Dr. Tom

That might be the most absurd legal opinion I've heard in a while. I know it's the 9th Circuit and all, but that's bloody OUT there, even for them. And it's pretty obvious that animals can't sue, since they have no rights.

Wow, this thread was good until people started posting in it. I think Mike and Tyler need some of TEH GHEY SECKS to get all that pent-up passion out of their systems. And since I hate those multi-quotes so much, this is closed.

Whatever's convenient and not gouging the price too bad. Usually, I hit up either a Wawa or a Royal Farms for gas. BP and Amoco around here are usually expensive, so I'll avoid those if I can.

So I'm at the gas station filling up the tank. The guy comes up with one of the usual Gas Station Sob Stories. I hear him out, and here's the gist of it: he needs to get home, which is about 30 miles away, and his needle is on E. He said he was with a buddy, and there was another fellow sitting in a car that was kind of randomly parked in front of the store. I happened to have $3 in my pocket from getting change for something earlier. It's extraordinarily rare that I give money to strangers who ask for it (the last, in fact, was a panhandler with a sign that read, "I'll be honest, I just want some beer;" I gave him a couple bucks just for his honesty), but he didn't seem like the usual bum or junkie who asks for money -- decently dressed, and the car he said was his wasn't a jalopy. So, in a rare display of philanthropy to strangers (OMG compassionate conservatism~), I gave him the $3 that was in my pocket. He holds it in his hand, looks at it, then looks back up at me and says, "Man, gas is expensive." I was taken aback for a second. Here I had just given money to a complete stranger with a sob story I insinctually disbelieve, and he's going to say I didn't give him enough? Fuck that noise. Here's the rundown on what happened: Him: (holding money sort of loosely in his hand) Man, gas is expensive. Me: (snatches the money right back out of his hand) Fine, beg someone else for it then. Him: (clearly surprised) What the hell? Me: Beggars can't be choosers. You -- Him: Man, I ain't no beggar! Me: You begged me for money, didn't you? Then you tried to say what I gave you wasn't enough. Fuck you, get out of here. Him: (mumbles and walks off) After he went back to the car, I overheard his buddy yell at him and tell him how stupid he was. I would've shouted my agreement, but the pump clicked off as the tank was full.

Is it necessary to?

And Kerry wants to work with this bunch of limpdicks? They can't even agree on a DEFNINITION of terrorism, let alone condemn without worrying what the fucking piece of shit countries who support it think. I'm sure we have at least 56 nukes remaining...

I read an article about the prequel movies a while back, and they had an interview with Terence Stamp. He was talking about shooting a dialog scene involving himself and Natalie Portman. So he gets to the set, and Natalie Portman has been replaced by a stick with a ball atop it, and of course, they're against a blue-screen background. When Stamp asked where his costar for the scene was, Lucas said they'd film her part later -- presumably with her talking to a stick, too -- and just merge them together to make the scene. Do I need to expound on how *ridiculous* that is? Stamp should have protested more. I would've marked out if the conversation had gone: Stamp: Where's Natalie? Lucas: Oh, we're going to film her part of the scene later. In the meantime, you can read your lines to that stick up there. Stamp: WTF? Lucas: Hey, I'm a genius. You were in The Limey, fer Chrissakes. Just talk to the stick so I can go jerk off to some more unnecessary CGI footage. Stamp: I demand a human co-star for this scene. KNEEL BEFORE ZOD~!

Dr. Tom is on drugs. What the heck is that babble? Anyone who follows baseball and its trends should find that very easy to comprehend.

Maybe Mussina shouldn't have been warming up. He wasn't told to, so it's something he got up and did on his own. However, Mussina was never the type to show someone up, so I don't think that's the reason he did it. He probably felt he needed some work. The hometown fans obviously wanted to see him pitch, and it's ridiculous that they never got the chance because Gaston was an immature crybaby who thought he'd been dissed. Grow up, Cito, and let the man play in his home stadium. I think it's silly to play *everyone* in an ASG and have a 2002 situation, but you ALWAYS get the hometown players out there. Supposedly, Mussina apologized to Gaston a year or two after the incident, and all was good between them. What he should have done is kick him in the junk and toss him down the dugout steps for being such a childish cretin.

Or perhaps, "Get Your Learn On and Your Snack On!"

Loud beeping codes are usually either system RAM or video card issues.

"Wow, I can get my 250-pound daily food intake in one place!" "Before you eat me, you should know I was married to Tom Arnold." "... Nevermind."

If they're lucky, Giambi might retire because the steroid withdra... sorry, benign tumor has left him so weak and shitty. Of course, he should stick around and continue to be ineffective while counting for about $18 million in totally unmoveable salary. Ha ha. Yep, free agency sure is the best way to go...

CITO SUCKS! CITO SUCKS! CITO SUCKS~! Actually, I was in the section (right behind home plate, w00t~!) that started that chant at the '93 ASG. The four guys behind us started, then my boss and I joined in. Soon, the whole section was chanting it, and then it spread to the stadium. Within days, "Cito Sucks" T-shirts were available outside Camden Yards. Mussina was getting some work in. Gaston could've tossed the home fans a bone and brought him in, if only to face one bloody hitter. But your boy was too much of a jackass and thought he's gotten "shown up," so he doesn't. Who doesn't play the home players in an ASG? Stupid assholes like Cito Gaston, that's who. Fuck him, I'm glad he can't get a job in baseball. As for Mussina, I honestly can't fault him for going to New York. He'd given the Orioles the "hometown discount" on his previous contract, drawing flack from his agent and some others players (I know either Glavine or Maddux were quite outspoken about it -- I think it was Glavine, since he was the Braves' union rep). He let them know that would not be the case on his new contract. So the Orioles ignored that and lowballed him the entire time. When it became clear he was [i[thisclose[/i] to signing with the Yankees, the O's upped their offer, but it was still below NY's bid. Note that they pulled the same tactic on Rafael Palmeiro when he left after the 1997 season, also. It's Angelos' fault those two guys left town; the Orioles should have locked them up for life.

Interestingly (or perhaps, expectedly), the best movie in the series is the one Lucas neither directed nor wrote, and that would be The Empire Strikes Back.

Wow, she's 66? I knew Kerry married that crazy bitch for money, but I didn't know he married an OLD crazy bitch for money.

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Very true. Al, do you think of the Sox's remarkable comeback here as some kind of vindication for the Sabermetric Revolution? Billy Beane, Epstein, and the like get put down by popular baseball media folks, who still cling to the notion that sacrifice bunts are worthwhile. Does this give Beane, Epstein, et al the vindication they need, or will that only come with a World Series win?

Pretty good episode last night. I liked the way they characterized The Flash on the show, and I also liked the nods to other Flash identities and the eventual Justice League. Next week looks to be exceedingly silly. I'm not a fan of absurd sci-fi notions like body transference. I will say, though, that both the powers transference shows were good in spite of themselves (and in spite of the fact that I hate that idea, too), so maybe this one will end up being OK. I'm not holding out much hope, though.

Have a good one, mang.

DVD Decrypter Homepage Once it's decrypted, you can use a program like Nero or CloneDVD to write the disc. Decrypter also has an ISO Read/Write feature that will let you burn the discs from within the program itself.

As someone who's worked with printers quite a bit in the last six years, yes, it would be rather nightmarish. You'd have to have at least one IT guy at every polling place in the country, never mind the spare paper and toner you'd need. The costs would be thru the roof, and all it would do is gum up a process that's already pretty gummy.

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I signed up for Insider for a year, more than a year ago. My account still works. I don't recall seeing an automatic renewal charge on my credit card, so if ESPN just goobed up and kept my account active, yay for me.