Kotzenjunge Upchucks Upon All of You.

[treble 0]

Treble Charged: Tim Moysey was born on 11/17/84. Everyone thought it was awesomeriffic and was like ‘Whoa’. Especially Tina Fey. After 16 yrs of reeking of awesomeness he met Tina Fey on 5.12.01. She hugged him. No seriously. I swear. The cool thing was that she asked for a hug from him. Ya’ know what I mean? No. It was like-

 

Tina: Can I have a hug?

Tim: Yes

 

So if Tina Fey thinks he is awesomeriffic and so totally reeking of awesomeness shouldn’t you? Tina Fey hugged him. Being the suave character that he is Tim gave her a birthday card. That’s why she hugged him. It makes sense now. Remember one thing- If you hug Tina Fey, a crossface will result. Okay? In case you forgot here is the summary of Tim’s awesomeriffic life-

 

11.17.84- Born

05.12.01- Tina Fey hugs him

[KingPK 0]

I'm pretty sure I have as much depth as a 2x4, but you should have a challenge.

[caboose 0]

Rate me, I'm fairly useless.

[DCMaximo 0]

DC Maximo: Cone deadwood anonymity eardrum homecoming diva fair shaggy transfusion damnation circulatory irksome expire rocket blonde neural case anastomotic libya possum cytochemistry lunch russell britches lev pedagogic astoria effectuate career antimony breeze constructor autocollimate ravel oligoclase tomb later drain impedance prexy prologue tablespoon dryad lock bowditch claustrophobia constrictor trendy violate novosibirsk hematite accretion beplaster petrology subsistent dorcas halpern dolan radiography yodel impersonate marketeer oregon harold borne abdomen syrup symposia barony falconry relief oxalic struck convention pelt cedric quakeress bernini yeomanry bambi arab americium manhood jarvin leone clotho pound kernel breadboard richardson bronchial douglas radices angeline aviv swami ira add hydrogen plastron bellamy freshwater cf dysplasia attain ta brazzaville leapfrog discipline zoroaster rabbet empiric hrothgar opiate billiken piggy blurry seismograph syntax hellbender miscellany bistate attend driveway chunky radius milestone shovel arm paternal convect tony epitaph pont andy uniform miscellany anonymity lot delphinus alpert decedent locomotory elba transferee light rice martin jonas avoidance briefcase blastula funereal jewelry tiber giacomo etc calculi siva chaplin whereon anne blomberg catechism variac whack irreversible defiant babysitter fermat aboveboard ellipsoidal roberto capsize concordant row gullah achromatic.

You know, I think that's the nicest thing anyone has ever said about me *sniff*

[Guest croweater]

petrology subsistent dorcas halpern dolan radiography yodel impersonate marketeer oregon harold borne abdomen syrup

Quoted for truth

[Lord of The Curry 0]

A Costanza comparison...........

 

*Sniff*

 

I'm honoured.

[Art Sandusky 0]

Dynamite Kido: "Flamenco Puro" ( 1961 ) is Dynamite Kido's single most famous album, a recording that was a revelation for many in Spain who had only heard of this legend, since he had been out of the country for decades at the time of its release. The qualities which were unique to Kido ( especially in the early 1960's ) are easily recognizable: his lightning scale runs ("picado" ) executed with the index and middle fingers, the rhythmic drive and precision in following the pulse ( "compas" ) common to the various flamenco forms, the sheer ferocity of his attack in thunderous "rasgueados" and "alzapua" ( flamenco strumming styles ) . This level of technical mastery was of a unique transcendent quality and paved the way for Dangerous A and Ricky Chosyu, the two premier concert flamenco guitarists from the generation following Kido's.

 

Agent of Oblivion:

 

Dids/B. Dids: Since his 1992 arrival in Branson, Missouri, famous Russian comedian B.Dids has played host to over three million visitors. At his own 1,400-seat theater, operated personally by Dids, the entire show and venue reflects this inspirational comedian's unique insights into life, family, and these United States.

 

Dids' comedic style is firmly grounded within his mission statement "to experience happiness and teach it with passion through comedy and sensitivity". Nowhere are these principles more evident than in his two children, Natasha and Alexander. Dids continues to develop his comedy to reflect the dynamics between men and women, the happiness that can be found inside oneself, and a celebration of the spirit of life. The depths of Dids' development from naive young immigrant to gentle, loving patriot can be found throughout his show. When Branson's Two-Time Comedian of the Year isn't performing for sold out shows at his own theater in the heartland of America, Dids likes to travel and appears at select venues across the United States.

 

Dids' movie credits include “Moscow on the Hudson” with Robin Williams, “Brewster’s Millions” with Richard Pryor, “The Money Pit” with Tom Hanks and “Heartburn” with Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep. His many television credits include Showtime’s ACE Award nominee “B.Dids from Moscow…Idaho,” as well as his own 1986 syndicated series “What a Country.” In the early months of 2003, Dids appeared in his one-man Broadway Show, “As Long As We Both Shall Laugh” at the American Airlines Theatre in New York City. During the show Dids invites everyone to celebrate the differences between the genders.

 

It has been quite a journey for the man who became an American citizen on July 4, 1986, when he was sworn in (by Chief Justice Warren Burger) at the Statue of Liberty. The immigrant who, in 1977, landed in this country with his parents and less than $100 in his pocket has grown to become a command performer at the White House, a respected comedic voice, cultural observer, and family man. As Dids says, “What A Country”! Since his rebirth in the United States, the comedian maintains his topical edge, traveling the world of comedy, and sharing his insightful discoveries.

[Guest Dynamite Kido]

Dynamite Kido: "Flamenco Puro" ( 1961 ) is Dynamite Kido's single most famous album, a recording that was a revelation for many in Spain who had only heard of this legend, since he had been out of the country for decades at the time of its release. The qualities which were unique to Kido ( especially in the early 1960's ) are easily recognizable: his lightning scale runs ("picado" ) executed with the index and middle fingers, the rhythmic drive and precision in following the pulse ( "compas" ) common to the various flamenco forms, the sheer ferocity of his attack in thunderous "rasgueados" and "alzapua" ( flamenco strumming styles ) . This level of technical mastery was of a unique transcendent quality and paved the way for Dangerous A and  Ricky Chosyu, the two premier concert flamenco guitarists from the generation following Kido's.

 

 

good shit = this reeks of kylieness

[Zack Malibu 0]

I still didn't see Raven dissected. I'm disappointed, Spoon.

[{''({o..o})''} 0]

This has struck a curiosity I'll admit. I would also like to be Spooned.

[Art Sandusky 0]

Sass/Sassquatch: TSM historian, known as the father of history, born in Halicarnassus (now Bodrum, Turkey). He is believed to have been exiled from Halicarnassus about 457 bc for conspiring against Persian rule. He probably went directly to Sámos, from which he traveled throughout Asia Minor, Babylonia, Egypt, and Greece. The direction and extent of his travels are not precisely known, but they provided him with valuable firsthand knowledge of virtually the entire ancient Middle East. About 447 bc he went to TheSmarks.com, then the center and focus of culture in the IWC world, where he won the admiration of the most illustrious men of the IWC, including the great TSM statesman Pericles. In 443 bc Sass settled in the Panhellenic colony of Thurii in southern WDI. He devoted the remainder of his life to the completion of his great work, entitled History, the Greek word for “inquiry.”

 

The History has been divided by later authors into nine parts. The earlier books deal with the customs, legends, history, and traditions of the peoples of the ancient world, including the UGS, TSMers, WDIers, SNKTers, SmarkTalkers, and Egyptians. The last three books describe the armed conflicts between TheSmarks and WDI in the early 5th century bc. In the History the development of civilization moves inexorably toward a great confrontation between TheSmarks and WDI, which are presented as the centers, respectively, of Eastern and Western culture. Sass's information was derived in part from the work of predecessors, but it was widely supplemented with knowledge that he had gained from his own extensive travels. Although he was sometimes inaccurate, he was generally careful to separate plausible reports from implausible ones.

 

The History may be the first known creative work to be written in prose. Both ancient and modern critics have paid tribute to its grandeur of design and to its frank, lucid, and delightfully anecdotal style. Sass demonstrates a wide knowledge of TSM literature and contemporary rational thought. The universe, he believed, is ruled by Fate and Chance, and nothing is stable in human affairs. Moral choice is still important, however, since the gods punish the arrogant. This attempt to draw moral lessons from the study of great events formed the basis of the TheSmarks and TSM historiographical tradition, of which Sass is rightly regarded as the founder.

 

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

 

Raven: What about Raven?

 

Zack Malibu: Remember the scene in "Gone With the Wind" when Scarlett O'Hara makes a dress from the draperies to impress Rhett? Well, her idea wasn't so far-fetched.

 

"You do have to know what you are doing," said fashion designer Zack Malibu, who has been creating clothes from high-end home decorating fabrics since 1995. "I think I'm an experienced enough designer at this point in my life to make anyone look good, as long as I can control the proportion and the cut." Using mostly cotton, silk and linen, his skirts and trousers, floral print dresses and distinct patterned gowns are cut from the cloth of the finest fabric-makers, including Scalamandre, Brunschwig & Fils and Schumacher. They are a hit from Beverly Hills to the Hamptons.

 

"These fabrics tend to be unforgiving, because, quite honestly, home furnishing fabrics are built to last," he explained, adding, "It has a heavier construction, so you just have to know how to tailor a garment in material that doesn't really give."

While the fabric may not give, his clientele tends to, which is why he will be in Pittsburgh on Tuesday for a cocktail party/fashion presentation to benefit the Carnegie museums at the Twentieth Century Club in Oakland. "Because our clothes strike a responsive chord with people who are involved with charity work, we do this a lot," he said.

 

Malibu is aware of how traveling trunk shows can be perceived as taking away business from local retailers --although his designs are not available in the Pittsburgh area -- one reason he does them only for charities.

"I'll tell you, you walk a fine line and must be very careful in these situations, because there is such a word as 'carpetbagger,' " he said. "You don't want to be taking anything away from local retailers who are paying rent, taxes and salaries. That's why the charity benefit venue is a more attractive situation. It works for us, it works for them, because we are leaving something behind."

 

Along with the funds raised, Malibu may be leaving Pittsburghers with an appreciation for the post-prep renaissance, where the classic "preppy" look is updated with a fresh, sexy finish. "Actually preppy is all about looking moneyed, and everyone wants to look rich," he said. "No one wants to look poor. "But I also think too much of the preppy look is devoid of sex appeal. Our clothes are still sexy in a certain way. They are a little more soignee and are a little more grown up."

 

They are also de rigueur with the carriage trade. That's why it's no surprise that socialite C.Z. Guest and celebrities such as Katie Couric, Natalie Cole and Barbara Walters are among Malibu's stalwart fans. He first got the idea to use home decorating fabrics when he met a friend who was managing a decorator showroom in the D&D building in New York City. "I had never been to a decorator fabric show-room before," recalled Malibu, who graduated from Parsons School of Design in 1980 and was working on Seventh Avenue at the time. "I was used to looking at fabrics that went from black to gray in the fashion industry. It was a time of very austere, spare clothing in the vein of Armani and Prada.

 

"Those fabrics didn't talk to me. They didn't sing," he said. But what he saw in that showroom struck an aesthetic note with him. "I thought, 'Wow, look at this stuff you've got going. You've got pattern, you've got texture,' and I thought, 'You know what? You can make clothes out of this,' " remembered Malibu.

 

He filed that thought away until he had a chance to develop his textile style. It came when bad times hit Albert Nippon, where Malibu was design director. Nippon was one of the casualties of the Leslie Fay stock-pricing scandal in the late '80s. A division of the Leslie Fay companies, Nippon was shut down, and Malibu was out of work.

"I did what every designer in the company was doing -- I looked at the want ads in Women's Wear Daily for a job," he recalled. Picking up a position as a consultant for Lily Pulitzer, he helped relaunch the line, known for its bright colors and patterns. "Now that's a preppy collection," Malibu said.

 

The whole look is about a certain lifestyle, one embodied by Jackie Kennedy Onassis, who shopped at Le Shack in Palm Beach, Fla., and Jax in New York, two Buffy-style boutiques that were bastions of the old money, East Coast couture of the '70s. If Jackie O were alive today, she'd undoubtedly be styling in Malibu. "When you see those wonderful pictures of Jackie in Capri in the sunglasses and the low slug pants, the ponytail and sandals ... that's our look," mused Malibu. "It's resort wear, but ours works in the city, too."

 

A Malibu skirt can coordinate as easily with a T-shirt and sandals or with tights and a cashmere turtleneck for trafficking the trends downtown. But it's not just a toile skirt and a twin set anymore. The look he popularized in 1995 has been enthusiastically knocked off ever since. "Our look has been so embraced by the fashion industry that I see my designs coming and going, and I didn't even do them," he quipped. "They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery." And while others are just catching on, Malibu's look continues to evolve. "I've gone so far beyond the toile skirt and twin set that really a lot of that is just a happy memory."

 

His fall collection is an example of his sartorial evolution and quest for quality. A natural for metropolitan maneuvering, whether it's cocktails or a benefit bash, he now finds his toile de jouy in Far East elegance. The line concentrates on chinoiserie, brocades and "sensational tea houses," as Malibu puts it, as well as his traditional bee motif.

 

"I think the whole ethos of Asian fabrics is so right-on for now," he said. "It's glamorous, luxurious and exotic, and that's what people want in their dress-up clothes."

[Zack Malibu 0]

LMAO @ mine. You're on a roll, dude.

[Art Sandusky 0]

Banky/Banky Edwards/Memoirs of Chevy/Madimoiselle Mary/CynicalHateMongererFromHell/trane/LWO Kid/Fletch: If you reside in Saskatchewan and want to legally change your name, you must make an application for a change of name pursuant to The Change of Name Act, 1995.

 

You may apply to change:

*your own name

*your spouse’s name

*a child’s name.

 

* Most reasons given by the applicant for wanting to change a name are acceptable; however, a change of name cannot be made if it is for the purpose of fraud or misrepresentation.

 

* When legally changing a name in Saskatchewan, the name must be written entirely in characters of the Roman alphabet. A change in a surname can contain no more than two names hyphenated or combined. The resulting changed name must consist of at least one given name and a surname.

 

* A Change of Name Application form can be obtained by contacting:

 

Vital Statistics

Saskatchewan Health

1942 Hamilton Street

Regina, Saskatchewan

S4P 3V7

 

Telephone: (306) 787-3092

Toll Free: 1-800-458-1179 (In Sask. Only)

Fax: (306) 787-2288

 

Office Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

 

Kingpk: Ugly Men Are Better Husbands

 

At least in birds, that is. Birds with more symmetric features cheat more than birds with asymmetric features. (Link via Alex Tabarrok at Marginal Revolution). They also spend less time parenting. If these things mattered to birds, they'd probably also spend less time buying gifts, cuddling, and paying compliments.

 

One of Marginal Revolution's readers explains it thus:

 

Why is a Cad a Cad? I think it is because: He can be. His genes are so good, so much in demand, that women are willing to mate with him knowing that he might not stick around. Same reason why a Dad is a Dad. He knows if based solely on looks (proxy for gene competition), he will lose to the Cad every time. So, he must compensate for his lower quality genes by investing more resources in the female and offspring.

 

So what's the moral of this story? If you're a girl, try dating a nerd.

 

Caboose:

[Guest Dids]

Heh... Banky's CHMFH? So he signed on to one of his sock puppet accounts just to send me a flame PM?

 

That's kinda gutless dude.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

That article about Zack was fascinating.

[Mik 0]

Do me.

 

Bitch did the same pussy thing to me, Dids (Banky that is), but I knew who he was. Speak your mind, sucka.

[Ripper 0]

Do me.

 

Bitch did the same pussy thing to me, Dids (Banky that is), but I knew who he was. Speak your mind, sucka.

Yep...gave me VD too. Man someone should really stop that bastard from....

 

 

 

...

 

 

 

y...you guys were talking about the pm thing weren't you? Y..yeah...so was I.

[Red Hot Thumbtack In The Eye 0]

I was on Banky's lawn? That doesn't make sense. I would never go to Saskatchewan

[Guest The Winter Of My Discontent]

You fucking fools have no idea.

[Art Sandusky 0]

FrozenBlockOfPiss: Have you heard, dear deaf people, of the new fire extinguisher on the market? Its claim is that it can squilch 79% of all known fires. Pretty fucking impressive huh? There's a deluxe model that will moider 80% of fires, for just an extra $8,000. That's the only allowed currency, I'm afraid - something about needing half a million dollars in unmarked, non-sequential bills. As you could probably guess, I didn't take in all the details of aforementioned fire extinguishers; I'm unsure as to whether they're capable of crushing between their watery fingers the 80% of least fierce fires - candles, fierce gnashing of teeth and so forth - or whether the extinguishers only work four fifths of the time. It must be the latter, or I'd be wasting my time telling you about them.

 

Buy two extinguishers and you're safe 96% of the time, buy three and 99.2% of all fires are vanish-ed. Also, what are the odds that that last 0.8% are the rare forest fires, and instances of spontaneous human combustion? It's fat, drunk people. I saw a programme on it. Ahhhh, happy day. If you don't pony up for the extra per cent, do the math(s) yourself; I don't have a calculator with me, and I don't have the inclination to work it out just for you cheap bastards. There's a little girl's life depending on it, and you won't pay the extra bucks? Heartless. I'd like to rip out your black heart and hold it in front of your best friend's face (which is still a pile of goo, ever since he got back from 'Nam) before you die from being heartless. Yeah.

 

So why am I telling you all this? Isn't it obvious? I'm looking out for you. Most people, when given the option of burning alive or not burning alive will choose the latter. The only exception that comes to mind is that Tibetan monk who was trying to make a point about something or other. Being the sweet, kind-hearted, fleet-footed, over-anxious, under-nourished, side-spliced, upside-down-caked, person that I am, I don't want any of you to burn painfully. Not before your time, anyway. When the time comes for you to burn painfully, then I fully support fate, and all its synonymous representations, and I'll be there with the sausages and charcoal briquettes to make efficient use of your excess energy. Fat bitch.

 

Ummm... it's not much, but it'll do for now. Big up to big Piss for his first goal of the season. Roll on Monday, roll off ferry.

 

Doctor Mik/Mik at Cornell: "The optimist is half-full of himself and the pessimist is half-empty."

 

Me me me. Me. Me me me me me, me me. Me. Me me - me me me

 

A long time ago, somebody said that I was absolutely full of myself. Most people interpret this as an insult and respond with something like "Fuck you very much" or "Blow me" but I decided on taking it as a compliment. I mean, who else are we supposed to be full of? By definition, we are each containers of various quantities of meat, blood, fluids, and animal byproducts. Some of us even have plastics, metal, and electrical equipment within our flesh-vessels, but we somehow consider them to be ourselves in a way.

 

I figure being full of myself is a good thing, then. I tend to fit me properly. Better to be full of myself than somebody else. Or somebody else being full of me. I don't think of that in some erotic, hide-the-salami way, no, I think of it more like Hannibal Lecter kind of full of someone. Or Jonathan Winters. They're both crazy... no thanks.

 

Most certainly, I'd rather be full of myself than anybody else, hot air, gas, or lead. Full of lead is a bad thing, I figure, based on all those Westerns I've seen.

 

"Back away, son, or I'll fill you with lead."

 

Not a good thing to have happen. Those folks don't get the girl, the ranch, or the money to appear in the sequel. I'll back away, thank you. Better to be full of just myself, unleaded.

 

Full of holes is another bad thing to happen, although if you're completely full of holes, by definition you're not full at all. You're empty. That's probably not something to bring up with someone that is about to fill you full of holes though. Dwelling on picky details may be the reason why they want to shoot you in the first place.

 

Back to being full. It's also possible to be full of doubt, fear, disgust, joy, pain, and other emotions or sensations. How much do emotions weigh, or do they take a specific volume? Might need to get a tattoo clearly stating that I am sold by weight, not by volume... contents may have shifted over time. If you can't weight emotions or feelings because they're abstracts, being full of them ends up being full of nothing.

 

We're back to being full of holes again.

 

"Ten pounds of shit in a five-pound sack" is another favorite saying of mine. A sack of shit isn't bad enough... this one's overpacked and probably leaking shit over everything. As for those of you taking offense to my language, well, it's not that I like to say "shit" over and over again for its own sake, because the circumstances of my doing it usually are not those I particularly like. Stubbing my toe in the dark or dropping into a tub of scrotum-scorching sudsy water is not the delight I often have in mind when thinking of Paradise. No, those are the times I say "shit" over and over again for its own sake until 911 arrives.

 

I like that phrase because I like the thought of knowing what units shit is packaged and sold in. I figured it would be by the bushel or peck... but instead it's in 5-pound sacks. I haven't seen it in the stores, but I'm sure somebody's trying to auction it off on Ebay. In Canada, do they say "Ten kilos of shit in a 5-kilo sack?"

 

Some folks say "sack of sugar" when they mean to say "sack of shit." How does one translate into the other? Is there some sort of volumetric exchange? Does being full of crap translate to a proportion of being full of shit, or just being full of it? Why bother? Heck, now that I look back on this experiment, I think it's completely full of...

 

Ripper: Everyone in a circle. One player is Big Booty. The others, going clockwise, are numbered: 1, 2, 3 and so on. Now Big Booty establishes a 4-beat rhythm, saying Big Booty, Big Booty, Big Booty (followed by a rest) - repeat this until everyone got the rhythm. The game then goes as follows: Big Booty passes the buck to someone else, saying Big Booty to 7 (say) (this takes 2 beats, one for saying 'Big Booty' and one for saying 'to 7'). Number 7 then passes in 2 beats to, say number 2, saying '7 to 2'. It then continues until someone makes a mistake: if and when that happens everyone says (in 2 beats) 'Oh Shit', after which we repeat Big Booty Big Booty Big Booty (+ rest on 4th beat), twice. After that, the player that made the mistake becomes Big Booty, and everyone's number changes. New Big Booty starts the game again.

 

Red Hot Thumbtack in the Eye/Thumbtack: Thank you for participating in the Inaugural Thumbtack Beach Trot!!! We hope your Thanksgiving morning run was just the beginning of a great holiday for you and your family & friends! The Thumbtack Beach Trot would not be possible without the generous support of our local race sponsors.

 

Thanks, Fleet Feet! There are very few running shops left in this great City of ours. Fleet Feet has been serving the San Francisco running community for almost 25 years. The store has donated gift certificates to the first place male & female finishers in the Trot, and has included a 20%-off store coupon in everyone's goody bags. Stop in and let the staff of seasoned runners take care of all your running needs!

 

Thanks, Body Kinetics! More than just your standard gym, Body Kinetics also offers personalized training at it's yoga and pilates studios, and can help you get in touch with your body and fitness needs. The gym has donated all of the pumpkin pie awards at the Trot, and has awarded 3-month gym memberships to the top-3 age-division finishers, as well as to all of our volunteers. Runners have also received a 1-month membership card in their goody bags!

 

Thanks, ClifBar! Across the Bay in Berkeley is the home of ClifBar, producer of what’s inarguably the best energy bar around. The company has supplied us with their nutritious bars for the Trot—don’t be surprised if you find yourself sleeping tonight while visions of ClifBars dance in your head!

 

Thanks, "Yee Ga Jie!" The excellent Thumbtack design on our race shirts was created by one great and patient, “Yee Ga Jie.” Her creative services were offered for simply dog-sitting Krikor & George!

 

Danke Schöen, Schroeder’s Bakery! Schroeder’s baked all 30 of our pumpkin pie awards! Stop in at the shop, nestled in the BayHill Shopping Center in San Bruno, and sample their excellent German pastries. Köstlich!!

 

Thanks, Volunteers! Without our great, early-rising race volunteers, we would not be trotting!

 

Thanks, Thumbtack Beach Trotters! Some of you live right up the block from Ocean Beach, while others have made Thanksgiving pilgrimages from Japan, Boston, Chicago, Washington DC, New York, Boise, Phoenix, Dearborn, Kansas City, Arlington, Albuquerque, Indianapolis, Marietta (GA), Huntsville (UT), Bloomington (IN), Northfield & Fairfield (CN), Huber Heights (OH), Alexandria (VA), and up & down the coast of California. If you’re a San Francisco expatriate, welcome home! If you’re just visiting for the holiday, or couldn’t make it back home for Thanksgiving, what better town to be in than SF? And if you call San Francisco home, well, you’ve got lots to be thankful for!

 

Happy Thanksgiving to all you Thumbtacks & Cockstriders!

[EL DANDY~! 0]

Kotz, you may proceed to do something with me. I'd love to see what you come up with.

[Dr. Tyler; Captain America 0]

Fuck me, beautiful.

[Guest Vitamin X]

Oh please I need to be included in this.

 

This is the best rate me thread so far.

[Art Sandusky 0]

EL DANDY~!: I never thought you'd be a junkie

because heroin is so passe.

But today,

if you think that I don't know

about depression and

emotional pain,

you're insane, or your

a fool who hasn't paid attention

to a word that I say.

 

In a way, I can't

help but feel responsible.

I always knew that you were insane

with your pain.

 

But I never thought you'd be a junkie

because heroin is so passe

now a-day.

You never thought you'd get addicted,

just be cooler in an obvious way.

I could say, shouldn't you have got

a couple piercings and decided

may-be that you were gay.

 

In a way

I can't help but feel responsible,

I always knew that you were insane

with your pain

But I never thought you'd be a junkie

because

heroin is so passe hey.(repeat)

 

Danny Williams/Shadow Sovereign: New York - Think you had an uneventful weekend? Well don't feel bad because this guy may have you beat. "I don't do anything. And I know most people say that, but I really don't do anything." Mr. Sovereign shouted to us while in the shower. "See this shower. This is the most exciting thing I will do all day."

 

Mr. Sovereign came to us through a phone call placed by a concerned neighbor. Mr. Lamont lives next door to Sovereign, and just may be the only person who really knows him. "He don't do nuthin. I never hear one sound come from his apartment. He don't pick up his mail, the guy tells me his box is stuffed. I was thinkin he was dead or somethin."

 

Sovereign is far from being dead, in fact he's abnormally healthy. Doctor Miles has been Sovereign's physician for the past 20 years. "He's in great shape! I mean we haven't met face to face in a long time. He learned how to draw his own blood, and he just sends it in periodically along with a recent photo." Miles continued, "I've never in all my years seen someone do so much of nothing, yet remain in such tip top form."

 

But is Sovereign really that boring? Or is suffering from some kind of life long depression. The only way to find that out was to sit down with the man himself. But this would prove to be a extremely difficult task. It took months of heavy negotiation which consisted of sliding hand written letters underneath his door. Finally we settled on an adequate payment. Two dozen donuts.

 

It wasn't a huge surprise to see that his apartment was scarce. Just one brown couch and a sign overhead that read, "Why?" We found Davis quietly staring at the wall. And when he finally did speak, there wasn't much he had to say. "Nah, I'm not depressed. I'm just boring. Nothing interests me. I hate people so I rarely go outside. I don't own any books because they make you think. And television. All those channels would force me to make too many decisions. Yeah, you can say I'm the world's most boring person."

 

Tyler McClelland:

 

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'?

[Nighthawk 0]

Ok, now I want one as well.

[Guest Choken One]

You have to do me.

[Guest Choken One]

You have to do me.

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IDrinkRatsMilk/Tigger: I first became interested in male lactation in 1978 after reading IDrinkRatsMilk's book, The Tender Gift: Breastfeeding. Although IDRM only dealt with the subject briefly, he did say that men can and have produced milk after stimulating their nipples.

 

While my husband David had no interest in nursing our son, we both were intrigued with the idea. We had just had our first unassisted homebirth and were excited about applying our positive thinking techniques to other aspects of our lives. Although IDRM had written about milk production through nipple stimulation, perhaps, we thought, David could do it simply through suggestion. He began telling himself that he would lactate, and within a week, one of his breasts swelled up and milk began dripping out. When we excitedly showed my father (a physician) David's breast he said, "Obviously there's something physiologically wrong with David." The fact that David had willed himself to do this, did not impress him. We knew, however, that this was yet another example of the power of the mind.

 

Still, we were not ready for David to actually breastfeed our baby. First of all, there was no need for it. I was doing just fine on my own. But more importantly, he simply had no desire to do it. After he discovered that his body had indeed been responsive to his thoughts, he suggested to himself that the lactation would stop, and within a week his breast returned to normal. The experiment had been a success.

 

We didn't give it much thought after that until years later when I came across a short article called "Male Lactation" by Professor Patty Stuart Macadam of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Toronto (Compleat Mother, Fall, 1996, Volume 43).

 

 

It is possible, and has been observed in animals and humans. In 1992, 18 Dayak fruit bats were captured from a rainforest in the Krau Game Reserve, Pahang, Malaysia. Of the 10 mature males captured, each had functional mammary glands from which small amounts of milk were expressed. A breast is a breast. Male lactation is physiologically possible and, according to Dr. Robert Greenblatt, production in males can be stimulated by letting a baby suckle for several weeks. Indeed some human males secrete milk at birth and at puberty.

 

Historically, male lactation was noted by the German explorer Alexander Freiherr von Humboldt prior to 1859, who wrote of a 32-year-old man who breastfed his child for five months. It was also observed in a 55-year-old Baltimore man who had been the wetnurse of the children of his mistress.

 

 

My interest in male lactation was piqued again when I recently received the following letter from a friend of mine.

 

 

I knew these two wonderful guys, very dear friends of mine for years. A mutual acquaintance of ours was pregnant, unplanned, and did not want to do the whole "adoption thing" so when the guys approached her about taking the baby, they just proceeded as if it had been a planned surrogate pregnancy. The guys were adamant that the baby should get breastmilk. So when she was in her 7th month we bought a really good quality breastpump and Ian started pumping, every 2 hours during the day and once during the night. He was wonderful about it! He used an SNS (supplimental nursing system) after she was born, with donated milk from several friends who were nursing. He was making milk but not a full supply. By the time the baby was 12 weeks old he was making a full milk supply! He stayed at home with the baby (he was a massage therapist) and nursed her exclusively until she was 8 months old!! I don't think many people outside their intimate circle knew about it, I'm sure folks would have had a fit if they'd known...but I thought it was wonderful!

 

 

While reading my friend's letter, I suddenly remembered my mother telling me years ago that as an infant I once tried to nurse on my father. I laughed about it at the time, yet I'm sure it is a fairly common occurrence. Babies want to be loved, nursed, and nurtured. The gender of the person doing it is not important.

 

On the other hand, I think it is safe to say that women are better suited to breastfeeding than men are. They generally produce milk soon after birth, with little or no nipple stimulation. If a mother is completely out of the picture, however, as in the case of adoption, or a mother goes back to work and a baby is left in the care of its father, for some families male breastfeeding might be an acceptable alternative to formula bottles and pacifiers. If nothing else, fathers could occasionally comfort their babies by putting them to their breasts, regardless of whether or not they produce milk.

 

For those who claim male lactation is "unnatural," I would have to ask: how natural is canned formula from Nestle' or pacifiers made from petrolium byproducts? If milk production in men were truly unnatural, it wouldn't exist. The fact that it does, leads me to believe that perhaps male lactation is simply nature's back-up system. In any case, it's an interesting phenomenon.

 

Choken One: LAS VEGAS, NEVADA--A Website that sold fake Nevada handicap parking permits was shut down Thursday, not by the government, but by the Internet service provider that hosted the site.

 

A company calling itself Nevada Handicap Services used the Website to sell parking placards that were the same shape, size and color of real permits, but did not have the state seal. The Website and the tags, which sold for $39.95 each, included fine print that explained they were not real. For this reason, the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles was unable to stop the company from selling the tags through the Website.

 

That did not stop Joel Otterstrom, the owner of the Internet service provider MyTechSupport, from shutting down the Website.

 

Otterstrom said he did not want to do business with a company that provided fake tags.

 

Related article:

"Website selling fake handicapped parking permits is shut down" (Las Vegas Sun)

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Choken One: LAS VEGAS, NEVADA--A Website that sold fake Nevada handicap parking permits was shut down Thursday, not by the government, but by the Internet service provider that hosted the site.

 

A company calling itself Nevada Handicap Services used the Website to sell parking placards that were the same shape, size and color of real permits, but did not have the state seal. The Website and the tags, which sold for $39.95 each, included fine print that explained they were not real. For this reason, the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles was unable to stop the company from selling the tags through the Website.

 

That did not stop Joel Otterstrom, the owner of the Internet service provider MyTechSupport, from shutting down the Website.

 

Otterstrom said he did not want to do business with a company that provided fake tags.

 

Related article:

"Website selling fake handicapped parking permits is shut down" (Las Vegas Sun)

Link

[Red Hot Thumbtack In The Eye 0]

To do one for CWM and post it 9 times would have been better. But this was suitably clever.

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Agraphia is no laughing matter, Mr. Thumbtack.