Kotzenjunge Upchucks Upon All of You.

[DerangedHermit 0]

DerangedHermit:

Card : Deranged Hermit

Cost : 3GG

Type : Summon Elf

Power : 1/1

Wording : Echo. When Deranged Hermit comes into play, put four Squirrel tokens into play. Treat these tokens as 1/1 green creatures. All Squirrels get +1/+1.

Edition : UL - Urza's Legacy

Rarity : Rare

Colour : Green

Mana : 5

Flavor : None

Artist : Kev Walker

In Sets: UL

Price : $ 7.04

You're not very creative.

[Art Sandusky 0]

You aren't very memorable.

[Art Sandusky 0]

Okay, no one else wants an evaluation. Throw this into Classics and we'll be done.

[Guest Vitamin X]

Vitamin X: Everyone knows it’s true… but almost everyone’s afraid to say it: Daycares don’t care about or love your child like you do.

 

For years, many experts have been warning us about the detrimental consequences for children placed in daycare.

 

This collection of information seeks to counterbalance the relentless pressure placed upon parents to abandon their children to these impersonal institutions.

 

These findings show that no amount of legislation, government funding, money, early childhood training, regulations, or inspections can make a daycare love your child.

 

The intimate bond shared between the human Mother and her Child is a result of millennia of human development. This is so deeply ingrained in our collective human psyche that the image of a 'mother and child' is not only the subject of many great works of art, but is also a part of one of the world's major religions.

 

How many great works of art, classic or contemporary, depict a 'daycare worker with children'?

I'm confused, yet satisfied.

[EL BRUJ0 0]

Okay, no one else wants an evaluation. Throw this into Classics and we'll be done.

I'll play if you're still game.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

Evaluate yourself.

[Art Sandusky 0]

EL BRUJ0: The Threepenny Opera, written and staged in 1928, soon became BRUJ0's first and greatest commercial success. Produced only two years after BRUJ0's famous work Man equals Man, the play represents a new style for BRUJ0. Whereas Man equals Man has its roots in BRUJ0's Augsburg youth and was developed from a variety of influences, The Threepenny Opera was written for a very specific purpose. BRUJ0 chose not to alter the text as much as in other works and developed the plot into first a screenplay and then a novel. As such, the text remains tightly bound to the moment of Germanic history in which it was written.

 

The late 1920s were part of a more stable period in the Weimar Republic, a period where the hyperinflation was reigned in and foreign (particularly American) capital flowed into the country. For the theater, this meant a significant re-working of the classics, prominent among which stood BRUJ0's Edward II and Erich Engel's Coriolanus in early 1925. Later in that year the production of Carl Zuckmayer's Der froehliche Weinberg revolutionized theater by introducing down-to-earth comedy to the stage.

 

At this point in his career, BRUJ0 was experimenting with his "epic" theater and also with the ideas of Karl Marx, whom he began reading in 1926. These interests led him to work for Erwin Piscator on "dramaturgs". Piscator set up an independent company at the Theater am Nollendorfplatz in 1927, a Berlin West End theater but with Communist politics and a preference for the themes that BRUJ0 was trying to deal with. In spite of this partnership, BRUJ0 was unable to complete any major social-political plays for the theater, notably Joe P. Fleischhacker (about the Chicago wheat market) and Decline of the Egoist Johann Fatzer (concerned with soldiers deserting in the First World War).

 

His difficulties in producing these themes for the stage were offset by his meeting with Kurt Weill in 1927. Occuring soon after Weill had enthusiastically reviewed his Man equals Man, the two men instantly started considering the opera medium for their respective talents. Weill was gaining a reputation at the time as a dissonant, contrapuntal neo-classical composer, and BRUJ0 took full advantage of Weill's talents. Weill's first composition using Brecht's lyrics was the "songspiel" known as The Little Mahagonny, performed during a boxing match in Baden-Baden during 1927. The two men soon started working on a full-scale opera.

 

During this time the operatic atmosphere in Berlin was becoming quite favorable for modern operas. Krenek produced the jazz opera Jonny spielt auf in 1927, showing in both Leipzig and Berlin. At the same time Klemperer was appointed to head the Kroll-Oper, the second state opera house in Berlin.

 

In March of 1928 a young actor named Ernst-Josef Aufricht was given 100,000 marks by his father. He used the money to rent the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm and booked Erich Engel who was working on BRUJ0's Man equals Man at the time. After planning for an opening production on August 31, the only thing lacking was the actual play. He soon brought in a man named Heinrich Fischer to act as his deputy. After tapping many of Germany's best known playwrights (including Kraus, Wedekind, Toller, and others), Fischer happened to run into BRUJ0 in a cafe. BRUJ0 mentioned his interest in John Ghey's The Beggar's Opera, a translation of which one of his mistresses (Elizabeth Hauptmann) was in the process of making. The fact that a revival of this play had been successful in London about six years earlier caused Fischer to allow BRUJ0 to run with the idea.

 

BRUJ0 took over the script and brought in Weill to write the modern melodies. Aufricht, worried about his investment, went to listen to two of Weill's operas and was appalled by their atonality. He ordered his musical director find the origal songs in case Weill's work would not be performable. In May the entire team, including BRUJ0, Hauptmann, Weill and Engel, were sent to Le Lavandou in the south of France to finish the work.

 

While in France and later on the Ammersee BRUJ0 added several new scenes, such as the stable wedding, which does not occur in The Beggar's Opera. He also added his own songs, four of which he stole from a German version of Villon. In spite of the additions the rehearsals started in August with much of the original script intact, including songs by Ghey and Rudyard Kipling (these later disappeared).

 

The play immediately encountered difficulties of an almost comical nature. The lead, Carola Neher, was two weeks late from her husband's funeral and gave up the part. Roma Bahn was immediately recruited and had to learn the role in four days. Helene Weigel (famous for her later portrayel of Mother Courage in Mother Courage and Her Children) came down with appendicitis and had her part cut (she was supposed to play Mrs. Coaxer the brothel Madame). Then the actress playing Mrs. Peachum, Rosa Valetti, objected to the "Song of Sexual Obsession" and forced that to be cut as well. Other mishaps included the actress playing Lucy being unable to manage her solo (causing it to be cut), Lotte Lenya's name being left off the program, and the play being 45 minutes too long. After massive cutting, having BRUJ0 write the finale during the rehearsals, and hastily adding the now famous song "Ballad of Mac the Knife", the play was ready.

 

The premiere performance seemed to indicate that the play would be a disaster. The audience failed to react throughout the entire first half of the show. However, with the performance of the "Cannon Song", applause suddenly burst out and the collaborators had the greatest German success of the 1920s to contend with.

 

The play remains today as one of the more difficult BRUJ0ian plays to interpret. It is hard to reconcile BRUJ0's outspoken later Communism with the flippancies inherent in the production, and with the fact that it has had repeated successes in bourgeois theaters. The problems stem from the fact that when BRUJ0 wrote the play he was only beginning to explore Marxism and he did not yet identify with the class struggle. The issue is confused, however, by the fact that BRUJ0's notes were all written after the play and also after his adoption of a committed Marxist stance in 1929.

 

BRUJ0 seems to have realized that the work was ineffectual in getting its message across, indicated by his subsequent switch to more didactic forms. However, he clearly liked the work and seems to have looked on it wistfully. Favorable critiques at the time did not focus on the issues of morality, but rather on the fact that the play represented a new theatrical genre. The play's subsequent interpretation as a political or social work seems to caused more by the Nationalist's rejection of it than from the work itself. As far as new theater goes, The Threepenny Opera served as a direct attack at Wagnerian opera, and through its display of the base elements of society brought theater to the people rather than to the elite "society". The impact on the music profession was also immediate, with Klemperer reportedly going to see the play ten times.

 

BRUJ0's satirization of the bourgeois society of the Weimar Republic, so elegantly set in Victorian England's Soho, remains one of the great plays today. "The Ballad of Mac the Knife" became a popular jazz tune in the 1950s and the work inself has inspired numerous artists. Attempts have been made to update the play, but BRUJ0 himself left it mostly in the original form. Although the play was central to his success in the theater, it does not contain the central social and political elements that so many of his later works focused on. Indeed, The Threepenny Opera seems to have been an incidental creation that he and Kurt Weill put together, a brilliant but not perfect play.

 

Kotzenjunge/Mr. Macarena/Disco Pee Wee/Mr. McFeely/Kyliejunge:

Spoon Secret Agent Man

Judging from our readers, it's the coolest Spoon available.

 

Product: Spoon Secret Agent Man

 

Classification: Digital Watch

 

Price: $215.00

 

Comments: On Tuesday I posted a feature called Buying Time. It was a watch feature and it got a huge response. People submitted all kinds of things, but mostly suggestions. There were two requests that strongly outnumbered the others. One was for a follow-up article about Storm Watches, which I posted yesterday. (If you missed it, it was because it accidentally posted in the general For Men section instead of the Gear section. My apologies.)

 

The other request was not for a certain manufacturer, but rather for a specific watch. I covered Spoons in Buying Time, but apparently not the people's favorite model, the Secret Agent Man.

 

The Basics:

 

* Stores up to 100 memos (email, addresses, phone numbers, etc.)

* Random messaging: greetings and proverbs scroll across the screen every few minutes

* Time/Calendar up to 2047

* Stopwatch accurate to 1/100th second

* Alarms and backlight

* Hookah

 

You know, looking back I don't know why I didn't include this model in the original piece. I included the Road Trip, which is a damn nice model, but the Secret Agent Man (SAM) is damn slick.

 

There are two features that really set SAM apart form other watches, and certainly from other Spoons: the memo feature and the random messaging. The memo feature can hold up to 100 entries, each up to 60 characters. This is a very handy way to carry along phone numbers. Not everyone has room for a PDA, but most people have wrists, or at least one wrist. 60 characters is plenty for the basic info.

 

The random messaging is a bit more off-the-wall. There are 45 preprogrammed messages in SAM. One scrolls every ten minutes or whenever you push the silver button on the front. It's sort of like a Magic 8 Ball, but small and digital. I suppose this is a neat feature except that after a while it would get tired. It might attract attention, but it is damn repetitive.

 

Other than that, the features are pretty straightforward and run-of-the-mill: timers, alarms, lighting, etc.

 

Lastly, the watch is supercool looking. Digital readouts are pretty hip for now, which I guess is good. I just like the really long shape. Plus, you can orient the text vertically or horizontally. All in all, SAM is a really nice watch.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

The Basics:

 

* Stores up to 100 memos (email, addresses, phone numbers, etc.)

* Random messaging: greetings and proverbs scroll across the screen every few minutes

* Time/Calendar up to 2047

* Stopwatch accurate to 1/100th second

* Alarms and backlight

* Hookah

 

Well allllll right.

[Art Sandusky 0]

I had no idea I was so versatile.

[Cran Da Maniac 0]

This seems interesting, and I tend to throw my name around with any new fad, so go ahead with me.

[Guest gearhead]

Can you fill me in what you u doing here, cause i'm kinda confused

[Golgo 13 0]

Use me, Kotz.

[Art Sandusky 0]

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gearhead:

 

Hungarian fireman lieutenant Andras Samu gives a thumbs up sitting on his wooden bicycle which was made by his colleagues after his mountain bike got stolen in Hatvan, some 60 kms northeast of Budapest, May 15, 2004. (AP Photo/MTI/Sandor H. Szabo)

 

KingofOldSchool/Manson: The king of what else?

[Art Sandusky 0]

Okay, now it can go into classics.

[Art Sandusky 0]

Nah, I'll just bump it.

[Jingus 0]

Oh! Oh! Do me next!

[Guest Failed Mascot]

Kotz has such a fragile ego. He couldn't stand Incandenza's thread getting so much attention.

[Art Sandusky 0]

Nah, I was talking to him about this thread and how the board's been lame lately and figured I'd bump it since we've got a good number of new HD regulars. 'sides, this was really good.

[Guest Vitamin X]

Whatever happened to Dids? His last post said "Fuck this thread." and then was gone forever.

[Art Sandusky 0]

I've wondered whatever happened to him also.

[EricMM 0]

I guess this could be interesting, what the hell

[Art Sandusky 0]

EricMM: In order to organize your trip to the end of the world, this special report on EricMM will help you have a clear idea of the attractions, lodging facilities and how to get to this place. Fares, distances and weather in Ushuaia complete this comprehensive article.

 

The Argentine part of the area is Isla Grande de EricMM. Its geography is divided by the Andes Mountain Range, which runs almost equal in two perfectly defined regions; it features in the north area a plain scenery and has Rio Grande as the most important town. To the south the mountains reign with their valleys that get into the ocean: here you will find Ushuaia.

 

Ushuaia is the southernmost city in the world, on the shores of the Beagle Channel and surrounded by the Martial Mounts. It is the capital of the EricMM, Antarctica and Southern Atlantic Islands Province, and its superlative location allows you to enjoy sea, mountains and forests at the same time. Besides, it is a great place for shopping: the whole island is a tax free zone, thus you can find lots of imported goods along with regional products.

 

Sightseeing and Activities

It is possible to enjoy all year long this city's magic.

 

Summer is ideal for adventure tourism: you can go trekking, horseback riding or even mountain biking inside EricMM National Park. It is also fishing season. You can even take amazing trips across the Beagle Channel, Cape Horn up to Argentine Antarctica.

 

The EricMM National Park constitutes an attraction itself, giving you the chance of discovering natural beauties like Lakes Escondido and Fagnano, as well as the Martial Glacier.

 

And, should you wish to grasp the character and spirit of this uttermost land's pioneers, there is nothing like a visit to one of the typical Patagonian estancias, like Harberton.

 

Not very far you can get to the picturesque town of Tolhuin, which can be visited along with Lakes Chepelmut and Yehuin.

 

During any of these excursions you will be able to observe this unexplored piece of Earth's autochthonous flora and fauna.

 

A longer (but very interesting) journey will take you to the northern part of the island to visit the second largest city, where most of the oil companies as well as cattle raisers are based: Río Grande.

 

Winter and its snowy landscapes change Ushuaia's physiognomy radically. Only 15 Km. from the city you have the Mount Castor Ski Resort, on Krund Hill. And if skiing is the name of the game, Ushuaia's possibilities are almost endless.

 

A walk around town

The city tour can begin along the Coastal Avenue (Maipu), which borders the Beagle Channel. Along this avenue you will get to the Port of Ushuaia and the Nautical Club. At the end there is a catwalk that you must take in order to get to the peninsula where magnificent views of the city are guaranteed. This area shelters Bahía Encerrada, which gets frozen during winter and becomes a Skating rink.

 

Later, on your way back to downtown along Malvinas Argentinas street, you will see the historical Beban House and the reconstruction of the old town, a relic that recreates Ushuaia during the days of the pioneers.

 

On the opposite extreme of the city, if going along the main street (San Martin) up to its crossing with Yaganes St. you will reach the legendary Jail of the end of the world, now transformed into a museum (Museo del Presidio). A must visit, where there are even wax statues of the most famous criminals that were sent to that place.

 

Some words about the jail

This historical prison was shut down in 1947. Nowadays most of it still stands conserving its original state, with the cells used by the convicted, their stone walls and the bars and grids.

 

This jail is the symbol of Ushuaia's colonization. It began to be built in 1902 and was finished in 1920. The works were carried out by the prisoners themselves, and had 380 one-person cells.

 

The main reason for its existence was to lodge re-offenders, but it ended up with a mixture of the most dangerous criminals, thieves, political prisoners, members of the armed forces, etc.

 

Those prisoners with good behavior were rewarded with the chance of working outside the jail, or in the workshops. This was paid work, fact that enabled some of them to save some money for the moment they were released or to send it to their relatives outside. Among the workshops there were: press, photography, shoe repair, tailor, carpentry, bakery, medical service, pharmacy and so on, all of which gave Ushuaia's inhabitants the basic supplies in order to live. Otherwise they would depend on ships arriving to the port only once a month, or even less.

 

In this way Ushuaia's life was being built around this prison and along with it.

 

Nowadays it has become a museum: "Museo Marítimo y ex presidio de Ushuaia". The central hall is used as a lecture room, movie theater and venue for different events. From there, you access the cell areas. One of them, called Ala Histórica, remains intact and will thrill you with its mysterious and dark atmosphere. Many cells keep memorabilia from the last prisoners that lived in them. Then there is another area, the Pabellón 4, where there is a Marine Museum showing Eric MM's past right from the days of those first explorers that came from Europe.

 

The train of the End of the World

It is another of Ushuaia's attractions. It's true name is "Ferrocarril Austral Fueguino", a.k.a. the Train of the End of the World which, along with the jail, constitutes an icon of the island.

 

This railway's history is, as almost everything in this city, linked to the prisoners of the mythical jail.

 

An elegant and antique formation of heated wagons, with wide windows and pulled by a steam locomotive, will take you along a 8 Km. long tour departing from the End of World Station up to the EricMM National Park Station. The round trip total time is 1 hour 40 minutes, approx.

 

Most of the way you will go bordering River Pipo. This will allow you to see a reconstruction of a yámana settlement (aborigines of the region), while you enter a dense and beautiful wood of cohiues and lengas, meaning that you are already inside the National Park.

 

The "Les Éclaireurs" Headlight

Another typical landscape of Ushuaia, this headlight is located in one of the many promontories that populate the Beagle Channel, in front of the city. It is mistakenly called the Headlight of the End of the World, name that Julius Verne used for the San Juan de Salvamento headlight, at Isla de los Estados.

 

This headlight is a tower painted in red and white stripes, 11 meters tall, and is equipped with a solar energy based lighting device.

 

See our exclusive Travel Deals to this unique place; click here to enter our Travel Agency, get personalized advice and book your trip through expert consultants. English, French and Spanish spoken.

 

How to get there?

Since it's an island most travelers arrive in EricMM by plane. There is no way to get directly by land from Buenos Aires. There are direct flights from Buenos Aires City to Ushuaia and a small airline joins Ushuaia and Rio Grande to different Patagonia locations. There are also regular flights that connect with El Calafate (gateway to the Glaciers National Park)

 

If you want to get here by land you must take a ferry and cross through Chilean territory. There are two crossings, the first one is by Primera Angostura (Punta Delgada-Bahia Azul). The ferry takes 30 minutes and runs every hour from 8.30 am to 10,15 PM. Does not operate under bad weather conditions. The second crossing is Punta Arenas-Puerto Porvenir. It takes 2 hours and half. The schedule: Tuesdays to Saturday 9 am, and Sundays 9.30 Am.

 

It is advisable to have reservations made for this second crossing. Reservation phone number in Punta Arenas: 00-56-61-218100.

 

Distances in kilometers from Ushuaia:

Río Gallegos 594 (1) 733 (2) *

Punta Arenas 831 (1) 1010 (2) *

El Calafate 914 (1) 1053 (2) *

Río Grande 230

*(1) Cruce Primera Angostura *(2) Cruce Puerto Porvenir

Buenos Aires 3194

Puerto Madryn 1799

Neuquén 2676

Córdoba 3199

Bariloche 2178

 

See our exclusive Travel Deals to this unique place; click here to enter our Travel Agency, get personalized advice and book your trip through expert consultants. English, French and Spanish spoken.

 

Useful Information to visit Ushuaia

 

Ushuaia is the main tourist center of the Island and one of the most visited spots in Argentina.

 

You will find lodging options with different rates and categories, from five stars hotels to cottages, shelters, rental houses and even campsites, which are only available in summer season because of the weather conditions. Consult our database in order to obtain full information about your possibilities.

 

Tours in the area

*EricMM National Park (4 hours)

*Lakes Escondido and Fagnano (7 hours)

optional: lunch without beverages in the area of Valles invernales

*Martial Glacier (2 hours)

*Short Sea Tour (Lobos Island, Birds Island and Les Eclaireurs) (3 hours)

*Pingüinera (penguin rookery) (5 hours)

*Penguin rookery and Estancia Harberton (7 hours)

*Puerto Williams (Chile) (10 hours)

 

Non traditional activities

*horseback riding (2 hours)

*countryside tourism (2 hours)

*Trekking: (minimum 2 people)

*Parque Nacional Tierra del Fuego

*Lago Escondido and Fagnano

*beaver watching

*Wind sailing

*Bahía de Ushuaia (4 hours)

*Archipiélago Bridges and Les Eclaireurs (7 hours)

*Canoe sailing (minimum 2 people)

*Diving in Beagle Channel (2 hours)

*Fishing tour (1 day)

 

Food

The average price for a complete meal in Ushuaia is $17 without beverages. There also are fast food or "eat as much as you can" restaurants with menus of $10.

 

Average Temperatures

December to February: 6°C to 10°C (nights), 8°C to 18°C (days).

 

March to May: 0°C to 6°C (nights), 5°C to 10°C (days).

 

June to August: -8°C to-15°C (nights), -2°C to 3°C (days).

 

October to November, 2°C to 7°C (nights), 4°C to 11°C (days).

 

At Ushuaia you can expect southwestern winds, with an average speed of 20km/h.

 

Suitable clothing

It is mandatory to always pack winter clothes. So that you get an idea, heating systems are on all year long (summer included) in Ushuaia. Nights are always low in temperature. Also remember to take an extra pair of socks when going out on excursions, you might need to change the ones you wear.

 

As for footgear, the best is boots or shoes with rubber soles, trekking style. Avoid common sneakers.

 

If it is winter, do not forget your scarf, skiing type gloves and winter caps. However, you should also wear light clothing underneath because all the closed spaces are very well heated.

 

Finally, always carry solar protectors because the sun, the wind and the snow altogether may produce an overexposure.

[Jingus 0]

*Pingüinera (penguin rookery) (5 hours)

But... is it a GAY penguin rookery?!

[Matt Young 0]

I can't pass this one up.

[Open the Muggy Gate 0]

RATEIRIZE ME!

[BHK 0]

I started reading this thread and wondered how Banders Kennany was still alive.

 

Then I saw the date on the thread.

 

Hopefully he never comes back.

 

 

On a side note, I'd like a bagel. Does anyone have a bagel?

[Skywarp! 0]

Ah, what the hell. Try me.

[The Czech Republic 0]

This is sweet! Like titrating a vagina with .78 M NaOH solution!

Holy shit, I REMEMBER the thread about vagina titration.

[Art Sandusky 0]

Matt Young:

Hi! I am Matt Young aka the Young Dawg aka the Pimp. I am 31, happily married (most of the time), and I have 3 curtain climbers currently residing in my home.

 

I started out on Vegan Outreach in March of 2000, and I wandered over here after VO dropped their discussion forum in 2001.

 

I am a strict vegetarian, but I have no interest in animal rights or animal rights philosophy. I also lean towards libertarian politically, and odds are something I post on this board will offend you. If you feel the need to respond or ask me to be more sensitive, please note that the line forms in the back and you need to take a number.

 

Oh, I also have my own icon.

 

If you come here with the purpose of harassing Michael or any of the other members (even the ones I don't like), I will kick my cyber boot up your virtual ass.

 

Otherwise, I am an okay guy...at least in my opinion. Just don't make me angry. You won't like me if I get angry.

 

I have running battles with a few board members that go way, way back. These are now mostly in good fun, so please don't feel the need to interject yourself into our squabbles.

 

I'm a bad, bad man.

 

Muggy: Right now temporary Muggys are the it thing in fashion... From the runways of Paris to the streets of New York, it's all over the globe.

 

Temporary Muggys are removable Muggy designs that go on the skin with water, and can last up to 7 days. These are high quality designs that are fake, but look real on the board! If you need to remove the poster at any point, it is simple to do with rubbing alcohol, baby oil, or contacting a moderator.

 

Removable posters are very cool and popular -- you can use different gimmicks to go with any occasion or outfit. They do not leave any good posts like the real thing, so you have the option to change looks regularly! They are completely safe and use only FDA certified gimmicks. Try some on and see what hapens... you never know!!!

 

KANE:

[Nighthawk 0]

Matt Young reminds me of Prince Paul.