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GOOD MORNING VIETNAM
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by Chemmy on Dec 22, 2008 9:24 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Welcome back
Jammies
"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
by Winkle on Dec 22, 2008 9:31 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Christmas Cookies
Breakfast of champions
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 9:37 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
I call you
and raise you a pack of Maynards – Sour Wine Gums that was found in my mailbox this morning… mmm…
"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
by Winkle on Dec 22, 2008 9:38 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
do they have M&Ms, chocolate chips and sprinkles on em?
I doubt it
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 9:42 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That
can be rectified
"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
by Winkle on Dec 22, 2008 9:51 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
dont forget the chocolate sauce
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 9:52 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
i just got...
a gift card to an amazing local Deli here (so there’s lunch…) and a guy who has his own organic farm and bottles his own product gave me a jar of some homemade jalepeno mustard and and a jar of garlic olives…
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 10:19 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
damn, Jalepeno mustard is awesome
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 10:47 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Okay
The lime meltaways are in the fridge, firming up, so I have an hour to sit and drink coffee.
Entertain me, dammit!
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 10:49 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
I would
But I think I made you angry on Friday so I dare not speak in your presence
"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
by Winkle on Dec 22, 2008 10:51 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Technically
you even commenting is speaking in my presence, so since you’ve already gone and blown it, you may as well try to be useful…
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 10:54 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Harsh
"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
by Winkle on Dec 22, 2008 10:57 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
But true
And we owe each other that, don’t we?
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 10:58 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Naturally
"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
by Winkle on Dec 22, 2008 11:07 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You're not really being entertaining
Okay, so now you’re not talking to me? I assume that’s what these cryptic one word answers mean. Or is this payback?
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 11:09 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry Mabs
Deadlines!!
:P
"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
by Winkle on Dec 22, 2008 11:11 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm more important than work!!!!!!
Let me speak to your manager, they’ll see reason, I’m sure.
How've I been? In a word? Awesome. In five? Awesome and full of booze.
by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 11:12 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You are very important
But not that high on the totem pole
"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
by Winkle on Dec 22, 2008 11:14 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Stop tearing my worldview assunder, Winkle. I can’t take it.
How've I been? In a word? Awesome. In five? Awesome and full of booze.
by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 11:16 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Don't worry
Blurr will jump in and comfort you in a manly way
"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
by Winkle on Dec 22, 2008 11:18 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
He seems to be taking his sweet time
What do I have to do to get comforted around here?
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 11:23 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
/shrug
Ask Karry?
"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
by Winkle on Dec 22, 2008 11:34 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I could
or maybe I’ll just look for comforting in real life, and not on the internets.
Sigh. I though I could count on the internets for my snuggling and comforting requirements. I can’t believe it let me down.
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 11:39 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
/SNEAK HUG!
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 11:40 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks, I’ve been waiting for that. Winkle says I’m not the most important thing in his life, and I just don’t know how to go on after hearing that.
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 11:48 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
don't worry
you’ll get over it, just as I got over being dead to him…
by Karina on Dec 22, 2008 11:49 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think he just pushes away
what he loves. At least, that’s the theory I’m working with now.
He pushed you away with the whole “you’re dead to me” thing, and now telling me I’m not the most important thing to him. Am I on to something?
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 11:56 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I would agree
it’s some sort of defense system…
by Karina on Dec 22, 2008 11:57 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
No comment
"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
by Winkle on Dec 22, 2008 11:58 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
he's on the drugs...
he knows not what he says…
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 11:49 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You could be right.
Winkle – please pee into this cup. We need to test you for drugs.
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 11:56 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Hi Mabel!
/waves
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 10:53 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Hi blurr!
/waves
How’s tricks today?
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 10:54 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
meh...
it’s Monday. tomorrow is my Wednesday and Wednesday is my Friday. So, I can’t wait for Wednesday…
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 10:57 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I don't quite get your calendar
but yay! I think. You’d hate it here – it is damn cold, but very sunny. I’m thrilled.
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 10:59 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
haven’t seen the sun in over a week now. it’s been gold and grey and rainy down here…
as far as the calendar, i’m off Thursday and Friday, so I have a three day work week, tomorrow being the middle of my work week makes it Wednesday. Wednesday, being the end of my work week makes it Friday…
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 11:02 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
How’s working? I’m watching Sportscenter.
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by Chemmy on Dec 22, 2008 10:56 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
I'm baking!
Which is way better than either working or watching sportscentre.
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 10:57 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
work is slow...
these past two weeks have to the least productive time frame ever…
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 10:59 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Effing deadlines man
I hate this one Project Manager, he gives me the approval to proceed with data-processing for a job that has to be done before the Christmas break starts since I won’t be back till Jan 12th, so now I’m like cramming it in trying to get it done when he could have given me approval 2 weeks ago to do it when I had no work… wtf
"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
by Winkle on Dec 22, 2008 11:08 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, giving you approval to do it when you had time to do it would have been an effective use of resources, and we can’t have that.
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 11:17 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
His reasoning was
The client hadn’t given budget approval, but that is irrelevant, the data processing has to be done no matter what, the only way the client won’t give budget approval is if the data collection was done incorrectly and the only way you can tell that is if the data has been processed!!! So it must be done no matter what, I could’ve just charged my time to another project and swapped it around later after the approval was given but noooooooooo.
It is just absolute nonsense.
"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
by Winkle on Dec 22, 2008 11:20 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
This further confirms my theory
that you can be a complete, raving moron and still be a project manager. Not that all of them are, but with a few exceptions, I think it holds true.
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 11:24 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
oh goodness
it’s like a requirement.
I had lunch with a bunch of the women from my old office and was told that the biggest new project that they landed in Airports has been given to the project manager who is most of the reason I left. He couldn’t manage a washroom renovation that I was on with him, anything larger he ever did was on the most rediculous schedule and ended up making me work 10 hr days to try and get stuff done. And now they’ve given him the biggest, most complex project.
Thank goodness I left.
by Karina on Dec 22, 2008 11:26 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Requirement? Hey, my dad’s a pm – wait, no, he’s a crazy person, so that does seem to confirm it…
Well, I can think of one pm who is a very smart, capable person. So at least there’s one of them.
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 11:31 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
To be fair
There are only 2 PMs in my group out of about a dozen that I can’t stand, the other ones are very workable and easy-going.
This one is just annoyingly scattered-brained and has a tendency to CC everyone in his emails including all the higher ups that aren’t involved in a particular project…
"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
by Winkle on Dec 22, 2008 11:36 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
i don't know if it's nostalgia or what...
but i’ve been listening to Nirvana’s Nevermind a lot lately…
it’s still a pretty good album.
My wife and i watched “Definitely Maybe” (Ryan Reynolds! w00t!) and there was a scene in that movie that referenced the album, made me feel REALLY old because I could kind of relate…
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 11:04 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
You really need help
for this Ryan Reynolds obsession. I say this as a friend. Get help.
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 11:07 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
i dunno...
i can’t wait for Adventureland. that looks hysterical…
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 11:08 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
?
I have no clue what you are talking about. For serious. ’splain plz.
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 11:10 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Adventureland
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtVnRAY5LQE
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 11:24 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Ryan Reynolds
Is pretty cool, he’s had a few questionable role choices (i.e. Blade Trinity) but he has a number of gems under his belt (Foolproof and Waiting being two great ones)
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by Winkle on Dec 22, 2008 11:10 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
He was the saving grace of that movie..well if that movie could have been saved anyways
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 11:25 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Nevermind baby is now 17
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1598985/20081110/nirvana.jhtml
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by mf37 on Dec 22, 2008 11:39 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I am officially old
I was old enough to buy that album when it came out. Sigh.
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 11:40 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You can also say
Well aged like fine wine
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by Winkle on Dec 22, 2008 11:41 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
yes...
NPR did something on this as well sometime ago. I could not believe it when I read it…
i did a blog post on this album once on my other blog, and talked about how the album was a soundtrack for my generation. It truly is a quintessential piece of music…
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 11:44 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It’s difficult to overstate how transformative that album was. I was in first year when nevermind was released and, culturally, it seeemed to change just about everything.
The documentary on the making of of Nevermind with Butch Vig is tremendous.
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by mf37 on Dec 22, 2008 11:49 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I wonder though
if people who are younger than me feel the same way about that album, I mean, it changed everything for me, but I don’t know that it would have the same impact if you weren’t around when it was released.
You young whippersnappers – how do you feel about Nevermind?
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 11:53 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
it's awesome
i was about 12 when it came out, I believe…. picked it up a few years later and it really is amazing…
by Karina on Dec 22, 2008 11:54 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You're
not a young whippersnapper. I wasn’t much older than that when it came out.
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 11:58 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I was 8.
and made my mom buy it for me
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 11:59 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
8?
Now see, that’s the type of young whippersnapper I’m talking about. I’m impressed, Jared.
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 12:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, you should have seen the look on her face when she walked in my room and I had Lithium blaring.
She was all “where did you get this awful music?”
“you bought it for me mom”
“oh”
and then she left
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 12:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Nice. Yeah, my parents were not at all impressed with the music I was listening to once I started listening to stuff other than what they chose.
I still maintain that grunge, britpop and industrial music are awesome choices for a 12 year old girl.
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 12:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
i wouldn't know...
never having been a 12 year old girl.
however, i’m fairly certain my own tastes were not that diverse when i was 12, so kudos to you…
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 12:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
by the time I was twelve all I listened to were the Offspring, Metallica and Slayer
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 12:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks...
It helped that my bf had a much older brother who introduced us to industrial. I stole my babysitter’s new order tape when I was 9, so that explains that, and grunge? Well, I blame my generation – it allegedly spoke for all of us.
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 12:18 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
i was all Metal
up until nevermind came out.
then i went nuts and just listened to everything i could get my hands on. jazz, industrial, power pop, classical, country. anything…
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 12:20 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
So, Nevermind
opened your musical tastes up? Is that it?
I’ve always been super influenced by whatever my friends were listening too. My bf in jr high was a mod, so I got into ska and depeche mode and all that. I love learning what people I like and respect are listening too – it always leads to great new music finds.
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 12:26 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
absolutely...
Nevermind changed the entire game musically.
i love hanging out with people who love music. just talking about music is one of my favorite things in the world. a beer and an intelligent conversation about why Paul is my favorite Beatle…that’s heaven for blurr…
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 12:29 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Ringo
or nothing!
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 12:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
sure...
but no. not for me.
i love the Beatles. i read a book called “the Abey road Sessions” that talks about, in detail, every recording session the beatles did. what mics were used, amp set ups, reverb settings. very dry for a casual read, but fascinating for a studio nerd like myself.
i’ve read it so many times, the book is now disintegrating
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 12:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
actually
I’m pretty luke warm on the Beatles, they have some great songs, but they arn’t really my bag. I appreciate them for what they did for music. but beyond that………meh.
I just say Ringo when people ask my favourite Beatle because it gets the most polarizing reactions
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 12:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
actually...
i think you’re on crack.
:P
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 12:35 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
indeed, you might be right. After all I seem to be the only one not falling all over themself over that Kings of Leon album
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 12:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m not either. But then again, a friend hasn’t recommended it to me.
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 12:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
currently...
high on my list are the Courteeners, Look See Proof, Lovedrug and the Fags.
all band names, in case you didn’t know…
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 12:41 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
lovedrug
rules
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 12:42 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
absolutely!
although, i haven’t gotten into their latest as much as their first two. it’s not bad, just not as good…
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 12:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I love the Beatles (duh!) but don’t have a favourite one. I guess they did it for me musically, but I always saw them as a cohesive unit. Maybe it is because I’ve never been in a band (other than school) and am not a musician (again, other than viola and clarinet)
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 12:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Have you read this story on the mathmetician and the Beatles’ chord?
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by mf37 on Dec 22, 2008 12:42 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Fourier transforms aren’t that fancy or outlandish. It’s basically a way to view oscillations in a more convenient format.
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by Chemmy on Dec 22, 2008 12:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
really?
hmmm
well missed it. Took me at least 5 years to find out about it.
I was too interested in school to know about music…. :S
by Karina on Dec 22, 2008 11:59 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
no worries...
i’m a huge music snob, even back then, but my best friend is the one who turned me onto these guys.
he put the disc on (i think it was a disc, could have been a tape though) and we sat in his room listening to it in it’s entirety. then, we sat there and talked about each song.
then, “Endless Namelss” came on, and he didn’t know it was there, so it was like a little easter egg bonus…
anyhoo, amazing album. still, “smells like teen spirit” is still played out for me. i tried listening to it, and it was by far my least favorite track the other day…
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 12:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Butch Vig...
is the Phil Spector of our time…his work as a producer and engineer had as much of an effect on popular music as the musicians he worked with.
here’s my little blurb on Nevermind. I was writing about my top ten albums of all time. sort of a challenege put to me by my buddy at unboundedexistence.com
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 11:53 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Tearing Down the Wall of Sound was one of the best books I read this year. I didn’t know much about Phil Spector and it was a fascinating bio.
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by mf37 on Dec 22, 2008 11:55 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
i've got his box set...
just love his sound.
i try to emulate it when i mix my music, but it’s difficult to replicate in stereo. the mono thing really worked for him…
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 11:56 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Do you have an easy link to the rest of the your top 10? I’d like to check it out…
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by mf37 on Dec 22, 2008 12:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
here it is...
the challenge wasn’t best of all time, but most personally influential. and then why it was so. all of these i still listen to, but there are other bands/albums i probably listen to more regularly or like better. but for influence on who i am now and what i listen to, these are the main offenders
http://skidsandstops.blogspot.com/2008/09/i-scream-you-scream-we-all-scream-for.html
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 12:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Interesting List
Motley Crue strikes me as a bit of an outlier, possibly because it’s the only album on the last I’m not all that familiar with.
If you were to re-do the top 10 now, how many would change?
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by mf37 on Dec 22, 2008 12:10 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
well...
i imagine some could be exchanged for others. but in the grand scheme of how they influenced me, i think it’s a fairly concrete list.
some of my buddies here in CA get together and we make mix CD’s that represent the soundtrack to the movie of our lives. those are constantly changing…
that Cure album has a funny story behind it. i did a write up for each album individually after my initial list. long story short, i bought that tape at a Bi-Way in Bowmanville because i knew my brother liked them, and he had Shout at the Devil on vinyl. i don’t recall how old i was, but i do recall seeing the name Motely Crue and just assumed it was Shout at the Devil. Quite the surprise when i played it at home…
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 12:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
fail..
Cure shoud be Crue..
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 12:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
More like Crue should be Cure on your list.
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by Chemmy on Dec 22, 2008 12:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
whatever...
given i’ve got ten years on ya, it’s fairly safe to say that the Cure was of zero influence tome in 1983 or so…
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 12:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
ahhhh
although I do like the Crue as well.
But my musical interest and knowledge are nowhere near your own.
by Karina on Dec 22, 2008 12:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
sorry...
that was more directed at Jammies…
but by all means, bow to my greatness. i won’t stop you… :)
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 12:36 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
My top ten albums would get a lot of blank stares.
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by Chemmy on Dec 22, 2008 12:36 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Now I have to know
What is your top ten list?
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 12:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I couldn’t go on living without:
Orchid – Gatefold
The Notwist – Neon Golden
Mogwai – Happy Songs for Happy People
Dr. Dre – The Chronic
Wolves – Art.Work.Culture
I don’t know what rounds out the top ten, or what order any of that’s in.
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by Chemmy on Dec 22, 2008 12:45 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
interesting...
screamo, ambient and gansta rap. then some indie pop punk stuff…
do you like the Secret Machines at all…?
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 12:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I wouldn’t call Orchid “screamo” but we don’t need to have a genre argument.
Gatefold as an entire album is amazing, it’s too bad it’s hard to listen to if you’re not a fan of the genre, since there’s a depth and subtlety to it that most people will never bother with.
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by Chemmy on Dec 22, 2008 12:50 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
i'm anti genre...
so no worries. i just was under the impression that’s what they called themselves for some reason…
you’d like Chiodos if you like Orchid…
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 12:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
My problem with genres for punk and hardcore is that they’re co-opted so easily by pop-punk bands trying to cash in on some new fad.
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by Chemmy on Dec 22, 2008 12:54 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
i never looked at it like that. i just see genre as marketing, and, it’s pigeonholing an artist to say they are X…
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 12:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I just don’t like the association. It’s awkward to say something like “Sure I like screamo” and have someone start talking about My Chemical Romance.
There’s no way to exit that conversation without being a douchebag, ie. “I hate your crappy pop music” or “Allow me to explain to you what real music is”.
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by Chemmy on Dec 22, 2008 12:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
A punch to face works well
in all situations.
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 12:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
i think it’s an opportunity to open up someones music repertoire. i take the opposite approach though. i can listen to MCR, and then tell people, you might like bands like Brand New (chances are they already do…) or Motion City Soundtrack, or Chiodos…depends on why they like MCR to begin with…
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 1:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Right, but with punk and hardcore the association is too broad. I doubt anyone who listens to pop-punk is interested in “real” hardcore and vice versa.
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by Chemmy on Dec 22, 2008 1:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
yes and no. again, some people start out listening to pop-punk for the energy, so they could easily be swayed to harder and heavier stuff.
i always like to try and get pop-punk kids to listen to Drive Like Jehu, because it was so out of left field at the time…
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 1:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Drive Like Jehu makes me want to fire up Saetia.
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by Chemmy on Dec 22, 2008 1:08 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
you Jehu?
those guys are awesome. The same guys did something else called Hot Snakes. not nearly as good.
also RFTC=awesome.
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 1:10 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Chiodos is way too poppy.
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by Chemmy on Dec 22, 2008 12:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
you're funny...
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 12:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
No, really.
If you don’t mind loud music, fire up Gatefold.
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by Chemmy on Dec 22, 2008 12:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
depends...
but i will check it out.
loud for the sake of loud doesn’t always rock my boat. I mean, boris is loud from a volume perspective, so is dragonforce. i’d take boris over dragonforce any day of the week…
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 1:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Also, ick pop punk. The Secret Machines are ok, I’m not that in to indie rock. I like older Saddle Creek stuff somewhat, along with stuff like Sunny Day Real Estate.
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by Chemmy on Dec 22, 2008 12:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Jeremy Enigk's solo stuff...
is 1000X times better than Sunny Day. And i LOVE Sunny Day…
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 12:52 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You’re a horrible person.
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by Chemmy on Dec 22, 2008 12:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
just cause
Metallica – Master of Puppets
The Offspring – Smash
GnR – Appetite for Destruction
Black Sabbath – Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Iron Maiden – Fear of the Dark
Nine Inch Nails – Downward Spiral
The Clash – London Calling
Tool – Aenema
Johnny Cash – Get Rhythem
Propaghandi – How to clean everything
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 12:54 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Propaghandi!!!!!
i love that album…
and, you all know how i feel about London Calling.
Good stuff…
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 12:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
it was hard to narrow it down to ten and there is no way I could order em.
but yes Propaghandi is good people
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 12:59 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
again...
top ten influential, not “top ten”
but please, share the list…
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 12:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
LIST OFF!!!
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 12:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Ohhhh influential. Gotcha.
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by Chemmy on Dec 22, 2008 12:41 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
since i dont play music and that makes it hard for discs to “influence my music” my top ten are universal
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 12:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
you don't have to play...
you just have to listen.
there in and of itself is your influence
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 12:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
then its still universal
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 12:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Top 10 Influential
Likely to change tomorrow…(and listed alphabetically as I’m trying to do this quickly)
Beatles – Let it Be (really, it would be the red or the blue album, but that seems like cheating)
Lambchop – Nixon
Pixies – Doolittle
R.e.m. – Reckoning
Replacements – Pleased to Meet Me
Silver Jews – American Water
Smiths – Hatful of Hollow
Townes Van Zandt – Road Songs
M. Ward – End of Amnesia
Wilco – Being There
This is just way too tough, every time I get set to hit “post” I start to re-create the liast as I’m missing way too many…(Nebraska; Kiss Alive; 1984; Blood and Chocolates; London Calling; Outlandos D’Amour; etc.)
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by mf37 on Dec 22, 2008 1:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Pixies
so good
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 1:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
We went to see Zack and Mirni recently and a Pixies song plays at a rather pivotal moment in the film ("Hey")
I got the elbow in the ribs from my wife as I didn’t realize I was singing along in the theatre.
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by mf37 on Dec 22, 2008 1:07 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
haha...
Hey! Been tryin…to meet you.
how can you not sing along?
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 1:08 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
wheres’ my mind has been a favourite of mine long before it became the “Fight Club” song
It pisses me off when I have it playing and thats the first thing that springs out of a passenger in my cars mouth
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 1:09 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Townes Van Zandt...
is AMAZING. Saddest song in the universe is his “Tower Song”
breaks my heart every time i hear it…
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 1:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I saw Townes live in a church here in Toronto about a year before he died. It was a great show…
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by mf37 on Dec 22, 2008 1:08 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
i'm jealous...
i didn’t start listening to him until he was already dead.
first album i picked up on a whim was Delta Momma Blues…that’s where i heard Tower Song. put that on repeat for days…made me srite about the blackness of everything in my black journal in black ink. Seriously, so depressing…
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 1:09 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I love the Smiths. So gay for Morrissey.
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by Chemmy on Dec 22, 2008 1:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
AND...
yes, it’s very hard. took me over a month to feel ok with my top ten, but as i said, some could easily be exchanged.
also, Nebraska is an album everyone should own.
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 1:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
A bunch of my friends do something similar – each Christmas we exchange a cd of the music we listened to that year.
About ten years ago, we’d stick to just music released that year, but now that I’m down to one, maybe two new releases a year, that apporach doesn’t work so well anymore.
I’m actually about to head out the door to buy a spindle of cd-roms so that I can start burning copies for all my pals…not sure how the mono recording of Paul Newman singing Plastic Jesus is going to go over, but I felt I had to throw something on the cd as Cool Hand Luke is one of my favourite movies…
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by mf37 on Dec 22, 2008 12:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
that could be fun...
and all over the board. I went on a randy Newman kick early this year, then did a full 180 and listened to nothing but noise rock/math rock/prog rock stuff…
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 12:49 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m off to buy cds to burn plenty o’ music. If anyone wants a copy of a year end cd (M. Ward; Kinks; Shins; Pavement; Radiohead (covering the Smiths’ “The Headmaster’s Ritual”); Spoon; Last Shadow Puppets; Cold War Kids; Hot 8 Brass Band; The Heavy; Mos Def; Bill Withers; The Microphones; Kings of Convenience; Nils Lofgren; Frank Sinatra; Paul Newman) send me an email via my blog.
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by mf37 on Dec 22, 2008 1:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
wow
I am so out of my depth musically here
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 1:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Me Too
I love the Beatles. Anything else depends on the song.
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by PPP on Dec 22, 2008 1:24 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
i don't understand that...
my wife’s the same way. she likes songs.
if i like a song, chances are, i’ll end up liking the band. then i’ll end up buying everything they ever put out.
i’m addicted
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 1:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Usually
If i like a song, I like the majority of what a band puts out. But occasionally there is a song that im in love with, but hate everything else the band has ever done
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 1:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
does not compute...
i wish it did. i’d probably be insanely rich.
i just spent $50 on new music on iTunes yesterday, all because of that cursed “genius” app they’ve added to iTunes. now i can’t help but click on the links to bands i supposedly might find interesting.
And, $50 later, turns out they were right
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 1:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Purer
It’s a love for the particular combination of chords rather than a group’s entire opus.
That’s why I don’t buy albums. Odds are there are way more songs I won’t like than I will.
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by PPP on Dec 22, 2008 2:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Cold War Kids. I’ve got their Cops & Robbers disc. Good stuff…
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 1:19 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
SNOW DAY!!!!!!!!!!
Well I couldn’t get in to work today, although I gave it a really good try…..
by Karina on Dec 22, 2008 11:20 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
KARINA
How was Whistler?
I had a snow day on Friday and worked from home
Oh wait weren’t you around?
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by Winkle on Dec 22, 2008 11:22 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
yup
I was here on Friday to hear about all that…
Whistler was freeeeeeeeeeezing… we just stayed in the village, it was -17 not including windchill!
A few more runs are open, and on Sunday when we left it had started snowing and is supposed to snow most of the week… but there’s still more snow down here where we live, so far.
by Karina on Dec 22, 2008 11:24 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Wooo! Snow day!!!!!
I want one of those. Well, not really, but it would be kinda fun to not be able to go places. And I have enough cookies and bars to keep me fed for months.
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 11:22 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
yeah
I wouldn’t have minded going to work today, but that’s mostly ‘cause I have no vacation time or banked time so this means I’m taking time off without pay.
by Karina on Dec 22, 2008 11:28 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh
That’s kinda the suck. Can you do any work from home so you don’t have to take it off without pay?
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 11:29 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
MTV Cribs
Trish Stratus has a Toronto Maple Leafs Pepsi machine………….thats awesome
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 11:26 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
BITE YOUR TONGUE!
WWE Diva and local product (well, the breasts are probably from California)
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by PPP on Dec 22, 2008 11:29 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Ha!
Well played sir. They most likely are.
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 11:30 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
the best boobs money can buy...
come from cali…
i know, i’ve seen ’em…
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 11:32 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Heh.
I don’t know, you might think this is because I’m a girl, but I just don’t get fake boobs. They creep me out. And look ultra odd.
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 11:33 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Feel Weird Too
Not that I am complaining. It’s just a fact.
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by PPP on Dec 22, 2008 11:34 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
then...
they were done wrong.
again, i know, i’ve seen ’em…
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 11:35 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Bleh
On Stratus
Never found her remotely attractive.
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by Winkle on Dec 22, 2008 11:36 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
She tended to wear way too much make up (blech) but her body was fantastic
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 11:37 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Interesting theory
But still meh
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by Winkle on Dec 22, 2008 11:39 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
ummmmm......
no. Even if they are done really well (and I know some of them are) they just don’t look the same as real ones. I notice these things.
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 11:37 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
A friend of mine from the UK calls fake breasts “party tits.”
I was really hoping that expression would catch on over here, but I’ve yet to encouter it and get rather odd looks when I try to use it. Maybe I should go with the fake cockney accent next time…
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by mf37 on Dec 22, 2008 11:41 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Heh. Party tits.
I heartily endorse that idea. In fact, fake cockney accents for everyone!
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 11:50 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
She’s rather posh, so it sounds like “paah-tee tis” when she says it.
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by mf37 on Dec 22, 2008 11:51 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That’s even better.
What about getting her to record it for you, so you can play a tape of her saying it? That might be the key to it catching on.
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 11:54 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think that might move it from failed joke to really creepy guy with a recording.
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by mf37 on Dec 22, 2008 11:57 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, we won’t know till you try!
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 11:58 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
If I were younger/single or drunk I’d totally go for that and report back.
Maybe I’ll see if I can get one of my idiot friends to do it.
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by mf37 on Dec 22, 2008 11:59 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, yeah, I can see why you might not want to try it. But totally get one of your idiot friends to try it.
Or, failing that….. oh, Jared…..?
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 12:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
'zactly
I just don’t get the whole appeal. They don’t feel like real (and yes, I do know this for a fact.)
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 11:36 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Nice
Well, there’s a novelty factor as well as the fact that guys are inherently obsessed with bewbs.
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by PPP on Dec 22, 2008 11:43 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I guess that makes sense. And what? Guys are obsessed with bewbs? When did that happen, and where was I?
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 11:50 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
beeeeeeewbs
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 11:51 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I disagree
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by Winkle on Dec 22, 2008 11:51 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You aren’t obsessed with bewbs? Or they aren’t novel?
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 11:55 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Not particularly
No
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by Winkle on Dec 22, 2008 11:55 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’ more of a package deal type.
a body is the sum of its parts and all
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 11:56 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Well...
If the boobs are great it tends to follow that the rest is pretty good too.
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by PPP on Dec 22, 2008 12:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
and its hard to work out your bewbs at the gym (i think, i dont have em so i dont know)
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 12:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
bewbs
change size with working out. They get bigger if you start getting fat because, well, they’re just fat.
by Karina on Dec 22, 2008 12:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
ah
thus explains the sticks getting the implants
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 12:09 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You can be really skinny and have bigish boobs, but those are few and far between. So yes, that’s why the sticks get implants.
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 12:12 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
exactly
although it also depends on your genes. If I worked out all day every day, I still wouldn’t lose mine.
by Karina on Dec 22, 2008 12:12 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
ah, that explains an ex of mine too, she started working out and was getting pissed because they were getting bigger for some reason (she refused to believe it was the pill causeing this)
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 12:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yup
I could probably go anorexic and still have the nice sweater cows (as my friend Jike calls ’em)
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 12:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
sweater puppets
jubblies
fun bags
so many good names for em
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 12:18 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m just trying to understand you all. This is indeed helpful information.
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 12:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Both are true. Not to mention comfortable.
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by PPP on Dec 22, 2008 11:55 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
90%
of em stick out (pun intended) very badly
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 11:34 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Pros VS Joes
most of this show is rediculous and aweful. but it is goddamn high-larity when they do a hockey challenge and NONE of the people can skate
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 11:31 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Claude Lemieux
That was the best Pros v. Joes because he went so hard on the guys and just dominated and embarrassed them. I think that kick-started his comeback.
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by PPP on Dec 22, 2008 11:32 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
yeah
that was just funny
I love how the challenge was to score 5 goals in like a minuite or something with all the pucks starting at center ice.
I don’t think one person made it…..
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 11:33 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Hmmmm
Room mate got rockband for his birthday
hard to keep myself away
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 11:41 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
thanks for the inspiration
I think I will play video games all day today!
by Karina on Dec 22, 2008 11:42 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Don't Walk Away...
ROCK OUT!
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by PPP on Dec 22, 2008 11:43 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m the only one here, and rockband doesnt come with a mic stand so i can sing and play guitar at the same time….
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 11:45 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
i posted htis on facebook...
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 11:45 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
I saw this on the weekend
I noes
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by Winkle on Dec 22, 2008 11:46 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
i almost....
went out and bought $2K worth of Lego. i wanted to replicate this so bad…
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 11:47 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I love lego
I miss mine so much, stupid parents and their yardsale after i moved
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 11:49 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
yup...
i miss it desperately. despite my best efforts, my daughter doesn’t like lego nearly as much as barbies…
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 11:50 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
you should build her a barbie car out of lego….
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 11:50 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
you may be on to something...
i’m going to have to go buy some lego after work and test this theory out…
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 11:54 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I still have all my Lego
They will never be thrown away, evar
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by Winkle on Dec 22, 2008 11:51 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I have not forgiven my parents, they did so without my authourization
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 11:52 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes
Yes it is
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by Winkle on Dec 22, 2008 11:48 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
there are more pics if you click on the link...
amazing stuff
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 11:49 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Direct flickrs link
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23575410@N05/
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by Winkle on Dec 22, 2008 11:49 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Stoller idea
for Star Wars obsessed dads (or uncles, or dads to be). Yes, it’s the AT-AT Imperial Walker Stroller:
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by mf37 on Dec 22, 2008 11:53 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Nah
My kids stroller will look like Serenity
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 11:55 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Serenity?
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SERENITY NOW
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by Chemmy on Dec 22, 2008 11:59 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Firefly
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefly_(TV_series)
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by Winkle on Dec 22, 2008 11:59 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Neverheard of Firefly until now…
Here’s the ship in case there are other confused folks out there
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serenity_(Firefly_vessel)
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by mf37 on Dec 22, 2008 12:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Amazing Show...
really well written. one of the great travesties of television was it’s being canceled.
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 12:07 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
of
firefly fame
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 11:59 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Lunch Time
See you kids in 60 minutes
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by Winkle on Dec 22, 2008 12:00 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Ray Emery
on uh… that show with Micheal Landsburg….
by Karina on Dec 22, 2008 12:01 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Isn’t he in Russia now? Can’t he stay there?
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 12:12 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
nah
he’s a good interview. They’re pitting his fashion style against Sean Avery’s.
by Karina on Dec 22, 2008 12:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I see. Who wins between those two?
I don’t know, I’ve just had my fill of Emery, and was quite happy with him being off the continent.
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 12:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
they should start their own russian fashion label
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 12:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
fair enough
they also have an economic specialist who thinks that given the Economic situation, the Canucks won’t use up their cap space for another player at the deadline because he doesn’t think they would want to spend that much money.
Clearly he has no idea how much money the Canucks make.
by Karina on Dec 22, 2008 12:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Will they spend more?
Do they really think they’ve got a shot?
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by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 12:19 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
they'll spend it all
they make wads of cash.
They have to go for it this year. 13 Free Agents this summer, plus Luongo’s last season is next season. Schneider’s sitting in the wings….
I think they go for it this year, if it doesn’t work, blow it up, trade Luongo at next year’s deadline, and rebuild around Cody Hodgson and Cory Schneider. It’d been a perfect plan if they still had Bourdon.
by Karina on Dec 22, 2008 12:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
yup...
i think Gillis is actually a little more in tune with how to run a team than he’s given credit for.
i don’t see them as a contendor, still, stranger things have happened in the playoffs, and i’m fairly certain they could make top 4. from there, who knows? If SJ and the wings get surprised by someone in the first or second round, the Nucks could go all the way…
and, as you stated, so many UFAs and a top level goaltending prospect in the wings…it’s now or never.
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 12:25 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
true
but it could also go the other way, if they fail this year and blow it all up and then Scheider or Hodgson don’t pan out, then it could be a long wait for another shot
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 12:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
well...
as 1967ers has pointed out, no matter what the team. the odds are long on yours getting a shot…
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 12:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
yeah
but think of the prospects you could get in return for Luongo.
I’m pretty impressed with Gillis, actually. I think he has patience and the trust of the owners, who have a ton of money. He’s made some shrewd moves this year, such as picking up Shane O’Brien who is much better that Kraijcek, and has shown flashes of getting better.
But I’d still rather have Burke.
by Karina on Dec 22, 2008 12:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Indeed
Luongo is probably the premier asset in the NHL right now. You could get damned near anything for him. I honeslty believe he’d fetch more than Crosby on the open market
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 12:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
no...
as the GM and owner(s) would be looking at more than pure skill, or even positional importance. From a marketing perspective, Crosby, hands down.
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 12:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I haven't been impressed
with Crosby this year. I’d take Malkin, hands down. If only he spoke english.
And if I needed a defenseman, Shea Weber.
by Karina on Dec 22, 2008 12:36 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
There are a few players in the NHL that could get you what Crosby can, Ovie for one.
There is currently no goalie on par with Luongo in the NHL
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 12:36 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
which is exactly why
the Canucks have a chance against Detroit and San Jose. Neither of them have anywhere near the talent in goal as the Canucks do. Honestly, I think if you put Sanford in net for the Wings, they’d have at least as many wins as they do now.
by Karina on Dec 22, 2008 12:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
yup
offense wins games, defense wins championships
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 12:42 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
and...
Crosby sells tickets.
not taking away from your argument, just saying, if I were running a team. i’d take crosby first, for the guaranteed gate income alone.
and, as far as “defense wins championships.” yes, but that’s more geared towards a team d game. look no further than Chris Osgood…
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 12:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
defense
isnt exclusive to goaltending
Detroit’s D-men are the best unit in the biz
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 12:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
yup
and while the Canucks have a good defense, they need one more piece on that back end. Which is where that extra cap space comes in…
by Karina on Dec 22, 2008 1:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
there is that issue of experiance though. because as San Jose has shown us time and time again, what works in the regular season doesn’t necessarily work in the post. Even if they land say Bowmiester or an equivelant for the playoffs they may get swept. when they cant put it together
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 1:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
ok...
opposite spectrum. Carolina Hurricanes…
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 1:07 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
touche
the playoffs are a fickle thing
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 1:09 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
it's a crapshoot
think of how many years the Wings looked like they should win and they got stopped in the playoffs.
Gah, I wish it was playoff time already. Except then I wouldn’t be able to watch our leafs.
by Karina on Dec 22, 2008 1:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Leafs...
5 points back and two games in hand.
stranger things have happened…
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 1:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Imagine the fallout if Pogge and Schenn took them on a decent playoff run?
ANARCHY!
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 1:18 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I can’t talk. That is how sore my throat is.
Ain't nothing but puck drops and poke checks, babydoll.
by wrap around curl on Dec 22, 2008 1:11 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Bow chicka, oh wait…
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by mf37 on Dec 22, 2008 1:12 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I have a cold/illness apparently.
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by wrap around curl on Dec 22, 2008 1:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
have you made it out of the house at all?
or is the snow now above your head?
by Karina on Dec 22, 2008 1:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
if it is...
take pictures! i still have that visual of magenta bobbing behind a snowbank…
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 1:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It’s more like a faded magenta now. I was thinking of brightening it up today.
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by wrap around curl on Dec 22, 2008 1:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
you should go maple leaf blue
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 1:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t have blue dye and I’d have to bleach out the pink that’s left. I don’t have bleach either.
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by wrap around curl on Dec 22, 2008 1:18 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
booo, I should get you some for christmas
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 1:19 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I got a few times the other day.
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by wrap around curl on Dec 22, 2008 1:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Probably. Shoveling snow for a few hours.
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by wrap around curl on Dec 22, 2008 1:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
hi wrap...
still snowing?
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 1:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It’s snowing now, ya.
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by wrap around curl on Dec 22, 2008 1:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
crap........
its snowing here too, like a beeeetch
that means work just got alot shittier
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 1:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I got back yesterday, my douchebag roommate shovelled his side of the driveway but not mine.
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by Chemmy on Dec 22, 2008 1:18 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
So of course there’s frozen icy snowdrifts on my side. I tried to attack them with a shovel but that didn’t do anything, so I checked the weather. It’ll be 47 and rainy on Wednesday, forget it.
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by Chemmy on Dec 22, 2008 1:18 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
thats when, before shoveling your side, hose down his side and let i freeze, then you shovel your side
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 1:20 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
SNOW!!!!!!
MORE SNOW!!!!!
BRING EEEEEEEET!!!
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by Winkle on Dec 22, 2008 1:26 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh and I made the cherry chocolate dr pepper cupcakes yesterday. They came out rad.
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by wrap around curl on Dec 22, 2008 1:19 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
want to try those so badly
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 1:20 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
my hunger index...
just went to elevnty billion…
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 1:24 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Alright, I have to go shovel out back so I can toss the dog out. Wooooo.
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by wrap around curl on Dec 22, 2008 1:27 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Snow blowers
Are your friend
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by Winkle on Dec 22, 2008 1:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
4x4
And all-terrain tires are awesome. I love drivin’ in snow tho. Especially when you do a turn just right and rotate the truck just thru the gas..
Really the reason 99% of idiots get into trouble on snow in decent SUVs is cause they’re just goin to goddamn fast! Plus they suck at physics.
by LeafFanInVan on Dec 22, 2008 1:43 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
poor driving
is the main reason, I used to fly through snow and ice in my old grand am and not have any issues until the snow was higher than the bumper, flying past people in Jeeps who were stuck because they were morons.
Now that I got the SUV, i am nigh on unstopable
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 1:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I like seeing the goofballs who lose it one way then overcompensate the other direction and slam on the gas. wheeeeooo!
As long as they’re not slamming into my car, that is.
by LeafFanInVan on Dec 22, 2008 1:49 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I do that on purpose, i love flying around sideways at the edge of grip.
The difference is I know how to drive like that and can get out of it at will (most of the time)
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 1:50 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yah snowdrifting is good fun because you can do it at much lower rpms than on dry pavement.. easier on the tires too!
by LeafFanInVan on Dec 22, 2008 1:52 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
well, I’m off to work
Peace out Quesedillas!
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 22, 2008 1:54 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Wow
H.R. Giger with Legos
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by Winkle on Dec 22, 2008 1:58 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
holy crap...
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 2:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Dammit bill,
you took all the black ones outta the lego basket!
by LeafFanInVan on Dec 22, 2008 2:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Lego Blogging Site
I could spend the rest of my life here…
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by Winkle on Dec 22, 2008 2:07 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You see the Hoth lego pics that have been making the rounds?
Pretty awesome.
by LeafFanInVan on Dec 22, 2008 2:10 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
linked up aways in the thread...
and i posted to my facebook profile on sunday…
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 2:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Damn that’s what I get for making it in late.. I just skim the first 300 or so posts I missed ;)
by LeafFanInVan on Dec 22, 2008 2:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
i think
i’m just gonna bite the bullet and go full on geek.
i mean, i’ve already got the girl, she’s fully aware of my nerdiness. forget looking for excuses to buy lego. i’m just going to buy it for myself. spend my saturday afternoons putting stuff together…
i miss lego so much.
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 2:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Do eeeeeet
I love putting Lego sets together, my folks came back from Black Friday with the Lego Star Destroyer playset, I spent the better part of a week putting it together (2 hrs per night after work). I love the custom stuff they have going on at that blogging site, absolutely sick and disgusting…
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by Winkle on Dec 22, 2008 2:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I ain’t dead yet…
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by wrap around curl on Dec 22, 2008 2:24 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
woohooo!
best way to start off the week. not dying
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 2:25 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
ok...
so, i just signed my wife up for Facebook…she’s so behind the times it’s embarrassing.
when i met her, she didn’t own a single CD. we’re talking, like1998, and no CD player or CD. just old 80’s tapes. New Kids, Debbie Gibson, Tiffany etc…
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 2:27 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
So in five years she will get her first ipod?
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by wrap around curl on Dec 22, 2008 2:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
shockingly...
no she has a nano already.
it was a gift from my mom. she had no idea what to do with it at first….
heaven help me i do love the gal…
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by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 2:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Truth be told
I only got on Facebook in April of 2007 right before I finished Uni. My housemate had been bugging me for 2 years to get on it but I refused… I ended up opening an account since I figured I won’t be able to anymore once I graduate and was done school (it was open to university/college students only at the time).
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by Winkle on Dec 22, 2008 2:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I switched to facebook after a few former friends took to harassing me on myspace.
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by wrap around curl on Dec 22, 2008 2:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
When I first heard of myspace
I went on, 5 minutes later I started calling it Emo-space and I still refer to it as such. I saw FB as the what Myspace should have been… although ever since they opened up FB to the public it went down the crapper… it was great when it was for uni/college folks only.
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by Winkle on Dec 22, 2008 2:35 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Ya, before they had all those apps and junk.
A week or so ago I did a facebook clean out, of all the peeps I don’t talk to/didn’t know I was friends with. Now it’s primarily my hockey blogging peeps. Which probably makes me a hugeeeee dork.
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by wrap around curl on Dec 22, 2008 2:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
i signed up for mySpace..
and promptly forgot all about it.
a friend of my wifes found me on there and asked her why my profile said i was single…
thankfully, by that time, I was a full blown facebook addict, so my truthful explanation (i forgot i was on there…) passed muster
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
The Left Coast Lock
by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 2:36 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I signed up, found a bunch of high school and college people then totally forgot about it. After seeing a few news items on facebook’s rather lax privacy standards (and the fact that any images or text you put on there become their property) caused me to delete my account..
That and all the “so and so has sent you a present! Install new app?” requests got really, really annoying.
by LeafFanInVan on Dec 22, 2008 2:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The CIA funded the creation of facebook. And that is not me being paranoid, it’s fact.
Ain't nothing but puck drops and poke checks, babydoll.
by wrap around curl on Dec 22, 2008 2:42 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
well...
i was going to make a joke about a certain religious persuasion for a holy war, but i don’t want to risk it….
Dear INS. Please don’t deport me…
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
The Left Coast Lock
by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 2:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Don't install apps
When you install an app you agreed to release all your info on FB to the developer of the app, most people never read that… I have friends that have about 40 apps installed and its crazy…
"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
by Winkle on Dec 22, 2008 2:45 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
for the most part...
the ap spamage has gone way down. i used an ap for firefox that allowed you to skip those steps until they finally did away with it.
and yes, they’re security was lax, but it’s gotten much better. i like the amount of control i have over that now.
i’ve grown accustomed to the “new” facebook, but i still prefer the old version. it’s not going to change, so i’m just rolling with it…
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
The Left Coast Lock
by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 2:42 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
my office...
just became a ghost town…i think everyone’s taking off WAY early today…
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
The Left Coast Lock
by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 3:33 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I'm covered in icing sugar
Sifting it for the icing was all sorts of fail.
How've I been? In a word? Awesome. In five? Awesome and full of booze.
by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 3:51 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Delicious
a girl covered in icing sugar? I have had that dream before.
Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.
by PPP on Dec 22, 2008 4:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Well
then you’ll love me. The bag kinda exploded when I opened it, and then my coordination with the sifting was not good. I need to take a shower, that’s how covered I am.
Also? Your dreams intrigue me.
How've I been? In a word? Awesome. In five? Awesome and full of booze.
by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 4:08 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Covered in icing sugar and in need of a shower? I’ve had this one too…
Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.
by PPP on Dec 22, 2008 4:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I guess I’m here to make your dreams a reality, then. You’re welcome.
How've I been? In a word? Awesome. In five? Awesome and full of booze.
by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 4:18 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Well...
In my dreams I am actually there as opposed to reading about it…
Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.
by PPP on Dec 22, 2008 4:19 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Good point
I suppose I could take pictures, but I think you’re supposed to charge for that type of thing.
How've I been? In a word? Awesome. In five? Awesome and full of booze.
by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 4:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, I mean you charge if you’re sending them to a stranger. Anonymous internet friends usually get them for free.
Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.
by PPP on Dec 22, 2008 4:24 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Really? You would know better than I. Okay, I’ll take some pics, and then if I ever meet you in person, you can take a look. How does that sound?
How've I been? In a word? Awesome. In five? Awesome and full of booze.
by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 4:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Deal
Of course I do have e-mail…
Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.
by PPP on Dec 22, 2008 4:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
I don’t put pictures like that online anymore. I like to be able to control who has access to them. Man, was I glad when my friend’s camera phone got destroyed recently. Those pics were…. extremely NSFW.
How've I been? In a word? Awesome. In five? Awesome and full of booze.
by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 4:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Well then, looks like I’ll have to wait to meet you then.
Until then I’ll let my imagination fill in the blanks.
Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.
by PPP on Dec 22, 2008 4:36 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m sure your imagination will do a fine job.
And now? I’m done icing the cookies, so I’m off to shower.
How've I been? In a word? Awesome. In five? Awesome and full of booze.
by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 4:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
it’s true…i read that somewhere…
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
The Left Coast Lock
by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 4:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know blurr
you’re not my anonymous internet friend anymore, now that I know you on the stalkerbook…
How've I been? In a word? Awesome. In five? Awesome and full of booze.
by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 4:29 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
you're right...
but, i’m just saying, what PPP says is true…
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
The Left Coast Lock
by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 4:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
gah!!!!!!!!!!
slow day….
on the plus side, i haven’t even taken a lunch, so i could be out of here at 3PM….
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
The Left Coast Lock
by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 4:47 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
how is it
a slow day but you haven’t taken lunch yet?
I’m still attempting to finish Lego Star Wars. This is one long game.
by Karina on Dec 22, 2008 5:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Dang snow day havin’ so and sos.. grumble
Ah well, it’s fun driving the suv around, wheeeee!
by LeafFanInVan on Dec 22, 2008 5:25 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
haha
see if I owned an SUV, I’d’ve made it into work.
But there is a really steep hill that we have to go down just to get out of the subdivision, and considering the pains we went through to get up it yesterday, we’re not risking it unless absolutely necessary.
But it’d be nice if the bus showed up when Translink said it was in service…
by Karina on Dec 22, 2008 5:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I like how on the radio they’re asking people not to drive and take transit.. But then saying transit service has been reduced (no articulated busses in the snow, for example). Yeesh!
I just want to find an empty lot and do some donuts and powerslides, wheeeeee!
by LeafFanInVan on Dec 22, 2008 5:49 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
that's what they're saying??
sillies… Translink has got to start being better with their updates… like telling me that my bus wasn’t running this morning so I didn’t stand outside for half an hour freezing my butt off!
by Karina on Dec 22, 2008 5:52 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yah I believe the articulated buses drive wheels are actually the last set (‘C’ axle) of tires so on slippery surfaces they’re a total beeyotch to control. Although I think they had the similar type in Ottawa so I dunno how they handle it there.
Did you check the bus stop info by SMS or something? I heard you can do that now.
by LeafFanInVan on Dec 22, 2008 5:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
well...
the boss brought in lunch, so we ate that, of course, i ate it at my desk while working, so in the eyes of the state, no lunch.
no worries though. i’m 1.5 hours away from being out of here. no sense asking to leave early when chances are i’ll be out of work by noon on Wednesday…
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
The Left Coast Lock
by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 5:36 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
makes sense
I wanted to go into work so that I could build a gingerbread house :(
by Karina on Dec 22, 2008 5:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I started to eat a bit of the ginger bread house we made with the kids and my wife looked at me in absolute horror.
I thought maybe I was breaking some sort of gingerbread house etiquette that only kids and women know, but it turns out the gingerbread house kit we were using had been in the basement for years.
I’d hate to think what was in that stuff to keep it, ahem, fresh.
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by mf37 on Dec 22, 2008 5:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
you don't wanna know
although I suspect we eat so many preservatives nowadays that we will take much longer to decompose than our great grandparents….
by Karina on Dec 22, 2008 5:53 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I decided to have a bath instead
Nothing is better than a nice long soak in the tub. Except maybe a Leaf win tonight. That would be sweet.
How've I been? In a word? Awesome. In five? Awesome and full of booze.
by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 5:42 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
indeed
I intend to watch it online…. since I have the time and all ;)
by Karina on Dec 22, 2008 5:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Radio for me
as I still have to make the meringues tonight. Then I’ll be done baking until I have to make the Charlotte on Wednesday.
How've I been? In a word? Awesome. In five? Awesome and full of booze.
by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 5:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
what type of carlotte are you making?
For New Year’s a few years ago I did a ginger bread and candied ginger one that’s in the Larousse. It took forever to make, but it turned out pretty good for a non-baker like me.
Bitter Leaf Fan: a life-long Toronto Maple Leafs fan comments on the team, the media and the exasperation...
by mf37 on Dec 22, 2008 5:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m making my great grandmother’s Charlotte Russe. It is what we always have for Christmas dinner.
How've I been? In a word? Awesome. In five? Awesome and full of booze.
by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 5:50 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It’s a cold custard set in a mold that’s lined with lady fingers.
The version I made substituted the lady fingers with gingerbread and the bavarian cream in the middle was spiced like ginger bread and studded with candied ginger.
There are many variations…
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by mf37 on Dec 22, 2008 5:53 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It really is
And the best part? The recipe is too large for our ancient mold, so there is always an extra mini-Charlotte for the baker. I love the fact that I’m the one who makes it now.
How've I been? In a word? Awesome. In five? Awesome and full of booze.
by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 5:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Baking
I’d like to make this: http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/breakfast/from-the-email-holiday-breakfast-wreath-072783
Looks awesome
by LeafFanInVan on Dec 22, 2008 5:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That does look delightful. I may have to try it too.
How've I been? In a word? Awesome. In five? Awesome and full of booze.
by Mabel on Dec 22, 2008 5:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That looks great – as a guy, I cannot braid for the life of me. When I make Challa, I get it all twisted up and now I just make a standard loaf.
For our Christmas breakfast we make Martha Stewart’s French toast panettone.
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by mf37 on Dec 22, 2008 6:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Making Challa would be awesome too. Love that stuff.
by LeafFanInVan on Dec 22, 2008 6:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Also
This is a staple at our house for xmas morning:
by LeafFanInVan on Dec 22, 2008 6:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Ha! We have that every Christmas at my in-laws too, but we call it a wife-beater breakfast (not PC, I know).
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by mf37 on Dec 22, 2008 6:19 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah it’s an easy step from wifesaver → wifebeater.. I brought it to a xmas brunch potluck one year and didn’t mention the full name of it for fear of seeming un-pc..
It was a huge hit, however!
This year I think we’re gonna try it with corned beef instead of the ham. Half with no meat for the vegetarians!
by LeafFanInVan on Dec 22, 2008 6:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
forgive me...
but it sounds positively dreadful to taste…
am i missing out on something? i mean, some foods you look at and don’t see anything remotely redeeming from an aesthetic side, but once you take a bite, that all melts away.
is that how this works?
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
The Left Coast Lock
by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 6:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It’s sorta like a Monte Cristo sandwich version of lasagna, almost. With some really sharp cheddar and the Worcestershire sauce it really has a snap, then the baked edges and the crispy special-k or corn flakes on top.. oh yeah it’s awesome.
It doesn’t look pretty, but then lasagna doesn’t either, really.. just cut it out, serve it up, shovel it in.. Awesome!
by LeafFanInVan on Dec 22, 2008 6:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
i shall investigate this...
and report back post haste
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
The Left Coast Lock
by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 6:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Just don’t let it sit around too long with the liquid stuff poured into it.. you can pour it in a few hours ahead of time, just needs some time to soak in without getting too soggy.
by LeafFanInVan on Dec 22, 2008 6:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That monte-cristo description is probably the best one I’ve heard.
I’m not nuts about it – once a year is enough – but it is pretty tasty and it certainly has the tradition thing going for it.
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by mf37 on Dec 22, 2008 6:59 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, once a year is fine for me too.. Sorta like mimosas for me on new year’s day.. Otherwise, bleargh.
by LeafFanInVan on Dec 22, 2008 7:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
ShamWOW
http://www.doobybrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/800px-shamwow_ad.jpg
(Caution – swearing!)
by LeafFanInVan on Dec 22, 2008 5:54 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Dropping in again darlings.
Ain't nothing but puck drops and poke checks, babydoll.
by wrap around curl on Dec 22, 2008 6:30 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
welcome back
did the dog enjoy the snow?
by Karina on Dec 22, 2008 6:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I am still cursing it.
Ain't nothing but puck drops and poke checks, babydoll.
by wrap around curl on Dec 22, 2008 6:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
the dog...?
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
The Left Coast Lock
by blurr1974 on Dec 22, 2008 6:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh cursing the snow. The dog is chillin.
Ain't nothing but puck drops and poke checks, babydoll.
by wrap around curl on Dec 22, 2008 6:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
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