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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 1, 2008 -> 09:35 AM) Happy belated!!! ^^^

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 2, 2008 -> 08:53 AM) Flaxxing the Dogg?

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Jul 2, 2008 -> 06:57 AM) Dont you want to "vent"? Yeah, like every time I see that friggin' ad.

Math is hard. Let's go shopping!

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 2, 2008 -> 01:52 AM) this is the greatest winner thread I've seen in a while... for those in the game thread... I had to leave, but the greatest bar special of all time was existent, we are talking about the following: Pint of Sierra Shot of Jameson FORRRRRRR 3.50 Unreal, just like the Wsox winner. I missed it, but my brother texted me....awesome awesome awesome. Now that's a drink special worth getting texted about. Code Blue my a$$.

QUOTE (farmteam @ Jul 2, 2008 -> 01:36 AM) But it wasn't canceled simply because of the use of racial slurs -- it was the fact that these words could be heard unintentionally by families, including small children. And then of course their little psyches would be damaged for all time. Or. . . it could lead to some much-needed family discussion about the history of race relations in America. As a father, I'm as sensitive as anybody to people dropping F-bombs and such at ballgames or out in public, etc. Heck, The part in Catcher in the Rye, where Holden tries scratching out the curse-laden graffiti to protect little kids who might otherwise read it is among my favorite parts of the book. But, to deny a large audience the chance to see something of cultural and social value because a couple of kids might accidentally get an earful of derogatory history-informed language is treating dandruff by decapitation. There's also almost no spoken dialog in the musical, most all of it is sung so it would be that much harder for an innocent passer-by to pick out words in a full musical production. Finally, and most personally, there is certainly some irony in seeing the history-based work of Lynn Ahrens being given the gag treatment when so many in my generation learned their first real American history from her. She wrote more than half of the America Rock songs and performed several of them as well. "No More Kings", "The Preamble", "The Great American Melting Pot", and "Elbow Room" were all hers. Sadly, she never got a chance to do one along the lines of, "Hey You Freedom-Loving Douchebag Colonists, How the Hell Can You Own Slaves?" Because that might also have lead to some discussions that we're apparently still not ready for. EDIT: I just noticed this is not in the 'Buster. Maybe it should be, yes?

Nice Giants win against the Cubs tonight in a tight one.

QUOTE (PlunketChris @ Jul 1, 2008 -> 10:55 PM) DWEEZY gets the pie on the post game interview! There has to be a shaving cream shortage in Chicago by now with all the pies this year.

QUOTE (LosMediasBlancas @ Jul 1, 2008 -> 09:54 PM) That is far more exciting than the long ball or nothing approach. ^^^ I sure wish we did more of it.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jul 1, 2008 -> 09:52 PM) Team of Destiny. Ha. Had to say it. Not going to go that far, but a game like this where they come from behind and find a way to win is refreshingly 2005-ish.

:gosox3: :headbang

I Heart Lexi!! :headbang

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 30, 2008 -> 12:00 PM) My girlfriend and I had put it on our Netflix que, but we were worried that maybe MST3K wasn't as funny as we thought it was 10 years ago. That all depends on whether you gave up smoking pot.

Favorite euphemisms for masturbation?

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jul 1, 2008 -> 05:43 PM) Nope, not even close. Cable news has ruined nearly everything. Bush may be a close second, but the ramifications of shoddy journalism and extremism in the news far outweighs whatever negatives Bush has/will bring to the country. Did you really keep a straight face while you typed that?

All those suggestions stink. Best List Idea = Greatest Rock Albums of All Time

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 27, 2008 -> 10:57 AM) I'd say there is a basically zero chance it was a Coati or Coatimundi. The closest place to Iowa you might find one is SW New Mexico or SE Arizona. More likely, it was a woodchuck (a.k.a. groudnhog), or possibly an immature fox. Zero chance of a natural range extension, to be sure, and I said as much. But isn't this the area that just got flooded to hell? I wouldn't put it out of teh realm of possibility that a number of exotic pets were accidentally or intentionally released during that event. Heck, we're pretty sure the invasive Pacific red lionfish we're seeing with increasing frequency on the Atlantic coats ere the result of a large Miami Beach front-porch marine aquarium getting busted open during Hurricane Andrew. Do you think I'm giving Heads too much credit to recognize a groundhog?

BEER!!!!

QUOTE (3E8 @ Jun 27, 2008 -> 12:41 AM) Arrested Development movie (skip to 3:15) I love David Cross at the end: "I have a 12-sided die, and I rolled it and it came up 'Bateman' ".

QUOTE (3E8 @ Jun 27, 2008 -> 12:18 AM) kinkajou Also a Procyonid and would also be way out of place (no matter what it is, it's got to be a release surely). Also, the snout isn't elongate and the tail is not ringed. Kinkajou - Potos flavus

From the description, the sounds an awful lot like a coati, but they are mostly found from Mexico south through South America, and only into maybe Arizona and new Mexico in the US. Nasua nasua – the ring-tailed coati Nasua narica - the white-nosed coati Their similarity in appearance to raccoons is not accidental as they are in the same New World carnivore family, the Procyonidae. Confamilials, the ring-tails (Bassariscus spp.) also occur in the western US, but they are more cat-like in appearance and don't have the long snout you reference.

QUOTE (mreye @ Jun 26, 2008 -> 12:16 PM) Ha ha, Jim. Like that would ever happen. In any industry. I guess that's why I'm not calling the shots.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Jun 26, 2008 -> 07:52 AM) And I still believe looking around at companies (not individuals) who are making millions off of your products without paying a fee, seems like a logical step that an industry group would take. If I was in charge, the forst logical step would be to blow up the existing entity and then reform as a non-profit industry advocacy group. The next step would be for RIAA and every non-artist to publicly concede that we are all eunuchs at the orgy, and that we have jobs and the industry exists solely because of the talents and creativity of the artists. Then we go from there.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Jun 25, 2008 -> 10:19 PM) So in your view, they should just close up shop and give up. Does that mean the end of manufactured CDs, etc.? There doesn't need to be a Dairy Council to have dairies, and there doesn't need to be a Beef Council to have meat. Record companies would still exist in the absence of their dysfunctional industry group.

Tex, you may be doing the devil's advocate thing as an academic exercise, but if not then you are seriously backing the wrong horse. I finally found a Dave Marsh piece back from 2001 that gives a little more detail on the MO of the RIAA. http://www.counterpunch.org/marshcheat.html He goes into a little of the 1999 "work made for hire" shenanigans in which then Congressional staffer and eventual RIAA exec (coincidence??) Mitch Glazier did some midnight magic on some lagislative copyright legislation and disappeared the ownership rights of thousands of artists. marsh then picks up the thread and describes how RIAA tried to use the smokescreen of post-9/11 Patriot Act foolishness to sneak self-centered "anti-piracy" wording into the legislation. Before that was the 1983-1984 "blank tape tax" attempt, that RIAA tried to sneak through while the rest of Capitol Hill was wrapped up questioning John Denver and Dee Snyder about "porn rock" in the PMRC debacle. Then another failed attempt at a blank tape/recording equipment levy in 1992 that ultimately led to a legal clarification that taping commercial music for private use was perfectly legal. Fast-forward a few years to see the RIAA threatening litigation against OLGA, Tabster, and the other music tab sharing sites because they weren't giving RIAA a cut. Now, honestly think about this for a minute. These sites weren't offfering music downloads, they were publishing web pages with the marginally correct cords and guitar tabs to songs to be shared by musicians. Tex, if you and me were sitting on the porch and I showed you the chords to Louie Louie, that's grassroots music at its best. But, if you and me are separated by 2,00 miles and I decide that I'm going to use the internet as a digital front porch and I post those same chords to Louie Louie, then RIAA can sue my ass? That particular RIAA gaff - going after online chord and tab services, perfectly encapsulates the stupidity of the group. Back then when I was actively performing and doing the bar band thing, I bought sometimes half-dozen CDs a month, specifically to play along with the songs using tabs I found online. I bought probably 100 CD's just to learn songs off of. And the proceeds from all of those sales, administered by RIAA, went to feed the industry. Then all of a sudden, OLGA and the others pull their tabs and shut down their services because RIAA is trying to shake them down? Brilliant. The kicker, of course, is that at the exact same time as RIAA is busting people for teaching each other guitar riffs, the mp3 format came into its own and the dubious download era began and RIAA was asleep at the wheel. The asociation started out as a standards and practices association for cripes' sake. Their original job was to help standardize the technical aspects of vinyl recording. How they morphed into the cumbersome greedy deceitful group they are now I don't even know.