AM
IP: 216.65.106.130

Imzadi> <<What makes you think engineers don't talk like that normally?>>: Well, we do have to put in some technobable.
<>: I know you've been denying our affair, but denial isn't good for you.
<<But why do they have to be wide?>>: So big feet can comfortably ascend. And Fire Storm must have big feet, otherwise why would Lady Mystic keep him so long?

Niamhgold> <<some sort of "motorcycle weekend,">>: Over at Lebanon?
<<Bring in the strippers! With pizza!>>: He gets strippers and pizza? And I don't even get pizza?
<<I'll probably get none because I'm sure I'll break/spill/kill something>>: Lap Pour?
<<it's sort of an opposite ying-yang thing>>: The opposite of being opposites. An odd way to put it.
<<What, you don't play that way?>>: No. No I don't.
<<$500 for a fake BA or BFA>>: No BSs?
<<Bananas>>: Lucky bananas.
<<Is that like the 13th zodiac sign "Ophiciules" or something?>>: A bit. When it was announced there would be a party for the animals, the mouse went to the cat and convinced it that the party would be the day after. The cat slept through the party, and when it went there the next day, it discovered it had missed out on being given a year.
<<You're on X?>>: VII. I have no modern consoles, and only VII and VIII were released on PC. Am missing Disc 4, though.
<<Starting your own colony?>>: Nah, it's a place in Vernmont. They have a great cheddar.
<<I'm just a weird right-brainer with left-brain wannabe tendencies>>: As long as you aren't depressive.
<<Okay, stop projecting>>: Aww. But I enjoy projecting on you.
<<who's the pig?>>: Last boar I knew was a rather boistrous and destructive little girl with a teddy bear backpack.

Lain> <<a wiggle in a walk and a giggle in a talk and a..>>: I thought it was "wigglin' walk, and a gigglin' talk, makes the world go 'roung."

Aaron> <<Not exactly. I'm working my way down the keenlist. I'm into the "C"s so far>>: I hope you're only going completely for Spot, and not Space. And you might want to throw in a webcomic or two for variety. Then you would know who fighter is.
<<Click my link for something a few of you, (well, Gside anyway) should appreciate>>: I'm always up for a Shrödinger joke. You can also have a good bit of fun with Heisenberg. The Double slit was just so wrong, though.

Na zdorov'ya.
Gside
Fair Haven, NJ
Saturday, June 15, 2002 12:18:16 AM
IP: 68.38.244.145

DPH> <<Who would volunteer without hoping to have the rules bent to allow some illegal activity to occur?>> Is that much different from what we've got now?

FS> That really sucks. Good luck building the staircase.

Gside> <<And I thought you read the major webcomics.>> Heh. Not exactly. I'm working my way down the keenlist. I'm into the "C"s so far.

Josh> <<Very clever!>> I know. Makes me wish I'd thought of it. <<That's lame. He's not evil enough.>> That's Lucas for you. <<Did it really take you an elipsis and a space to do that math?>> It was a pause for effect? <<Because I firmly believe that some are just too damaging.>> Thin the herd, amigo. <<Hmmm...once in 5 years, 0% success. Maybe it'll get to yours.>> I'd just wish for it to stay at once in X years. How fast were you going, btw?

Niamhgold> <<I'd probably pick Goliath as the rooster, Bronx, obviously, the dog...uh, who's the pig? ;)>> Broadway. Duh.

Click my link for something a few of you, (well, Gside anyway) should appreciate.

Aaron - [JCarnage@Yahoo.com]
San Antonio, TX, USA
Friday, June 14, 2002 06:27:02 PM
IP: 209.33.140.101

Five more days until the cast is due to come off. Huzzah!

Fire Storm > ack, crud, good luck with the house! I can't build anything that doesn't involve a hot glue gun, so, sorry, no staircase advice.

Olsen twins > goodie, now we're another year closer to seeing them in Playboy.

Editing Changeling Moon. Got to cut it from 142,000 words to 115,000 words. Luckily, I overwrote anyway and so far am about 1/3 through. It'll be much better for it.

Origins voting is over. Probably have to wait until after the con itself to hear the results. Go, zombies, go!

Christine - [christine@sabledrake.com]
Friday, June 14, 2002 04:30:42 PM
IP: 65.239.13.16

Smiles* Heyla all!
Imzadi> I had hypothesized that engineers used a little bit more scientific sounding speech, but I guess I could be wrong!
Gside> YAY for TERRY PRATCHETT!
Today is kinda blahhhhhhhhhhh considering my job interviewer made me wait ALMOST AN HOUR and didn't come back. I snagged another manager and told em I had another appointment. So monday I getta get a drug screening! Woopdiedoo! *I love those questionaire tests that ask u if you think it's right to steal from the company...who in their right mind would say 'heck yeah I think we should rip em off for everything they're worth those conglamorate B's.'
Quote of the Day: I've only been a woman for ten seconds and already I hate you male b******s!
Knobby Nobbs

Luminous Aphrodite
Friday, June 14, 2002 03:28:31 PM
IP: 67.201.162.144

"a wiggle in a walk and a giggle in a talk and a.."
..
*cough* yeah.. that chantilly lace sure is a catchy tune.. ;) yes.. gunjack addicted me to the golden boy video.. damn that gunjack!

i saw "universial soldier II" on my one channel last night. it was funny. i especially liked the part with the exploding grenades and the blue danube. it had me rolling on the floor. ;)

aphrodite>> << actually I think the WORLD should be glad that I'm not an engineer. It'd be totally the epitome of chicspeak with 'you put the thing with the thing into that other thing with the hangiebob ratchet like thing'>> uh.. its even worse if i understand what youre talking about, right? ;)

FS>> <<*FS walks off, grumbling as he carries a fibreglass ladder* "How the frell do I make a staircase?">> should gunjy and i pop down to help you some time next week??? we COULD, y'know.. honestly.. im not working monday or tuesday.. if theres anythin we could do to help..

uh oh..
i think thats thunder i hear.. maybe more post later after it passes..

love,
calamity lain
"but baby.. i aint got NOOOOOOOO money, honey!"
Friday, June 14, 2002 02:24:33 PM
IP: 65.92.88.107

** Niamhgold enters **

Well, it is *kind of* the end of a long week ;) The first part of it was crazy; this half of it has been dragging. But since it's semi-nice out and, apparently, some sort of "motorcycle weekend," the restaurant ought to be packed. Which means I'll have actually stuff to do, and not be bored ;)

Happy Flag Day, all!

My parents surprised me with my birthday gifts and dinner a day early yesterday. The sushi was all right, but the really nice surprise was a 6X8 Intuos2. Hurrah! I seriously hadn't been expecting *that*, and then I found out that they wouldn't have if a good friend hadn't suggested it about two months ago. Apparently, scheming behind my own back. This time, I suppose, it's forgiveable ;)

I'm so just gonna crash this weekend. But now I can do fun art with Photoshop without fricking tendinitis harrassing me. Hurrah again ;)

Imzadi: <Ah...my roommate uses "cake" as a euphamism for something else> Cake after pizza? <I'd bet not, knowing what I know of Niamh> But you're not a gambling man, right? ;) <If work doesn't pick up, the novelty of being a intern wears off and I'll be even more bored> Bring in the strippers! With pizza! <Umm...> Yeah, right in the back room. Or not. Well, last week I got none since I was just training ;) This week I'll probably get none because I'm sure I'll break/spill/kill something. Big fan of spider crab now. <They let a white boy work in a sushi place?> Not exactly ;) He washes dishes. <(since you can't really apply KY with your mouth)> I suppose if someone knows how to put on a condom with their mouth, someone can do that as well, and it'd probably be simpler. < ::calls Niamh's parents:: "She didn't want the ultra pleasure vibe 2000! Quick, take it back!"> That's why they were scrambling two days ago! ;) <Went to Malibu Grand Prix today. For those who don't know, its a place where pre-licensed youths can test their racing fantasies in autopia-style cars.> My brother now officially hates you. As if anyone cares. <That means I had nothing to do for the rest of the day...but I left at 3 when I couldn't handle the boredom> Aww, I'm sorry. Maybe you should try bossing your cubicle mate around? I'm sure you could find work/manual labor for other people to do for you ;) <Not long before the end of summer ::evil grin:: I must be the only one who is looking forward to that> Eh, maybe one other person. <The true irony is that I'm EASILY making enough cash this summer to go...but I can't take a vacation 8-)> Okay that's it. I want to go to *one* gathering before I die! <Whatever.> It's supposedly a compliment, der. <Problem is that it doesn't change the fact that I'm bored.> It's not fun, no. But at least you aren't one of those followers who will just settle for this kind of thing. I have a feeling that, come the end of the summer, you're going to scrap this and push for something that's a real challenge, real work. And that's going to feel like the best job ever.

Yggdrasil: <A friend of mine was hired by Disney (one of its subsidiaries actually) about a year ago as an animator.> How are they treating him? Good pay? Or are they bad employers? ;) Can't help but to ask. < but it's nice to know that some people at Disney are looking in this direction.> Then there's still hope. If Disney can have a heart...

Gside: Well, it's sort of an opposite ying-yang thing. Okay, frell, I'm just going by what some books said, and my mother ;) Demona looked sexier than Puck would have in the shape of a fish ;) <Besides, he's my father> What, you don't play that way? l;) <Well, you do learn an actual marketable skill> $200 for a fake ID, $500 for a fake BA or BFA, $1,000 for a certifiably fake PhD. <ou know this from personal experience, do you?> Bananas. <Wet is the name of one.> The heck with KY, then! ;) <And have you heard the story about the missing year of the cat?> No. Is that like the 13th zodiac sign "Ophiciules" or something? <That was your mother> At least it wasn't his father. <If only I could get the other two power ups for my Chocobo...> You're on X? <If we ever get invaded, I'm going up to defend Shelbourne Farms.> Starting your own colony? Is polygamy legal there? ;) I'm just a weird right-brainer with left-brain wannabe tendencies. <Did it have swirling pleasure beads? Was it microwavable?> And was it waterproof? <But with knowledge at one point, one can project progress at another.> Okay, stop projecting! ;)

Spacebabie: <And very nicely done> Thanks! BTW, can't wait to see your costume...can you at least give me colors? <lets see. Claw would be perfect for Tiger, and Zafiro for snake… Brooklyn would be the rooster.> I'd probably pick Goliath as the rooster, Bronx, obviously, the dog...uh, who's the pig? ;) <uh too many hippies aint worth it> Heh, trust me, it's better than MICA. Unless you get up to the Hopkins University. <Spent yesterday working on my costume, cutting, gluing, burning(hot glue) and security stitching> Do you do seamstressing professionally/freelance?

And yes, I am bored. But I'm out at one to run to my other job. Yeah!
Adios
Niamhgold
Friday, June 14, 2002 11:31:22 AM
IP: 12.160.193.214

Good day today. Why? Because I finished the mini-project my mentor gave me. That means I had nothing to do for the rest of the day...but I left at 3 when I couldn't handle the boredom.

Wow, the middle of the month is upon us. Not long before the end of summer ::evil grin:: I must be the only one who is looking forward to that.

Warpmind: <<Which model is it you have, again?>>: That one that doesn't work correctly in windows. Does that help?

Spacebabie: <<my brother messed with the computer chair. It felt like sitting on a weeble>>: My brother did the same thing to my chair back home. <<two weeks til I'm flying to Virgina>>: I am so jealous. The true irony is that I'm EASILY making enough cash this summer to go...but I can't take a vacation 8-) <<Get on the computer smart guy>>: That's sick. Even by my standards. <<When your hot your hot>>: Whatever. <<Or at least get you a Tetris like game to play>>: Time to download some games for my TI-83 that I started bringing to work. <>: Good plan. <<Brooklyn has the bigger beak>>: But he's not a chicken.

Luminous Aphrodite: What makes you think engineers don't talk like that normally?

Sevarius Jr: Nice to you see again. <<Still too young you say? Maybe not in your state!>>: A) its 18 here and B) just because you can doesn't mean you should. <<Meghan's Law finally doesn't apply to me anymore>>: Your a sex offender? Nevermind, I don't want to know.

Aaron: <<This daily posting thing is weird>>: For us too. <<what if there are none in reasonable (or even unreasonable, this is getting laid we're talking about) distance from you?>>: What is reasonable or not is totally objective and random. I've flown across the country for sex...I've also refused to drive 20 minutes. Of course, the former was FAR more worthy. <<if the Republicans have their way, we're never going to be able to play god with bio-engineering>>: Good! The last thing I want is some idiot running around with a clone of themselves. <<Crushlink is an email address harvesting scam>>: Very clever! <<By not entertaining you, or making you spend hours reading them?>>: Yes. <<Have you ever *tried* Mr Pibb?!? It's disgusting. It tastes like Dr Pepper somebody put their cigarette out in>>: Look, carbonated prune juice by any other name would be as lame. <<Rumors have Ricky Schroeder playing Anikin in the next one>>: That's lame. He's not evil enough. <<What did I miss now?>>: The world of computer privacy disappearing. Go hit slashdot over the last month or so. <>: Ah, yes. Me too. <<Paperback edition, right>>: Hardcover. <<IV is about 700 pages, hardback. So it'll probably take you... two days>>: Did it really take you an elipsis and a space to do that math? <<Fred Durst seems to be doing okay, despite being white>>: Yes, but he's one out of thousands. <<Why not all of them?>>: Because I firmly believe that some are just too damaging. <<Legalize it, tax the sh1t out of it, and use it to finance Social Security. Prostitution too>>: This is a good philosophy though. I think we should be doing this with weed, booze, and tobacco. <<if your kid's too stupid not to touch the stove after getting burned once, there's no hope for him anyway, so he might as well Darwin himself as soon as possible>>: Boy am I glad it only took me once ;-) <<Twice in six years of driving. So far, I've got a 50% success rate at talking myself out of tickets>>: Hmmm...once in 5 years, 0% success. Maybe it'll get to yours. <>: Because nothing brings out a pervert like underage sex.

DPH: <<Deslegrate muri tempi et intervalia>>: That's "deflagrate". You can tell because it means "burn". <<you're wondering which period of time I came from>>: Not really. <<Your task is to always look busy, regardless or not if you are doing work so you don't get more work assigned to you>>: Thanks to computers, that's easy. Problem is that it doesn't change the fact that I'm bored. <<Think negative. Sooner or later, everyone you love will die>>: You take all the fun out of it. <<Remind yourself to return the favor>>: I will, worry not. <<What kind of fish/reptiles/amphibians do you recommend stocking in my moat>>: Big ones that eat people.

FS: THAT SUCKS BIGTIME. <<How the frell do I make a staircase>>: How hard could it be?

Gside: <<then you probably wouldn't like Henry V. Bill keeps on apologizing throughout the entire thing>>: I haven't forgiven Tolkien yet. <<That's what I said to you last night>>: I didn't talk to you last night though. I know because I was here watching TV. <>: Yeah, but its not as graphic ;-) <<Have you visited engineering schools in other states?>>: Two or three. <<20 seconds on high>>: Gotcha. <<Why do you want my father's head to explode?>>: LOL. <<we need more people doing it>>: True. <<is the price knock down more than the cost of repairs?>>: I believe that by law it has to be. <<Put wide boards a bit above and behind other wide boards.>>: Good plan. But why do they have to be wide? ;-)

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
-Napoleon

Josh "Imzadi" Wurzel - [@kicktothenutsDOTcom]
San Jose, CA, US of A
Friday, June 14, 2002 01:30:30 AM
IP: 207.214.211.19

Imzadi> <<Authors should not be allowed to comment on their works during a story>>: then you probably wouldn't like Henry V. Bill keeps on apologizing throughout the entire thing.
<<Where have I heard that before>>: That's what I said to you last night.
<<times 50>>: I belive fap can cover consecutive iterations.
<<I've seen the asians in other states>>: Have you visited engineering schools in other states?
<<But how do you make it warm?>>: 20 seconds on high.
<<In about 2 years when those come out>>: Before then, even. Just the choice between get individual special editions, or wait for the collection.

Warpmind> <<Wilek is back! Yay! How long will it last?>>: Depends on how much we talk about sex. Or just perversions.
<<if nothing else, his book should be available>>: As long as you aren't going for a first edition.

Spacebabie> <<He is getting a new CD player for his car>>: I guess that's close enough. Can't play with it without discs.
<<I�m being patient for that as well>>: Why do you want my father's head to explode?
<<Brooklyn has the bigger beak>>: But Griff has a beak and feathers.

Aphrodite> <<Any takers know where I got this from?>>: Men at Arms. I should have known it without searching. I have the book.

Aaron> <<This daily posting thing is weird>>: But we need more people doing it.
<<Who?>>: And I thought you read the major webcomics. But I was wrong, it was that Clevinger guy. Fighter only used the coma it induced to do a guest comic.

Fire Storm> <<if I take care of them before closing, they will knock the price down>>: But is the price knock down more than the cost of repairs?
<<How the frell do I make a staircase?>>: Put wide boards a bit above and behind other wide boards.

And you can find the Hikaru no Go End Theme in my directory.

Na zdorov'ya.
Gside - [gside@eden.rutgers.edu]
Fair Haven, NJ
Friday, June 14, 2002 01:04:16 AM
IP: 68.38.244.145

HOuse news:

The house FAILED it's city inspection and the sellers don't have the cash to do the repairs. The only good news is that if I take care of them before closing, they will knock the price down.

*FS walks off, grumbling as he carries a fibreglass ladder*
"How the frell do I make a staircase?"
Fire Storm
Friday, June 14, 2002 12:46:12 AM
IP: 216.254.103.139

**A ball of fire appears and suddenly, the words of "Deslegrate muri tempi et intervalia!" are heard.**

Yea, the phoenix gate worked to bring me here. Ok, you're wondering which period of time I came from. Well, frankly, I'm confused myself. There are some events that I remember happenning that haven't happenned and some events happenned that I don't remember happening. Like for example, I could have swore that some new official announcement about TGS Timedancer season 4 happenned. Oh well, I guess I finally know that some time traveller is messing with the TGS staff for some unknown reason.

Aaron - <This daily posting thing is weird.> I don't recall you posting in my timeline yesterday. Oh well. It won't as long as people are after instant gratification. <People who were paid a suitable
amount of money to do so.> Who would volunteer without hoping to have the rules bent to allow some illegal activity to occur?

Imzadi - <Yes, I actually *complained* about not having any work.> Hmm. I guess you haven't read Dilbert. Your task is to always look busy, regardless or not if you are doing work so you don't get more work assigned to you. <Think positive. Sooner or later, everyone you hate will die.
-Unknown> No, the response is Think negative. Sooner or later, everyone you love will die. Remind yourself to return the favor.

Stephen - <Today was "Stephen is An Idiot" at work today.> I had one of those days with my riding lawn mower while my dad and my brother were working on my brother's lawn mower.

Yggdrasil - <In the end we can all thank the fact that Hitler was an evil idiot, and not someone with a tactical mind.> That leaves room for some time traveller (hint) to go back in time just to lower Hitler's IQ a few notches.

Gunjack - <We leave wednesday for New York. The wedding rehearsel is on thursday, and the wedding on Friday. I'm the best man, which means I get to stand there in a VERY nice tux and out-uncomfertable my brother.> Have I mentioned the 1st wedding I attended was my brother's? The next wedding after that (a week later) I attended, I ran the sound equipment.

Warpmind - <And to my knowledge, this means that a beat trap can be laid out in such a fashion that it rests AROUND the mine's pressure plate... you see? > Interesting. What kind of fish/reptiles/amphibians do you recommend stocking in my moat?

Damn moron work me up today.
future or past DPH
AR, USA
Friday, June 14, 2002 12:34:18 AM
IP: 204.94.193.22

This daily posting thing is weird...

MoonCat> <<So you were the guy who got the Megatokyo poster! Ooohhh... For the life of me, I can't remember if I saw the guy who got it or not>> Well, you probably would have only the back of my head anyway... Although, I thought the antics of the auctioneer and bidders would have been interesting, no matter what the piece. <<Sorry you missed Hentai fest. I bailed after looking at the line.>> I had a great spot at the beginning of the line, which I had to forfeit when we realized that neither Mara or I had our IDs on us. And because the crappy shuttle service became uber-crappy after nine p.m., retrieving them wasn't an option. Oh well, it was kind of lame last year anyway. In fact, A-kon's been kind of lame two years running now. I'm guess I'll let it have three strikes, but it might not get up to bat again until ‘04, since next year it'll be pretty close to the Gathering.

Wilek> <<There is no such thing as zero opportunity, not as long as a single streetwalker is left alive.>> But what if there are none in reasonable (or even unreasonable, this is getting laid we're talking about) distance from you? What if you're washed up on a deserted island? What if you're in solitary confinement? <<Oh? I have two hands, and you?>> My two hands won't get me a kid, without either a. A lot of complicated lab equipment which I have neither the money or the knowhow to operate; or B. Snatching one off a curb somewhere, which tends to attract pesky law enforcement types. And if the Republicans have their way, we're never going to be able to play god with bio-engineering. Are there a lot of people who breed who shouldn't? Hell yes. But does that mean they should also be deprived of the pleasure, intimacy, and companionship sex brings? (Well, alright, some of them deserve that too, but most of them probably don't)

Stephen> Crushlink is an email address harvesting scam. They send the message and then you to input the addresses of people you think might be your crushee. I get one about every three days. Just ignore them.

Gside> <<But Fighter's working on making Dr Pibb.>> Who?

Josh> <<Its being blindingly stupid.>> Ah, yes. <<They started to really waste my time.>> By not entertaining you, or making you spend hours reading them? <<Perhaps, but true.>> Have you ever *tried* Mr Pibb?!? It's disgusting. It tastes like Dr Pepper somebody put their cigarette out in. <<Ooh, good call then!>> Yeah. Too bad it's not my decision to make. (Rumors have Ricky Schroeder playing Anikin in the next one) <<They GOOD guys. If it weren't for good guys, there'd be no plot ;-)>> True. But you can be a good guy and not be a total doofus. It's just more difficult. <<I'm sure he'll have a lovely stay.>> Pretty much. (Sadistic grin) <<Obviously you haven't been following recent developments in the world of computer privacy.>> What did I miss now? <<Thanks. But are you sure that was me?>> Pretty sure, yeah. <<You mean you didn't KNOW that was a myth? Sorry, Mara.>> I know it's a myth, I'm just very, very glad of the fact. I hate tuna fish. <<It took me exactly a day to read III, which was over 400 pages.>> Paperback edition, right? IV is about 700 pages, hardback. So it'll probably take you... two days. <<Brilliant. Who said that?>> Pepito, the Anti-Christ, on his first day of school. (Check out the Squee TPB by Johnnen Vasquez, the author/artist of Johnny the Homicidal Maniac) <<You mean besides being white?>> Fred Durst seems to be doing okay, despite being white (and a talentless little @$$hole). <<In high school, maybe. But Jan's not talking about high school kids.>> Perhaps I exaggerate slightly. But I'd say fourth grade, Jr High at most. <<Only some of them.>> Why not all of them? Legalize it, tax the sh1t out of it, and use it to finance Social Security. Prostitution too. <<Oh cuz THAT redneck is a brilliant role model.>> Hey, if your kid's too stupid not to touch the stove after getting burned once, there's no hope for him anyway, so he might as well Darwin himself as soon as possible. <<Do you ever get pulled over?>> Twice in six years of driving. So far, I've got a 50% success rate at talking myself out of tickets. <<I'm
looking forward to such a thing at G2k3.>> Us too. <<Where have I heard that before...>> It's an old Big Bopper song. "Chantilly lace and a pretty face..."

SJ> I wondered what it would take to get you to post again. Shoulda known...

Still no quote...

Aaron - [JCarnage@Yahoo.com]
San Antonio, TX, USA
Thursday, June 13, 2002 06:23:00 PM
IP: 209.33.140.101

June 13, 2002 - the long wait is finally over for some of us.

THE OLSEN TWINS FINALLY TURN 16!!!!

Still too young you say? Maybe not in your state!

Click on my name to see if it's legal to uh....hee hee....in your state.

Thank GOD, Meghan's Law finally doesn't apply to me anymore.

Sevarius Jr. - [sevariusjr@hotmail.com]
Washington D.C. - Where the age of consent is a measly 16 yr.s old!
Thursday, June 13, 2002 06:10:26 PM
IP: 207.172.11.147

Imzadi> actually I think the WORLD should be glad that I'm not an engineer. It'd be totally the epitome of chicspeak with 'you put the thing with the thing into that other thing with the hangiebob ratchet like thing'.
Gside> You've got a point about the summary thing. Summary would be in short that all of the emptiness was caused by neglect on both sides of the relationship. Happily now that's been worked out so no one else has to experience the Niagra frickin' falls flood that kept coming out of my eyes everytime I thought of him.
As far as insane hysterical wrecks go, I hold the crown and I REFUSE to relinquish it!
Gotta have some insanity to fall back on or life isn't interesting anymore.
Quote of the Day: 'Tis better to light a flamethrower than to curse the darkness'
Any takers know where I got this from?
*smiles a cheshire grin*
LA
Thursday, June 13, 2002 03:29:36 PM
IP: 67.208.85.52

SOB!
@#$*!
FRELL!
Baka Computer.

Speaking of idiots my brother messed with the computer chair. It felt like sitting on a weeble.

Favorite commercials. The ones for Mike's hard Lemonade and the Mountain Dew one where the car does that cool flip.

I went from Wiggy to Spazzy it's offical I'm at spazzy level
two weeks til I'm flying to Virgina

Replies

Josh<<<Get on who?>>> Get on the computer smart guy.<<<Yes. Didn't you?>>>No just one. Half a sandwich wrap.<<<I'm not insulted.>>>I knew you wouldn’t be.<<<Excuses excuses.>>>Yes Luterans get to drink the wine at communion.<<<Thanks, I think>>>When your hot your hot.<<<But the satisfaction to letters typed ratio is much higher.>>>FS’s was a hella lot of cooler.<<<but if they're gonna pay me to do nothing, the least they could do is let me telecommute ;-) >>>Or at least get you a Tetris like game to play.

IMPFAC<<<Valvoline is over-they took me back, but I denigrated into an absolute ass and got fired today.>>>HUG I hope you feel better soon.

Aaron<<<I'm not dead yet. I'm getting better…>>>Getting better and I’m looking forward to seeing you again.

Wilek>>>Hey dude. No weird e-bay today?

Stephen<<<Also, something popped up in my inbox last night that is driving me against the grist... has anyone heard of a site called SENDACRUSH.COM?>>>Yeah I got one. I deleted it. I have enough Spam thank you.

Gside<<<Close, but couldn't you find anything more toy like? >>>He is getting a new CD player for his car.<<<I'm waiting for my father's head to explode over the Rings DVDs.>>>I’m being patient for that as well.<<<Actually, on second thought, there's also Griff.>>>Brooklyn has the bigger beak.

Spacebabie - [LadyAndromeda@smstars.zzn.com]
Orlando, Florida, U.S.A
Thursday, June 13, 2002 12:05:25 PM
IP: 67.24.18.167

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Spacebabie - [LadyAndromeda@smstars.zzn.com]
Orlando, Florida, U.S.A
Thursday, June 13, 2002 11:58:30 AM
IP: 67.24.18.167

*Warpmind strolls in, looking... indecisive.*
Guhh... I am troubled by Doubt. I was planning to make a Fantasy setting for that WOTC contest... but now I want to keep it for myself instead... :p And come to think of it, what with the things I know WOTC books, I think that would be safer for my self-esteem. What little there is of it, that is... :p

lain: Trouble with the scanner, huh? ...Which model is it you have, again? *Looks at own scanner* Nevermind - can't seem to find that DLL here, either. :/

Wilek is back! Yay! How long will it last? :/

Gunjack: So you're the Best Man, huh? Y'know, that term has always given me grounds for some interesting speculations regarding the groom... };)

Gside: True, they're likely consumed by time... His katanas might be more likely a bet... Of course, if nothing else, his book should be available.

And, well, I could probably have made a longer post, but dinner's just about ready. So I'll catch y'all later. Got a meeting tomorrow. I may actually get a JOB! Yay! 'Course, I have my doubts - it has not yet been a year since the last position the agency got me... :p
Warpmind de InzanE - [warpmind@hotmail.com]
Middle, Nowhere, Norway
Thursday, June 13, 2002 10:53:20 AM
IP: 193.217.214.85

Another boring day. Long meeting with the interns and the trainees that included lunch. Other than that, nothing. My mentor/buddy/advisor is in Taiwan investigating an idiot welder on our project...which prevents me from doing anything related to real work. A revelation at 445 this afternoon will allow me to finish the assignment he left me with before he gets back.

At which point I'll have to find something else to do.

I finally complained to HR. Yes, I actually *complained* about not having any work. "Don't worry, we'll fix that!" they said. I'm sorry, but if they're gonna pay me to do nothing, the least they could do is let me telecommute ;-)

Luminous Aphrodite: <<the ability to communicate clearly is in complete jeopardy>>: Just be glad you're not an engineer!

IMPFAC: <<The idea of slogging through 60 years of this is unbearable>>: You're assuming that the rest of your life will be like that. <<they make me tired and ruin my sex drive>>: Right. Much better to be dead and horny than neither.

Aaron: <<I'm not dead yet. I'm getting better>>: I don't believe that for a second. <<*somebody* must think they are, else where's all the money coming from?>>: The bank. That's where mine comes from ;-) <<incredible force of will/absolutely zero opportunity>>: As if such a person was ever born. <<See how many are still abstinent. Betcha the percentage sucks>>: I'm willing to let you slide without any data here ;-) <<Innocence? What's that?>>: Its being blindingly stupid. <>: They started to really waste my time. <>: Just finished the 3rd. Working on acquiring the 4th. <<That's like saying Dr. Pepper and Mr. Pibb are the same thing. Unforgivable>>: Perhaps, but true. <<adminship only falls on those foolish enough to volunteer>>: I don't think so. <<Shave?>>: Only my face. <<Time to reread it, I guess>>: Wrote a paper comparing it to star wars, I think. <<The guy who played Justin Bateman in American Psycho>>: Ooh, good call then! << wouldn't they all have adapted to being blind and be like blind kung fu masters or something?>>: Maybe, but they still wouldn't hit him. Only Jedi can do that stuff. <<nobody ever got arrested for putting clothing *on*>>: Not in THIS country, perhaps. <>: Actually, its Adam Corolla's. I just adopted it. <<No Brooklyn, we must do everything the absolute most difficult way possible. To do otherwise would violate my Samurai honor. And then I would have to kill myself and leave you with no source of nookie, so you'd better do what I say." Principle over practicality, same reason I don't like Goliath>>: They GOOD guys. If it weren't for good guys, there'd be no plot ;-) <<I'm sending John Castaway there eventually>>: I'm sure he'll have a lovely stay. <<Hopefully, things won't get that bad>>: Obviously you haven't been following recent developments in the world of computer privacy. <<Well said>>: Thanks. But are you sure that was me? <<Thank (whatever deity you prefer)!>>: You mean you didn't KNOW that was a myth? Sorry, Mara. <<the fourth one is quite long>>: It took me exactly a day to read III, which was over 400 pages. LotR, on the other hand, is taking me considerably longer. Authors should not be allowed to comment on their works during a story. That's what Prefaces are for. <<it was something like six million Jews and three million others>>: The first figure is correct, the second is not. <<Is there money in it?>>: You're such a whore. Just like me. <<shouldn't religion have an influence on your belief about war... and everything else?>>: Not necessarily. Although many religions often have official stances on this question or that, religion does not have to define how you feel about everything. <<isn't God mom and dad's ultimate watchdog? If you do something bad, your parents may not find out, but God will still know, and he'll be disappointed with you>>: Hehehehehehe. <<If God is all merciful, why does Hell exist?>>: Cuz he's only merciful to people who don't need it. <<In you I sense no future, but the destruction of your own world. That is what I see>>: Brilliant. Who said that? <<So much for my career as a hip-hop artist>>: You mean besides being white? <>: In high school, maybe. But Jan's not talking about high school kids. <<yes. Especially the ones concerned with narcotics>>: Only some of them. <<Like Jeff Foxworthy said>>: Oh cuz THAT redneck is a brilliant role model. <>: Do you ever get pulled over?

Mooncat: <<Or we could do a mini Gargoyles con/party and show Gargoyles eps and have a Gargoyles drinking game.>>: I'm looking forward to such a thing at G2k3.

Wilek: A short post. <>: Not good. Just what's expected. What's reasonable. <<tell me what they avail us during a job interview or a hostage situation>>: Well, I know my urge to run during an interview always helps! <<what better way to ensure the perpetuation of the species than to addict them to the process?>>: Its a good idea. <<They treat sex as if they'd die without it>>: You know, I don't think you're qualified to make these judgements on humanity for wanting sex. I don't think anyone is. <<they treat every interaction with their gender of preference like foreplay>>: If they don't know what REAL foreplay is, they're missing out. <<if we can't command our own vessels, how can we command our world?>>: Simple: kill everyone else. <<Dishonesty, poor reasoning, and inability to think for oneself, like a great many character flaws, are the fault of poor education and parenting>>: Parenting. I'm not ready to blame moral depravity on the schools. I know it didn't cause mine.

Stephen: <<SENDACRUSH.COM>>: I got one of those a few months ago. Never found out who it was from, stopped caring after about 2.3 minutes. I figured if they don't have the guts to tell me in person...then they don't get my time. Whether or not I'm a prize bull is irrelevant...because Satan already told me I'm god's gift to women.

Gside: <<Can I what? Do I what? Will I WHAT? Oh baby, you knoooow what I like>>: Where have I heard that before... <<Now are we going to plan for them to get kidnapped and sold into slavery>>: Sure, why not? <<Fap?>>: times 50. <<Real Asians are not limited to California>>: Yes they are. I've seen the asians in other states. <<The selling point was that it would be body temperature>>: But how do you make it warm? <<couldn't you find anything more toy like?>>: No. <<I'm waiting for my father's head to explode over the Rings DVDs>>: In about 2 years when those come out...I think every geeks head will explode. Watch as various companies try to top each other's boxed sets. <<Did you say upgrade to Unix with X Windows?>>: Close. <<For the record, that should have been blue>>: Suuuuuure.

Alright, sleep time.

I'm free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally.
-Unknown

Josh "Imzadi" Wurzel - [ATkicktothenutsDOTcom]
San Jose, CA, US of A
Thursday, June 13, 2002 01:34:24 AM
IP: 207.214.214.231

For the record, that should have been blue.
Na zdorov'ya.
Gside - [gside@eden.rutgers.edu]
Fair Haven, NJ
Thursday, June 13, 2002 12:24:42 AM
IP: 68.38.244.145

Gunjack> <<Maybe I can suggest something>>: Perhaps when I get to it. In 20 years.
<<Lain and I are both HEAVILY addicted to it>>: It, and the music itself, are good.
<<Heeeeelllloooooo, baaaaaby!>>: Can I what? Do I what? Will I WHAT? Oh baby, you knoooow what I like.
<<Someday, I'd like to meet the guy that invented those... so I could shake his beautiful, beautiful hand>>: Assuming it's still attached.

Imzadi> <<are you talking?>>: Maybe I'll get it next time.
<<What we really need is more children's crusades>>: Now are we going to plan for them to get kidnapped and sold into slavery?
<<Hot chicks, outside, painting my house...excuse me>>: Fap?
<<You aren't getting any respect from geeks for saying that>>: I don't know. It's nice seeing an organization to which I belong talked about with reverence.
<<Commies?>>: Nah, it's on a river.
<<Then they should leave the sushi to us californians, where we have real asians>>: Real Asians are not limited to California. Just outside of New Hampshire.
<<Why would you want it to be microwaveable?>>: The selling point was that it would be body temperature.
<<Close though>>: Thanks.

Spacebabie> <<Bought him a bathing suit, and some CD's>>: Close, but couldn't you find anything more toy like?
<<we should wait for all the movies to get made then we can get the box set>>: I'm waiting for my father's head to explode over the Rings DVDs.
<<Brooklyn would be the rooster>>: Actually, on second thought, there's also Griff.

Aphrodite> << It's just, hard to find the right words when your chest feels hollow and your mind is numb and all you feel is this entanglement of waking emptiness>>: So you give us a summary of what caused it, and see if we can extrapolate from there.

Imzadi> <<Or you could upgrade the OS to OS X>>: Did you say upgrade to Unix with X Windows?
<<That's like saying Dr. Pepper and Mr. Pibb are the same thing. Unforgivable>>: But Fighter's working on making Dr Pibb. And there are no periods in their names.

Aaron> <<Wasabi the Pimp Ninja isn't required reading?>>: I said at least once through the archive. But it doesn't do it for me as much.
<<Ah, the hockey team>>: They aren't in the Pine Barrens.

Wilek> <<lest you are forced to subsume your individuality and creativity in the name of the Consensus>>: I say pick your fights. I'm too lazy to go for this one too. And besides, I always thought you enjoyed railing against sexuality.

SRS Jr.> <<lest you are forced to subsume your individuality and creativity in the name of the Consensus>>: The way I figure the couple I've gotten is that someone was bored.

Na zdorov'ya.
Gside - [gside@eden.rutgers.edu]
Fair Haven, NJ
Thursday, June 13, 2002 12:24:14 AM
IP: 68.38.244.145

Did you ever have one of THOSE days?

I just did.

Today was "Stephen is An Idiot" at work today... nearly screwed up a bank deposit (nearly 17K), got so frustraited I caused a bottleneck during the lunch rush, and basically got my boss mad as all get out at me... oi, thankfull things went fast today...

Also, something popped up in my inbox last night that is driving me against the grist... has anyone heard of a site called SENDACRUSH.COM? Aparently, people can use this site to send anonymus e-mail to someone you have a crush on, and they have a chance to log into the site and guess who the crush is...

Well someone sent one to me... and for the life of me I can't figure out WHO would have a crush on me! I'm no prize bull, that's for sure, so I don't know who sent this or why they sent it to me! <gears grinding> ugh, I hate this...

Anyway...

CHRISTINE - Hope to hear more good things for Becca's arm... and hope you and Tim and her have a great vacation!

MOONCAT - Now a mini party at AKon next year sounds good to me! Will have to see what goodies I can wrangle from my anime friends to bring along... erg, so many cons, so little time...

Maintain and Check Six!

Stephen R. Sobotka Jr. - [ssobotka33616@yahoo.com]
Tampa, FL, USA
Wednesday, June 12, 2002 10:20:37 PM
IP: 65.35.132.45

Aaron> <<Maybe if you have incredible force of will/absolutely zero opportunity>>
I'll take Option C: You've seen the cult of conformistically enforced addiction that pop sexuality has become and washed your hands of it, lest you are forced to subsume your individuality and creativity in the name of the Consensus. (By the way, opportunity is not in question. There is no such thing as zero opportunity, not as long as a single streetwalker is left alive. Hm, wonder where I left Jack; I kind of lost track of him after that last series of psychotropic experiments...)
<<the majority of people want to f**k. It's hardwired into us by nature.>>
I have to wonder what gave hideous birth to the idea that nature is universally good. Nature is exactly why I took my sexuality behind a barn and killed it with an axe like the deformed swine that it was. *Nature has failed us.* Witness the fear response: sweaty palms and a racing heart may have meant the difference between life and death for a knuckle-dragging ancestor faced with a predator, but tell me what they avail us during a job interview or a hostage situation. The sex response is in the same boat--the impulse to repopulate lest a freak storm wipe out the species (this is why sex summons a flood of addictive hormones--what better way to ensure the perpetuation of the species than to addict them to the process?) ill serves us in the day and age of billions, yet still we allow our outdated bodies to seize command of our comparatively brilliant minds at the drop of a skirt, despite the fact that we ought to know better. Being led around by your hormones is excusable for a being that, compared to us, doesn't have a mind, but we are the lords of the earth. Yet the obsolescence of impulse conspires with the cultish pack instinct of the mob mind to ensure that every high school student either offers his virginity as a sacrifice for acceptance--one is reminded of the cliche of tossing virgins down a well to gain the favor of the gods--or is tortured by his peers until he rebuts with a pickaxe (or, given the lamentable death of creativity manifesting in the modern student precisely because of this phenomenon, a twelve-gage). Yes, it's probably always been this way, but does that mean it always SHOULD be this way?
It is not, of course, impossible for a person to incorporate his sexuality into his life in a wise and logical manner. But so few of them bother to maintain the balance. They treat sex as if they'd die without it, they treat every interaction with their gender of preference like foreplay, they look for the sexual connotations in every word they read or hear, there's never enough...I know an addiction pattern when I see one. The most important reason by far for my celibacy is to shock people--when perversion is the only law, chastity is the only perversion. My aim in flouting sexuality is to cast it in a sharp enough relief to be examined for what it is instead of what society tells you to think of it. (Kind of what Marilyn Manson has deluded himself into thinking he's doing inbetween rather childish episodes of orally pleasuring his bandmates onstage and wiping himself with the American flag.)
<<Besides, how do you define abstinence? Is it never having sex at all? I don't think that's going to work. Sheer biological necessity dictates otherwise.>>
Oh? I have two hands, and you? Besides, genetic manipulation becomes more and more advanced by the day. By this time next decade, we will most likely have taken the first steps toward the ability to manipulate our bodies as adroitly as our environments, which is only right and fitting--if we can't command our own vessels, how can we command our world?
<<As for all those kids who signed all those pledge cards... Come back in a couple of years. See how many are still abstinent. Betcha the percentage sucks.>>
Dishonesty, poor reasoning, and inability to think for oneself, like a great many character flaws, are the fault of poor education and parenting. The government's educational system has fallen beyond saving. Not that the parents are blameless; a regrettable number of today's parents simply don't posess a reliable scale of logic, unless replacing Alice's butcher knife with an ice wand has somehow become an effective prevention for violence in schools.
Wilek
Wednesday, June 12, 2002 09:38:25 PM
IP: 216.65.106.130

hey Aaron -- I wondered how many peeps here were at A-kon.

So you were the guy who got the Megatokyo poster! Ooohhh... For the life of me, I can't remember if I saw the guy who got it or not =( Since it wasn't a piece I was interested in, I didn't pay much attention.

Sorry you missed Hentai fest. I bailed after looking at the line. Boy, I remember the days it was held in a tiny half panal size room on a regular large TV and maybe a hundred people squeezed in to see what was going on.

Maybe next year, if you all are going, we could have a mini H fest room party. We could all bring something from our own collections and play them on the room TVs and bring pot luck snacks. I have old, obscure stuff in raw Japanese. Have a night table set up with Gathering flyers for 2003 *^_~* Maybe include a buy/sell/trade dojinshi hour.

Or we could do a mini Gargoyles con/party and show Gargoyles eps and have a Gargoyles drinking game. =)

I'm thinking room parties may be the saving grace for future A-kons, because the official planned events are now so commercial and crushed for attendance, they are losing the fun. *~_~* sigh...

But any convention can be fun if you can go to a few good parties *^_^*

gah... thunder and lightening, gotta get off the computer for tonight.

later peeps
Mooncat
>^,,^<
Mooncat
Wednesday, June 12, 2002 08:38:58 PM
IP: 65.30.27.68

aaron> well if you ask me, and this is when I start sounding like a protestant, I think they are the false prophets Christ talked about. *looks around* and that's my religious extremism today ^_^.
metaldemon
Wednesday, June 12, 2002 07:08:37 PM
IP: 24.219.165.75

I'm not dead yet. I'm getting better...

Kaito> <<Religion isn't the source of the world's problems, it is an excuse.>> Everything's an excuse in the end. But religion always seems to be the best one, when it comes to doing unspeakable things to thy neighbor.

metaldemon> <<Falwell and co. aren't really that good of a representation of what Christianity is about (love of enemies, mercy, generosity, forgiveness).>> Well, *somebody* must think they are, else where's all the money coming from?

Abstinence> I just don't think you can tout it as a long term solution for a majority of people. Maybe if you have incredible force of will/absolutely zero opportunity, but the majority of people want to f**k. It's hardwired into us by nature. Besides, how do you define abstinence? Is it never having sex at all? I don't think that's going to work. Sheer biological necessity dictates otherwise. Is it waiting until you're married? Then it's not really abstinence, is it? Just monogamy. Is it waiting until you're "in a committed relationship", whatever that means? Define your terms here. As for all those kids who signed all those pledge cards... Come back in a couple of years. See how many are still abstinent. Betcha the percentage sucks.

Moochie> <<Hitler's police and gaurds were after specific people; ie partisans, Jews, and so forth. They were basicly the same as any other police, except for the choice of targets.>> I don't know if that says something about your opinion of the police in general, or just something really sad. <<If you are killed by a Nazi, it's most likely because of either who you are or what you've done...>> Yep. Who you are... Jew, Communist, Trade Unionist, homosexual... But as long as it's specific groups who get picked on in a consistent way, that makes it all better. <<And the death, in all likelyhood, will be relatively swift.>> Unless they, y'know, took you to a camp and worked you to death, either from exhaustion, exposure, or malnutrition. <<If you're killed by a chekist, it's for NO REASON AT ALL.>> If you're DEAD, do reasons matter anymore? <<If hitler had had nukes, he would have used them.>> I believe you just agreed with me. <<But I'd rather live in a world nuked by Hitler, than one raped by Stalin.>> I'm not campaigning for either of them in 2004, but I know which one I'd rather see across a negotiating table. The one who understands how the game is played, not the one making up his own rules. <<Hitler recognized the concept of innocence. Stalin did not. You tell me which is more irrational.>> Innocence? What's that?

Josh> <<<<What exactly, in my statement, prompted that>>: Like I remember.>> Fair enough. I was talking about webcomics in which I had emotional investment in the characters, and you said you were off webcomics and deleted all your links. I was just wondering why. <<Not sure which books, but the answer is probably "not yet, hopefully this summer".>> The Harry Potter books. And I think you said you were on the second one? <<<<Perhaps the Jetta-buying demographic is a bit different outside of Texas>>: Who drives them in your state?>> People who try to run me off the road. <<<<Once again, Josh says something I wish I'd thought of>>: Woohoo! Why do you wish you'd thought of that?>> Because it was funny and true. <<South. Texas. Same thing.>> Ooooooh. That's like saying Dr. Pepper and Mr. Pibb are the same thing. Unforgivable. <<<<Because we're not a democracy>>: Then why aren't we?>> Because adminship only falls on those foolish enough to volunteer. <<<<I'd rather have forty sluts, personally>>: Only if they're clean sluts.>> It's heaven. Why wouldn't they be? <> Me too. <> Shave? <<"But you grew some nice boobs">> Thank you Blinken. <<Yup, Oddessey.>> Time to reread it, I guess. <<<>: Who?>> The guy who played Justin Bateman in American Psycho. He was in Shaft too. And you can catch him as a dragon slayer in the upcoming Reign of Fire. <<<<In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is stoned to death>>: Not likely, since they can't see him to aim.>> But wouldn't they all have adapted to being blind and be like blind kung fu masters or something? <<And this explains how you ended up in drag for the costume party at G2k1>> I suppose. But nobody ever got arrested for putting clothing *on*. <> I get you and SJ confused sometimes. And your catchphrase did used to be "When I am King..." <<<>: And doing better, I presume.>> I think so. <<<<he's Solo and I'm So-slow>>: He's not very funny.>> I don't think it was supposed to be. I am slow, and he played half the game without any NPCs helping him. <<<<you can't spell believe without "lie" in the middle>>: Thanks! I'll remember that one.>> :) <<<<Sata annoys me to no end being the other>>: Why?>> "No Brooklyn, we must do everything the absolute most difficult way possible. To do otherwise would violate my Samurai honor. And then I would have to kill myself and leave you with no source of nookie, so you'd better do what I say." Principle over practicality, same reason I don't like Goliath. <<<<Gargoyles/OZ cross-over>>: OZ the prison show?>> Hell yeah. I'm sending John Castaway there eventually. <> After A-kon, probably. <<<<the sign of the aardvark>>: Is this a texas thing?>> It's a Joe Bob Briggs thing, so yeah. <<<<You know Hahn Solo>>: You may even be able to spell his seven letter name.>> Stupid Billy D. Williams pronunciation always messes me up. <<<<Talk is cheap, ideals are pretty, but history is about *results*>>: Thank you! You are so right.>> Thank you. <<You're not fat.>> You haven't seen me lately. <<We might...I think its fair to worry that we'd lose a lot of the freedoms we take for granted if we're not careful.>> Hopefully, things won't get that bad. <<Besides, if you don't judge a religion by its participants (who may or may not follow a scripture to the letter), how can you call reading the scripture an accurate estimation of the religion?>> Well said. <<Great. You're gonna bring the FBI down on us, you realize that.>> "Do you favor the overthrow of the United States government by violence or subversion?" "Well, violence, given a choice?" ;) <<<But how is Demona a fish? Other than taste>>: This is a myth 8-)>> Thank (whatever deity you prefer)! <<Oh well. I finished the third harry potter book, it rocked. Have to get my hands on the 4th. Have 5 and 6 been written yet?>> Five was supposed to be out in a couple of months, but all indications are November if we're lucky, sometime in ‘03 if we aren't. Six and seven are but glimmers in the eye of J. K. Rowling. But the fourth one is quite long, so you should have some time before you go into withdrawal.

Gside> <<I'd say Sinfest, OO, and ? aren't as much required reading, amusing as they are.>> I'll concede you the last two, but Sinfest? Wasabi the Pimp Ninja isn't required reading?!? <<Edward A. Murphy, Jr. He was involved in USAF project MX981.>> Thank you. <> Ah, the hockey team.

DPH> <<Ok, then who would be willing to enforce those laws under said conditions?>> People who were paid a suitable amount of money to do so.

Jan> <<If my memory serves me... (which it doesn't do too much these days) but wasn't there more gypsies killed than Jews in the days of Hitler's reign?>> If *my* memory serves, it was something like six million Jews and three million others. So, no. Unless you're using that new Republican math they developed in Florida. :) <<No, because if you give up your convictions, then what type of person would you really be?>> Flexible and pragmatic? <<Are you willing to give up something that you believe in just to make some others happy?>> Others no. Myself... <<Are you willing to give up your convictions concerning the Isreal/Palastines?>> Is there money in it? What I have toward Israel/Palestine aren't convictions, but feelings, which are largely uninformed and irrational. No great loss. <<Religion makes you who you are, defines your beliefs just like whatever opinion you have about war.>> I thought religion, by nature, was rather more then a belief, even a belief about something as major as war. In fact, shouldn't religion have an influence on your belief about war... and everything else? <<No one taught it to you, you just knew and know in your heart or it was just "common sense.">> Whoa. Hold up there kemosabe. No one taught it to you? How many people have the "religion decision" made for them, often before they can think? Whether by parents or governments, the results are similer. And really, isn't God mom and dad's ultimate watchdog? If you do something bad, your parents may not find out, but God will still know, and he'll be disappointed with you. And if God decides you're bad, you get to spend all eternity in a napalm swimming pool. Guess you better mind Mom and Pop now, hadn't you? <<Its not law, its not the truth. Its what you believe and that's all. A belief about war.>> Now there's a bold statement. Aren't most religions based on the fact that they *are* in fact, the ultimate law and truth? Because their founders had a hotline to God, and know just what (s)he wants? <<Just like how you view religion as crap.>> I never said religion was crap. I think religion is a very nice idea, the execution of which human nature will always f**k up. <<If you ask a Christian what their opinion of God is, I doubt if they'll tell you that He is some big nasty mean God that will smite you down if you sin. ;p>> If God is all merciful, why does Hell exist? <<once again…. No one has asked that you or anyone else give up what they consider as entertainment.>> No? How many federal laws are there against "obscene" material? <<However, be responsible with it.>> You mean, charge the rugmonkeys for it? <<It is everyone's responsibility because we live in a civilized society.>> I'm not even touching that one. <<No one is asking you or anyone else to raise someone else's children>> Hmmm, the systematic erosion of my constitutional rights counts for nothing? <<– but it takes a lot more than just the parents to keep the inappropriate things away from the children.>> Well, keeping them away from me would be a good start. <<Why are we so hell-bent on depriving children of their innocence?>> That reminds me of my new favorite quote, actually: "Ah, the innocence of children. The future of our world, they say. Standing here, what I feel in most of you however, is not innocence. I sense cruelty. I sense the violence of animals. I sense you laughing at my hair. In you I sense no future, but the destruction of your own world. That is what I see." <> I don't see the correlation. <<No, you don't have to live your life of always being "a good example" but if you are standing in front of children – don't use vulgar language, don't grab your crotch and flip off someone, etc.>> So much for my career as a hip-hop artist. <<Do you honestly think it's ok for a bunch of kindergarten children to watch something like Clock Work Orange?>> Jannie, don't take this the wrong way, but I've been a kid more recently then you. I don't have any nostalgia for childhood, because I remember what my peers were like. And I think if you followed those kids around, and could see them when they know there're no grownups around, they'd put Little Alex and his droogies to shame. <<People break laws so should we just stop trying to enforce them?>> Some of them, yes. Especially the ones concerned with narcotics. <<You tell your child not to touch the hot stove, but they do anyway… do you stop telling them to not touch it if they reach for it again?>> Yes. Sometimes an object lesson is in order. Like Jeff Foxworthy said about putting pennies in the light socket: "That hurt like Hell, didn't it? Ya ain't gonna do that again, are ya?" <<Also, the defendent had the right to request another trial with a different PD.>> He did. He was denied.

Patrick> <<The educational standard I was schooled under was "Strive for excellence." As we begin the 21st century, it seems to have changed to "Settle for mediocrity.">> I thought it was "Strive for mediocrity and conformity." <<"DARE to keep Cops off Donuts" - seen on a bumper sticker>> I had that bumper sticker. Sadly, it's gone now. But I have a new one that reads: "The Police: The world's largest street gang."

A-kon> My A-kon experience was rather like MoonCat's, unfortunately. Hanging out with Lynati and Revel was fun, but the con itself kind of blew. I came home with practically nothing. And never again will I room in an overflow hotel. If I can't get rooms in the con hotel itself, I just won't go. I wasted entirely too much time and effort on shuttling back and forth. I bought very little in the dealer's rooms, partially because I was waiting for the Sunday markdowns, and partially because I just wasn't all that impressed with their selections. Plus, the split rooms made it really hard to keep track of who was selling what where, and for how much. Picked up a "Scoundrel for Hire" T-shirt and a pair of kusarigami, and that was about it. No prints, no VHS, no DVS, nada.

(BTW, did anybody see the incredibly cheap-@$$ thing Pioneer was going with Love Hina and Berserk? They were selling what looked like box sets for $30. But in reality, all they were was the first DVD, and an empty box for an extra ten bucks. The Love Hina set was at least wrapped in clear plastic so you could check the contents, but the Berserk box was sealed)

Saw no new series, missed the fan video showing both times, spent too much money at the art auction, (though I did get some pretty nice stuff, including the Megatokyo/Matrix poster) found nobody dressed as Eva characters to go with my Kaji outfit, missed H-fest, and didn't find out the Eva T-shirt I bought my brother somehow morphed into a Soultaker shirt until after the con was over. All in all, I'm not sure I'll go back next year, even if we're not into crunch time with the Gathering anyway.

MoonCat> I think I talked to your friend the dealer. I bought some Dojinshi off him, (Kenshin and Read or Die) and spent some time just generally talking about anime.

kathy> Count Mara and I as Gathering bound.

FS> Congrats on the anniversary.

Moochie> <<Question: what would sevarius prefer for a self-defense weapon? A good holdout blaster, or a nasty nuerotoxin dart thinggummy?>> A personal force-field generator to ensure his own safety before trying anything else.

I had a quote, but I forget it now. Oh well.

Aaron - [JCarnage@Yahoo.com]
San Antonio, TX, USA
Wednesday, June 12, 2002 06:41:03 PM
IP: 209.33.140.101

Luminous Aphrodite> You serious about wanting to die?> Yeah. I’ve got it all planned out. I want to die with my Buick. I’ve got a great supply of sleeping pills, too. It would be very peaceful to hook up the exhaust after a nice hand full (non-fatal dose-I don’t have THAT many sleeping pills) and go peacefully. I’d just make sure it wasn’t my parents that found me-that would be cruel. I’m just a coward, so I don’t know I’d ever have the balls to follow through. I’d really love to, though. The idea of slogging through 60 years of this is unbearable.

I’m leaning pretty heavily to just heading to the ER and asking for help. There really IS something wrong with me, some underlying pathology, and I’m really eager to kill myself-which should scare me, but doesn’t, which is why I know I’ve suddenly lost it. I’ve also nixed those stupid anti-depressants-they make me tired and ruin my sex drive. Screw that.

Anywho, sorry to be self indulgent ~_^

Later,

Imperial Fascism

IMPFAC - [impfac@yahoo.com]
Wednesday, June 12, 2002 06:34:56 PM
IP: 66.66.203.129

Just stopping by to give a small report.

Yesterday, I was busy working at the polls as an election official during a run-off election. Here's the whacky part: in my precint, the run-off was about who the democratic candidate for Land-Commissioner would be. The average turn-out was 3.5 people per hour, which made for a slow day.

It got so boring that in the afternoon, I worked my way towards proving that every year (including leap year) has a Friday the 13th.

Anyway, I picked up photos from Walmart and got the CD-ROM of my photos. It's going to take 2-3 days to pick out which photos I want to display. (I can't put them all up to size limitations in my personal webspace.)
DPH
AR, USA
Wednesday, June 12, 2002 03:06:09 PM
IP: 204.94.193.59

* Watches Lain incase she starts to snore again.*
Spacebabie
Wednesday, June 12, 2002 02:12:48 PM
IP: 67.24.17.228

Love that think positive comment. Not so much a tortured soul at the moment now. It's not that I've not taken tons of english classes, it's that there are times when the mind itself is in emotional overload and the ability to communicate clearly is in complete jeopardy.
LA
Wednesday, June 12, 2002 01:32:41 AM
IP: 67.201.141.64

Ho hum. Another boring day at work. Trying to teach myself to build 3-D models in ANSYS, but its tough. And no one has any real work for me to do. Somehow, I thought a massive corporation like GE would have more mindless tasks for me to accomplish.

Drove to Cupertino for lunch at Cafe Macs (Apple's Cafeteria). It was pretty good. Much better than GE's...and a lot more expensive.

Fire Storm: <<as far as range went>>: But were incapable of doing any serious damage, right? Or couldn't make it back? Or had some other critical flaw?

Spacebabie: <>: Get on who? <<So you had two lunches?>>: Yes. Didn't you? <<Must go to Berkley, uh too many hippies aint worth it>>: I'm not insulted. Besides, its only free in my apartment. <<that is the CATHOLIC Church. I’m Lutheran>>: Excuses excuses. <<But a hell lot better looking>>: Thanks, I think. <<Much better than Josh’s usual response>>: But the satisfaction to letters typed ratio is much higher.

Luminous Aphrodite: <<Perhaps it lives outside the box that you call reality>>: Perhaps? <<hard to find the right words when your chest feels hollow and your mind is numb and all you feel is this entanglement of waking emptiness>>: Then you haven't been to enough English classes. <<Loving hurts to much when things go wrong>>: And now it all falls into place. If you start with such words, its easier to get advice. Sadly, as I've never been in your shoes, I have no advice. Probably just as well.

IMPFAC: <<Germany ran a highly successful sub campaign against US east coast shipping, and all but controlled the entire eastern seaboard for the first months of our involvement>>: They controlled Atlantic shipping in general, but to my understanding the seaboard itself was pretty safe. If Hitler had been able to effectively attack ships in harbor, he would have. He didn't. <<One did kill a family of five pickning, though>>: The memorial to them states that they were the only casualties on US soil during WWII.

Leo: <<hpscnmgr.dll" is a probably a part of the "HP Scan Manager" program>>: Wow. You must do tech support for a living :-P <<upgrade the OS to windows XP (using a clean install) but then you'll have to spend 2 weeks reinstalling all your applications>>: Or you could upgrade the OS to OS X and spend a few hours reinstalling your apps. That would be the clean solution. <<the new G4 towers have that 1-1/2" dia. hole on the front. If that doesn't always have to be a speaker>>: Well, it certainly doesn't. The problem is what's behind that. If you open the G4 case, you'll see a large metal plate behind that whole. Can you say "pain"? And behind that plate? Well, when the tower is closed...there's a grill that supports full-length PCI cards, numerous IDE cables, etc. However, maybe new G4's will be released at MWNY that include FUFME drives ;-)

Yggdrasil: <<we can all thank the fact that Hitler was an evil idiot, and not someone with a tactical mind>>: I dunno, Blitzkrieg was surprisingly effective for about 3 years. <>: We're in trouble when I make the move for world power. I watch the Hilter...er, I mean HISTORY...channel obsessively.

Okay, hittin' the sack.

Think positive. Sooner or later, everyone you hate will die.
-Unknown

Josh "Imzadi" Wurzel - [ATkicktothenutsDOTcom]
San Jose, CA, US of A
Wednesday, June 12, 2002 01:12:51 AM
IP: 207.214.214.190

Question: what happens when the goddess of love gives up on the very thing she was created in and for? Looks like I get to find out. Loving hurts to much when things go wrong. All is left is empty space and you can't find out when you started to dye inside. It hurts-especially when the other side give up hope. What good is one sided hope anyways? Someone once restored to me the hope I had lost, I've a feeling it's gonna take a long time to regain it again. It's said that God counts the tears of women <its a jewish proverb> <no offense to any non religious chat roomers> But he's gotta helluva lota tears to count tonight. My best friend tells me I'm truly really in love...she's gotta be right or it wouldn't hurt this bad, losing the other half of your life. I don't know how to fix things. I'm a class one emotional wreck. People keep saying things'll be okay...not sure they're right, when the once person who said they'd never shut you out does...
It's gonna be a long journey back up the cliffside...should I choose to climb.
Aingeal, if you read this, call me. I need someone to talk to.
Aphrodite Shrouded
Tuesday, June 11, 2002 10:35:25 PM
IP: 67.208.85.80

Greetings:

Small comment tonight.

WWII: FS comment about an attack bomber, the Arado AR 234B Blitz (I think), is quite correct. This was one of many "errors" that historians feel that Hitler made (and I'm glad he did). Hitler was obsessed with being offensive in combat. From the beginning of the war he approached most battles with the opinion that they should strike hard, fast, and move on. This strategy does work as long as you can have your supplies keep up with your army while keeping the army up to strength, while defending the supply lines... you get the idea.

At the time that the attack bomber was ready to implement Hitler’s forces were suffering from chronic supply and logistical errors (that and they were loosing ground). His commanders pressured him to begin work on a defensive fighter, but he overruled them. In the end, lack of fuel left much of the Luftwaffe sitting idle on the ground. Advanced planes like the Messerschmitt Me 262 never had a chance to do much damage.

In the end we can all thank the fact that Hitler was an evil idiot, and not someone with a tactical mind. If an idiot can accomplish what he did, I hope we never have to see the results of someone competent.

Yggdrasil

Yggdrasil - [eng050599@hotmail.com]
Ontario, Canada
Tuesday, June 11, 2002 09:27:07 PM
IP: 24.43.225.56

Finished my work assignment. Easy going stuff, but boring. Least it's doable and I can listen to whatever I want while I type it all out.
Impfac: You serious about wanting to die? <Actually, if you are, then I know where you're coming from> <If the paxil doesn't work, switch to something else, asap. some anti-deps will push you off the edge instead of helping you>
Time to go searching for money on the internet. L8R.
Luminous Aphrodite
Tuesday, June 11, 2002 09:21:30 PM
IP: 67.208.85.80

Oh yeah, here's my comment to <"how the hell does a computer make an orifice?">

Example: the new G4 towers have that 1-1/2" dia. hole on the front. If that doesn't always have to be a speaker...?

Leo
Tuesday, June 11, 2002 06:19:37 PM
IP: 172.141.101.115

lain <<it cant find the required "hpscnmgr.dll" somethingorother on the windows 98 disk i have. surprise.>>

No suprise here. The "hpscnmgr.dll" is a probably a part of the "HP Scan Manager" program (According to HP that's what makes the green button work.) So that file won't be on the Win98 CD. I'm sure it's on the software disk that came with your scanner. It might be best if you just reinstall the software. If that doesn't work then try downloading the "updated" drivers and softrware from HP's website. (I know that sounds like a typical tech-support answer, but sometimes it works.) A final solution (only if desperate) would be to upgrade the OS to windows XP (using a clean install) but then you'll have to spend 2 weeks reinstalling all your applications.

Hope this helps.
Leo - [<--hp scanjet 5100c drivers]
Tuesday, June 11, 2002 05:17:49 PM
IP: 172.141.101.49

Hey again. Been awhile.

I’ve been boggled with real life stuff. Valvoline is over-they took me back, but I denigrated into an absolute ass and got fired today. I was just too angry at how I was treated, including the miserable treatment I was subjected to upon my return.

I’ve also been going through a mental break down. I realized I don’t drive the way I do because its fun-I do it because I really DO want to die. I discovered that about a night ago, when all the close calls didn’t phase me at all, only made me increasingly aggressive. I never realized it, consciously at least, but now that I have I’m OKAY with it. I’ve lost my desire to live. Or maybe I never had it. I don’t WANT to die, but I really want to live either. I’m scared by the things I’ve started doing, all specifically designed to get me into a fatal crash. I’ve never driven like I am now. I’ve never been so unstable.

But at the same time, I’m almost calm-I’ve finally stopped lying to myself. I’m too much a coward to actively kill myself, although I’ve been thinking of more and more peaceful ways to do it lately. I’m just terrified I’ll kill someone else-although I care less and less about others lately-or that I’ll just get hurt and wreck my car. I’m one of those selfhating loner types :-)

Maybe I’ll check myself into the rubber room, or the pills (Paxal? I think) the doctor gave me will start to work. Or maybe not. Whaddever.

*hums MASH theme*

WWII> I did a whole report on attacks on the US mainland during WWII. Germany ran a highly successful sub campaign against US east coast shipping, and all but controlled the entire eastern seaboard for the first months of our involvement. They also laid mines in most of the major harbors, very close to mainland. Germany also landed agents in Florida and Main, with various objectives, but both teams failed and most of their members executed.

Japan attacked the US cost with a sub, twice, firing from the land at an oil refinery and a base. They also flew a bomber from a ship to attack a US target, but failed. Then came the “balloon bombs” designed to cause forest fires. 10,000 bombs were released-carried by the jet stream, almost 1000 made it. However, they didn’t cause any fires. One did kill a family of five pickning, though.

All for now. Later (maybe ~_^)

IMPERIAL FASCISM
IMPFAC - [impfac@yahoo.com]
Tuesday, June 11, 2002 05:13:50 PM
IP: 66.66.203.129

Hippie? No. Self-destructive wannabe? Well, everyone's gotta have a hobby, right? So my little weave of words was odd? Perhaps it lives outside the box that you call reality? It's just, hard to find the right words when your chest feels hollow and your mind is numb and all you feel is this entanglement of waking emptiness.
Aingeal, when you going home to Penn's Woods? We should pick a weekend and do something fun and crazy. *Hehehe tell the dragon boy I'll bring my red hat*
Quote of the Day: Expect nothing and you shall never be disappointed.
Luminous Aphrodite
Maryland
Tuesday, June 11, 2002 04:03:54 PM
IP: 67.201.162.200

FRELL!!!!

I couldn't get on yesterday

Sunday was good, Mom and I went to Target to buy dad his fathers day and brthday presents. His B-day is the 20th
very close to the holiday. Bought him a bathing suit, and some CD's. We also bought the Harry Potter dvd even thogh I told Mom we should wait for all the movies to get made then we can get the box set.
I also bought a skinny cheap belt and some hosery(the kind that comes with a garter for my costume.

Spent yesterday working on my costume, cutting, gluing, burning(hot glue) and security stitching.

Then I added decals to my other nails.

Replies

Niahmgold<<>>And very nicely done.<<<And I wanted Puck and Owen for myself ;)>>>That’s why they are Gemini and Demona’s the pices<<<wonder who the rooster would be?>>> lets see. Claw would be perfect for Tiger, and Zafiro for snake… Brooklyn would be the rooster.

Lain<<<*snores*>>>Rolls her over on to her tummy.

Josh<<<Had lunch and hung out in the Telegraph area with my friend Danny, had lunch in one of my favorite little holes-in-the-wall,>>>So you had two lunches?<<<free net access, and DSL to boot 8-)>>>Ooooh. Must go to Berkley, uh too many hippies aint worth it.<<<Not even that. The church is proof.>>>that is the CATHOLIC Church. I’m Lutheran.<<>>At not With. It’s military. You know what your fellow students are allergic too.<<<Sort of, except not as rich 8-) >>>But a hell lot better looking.

Firestorm<<<Oh, it's been out for quite some time. We just prefer to keep it distributed privately so that newbies (I call them "Fresh Meat") get annoyed.>>>Much better than Josh’s usual response.<<<Now, if you want to get on the list, send me large sums of money. Money is always good! ;)>>>Or fresh juicy dead meat. It doesn’t have to be completely dead. I think he likes it to move a little.

Revel>>>Nice update.

Spacebabie - [LadyAndromeda@smstars.zzn.com]
Orlando, Fl, U.S.A
Tuesday, June 11, 2002 10:53:20 AM
IP: 67.25.55.33

Germany attacking the United States mainland:
Ok, I have been watching WAY too much of the Discovery Wings channel and Hitler had a few prototype bombers that were capable of an attack on the US mainland, as far as range went. BUT these aircraft came so late in the war and used up so many supplies to make them that they were not mass produced, and at least one of them got blown up bu the Alies a few days before the end of the war (The plane was on the ground)
Fire Storm
Tuesday, June 11, 2002 01:43:19 AM
IP: 216.254.103.139

Had something similar to real work today, but not quite. Oh well, at least it kept me busy. My advisor gave me an ANSYS exercise to hone my skills. Spent all day on it and its still not done. Ugh.

Warpmind: <<yes, I do read the fine print>>: Why? It can only get you sued. <<Won't take your leg completely off, but might rend most of the flesh off the bones?>>: Yes, that.

Lain: <<no, i wouldnt go that far>>: I wouldn't either. It was sarcasm. <<it would be too easy if it told me WHICH other program it thought was using my scanner, wouldnt it?>>: At what point were you told that PC's were user friendly? <<why does he think im CALLING HIM IN THE FIRST PLACE>>: Excuse me while I laugh. <<see if i ever buy THEIR products again>>: In all fairness, its probably just their scanners that suck. HP printers generally kick ass. You want a scanner, go with a camera company (i.e. Canon). <<it cant find the required "hpscnmgr.dll" somethingorother on the windows 98 disk i have>>: I thought your dad installed XP on your new machine. <<the guy who owns the car dealership RIGHT across the road from where i live climbed up a ladder, strung some rope over a rafter, and hung himself>>: I didn't know that weasly car dealers were at risk for suicide. Oh well, all the better.

Luminous Aphrodite: are you talking?

Yggdrasil: <<garg DVD's>>: I'll hold my breath. Uh, no.

Fire Storm: <<Red Wings>>: Red bull gives you wings? <<keep it distributed privately>>: ooh, good idea! Um, can I get a copy of that? <<large sums of money>>: How about *one* large sum of money for the DLD, and you put me on the list for free? <<hasn't been enough Crusades lately, has there>>: Oh, I dunno. What we really need is more children's crusades 8-) <<Getting someone to sculpt or 3d model a anatomically correct Demona>>: I know several 3D artists. <<Tripwire swords>>: No. <>: Hot chicks, outside, painting my house...excuse me 8-) <<Tickling makes women all squirmy>>: That's true, but that's not always the same as hot. <<trying to make sexual devices that hook up to PC's>>: FUFME comes to mind. Then there's the firewire vibrator. Bus powered! <<It shall always be IEEE 1394>>: You aren't getting any respect from geeks for saying that. <<How many people could make so many people follow him absolutely>>: Hopefully, me. <<Dangling parts" and the CPU cooling fans>>: Well generally dangly bits aren't small enough to fit into the fan openings in a PC case. Unless you have an open case...in which case may got have mercy. <<SEXY LOSERS>>: Got really boring real class. <<If you can still mount it on a mobile vehicle>>: Well, any vehicle should be mobile. But you still have put some sort of limit. Is a Protoss Carrier small enough? What about the StarLancer? <<HE'S GONNA BLOW>>: Too much info, thanks. <<Hitler had aircraft capable of bombing the US, but didn't use them>>: You're kidding, right? Did you show up for your history classes in high school? The only way hitler could reach the eastern seaboard was by submarine. Luftwaffe aircraft were *all* too small. It is often commented that the biggest flaw in the german airforce was that they had no really long range heavy bombers. And that was my WWII rant for the day. <<Would he have gone for DC>>: Is the pope a pollock? <<Lain is gonna be pissed>>: She's too busy bitching about her scanner. <<Under funded, understaffed, lack of time>>: What are you doing with all the money I keep sending you!? <<put on a bib and pull out a bottle of BBQ sauce>>: Kinky. <<6th anniversary>>: It don't count unless you're hitched.

Wilek: <<What does it matter, really? Is it still the same cable/standard/whateverthefrell?>>: One would think. But when arguing between geeks, there can be only one.

Gunjack: <>: Huh? Its the beginning of June! <<what bombers did he have capable of flying across the atlantic, striking a specific target in the US, and then flying back?>>: None. In fact, I don't even think that he had any that could Kamikaze across the atlantic. <<With England gone, the US would have had no stool to stand on>>: Except for Russia 8-) Nifty thing about WWII: we had allies EVERYWHERE. <<have the simplest and most ominous set of instructions on any weapon: "This side toward enemy.">>: I rather liked the RPG in Beverly HIlls Cop II. <<I'd like to meet the guy that invented those>>: The weapon or the instructions? <<what would sevarius prefer for a self-defense weapon?>>: Are we talking about the Gargoyles character or our own CR resident? The former: nasty neurotoxin. The later: definitely the holdout blaster.

Gside: <<why they call it Red Bank>>: Commies? <<Probably puts it in a little hole like most other people>>: Fair enough. <<It's New Hampshire. They're all white up there>>: Then they should leave the sushi to us californians, where we have real asians. <<I'm sure it's possible if you try hard enough>>: But you'd have to...eh, no thanks. <<it probably depends on what you're applying it to>>: No, not really. <<Did it have swirling pleasure beads? Was it microwavable?>>: Why would you want it to be microwaveable? Freezer-safe I understand. Does microwaving do the reverse for plastic? <<Never heard of it like that>>: Neither had any of us. Now we all use the same joke. <<Did she come away with two black eyes? That's because the capilaries pop when they whack away with the chisel>>: If she did, we never saw. Her whole face was bandaged for about 2 weeks. <<But that can always change. But with knowledge at one point, one can project progress at another>>: Give me the benefit of the doubt. <<You could ctrl-alt-del everything else. I favor a clean restart myself>>: No, its windows. You have to reinstall it to get anything to work. <>: Wrong. Close though. <<cheese is serious>>: Only in a few states, and their opinions don't matter much. <<iBrator, anyone?>>: SCSI iBrator 8-) Well, now it'd be firewire.

Okay, sleeptime.

If you do that again, I will be forced to hurt you with extreme prejudice.
-Brain, "Pinky and the Brain"

Josh "Imzadi" Wurzel - [ATkicktothenutsDOTcom]
San Jose, CA, US of A
Tuesday, June 11, 2002 01:28:24 AM
IP: 207.214.211.85

Woo! And here's the link to our Akon costumes, only a week too late to be of ANY use! Thankee, Lain. 8D

Gside><<And I'm still not sure how to get a good enough conflict into the thing. Unless I can find some way to have something go wrong with the treaty renegotion.>> Maybe I can suggest something... I am the KING of conflict. <<The Golden Boy music video? Good stuff there.>> Lain and I are both HEAVILY addicted to it. "Heeeeelllloooooo, baaaaaby!"
<<Though claymores are a type of mine.>> ...And have the simplest and most ominous set of instructions on any weapon: "This side toward enemy." Someday, I'd like to meet the guy that invented those... so I could shake his beautiful, beautiful hand.

And that's all for tonight. Question: what would sevarius prefer for a self-defense weapon? A good holdout blaster, or a nasty nuerotoxin dart thinggummy?
Gunjack "Alive, mostly, a little, maybe" Valentine
Tuesday, June 11, 2002 12:47:18 AM
IP: 172.162.241.247

Spend most of today getting even more familiar with why they call it Red Bank.

Imzadi> <>: Probably puts it in a little hole like most other people.
<<They let a white boy work in a sushi place?>>: It's New Hampshire. They're all white up there.
<<How do you know what Demona tastes like?>>: Popular myth.
<<since you can't really apply KY with your mouth>>: I'm sure it's possible if you try hard enough. And it probably depends on what you're applying it to.
<<She didn't want the ultra pleasure vibe 2000!>>: Did it have swirling pleasure beads? Was it microwavable?
<<not saying much>>: No, but at least it's something.
<<If you say so>>: Oh, I do.
<<my roommate uses "cake" as a euphamism for something else>>: Never heard of it like that.
<<a friend of mine had her nose done>>: Did she come away with two black eyes? That's because the capilaries pop when they whack away with the chisel.
<<What about one fish two fish red fish blue fish?>>: More of a recent thing.
<<I'd bet not, knowing what I know of Niamh>>: But that can always change. But with knowledge at one point, one can project progress at another.

Gunjack> <Sorry for the (month? two month?) delay>: Eh, whatever. Gave me some time to write some more.
<<MORE!>>: Assuming that's not a kneejerk reaction to placate me, nor general support for fanfiction as a whole, there's probably some more already if you saved the file back when, but I do work slowly. And I'm still not sure how to get a good enough conflict into the thing. Unless I can find some way to have something go wrong with the treaty renegotion.
<<returns to watching Chantilly Lace>>: The Golden Boy music video? Good stuff there.

Warpmind> <<how it might be possible to get a bokken previously owned by Miyamoto Musashi>>: Sadly, they've probably all been rotted or burnt 300 years past.
<<a beat trap can be laid out in such a fashion>>: You're trying to capture avian robots?
<>: I wouldn't expect to find a wide enough variety locally, myself.

Lain> <<t would be too easy if it told me WHICH other program it thought was using my scanner, wouldnt it?>>: You could ctrl-alt-del everything else. I favor a clean restart myself.

Aphrodite> <<mpty. Hollow. Space. No connections. Floating. Crashing. Drowning.>>: I predict Imzadi's response will be... !$@# hippies. I prefer !$@# depressive right brainers, myself.

Niamhgold> <<Are you fighting for cheese? Or something serious?>>: Hey, cheese is serious. If we ever get invaded, I'm going up to defend Shelbourne Farms.

Fire Storm> <<One in touch with my asexual side>>: Cosmo is asexual?
<<There is no good in a Hello Kitty vibe!>>: But you see, it goes completely through the side of wrong to become good.
<<Introduce them to the Kama Sutra>>: As Wilek so explicitly pointed out, they're religious zealots. It wouldn't take.
<<There just hasn't been enough Crusades lately, has there?>>: There never are.
<<Tripwire swords? Anything like swordchucks?>>: A bit, but more useful. Anything deadly rigged to a tripwire has its uses. Though claymores are a type of mine.
<<Or Mac, I guess, if you are "That way">>: iBrator, anyone?
<<We shall introduce her to... SEXY LOSERS! And Something Positive!>>: And we mustn't forget Ghastly, now with RRR (instead of DDR).
<<do you count reading comics that are normally in newspapers as reading "On-Line comics?">>: Not really. That's more reading comics on line.
<<Lain is gonna be pissed>>: I think that was the Roshi guy. I don't think Gunjack got any action.
<<BUT I will soon have a garage to work in, so anythings possible>>: I thought you got the house.
<<LM and I recently celebrated out 6th anniversary>>: Congratulations.

Wilek> Woot.
<<Weird NJ, was it?>>: Ayup. weirdnj.com
<<You've done a rather good job of attracting my attention>>: Thank you.

If only I could get the other two power ups for my Chocobo...

Na zdorov'ya.
Gside - [gside@eden.rutgers.edu]
Fair Haven, NJ
Tuesday, June 11, 2002 12:30:29 AM
IP: 68.38.244.145

Dangit, I meant to do so much this summer, and now it's almost up for me... Two weeks in Canada, six sculpting the impressionable minds of campers, and then possibly a little side trip to loverlily California and a roadtrip cross-country back to school.
And I never did that Akon post, either. Drat.

Firestorm><<Oh, no doubt. But the big question in my mind is WHERE. Hitler had aircraft capable of bombing the US, but didn't use them. Would he have gone for DC?>> Ever seen that movie, "Philidelphia Project 2"? ...And what bombers did he have capable of flying across the atlantic, striking a specific target in the US, and then flying back?
Anyway, as for choices of targets... I don't know. Smashing England would be more useful in the short-term, as the last real enemy on the continent. With England gone, the US would have had no stool to stand on.
<<Lain is gonna be pissed...>> Heh, I shoulda explained more carefully... That was the tally for my friend the Skinny Man, who attended as the Kon's only Master Roshi. I spent nearly a day helping him put the costume together, and in return ended up somewhere in the background in every one of a few hundred pictures of him and shapely, scantily-clad women. And then, when we got home, he stole my gunleather. What a friend, eh?
; )
...Anyway, HE'S the one that got the request for the grope. Not that I'm jealous. Cause that's ALLLLLLL the anime he's going to get for the next YEAR, while I'll be swimmin in it! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

*Ahem*

We leave wednesday for New York. The wedding rehearsel is on thursday, and the wedding on Friday. I'm the best man, which means I get to stand there in a VERY nice tux and out-uncomfertable my brother. Poor sod...
Gunjack "Entertaining Angels With MGs" Valentine
Tuesday, June 11, 2002 12:13:46 AM
IP: 172.162.241.247

It's always such a relief to finish a project! Completed a story last night, not fanfic but original smut ... and all this time I always thought Demon Whispers would be the darkest and dirtiest thing I'd ever write. Just shows to go ya, I guess. Anyway, it's done, huzzah, 21,000 words (it never fails to bemuse me when I hear of authors struggling to meet the minimum word requirement of something when I have exactly the opposite problem).

Which means tonight, it's revisions on Truegold. I'd like to have it to my editor before we go on vacation even though it's not slated for release until December. Then revisions on Changeling Moon and another stab at Leisure Books, for hope springs eternal and all that. Then a story for an anthology about pushing the limits of our comfort zones; it creeps me just thinking about it. More zombies for More Flesh. It'd be nice to get in one more fanfic, but with all of this I don't know where I'll find the time.

Sabledrake reminder > the August "villainy" issue is coming up, and we are looking for stories, art, articles, and reviews. Summer always zips by so quick that it's never too early!

Christine - [christine@sabledrake.com]
Tuesday, June 11, 2002 12:02:41 AM
IP: 65.239.62.21

leo>> thankee for the link. youll be happy to know you were more helpful than all of hp tech support combined :P
unfortunately, my scanner still doesnt work.. it cant find the required "hpscnmgr.dll" somethingorother on the windows 98 disk i have. surprise. :P thanks for your effort, though.

FS>> <<Well, it is a good comparison. Except that if push came to shove, my money would be on Hitler to survive>> yeah.. and he had good speaches, too. and could actually string words together in a mostly comprehensable (if psycho) manner..

oh yeah, and all those sirens at 9am this morning that woke me up? that was all because the guy who owns the car dealership RIGHT across the road from where i live climbed up a ladder, strung some rope over a rafter, and hung himself :( i didnt know him but my landladys husband was good friends with him :(

anyway,
love
lain - [<<-- a few vague picture thingies]
Monday, June 10, 2002 11:53:04 PM
IP: 65.92.92.63

Gside> Weird NJ, was it? You've done a rather good job of attracting my attention. >8)

FS> <<And what do these "Red Wings" have to do with octopi?>> Oh? <reminds self to check this out> <<One in touch with my asexual side.>> If you were that asexual, you could see the logic in my little heresy. ;) <<There is no good in a Hello Kitty vibe!>> But it's such a very nice way of frelling with people's minds. <<Na. Introduce them to the Kama Sutra.>> Oh? Let's trace that thread, shall we?
Some unlucky traveler gates back to the time of the Puritans and shows them the document in question. He is hanged or burned at the stake for his troubles, along with his book. But one heretical elder secretly defects from the colony and flees west, taking with him what he can remember of the material, and infects with it the local Native tribes, forming at best a following and at worst a cult. The movement becomes popular, as true absurdities always do, and eventually infects settlers from the East. The shocked scholars discover that their practices seem to be a distorted version of an ancient Hindu text, resulting in theories that travelers from India had crossed the Atlantic, or perhaps Pacific, long before anyone from Europe. This does to archeoethnology roughly what thalidomide would do to a human fetus. The intellects of the American people are thrown off kilter by hedonism and misinformation long before those of our own track, resulting in technological and intellectual stagnance. The time becomes ripe for a visionary dictator in then-nascent Communist Russia to swoop in and devastate America's mentally slow, bloated populace and take office by force, turning America into a brutal, hierarchistic military dictatorship. Like most dictatorships, it tears itself apart from within, leaving America a post-apocalyptic anarchy.
All for the want of a horseshoe nail. <chuckles evilly>
<<Blasphemy. It shall always be IEEE 1394!>> What does it matter, really? Is it still the same cable/standard/whateverthefrell? <<"Dangling parts" and the CPU cooling fans...>> Which thought warms my heart as if I had swallowed the sun itself. It rocks almost as much as those Sailor Moon sumo wrestlers. ^_^ <<That reminds me of something... when we were looking for a house, I came across one that had a room with wood on all 6 sides (ceiling and floor) with a Freemasons symbol in the ceiling. It was just... weird. The basement had about 4 oddly shaped rooms in it. Needless to say, we did NOT put a bid in on that house!>> CoooOOOOOOoooOoOOOoOOl... I want! ^_^ <<BUT I will soon have a garage to work in, so anythings possible.>> [Wilek consults with his time traveling hacker...]

There any Xanatos fans here who take commissions? Cause I have a project in mind. ^_^
Wilek
Monday, June 10, 2002 10:27:55 PM
IP: 216.65.106.130

Hey, I keep hearing all this talk about some "Red Wings" on the radio. Anyone know what's up with that? And what do these "Red Wings" have to do with octopi?

TGS Season 4: Oh, it's been out for quite some time. We just prefer to keep it distributed privately so that newbies (I call them "Fresh Meat") get annoyed.
Now, if you want to get on the list, send me large sums of money. Money is always good! ;)

Green Baron: <Well, it may not be virgins you prefer. Infants are virgins and you like infants with a toucj of white wine sauce>
Ah, to quote the immortal Olaf: "Do they have babies?"

Gside: <You read Cosmo? What kind of xenomorph are you?>
One in touch with my asexual side.
<At least you know they have a good selection>
Vast selection, maybe. GOOD, though? There is no good in a Hello Kitty vibe!
<What say we go back and kill all the Puritans?>
Na. Introduce them to the Kama Sutra.

There just hasn't been enough Crusades lately, has there?
<And you might have competition from Fire Storm.>
Hey, I welcome competition... makes it so I don't have to do ALL the work. Just rip off someone else's design! (That IS the biggest part. Getting someone to sculpt or 3d model a anatomically correct Demona)
<tripwire claymores>
Tripwire swords? Anything like swordchucks?

Imzadi: <Know what would make me really want this service? If they painted my house>
Well, I am sure if you asked, they might.
<A man needs a maid.>
Well, here you go! A perfect job for the Naked Maid service!
<As if Java were actually a programming language>
I know! BUT I still want a few post-card Java servers... just because.
<Do I really want to know? Is the armpit an erogenous zone I was previously unaware of?>
Absolutely! Tickling makes women all squirmy, and that is always nice!
<"how the hell does a computer make an orifice?">
Well, I have seen people actually trying to make sexual devices like that to hook up to a PC (Or Mac, I guess, if you are "That way")
<Really, what are the odds of that?>
50/50
<In other news, the 1394 Trade Association has officially licensed "Firewire" from Apple>
Blasphemy. It shall always be IEEE 1394!

Oh, come on! Haven't you ever seen the way he looks at Goring?
<You are so obviously trying to start a flame war>
Well, you have to admit, there are some admirable qualities about him. How many people could make so many people follow him absolutely?

Warpmind: 
Thankfully. Too many sharp edges, and I don't want to think about your, how do I put it... "Dangling parts" and the CPU cooling fans...

Aaron: <And pretty soon, you'll be just like FS and me. Save yourself while there's still time!>
NO! Bring her over to the DARK SIDE of the comics! We shall introduce her to... SEXY LOSERS! And Something Positive!
<Damn, that is a big gun>
If you can still mount it on a mobile vehicle, it's still too small.
Say... do you count reading comics that are normally in newspapers as reading "On-Line comics?"
<we're all just ants in his ant farm, and he's coming with the hose and the magnifying glass>
That so reminds me of work... God, I love messing with people's heads!
<I'm calmer now. See the smile? Much calmer now.>
A SMILE?!?!? *OH MY GOD! HEAD FOR THE HILLS! HE'S GONNA BLOW!*

Gunjack: <If hitler had had nukes, he would have used them>
Oh, no doubt. But the big question in my mind is WHERE. Hitler had aircraft capable of bombing the US, but didn't use them.
Would he have gone for DC?
<1 GROPE, at the female's request>
Lain is gonna be pissed...

Christine: <a sterling silver Illuminati ring, eh? LOL>
That reminds me of something... when we were looking for a house, I came across one that had a room with wood on all 6 sides (ceiling and floor) with a Freemasons symbol in the ceiling. It was just... weird.
The basement had about 4 oddly shaped rooms in it. Needless to say, we did NOT put a bid in on that house!

Lain: <let me point out that im *NOT* (in case you mised that.. NOT NOT NOT) trying to draw a comparison between bush and hitler>
Well, it is a good comparison. Except that if push came to shove, my money would be on Hitler to survive.

Spacebabie: <Quick poll. Which commercials are more annoying>
Hmm... Dell Dude.

Aingeal: <I'm sick of KY>
Well, you knew you would get a few jokes out of that one, didn't you?

Wilek: <Oh FS? How's the Demona Love Droid project coming along?>
Under funded, understaffed, lack of time...
BUT I will soon have a garage to work in, so anythings possible.

Relationship thing: One thing makes me wish I was still dating. Imagine the look on someone's face when I "get ready" and I put on a bib and pull out a bottle of BBQ sauce!

Yet another relationship thing: LM and I recently celebrated out 6th anniversary!
Supreme Tape Measure Fire Storm
Monday, June 10, 2002 08:07:00 PM
IP: 216.254.103.139

Just want to recommend Ellen Stolfa's newest fiction, "Sword of Justice" -- newly posted on the GFW

Very excellent in plot, characterizations, and some extraodinarily steamy scenes. Rated R, for mature themes, the third segment has both an edited R version, and the unedited NC17 version that will absolutely knock your socks off.

A must for Thailog fans.

This fan fiction has an intense, hard hitting police/detective/suspense detail driven plot with excellent use of all our favorite characters. It's a full fledged Gargoyles novel, and I can't sing it's praises high enough.

Read it.

Mooncat
>^,,^<
Mooncat
Monday, June 10, 2002 07:40:35 PM
IP: 65.30.27.68

Greetings;

There is probably little substance to this, but I thought I should mention it.

A friend of mine was hired by Disney (one of its subsidiaries actually) about a year ago as an animator. He recently came home for a visit and happened to mention that there was talk about bringing some of Disney's cartoons out on DVD. The titles that he mentioned were ones like Gummy Bears and Duck tails, as well as a bunch of the older Mickey Mouse, D. Duck ect. shorts from the past. No mention of Gargoyles, or if the show releaced would be complete series, or just a piecemeal collection of episodes.

I can only expect that stuff like this gets "talked" about quite often, and as my friend is just a small cog in the Juggernaught that is Disney, I would not put much faith in his predictions, but it's nice to know that some people at Disney are looking in this direction.

Yggdrasil

Yggdrasil - [eng050599@hotmail.com]
Ontario, Canada
Monday, June 10, 2002 05:52:56 PM
IP: 129.97.24.45

**Niamhgold enters**

Boring day at work, in a good way. This year, the phones can't go dead while the boss is away ;)

Two quick thingies:

Revel: Ooh, I very much like the pics. I'm a big fan of lens flares ;) I'll be sure to read the fics when I'm not working ;)

"Not-so-luminous" Aphrodite: Not to be b!tchy or anything...but if you're going to post poetic-rhetorical questions, you're not going to get any answers. Could you be more specific? Are you fighting for cheese? Or something serious?

Whoo, almost done with the work-day!
Adios
Niamhgold
Monday, June 10, 2002 04:51:04 PM
IP: 12.160.193.214

lain: about your scanner problem.

click the link on my name.
Leo
Monday, June 10, 2002 04:11:28 PM
IP: 172.168.152.247

If you wish to keep something, you have to fight for it, am I right? *If something is in danger of being lost I mean you usually go forth and fight to retain it, right?*
Aphrodite
Monday, June 10, 2002 03:57:18 PM
IP: 67.201.162.34

*Enters*Sits on Floor*
Empty. Hollow. Space.
No connections.
Floating. Crashing. Drowning.
Not-So-Luminous Aphrodite
MD
Monday, June 10, 2002 03:53:44 PM
IP: 67.201.162.34

AAAK!!! THE FLAME THE FLAME!!!!

musta hit the wrong button.. never done THAT before :P

oh well..
lain
Monday, June 10, 2002 03:46:47 PM
IP: 65.92.90.115

josh>> <<Now now, not everyone can be as interesting as you>> interesting? no, i wouldnt go that far :P

so yeah. my scanner doesnt work. it gives me an error message saying "sorry, cannot access your scanner. your scanner is currently being accessed by another application. please wait for the other application to finish or close it to allow HP precisionscan to access. would you like to run precisionscan without the scanner?" (what the hell good would THAT do..?? and.. it would be too easy if it told me WHICH other program it thought was using my scanner, wouldnt it?)

so.. i figure to myself, lets go get some tech support, that cant be too difficult, can it? so off to the hewlett packard website i go. i find all the tech support pages. yay me. i check out the web based troubleshooting page for the scanner i have. but it doesnt list my particular error message. so i go hunting for phone numbers. naturally, they all say "united states only." next stop, the listings of ALL phone numbers worldwide. i click on "north america" and "go" and it takes me to "Not Found (404) Original request: /sdcnav/jsp/sdreglist.jsp Not found request: /sdcnav/jsp/sdreglist.jsp" very helpful indeed. so its off to the old fashioned way, the phonebook. i call the local number. just cos it says "hewlett packard tech support" in the phone book doesnt mean it actually *IS* hewlett packard tech support, however. theyre just the guys who tell you the big long distance number to call. so i call it. they give me options. i stay on the line, cos i have a rotary dial phone. then some lady comes on the line, wants my phone number and name and address (for what, pray tell, do they need that?) then she says she cant help me and that i have to go out and phone the number again, and tells me which keys to press. "well," i say, "i have a rotary phone." "oh," she says, "well, i can TRY to transfer you, but it usually hangs up." great. well, as luck would have it, the phone didnt hang up when she transferred me. i got about a minute of really annoyingly peppy phone muzak and then this guy on the line. he also wants my name, phone number, street address and post code. i have to tell him three times and he takes forever to put it into the computer. then, he askes what i need support for. i say "my scanner. its a scanjet 5100c" he clicks around on the computer and says, "oh, thats not a scanner, thats a printer." i say, "funny, looks like a scanner to me.." so he eventually finds it. asks me for the serial number, which i give. then he says, "oh, im sorry, that product is out of warranty. this call will cost you 35$." i said, "screw that, i dont even OWN 35$" then he said "you can get free tech support off the website."
right.. why does he think im CALLING HIM IN THE FIRST PLACE?! gah, what an idiot. what a stupid webpage. what a really dumb company. see if i ever buy THEIR products again, the bastards.

so in conclusion, i am a good deal more pissed off - and my scanner still doesnt work. great, eh?

yesterday, i biked to work for 2 hours because i literally couldnt even afford the bus fare. noone else came to work, so i didnt get a break. which really sucked cos it was hot out and i drank a lot before biking and i really had to wee about halfway through the day. the university owes me money. they say the cheque is "in the mail." it was supposed to be here LAST MONTH. whats WRONG with people, i mean, HONESTLY. maybe im just having a few really bad days. whats the betting the food bank isnt open when i go?

patrick>> <<re: miss piggy and bacon>> anyone else remember this commercial from awhile back.. had this big cow singing "you know the only one for meeee YEAH! could ever be youuu HUH!!" he was singing about hp sauce. it was funny. yeah, anyway. :P

thanks to my non-scanner, i could only put 5 pictures on my webbysite. thats too bad, really, cos i drew a really kickass one yesterday while hopping up and down with crossing my legs and being really bored at work. i mean, not that im bitter or anything. nooo.

*wanders off to snoop around revels site*
lain
Monday, June 10, 2002 03:45:51 PM
IP: 65.92.90.115

*Self Promo*

New update to site, no new story yet, still beating out the ends of what the hell I'm doing but lots of new art and some older stuff because I added a sketch section since I find some of the most interesting things I draw are on scraps of paper or school notes. Also made it to where a view can know what type of medium it is before clicking on it. Too crappy a site for thumbnails still though :(

*End*

Revel - [<<---------Click!!]
Monday, June 10, 2002 12:28:31 PM
IP: 172.140.54.133

*Warpmind strolls in, wondering how it might be possible to get a bokken previously owned by Miyamoto Musashi...*
Heyo, everyone.

Christine: Hey, a hundred grand for a Fantasy setting is sufficient motivation for ME to waste a bit of spare time. Especially since spare time seems to be just about the only kind of time I have on my hands these days... ;) And, yes, I do read the fine print...

DPH: To give a stupid answer to your stupid question: Very, Very Carefully. ;) But seriously, there are landmines that only react to direct impacts. And to my knowledge, this means that a beat trap can be laid out in such a fashion that it rests AROUND the mine's pressure plate... you see?

Gside: I don't bother mail ordering DVDs. When I get DVDs, they're mostly impulse purchases, anyway. (Such as the Magic Woman M DVD... or the ReBoot DVD I got...)

Josh: Low-power landmines? Won't take your leg completely off, but might rend most of the flesh off the bones? }:)

Well, that about concludes my post. Later on, everyone. *Goes off to revise - again - the Fantasy setting groundwork...*
Warpmind de InzanE - [warpmind@hotmail.com]
Middle, Nowhere, Norway
Monday, June 10, 2002 09:56:54 AM
IP: 193.217.178.51

Gside - Sorry for the (month? two month?) delay. I dropped the file into my stories folder, and never heard from it again until a few days ago.

That said, here are my conlusions.

MORE! MOREMOREMOREMOREMOREMOREMOREMOREMOREMORE!!!

*Bangs on table like man posessed, and then returns to watching Chantilly Lace and scrapping the orange safety paint off his USP*
V
Monday, June 10, 2002 03:01:08 AM
IP: 172.193.12.25

Spent most of today in Berkeley. It was quite nice. Had lunch and hung out in the Telegraph area with my friend Danny, had lunch in one of my favorite little holes-in-the-wall, and picked up a birthday present for a friend.

Best part of Berkeley: free net access, and DSL to boot 8-)

Went to Malibu Grand Prix today. For those who don't know, its a place where pre-licensed youths can test their racing fantasies in autopia-style cars. Much fun to be had, despite being nearly 21. We got to drive the adult-only cars...they go fast!

Spacebabie: <>: Thanks. <<Not even Brillo and holy water?>>: Not even that. The church is proof. <<Quoting me now?>>: No, quoting my mac. <<Sounds like what my bother does at his unit>>: I don't want to know what your brother does with his unit. <<Do you get to play with colored blocks too?>>: Technically, yes. <>: I'm sure. <<I’m picturing you with a little tape recorder ala Norm McDonald>>: Sort of, except not as rich 8-)

Niamhgold: <<what a week, and the start of an even longer one>>: I feel your pain. If work doesn't pick up, the novelty of being a intern wears off and I'll be even more bored. <<I'm running the NCG office until the 18th>>: Go you! <<it gives me a variety of things to do, so my hands don't start aching ;)>>: Umm... <<a *very* decent hourly wage *plus tips* whoo>>: I hate you. I want tips. <<I'll finally have my birthday on friday>>: As if you had to wait more than 365 days for it? <<Although I have to work the two jobs that night>>: That sucks. <<my fam's taking me for sushi this thursday>>: I am so glad I got you hooked on that. <<Nice place where my brother works>>: They let a white boy work in a sushi place? <<Blah>>: A'ight blah? <<speaking in terms other than taste>>: How do you know what Demona tastes like? <<she's blue>>: Most fish aren't blue. <>: Then you're the a$$hole who keeps spamming me about University Diplomas! <<Does KY come in flavors?>>: That implies that its enterting the mouth after being used (since you can't really apply KY with your mouth). <<Was that the first day of the rest of your life?>>: Isn't that everyday? <<I'm sure there'll be havoc when they fix that>>: Likely. There's no internal security 8-) <<make something that can blow up NH>>: Not while you're there. Maybe after August 20th. <<There would be a market for that, dammit>>: Only in porn. <<If you're going to be immortal, you'd better start planning now for everything you want to do with your ever-life>>: Nah. Then I wouldn't care how boring my job was. <<I'm going to use your comment to convince my parents that I need one, too ;) What size?>>: ::calls Niamh's parents:: "She didn't want the ultra pleasure vibe 2000! Quick, take it back!" <<wonder who the rooster would be?>>: That would be the only one that sticks out his chest 8-)

Lain: Now now, not everyone can be as interesting as you. Except for me.

Jaden: <<Because sometimes I feel like such an idiot>>: How'd you know that would be my response to running 8 miles?

Gside: <<the demi sciences placed easily above hippieville>>: not saying much. <<That was your mother>>: If you say so. <<Perhaps I respect cake too much>>: Ah...my roommate uses "cake" as a euphamism for something else. <<Nosejobs are also quite fun>>: Yeah, a friend of mine had her nose done...it was ugly. And gross. <>: What about one fish two fish red fish blue fish? <<you do learn an actual marketable skill>>: True. <<You know this from personal experience, do you?>>: I'd bet not, knowing what I know of Niamh.

Okay, time for much needed sleep.

Linux is only free if your time is worthless.
-hyoo, slashdot.org

Josh "Imzadi" Wurzel - [@kicktothenutsDOTcom]
San Jose, CA, US of A
Monday, June 10, 2002 02:21:18 AM
IP: 207.214.211.214

Imzadi> <<Yes they are. Math is good>>: Absolutely, but there is still a gradient here, with the demi sciences placed easily above hippieville.
<<Moo. That's the sound she made last nigh>>: No, I think you're confused. That was your mother.
<<So make one up>>: It wasn't coming to me. Perhaps I respect cake too much.
<<OUCH>>: Yeah. First they saw off the ball of the femur. Then they get a large knobbed spike, and whack it down the femur. Nosejobs are also quite fun.

Spacebabie> <<Just hit print and lay down while it prints up>>: But that's still a heap of paper for a good sized story (not to mention the price of ink), and I've been trained not to waste.

Niamhgold> <<she fits the duality symbol of the pisces>>: I thought duality was more of Gemini's thing.
<<How about for a better grade?>>: I was already doing quite well, thank you. Besides, he's my father.
<<benefit for the artist...I get a real degree and I can *make* one!>>: Well, you do learn an actual marketable skill.
<<I'm sure it doesn't taste much differently than spermicidal lubrications, being water-based and all>>: You know this from personal experience, do you?
<<Does KY come in flavors?>>: I don't believe KY itself has flavors, but there are other brands that do. I belive Wet is the name of one.
<<wonder who the rooster would be?>>: Snake's also easy, unless you want to stay with the mains. And have you heard the story about the missing year of the cat?

And now I flip you The Bird. Oh Oh, My My, Oh Oh, by Charlie Parker.

Na zdorov'ya.
Gside - [gside@eden.rutgers.edu]
Fair Haven, NJ
Monday, June 10, 2002 12:01:35 AM
IP: 68.38.244.145

OW! I just ran 8 miles and I'm a just a little sore.

Imzadi- Because sometimes I feel like such an idiot.

Christine- Glad to hear that Becca is doing well. You know I still can't get over the fact that it takes till almost 10 pm before it gets completely dark.

Later.
Jaden - [jaden1444@aol.com]
Sunday, June 9, 2002 11:43:48 PM
IP: 172.194.116.161

*snores*

lain
Sunday, June 9, 2002 07:12:22 PM
IP: 65.92.88.25

** Niamhgold enters **

Whoo, what a week, and the start of an even longer one. Today's my first day off in about eight days, and it'll be like that again next week. I'm running the NCG office until the 18th (when the boss gets back from Minnesota/NY), and so I'll be heading up client luncheons, print runs, and loads of other (not so fun) crap. But, it gives me a variety of things to do, so my hands don't start aching ;) Then on Friday and Saturday I have my waitressing job--which I tried last night, and it's very nice. All the free Italian food I can bring home, and I did--zeppoles, pizza, manicotti, and antipasto with cannolis ;)--and a *very* decent hourly wage *plus tips* whoo!

And I'm happy I'll finally have my birthday on friday. Although I have to work the two jobs that night, my fam's taking me for sushi this thursday. Nice place where my brother works, so discounted great sushi with no guilt attached!

Grr, but still have the schoolwork to finish for this summer. Finished a ferocious crab. Now I'll be illustrating a story, which will, at my choice, require 3D max. Gotta get myself back into that program...

That silly Cyc program can stop sucking up our federal funding. If I get so emotionally detached that I need a computer to bring me closer to mankind, then we can trade forms and *I* can become the machine ;)

Blah. Anyways, replies!

Christine: <Which means that if all goes well, she will be all fixed up the exact day before we're due to leave for our vacation. She'll be able to go swimming. Mercy for that!> That's great! From what I've seen/heard, she seems like a tough kid. She'd probably, even with a cast thing, still be able to tie a plastic bag around it and float in an inner tube for a while (not that I'm talking from personal experience or anything... ;)) <One per quarter! Woo! (pff ... I don't know if even I could keep up that pace for long> But it's something you love to do, so you'll make time for it, I'm sure :) Congrats!

Gside: <Very nice. But how is Demona a fish? Other than taste.> Hehe. Well, speaking in terms other than taste, she's blue, and she fits the duality symbol of the pisces. Or so my mother believes. <You had another deal for ice cream, chocolate, and sex, right? How about from me?> Whoa. How about for a better grade? Van Halen-ize it. <<<Try getting a real degree>>: Been there, said that> And, benefit for the artist...I get a real degree and I can *make* one! <I'd imagine there'd be an unpleasant aftertaste> Actually, I'm sure it doesn't taste much differently than spermicidal lubrications, being water-based and all ;) <Many parts of hell are quite cold> Probably in my hell, yeah. <Anything where you tase it> Unless the flavor of something else is cancelling it out. I think this conversation can be appropriately meshed with the Demona-tastes-like-a-fish comment. Does KY come in flavors?

Imzadi: <After 8 hours, I don't have a clue what it is I'm doing this summer> Was that the first day of the rest of your life? Hehehe. Well, I'm sure there'll be havoc when they fix that. <Guess which ones? Hint: people in this room have affectionately referred to their populations as "sand monkeys".> Well, that supplies me with *one* country (or area), and I'm guessing we're not worried about the Australians. <We also made airbags> Well, now...who passed and who failed? All we got to do was making Christmas tree ornaments with various concoctions. <No, it makes you eighth> And apparently, wrong. Ooh, ooh, make something that can blow up NH!!!!!!!!! <Geez, this room sucks today. I blame you all, since I was at work all day> I avert the blame, and I'll continue trying to discover if KY comes in flavors. There would be a market for that, dammit! <I'm gonna one well-paid very bored person> If you're going to be immortal, you'd better start planning now for everything you want to do with your ever-life ;)

Luminous Aphrodite: <As for the rest of the room: good luck on staying sane this summer> I'm posting here. That should say enough ;)

Mandolin: <Okay, I have the urge to gush. I love my Dad. He gave me my birthday present 6 weeks early: A WACOM TABLET!! This thing ROCKS! I have NO HAND PAIN WHATSOEVER when using it!> Ooh, another RSI contingent? Well, I'm going to use your comment to convince my parents that I need one, too ;) What size? <*sigh* Now if I could only get something similar at work...> Tell them you'll file for worker's comp otherwise ;)

Spacebabie: <Love the Zodiac,> Thank you very much :) <but wouldn’t Leo make a better Leo?> I thought of that, and Taurus, of course, as the bull...but they aren't central characters. After I made Brooklyn (at first I was thinking, scrap it, do all of the gargs/humans nude like *real* ancient art ;)), I just decided to stick with the originals. And I wanted Puck and Owen for myself ;) <Ever thought of doing the Chinese Zodiac?> Maybe next year...dog's obvious, wonder who the rooster would be? ;) <She also gets wierded out by that one commercial with the woman dancing all freaky in the car> Yeah, my mom decided to hate that commercial. Until she watched the video to the song on MTV. Now, of course, she's choreographing to it. Blah, competetive ;)

Okay, stuff to do, need to sleep. Work tomorrow.
Adios!

Niamhgold
Sunday, June 9, 2002 12:36:51 PM
IP: 12.110.135.151

It may've been me going on about Donald and Daffy and their weirdly creepy fondness for roast fowl, because it's something that I've been noticing for years.

Christine - [christine@sabledrake.com]
Sunday, June 9, 2002 12:20:40 PM
IP: 65.239.13.63

I am queasy as I type this.
I don't know why all I had to eat was one lil waffle, barly any syrup and Promise instead of butter.

Oh well if I throw up, my muse will give me ideas.

The new Denny's commercial, Yikes I didn't realize that until now.

My favorite commerical now is the Mountain Dew one with the car flipping in the air and "Crawling in the Dark" playing in the background.
<<<Well, Math classes always sucked anyway.>>>I some decent math teachers.<<<Looking forward to your progress on that at G2002.>>>Okay I’ll try.<<<nothing washes away evil.>>> Not even Brillo and holy water?<<<Ron Howard should not be allowed to make movies.>>>To quote Boton “Bingo”<<<Would Sauron even want it back after it's been... er, down there?>>>He wouldn’t care, he’s pure evil.<<<Burning every copy of that stupid movie in a big bonfire with Ron Howard and Russel Crowe in the center has just become my new dream. >>> Can I roast marshmellows on that fire?<<<Happy now? >>>Yes

Coyote<<<Virginia Beach>>>It’s Williamsburg

Gside<<<Takes time, paper, and ink.>>> Just hit print and lay down while it prints up.

Josh<<<Eep!>>> Quoting me now?<<<Of course, it was totally mind-numbing and not interesting in any way, and it only took me an hour. But it was *real* work.>>>Sounds like what my bother does at his unit. Do you get to play with colored blocks too?<<<Sorry about the weird formatting yesterday.>>>I was wondering.<<<You mean they actually gave it to the movie that deserved it?>>>Yup<<<Just out of curiosity, which movies *did* win those categories? >>>Best Fight: Rush Hour2 Best Villian Denzel in Training day.<<<Damn french chicks. >>>I don’t have a filthy drop of French blood with in me. My grandfather changed the “o” in Leandro into an E…It’s a Portugese name.<<>>I’ve been scaring him in the main Station 8 comment room.<<>> I like people who are cool.<<<Just make sure someone in the CR gets pics, k?>>> Don’t worry they will.<<<Note to self: never order from that chinese place again. >>>I’m picturing you with a little tape recorder ala Norm McDonald.
Spacebabie - [LadyAndromeda@smstars.zzn.com]
Orlando, Florida, U.S.A
Sunday, June 9, 2002 11:46:59 AM
IP: 67.24.92.92

Note to self: never order from that chinese place again.

I was supposed to go to a BBQ at my roommate's today, but he cancelled it. Oh well. I finished the third harry potter book, it rocked. Have to get my hands on the 4th. Have 5 and 6 been written yet?

Oh well, I guess I'll start the LotR trilogy in the meantime.

I drove up to Berkeley tonight to pick up mail, pay bills, drop off stuff, etc. Decided to spend the night with my high speed connection. No pun intended. It's nice being back in a big bed again, with access to all the cooking implements I don't have at San Jose.

Greg: <<sex and parking are two things I never intend to pay for>>: Never come to the bay area. <<sex and parking are two things I never intend to pay for>>: Sure thing. And I'll charge interest the way my roommate does. <<I'm sure there must have been at least one class you could not focus in>>: Yeah, you're right. <<most fantasy, D&D included, ripped off Tolkien, and did a poor job of hiding it>>: That doesn't mean anything. It still doesn't mean there's anything special about an insane wizard. Its been done to death in movies. <<just you wait until "The Two Towers" this winter, he's going to be awesome in that one>>: I have no doubt. Maybe I should read those books so I know what to expect 8-)

Warpmind: <<the bear traps could be placed on TOP of the mines>>: Too painless. The whole idea is to put them in excruciating pain...and then you're just gonna blow them up? Bah.

Christine: <<bent-over nails>>: I think they call them pins instead to soften the psychological damage they'd do to us otherwise ;-)

DPH: <<how you lay the bear traps on top of the landmines without setting the landmines off?>>: They don't have to be pressure-sensitive land mines. <<That's why I have trouble imagining a world where there are 3 dominant operating systems (3 different companies) with each one occupying about 30% market share>>: Its perfectly feasible. There are already many different operating systems, each with its own strengths and weaknesses. People use one or the other because they prefer its strengths to another's weaknesses. <>: And yet your taxpayer dollars are spent on thousands of seat licenses every year. <<I'm off to reboot my computer in order to keep the operating system mildly stable>>: And yet you still use it. I will never understand this. My tower panicks *maybe* once every few months, while my iBook has *never* panicked.

Patrick: <<Is it just me, or is there something strangely twisted about the new Denny's commercial featuring Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy, in which she orders a Grand Slam Breakfast with BACON and SAUSAGE? That's just wrong, IMO>>>: I agree. Very wrong. Then again, at camp we feed all the leftovers to the pigs...which includes pork.

Revel: <<despite the rumors I am still alive>>: There were rumors?! Why am I always the last to hear everything!?

Todd: <<how would Brooklyn respond towards that figure? (Probably not very well>>: I'm sure he'd have some sarcastic remark, but probably wouldn't think much of it. Broadway is the one who'd be nitpicking his action figure.

Gside: <<Social studies could lead to social sciences which aren't that bad>>: Yes they are. Math is good. <<part of the point is which came first>>: D&D came before LotR: the movie. Therefore, insane wizards are tired. <<What did you say about my mother>>: Moo. That's the sound she made last night. <>: Only some. <<I'm sure there is a yo mama joke I could make here, but I can't find it>>: So make one up. <<never watch a hip replacement. They bring out the hammers>>: OUCH. <<If the three dominants already exist, then there would be enough demand to develop for all platforms>>: Good point. Now if only Mac OS can jump to 30%. Nah, I think 10-15% would be sufficient for companies to re-think developing for it.

Okay, time to crash.

A witty saying proves nothing.
-Voltaire

Josh "Imzadi" Wurzel - [ATkicktothenutsDOTcom]
Berkeley, CA, US of A
Sunday, June 9, 2002 03:51:26 AM
IP: 64.165.202.223

Imzadi> <<You're one of those hippies, aren't you?>>: Well, Social studies could lead to social sciences which aren't that bad.
<<There's nothing creative or brilliant or original about an insane wizard. Trust me, I've played D&D>>: But part of the point is which came first. But it appears you already know that.
<<Damn french chicks>>: What did you say about my mother?
<>: Yeah, that's my job.
<<And hate things that are slow and stupid. Like Java. And Blondes>>: I thought blondes were quick and easy.

Greg> <<How does that make me a hippie?>>: They weren't any of the real courses.

Warpmind> <>: Ah, I thought you had mail ordered it.
<<As for the cake - my mother baked it. She makes good cake>>: I'm sure there is a yo mama joke I could make here, but I can't find it.

Christine> <<it was these honking bent-over nails poking out of the boy's elbow>>: And you thought surgery was a delicate thing. Some advice: never watch a hip replacement. They bring out the hammers.

DPH> <<how you lay the bear traps on top of the landmines without setting the landmines off?>>: Depends on what kind of landmine it is. Is it pressure release, tripwire claymores, or what?
<<That's why I have trouble imagining a world where there are 3 dominant operating systems>>: If the three dominants already exist, then there would be enough demand to develop for all platforms.

Na zdorov'ya.
Gside - [gside@eden.rutgers.edu]
Fair Haven, NJ
Sunday, June 9, 2002 12:52:11 AM
IP: 68.38.244.145

10th!!
Yooper
MI
Sunday, June 9, 2002 12:36:09 AM
IP: 208.4.94.58

TENTH!
Fire Storm and Lady Mystic
Sunday, June 9, 2002 12:35:36 AM
IP: 216.254.103.139

9th.
Leo
Sunday, June 9, 2002 12:26:05 AM
IP: 172.151.188.142

8th.
Na zdorov'ya.
Gside - [gside@eden.rutgers.edu]
Fair Haven, NJ
Sunday, June 9, 2002 12:21:10 AM
IP: 68.38.244.145

Top 10?
DPH
AR, USA
Sunday, June 9, 2002 12:20:57 AM
IP: 204.94.193.37

Six!

:: passes out ::
Patrick Toman
Sunday, June 9, 2002 12:19:51 AM
IP: 67.38.249.254

Five?
Gunjack Valentine
Sunday, June 9, 2002 12:18:32 AM
IP: 172.154.15.51

FOUR!!!!! WHEEE!
lain
Sunday, June 9, 2002 12:17:18 AM
IP: 65.92.88.25

And three shall be the number of the counting
Josh
Sunday, June 9, 2002 12:13:32 AM
IP: 64.165.202.223

Second

Time for sleepy...
Spacebabie
Sunday, June 9, 2002 12:10:30 AM
IP: 64.0.99.233

First!
Todd Jensen
Sunday, June 9, 2002 12:07:11 AM
IP: 65.56.170.123