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Looking at the complete title:"Wilbur's great adventure" I wouldn't be surprised if it were a rip of "Babe 2"

Have a look at the director's (Mario Piluso's) resume.
Leo - [<-Filmography of Mario Piluso]
Sunday, March 16, 2003 01:22:09 PM
IP: 68.96.8.12

There's going to be a "Charlotte's Web 2"? WTF!!!!

Let's see...

I can think of a couple predictable generic plot lines.

"Next Generation": featuring "Jefery" and the three spider children of charlotte that didn't climb up the fence post and fly avay. Wilber will be the spiders' mentor. :b

"Role reversal": An aging Wilbur is mentor to to one of the new farm animals. Wilbur dies at the end. >:D

Of course there have to be a few "happy hapy" songs about life thrown in for no good reason other that the original had them.
Leo
Sunday, March 16, 2003 01:11:22 PM
IP: 68.96.8.12

Hey, every-body! :)

This joint post comes to you from the beautiful (and nice and warm) city of Tucson, where I landed last night! It's been a really good trip thus far, and I haven't even been here a full day yet! (in other words, all my flights arrived early. Gotta love NWA and Continental!) :)

**gets playfully wrestled away from the console by Ravyn**

We're going to get our week together started off right ... with baseball today. That is, if the weather holds out ... hope it does ...

**gets sneaked up on by Coyote**

Anyway ... this is gonna be the most awesome week imaginable. That's all I have to say about that. :)

**runs off with Ravyn, skipping out the door**
Coyote and Ravyn
Tucson, Arizona
Sunday, March 16, 2003 12:08:45 PM
IP: 150.135.118.252

I meant "under the usual adress"...
Tribun
Sunday, March 16, 2003 09:48:03 AM
IP: 62.214.38.143

Stephen>As for the zero feedback to your first issue, there is a simple explanation:
Most people didn't even know, that there was a new issue. Lust look at the facts. It wasn't under the unsual address and was only announced here in the forum. No wonder it wasn't even recognized. For feddback and support I would suggest, that you should try to reach the people responsiple for the AVM-site and garg-fans.org and:
1. re-publish your first issue in the usual AVM-Place (moste people would look there) or at last that your issue is linked with that page.
2.Your issuea should be in the AVM-archive of garg-fans.org and there should be big fat letters on the front AVM-page when the next issue is going to be published.
3.There really should be also a big announcement at the gargoyles-fans.org Mainpage.

This would for sure make things for the better.

Leo> <<Careful, that's not something you should joke about in front of a German, unless you know for certain that person won't be offended>>
Completly true, Leo. I would be geatly offended. If somebody dares to associate me with the head-shaved brown scum, I would at once want a apology from him for that.
Tribun - [joachim_henkel@gmx.net]
Luebeck, SH, Germany
Sunday, March 16, 2003 09:46:15 AM
IP: 62.214.38.143

Both Josh and Tribun are kind of right though. The EU is shockingly undemocratic, led as it is by a self-serving political clique that prefers to operate behind closed doors, creating reams of often arbitrary bureaucracy. Any attempts to question the exact benefits that this pernickety socialist monolith actually gives us (very few indeed) are decried as nationalistic or, conversely, damaging to national interest. But I ask you – and this is a real example of the EU in action – what country really needs an international body to co-ordinate the gaps between ladder rungs?
Ed - [ed@steelclaw.org]
London, England
Sunday, March 16, 2003 08:34:49 AM
IP: 213.187.48.20

Josh:<< "Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuhrer" hehehehe >> Careful, that's not something you should joke about in front of a German, unless you know for certain that person won't be offended.

Leo
Sunday, March 16, 2003 07:06:51 AM
IP: 68.96.8.12

Little bit of studying for my Renaissance Engineers (a history course, believe it or not) midterm today, but that's about it. Also picked up Guster's "Parachute" and Less Than Jake's "Losers, Kings, and Things we don't Understand" albums. I wish I could buy more CD's and DVD's. Maybe I'll score non-exempt status for my summer job and rake in the dough, then I shall buy more 8-)

Still no word from the prof on the defective code he posted.

Patrick: <<I'm sure glad Congress doesn't have anything more important to worry about>>: Its the cafeteria staff. They DON'T have more important things to worry about.

Attila: <<France is miserable because it is filled with Frenchmen, and Frenchmen are miserable because they live in France>>: LOL!

Warpmind: <<I've seen that strip>>: Good!
<<has it occured to you that if you analysed why you get lucky, you'd find the reason, and maybe mass produce it?>>: You assume that I want to. The few times lightning has struck, I've managed to attract psychopaths. I'd rather just reproduce that when I am in desperate need of carnal satisfaction, mostly to preserve my own sanity.

Ravyn: <<wouldn't the impact of an airbag just break it anyway, like the fall would?>>: It could be softer, couldn't it? I know that car airbags can break necks, but I don't think that's necessary for a stumble where you accelerate to all of 10 m/s.
<< it's just darn funny to watch these guys set up a way to attach accelerometers to their backs and then try to fall>>: LOL! Help them out by pushing them over unexpectedly...down the stairs.
<<Randy Johnson>>: Sounds like a porn star name.
<<I'm really glad they contacted you!>>: Me too. They wanted letters of recommendation, though! I've never heard of an internship that asks for letters of recommendation. And of course, they told me about the letters 5 days before they wanted the applications in. I told them to wait 8-)
<<gotta love all the bureaucratic mess involved with their application process!>>: Or maybe I could just walk into HR and slap some people around for a while.
<>: Yeah, my friends say they won't drive over any bridges that I work on. The really funny thing is that I swore I'd never go to Taiwan after last summer (the power plant I worked on is being constructed there), but Apple's manufacturing plant is in Taiwan, and I'd probably have to go there at least once if I get that job. Oops.

Tribun: <<in my country we didn't like the French too>>: The germans don't like the french!? Gee, I never would have guessed that.
<<who doesn't understand the european idea>>: The european idea has attempted to exist many times and it always fails. I believe it sounds something like "Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuhrer" hehehehe
<<over 100 words to insult a Frenchman, or all the French in general>>: Now why isn't our language that useful?!

Heather: <<I'm trying to hook my Sharp VCR to my Toshiba TV/DVD combo but I can't get the visual, only the audio>>: You might have gotten a better response if you were a bit more specific. Believe it or not, that doesn't tell many people anything about what's not working. Try technical support, where you can give live feedback on what's plugged into what.

Fire Storm: <<How can I stop IE6 from trying to save every image as untitled.bmp?>>: Switch to Mozilla, you wimp. Or whatever the latest browser-only offshoot is (is it Phoenix?). Real men don't use Microsoft unless they have no choice. And before you say something about games, real men use consoles. But not Xboxes ;-)
<<That stuff is for WHIMPS>>: I know 3 billion females who will beat you to death for saying such things 8-)
<<doggie gang bang>>: You're sick.
<<Talk about featherweight!>>: I'm up to about 50 gigs now. Working on more.
<<LM says I should stop this topic, for fear I will become like Doug and Lisa>>: I'd be more concerned about becoming Revel and Spacebabie, as Doug and Lisa are no longer here 8-)
<<I've seen some 1970's porn, and that isn't really porn by today's standards>>: Those chicks are ugly by BERKELEY standards 8-)
<<It's not the size of the shoe that matters, it's what's in it that counts>>: On the contrary, a larger shoe means less effort to deliver a kicktothenuts.com.
<<New Electronics Friendly Jolt>>: You'd triple the sale to the geek crowd.
<<That's why I stole your cookies too>>: LOL!

Gside: <<eating the milk that went bad three weeks ago>>: Ewwww. Did it solidify?
I discovered recently that milk does that if you leave it next to a CRT for too long.
<<Only if she knows Fire Storm will be out of the house for a good long time.>>: LOL
<<In fact it is a rare day I don't make a mention of imagined relations with him>>: Must get as old as me hitting on Sorow ;-)
<<Your fault for using a matrix evaution tool to program>>: No, my fault for taking a class that requires me to do that 8-). Believe me, I tried to get the prof to let us write the program in another language, but he refused. Had to be matlab.
<<I'm everywhere. Including your mind>>: I forsee sleep troubles.

Bud-Clare: <>: True.
<<I'm just not going to bother>>: Good. It wouldn't accomplish much.
<>: Look how she's dressed! She's just asking for it! ;-)
<>: You're reduced to begging?
<<it's embarrassing to see someone doing>>: I find it entertaining.
<<he has a sense of whimsy>>: Not a good reason for a powerful being to want him on their side. In fact, a great reason to be rid of him.
<<Then where do they get the money to pay all the college students that they hire?>>: Same place. It all goes into one big pot. For him.
<<Stop using IE6>>: YAY!

152. I will instruct my fashion designer that when it comes to accessorizing, second-chance body armor goes well with every outfit.

Josh - [ATkicktothenutsDOTcom]
Berkeley, CA, US of A
Sunday, March 16, 2003 05:40:06 AM
IP: 64.165.203.31

Stephen> Could you email me too? I left a message in your LJ as soon as I got back..and still have some ideas if you still wanna hear them...

And..MGC is updated. (yay)
http://mgc.gargoyles-fans.org/
Congrats to the winners for February's Gargoyle Beast Contest!

We're still accepting entries for the draw within a shape contest for March. ^_^

And because of interest..there will be an Adult MGC (just exactly 'when' I'm not sure) But the design has been done and its approved. I just need to code it (and the admins set it up on adult.gargoyles-fans. It won't replace normal MGC, it will just cover more adult themes and topics we couldn't normally run on MGC because of the 'family friendly' rating we want the site to have.
http://mgc.gargoyles-fans.org/images/temp/layout2.jpg
That's the layout if anyone's curious.

All out of me for now.

Christine> Have fun on your cruise! ^_^
Siryn - [siryn7@aol.com]
Sunday, March 16, 2003 02:02:26 AM
IP: 66.66.97.209

Josh> <<Nuts. Can't fault me for trying.>>
I can, actually, I'm just not going to bother.

<< <<no one wants to have sex with them, either>>: Each other?>>
Aside from each other. I don't think that she wants to have sex with Bronx.

<<You must not drive.>>
I beg your pardon?

<<You mean it isn't accurate?!>>
It's not a question of accuracy so much as that it's embarrassing to see someone doing...

<<He's a really good warrior.>>
And he has a sense of whimsy.

<<Those funds go to his election campaign!>>
Do they? Then where do they get the money to pay all the college students that they hire?

<<That was a group of statements without any backing yet promoting a strong opinion just because "its so obvious, how could you not see it!".>>
:)
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Fire Storm> <<How can I stop IE6 from trying to save every image as untitled.bmp?>>
Stop using IE6. ;)

<<It's not the size of the shoe that matters, it's what's in it that counts>>
And how it smells...

<<It's not the size of the shoe that matters, it's what's in it that counts>>
Attracts ants...

<<Heck, I've washed unpowered circuit boards in the sink without problems to remove the stickiness, but on parts that are on, well, game over.>>
My problem is that I can't get my mouse apart to clean it out. :(
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I guess that I should get back to writing my essay now... Bleh. Stupid homework.
Bud-Clare - [budclare@yahoo.com]
Sunday, March 16, 2003 01:33:40 AM
IP: 24.169.113.216

Question> <<Is that because the people there are all lactose intolerant?>>: They probably never to to the point where some guy bet another to try eating the milk that went bad three weeks ago.

Bud Clare> <>: I am.<<What ever happened to slow and steady?>>: Only if she knows Fire Storm will be out of the house for a good long time.
<<refrains from making jokes about Gside standing behind other guys>>: Why? I don't. In fact it is a rare day I don't make a mention of imagined relations with him, let alone any other male.
<<See above>>: See above.

Imzadi> <<MATLAB's GUI building tool is frustrating as hell>>: Your fault for using a matrix evaution tool to program.
<<That was awfu>>: But once I thought of it, I couldn't tink of anything else.
<<Gee, thanks>>: You did invite it.
<<I'm glad we're in agreement. Telepathically>>: Of course. I'm everywhere. Including your mind.

Attila> <<Only thing worse than a Frenchman is a Frenchman who lives in Canada>>: David Anez recently found that out.

Warpmind> <<Been working on signs for the local golf club all week>>: Did you get the right number of dimples?
<<Do you realize how much I hate your guts now?>>: I'm waiting on four series myself. One Piece, Prince of Tennis, Hikaru no Go, and Rockman.EXE. That, and I've got Chobits to burn and maybe I'll go for Dragon Drive.

Ravyn> <<Just kidding. Sorta>>: I believe the cannonical phrase is "Ha ha, only serious."

Heather> <<
I'm trying to hook my Sharp VCR to my Toshiba TV/DVD combo but I can't get the visual, only the audio>>: If it's coax and part of the signal is getting through, there's probably a problem in one of the macines. Otherwise, remember that RCA has three plugs (left audio, right audio, picture).

Fire Storm> <<she wants the ice cream on a burger, though>>: That does not sit right with me. I reccommend making my infamous cheddar sauce. Quite easy. Just make a bit of white sauce (melt butter, add flour, then warm milk, then heat until thickened), and add three blocks of the oldest cheddar you can find and a pound of crushed bacon.
<<you won't notice too much when they don't move>>: Exactly.
<<SHENANIGANS!>>: I like shenanigans.
<<what a newspaper>>: Unfortunately, it's been a bit lacking in sex articles lately. Most of the porn is the random pictures they put in to fill space.
<<Use it to liquid cool your machine, and when you are thirsty, just take a hit>>: Goes great with out new snack, Silicon Wafers.
<<what sections do you get your weird $h17 in? Picture Discussion really didn't have anything that bad in it>>: In the bottom right of Picture Discussion, there's a dropdown to specify how far back to display posts. Set it to from the begining, and look through the older stuff.
<<killing one of the ways for my blood line to continue?>>: There can always be more if you do not feel the world is ready enough yet.

Heather> <<for the VCR wires, there were two sets of them>>: Maybe it only works in mono. Try reading the back of it, and one of them will probably say video, then plug the yellow wire into that.

Na zdorov'ya.
Gside - [gside@eden.rutgers.edu]
Fair Haven, NJ
Saturday, March 15, 2003 10:55:42 PM
IP: 68.38.240.227

Well the thing is, the VCR sound works, the VCR is suppose to appear on Line 1 of the Toshiba but on the back of the tv, you know the three colored wires? Red, white, and yellow?
Well for the VCR wires, there were two sets of them. Red and white only, no yellow. But when I put the wires into the tv, I only get sound.
Heather - [neo_digi@yahoo.com]
Warner Robins, GA, USA
Saturday, March 15, 2003 10:42:29 PM
IP: 68.99.148.20

Note to self: Hit refresh before posting

Heather: <Any help?>
Well, how is it hooked up?
SVHS? RCA? COAX?
Are ALL the cords in the same input chanel? (IE: all plugged into Video 1, for example?)
Fire Storm
Saturday, March 15, 2003 07:17:51 PM
IP: 66.72.177.2

An IE6 question: How can I stop IE6 from trying to save every image as untitled.bmp?

Imzadi: <Cookie Dough? Or Fudge Brownie?>
PFFT! That stuff is for WHIMPS!
<Someone is PMSing...>
Na... I just haven't been able to find any in nearly two months and she is Jonesing
<Featherweight.>
Well, 400 miles is my limit for ice cream. Otherwise it's worth it to get delivery
<Put it in butt-sniffing position, that way when the next one dies you can line them up! >
Na... doggie gang bang!
<Neat trick>
No kidding. I set my bag down on the table and all of a sudden it was like "Why is there a puddle of Coke on the table?" and then "Why is there a lake of coke in my bag?
<About 0.044, actually>
Talk about featherweight!
<You're afraid of how your children will turn out?>
H3!! f$%^ing yes! I am TERRIFIED that they will have parts of my personality! Hell, *I* barely contain the thoughts/desires of killing, rape, and absolute genoside... how would it be if the kid has THAT, LM's looks, and high intelligence?
(My Xenomorph avatar is truly the extension of the dark as h3!! part of my psyche that is inhuman, kills without mercy and has the potential to wipe out the human race... and it's barely contained.)
<Mostly the latter>
Surprisingly little bribery was required. Over a few years I slowly made them dependant on me!
(LM says I should stop this topic, for fear I will become like Doug and Lisa)
<Porn never gets old.>
Not true. I've seen some 1970's porn, and that isn't really porn by today's standards.
<And they are not connected>
Imagine if they were (physically or otherwise...)
"OW! OW! OW! I stubbed my toe!" (grabs crotch)
<Remove "pregnant".>
Isn't that what an abortion is?
<Yeah, that. But I didn't want to scare anyone by forcing thoughts of FS (or his mailman) having a child>
A child that I can mold into an image that will make the world quake in terror! (Or just a little one I show the wonders of this world to and hope that the world will be a better place for him/her)

Leo: <We looked up how much it would cost us to get "Blue Bell" icecream shipped from Texas. It was close to $100 for five half gallon tubs.>
I'd consider it.

Gside: <And have there been requests for pickles in conjunction with this?>
Na... she wants the ice cream on a burger, though
<Cat>
Oh... well, at least you won't notice too much when they don't move
<That wasn't my original thought, but now that you mention it...>
"Just put him in a natural position"

SHENANIGANS! SHENANIGANS!
<but a while back, the Medium reviewed all the local adult stores>
Ah, what a newspaper!
<It's in the picture discussion area of the Ecchi Attack message boards. You should be able to find it easily enough.>
Maybe...

It's not the size of the shoe that matters, it's what's in it that counts
<It probably messes with the taste>
But just imagine the market!
"New Electronics Friendly Jolt! It's also good warm! Use it to liquid cool your machine, and when you are thirsty, just take a hit!"
<That's what they all say. At first.>
Then we pull out the whips and, well, game over
<You should, if he ever visits the sight. I mean, Waita Uziga is old hat to them.>
Ok, now I MUST go there!
(Note: When a warning message for a site says " N-n-no, I don't want my face to melt!", it MUST be good!)
When trying to find it, I found a site called Anime History and the artist on the site said that he was banned for life from the forum, so if someone REALLY gets banned, the forum MUST be good!
Since I do not want to go through the entire forum, what sections do you get your weird $h17 in?
Picture Discussion really didn't have anything that bad in it
<Depending on his mood, it could disappear quite fast>
Maybe. CAnibalism is one thing... but killing one of the ways for my blood line to continue?

Bud-Clare: <Well, they got pretty miffed about Prometheus giving fire to the humans, so imagine how annoyed they must have been when someone stole their ice cream. ;)>
"Is nothing sacred?" -one god
"Nope. That's why I stole your cookies too!" -man
<It'd still be sticky when it dried. :P (My mouse had a little run-in with a glass of juice.)>
Aside from crude sticky jokes (that I shall avoid here), it's the problems of the water shorting out the powered electronics that I am worried about. Heck, I've washed unpowered circuit boards in the sink without problems to remove the stickiness, but on parts that are on, well, game over.

Spacebabie: <You and me both, been causing a lot of angst for some canon characters>
I have a very interesting Excel spreadsheet that I track what I've done to characters...
Rape, murder, disabled... no character is safe with me!

Ah, a few interesting news articles, but nothing worth posting.
Fire Storm
Saturday, March 15, 2003 07:13:56 PM
IP: 66.72.177.2

Stephen > Could you please e-mail me? I'd really like the chance to discuss a few things with you regarding the future of Avalon Mists. You can reach me at NOSPAMpuck@artchicks.org (remove the NOSPAM). Thanks.
Patrick Toman - [NOSPAMpuck@artchicks.org]
Saturday, March 15, 2003 07:10:01 PM
IP: 65.43.166.242

Guess I'd better answer Tribune's question...

The truth is that Avalon Mists has been psuedo-DOA for a while, partially because for the better half of the last year I've had to concentrate on Real Life troubles (trying to meet/failing to meet Management Objectives, getting demoted, seeing doctor about health, which was the reason for my demontion), and pretty much anything creative had to take a back seat. Also, I was going to get some help to get the zine restarted, but the person that showed the most interest had to leave the country for a prior commitment...

On top of all this - and this is what got to me the most - there was ZERO response to the first new issue back in Springtime 2002 of AvMists. I got a couple of nods from friends closeest to me, but it seemed everyone else in the fandom didn't seem to care one bit that the issue was out, or to make comments on it if they did.

Considering that, I felt that the fandom really didn't care to see it return - silence from the masses pretty much makes a person think something unpupular, from my POV.

BUT, I can say that there are a few others that are asking if there's a new direction in which AvMists can be taken in, if I would mind working with them. I haven't talked ot said people lately, but if something is worked out, then AvMists will have a new issue returning ASAP.

Hope that helps.

Stephen R. Sobotka Jr.
Tampa, FL
Saturday, March 15, 2003 06:31:22 PM
IP: 65.35.132.55

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr....

I need help....

I'm trying to hook my Sharp VCR to my Toshiba TV/DVD combo but I can't get the visual, only the audio...

Any help?

Oh! I got contacts today.
Heather - [neo_digi@yahoo.com]
Warner Robins, GA, USA
Saturday, March 15, 2003 04:26:44 PM
IP: 68.99.148.20

Does anyone have information, if a new issue of Avalon Mists is coming sometime, or is the project now truly dead? (We wait now half a year)
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Attila> Well, to be honest, in my country we didn't like the French too. But because of political correctness, forced on us by poloticans, media and morality guardians (yuck), we can't say it aloud, without being called a idiot, who doesn't understand the european idea. (Again something, which is a illusion) To prove this true, I must say, that in German, there are over 100 words to insult a Frenchman, or all the French in general. One of the most popular is "Froschfresser" (engl.: "frog-eater" bit a bit more insulting).

And want to hear a good joke?

In the 1930's, the flagship of the French marine, the mighty battleship "France" ammed a not mapped rock at the French mediterran cost an sunk. And that at July 14th, the national celebration day...hehehe.
Tribun - [joachim_henkel@gmx.net]
Luebeck, SH, Germany
Saturday, March 15, 2003 04:21:17 PM
IP: 62.214.37.186

Gside> <<A problem with that is that often little old ladies break their hips and then fall. As in, it wasn't the fall that caused the break, it just got too brittle.>> Yeah, my thoughts exactly ... plus if their hips are already even slightly broken, wouldn't the impact of an airbag just break it anyway, like the fall would? Ah, well ... it's just darn funny to watch these guys set up a way to attach accelerometers to their backs and then try to fall, in order to see what kind of forces your hip experiences ... hee hee ... :)

I have tickets to a Diamondbacks spring training game tomorrow ... I can't wait, because I might get to see Randy Johnson pitch, which would be so completely cool ... :)

Josh> <<I'm in the process of getting my applications ready for Bechtel (thanks Ravyn!)>> SWEET! I'm really glad they contacted you! :) I agree, though ... gotta love all the bureaucratic mess involved with their application process! ;) <<which puts me in the nuclear industry twice in two jobs>> Scary ... ;) That's like some of my friends, who are aerospace engineers and want to build planes ... I keep joking that I'll never ride in a plane again once they're out in the work world ... Just kidding. Sorta. ;)

Later, all!
Ravyn
Saturday, March 15, 2003 09:46:00 AM
IP: 150.135.118.200

*Warpmind stumbles in*
Oooog... busy week... Been working on signs for the local golf club all week, and then some... They want adhesive plastic foil, the same type used for car decor, on wooden planks. Painted wooden planks. This means that I have to practically *melt* the foil onto the planks, using a hot air-gun (propelling air past a heatsource capable of about 500 Celsius...) and I need to use my fingers to make sure the foil lies smoothly... To top it off, the room where I work is poorly ventilated, and almost too small to even break a wind. Obviously, one of the reasons it took all week was that I needed frequent cooling down-breaks... :/

Oh, well.

Green Baron: Oh, I remember. The little furball was downright malicious when alive, I can only guess at what he's capable of now, without his mortal shackles. ;)

Josh: Yeah, I've seen that strip. I've woken up with a case of Qwertyasis myself, on occasion. And, wise man. Never question luck. Though... has it occured to you that if you analysed why you get lucky, you'd find the reason, and maybe mass produce it? };)

Dezi: All... available... Inuyashas... Waiting... for... 101... *Blink* Do you realize how much I hate your guts now? :)

Well, anyway, I need to be off. And I need tu up my posting frequency here. And I need to check my e-mail. *Bounces off.*
Warpmind de InzanE - [warpmindATtiscaliDOTno]
Middle, Nowhere, Norway
Saturday, March 15, 2003 09:26:19 AM
IP: 213.142.69.232

Congressional Chef Renames Chicken-Fried Steak
(2003-03-11) -- Just a day after the head chef of the U.S. Congressional cafeterias changed the name of French Fries to Freedom Fries, he announced France would still have a place on the Congressional menu.

That's because chicken-fried steak has been renamed "French-fried steak."

"We didn't want to completely exclude the French after their great historic contributions to the fields of cuisine and combat," the chef said. "I might add that our customers can still order French Dip Sandwiches.

Now ScrappleFace has better frog bashing than soem stuffy Congressmen.

Even if we think this is silly, let us not become francophiles over this. I have been bashing the French since I arrived here, and to me, you can do better, much better.

The frogs call Cd-Rom cederom and pull that on American inventions so let us not go to their level with silly insults. Let's strike for good quality frog bashing and new material.

France has neither winter, nor summer, nor morals. France is miserable because it is filled with Frenchmen, and Frenchmen are miserable because they live in France.
-Mark Twain

Basically, the French are all peasants.
-Pablo Picasso

How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?
-Charles de Gaulle

A Frenchman both common and noble is quite self-assured because he regards himself personally both in mind and body as irresistibly attractive to both men and women. This is why the French are constantly attacked by the Prussians and the English.
-Leo Tolstoy

In France one must adapt oneself to the fragrance of a urinal.
-Gertrude Stein

Only thing worse than a Frenchman is a Frenchman who lives in Canada.
-Ted Nugent

ghost of Reverend Attila
Saturday, March 15, 2003 09:17:11 AM
IP: 136.216.75.2

Does this mean actors Victor French and French Stewart will be changing their names to Victor Freedom and Freedome Stewart?

You know, I'm sure glad Congress doesn't have anything more important to worry about right now than revising the cafeteria menues... like, say, a faltering economy and imminent war.

Priorities, priorities. :P
Patrick Toman
Saturday, March 15, 2003 08:52:06 AM
IP: 65.43.166.242

More good news today: I got into UCSD's graduate program, too! That's 3 for 3. I'm in the process of getting my applications ready for Bechtel (thanks Ravyn!). I thought Shell was wasting my time with their application process, but Bechtel is worse. Their form was much more grueling (yet required all the information that's already on my resume!), and I have to send in a copy for EACH internship I'm interested in! And this part is even better: all the copies go to the same location and all of the internships I'm applying for are in the same location!

Of course, there's no way in hell I'm living in Las Vegas this summer for less than what I made last summer and non-exempt status, even if I do get to work on Yucca Mountain (which puts me in the nuclear industry twice in two jobs. Evil thoughts!)

***ANGEL SPOILERS***
Faith as a vampire!? SWEEEEEEEET! Suck, suck, suck...
***END ANGEL SPOILERS***

***PROGRAMMING RANT***

Okay, so I'm not really a full programmer, but after learning 3 different environments, I can say with absolute certainty that MATLAB's GUI building tool is frustrating as hell. It won't output the GUI you've designed to a raw .m file, so you wind up having to re-write the interface that you've already built just to get it to work properly with your code. And its SLOW. Someone should remind them that drag and drop is a dynamic process!

Why can't everyone have a development environment like Interface Builder? Visual Basic is the only one that even comes close, and yet VB apps suck!

***END PROGRAMMING RANT***

Ironwolf: <<anyone see angel wendsday?>>: yes.
<<willow as a guest star>>: Mmmm...Willow...
<<if there was a draft i go sign up>>: You are a sick little boy.

Kaioto: <<People DON'T LIKE THIEVES>>: All evidence to the contrary.
<<I'm a cranky fiscal conservative>>: Yay!
<<Not only were the Iraqi troops>>: This sentence is incomplete.
<<Examine where your negative feelings really come from?>>: They come from not showering!

Atilla: <<Eat an Animal for PETA Day>>: SWEET!

Spacebabie: <<its official, I’m on BREAK!>>: One more week and I'm free.
<<I’m a dumb ass>>: I'm going to hold you to that.
<<He can’t be sang if he posts here>>: Fair enough.
<<Oh HELL no!>>: Oh hell yes! Boobies!
<<Congrats>>: Danke.
<<What were you thinking?>>: Um, never mind.
<<many guys don’t like women with hairy legs and under arms>>: That's because we don't do apes ;-)
<<He likes me naughty>>: That's what he tells you so you'll feel more secure. Been there, done that.
<<the other half Is I‘m doing it on Jen‘s behalf>>: Jen had her chance and didn't. I assume she doesn't care any more.
<<Mila sent her Resident evil?>>: No, she's just droolworthy.

Christine: Enjoy your vacation!
<>: Awww, that's awful. I'm so sorry. Hope they fix you up 8-)
<>: That is the best way to do it.

Taleweaver: <<I'm curious what possible use this vampire with attitude can be for someone evil enough to plunge LA into darkness and wipe out the local baddies at Wolfram & Hart>>: He's a really good warrior.

Todd: <<is poorly founded>>: True, but right now we hate the French, so that's enough ;-)

Ed: <<you could just call them "chips">>: Sorry, we can't. We're yanks.

Dezi: <<If it was for such a partisan issue, like re-electing a president, yes I would be upset>>: IT IS FOR A PARTISAN ISSUE. Those funds go to his election campaign! If he gets enough votes he can get the green party federally funded, and that would dramatically alter politics in this country. This is good. Stealing money from college students is bad.
<<I'd like to hear your arguements against them>>: The arguments are irrelevant. What's at question here is the method of raising the money, which is totally unethical.
<<Who's fault? Their own>>: WRONG! It is the phone company's fault for being underhanded and burying their fees in language most lawyers would cringe at. Companies should not do business this way, they should not be allowed to take advantage of their clients. Especially when its on a service that you can't do without, like phone or tuition. That's just disgusting.
<<this war is _not_ about oil? How could it be not. It's like dangling a steak in front of a dog, and Bush practically has drool dangling from his fangs. Oil is way to tempting for this guy and his administration for this not to be about oil>>: You are so perfect for the media. That was a group of statements without any backing yet promoting a strong opinion just because "its so obvious, how could you not see it!".
<<views I've held since before I chose this career path>>: Its those views that led you to accept that career path.

Gside: <<Emphasising>>: Yes. That.
<<Then go bone up on your meat>>: That was awful.
<>: as if you'd need to.
<<May a thousand ill dung flinging monkeys use you for target practice>>: Gee, thanks.
<<Do you really need to ask?>>: I'm glad we're in agreement. Telepathically.

Question: <<Is that because the people there are all lactose intolerant?>>: That was funny!

Bud-Clare: <<Um... No>>: Nuts. Can't fault me for trying.
<<you're here, too, so what does that say about you?>>: Nothing, actually 8-)
<<What ever happened to slow and steady?>>: Some people like quickies.
<<no one wants to have sex with them, either>>: Each other?
<<We don't need oil _that_ badly>>: You must not drive.
<<Stop using Buffy as your primary source of infomation>>: You mean it isn't accurate?!

151. I will not set myself up as a god. That perilous position is reserved for my trusted lieutenant.

Josh - [ATkicktothenutsDOTcom]
Berkeley, CA, US of A
Saturday, March 15, 2003 05:04:31 AM
IP: 64.165.203.31

The infamous photo masters at fark have engaged in some good farking of Jacques Chirac. I can't wait for fark to go after Gerhard Schroeder, though I think the German people have had enough of that sheiser, themselves.

Enjoy and eat an animal or a PETA member, since animals can be cute, but PETA members..well they just plain suck :)

Dezi> I'll remember not to harrass you again. I'll go harass Mooncat now ;) meow!!
ghost of Reverend Attila - [<--clickie clickie]
Saturday, March 15, 2003 04:51:04 AM
IP: 136.216.75.2

Josh> <<First, a spanking. And then, the oral sex!>>
Um... No.

<>
I doubt that many of us are actually overweight. Besides, you're here, too, so what does that say about you? ;)

<<is cheese that important to you? and does fake nacho cheese count?>>
Yes, and no.

<<Delivery in 30 minutes or less, or your money back!>>
So, they're fast, then? What ever happened to slow and steady? :P
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Spacebabie> <<Bronx and Boudica are furless and nobody is freaked by that.>>
Yes, but no one wants to have sex with them, either.

<<Wesely...woooooo he jus got yummier...>>
I wanted to smack him.
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Taleweaver> I once took a quiz that was supposed to determine if you were liberal or conservative. One of the questions asked whether you thought that the news media was liberally or conservatively slanted. Apparently, while conservatives gripe about the liberal media, liberals tend to think the media is too conservative. I thought it was funny. :)
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Dezi> <<Oil is way to tempting for this guy and his administration for this not to be about oil.>>
A war will cost a hideous amount of money. We don't need oil _that_ badly.
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Kaioto> <<Examine where your negative feelings really come from?>>
I think you're missing the obvious: fear. A war is a scary idea under the best circumstances, and it's much, much worse when there's a very real possibility that it may lead to even more terrorist attacks. And fear and reason aren't exactly on speaking terms with each other.
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The Question> <<Is that because the people there are all lactose intolerant?>>
They aren't all. Stop using Buffy as your primary source of infomation.
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Gside> <>
*refrains from making jokes about Gside standing behind other guys*

<< <<Suddenly this theory doesn't sound so good>>:It hasn't bothered me too much.>>
See above.

<<Then go bone up on your meat.>>
No. Sod off.
Bud-Clare - [budclare@yahoo.com]
Saturday, March 15, 2003 02:17:16 AM
IP: 24.169.113.216

"Freedom"
freedom fries
freedom toast
freedom dressing
freedom pastery
freedom kissing
freedom tickler

I just heard that last one from my brother.
Leo
Saturday, March 15, 2003 02:06:27 AM
IP: 68.96.8.12

re: "Blood for Oil nonsense">

As it has been pointed out, Bush ALREADY has Iraq's oil. You bought 42% of its exported oil in 2001. It is cheap as dirt, relatively speaking.

The problem is that the money that is spent on that oil, under the terms of the cease-fire agreement from 1991 and unanimous UN sanctions Saddam ignores, is supposed to go for food, medicine, and other humanitarian supplies for the Iraqi people.

Instead, Saddam spends the money to build himself palaces, pay his gestapo to murder dissidents and ethinic minorites, fund terrorist organizations guised as "charities," pay for his team of nuclear scientists, and pumps millions upon millions of dollars each year into buying French, Russian, and German weapons, munitions, and supplies for his guns, bombs, planes, and tanks - bold-faced violations of his cease-fire agreement and UN Sanctions.

And the countries in question who supply him, and now defend his rule in the UN, get away with claiming ignorance since they sell them to third-party front companies that Saddam runs outside of his country. Meanwhile, Iraqi civilians starve because their countries money pays the French and Russians for Saddam's "toys."

Heck, when the Persian Gulf War eliminated the legal international market to supply Iraq with arms, the French and Russian military-industrial complex went into a funk. Not only were the Iraqi troops, outfitted with French and Soviet arms were humiliated by troops utilizing military products from rival British and American companies.

France, Germany, and Russia all have economies in the crapper, and contracts going through Saddam for construction, oil, and illegal arms are some of the only profitable deals they've been seeing in the recession. The incumbent politicians aren't going to tank their economies even more and lose their jobs over the Iraqi people. They could care less if the Iraqis are abused, murdered, gassed, and starved, and even less if Iraq is a menace, because Saddam's primary targets are the United States and Israel.

And these same countries were frantically trying to remove UN Sanctions on Iraq so they could sell him MORE weapons, despite his complete and utter non-compliance with his cease-fire agreement and UN Resolutions.

This pro-Saddam stance in the UN isn't about anti-War morality at all. It is about the investment several unscrupulous bodies of politicians have in a thoroughly evil and tyranical dictator.

Face it, Iraq under a few years of US occupation is a damn site more promising for the Iraqi people than their future under Saddam Hussein. Far less innocent people will die in the liberation of Iraq by Allied weapons than have died in the 12 years of Saddam's brutality in clear defiance of unenforced UN Resolutions.

Oil? Yeah, we've already got that. Saddam would be happy to give us all the oil in the world if we'd agree to leave him alone to kill all the Jews in Israel, conquer Kuwait, and get back to waging a genocidal campaign against the Kurds.

Jeez. The hippies complain when we DON'T stop dictatorships from committing gross human-rights violations. Then when we finally take steps to remove an unrepentantly hopeless and abusive tyrant, the hippies complain that we shouldn't.

Make up your minds. Examine where your negative feelings really come from?

Do you want evil dictators to run roughshod over innocents? Do you want evil dictatorships to be replaced with more free societies? Do you think war is never the answer? If so, would it have been wrong to declare war on Hitler to stop his tyrany and genocide? Do you just want the money? (just in case Chirac is reading along) Do you just want an excuse to hate the United States? (Pete's sake, there are plenty of better reasons for that!) Do you just care that it isn't - your - political party in charge when the bombs are dropping? (after all, no one cared about Clinton's attacks on Serbia or Iraq) Do you just want some attention and a feeling of moral superiority? Do you want to kill all the Jews to liberate Palestine?

Or do you honestly think something other than force will work to prevent Saddam from killing more people and menacing even more of the world.

Let me tell you right now. Those UN inspectors in Iraq aren't the reason Saddam is even making a pathetic attempt at a carade of compliance. 5 years ago he kicked them all out of his country illegally and told the UN to go to Hell. The reason is the some 300,000 troops parked right next to his ass waiting for the order to topple his disgusing empire of abuse.

I say hurry up with the invasion before Saddam has even more time to implement a scortched-earth policy against his own people.

Kaioto - [kaioto@yahoo.com]
Saturday, March 15, 2003 01:10:32 AM
IP: 66.30.158.19

<Most of Asia has no native cheeses, and if you go to a backwater area, you probably couldn't get any imported either. >

Is that because the people there are all lactose intolerant?
The Question
Saturday, March 15, 2003 12:58:53 AM
IP: 67.233.23.86

Imzadi> <<its the castrated part that he was underlining>>: Emphasising.
<<Few countries are totally devoid of cheese>>: Most of Asia has no native cheeses, and if you go to a backwater area, you probably couldn't get any imported either.
<<I'm sure LM would whine>>: She's stuck with him this long. She's probably used to this kind of thing happening.
<<You're not here...or are you!?>>: I am always here.
<<I've heard that about tubs. Never verified it myself>>: Wise man. I stood behind watching mostly.
<<Suddenly this theory doesn't sound so good>>: It hasn't bothered me too much.

Bud Clare> <<I've never heard it applied to the guys who work in the slaughter houses>>: As long as they're cutting up meat, I believe they can be called butchers. And then there are the metaphoric butchers on the battlefield.
<<I'm not really an expert on meat-related terminology>>: Then go bone up on your meat.
<<She likes to be treated like a child, apparently>>: Ah.

Ravyn> <<an airbag for your hip in case you fall>>: A problem with that is that often little old ladies break their hips and then fall. As in, it wasn't the fall that caused the break, it just got too brittle.
<<it's sad when I start understanding Fourier transform jokes>>: Yes, but it's also sad that I developed it, as well as a statistics joke. And I haven't even taken statistics.

Imzadi> <<First, a spanking. And then, the oral sex!>>: Oral sex! Oral sex!
<<that was typed to invite flames and death threats>>: May a thousand ill dung flinging monkeys use you for target practice.

Spacebabie> <<What were you thinking?>>: Do you really need to ask?

Christine> <<the latest tests turned up a couple of nodules>>: Best of luck with your healing.

Ed> <<Or you could just call them "chips">>: Limey Brit.

Yggdrasil> <<Poutine is a major ingredient in this strategy>>: Mmm, poutine.

Na zdorov'ya.
Gside - [gside@eden.rutgers.edu]
Fair Haven, NJ
Saturday, March 15, 2003 12:36:17 AM
IP: 68.38.240.227

Greetings;

Back again. I went on a nice dive vacation to the east coast. The water was bloody cold, but I saw some great wrecks. Can't wait for my next one.

French Fries: Seems a bit childish to me, but hey if you want to get petty about something. On the other hand you could come over to the dark side, smother those fries in gravy with cheese curds and eat poutine. mmmm...poutine.

I have said before that the defensive strategy of Canada is to fall back and wait for our enemies to have a coronary. Poutine is a major ingredient in this strategy; that in addition to doughnuts, bacon and being forced to stay inside for months at a time.

It's snowing again; I need to put my car inside.

Yggdrasil - [eng050599@hotmail.com]
Ontario, Canada
Friday, March 14, 2003 10:06:06 PM
IP: 24.102.228.212

Taleweaver: <Just one Com students point of view.> As another Com student, thank you.

Another point that my journalism teacher loves to bring up is that the media acts as the watchdog to the politicians. If the media has to go hard on the president, so be it. It's not bias then, it's keeping the government in check.
Also, the media (especially broadcast media) is everywhere. That is where the majority of people get their news. To that end, the media has to be PC. Very PC. So much so that it is annoying. They don't want to potentially offend anyone- to the point that it _is_ ridiculous. But that isn't everyone. Unfortunately, it usually happens to be the people calling the shots. And those people just care about business and making money. The real news dogs don't care about the money, only the truth and their credibility. But they do have to live and their paychecks are signed by the people that care about business. So, even though you don't agree with your boss, you do what he says or he fires you. Then you have no money (duh).

When I hear about bias in the media, it seems usually to be directed at the national broadcast news outlets. Those outlets pretty much are slanted but those are the ones that are all in it for the money. Slide down to a market outside the top 25 (where there is very little money anyway) and you see less of a slant. (Also you just hear the boring local news about water main breaks on the back streets.) So then, the media aren't totally biased.

Kaioto: < broke the code of silence. > Yeah I'm reading that book. I borrowed it from my producer. I'm about half way through as I have little spare time to read it in, but I aim to finish it. It is a good read and I have posted on it before. I already new Rather was evil, I've known that since like seventh grade, long before I wanted to go into the news and still dreamt of being an animator. :P :)

Regarding Nader: (Kaioto and Attila, and kinda Josh): I think he has some good ideas, but he is also a little loopy (and appears very creepy). I'll concede he did go about his ideas in the wrong way. But, like I said, as it was for a good cause, I'm not upset. If it was for such a partisan issue, like re-electing a president, yes I would be upset. Being underhanded _doesn't_ help his cause, it just gives him a bad rep., and influences peoples opinions further against him. But emissions standards and campaign reform are good causes, and I'd like to hear your arguements against them.
<You didn't vote to give that money to them> Yeah, but the people being taken by this (and I don't know if I am or not, I'm on spring break this week and unable to check) those people also didn't exactly read over their bills either. That's the same way the phone company gets people on all kinds of crap. People are fools that way. Who's fault? Their own. But now that Nader is caught, he should change his tactics, and _hopefully_ re-evaluate the worth his and his organization's reputations as well.

JacKal:<No war in Iraq.... PLEASE!!!! War for Oil... Excuse me while I laugh.. > HA. Like this war is _not_ about oil? How could it be not. It's like dangling a steak in front of a dog, and Bush practically has drool dangling from his fangs. Oil is way to tempting for this guy and his administration for this not to be about oil. <America is trying to LIBERATE the Iraqi people> Puh. Liberate nothing. We say that but in all likelyhood, are we really gonna help them out afterwords? Or are we gonna set up some pitiful system so that we get their oil and and at the same time, they can't fight back. In the meantime, their own economy will languish, and, like Afganistan, we'll blame the lack of rebuilding of the economy in that country on the fear of investors setting up companies on that turf. <need to stop supporting Saddam Hussein> It is possible to not support Bush and his "little" crusade and, at the same time, not support Hussein.
That's not media bias talking, that's views I've held since before I chose this career path.

Christine: Good luck, have fun on your trip, hope it all works out.:)

Spacebabie and Revel: Have fun. ;)

Attila: Evil Dezi sics attack dog Dottie and the ghost of Dottie's brother Spot (who was very adept at catching cats) on him. Weeeeeeee!

Sorry I'm a bit cranky. Bad day at work.

Later

Dezi - [Click on my name for a nice little LA Times report w/ the State Dept.]
Friday, March 14, 2003 07:57:02 PM
IP: 68.58.158.101

They -should- be called Belgian fries.

DPH/Ed> Did you ever decide exactly what you wanted on the editor application?
Vash
Friday, March 14, 2003 07:47:56 PM
IP: 129.98.31.102

Or you could just call them "chips". ;)
Ed
Friday, March 14, 2003 06:53:34 PM
IP: 131.111.8.97

Actually, the changing the name of "french fries" to "freedom fries" (while reminiscent of similar changes to German-originated objects during World War I) is poorly founded, for this reason; "french fries" weren't named after France. The "french" part refers rather to "frenching", the process of cutting vegetables up into long narrow strips. (In fact, "french fries" is really an abbreviation of "frenched fried potatoes").
Todd Jensen - [merlyn1@mindspring.com]
St. Louis, MO
Friday, March 14, 2003 06:36:11 PM
IP: 67.30.66.65

Christine: Good luck, and best wishes for you. It will all work out, and we can't wait to see you back in here soon! ::hugs::
Niamhgold
Friday, March 14, 2003 06:31:21 PM
IP: 209.143.83.90

Have a safe trip Christine.

Bring back a picture of the serpent in the shadows on the Equinox at the main temple. It is pretty cool.

Medically, I hope things work out for you.

Fare seas for you,
Taleweaver
Taleweaver
Friday, March 14, 2003 04:20:02 PM
IP: 24.205.180.62

Hello all,

* * * Spoilers: Angel * * *
Fred> I don't mind Fred blaming herself, but she should blame herself for the right things. I'm not particularly loving her for the way she treated Gunn.

Angelus> I recently watched Buffy season 2 reruns on FX. You know Angelus was never so chatty with his victims. He enjoyed a good taunt, but never as much as in the past couple of episodes. I'm curious what possible use this vampire with attitude can be for someone evil enough to plunge LA into darkness and wipe out the local baddies at Wolfram & Hart.

* * * End of Spoilers * * *

Media Bias>
I find this interesting to comment on since I've taking a media criticism class this quarter. Here is something to consider on the subject bias 'liberal', 'conservative' or otherwise.

A large number people are involved in any media enterprise; newspaper, magazines, TV or radio. We're talking writers, editors, producers, advertisers, corporate executives, and a much more, all with various agendas. Someone providing editorial content is interested getting the story out. Someone in advertising is interested in providing audience to their sponsors. Not every agenda complements others nor do they always compete. Now consider all those agenda and motivations running around, what is the likelihood of pushing one of those agenda over the others.

My opinion on political bias and the media is it is a version of selectivity. The general populace look for things that support and reiterate their own views. Media outlets with an opposing or differing view is considered bias. Though often people don't consider such bias from outlets that support their own views. Me I'm not a big fan of Fox News, but I have a problem with 24 hr news in general.

Just one Com students point of view.
Taleweaver - [~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~]
Friday, March 14, 2003 04:16:29 PM
IP: 24.205.180.62

Leaving tomorrow on vacation -- nine day cruise to the Yucatan, spring equinox at Chichen Itza, very nifty! -- but wanted to share a couple of things.

Firstly, for those who've been waiting all this time for news of Black Roses, the audio book is a step closer to being ready. It's listed on the company's website. Clickie the link below or go to http://www.timefareinc.com/products.php?ID=8&CAT=4 to see. I'm a little worried about the outtakes, truth be told.

Secondly, and on a much grimmer note, I was informed yesterday (on the 13th of March and also the 13th anniversary to the day of my surgery for thyroid cancer) that the latest tests turned up a couple of nodules. I will be scheduled for another "neck dissection" surgery and the radioactive iodine treatment.

Naturally, this has me somewhat stressed and depressed. I wish the doc had held off on the news so I could have enjoyed the trip in blissful ignorance. Instead, I plan on drowning my worries in desserts and daquiris, diet be damned.

Anyway, we're leaving way too early tomorrow and will be back on the 25th. I don't know if there's internet access on the boat (seems like there ought to be), so if not, take care and I'll post again when we get back.
Christine - [< ----- Black Roses link!]
Friday, March 14, 2003 03:44:41 PM
IP: 65.239.47.231

So TGS is short staffed? Well damn. Hey, I could draw for yall, but then, who really wants JacKaL on the TGS staff?

Eat an animal for PETA day?!?! Now, this is great news! Thanks for that bit of info Rev. Attila, and we miss ya here in the mortal world.
Since I live in GA, I'm sure I could find some chickens locked up in a cage..., I think tomorrow would be a good day to see if those little bastards DO run around like freaks after they've been decapitated. And hey, I would've catered to my instinctual need to hunt. All are happy.

Speaking of the show Angel, I think it would be... nah nevermind.

<<mainstream media has a "little" liberal bias.>>
OH what a good laugh, thanks! I liked that one... Little... hehehee

Bush needs to pull the United States out of the UN quicker than teenagers having sex with no condom! How is it that this organization still exists? If any business, or any individual person for that matter, was as inadequate as the UN, would you STILL associate yourself with that?

No war in Iraq.... PLEASE!!!! War for Oil... Excuse me while I laugh..
People need to stop supporting Saddam Hussein, and realize that America is trying to LIBERATE the Iraqi people. Look that word up, "liberate". Protesting imbeciles....

Ahh well, where's the Freedom Fries?

Spacebabie - I think Kovac payed a hooker to be shrink-like.
JacKaL
Friday, March 14, 2003 02:52:32 PM
IP: 205.188.208.9

SPRING BREAK!!!!!

Okay its official, I’m on BREAK! Go me! I’m flying to Houston tomorrow to be with Revel, I have to take care of a few things first

**********ANGEL AND ER SPOILERS****************************************

Angel- The Conner and Cordy thing…make it stop al ready ewwww, I felt sorry for Fred poor thing kept blaming herself. Wesely…woooooo he jus got yummier…loved the leaps by Angelus and Faith…and next week Willow!

ER-Okay I’m confused did Kovac see a shrink of a prostitute? Loved the emotion that Weaver Displayed and glad she got picked over Robert.

Spoilers end
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Replies

Bud-Claire<<<Which of you smart-asses sent me Resident Evil?>>>can’t be me I’m a dumb ass.<<<That's what crazy people always say>>>Besides, He can’t be sang if he posts here. *wink wink*

Leo<<<And what is this romor about Britney Spears bieng the next "Buffy"? >>>Oh HELL no!<<<FREEEEK!! You'd look like an anthropomorphic Mr. Bigglesworth. :p >>>That’s not freaky and I wouldn’t look like Mr Biggleswoth. Bronx and Boudica are furless and nobody is freaked by that.<<<Sorry, I don't think that's a good enough recovery. A better recovery would have been "He's a LONGHORN" ;-) >>>Fine he’s a long horned ox.

Gside<<<An actual coat of fur is quite soft, and smooth in the right directing. One of the reasons I like feeling my hat>>>It may feel nice but I don’t want it on me.

Josh<<>>Congrats<<>>Me too<<<Too much info.>>>My UNDERARMS! What were you thinking?<<<But males appreciate it, nonetheless.>>>I know many guys don’t like women with hairy legs and under arms <<<What the hell does that mean!?>>>wouldn’t you like to know,<<<Best of luck with that.>>>Thanks I’m look forward to it.<<<Poor Revel.>>>He likes me naughty<<<but you don't see me threatening people physically>>>Half the reason cause you insulted me, the other half Is I‘m doing it on Jen‘s behalf. <<<Mila Jovovich..>>>Mila sent her Resident evil?

Siryn<<>>We missed you too.

Rayvn<<<we're building a chassis for a Formula-style racecar>>>Sweet. I wish you guys good luck on it and post a pic when it’s done

Revel<<<"Scary eyes“>>>Hey I like the way you draw your characters eyes.<<<*Site Updates* >>>Oooh new Isfet, and Becky…very nice…Showdown, :::FANGIRL SQUEAL!::: *Smooch* soon my dear, soon

Spacebabie - [LadyAndromeda@smstars.zzn.com]
Orlando, Florida, U.S.A
Friday, March 14, 2003 02:43:28 PM
IP: 209.244.146.74

Dezi> So you support Nader's cause. Personally I recommend you read a good dose of PJ O'Rourke, as he is quite funny.

You ask of me. I was the Green Baron's cat for about ten years, born in 1990. I first enetered teh CR in 1998 in the infamous RPs of Doug and Kit, and I was the mentor to the Catholic schoolgirl scouts as we battled Kennedys, Ted Turner, Geoffrey Fieger, the Orange faction in Northern Ireland, Christian fundamentalists, and the Clintons :) We also had Tuxedo Bob Dole and OJ Simpson, who became an organic indestructable bllodthristy Terminator, who would help us as he looked for the real killer.

I died in April of 2001, while the Baron was at Basic, and that is why I am a demented perverted ghost, as I was a perverted neutered cat in the CR. Just ask Mara. ::looks up Joy's skirt:: purrrr

Now ofr those who are living and eat, tommorrow is International Eat an Animal for PETA Day. For those who are vegetarian and still think PETA is full of shit, well eat some milk and cheese :)

Click on my name to learn about this event :)
ghost of Reverend Attila
Friday, March 14, 2003 10:31:20 AM
IP: 136.216.75.2

Dezi> Trying everything in your power to appropriate proerpty from another person without the conscious conscent is going to get you a negative slant no matter what.

People DON'T LIKE THIEVES.

Especially those that try to rationalize it by saying "It is for a good cause!" while not asking you how you feel about said cause.

That's like them adding 3 dollars on your tax form to go to the president's reelection campaign unless you ASK for a refund.

Something tells me you would be having a FIT if Bush were pulling something like this. Maybe it is your claim that the mainstream media has a "little" liberal bias.

Sorry, the people on the inside broke the code of silence. The mainstream American media is highly biased. In fact, there is a very good book about it called "Bias." Sure, not as lefty as the bulk of the collegate system, but about as far to the left as Fox News is to the right. People just seem stunned by Fox News because they've been spoon fed liberal divel by Dan Rather and his cronies for the last 20 years.

Don't believe me? Look at any of the surveys of the use of adjectives by supposedly "objective" commentators and newpapers some time. Implicitly extremist or negative modifiers are almost NEVER used on even the most extreme socialist / communist wack-jobs.

And someone had the audacity to claim the other day that they wanted to hear about things from a "more centrist source, like National Public Radio." Jeez. For the love of Pete, at least admit to your biases, rather than trying to tag "center" on yourself to seem more reasonable.

I'm a cranky fiscal conservative. I'll admit to it. I favor media sources with a conservative bias to try and balance out the hefty diet of liberal drivel I wade through every day. At least by listening to BOTH sides lie through their teeth, I might have a better view of what reality really is as opposed to if I only listened to one.

Kaioto - [kaioto@yahoo.com]
Friday, March 14, 2003 09:40:52 AM
IP: 66.30.158.19

angel spoilers
anyone see angel wendsday? really looking foward to this weeks with willow as a guest star. What i would really like to see is the real cordy come back and kick some imposter butt

not that i like death and destruction but i am personally ready for us to go to war. heck if there was a draft i go sign up (that way i could pick the branch of svc). wil i gonna see if i can sneak past the firewall and go read under the lemon tree
later days
ironwolf
Friday, March 14, 2003 09:33:36 AM
IP: 167.1.129.100

Thanks, Ed, although you're being too modest here - without you, we definitely wouldn't have been able to get Season Four released, even with me already on the staff.

We've been having a "short-staffed" problem with TGS in general for the last couple of years (which is why it's been going so slowly) - most of the staff members keep on dropping out for various reasons, and those still on it are often so hopelessly busy that they have scarcely any time left to work on things. "Pendragon" has been particularly badly hit by this problem, however. I suspect that in part, it may be simply less popular with the staff since the focus is more on Arthurian legend than on "gargoyle-mythology" (not only in the sense that most of the staff *isn't* that familiar with Arthurian legend and feels intimidated by "Pendragon" for that reason, but also the fact that I suspect that the mere fact that it's more "human-centered" than the other cycles - with only one gargoyle, namely Griff, among the regulars - may make it less appealing as well. There are times when I've wondered whether we'd be likely to see more participation on "Pendragon" if it was redesigned to focus on the adventures of the London clan with Arthur and his human friends being more "recurring characters", on the level of, say, Matt Bluestone or the Mutates, although I don't want to see it go in that direction of course).
Todd Jensen - [merlyn1@mindspring.com]
St. Louis, MO
Friday, March 14, 2003 07:31:19 AM
IP: 65.56.175.238

Question: It's not taking a long time at all. Actually, it’s quite the opposite. Breakdowns were restarted in mid-August after an emergency recruitment drive because they had been too short-staffed to really get off the ground until then. Writing started at the end of October. By January, there were 15-20 drafts handed in. After it was decided a few weeks ago to release 'Pendragon' first instead of 'Bad Guys', it obviously needed to be pushed through edits, and illustrated. But we soon realised that we were short-staffed in those departments too, hence the recruitment drives. ‘Pendragon’ wasn't originally expected to be the next series released after ‘Timedancer’, but will be. And as you’ll see from the credits come the summer, the season was still astonishingly short-staffed throughout. I’m sure that if it wasn’t for Todd, there wouldn’t be a season 4 for many years, if ever.
Ed - [ed@steelclaw.org]
Friday, March 14, 2003 05:05:01 AM
IP: 131.111.8.97

Well, news just keeps getting better. I got an email from Apple's HR department inviting me to schedule the final interview. This is the proverbial intern gang-bang, where they grill me for a few hours on highly technical scenarios. This means that the manager likes me and HR likes me, so they want to see how I interact with the group and make sure THEY all like me.

The Shell interview went really well, but remember all that bitching I did last week about having to copy my resume into their form and submit it online even though they already had it? Well, today the interviewer asked me why I didn't bring paper copies of that same form with me for their "paper file"! What is it with these people!? In any case, the interview was interesting. First the standard behavioral interview, followed by a totally open ended question. I was expecting a question like "design an oil platform" to see how my brain works, but instead he asked me to "define space travel". It was weird.

An update on "other people's code SUCKS" from yesterday: our professor posted one of our superclasses (not mine, unfortunately) to the website so that we can all make our subclasses work with it. The problem is that the superclass has a critical flaw in one of the get functions, which means having to edit lots of my code to fix it. Hopefully the prof will change the code, but frankly I'm not expecting it. I hate it when people waste my time.

Bud-Clare: <<the person responsible punished accordingly>>: First, a spanking. And then, the oral sex!
<<now why?>>: No idea.
<<Congratulations, you lucky bastard>>: Thank you 8-) And yes, I am.
<<you just keep running your mouth off, causing other people to threaten you physically>>: True. I guess then its a good thing I'm not afraid of a bunch of overweight geeks who are following a show that's been cancelled for 8 years 8-) Yes, that was typed to invite flames and death threats.
<<they obviously suck>>: LOL is cheese that important to you? and does fake nacho cheese count?
<<it doesn't preclude the possibility>>: True.
<<That's a Xanderism, in case you are uninformed again>>: No, I remember that line. Wish it were true, though. I'd have enjoyed school a lot more if I could start fantasizing just by looking at the floor.
<<Not as reliable as the mailman>>: Delivery in 30 minutes or less, or your money back!
<<I'm not really an expert on meat-related terminology>>: no comment.
<<She likes to be treated like a child, apparently. Saves her the trouble of dealing with life>>: Argh. I can't stand people who behave like that.

Kaioto: <>: Here's the thing: I'm very much in favor of giving money to Nader just to have another party with an advertising budget (even if I don't support his views, I like competition. I think its good for the world). On the other hand, I sure as hell don't want my tuition dollars going to it. Those dollars should be going to new powermacs...uh...for the school ;-)

Gabriel: <<100% taxes on poeple who make $150,000 +>>: I assume you mean take everything over $150,000/year, right? Otherwise there's no motivation to make that much, or even close. As it is, people that make just below the tax bracket net more than people just above it, which is absolutely the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Damn Commies.

Dezi: <>: If you pay money to the school, shouldn't it be going, you know, to the SCHOOL!? You didn't vote to give that money to them, it was outright taken from your checkbook.

Ravyn: <<we're building a chassis for a Formula-style racecar, and other senior design teams are doing stuff like an airbag for your hip in case you fall ... and sprinkler valves>>: whoa. Cool!
<<You're doing really well>>: Thanks. I've been working my butt off for it, and so far I'm thrilled with the progress. As I've said, scoring Apple will make my year. Already ;-)

Revel: <<just remember us little art peopel when you are making 6 figures a year>>: I'll remember you...just don't ask for any money you starving hippy! ;-)

DPH: <<How close away will you let them get before blowing them up?>>: Weapons range.
<<I'm temporarily using real player to ILLEGALLY copy CDs for my music appreciation class>>: HAHAHAHA.
<<the music library should have copies to listen to so purchasing the music isn't necessary for the class>>: That doesn't make it right.
<<What in heck were the locusts that were heading for Cardassia (Spelling?) and then Bajor?>>: I have no idea what on earth you're talking about.
<<that seems to be what the French have been best at lately: surrenderring or retreating>>: That is the point.
<<the French will have no army and be forced to cooperate>>: Pretty much the way it is now.

The Question: Because they hate you. I know this doesn't occur to you, but writing a whole series isn't nearly as easy as it looks, especially when they're short staffed. No one "owes" us TGS. People do it out of the goodness of their hearts, when they can. It will take as long as it needs to. SO QUIT WHINING.

150. I will provide funding and research to develop tactical and strategic weapons covering a full range of needs so my choices are not limited to "hand to hand combat with swords" and "blow up the planet".

Josh - [ATkicktothenutsDOTcom]
Berkeley, CA, US of A
Friday, March 14, 2003 02:54:44 AM
IP: 64.165.203.31

Out of curiosity why is it taking so long for season four of Pendragon to be written?
The Question
Friday, March 14, 2003 02:20:20 AM
IP: 67.233.55.107

Eh, no post tonight. Was distracted by FFX, and have an early class tommorrow. Then spring break.

Na zdorov'ya.
Gside - [gside@eden.rutgers.edu]
Piscataway, NJ
Friday, March 14, 2003 02:16:51 AM
IP: 198.151.130.245

Kaito - Interesting

Vash - thanks for keeping me on my toes.

Imzadi - <That's nice. I'll hold my breath.> There's the reason why editors are being recruited right now. <The guy from Apple emailed me this morning and he's going to try and call me tomorrow afternoon. I'm not gonna ask what happened, as its probably NDA-stuff anyway.> Congrats <Liar!> This time, you're wrong. <146. If my surveillance reports any un-manned or seemingly innocent ships found where they are not supposed to be, they will be immediately vaporized instead of brought in for salvage.> Hmm. How close away will you let them get before blowing them up?

Let me see if understand the Iraq situation: France and Russia have a conflict of interest when it comes to Iraq because of business deals. Naturally, they want the status-quo. So why aren't people ignoring France and Russia when they say they want an international coalition?

Lily - <Hi, I have visited the TGS website for quite a few years and I love it but I am wondering when is the new season of Gargoyles fan fiction going to be ready.> I hoped the last announcement answered your question.

Silvadel - <Actually, if I had to have a dilbert character on my side, it would probably be the garbage man. I mean he is smarter than dilbert, more centered than any of them, and can pull anything he wants out of any garbage can... Actually I do not think he has shown up in the dilbert comic in quite some time.> He showed up last year. The garbage man's main purpose has to explain the unexplicable. In that role, he isn't used much. Admittedly, yes, I would pick him . <A bill passed the assembly to FORCE Cabelvision to carry the YES network. There is huge pressure by the yankees organization to get it through the senate also and their commercials are rampant on TV.> Just great. How long before I can start up a network and get istant revenue by requiring everybody to subscribe to my network?

I'm beginning to post as often as Green Baron. That's gotta change.

I installed real player to test the music on the TGS Theme Songs page (I promise that page will be update soon) and discovered real player took over my cd player. So I had to uninstall it.

Yes, Imzadi, I'm temporarily using real player to ILLEGALLY copy CDs for my music appreciation class. IMO, the music library should have copies to listen to so purchasing the music isn't necessary for the class.

**RANT**
I spent 30+ minutes working on an assignment for music appreciation class worth a measily **2** points.

Answering questions about a 2 hour movie got me a measily **3** points. Can anybody say something isn't right?

There are 2 reasons I signed up for music appreciation besides the fact that it part of a requirement. Those are 1)listening to music soothes the soul. Any required listening actually benefits me a lot. 2)the requirement to attend concerts. My dad and I have a strained relationship. Attending a concert together would help on mending some bridges.
**END RANT**

BTW, one old question I have about Star Trek Deep Space Nine: What in heck were the locusts that were heading for Cardassia (Spelling?) and then Bajor? I remember reading somewhere that wasn't the Dominion, but something else.

Imzadi - <How many gears does a French tank have? Five. Four in reverse and one forward (in case of attack from behind).> Yea, that seems to be what the French have been best at lately: surrenderring or retreating. <144. I will order my guards to stand in a line when they shoot at the hero so he cannot duck and have them accidentally shoot
each other. Also, I will order some to aim above, below, and to the sides so he cannot jump out of the way. > So guards come in a set of 10 or a set of 15? That gives 2 or 3 to cover each possible way. <Today I went to this sweet lecture by Scott Adams (he draws Dilbert).> I'm jealous. <
140. I will instruct my guards when checking a cell that appears empty to look for the chamber pot. If the chamber pot is still
there, then the prisoner has escaped and they may enter and search for clues. If the chamber pot is not there, then either the
prisoner is perched above the lintel waiting to strike them with it or else he decided to take it as a souvenir (in which case he is obviously deeply disturbed and poses no threat). Either way, there's no point in entering.> Why not just run a simple flashpoint to cover every square inch of the floor, walls, and ceiling? <139. If I'm sitting in my camp, hear a twig snap, start to investigate, then encounter a small woodland creature, I will send out some scouts anyway just to be on the safe side. (If they disappear into the foliage, I will not send out another patrol; I will break out the napalm.) > I thought you would have the area searched ahead of time and then have guards posted to protect you.

Silvadel - If there was a line, I'd join it.

Leo - <A Disney spokesman announced today that it plans to cease using fireworks at Euro Disney at the request of the French government. The decision came about yesterday following the usual display that caused French soldiers shopping at a nearby outlet mall to surrender to the owner of a German restaurant located in the mall. From now on, Disney will use a laser light show instead.> *starts laughing* I have an idea, let's have fireworks displays outside every French army installation. That way, the French will have no army and be forced to cooperate.

Kaito - <In other news, PETA and the Anti-Defamation League are at each other's throats over PETA's "The Holocaust on Your Plate" campaign. The bunny-hugging lobby just stepped on a major land-mine in their eagerness to convert the world.> I thought they did that already with the idea of an ad campaign encouraging people to drink beer instead of milk.

Silverbolt - <*makes Voodoo dolls of the TGS team*> Jokes on you. Anything you try to do to me will automatically effect my hologram, not me. I always knew that visit to the witch doctor was worth-while, especially after my hologram took care of any possibilities of that spell being broken.

*stops to save post in case of DC attack*
DPH
AR, USA
Thursday, March 13, 2003 11:55:13 PM
IP: 204.94.193.68

Yessssssssss. One more day of class then it's break time and then, Spacie arrives.
My crits went well today, I have been told that I make creatures with, "Scary eyes." So that was my happy point of the day even if it was not meant to be a compliment I took it as such.

Josh- Big congrats on the aceptance letter and the job. just remember us little art peopel when you are making 6 figures a year ;) <<Poor Revel.>> Don't worry about us, we'll be fine. Just imagine all the fun we'll be having *creates mental image for you* <<Too much info. But males appreciate it, nonetheless>> ];)

Leo- <<*blinks* If I didn't know better, I'd believe you were talking dirty to us.>> My Spacie-chan talks whatever way she wants, and I like it :D <<"He's a LONGHORN" ;-)>> er, no. Actually I'm a Mean Green Eagle.

Spacebabie- *smooch* see you soon darlin'

Dezi- thanks.

*Site Updates*

Fixed my links, added afew, made sure all the existing ones work and added some new pictures, plus I had to up grade it so now NO MORE BANNERS. very nice, but I have to pay now :P Also a new story that is also available in the fan fic archive.

*End*

Revel - [<<---------New Stuff]
denton, tx
Thursday, March 13, 2003 08:23:39 PM
IP: 129.120.230.74

**flops on a couch somewhere** Hi, all!

Well, it's been a busy week! I had one presentation on Tuesday about evaluating various parameters on a diesel engine, and then another presentation today for my senior design class ... basically a design review. It was fun! It's just been a tiring week, and I think things went well, which was good. :) At least our project is one of the more exciting projects: we're building a chassis for a Formula-style racecar, and other senior design teams are doing stuff like an airbag for your hip in case you fall ... and sprinkler valves ... bah. ;)

The only really funny part about the other teams' presentations today was when the personal hip airbag team started ... and opened their presentation with a sound clip from that commercial ... you know ... "Help, I've fallen, and I can't get up!!!" ;) Somehow, that just seemed so silly at the time ... and yet so wrong ... ;)

Josh> Congratulations on the scholarship and acceptance to UCLA! :) And wow, congrats also on the Apple interview, that's really terrific! :) You're doing really well. <<<<pregnant women are not to be trusted>>: Remove "pregnant">> **laughs** I like that ... ;) <<But I didn't want to scare anyone by forcing thoughts of FS (or his mailman) having a child>> **screams** too late, I'm already scared! Just kidding. ;)

GB> How are things in Kosovo, especially after that assassination? :( How are people reacting to it there?

Bud-Clare> <<As opposed to men, who are totally sane.>> **chuckles, then starts laughing** Sorry, couldn't help it. :) But that's a little freaky about the Resident Evil DVD. I hope you can track down who sent it and all. Scary.

Dezi> <<Do you people in other areas get all those anti-satellite commercials by the local cable companies? They sound so desperate its funny.>> YES! We get the anti-satellite stuff almost constantly, and yes, I agree, they're pretty funny. :) And you have my condolences about your grandpa's friend Dewey ... wow, that's totally shocking at how sudden that happened.

Gside> <<The Fourier transform of a cosine is the French salute. If anyone gets this, I shall be surprised.>> **chuckles** Ah, I get it now, after you explained it to Josh ... man, it's sad when I start understanding Fourier transform jokes ... ;)

Kaioto, Dezi> Interesting article ... then again, I've always hated Nader. Especially after being a race car driver. ;) Anyhoo, yeah, the article had a slant to it ... but I think the point is that these kinds of fees aren't cool. I'm glad my university doesn't have them (and yes, I check my bill). ;) If you want $3 or however much to go to clean emissions or whatever, then you should have a way to give money directly *to* that cause, not be duped into it ... because what if the fees went to a cause you did *not* support? What if, say, the money went to support a group lobbying for everyone to get ID chips implanted in their bodies so we could all be tracked or something? It's an interesting thought. I think fees like this, though, should *not* be mandatory on college tuition bills, and you have to do the work to take them off. If anything, if they're there, it should be like income tax forms, where you can opt to check the box and send a certain amount of money to clean elections or whatever.

Well, gotta run, and try to do some numerical methods homework, so I can turn it in before my Spring Break next week ... since I probably won't be wanting to do homework over the break, especially with a special someone coming to visit ... **huggles Coyote** :)
Ravyn
Thursday, March 13, 2003 07:41:39 PM
IP: 150.135.118.163

Weee..

Back from working on the ship. O.o Definately an interesting world tour. Mwhaha. :P ;) I missed you guys!

And..since I'm here..

TWO MORE DAYS TO VOTE for the MGC 'Gargoyle Beast' contest!
http://mgc.gargoyles-fans.org/vote.php

And still plenty of time to enter the 'draw within a shape' category. :) You can draw ANYTHING (gargoyles related) you want! (under PG-13 rating of course) It just has to be contained in a shape that is _NOT_ a square or rectangle! :) Best of luck!

And...good luck on the artist recruitment drive! ^_^
Siryn - [ekkapinto@yahoo.com]
Thursday, March 13, 2003 07:10:05 PM
IP: 66.66.97.209

(sorry for double post) BTW, does anyone have or know of a link that outlines the Patriot Act? I'm thinking I'd like to look it over, as I haven't gotten around to it yet.
Dezi
Thursday, March 13, 2003 03:35:45 PM
IP: 68.58.158.101

"... where it's used to lobby state legislatures on issues like tougher emissions standards, campaign finance reform and a bevy of other environmental and anti-corporate causes" And this is a bad thing, because?... I don't mind 3 bucks a class going to something like campaign finance reform. Or emissions standards, for that matter. It' my air, too. Why should Ford and Chevy get to waste it for the sake of their pockets?

From an editorial point of view: My God, this article is teeming with slant. If this had been a link to the Washington Post, I would have cried. Yes, I acknowledge the slight liberal slant in most media, and there are many reasons for that. But believe me, a slight liberal slant is nothing on what this guy has. He needs to put up one of those signs and a sand ditch in case the brakes of the semi-trucks burn out on the way down.
Dezi
Thursday, March 13, 2003 03:30:31 PM
IP: 68.58.158.101

Kai> Damn, first he brainwashes kids on campus into buying his hypocrisy, now he's pulling this crap. Thanks for the article; I'm actually going to make sure none of my tuition fee is being smeared with that.

Have you heard about his income tax reform? 100% taxes on poeple who make $150,000 +. This guy's nuts.
Gabriel "gaygoyle"
Thursday, March 13, 2003 12:21:43 PM
IP: 66.169.209.155

Are you getting duped into paying fees that go into the war chests of lobbiest and politicians? If you're a college student, there is a good chance you are, and that if you knew, you could stop it.

I wish I had been told about this before I graduated:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,80925,00.html

That's just low, man.
Kaioto - [kaioto@yahoo.com]
Thursday, March 13, 2003 11:57:15 AM
IP: 208.204.155.241

The mystery has been solved, and the person responsible punished accordingly. :P

***************************************
Josh> (I forgot this one) <<Numbnuts.>>
Okay... now why?

<<The manager said that he'd love to have me work in iBook PD and that HR should be contacting me in the next few days to discuss the next step.>>
Congratulations, you lucky bastard. :P

<<So do I, but you don't see me threatening people physically.>>
No, you just keep running your mouth off, causing other people to threaten you physically.

<<Thank you. For someone as smart as he claims to be, he sure makes a lot of stupid mistakes.>>
I just thought that it was funny in a post about editting.

<<Few countries are totally devoid of cheese.>>
So? If there are few, then there are at least some. And they obviously suck, so they are perfect for our purposes.

<<True. But logically, that doesn't make us crazy.>>
But it doesn't preclude the possibility, either.

<<If its not broken and not smelly, then its fine.>>
Ick. I rest my case.

<< <<everything is porn to the right person>>: Doubtful.>>
"I'm a teenager; looking at linoleum makes me want to have sex." (That's a Xanderism, in case you are uninformed again. ;)
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Leo> <<that's creepy.>>
That's what I've been saying. And I've got homework to do, but I'm distracted.
**************************
Gside> <<What about the pizza boy?>>
Not as reliable as the mailman.

<<But I believe butcher is synonymous.>>
I've never heard it applied to the guys who work in the slaughter houses, as far as I can remember. But maybe... I'm not really an expert on meat-related terminology.

<>
She likes to be treated like a child, apparently. Saves her the trouble of dealing with life.
Bud-Clare - [budclare@yahoo.com]
Thursday, March 13, 2003 11:53:36 AM
IP: 24.169.113.216

YES! I had my third Apple interview today and it went GREAT! The manager said that he'd love to have me work in iBook PD and that HR should be contacting me in the next few days to discuss the next step. SWEEEEEET!

This will so make my year. The interview consisted of a few questions about school, my major, my specialization, then he asked me three physics/materials questions that could have been solved by a 5th semester engineering student. Since I kicked ass, I assume I'm more qualified than your average 5th semester student...hopefully they felt the same way. He has an idea of exactly who he'd like me to work with and what he'd like me to work on. He said HR should get back to me in a few days for the next step of the process.

Silvadel: <<90% of the time it is easier to rewrite a section of code rather than try to make major modifications/fixes to someone elses code>>: Unfortunately, I can't submit the person's fixed code with mine. So I had to tell my friend to fix his own code. The point of the assignment is to prove how well new classes can be dropped into the code. Unfortunately, it only works if everyone's code is to spec. When I confronted my friend, he tried to defend it by saying that his code was actually superior because it had additional functionality. While I'd normally agree, that wasn't part of the assignment and it was royally screwing ME up. And I can't tolerate that.
<<not everyone has access to the southern skies>>: But doesn't almost everyone? Barring the presence of large trees near your house, I suppose.
<<It would also let the government know where you are at all times and be an identifying number>>: Oh yes, just what I want!
<<Would definitely not want to be trapped in the form of a donkey>>: There are many jokes I could make here.

Spacebabie: <>: I got a real laugh out of the screamer line.
<>: Too much info. But males appreciate it, nonetheless.
<<He’s an Ox in human years>>: What the hell does that mean!? Besides, I think its the castrated part that he was underlining.
<<I’m still going to kick your ass though>>: Best of luck with that.
<<Catbert is more evil>>: Yes. But not as cool.
<<I’m not “Nasty” though>>: Poor Revel.
<>: So do I, but you don't see me threatening people physically.

Bud Clare: <<Which of you smart-asses sent me Resident Evil?>>: Mmmmm...Mila Jovovich...
<<No cookies for you>>: Thank you. For someone as smart as he claims to be, he sure makes a lot of stupid mistakes.
<<slaughterer?>>: Butcher?
<<Let's send them to a cheeseless country>>: Few countries are totally devoid of cheese.
<<That's what crazy people always say>>: True. But logically, that doesn't make us crazy.
<<lazy slobs who can't even be bothered to clean the damned bathroom once in awhile>>: If its not broken and not smelly, then its fine.
<<Can I still laugh the whole time, or would my starting it require me to be properly involved in it?>>: Yes and Yes.
<<We all do>>: Of course.
<<He'd be in the right place at the right time>>: I wish that were all it took...
<<I'd very much like to know who sent it>>: Awww...you have a stalker!

Leo: <<what is this romor about Britney Spears bieng the next "Buffy"?>>: That will keep me entertained for hours on end.
<<I'd believe you were talking dirty to us.>>: She was.
<<A better recovery would have been "He's a LONGHORN">>: Which just tells us he's a mutant ;-)
<<Does that mean you're hopeful?>>: Quite. Everyone here seems to think I'll be getting an offer by next week.
<<didn't Mommy and Daddy ever give you enough attention when you were a child!?>>: I don't have any complaints. My issue was with the type of attention...the overbearing controlling kind 8-)

Gside: <<Which is why many people like object oriented programming. You just get the templates, and you don't care what's going on inside>>: The problem is that it only works when you both subclass the same original class...which didn't happen.
<<Depending on his mood, it could disappear quite fast>>: I'm sure LM would whine.
<<What about the pizza boy?>>: Delivery in 30 minutes or less?
<<everything is porn to the right person>>: Doubtful.
<<I'm everywhere I can think of>>: You're not here...or are you!?
<<you're just generally vitriolic, so I just dismiss the more outrageous statements you make>>: Fair enough.
<< the salute is "We surrender!" with two upraised arms>>: Ah, got it. Middle finger is the American salute ;-)
<<The bottom of the tub is actually white>>: I've heard that about tubs. Never verified it myself, though.
<<The downside to this theory is that you are also constanly having anal sex with men>>: Suddenly this theory doesn't sound so good.

149. Ropes supporting various fixtures will not be tied next to open windows or staircases, and chandeliers will be hung way at the top of the ceiling.

Josh - [ATkicktothenutsDOTcom]
Berkeley, CA, US of A
Thursday, March 13, 2003 03:03:21 AM
IP: 64.165.203.31

Imzadi> <<other people's code SUCKS>>: Which is why many people like object oriented programming. You just get the templates, and you don't care what's going on inside.
<<forcing thoughts of FS... having a child>>: Depending on his mood, it could disappear quite fast.
<<or his mailman>>: What about the pizza boy?
<<Remove "pregnant">>: Or add "especially" and "in food matters".
<<Redundant>>: True everything is porn to the right person. Or me.
<<That's okay, I only hope you're not omnipresent too>>: Let me check... No, I'm everywhere I can think of.
<>: Yes, but you're just generally vitriolic, so I just dismiss the more outrageous statements you make.
<<A middle finger?>>: If it's got a frequency of 0, but more generally. Being surrender monkeys, the joke goes that the salute is "We surrender!" with two upraised arms.

Silvadel> <>: If you want to manipulate the environment, instead of just get from place to place and eat stuff. Just about anything without opposable thumbs has that difficulty.

Spacebabie> <<slippery smooth. I don�t want fuzz all over my body>>: An actual coat of fur is quite soft, and smooth in the right directing. One of the reasons I like feeling my hat.

Bud Clare> <<slaughterer? (Is that a word?)>>: Webster's 1913 likes it, as well as other online resources. But I believe butcher is synonymous.
<<That's better than my mother, then>>: I feel there is a story behind this?
<<lazy slobs who can't even be bothered to clean the damned bathroom once in awhile>>: We actually scoured it this year (twice so far). The bottom of the tub is actually white. And a brilliant white at that. The really ugly part is when the shower curtain turns pink.
<<If he were, he'd get to have sex once in awhile. He'd be in the right place at the right time>>: There is a theory that for men, in the right frame of mind, you are constantly having sex. Since for us, having sex is just being in a space whose limits are defined by the female. Since time doesn't really exist, whether the female is there now or only was at some point doesn't matter. Therefore, as long as you are somewhere a female has been before, you are constantly having sex. The downside to this theory is that you are also constanly having anal sex with men.

And a bit of the Beatles. Ain't She Sweet?

Na zdorov'ya.
Gside - [gside@eden.rutgers.edu]
Piscataway, NJ
Thursday, March 13, 2003 02:19:36 AM
IP: 198.151.130.245

BUD CLARE> Damn, I hope this all gets sorted out. I agree, it is creepy, but hopefully who ever sent it was just trying to be nice. Though an explanation would be in order, annonymous gifts like that are just creepy.

Mara lives in San Antonio, she moved down there in May. Only other person I know in this CR from Brooklyn is Airwalker, but I highly doubt it was him.

Best of luck sorting this thing out. It's probably nothing though.
Greg Bishansky
Wednesday, March 12, 2003 11:53:43 PM
IP: 216.179.3.239

They found that missing 14 year old girl from Utah, alive. Does anyone else think kidnapper looks very much like Ted Kazinski, the unibomber?

And what is this romor about Britney Spears bieng the next "Buffy"?
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Bud-Clare:<<*grumbles about crazy people who send strange packages to the houses of people whose addresses they ought not have and don't even bother to include their names with the return address*>>that's creepy.

Spacebabie:<<Well if I could the felinoid form without the fur then I’d go for it, but if not…then forget it. I don’t do fur.>> FREEEEK!! You'd look like an anthropomorphic Mr. Bigglesworth. :p <<I['d] s(h)ave my legs and other areas so I’d be slippery smooth>> *blinks* If I didn't know better, I'd believe you were talking dirty to us. <<He’s an Ox in human years.>> Sorry, I don't think that's a good enough recovery. A better recovery would have been "He's a LONGHORN" ;-)

Josh:<<The guy from Apple emailed me this morning and he's going to try and call me tomorrow afternoon>>Does that mean you're hopeful?<<What's your major malfunction, numbnuts>> Josh, didn't Mommy and Daddy ever give you enough attention when you were a child!?

Chocolate:<<yeah, i mean aja-whatever is pretty cool.. and he's pretty hot too... yeah.>> ?

Leo
Wednesday, March 12, 2003 11:34:22 PM
IP: 68.96.8.12

Greg> <<And what ever did Mara and Aaron do to you?>>
Nothing, apparently. According the the comment room members pages, Mara lives in Brooklyn, but I'm under the impression that that's no longer true. Which kind of sucks, because that was the only explanation that even made a tiny bit of sense.

Someone sent me a copy (emphasis on "copy") of the Resident Evil dvd, which I said last week that I really wanted to see. It was postmarked in Brooklyn, but the sender's name was nowhere on the package. And while several people have my old address, only one person in this room has my current address, and he sure as hell isn't in Brooklyn. So... I'd very much like to know who sent it, and where the hell they got my address (not to mention my name which, while not a big secret, isn't exactly common knowledge, either). I'm sure that whoever sent it thought that it would be a nice surprise, but I'm less than thrilled.

Grr. I really am going to do my homework now. Just as soon as I can stop grumbling.
Bud-Clare
Wednesday, March 12, 2003 11:28:02 PM
IP: 24.169.113.216

BUD-CLARE> Um, what's happening exactly?

And what ever did Mara and Aaron do to you? ;)
Greg Bishansky
Wednesday, March 12, 2003 11:17:20 PM
IP: 216.179.3.239

Dammit... Mara moved?!? Who the hell lives in Brooklyn, then?

*deep breath* I will not go insane. I will not go insane.

*sighs* I think I'll just go do my homework now.

*grumbles about crazy people who send strange packages to the houses of people whose addresses they ought not have and don't even bother to include their names with the return address*
Bud-Clare - [budclare@yahoo.com]
Wednesday, March 12, 2003 10:24:19 PM
IP: 24.169.113.216

*checks location information for comment room members*

*strangles Mara and/or Aaron*

*realizes her mistake, and stops strangling them before they have a chance to enjoy it*
Bud-Clare - [budclare@yahoo.com]
Wednesday, March 12, 2003 07:20:36 PM
IP: 24.169.113.216

All right... Which of you smart-asses sent me Resident Evil?

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DPH> <<Beta-versions of stories said person has read or stories that said person has wrote for themselves.>>
Has wrote? No cookies for you. :P
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Dezi> <<Like cattle to a slaughter.>>
Er.. who's the cattle and who is the... slaughterer? (Is that a word?)

<<Lets lock them all up in a big box with the idiots that are suing McDonalds and ship them off to which ever country we pick that we don't like.>>
So, currently... France? But why should stupid people have easy access to good cheese? Let's send them to a cheeseless country.
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Gside> <<Be careful what you say about my mother. My father's sense of humor reminded her of my grandfather's.>>
That's better than my mother, then. *shudders*
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Josh> <<We are sane.>>
*L* That's what crazy people always say.

<<We're just "immature" by female standards.>>
I'd go with "lazy slobs who can't even be bothered to clean the damned bathroom once in awhile."

<<What other kind would sleep with me?>>
Point.

<>
Can I still laugh the whole time, or would my starting it require me to be properly involved in it?

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We all do, I promise.

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If he were, he'd get to have sex once in awhile. He'd be in the right place at the right time. ;)
Bud-Clare - [budclare@yahoo.com]
Wednesday, March 12, 2003 07:13:50 PM
IP: 24.169.113.216

Ugh The shelves in my dad’s closet collapsed and we went through all the junk. Most is going to the Salvation Army but some, like the expensive Mahjong set will be part of an online auction.

There were some elderly gentlemen handing out bibles the other day. The pocket type. They were not shoving them in our face just smiling and offering them to those who want them. Nor were they on their soap boxes preaching…this was good.

***************Spoilers for Boston Public************
I’m glad the TV crew did not go through with the news about the adulterous affair, wish they went with something besides the Thong though. I thought it was adorable when the 12 yar old covered her eyes. The spy on campus was an interesting twist, but I wish it was someone besides Marla that could be co vice principal.
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Silvadel<<<But really I do seem to have a preference for non-human forms in general>>>Well if I could the felinoid form without the fur then I’d go for it, but if not…then forget it. I don’t do fur. I save my legs and other areas so I’d be slippery smooth. I don’t want fuzz all over my body.<<>>I felt it was a cop out at the end. “Make her into an ogress so she could be with Shrek.” Kind of like the stories that change Elisa into a Gargoyle just so she could breed with Goliath. There are a few, very few….well only one recent one that I actually didn’t stop midway and hit the back button.

Firestorm<<<Actually, the psychological torture is even better! >>>You and me both, been causing a lot of angst for some canon characters.

Leo<<<an ox less than 4 years old>>> He’s an Ox in human years.

Josh<<<The good news is that I was accept to UCLA's graduate structural engineering program and that I won the $1600 scholarship to Apple's WorldWide Developers Conference that I enjoyed so much.>>>Congrats, I’m still going to kick your ass though<<<Welcome to the club>>>I’ve always hated Hippies…well since I was 14<<<Not as much as Dogbert.>>>Catbert is more evil <<<Then you aren't naughty. End of discussion>>>Oh but I am naughty…I’m not “Nasty” though<<<As usual, I'm not afraid. >>>I have some muscle tone in my arms, and I have good kicking legs.<<<That's nice. I'll hold my breath.>>>pokes the blue Josh.
Spacebabie - [LadyAndromeda@smstars.zzn.com]
Orlando, Florida, U.S.A
Wednesday, March 12, 2003 02:07:30 PM
IP: 67.28.66.250

DPH & Ed> Thanks for the info!
Vash
Wednesday, March 12, 2003 02:05:22 PM
IP: 129.98.123.136

Vash: On the dedication required of editors... well, at present nearly the entire edits staff is unable for one reason or another to be very active. I guess that over the next year there will be 39 episodes of ‘Pendragon’ and ‘Bad Guys’ that need editing (last I heard we had 24 drafts). By this logic, four editors editing one episode a month would cover it. If we only get 2 editors, things are a little tighter of course.
Ed - [ed@steelclaw.org]
London, England
Wednesday, March 12, 2003 01:59:45 PM
IP: 131.111.8.97

Josh -- 90% of the time it is easier to rewrite a section of code rather than try to make major modifications/fixes to someone elses code.

As for the demise of cable -- the main issue is that not everyone has access to the southern skies to get direct-tv etc. We live in a strange world media-wise -- Phone service through the air, TV service through a wire... Just feels really backwards to me ;)

I can see a day though when people have cell phones implanted -- it will probably be one of the first most popular cyber technologies... It would also let the government know where you are at all times and be an identifying number(shades of revalations).

Jackal -- France has significantly marginalized the UN *AND* Nato this time around. "Neville Chamberlin" is echoing through time.

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On the subject of alternate forms -- when I was watching Shrek recently I was amazed at how useless the donkey's form is.... It actually points to his character -- all he can do is talk so he talks everyones ears off at every opportunity. Would definitely not want to be trapped in the form of a donkey.

Man has it been quiet here -- A couple of statements I made earlier havent gotten comments and there have been so few comments overall that I have been lyrie of posting for fear of too many in too short a time.

Way too much snow and cold -- looking forward to spring... Too bad they didnt stop west nile when it was a long island phenomenon(will be country-wide next year and a real killer). Between that, lyme disease, and various other tick/mosquito borne diseases you almost have to have an environment suit to go outside and that is a sad thing... At least in the past you could see your enemies.

silvadel
Wednesday, March 12, 2003 10:45:03 AM
IP: 208.58.213.171

Very bad news. Well, not too relevant for many, but guess what nation Kosovo is still a part of. Click on my name to read. Hopefully, this will not cause further problems for the Balkans in the weeks and months to come.
Green Baron - [greenbaron@hotmail.com]
Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo
Wednesday, March 12, 2003 09:54:43 AM
IP: 136.216.75.2

Thanks to everyone who has congratulated me. The guy from Apple emailed me this morning and he's going to try and call me tomorrow afternoon. I'm not gonna ask what happened, as its probably NDA-stuff anyway. My friend in the department won't even tell me what's holding up the new powerbooks from shipping.

Today I learned the most important lesson of programming: other people's code SUCKS. Seriously, you'd think with a specification as clear as the one we were given that other people would be able to follow it. I hope I wasn't the only one or I'm gonna fail the assignment.

DPH: <<Season 4 is expected to premiere in June/July 2003>>: That's nice. I'll hold my breath.

Vash: <<Didn't you get accepted to Cal's program, though? Isn't that where you wanted to go?>>: Yes and yes. Unfortunately, I haven't told the other schools to stop considering me yet 8-)

Bud-Clare: <<Thank you>>: Welcome.
<<What did you call me?>>: Numbnuts.
<<As opposed to men, who are totally sane>>: We are sane. We're just "immature" by female standards.
<<Or pregnant.>>: Yeah, that. But I didn't want to scare anyone by forcing thoughts of FS (or his mailman) having a child ;-)
<<if you _want_ a stupid woman>>: What other kind would sleep with me?
<<We should do it more often>>: I nominate you to start it.
<<imagine how annoyed they must have been when someone stole their ice cream>>: Especially the women.

Dezi: <<Then he fell over. Dead.>>: WHOA.
<<Well guess we can't do that. Dewey is dead>>: HAHAHAHA. Okay, so that's not funny, but it sure sounds like it when taken out of context.
<<He just ignores them and plays Evercrack>>: Hehe. I think I did the same thing. That's why I'm a cat person.
<<just scotch-tape them up in the hippy free zone>>: Good idea.
<>: True. I pity the girls who date me.
<<Do you people in other areas get all those anti-satellite commercials by the local cable companies?>>: No, because DirecTV controls all the commercials on my dish service 8-)
<<ship them off to which ever country we pick that we don't like>>: Canada.

Gside: <<pregnant women are not to be trusted>>: Remove "pregnant".
<<And a porn source all in one>>: Redundant.
<<You're just jealous that you have small feet>>: You're absolutely right. There's nothing I'd love more than having to custom order shoes. NOT.
<>: That's okay, I only hope you're not omnipresent too.
<<Be careful what you say about my mother>>: I say lots of stuff about your mother.
<<The Fourier transform of a cosine is the French salute. If anyone gets this, I shall be surprised>>: A middle finger?

nite all.

148. Before ridiculing my enemies for wasting time on a device to stop me that couldn't possibly work, I will first acquire a copy of the schematics and make sure that in fact it couldn't possibly work.

Josh - [ATkicktothenutsDOTcom]
Berkeley, CA, US of A
Wednesday, March 12, 2003 02:50:07 AM
IP: 64.165.203.31

Imzadi> <<Sick>>: That's part of the point. That, and pregnant women are not to be trusted.
<<Makes an interesting conversation piece, no?>>: And a porn source all in one.
<<And they are not connected>>: You're just jealous that you have small feet.
<<You may find that many will keep saying it until you go away>>: But I don't go away. I am eternal.
<<Actually, its much easier>>: I was dyslexic for a second there. But still, if you're setting up a bunch of key shortcuts, you've gotta have the basic code in the clipboard ready for pasting.
<<Or that their education lacks decent facilities>>: Depends on which route they're going for.

DPH> <<TGS is holding a two week recruitment drive for editors>>: I must worry about getting a real job first. And I'm putting that on hold for a bit so I can get Tau Beta Pi on my resume first.

Bud Clare> <<What did you call me?>>: It's a sign of affection.
<<As opposed to men, who are totally sane>>: No, just consistant.
<<That only applies to stupid... women>>: Be careful what you say about my mother. My father's sense of humor reminded her of my grandfather's.

Dezi> <<surrender monkeys>>: I just realized something today. The Fourier transform of a cosine is the French salute. If anyone gets this, I shall be surprised.
<<Like fat-free french fries>>: And don't forget the other side effects.

Na zdorov'ya.
Gside - [gside@eden.rutgers.edu]
Piscataway, NJ
Wednesday, March 12, 2003 02:07:01 AM
IP: 198.151.130.245

Sorry double post, but I found this really interesting article. Hee hee, now that I've figured out links and such, click my name for it. Have fun.
Dezi - [<-niflty little article the I found in my profound boredom. :)]
Wednesday, March 12, 2003 12:15:15 AM
IP: 68.58.158.101

My mom hurt her back and had to go to Peoria for a CAT scan yesterday. Since that is an hour away, my grampa (her dad) was gonna go with. He brought along his best friend Dewey. Both Dewey and my grampa are 77.
While my mom was getting the scan done, Dewey and grampa went to a buffet place nearby for lunch. They had gotten theyre food and sat down, and Dewey went to the soda fountain to get some pop. Then he fell over. Dead. Like someone had just hit the off switch. There were two paramedics that happened to be dining there and they tried to revive him but he was completely gone.
My grampa had to work the the cops to get the car back (Dewey had the keys) and then pick up my mom and then get a hold of Dewey's pastor and wife and kids. Dewey's wife is in a nursing home. He was a farmer and my grampa would help him pull the harvest in every fall. He had two daughters and two granddaughters that are my age.
Now my grampa is coming to grips with his own mortality. He has to help Dewey's wife make his best friend's funeral arrangements all of a sudden. Man, what if they (Grampa and Dewey) had made plans for next week, ya know? 'Well guess we can't do that. Dewey is dead.'

Dumbnut brother managed to make it into the air force. He leaves in Sept. for boot camp in San Antonio. He'll train to be a k-9 handler for the airforce MPs (or whatever they call them). Man this is turning into a big joke. He only acts like he takes care of the dogs we have. He just ignores them and plays Evercrack.
Now, my dog, on the other hand, could take a shot at it. She trained herself somehow to 'search'. One day I told her to find something (some toy) and told her search and she went around sniffing and poking her nose in every hiding place (under furniture and stuff)until she found it. She's pretty reliable too, for an amatuer. :) Better than my brother anyway.

Watching a show on Animal Planet about meerkats. Never watched one on them before. They are cute! I want one! (well probably not but they are cute). They were all standing up looking at something and one of the little babies was getting tired and he fell on his little butt and rolled down the hill. Then he got up and ran back up the hill like nothing happened. :D
Totally made my day.

Firestorm: <But there has to be SOME place you guys can put your garbage without sending it to Wayne County! > But let's keep Canada a nice prestene vacation spot, since we're just gonna keep trashing our own country anyway. :)<can of Coke punctured itself on the power switch of my camera. > You're troubled.:)

Imzadi: Congratulations! Good Luck!
<Sorry, I'm busy> No excuse. :)<but then all I have is a mock-up> Mock-up nothing, just scotch-tape them up in the hippy free zone. Chances are, it'll actually work. :)<my mom says when I try to explain what I do> Heh, I bet alot of people do. :) :) <cable will be phased out> Do you people in other areas get all those anti-satellite commercials by the local cable companies? They sound so desperate its funny. ;)<Promotion to the third category will be awarded posthumously. > Heh. :)

Leo: <(might as well continue it> Have fun.(skips a head a little to another part I can actually remember)M-I-C-K-E-Y... :)<from Merriam Websters Collegiate Dictionary> Good one. :)<Ok, this is stupid.> Ok Lets lock them all up in a big box with the idiots that are suing McDonalds and ship them off to which ever country we pick that we don't like. Who ever survives the shipment in the box can be some other place's problem. 8-)<the judge isn't throwing it out> Ship off the judge too. In a lot of cases, the P.C.-ing of America is stupid.

Kai: < just get the job done > No, no, no. As long as they hold out, my dad (and lots of other people's families) don't have to go over to that hole and fight. Long live the surrender monkeys and their little turkey too! Let them stall all they want-although it is still fun to make the French & co. jokes. (Ducks from oncoming flying objects).

Gside: <It probably messes with the taste. > Like fat-free french fries. :)

Bud Clare: <We should do it more often. > Like cattle to a slaughter. 8-)<they got pretty miffed about Prometheus giving fire to the humans> LOL.<before they have a chance to breed.> So should a lot of people. Like my brother, for instance.

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Can't help it it's stuck in my brain: 'The world I love, the tears I dropped to be part of the wave. Can't stop. Ever wonder if it's all for you? The world I love, the trains I hop to be part of the wave. Can't stop. Come and tell me when it's time to.' -Chili Peppers
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Later!
Dezi
Tuesday, March 11, 2003 10:07:46 PM
IP: 68.58.158.101

Ok, what are those requirements? Beta-versions of stories said person has read or stories that said person has wrote for themselves.

Yes, Vash, thanks for asking the question about requirements.
DPH
AR, USA
Tuesday, March 11, 2003 09:40:19 PM
IP: 204.94.193.68

Josh> <<You are a twisted person.>>
Thank you. What?

<<What's your major malfunction, numbnuts>>
*whimpers* What did you call me?!?

<>
As opposed to men, who are totally sane.

<<Someone is PMSing...>>
Or pregnant.
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Thomas> <<Don't owrry. You're being paranoid.>>
Of course I am. After the last time, how could I not be? ;)

<<How far is Blockbuster from your apartment?>>
Dunno. I never rent videos.
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Gside> <<And with that whole women tending to go for men like their fathers>>
*L* That only applies to stupid (according to my definition of "stupid", anyway) women, but if you _want_ a stupid woman...
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Jaden> <<Movies are becoming so long these days most people can't eat or drink before it starts.>>
I drink tea during movies. I'm crazy. ;)
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Spacebabie> <<Yeah, friend goes bad, but is she The Real Cordy?>>
I doubt it, for all kinds of reasons.
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Dezi> <>
*L* I liked it. It was funny. We should do it more often.
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Fire Storm> <<Has anyone seen the Ice Cream of the Gods in stores lately?>>
Well, they got pretty miffed about Prometheus giving fire to the humans, so imagine how annoyed they must have been when someone stole their ice cream. ;)

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It'd still be sticky when it dried. :P (My mouse had a little run-in with a glass of juice.)
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Leo> <<Two black women are suing an airline bcause they claim they were offended by something a flight attendant said to them.>>
They should be killed, preferably before they have a chance to breed.
Bud-Clare - [budclare@yahoo.com]
Tuesday, March 11, 2003 07:36:36 PM
IP: 24.169.113.216

Vash - TGS is looking for a few good editors. Qualifications, hmm . . an editor's draft of a fanfic. Things that would show a person is qualified to be an editor. *looks around for help from fellow tgs staffers who would be evaluating the applications*
DPH
AR, USA
Tuesday, March 11, 2003 07:21:29 PM
IP: 204.94.193.81

*pokes DPH* Any details on what you want in those applications? Any how many people and what committment?

Josh> Congrats! Didn't you get accepted to Cal's program, though? Isn't that where you wanted to go?

For anyone who's tried playing Cyrille's game and run into problems, there's now a walkthrough up.

so tired... this doesn't bode well for my 4 o'clock lab meeting
Vash
Tuesday, March 11, 2003 03:27:29 PM
IP: 129.98.123.136

hi guys

sorry it has been so long heck i don't even know how long it has been. so whats new? Sorry i haven't written in a while job changes and my power supply blowing up (well it didn't explode but there was a nice burn mark on it) has kept me off line. Nothing new with me still work, workout, and home. Been loving buffy though i caught something. Buffy keeps talking like when she dies one of the slayerets will get the power. Thats wrong Faith would have to die. try to post more.

later days guys and gals

ironwolf16 - [ironwolf16@yahoo.com]
Tuesday, March 11, 2003 01:53:51 PM
IP: 167.1.129.100

**TGS Announcement**

Pendragon Season 4 is expected to premiere in June/July 2003.

Also, TGS is holding a two week recruitment drive for editors. Please email applications to tgs_info@yahoo.com .

**END TGS Announcement**
DPH - [tgs_info@yahoo.com]
AR, USA
Tuesday, March 11, 2003 01:03:00 PM
IP: 204.94.193.66

Yes i do believe that chocolate is way better tasting a better tasting than pizza could ever be. yeah, i mean aja-whatever is pretty cool.. and he's pretty hot too... yeah.
Chocolate - [pizza@hotmail.com]
Pizzvillle, CL, Coco
Tuesday, March 11, 2003 11:25:39 AM
IP: 63.88.127.107

Imzadi: Sweet!!
Who knows, maybe he dropped his phone down the can or something ;).
Gabriel "gaygoyle"
Tuesday, March 11, 2003 09:36:12 AM
IP: 66.169.209.155

Imzadi: Congrats!
Niamhgold
Tuesday, March 11, 2003 09:33:07 AM
IP: 209.143.83.90

Well, I have good news and bad news. The good news is that I was accept to UCLA's graduate structural engineering program and that I won the $1600 scholarship to Apple's WorldWide Developers Conference that I enjoyed so much.

The bad news is that the design manager at Apple didn't call me this afternoon like he was supposed to. Nuts.

Leo: <<And the judge isn't throwing it out!!>>: This world is f*cked.
<<CASTRATED BEFORE SEXUAL MATURITY>>: HAHAHAHAHA
<<Net you'll be personifing inanimate objects like rocks, trees>>: Uh huh...

JacKaL: <<have never sought UN backing for their military moves>>: Sure, we ask permission and we get yelled at. Bastards.

Ravyn: <<That had to have been a really cool lecture>>: Indeed it was.
<>: Ditto. I've got just about every one.
<<Maggie seems like the type who would be in the relationship with Derek just out of fear of being alone>>: The sad truth is that there are many people who are defined just by their relationships. They aren't complete if they're single. My roommate's ex is one of these. She has a new boyfriend just a month after saying "I need some time to myself, to find out who I am."

Gside: <<have there been requests for pickles in conjunction with this?>>: Sick.
<<now that you mention it>>: Makes an interesting conversation piece, no?
<>: No, he was talking about his feet. And they are not connected.
<<That's what they all say. At first>>: You may find that many will keep saying it until you go away.
<<OS X is not a programming language>>: True. I was referring to the Cocoa objective-C API's.
<<it still isn't that much harder than throwing in an extra if>>: Actually, its much easier.
<<It could just mean that they had to pay a bit more>>: Or that their education lacks decent facilities.

147. I will classify my lieutenants in three categories: untrusted, trusted, and completely trusted. Promotion to the third category will be awarded posthumously.

Josh - [ATkicktothenutsDOTcom]
Berkeley, CA, US of A
Tuesday, March 11, 2003 02:40:02 AM
IP: 64.165.203.31

Fire Storm> <>: And have there been requests for pickles in conjunction with this?
<<when you freeze dry the dog>>: Cat.
<<don't put it in a position where it is licking itself>>: That wasn't my original thought, but now that you mention it...
<<At least you know your area>>: I was bluffing, but a while back, the Medium reviewed all the local adult stores.
<<This should scare me, but I am intrigued>>: It's in the picture discussion area of the Ecchi Attack message boards. You should be able to find it easily enough.
<<Wide and moderately long>>: I assume the Lady is happy?
<<they should make pop non-conductive>>: It probably messes with the taste.

Imzadi> <<Well that's very flattering, but I'm straight>>: That's what they all say. At first.
<<On OS X, making a key combination is a simple matter of drawing a line between your function and your menu item>>: OS X is not a programming language. It may provide a nice development interface, but it still isn't that much harder than throwing in an extra if.
<<What kind of a command is that?>>: You know, a bit shift key, like meta, top, super, hyper, greek, or double/quadruple bucky.
<<You'll know better than to hire anyone who graduates there after you>>: It could just mean that they had to pay a bit more.
<>: And I thank you for it.
<>: You should, if he ever visits the sight. I mean, Waita Uziga is old hat to them.
<<Porn never gets old>>: It does, but they're always making new porn.

Toku Kai> <<Stop worrying about being called Unilateralist>>: That's a bad thing to be called?

Na zdorov'ya.
Gside - [gside@eden.rutgers.edu]
Piscataway, NJ
Tuesday, March 11, 2003 01:09:41 AM
IP: 198.151.130.245

Josh> <<Today I went to this sweet lecture by Scott Adams (he draws Dilbert)>> SWEET! I'm so jealous! That had to have been a really cool lecture. Someday I hope to hear him speak too. I love his books!

Bud-Clare> <<she'd be too insecure to have a relationship with a "normal" guy, because that would make her feel like that much more of a freak. I don't like her too much.>> I agree with you and Josh. Maggie seems like the type who would be in the relationship with Derek just out of fear of being alone. She was always the "weak female" of the series ... which bugged me, and made me not like the character much, but then again, I guess it makes things that much more realistic to include a character like that.

Greg> <<Hollywood has hit a new low this time.>> Tell me that was just a joke ... *please* ... although knowing Hollywood, it probably isn't ... which is scary ...

GB> <<True, plus if I was going to usurp a girl seeing someone else it would be Ravyn ;)...just kidding, Don :)>> **giggles** :)

Well, off to do homework and stuff, I guess ... and wait for this Saturday, when Coyote gets to come visit me ... hee hee ... :)
Ravyn
Monday, March 10, 2003 05:22:12 PM
IP: 150.135.118.107

JackaL >> It is really sad to say, but it would have been better for all parties involved if we'd set a deadline after 1441 with a "Coallition of the Willing" and gone in already. The antics of the UN has been predictable NIMBY behavior and was predicted from the start. No one cares what Iraq does if they direct their hatred at someone other than yourself and your allies. Now Saddam has gotten the time he needs to set up a scorched-earth campaign to further abuse and oppress his own people.

Like France, with its economy in the flush was really going to approve of us going in and removing the dictator whose administration affects so much of their business in the Middle East? Yeah, I'm sure no-one had a clue where all those illegally imported French parts in the Iraqi airforce and infantry where going ...

And China was going to approve the use of force against a dictatorship with a laundry list of human right violations?

And Russia was going to welcome even MORE U.S. troops into their under-belly while they can't even deal with their own rebel states in the area?

Seriously, all this has done is make the U.N. look like it doesn't enforce its mandates and given the Media a series of pay-days the likes of which they haven't seen since 9/11.

I say get on with it. Stop worrying about being called Unilateralist when you already have a coallition and just get the job done with minimal suffering on all sides.

Kaioto - [kaioto@yahoo.com]
Monday, March 10, 2003 04:57:33 PM
IP: 208.204.155.241

ok, so what's the purpose in the UN again???

Since the United Nations was formed there have been about 26 international conflicts. Shooting wars involving member nations. Of these 26 conflicts, only 3 received UN support. The three that did receive U.N. support were The Korean War, the Gulf War and the war in Afghanistan. You have noted, haven't you, that the United States requested the UN approval in all three instances. The Russians, the French and the Chinese .. all of who have engaged in international conflicts since the inception of the United Nations, have never sought UN backing for their military moves.

screw it, let's war already.
JacKaL
nyc, sitting, airplane
Monday, March 10, 2003 03:43:11 PM
IP: 152.163.189.68

Ok, this is stupid. Two black women are suing an airline bcause they claim they were offended by something a flight attendant said to them.
Situation:

Thes two women are complaining over which seats thy were assigned. The plane couldn't taxi while they were standing in the aisle. So a flight attendant says to them, "Enie menie miney mo, pick a seat we've got to go"

They are claiming that it was "offensive" because at one time and place US history some people ended the rhyme with "catch a (N-word) by the toe. How many people still alive would even remember that!!! I grew up with it being "tiger" (or occasionally durring the cold war, "Russian"). And the judge isn't throwing it out!! I wonder which one of them was a lawyer or had a lawyer relative or friend. :-p

----------------------------
Firestorm: <<Hell, I am even seriously considering refrigerated shipments!>> We looked up how much it would cost us to get "Blue Bell" icecream shipped from Texas. It was close to $100 for five half gallon tubs.

Spacebabie:<<all premade Easter baskets that contain toy soldiers will be taken off the shelves.>> I think these people just control freaks who get off on complaining.:p <<Oh he’s a steer all right>> Are you sure? ;)

from Merriam Websters Collegiate Dictionary:

Steer \'stir\ n. 1.) a male bovine animal CASTRATED BEFORE SEXUAL MATURITY. 2.) an ox less than 4 years old. :-D

<<Oh shut up. You can't possibly be that naughty if she's still a virgin.>>>We just like to take it slow>>>> Umm.. no I won't touch that, that's not for this room. ;-)

Josh:<<Desi<<<you use the word "cute" way too many times. >>>I fail to see why my vocabulary should be limited by the fact that I'm an @$$hole.>> Huh-huh, you said "cute" Net you'll be personifing inanimate objects like rocks, trees. "He's cute, let's we put 'him'(a jack-o-lantern) over on the porch" :-p <<Bullsh*t! I bet you're the kind of guy that would !@#%$ a man in the !@#$ and not even have the common courtesy to give him the reacharound!>> Sir, I said it sir! (might as well continue it)

Leo
Monday, March 10, 2003 03:28:46 PM
IP: 68.96.8.12

Dezi<< Use it for fun.>> I do. But they (for some reason) don't understand it's fun! What do I do wrong? << Yell across the street something strange- like Yo! Homes, What UP!>> Hmm...yeah...last time I yelled that the person appeared at the top of the tree in a flash and refused to go down until I leave the country. It must be so cool to live in a tree...<< just 'cause that would be lots of fun. Stupid fun, but fun none the less. >> Only the stupid fun is fun. Have you had serious fun?<<Plus if they're already freaked out, what have you to lose? :)>> Yeahm thanks for understanding and support. I have a reputation to take care of, after all!

Tree thing hit my inspiration artery-gee, I skipped the first class anyway- so here:

Goliath: um...Xanatos?
Xanatos: yeah?
Goliath: fogive me for asking... it might be a stupid question...but what are you doing the in the tree?
Xanatos: oh..ah...khe khe khe...trying out my new camouflage.
Goliath: looks like pyjamas to me...has Demona bullied you again?
Xanatos: well, she has a character. In a way.
Goliath: don't mind if I join you?
Xanatos: where? In the tree?
Goliath: yeah.
Xanatos: do you have any idea how much you weigh?
Goliath: who cares? I'm coming...

And my break is over. Gotta jet and pretend I have prepared for the lesson.

Dejanira
Monday, March 10, 2003 02:25:45 AM
IP: 193.219.136.16

Woot! Most of my homework is done and I went to the gym today for about 3 hours. I feel great...but tired. AND! I just got an email from a design manager at Apple who wants to give me a phone interview. YES!

Silverbolt: <>: Employing?
<<somebody here has watched Full Metal JAcketr a bit too much>>: Yeah, I know.

Silvadel: <<A bill passed the assembly to FORCE Cabelvision to carry the YES network>>: That's messed up.
<<the price of basic cable will end up beyond the means of many people>>: Its more likely that cable will be phased out in favor of another type of service in this scenario.
<<it would probably be the garbage man>>: Yes, he is smarter than anyone else in the Dilbert Universe, but he lacks the ambition to do anything cool. Its Dogbert who's the ideal advocate.

Spacebabie: <<To Quote Josh “I hate Hippies”>>: Welcome to the club.
<<Catburt rules>>: Not as much as Dogbert.
<>: Bitter.
<<like big breasts that are fake and on a robot>>: No.
<<Well you have come down and just blared it out to some people>>: Sometimes its necessary.
<<We just like to take it slow>>: Then you aren't naughty. End of discussion.
<<Somebody is jealous>>: Nope, just annoyed. I don't get jealous of other people's relationships anymore because every woman is insane in her own way.
<<I’m looking forward to kicking your ass>>: As usual, I'm not afraid.

Greg: << Ignore Josh, more TGS stories are coming>>: Liar!

Gside: <<Same reason I want to sleep with you. You're very sexy>>: Well that's very flattering, but I'm straight.
<<after all the work programmers have done>>: What work? On OS X, making a key combination is a simple matter of drawing a line between your function and your menu item.
<<ctrl-f>>: What kind of a command is that?!
<<I'll be out or here, so why do I care?>>: You'll know better than to hire anyone who graduates there after you 8-)
<<You do know what the definition of steer is, right?>>: I'm guessing not.
<>: I aim to entertain!

Dezi: <<posts about practically nothing, then POW! It all hits the fan>>: Yup, pretty much.
<<the whole poor spelling/religion mess of just last December>>: Those arguments are pretty period. Now that almost everyone with any strong beliefs is gone from the room, we don't have to worry.
<<RIGHT.. NOW>>: Sorry, I'm busy.
<<do you really wanna sit through all the commercials they're tacking on now?>>: Sometimes there aren't that many, and I can tolerate it.
<<For a guy that types in red and uses this "evil" looking symbol as his pic, and picks on people all the time, you use the word "cute" way too many times>>: I fail to see why my vocabulary should be limited by the fact that I'm an @$$hole.
<>: That's not a bad idea, but then all I have is a mock-up, and that's hard to sell.
<<insert engineer stuff here- blah>>: That's what my mom says when I try to explain what I do.

Fire Storm: <<the Ice Cream of the Gods>>: Cookie Dough? Or Fudge Brownie?
<>: Someone is PMSing...
<<less than 400 miles>>: Featherweight.
<<when you freeze dry the dog, don't put it in a position where it is licking itself>>: Put it in butt-sniffing position, that way when the next one dies you can line them up!
<<before I send her in for a warranty repair>>: I hate it when they do that!
<<This should scare me, but I am intrigued>>: I pity LM.
<<apparently, the can of Coke punctured itself on the power switch of my camera>>: Neat trick.
<<THAT is the more important question, isn't it?>>: Of course. Just ask Pinky.
<<Terabytes of porn!>>: About 0.044, actually.
<<Why the hell do you think I am so in favor of cybernetic/genetic modification?>>: You're afraid of how your children will turn out?
<<It took me YEARS of manipulation, psychotropics, and bribery to get to this point!>>: Mostly the latter.
<<Love is great, but porn>>: Porn never gets old.

146. If my surveillance reports any un-manned or seemingly innocent ships found where they are not supposed to be, they will be immediately vaporized instead of brought in for salvage.

Josh - [ATkicktothenutsDOTcom]
Berkeley, CA, US of A
Monday, March 10, 2003 02:02:53 AM
IP: 64.165.203.31

Hey, I have a request from everyone: Has anyone seen the Ice Cream of the Gods in stores lately?
Of course I am talking about Starbucks White Chocolate Latte ice cream. My area doesn't carry it any more and that was LM's favorite flavor... EVER.
Needless to say, I need to find some... Ok... a lot. Hell, I am even seriously considering refrigerated shipments!
I just need to confirm if it is still being made AND where I can get some (Preferably within driving distance (less than 400 miles)

Gside: <Shame. With any luck, ours will go soon, and we can get it freeze dried and on the desk watching out the picture window.>
Well, when you freeze dry the dog, don't put it in a position where it is licking itself
<In any case it's waiting.>
Yeah... waiting can such when you don't have anything to do
<Sorry, that was a typo>
I am sorry, but I don't see how pizza will solve that
<And besides, I know this nice boutique just off Main St.>
At least you know your area. All we have (to my limited knowledge) is a few commercial boutiques near by. All the rest were closed by a series of raids in the early nineties
<Happens to me all the time.>
For me, it's names... and descriptions... well, and the ability to talk itself
<You'd better keep an eye on the Lady before they switch her out.>
Well, they had better do it before I send her in for a warranty repair
<Yes, but recently I've been browsing a forum whose memberstry to outdo each other with odd porn>
This should scare me, but I am intrigued.
<Mine run rather narrow.>
Wide and moderately long. Annoying when shoe shopping

Imzadi: <But stupid when they lack sources to back them up>
But they are devoted... that makes them dangerous
<They're heavy. Especially the 60" TV.>
But projectors, LCD and Plasma Display screens are much lighter
<Fool. Keep soda away from anything more complicated than a keyboard/mouse.>
I know, I know... apparently, the can of Coke punctured itself on the power switch of my camera.
<Um, why?>
If you REALLY need to ask, then you don't need to know!
<Your family sucks>
Well, yeah. I could have told you that!
<At this time of night.>
THAT is the more important question, isn't it?
<I'm embarrassed to know him>
Hell, I am PROUD to know him!
<Lots of porn.>
Terabytes of porn!
<How does that work?>
The camera's are half-way across the sales floor (100 feet away), and they can't see the floor
<Your feet suck, too>
Why the hell do you think I am so in favor of cybernetic/genetic modification?

Well, agreed, but the fact that they have to SPECIFICALLY say that...

Revel: <Yeah a similar bount occured between my roomie's keyboard and a Mountain Dew>
I swear... they should make pop non-conductive
<Personally I think you're arrogant, trying to get two women at once while the rest of us are just trying to take care of one. ;)>
Hey, I think I am deserving! It took me YEARS of manipulation, psychotropics, and bribery to get to this point!

To a point. Love is great, but porn...

Lain: <we are an eensy weensy, inky dinky little country. however>
But there has to be SOME place you guys can put your garbage without sending it to Wayne County!

The Barracuda: <It doesn't neccessarily have to be physical mutilation, psychological damage will do just fine.>
Actually, the psychological torture is even better!

Dezi: <Is there a link to this? This sounds like more fun than ancient Europeans>
Well, I would have taken pictures but my camera was kinda non-functional at that point
<(I know understand the SJ thing).>
Unfortunately, the posts are only half of the picture. There were the IM stuff, e-mails, and so much stuff that the majority of the fandom will never know the complete picture
Fire Storm - [<--- Ice Cream of the GODS!]
Monday, March 10, 2003 12:10:02 AM
IP: 66.72.177.2

Ok, instead of asking anymore about SJ or anything, I was really bored today and was looking at the archives (I know understand the SJ thing). It was kinda like a time capsule. Sept. 11 was...interesting. To start from the bottom of the screen and read up- everything's going cool, just fine, posts about practically nothing, then POW! It all hits the fan. It did make me wonder though, all of the speculations and information in the initial panic- I wonder how much of that ended up being true. Like the Canadians forcing down two planes? Just some stuff I didn't remember hearing about initially (and the cable was going nuts where I was in Chicago, so all I could get was the news stations that day, literally), some stuff hasn't been mentioned (on the news and stuff) since. Just wondering (doesn't want to start any kind of angrys or anything).
I am glad I just missed the whole poor spelling/religion mess of just last December. phew. That looked like it would be worse than arguing with my mom. No one argues with my mom. If you do, you run the risk of your brain blowing up, because all logic escapes her, but she is completely unaware of it. Sometimes, I'd rather argue with a pop can.

Besides all that, my dog Dottie and I vacuumed today. Er, I vacuumed, and she made dead sure that that evil vacuum was only gonna go where she said it would or she would bite the bumper part. It was amusing. She's such a chicken normally, hit the power switch and she's transforms into a vacuum bully. GRRRR! :)

I have now downloaded all available Inuyashas and am in the process of saving them onto burned cds. Yeah! Now to sit back and wait for ep. 101.

Revel: <first choice when I'm done with school > Good luck, pack a life preserver. :)

Fushia Baron: [:)] I just told my dad that with out much background and he got confused. It was fun confusing my dad on purpose. But then he made me explain, and then went on a rant about celebrities that play action heros in movies and then denounce war. His example was Martin Sheen in Apoc. Now and I had to point out that that movie was made in 1979. So then he went after Alec Baldwin. *shugs* <performance in Three Kings > Although I do really like that movie. More people should watch it. RIGHT.. NOW! :) I wonder if _I_ could beat up George Clooney. Hmmm. I can be really mean if I want to. Maybe I'll just let Evil Dezi fight. <brother taken the ASVAB > My mom didn't use that acronym but she said the dumbnut (my word not her's of course) has to drive himself out to Des Moine this week to take it. Now that's comedy! I can fully expect the little retard to get lost on the way through Iowa and end up in, like, Conneticut. And, yes, that is a total possibility. Why Des Moines? Why not Des Moines. (I am having the hardest time typing that city). Everyone should go to Des Moines. The middle of Iowa is a sight unlike no other. :) <AIT instructor or BNOC> Hmmm. Forgot to ask. Both acronyms are really familiar. I think he was a AIT instructor, and if BNOC means learning stuff so you can get promoted, I think he was a "student" for that too. But it was definitly kids he taught. He made this one girl stand in a corner during class and she laughed so hard at the idea of being 20 years old and in the corner, that she had to be excused to go pee. Another time, some kid was throwing rocks, so Dad made him write 'I will not throw rocks' sentences in the dirt with his fingers. Fun fun. <with my man, Attila > Ok, explain the thing with Attila. The cheetah pic that posts here is the same? (thinking probably so).

Josh:<GOOD! For $10, I expect a good time> Yeah but do you really wanna sit through all the commercials they're tacking on now? <Far be it from me to ignore a cue> Applauds. ;)<this cute French joke > For a guy that types in red and uses this "evil" looking symbol as his pic, and picks on people all the time, you use the word "cute" way too many times. :) ( extra happies so as not to encur wrath) :) :) :)< too busy to help me implement it> I suggest just making some with construction paper and markers. Smelly markers, too, for a good time. :)<YAWN> "Blah, blah, blah -insert engineer stuff here- blah" YAWN. :) (more wrath-deterring happies) :) :) :) <Making a housing search into a living hell > I say HGTV makes a series out of it. Wheeee!

Bud Clare: <Alligators? Pond scum? Mosquitoes? > Definetly my next vacation choice. :)

Dejanira:>Here ppl already cross the street to avoid meeting me> Use it for fun. Yell across the street something strange- like Yo! Homes, What UP! just 'cause that would be lots of fun. Stupid fun, but fun none the less. Plus if they're already freaked out, what have you to lose? :)

later~
Dezi
Monday, March 10, 2003 12:00:21 AM
IP: 68.58.158.101

Imzadi> <>: Same reason I want to sleep with you. You're very sexy.
<<That's too complex>>: And after all the work programmers have done to make it accessible with a simple ctrl-f.
<<LOL>>: In all fairness, I got the joke from Conan O'Brian.

Silvadel> <<Have a NJ Nuttiness update>>: You skipped over McGreevey's cutting of education funding. Rutgers is going to lose a mess of money. But then, I'll be out or here, so why do I care?

Spacebabie> <<Then come down here>>: I didn't say I was unhappy about it.
<<Water usually>>: I heard of one instance of mercury, but it was probably just mad ramblings.
<<Oh he�s a steer all right>>: You do know what the definition of steer is, right?

Leo, Imzadi, Greg> I like that series of little posts.

And from a request (and since you requested it, if you get it, you really should come back in here and tell me), Movement 4 of the Symphony Fantastique, the March to the Scaffold, by Berlioz.

Na zdorov'ya.
Gside - [gside@eden.rutgers.edu]
Piscataway, NJ
Sunday, March 9, 2003 11:57:55 PM
IP: 198.151.130.245

LILY> Ignore Josh, more TGS stories are coming.
Greg Bishansky
Sunday, March 9, 2003 11:51:57 PM
IP: 216.179.5.232

Lily: Never.

Far be it from me to ignore a cue.
Josh
Sunday, March 9, 2003 10:56:31 PM
IP: 64.165.203.31

<< when is the new season of Gargoyles fan fiction going to be ready?>> ....and cue Josh. :p
Leo
Sunday, March 9, 2003 10:00:55 PM
IP: 68.96.8.12

Hi, I have visited the TGS website for quite a few years and I love it but I am wondering when is the new season of Gargoyles fan fiction going to be ready. Now that Goliath and Elisa are married, I can't wait to see what happens now. But I have some ideas. Bye.
Lily - [Peaceblossom26@aol.com]
New York, New York, U.S.A.
Sunday, March 9, 2003 09:14:31 PM
IP: 209.246.107.47

Actually, if I had to have a dilbert character on my side, it would probably be the garbage man. I mean he is smarter than dilbert, more centered than any of them, and can pull anything he wants out of any garbage can... Actually I do not think he has shown up in the dilbert comic in quite some time.

As for gargoyles, yes the wings are one of the more important parts of it -- I mean I like dragons also. But really I do seem to have a preference for non-human forms in general. IE in shrek, I am probably one of very few people who think the princess looked a lot truer and more beautiful as an ogress than she did as a princess.
silvadel
Sunday, March 9, 2003 02:54:26 PM
IP: 208.58.213.171

Feh.

I really don’t have much to say today.
Oh yeah get this because of a bunch of pissy pants uberliberals all premade Easter baskets that contain toy soldiers will be taken off the shelves.

First these douche bags wanna be human shields now they want to remove everything that reminds them of the military.

To Quote Josh “I hate Hippies”

Replies
Gside<<<More snow/sleet/freezing rain today here.>>>Then come down here.<<<Whatever floats your boat.>>>Water usually<<>>That is used to keep the stench out.

Josh First of all…THANK YOU!<<>>Cool, Catburt rules.<<<well, didn't we just see this last season in Buffy>>>Yeah, friend goes bad, but is she The Real Cordy?<<<I'm so jealous.>>>I think I’ll spend some time by the pool.<<<Godiva is FAKE. Beyond being a cartoon, she's a ROBOT. >>>So like big breasts that are fake and on a robot.<<<I'm running out of ways to be subtle.>>>Well you have come down and just blared it out to some people.<<<You're just pissed because you aren't a steer. 8-)>>>Oh he’s a steer all right<<<Oh shut up. You can't possibly be that naughty if she's still a virgin.>>>We just like to take it slow.<<<Then tell her to shut up.>>>I’m not going to shut up. You insult, I rebuff.<<<And as I recall, you have large hands.>>>Boy does he ever <<<OH WILL YOU SHUT UP?>>>Somebody is jealous.<<<In general I don't like girls that can crush me. >>>Oh I’ll crush you all right, I’m looking forward to kicking your ass.

Patrick<<<Hey, could you get all your neighbors together and do us a favor? Take fans outside and point them north... send some if it back. Thanks. ;) >>>If I could shave of ten degrees and send it to you I would.

GregX<<<Hewitt playing his on-screen love interest.>>>What ??? She’s going to play Liz the Vet? No and double hell no! That she twig can not portray the sarcastic wit that Liz displays.

Green Baron<<>>Worse than usual or *gulp* worse than Attila?<<<Attila just grabbed his digital camera and took off J>>>Yup I doubt you could be worse than that.

Revel<<<*smooch*>>>Smootch back<<<Isfet, I like bad girls>>>I can be bad if I tried.<<>>purr’s

Dezi<<<it down a little? Time frame?>>>Between one year ago and September of 2002

Silvadel<<<If the option were available I would be one of the first in line =)>>>Not me, unless I can just get the wings and the electricity.

Spacebabie - [LadyAndromeda@smstars.zzn.com]
Orlando, Florida, U.S.A
Sunday, March 9, 2003 02:27:09 PM
IP: 64.156.97.230

Grrrr! I missed Robby again! *grmubles and kicks the TGS walls* Ow!
Heather - [neo_digi@yahoo.com]
Warner Robins, GA, USA
Sunday, March 9, 2003 12:47:39 PM
IP: 68.99.148.20

Have a NJ Nuttiness update:

A bill passed the assembly to FORCE Cabelvision to carry the YES network. There is huge pressure by the yankees organization to get it through the senate also and their commercials are rampant on TV.

Some backstory:

YES was formed out of MSG as a premium service that costs the cable company about $2 per subscriber. However the whole idea of YES was to force the cable companies to include it in their basic cable(thus raising the price people pay by $2 plus any markup) and making a huge profit for the yankees off people who could care less about them.

The one major holdout was cablevision -- they refused to charge all of their subscribers for a service only a minority of people wanted. They were perfectly happy to have it as a premium station but YES will not let them do that. It is all or nothing -- either everyone pays the $2 per month or NOBODY gets to see the yankees in prime yankee territory.

Understandably this standoff has angered many sports fans in the area. They have been denied the ability to see their home team play. However this is the yankee's fault themselves not cablevisions'. They created the network and made the decision not to broadcast the games through the air. They also made the decision not to let cable companies offer the channel on a individual customer basis.

If this extortion is mandated by the government then it is a slippery slope to having all kinds of "premium" limited appeal stations forced on the populace and the price of basic cable will end up beyond the means of many people.

silvadel
Sunday, March 9, 2003 11:08:13 AM
IP: 208.58.213.171

Poo, missed the top ten :(

Green Baron> <<Odd with all the talk of lesbian sex from Gside, since I recall you are male.>> I am, I said I'll get the cyanide, I was implying the ancient powers of sarcasm. ;P <<John Cleese and Rowan Atkinson usually equal funny. I of course would love another Blackadder series.>> I don't think that will ever happen... unless it's a modern day one. <<They also realized they were being used, and I doubt anyone in the CR would say that Sadaam is in any way a decent respectable human being. The term useful idiot best describes the human shields to me.>> WEll at least hey worked it out! Though if they did get killed hopefully it'll be by enemy fire, heh heh that'll teach them. <<Why? Because of the immigration issue? or are taxes going up?>> Not forgetting the shootings, a stupid Prime Minister, soaring crime rates and Gareth Gates!

Josh> <<Do you have any money?>> couple of hundred <<Bullsh*t! I bet you're the kind of guy that would !@#%$ a man in the !@#$ and not even have the common courtesy to give him the reacharound!>> somebody here has watched Full Metal JAcketr a bit too much.

Mooncat> <<2nd in the name of the Fay!>> Silly Kitty.
Silverbolt
Sunday, March 9, 2003 07:55:00 AM
IP: 81.131.160.81

Finally got around to seeing Old School today. It was SOOOOO funny. Of course, I happen to enjoy some buffoon humor and this was stupidly entertaining. My shoulders are killing me from the gym yesterday, so I spent much of today sitting around and working on my homework.

Warpmind: << looking like, well, himself>>: How unusual.
<<Can't you manage to get a quick nap in the afternoon?>>: I wish. My grades need me.
<<doze in front of the computer - a VERY inconvenient situation, I assure you>>: Did you see the Dilbert comic where Wally winds up with keyboard impressions on his face from napping?
<<"Sometimes" it's unclear how Josh can get girls?>>: Its never been clear to me, but I've learned not to ask too many questions. Usually, I don't really want to know why a girl wants to sleep with me.

Green Baron: <<there is high demand for pictures of topless Republican women>>: I don't think she's a republican.
<<a site dedicated to french bashing>>: Those jokes were great.
<>: I bet I could kick his ass.
<<all of Heston's movies are better than Batman and Robin>>: That's not saying much.
<<Woman's Army Auxilary Corps (WAAC)>>: HAHAHAH how appropriate.
<<if Josh tried to make a pass at you, you'd leave him in a world of hurt>>: You assume too much.
<<if it's baldy Waxman, he'll blow you off, hopefully you're Congressman is Dreier>>: Depends on where I decide to register. Back home, my rep. is that asshole Berman, who does things every day that set the tech industry back years. Up here, its the "honorable" Lee. Take yer pick.
<<Well, is she, though?>>: My money is on yes.
<< I'll have to remember that one>>: Best of luck.
<<Sir, no Sir!!>>: Bullsh*t! I bet you're the kind of guy that would !@#%$ a man in the !@#$ and not even have the common courtesy to give him the reacharound!
<<His English is good, he won't rip you off, and he cna get you to the women>>: Sold!
<<sort of like the major downside of the atomic bomb being all the anti-nuke protestors>>: LOL true.
<<maybe there's a day to honor Jewish people, so he won't need a white man day>>: I renounced my faith years ago.

Revel: <<it bothers you enough to whine about it>>: Its there all the freaking time, its annoying.
<<If I did not know you better I'd swear you were a little jealous>>: HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA that's rich. In general I don't like girls that can crush me.

Gside: <<Do a string search>>: That's too complex.
<<Like suck an orange through a paper towel tube>>: LOL
<<I'll cross that bridge if I ever get close to flexible enough>>: The removal of ribs negates the flexibility prereq.
<>: Bah.

Jaden: <<Movies are becoming so long these days most people can't eat or drink before it starts>>: GOOD! For $10, I expect a good time.

145. My dungeon cell decor will not feature exposed pipes. While they add to the gloomy atmosphere, they are good conductors of vibrations and a lot of prisoners know Morse code.

Josh - [ATkicktothenutsDOTcom]
Berkeley, CA, US of A
Sunday, March 9, 2003 05:22:04 AM
IP: 64.165.203.31

You know I really can't get this weather. The sunnier it is the colder it gets.

Gside<boundary of the century> HA! Almost caught you.

Bud-Clare- Movies are becoming so long these days most people can't eat or drink before it starts. Telepaths in movies theaters keep hearing "I should have used Preparation H."
;)

Green Baron- Yeah, I won't be surprised if I get a letter in the mail the day after I ets telling me to report to my reserve unit. But if they expect me to be some motivated soldier ho-ho I don't think so.

Well I gotta go before my eyes melt.
Later.
Jaden - [jaden1444@aol.com]
Sunday, March 9, 2003 02:46:03 AM
IP: 172.146.104.60

Yea yea yea, I’ve criticized about the top 10 silliness before, but what the heck; 10th in the name of silliness.
Tony Elliot
Sunday, March 9, 2003 02:06:41 AM
IP: 65.25.168.162

I guess that means 9...
Dejanira
Sunday, March 9, 2003 01:35:20 AM
IP: 213.226.178.77

8th
Revel
Sunday, March 9, 2003 01:03:41 AM
IP: 129.120.230.74

7th!

Revel, i forgot to sign the email. It was titled "mind Readers", or something.
Leo
Sunday, March 9, 2003 12:58:46 AM
IP: 68.96.8.12

6th in the name of the Fay!

>^,,^<
Mooncat
Sunday, March 9, 2003 12:02:45 AM
IP: 68.102.23.36

Dezi> <<_someone's_ gotta fund'em in the box office>>: They just don't know how it works.
<<Lots of archives- can you narrow it down a little?>>: Do a string search.

Imzadi> <<you look like you could suck a golf ball through a garden hose>>: And if he could do that, imagine what else he could do. Like suck an orange through a paper towel tube.
<<its Gside who hasn't>>: You're forgetting the "and shan't."
<<You'll need to have a couple of ribs removed>>: I'll cross that bridge if I ever get close to flexible enough.
<<Java sucks. Even sun won't use it>>: For what I'm doing, it's good enough.
<<Keep dreaming, programmer>>: I am also an engineer.

Warpmind> <<But Lashing Tongues and tentacles are, of course, going to be a standard>>: Excellent.
<<And the series you listed looks right>>: And since I now have Gunjack's address, I should be getting to them soon enough.

Green Baron> <<Haven't seen the movies, yet. I'm waiting for season five to come out on DVD>>: The movies don't happen at any particular time in continuity.
<<He just needs a girl who likes hairy Ukrainians>>: Only a quarter. The rest's mostly English and French. And with that whole women tending to go for men like their fathers, maybe I should just look for large hairy men and then try to woo their daughters.

5th.

Na zdorov'ya.
Gside - [gside@eden.rutgers.edu]
Piscataway, NJ
Sunday, March 9, 2003 12:01:35 AM
IP: 198.151.130.245

Fore!
silvadel
Saturday, March 8, 2003 11:56:58 PM
IP: 208.58.213.171

Threeeeeee!!!!
Dezi
Saturday, March 8, 2003 11:55:41 PM
IP: 68.58.158.101

Number two! :: FLAG ::
Patrick Toman
Saturday, March 8, 2003 11:52:36 PM
IP: 65.43.167.34

top 10, #1?
DPH
Saturday, March 8, 2003 11:36:07 PM
IP: 204.94.193.28