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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 10, 2010 -> 01:28 PM) They were no match for the US's space might though. Vasily Ryabikov had a very different opinion.

Sputnik 1 was a funny looking thing.

Quidditch is a difficult game for Muggles to master.

Kings of the animal world insects are. It's worth knowing a thing or two about them.

Insecta is by far the largest animal class, representing more than half of all known macrobiota.

Flies, on the other hand, are members of Order Diptera.

Definitely. We could talk about Hymenoptera, the eusocial insects such as ants and bees.

"Bug" is a misnomer for true crickets, which are actually members of Order Orthoptera and not Order Hemiptera.

Fa La La La La, Friggin' Fa La La!!

QUOTE (Tex @ Nov 10, 2010 -> 07:56 AM) Neither, that is an early Christmas gift for the family. And they have no idea how lucky they are! P.S. I like the way you think — you can be my Secret Santa any time!

QUOTE (flippedoutpunk @ Nov 10, 2010 -> 02:30 AM) im on the end closest to around california and diversey ave Isn't that like a block away from the expressway? Do you ever get used to all the road noise?

Wow, a Hemingway Daiquiri shaken up with the Clement Canne is exceptional. • 2 oz Rhum Clement Canne • 1 oz fresh squeezed white grapefruit juice • 3/4 oz fresh squeezed lime juice • 2 tsp simple syrup • 2 tsp maraschino liqueur You can probably play around with the ratios of the back-end sweetening ingredients, but this is pretty dang good just as it is.

Epic Hooch Win! I picked up a bottle of Martinique Rhum Clement Canne for $15 at a local grocery chain liquor store. The stuff is usually more than twice that price which keeps me from stocking the home bar with it. Great first press sugar cane rhum agricole. . . lots of grassy vegetal funk and tons of mixable possibilities. My dilemma now is there are two more bottles on the shelf at the same ridiculous clearance price. Do I blow my monthly booze allowance and pick them up at a steal or do I content myself with the one bottle and then kick myself in a few weeks when I run out?

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Cow 'roids?!

QUOTE (BigEdWalsh @ Nov 9, 2010 -> 01:03 PM) Everyone's complete lists would be really interesting but I don't think you'd have enough movies making more than 1 or 2 lists. I LOVE bad movies but I don't think many if any of my favorites would make any one else's list. Who's ever even heard of "The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?" and that'd probably be #1 on my list. Otherwise, great idea for it's own thread maybe. I have! Even saw it on MST3K many years ago. wonderfully awful film. You are probably right, it would make a better thread than a list. Two of my favorites are what you might call "flawed gems" rather than out and out so-bad-they-are-good type films. Barry Levinson's Toys is at times visually stunning, and has some of my favorite all-time film lines, but I know I'm firmly in the minority as far as the merits of this film. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou is another one I have great affection for despite its obvious flaws.

Don't mean to derail, but I thought of something that might make for a good list. How about, films you know are not that good but you love anyway — the Guilty Pleasure Film Thread?

QUOTE (Felix @ Nov 8, 2010 -> 06:32 PM) That's what I was going to say originally, but figured I'd piss off more people than my first comment made. It is true, though I was helping the thread along, but I quite enjoy the genre from the late 70s through early 80s.

QUOTE (knightni @ Nov 8, 2010 -> 05:29 PM) I knew what you were talking about. Billy Joel is one of the greatest "every-man" singers of the last 40 years. I have a feeling Soxy caught the reference as well but didn't wan to admit it for fear of being lumped in with the Old Farts.

QUOTE (Soxy @ Nov 8, 2010 -> 03:49 PM) Must be an old people thing because I don't get it. . . I was stranded in the combat zone I walked through Bedford Stuy alone Even rode my motorcycle in the rain And you told me not to drive But I made it home alive So you said that only proves that I'm insane -- You May Be Right, Billy Joel

You could do worse than ONJ back in the day.

Wasted moments!

Very cool Roger Dean cover on their The Magician's Birthday album.