Are you ready, music video fans?

Here's the music videos from the past night:

100 - Green Day, Basket Case
99 - DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, Parents Just Don't Understand
98 - REM, Everybody Hurts
97 - Human League, Don't You Want Me
96 - The Replacements, Bastards of Young
95 - George Michael, Faith
94 - Wyclef Jean, Gone 'Til November
93 - U2, Sunday Bloody Sunday
92 - LL Cool J, Going Back to Cali
91 - Prince and the Revolution, 1999
90 - Lenny Kravitz, Are You Gonna Go My Way
89 - They Might Be Giants, Don't Let's Start
88 - Janet Jackson, Love Will Never Do (Without You)
87 - The Prodigy, Firestarter
86 - Billy Idol, Cradle of Love
85 - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Don't Come Around Here No More
84 - Method Man & Mary J. Blige, 84-I'll Be There For You / You're All I Need To Get By
83 - Godley & Creme, Cry
82 - Def Leppard, Pour Some Sugar on Me
81 - Twisted Sister, We're Not Gonna Take It
80 - The Cure, Close to Me
79 - Fiona Apple, Criminal
78 - Adam Ant, Goody Two Shoes
77 - Radiohead, Fake Plastic Trees
76 - Devo, Whip It
75 - Public Enemy, Fight the Power
74 - C+C Music Factory, Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)
73 - Band Aid, Do They Know It's Christmas
72 - The Chemical Brothers, Setting Sun
71 - M. C. Hammer, U Can't Touch This
70 - New Order, True Faith
69 - Smashing Pumpkins, 1979
68 - Duran Duran, Girls on Film
67 - Don Henley, Boys of Summer
66 - The Beastie Boys, Fight For Your Right
65 - Garbage, Stupid Girl
64 - Beck, Loser
63 - Tone-Loc, Wild Thing
62 - U2, Where The Streets Have No Name
61 - Van Halen, Right Now

Tonight, we'll finish off the lower 50, and start on the upper 50 tomorrow!

Money can't buy you love...

I really should be sleeping.

sure, but do you have your ticket and wristband?

re: #4 Gang of One

I really should be sleeping.

No, this is the LNDT - you should be drinking!

re: #6 gmsc

No, this is the LNDT - you should be drinking!

and we don't mean water... unless it's with scotch.

So stupid though, Red...

How can they crack down on scalping when there's no face value on the tickets anyway? It's not like you paid anything for them.

re: #6 gmsc

LOL!

We begin at #60 with Voices Carry, by 'til tuesday. Aren't you happy the band is doing so well?

re: #1 gmsc

Are you ready, music video fans?

I wrote a poem. I suppose it could use a video accompaniment.

re: #11 blackpajamas

I wrote a poem. I suppose it could use a video accompaniment.

You provide the poem, I'll provide the music videos!

While I'm busy appointing Peter King president, I might as well have Lisa Kelly fill in as governor of Alaska.

I'd consider Alex Debagorski for the spot, but he's not even a US citicizen. Maybe some sort of ambassador job...

weet dreams all!

re: #6 gmsc

No, this is the LNDT - you should be drinking!

Maybe that's why I can't sleep. Drank earlier in the evening -- always ends up with me suffering from insomnia.

#59 became so popular originally, the production company seems to be afraid that someone, somewhere, will still watch an enjoy it on the internet!

It's En Vogue, My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)

re: #14 ggt

weet dreams all!

G'Nite, ggt!

re: #14 ggt

Bye ggt!

Have good one, ggt.

re: #15 Gang of One

Maybe that's why I can't sleep. Drank earlier in the evening -- always ends up with me suffering from insomnia.

On this thread, we never suffer from insomnia. As a matter of fact, we greatly enjoy it!

re: #10 gmsc

We begin at #60 with Voices Carry, by 'til tuesday. Aren't you happy the band is doing so well?

[Video]

hush, hush...

A Wee Scot'ish Po'em:

To all the Liberal Fa'ks!

Should bold Alaskans be forgot,
Then never to campaign?
Should Patriots be distraught,
Or freely plot revenge!

Strike sweet revenge my dear,
By a populist decree.
You'll hit'em harder than Old Maureen
Falls from the ugly tree

And surely you'll build your voice!
And surely we'll applaud!
And then O'Bozo they will throw
One bus under Gawd,

Then they'll all be driven to drink
Like the dates of Kennedy
Maybe they'll even lower our taxes
Instead of planting trees

For sweet revenge, my dear,
For swift revenge,
We'll kick a boot of kindness yet
Straight up their green backsides

When it gets to voting time
And they can't run anymore
When they try to hide behind regret
Even shame will slam it's doors

For sweet revenge, my dear,
For deep revenge,
She'll shine a beam of sunshine yet
Straight up their pucker'd pride

(w/possible video accompaniment: pipers, instrumental, guitarisimo)

re: #20 gmsc

On this thread, we never suffer from insomnia. As a matter of fact, we greatly enjoy it!

Well, It was come here or do the vampire thing.

re: #15 Gang of One

Maybe that's why I can't sleep. Drank earlier in the evening -- always ends up with me suffering from insomnia.

"Drinking: You're doing it wrong."

i'm available for tutoring... cheap. %-)

David Bowie comes in at #58, with Ashes To Ashes:

(See blackpajamas? Just like I promised!)

re: #23 Gang of One

Well, It was come here or do the vampire thing.

I have one gay friend who, when questioned about his homosexuality, likes to give the following explanation:

"You know how, when you're bitten by vampire bat, you turn into a vampire? Well, I was bitten by a fruit bat!"

re: #25 gmsc

David Bowie comes in at #58, with Ashes To Ashes:

[Video](See blackpajamas? Just like I promised!)

Where does Yes's 'Owner of A Lonely Heart' come in?

re: #22 blackpajamas

A Wee Scot'ish Po'em:

To all the Liberal Fa'ks!

Should bold Alaskans be forgot,
Then never to campaign?
Should Patriots be distraught,
Or freely plot revenge!

Strike sweet revenge my dear,
By a populist decree.
You'll hit'em harder than Old Maureen
Falls from the ugly tree

And surely you'll build your voice!
And surely we'll applaud!
And then O'Bozo they will throw
One bus under Gawd,

Then they'll all be driven to drink
Like the dates of Kennedy
Maybe they'll even lower our taxes
Instead of planting trees

For sweet revenge, my dear,
For swift revenge,
We'll kick a boot of kindness yet
Straight up their green backsides

When it gets to voting time
And they can't run anymore
When they try to hide behind regret
Even shame will slam it's doors

For sweet revenge, my dear,
For deep revenge,
She'll shine a beam of sunshine yet
Straight up their pucker'd pride

(w/possible video accompaniment: pipers, instrumental, guitarisimo)

I love it!

re: #26 gmsc

I have one gay friend who, when questioned about his homosexuality, likes to give the following explanation:

"You know how, when you're bitten by vampire bat, you turn into a vampire? Well, I was bitten by a fruit bat!"

i hate it when people just wing it with explanations...

re: #27 Gang of One

Where does Yes's 'Owner of A Lonely Heart' come in?

That depends - I haven't seen the music video for that one.
;)

re: #26 gmsc

I have one gay friend who, when questioned about his homosexuality, likes to give the following explanation:

"You know how, when you're bitten by vampire bat, you turn into a vampire? Well, I was bitten by a fruit bat!"

Better I'm here, then.
/NTTAWWT

re: #23 Gang of One

It's reassuring to know that if I'm ever bitten by a vampire bat, the damn thing will reek of rum and won't be able to fly in a straight line for awhile.

re: #27 Gang of One

Where does Yes's 'Owner of A Lonely Heart' come in?

this is a "Best of" series, not "Worst Songs Ever"...

hope that helps. %-)

/white smoke

re: #30 gmsc

That depends - I haven't seen the music video for that one.
;)

Here ya go.

re: #25 gmsc

David Bowie comes in at #58, with Ashes To Ashes:

[Video](See blackpajamas? Just like I promised!)

Bowie is an interesting artist. I'm not too familiar with him, but I wonder if he's a guitarist?

re: #21 redc1c4

hush, hush...

You'll like the next 2 videos, red. Their title both indicate things to do with being quiet.

Somehow, the videos themselves don't wind up all that quiet though.

At #57, it's Björk, with It's Oh So Quiet:

re: #32 Fenway_Nation

It's reassuring to know that if I'm ever bitten by a vampire bat, the damn thing will reek of rum and won't be able to fly in a straight line for awhile.

i'll kill mine while it's still blacked out, and be able to recover the ethanol it tried to steal by sucking *it* dry.

/payback

re: #34 Gang of One

Here ya go.

not sure what hurts worse: my ears or my eyes...

re: #38 redc1c4

not sure what hurts worse: my ears or my eyes...

Yes -- an acquired taste.

re: #36 gmsc

If in the mood for (semi) peaceful melodious chanting music, grep for Dies Irae.

re: #39 Gang of One

Yes -- an acquired taste.

Oh, Good. I didn't want to say anything.

re: #36 gmsc

You'll like the next 2 videos, red. Their title both indicate things to do with being quiet.

Somehow, the videos themselves don't wind up all that quiet though.

At #57, it's Björk, with It's Oh So Quiet:

[Video]

Björk you... i liked 'Voices Carry', which is a rare exception in the relentless litany of popularity over taste that this countdown has enshrined.

/gag me with a spoon.

Our other "quiet" video?

Metallica's Enter Sandman at #56!

re: #39 Gang of One

Yes -- an acquired taste.

once you've acquired numb tastebuds, everything is possible.

my favorite Yes song is off of "Tormato".

re: #42 redc1c4

Björk you...

If you say so...

Regarding the list...I'm happy; hope you're happy too.

re: #42 redc1c4

Björk you... i liked 'Voices Carry', which is a rare exception in the relentless litany of popularity over taste that this countdown has enshrined.

/gag me with a spoon.

NO!
You didn't say "gag me with a spoon"!

re: #36 gmsc

Wow, this must be the alternative rock part of the countdown.

re: #44 redc1c4

once you've acquired numb tastebuds, everything is possible.

my favorite Yes song is off of "Tormato".

Heh! I thought that album was their end. They managed to put out Drama after that.

re: #48 mrshankly01

Wow, this must be the alternative rock part of the countdown.

Well, I like to balance things out.

For example, we finished last night with Van Halen's Right Now. That was with Sammy Hagar, so now it's time for a little David Lee Roth with Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody at #55:

Stuck in a pagoda with Tricia Toyota...

re: #47 Floral Giraffe

NO!
You didn't say "gag me with a spoon"!

i live in the Valley, like totally... it's pretty much required. %-)

Yes!

re: #47 Floral Giraffe

NO!
You didn't say "gag me with a spoon"!

So, totally bitchin'!

#54 is Marilyn Manson, with the ironically titled The Beautiful People:

The rest of the video countdown will continue after today's history lesson.

re: #3 Floral Giraffe

Money can't buy you love...

[Video]

But you sure can rent it./

re: #54 Gang of One

So, totally bitchin'!

[Video]

Tubular, man.

re: #56 calcajun

But you sure can rent it./

Weird Al agrees:

re: #51 Floral Giraffe

Gigantor!

re: #57 calcajun

Tubular, man.

Ahem, it's tubular dude...
;)

re: #48 mrshankly01

Wow, this must be the alternative rock part of the countdown.

Maybe I should start a new concert series: Alternative Monsters of Rock.

Opening for Ronnie James Dido, the new Emo sensation: Cubic Zirconia!

re: #53 redc1c4

Yes!

I remember hearing that one live at MSG in 1978.

Today in History, July 7th:
Click here for History Channel's July 7th video.

Highlights of this day in history: President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States. Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini becomes the first American to be canonized. Ronald Reagan nominates Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female US Supreme Court Justice. Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of the Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam).

Other notable July 7th events include:

1456 – A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death.

1865 – American Civil War: four conspirators in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln are hanged.

1928 – Sliced bread is sold for the first time by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri. It is described as “the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped".

1946 – Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 spy plane prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood.

1947 – Alleged and disputed Roswell UFO incident.

1958 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into United States law.

1980 – Institution of sharia in Iran.

re: #59 redc1c4

LOL!
I had forgotten that!

re: #61 blackpajamas

Maybe I should start a new concert series: Alternative Monsters of Rock.

Opening for Ronnie James Dido, the new Emo sensation: Cubic Zirconia!

I like when Futurama did "Monsters of Vaguely Folkish Alterna-Rock!"

That list is omitting the July 7, 2005 Bombings in London...

God bless those lost. We'll never forget you.

Plastic Bertrand Ca Plane Pour Moi!

Let's have a little fun in Our House at #53, courtesy of Madness:

re: #64 Floral Giraffe

LOL!
I had forgotten that!

Stukas over Disneyland?

re: #66 TheMatrix31

That list is omitting the July 7, 2005 Bombings in London...

God bless those lost. We'll never forget you.

That's why I link to the Wikipedia in the first line. I can't always cover everything.

re: #63 gmsc

1946 – Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 spy plane prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood.

Howard Hughes was a tough act to follow. Even though he was very financially spoiled (because his father made billions from inventing the most productive drill bits of the time for oil/gas exploration), he was exceptionally bold.

//It's time for my midnight (cookie) feeding, g'nite all!

re: #70 gmsc

That's why I link to the Wikipedia in the first line. I can't always cover everything.

Epic fail, Pi-Guy!

Hughs was responsible for huge(pun intended) breakthroughs in fields from photography, aerodynamics, and aerospace. Huge.

#52 starts with probably one of the most memorable images in music video history - the record needle "playing" the street! Too many college students today would watch this and wonder what that's supposed to be.

It's Lauryn Hill, with Everything Is Everything:

re: #42 redc1c4

Björk you...

Björk us all. I tend to dig this interpretation of her "Army of Me" song.

re: #75 Slumbering Behemoth

I enjoyed the Sugarcubes better than her solo career.

re: #74 gmsc

#52 starts with probably one of the most memorable images in music video history - the record needle "playing" the street! Too many college students today would watch this and wonder what that's supposed to be.

It's Lauryn Hill, with Everything Is Everything:

[Video]

Bleh, I HATE that song.

re: #71 blackpajamas

Howard Hughes was a tough act to follow. Even though he was very financially spoiled (because his father made billions from inventing the most productive drill bits of the time for oil/gas exploration), he was exceptionally bold.

//It's time for my midnight (cookie) feeding, g'nite all!

and he was done in, in part, by the demonization of pain management. with all his injuries, opiates were appropriate, but instead he was switched to barbiturates, so he wouldn't become a junkie.

instead, he went nuts.

that's the professional opinion of my resident pharmacist.

re: #75 Slumbering Behemoth

Björk us all. I tend to dig this interpretation of her "Army of Me" song.

i'll stick with Manny, Moe, and Jack.

Tonight's last video could be embedded, but I'd risk turning it into a boobie thread.

It didn't seem to happen last night with Girls on Film at #68, but that was also early in the thread.

We'll round the lower 50 music videos with a little mammary goodness, thanks to Golden Earring's Twilight Zone at #51.

re: #78 redc1c4

Interesting. He certainly went nuts.

re: #76 mrshankly01

This hessian hangs his head low, and quietly admits sharing your sentiment.
/not very "metal" of me...

Mr. Welch, who usually does things that one should not do in a role playing game, has a suggestion.

I hate the word czar. I also hate the versions tsar, tzar and csar. Why the hell do we have government experts that use that title? Why use a term for a Russian king lineage that ended in a massacre and the installation of one of the most repressive governments in history? Why not use other famous titles of past leaders? Why do we have to beat the word czar to death? Why not try other stuff, a few examples:

Housing Hetman
Car Khan
Energy Jarl
Drug Shogun
Bonus Poobah
Health Sheik
Tax Caesar

It would also be much better if they made the people in this roles to dress the part. At least the news conferences would be more colorful.

re: #77 TheMatrix31

Bleh, I HATE that song.

amen, brother, plus i despise the entire genre...

re: #82 Slumbering Behemoth

This hessian hangs his head low, and quietly admits sharing your sentiment.

Sounds like a hessian with no aggression.

re: #83 The Other Les

Cyber Mikado?

re: #82 Slumbering Behemoth

No shame here. I mean, I have a Smiths song title as my Nick.
I was a Maiden fan many years before I heard a Smiths song.

re: #79 redc1c4

Loud, raw, and sloppy. Punk is a beautiful thing to behold.

re: #84 redc1c4

amen, brother, plus i despise the entire genre...

Well yeah, that goes without saying ;)

re: #88 Slumbering Behemoth

Loud, raw, and sloppy. Punk is a beautiful thing to behold.

it's made me what i am today...

/white smoke

Everyone. I am logged in on my iPhone. If you got a heart from me, it was supposed to be a plus. Fat fingers. I need a special dialing wand.

re: #80 gmsc

Tonight's last video could be embedded, but I'd risk turning it into a boobie thread.

Like... dude... it's after midnight. Never a better time for a boobie thread...

re: #91 mrshankly01

Everyone. I am logged in on my iPhone. If you got a heart from me, it was supposed to be a plus. Fat fingers. I need a special dialing wand.

LOL that happens sometimes when I'm on my Pre...

re: #85 gmsc

Sounds like a hessian with no aggression.

It would seem I have come down some.

Good night, late night lizards!
Stay scaly!
See you soon!

re: #91 mrshankly01

Everyone. I am logged in on my iPhone. If you got a heart from me, it was supposed to be a plus. Fat fingers. I need a special dialing wand.

i got a rock...

re: #91 mrshankly01

Everyone. I am logged in on my iPhone. If you got a heart from me, it was supposed to be a plus. Fat fingers. I need a special dialing wand.

I did that last night on my iPod Touch. It's worth it just to zoom in first.

re: #91 mrshankly01

LOL.
I got your heart.
Thank you!
;)

re: #92 freetoken

Like... dude... it's after midnight. Never a better time for a boobie thread...

tit's always the right time...

re: #99 redc1c4

tit's always the right time...

DOMAInd if I do!
;)

re: #90 redc1c4

Cali punk FTW! But hey, NY is alright for punk too.
/

Good morning, all.

re: #103 BatGuano

Good morning, all.

G'Morning, BatGuano!

re: #103 BatGuano

Morning bg.

I'm involved in some delicate international negotiations with a fellow evil-u-tionist from Canada. I offered to trade him our Texas Board of Education for the 10,000 dumbest people in Ontario, Ottawa excluded. He insists that I have to include Ottawa; with its huge proportion of uber-dumb bureaucrats, lobbyists, and politicians. I might accept the counter-offer if he will keep the MPs and the NGO executives.
Any advice?

re: #106 shiplord kirel

Ask for two tons of Canadica.
/

re: #106 shiplord kirel

Make sure to get the senators. You can give him the stars.

re: #106 shiplord kirel

A case of labatts, too.

I've just skimmed this thread so I'm not sure what the dominant theme is. I'm hoping it is the boobie thread. :)

Night all. Early classes tomorrow. Thanks for the videos, PI.

re: #111 mrshankly01

Night all. Early classes tomorrow. Thanks for the videos, PI.

You're welcome.

Sleep well, Mr. Shankly!

re: #111 mrshankly01

G,night mrshankely. Frankly, was it something I said? :)

re: #102 Slumbering Behemoth

Cali punk FTW! But hey, NY is alright for punk too.
/

i met him back stage when my friend's band opened for him last year...

Lee Ving rocks!

re: #113 BatGuano

G,night mrshankely. Frankly, was it something I said? :)

Surely you jest!

Favorite Punk Song Ever

re: #115 gmsc

Surely you jest!

I don't jest. And don't call me Shirley.

re: #99 redc1c4

tit's always the right time...

'specially when so many wonderful Kana videos have been posted over the last week.

/ok - so it won't make ∏♂'s list of top 100 videos... but the, um, clothes, are better...

re: #115 gmsc

Nope, if I don't leave before the boobies, I'll never leave.

And this iPhone is killing me

re: #101 gmsc

DOMAInd if I do!
;)

single handedly taking the droll comment into the drool category... i guess it's too late to nip this in the bud.

re: #119 mrshankly01

Nope, if I don't leave before the boobies, I'll never leave.

tit's too late: no matter where you go, there they are.

re: #110 BatGuano

I've just skimmed this thread so I'm not sure what the dominant theme is. I'm hoping it is the boobie thread. :)

For the Megan Fox fans, a NSFW film trailer.

/boobage so quick you'll miss it if you blink..

re: #101 gmsc

DOMAInd if I do!
;)

Holey Moley.

re: #123 Slumbering Behemoth

For the Megan Fox fans, a NSFW film trailer.

/boobage so quick you'll miss it if you blink..

Luckily, I haven't blinked since I was 12.

re: #125 BatGuano

Luckily, I haven't blinked since I was 12.

I haven't Blinked since I was 182.

/

I can't believe I'm still awake.
/sigh

re: #126 TheMatrix31

I haven't Blinked since I was 182.

/

we're just waiting on The Cure...

re: #127 Gang of One

I can't believe I'm still awake.
/sigh

you need a bigger glass.

re: #129 redc1c4

you need a bigger glass.

It's a 1.75L bottle ...

A tie in to the last thread:

"S" is for Slayer.

/Slayer's "Dittohead"

re: #131 Slumbering Behemoth

A tie in to the last thread:

"S" is for Slayer.

/Slayer's "Dittohead"

Tying the last thread to this one:

re: #130 Gang of One

It's a 1.75L bottle ...

as i said, grasshopper.

/adb wisdom

paranoid?

What happened? Is everyone busy signing up for DOMAI?

Where is everybody?

re: #135 gmsc

What happened? Is everyone busy signing up for DOMAI?

Where is everybody?

not me, i belong to the Blank Generation and i can take or leave it each time...

re: #135 gmsc

What happened? Is everyone busy signing up for DOMAI?

Where is everybody?

Hi (zip) gmsc! I wasn't doing anything.

re: #134 redc1c4

A group of young fellars that, clearly, do not give a fuck.
/

re: #135 gmsc

Who? Me? I'm just savoring the taste of some sweet sweet yummy schadenfreude.

Well, I'm trying to find classes to take because CA is a piece of shit and has no money to offer any more discussion sections for classes that are otherwise not even close to capacity.

For the record, melatonin as a sleep-inducing agent does not work.

I'm tapped out, and all I want is...

G'nite Lizards!

re: #139 Fenway_Nation

Who? Me? I'm just savoring the taste of some sweet sweet yummy schadenfreude.

no comprende...

re: #142 Slumbering Behemoth

I'm tapped out, and all I want is...

G'nite Lizards!

G'Nite, SB!

re: #141 Gang of One

For the record, melatonin as a sleep-inducing agent does not work.

for the record: diphenhydramine is an OTC antihistamine that DOES cause drowsiness in most people.

/generic & cheap too

re: #142 Slumbering Behemoth

Good night, Sb.

schadenfreude: Deriving pleasure from others misfortune.

re: #142 Slumbering Behemoth

I'm tapped out, and all I want is...

G'nite Lizards!

I don't care about you...

re: #143 redc1c4

Some New York hack sportswriter making an online list of 'The Big Apple's Most hated Opponents'...and like 7 of the first 10 are all Red Sox players (although pitcher Curt Schilling makes the list twice).

I know enough not to expect much from the NY Daily News, but even after lowering my expectations I'm surprised at the suck-tastic depths of some of their lame attempts at sportswriting.

re: #148 redc1c4

I don't care about you...

I'm afraid of Fear.

re: #147 BatGuano

schadenfreude: Deriving pleasure from others misfortune.

yeah, but who GAF about nyc and whoever hates their teams?

i mean, doesn't everyone?

re: #150 BatGuano

I'm afraid of Fear.

The only thing we have to fear is Fear itself.

re: #148 redc1c4

I don't care about you...

All you want to say is that they don't really care about us?

re: #151 redc1c4

Oh. yeah.

re: #142 Slumbering Behemoth

I'm tapped out, and all I want is...

G'nite Lizards!

G'nite SB.

re: #145 redc1c4

for the record: diphenhydramine is an OTC antihistamine that DOES cause drowsiness in most people.

/generic & cheap too

Someone has told me that Tylenol PM works pretty well. I get antsy thinking I need pills or other things to remedy this problem. Been plaguing me for several years now.

re: #150 BatGuano

I'm afraid of Fear.

have a beer with fear, and you'll get over it.

remember: they don't care about you, so why should you bother?

re: #149 Fenway_Nation

Some New York hack sportswriter making an online list of 'The Big Apple's Most hated Opponents'...and like 7 of the first 10 are all Red Sox players (although pitcher Curt Schilling makes the list twice).

I know enough not to expect much from the NY Daily News, but even after lowering my expectations I'm surprised at the suck-tastic depths of some of their lame attempts at sportswriting.

Was it Mike Lupica?

re: #151 redc1c4

That's not the point of this little photo essay I'm thumbing through. It's why fans of NY teams should hate Curt Schilling, Ted Williams, Chipper Jones, George Brett, Jonathan Papelbon, Jason Varitek, Jimmy Rollins, etc.

Part of me is hoping this is truly a reflection on the mindset of NY fans these days. I will gladly wear their contempt and disdain for my favorite teams on my sleeve like a badge of honor.

re: #155 Gang of One

Someone has told me that Tylenol PM works pretty well. I get antsy thinking I need pills or other things to remedy this problem. Been plaguing me for several years now.

avoind the Tylenol, just for the acetaminophen, and go see a doc instead of listening to weirdos on the internet.

/self included

re: #157 Cannadian Club Akbar

looks like it's Matt Marrone...

re: #158 Fenway_Nation

That's not the point of this little photo essay I'm thumbing through. It's why fans of NY teams should hate Curt Schilling, Ted Williams, Chipper Jones, George Brett, Jonathan Papelbon, Jason Varitek, Jimmy Rollins, etc.

Part of me is hoping this is truly a reflection on the mindset of NY fans these days. I will gladly wear their contempt and disdain for my favorite teams on my sleeve like a badge of honor.

how many people in NYC are natives, and how many are tourists?

in LA natives are rarer than a down ding on a ID thread here on LGF.

re: #156 redc1c4

Excellent point.

re: #160 Fenway_Nation

looks like it's Matt Marrone...

Lupica blamed Steve McNairs death on the United States "gun culture." He is a douche. And while I am no Sox fan, when you guys play the Yanks, I am.

re: #163 Cannadian Club Akbar

I just got through reading subjecting myself to that tripe.

Yea...too bad Tennesee didn't have those strict and oh-so-effective gun laws like they do in New York, Washington DC and Chicago...

re: #161 redc1c4

Prior to 2004, Yankees fans would routinely make fun of our dead and dying relatives for sport...

Fenway, I've been meaning to ask you. What's up with the web 2.0 stripes logo?

In Florida, it used to be you had to basically be in your house and threatened before using a hand gun. If you were on the street, you had to try to get away. Now, if you are walking Fido and you are threatened with say a bat or knife, it's all good.

re: #166 gmsc

That is actually the insignia for my old division- 3RD Infantry Division.

re: #168 Fenway_Nation

That is actually the insignia for my old division- 3RD Infantry Division.

Then it's an excellent choice!

Think of your buddies proudly!

re: #148 redc1c4

I don't care about you...

Fuck You!

One of my personal favorites. There are a many great intersections where punks and hessians collide. Like burning meth labs smashing into psychotic alligators; ugly and awesome.

Nite Red.

good early morning lizards :)

re: #171 Gella

Good early morning to you, too.

I think I hear littleoldlady working in the kitchen.

re: #172 Fenway_Nation

Good early morning to you, too.

i am just stepping by, on the way to airport, cab will be here in 10min :)
4 days of fun in the sun :)

re: #166 gmsc

Fenway, I've been meaning to ask you. What's up with the web 2.0 stripes logo?

it's the infamous "Broken TV"... Audie Murphy had one.

re: #171 Gella

good early morning lizards :)

Good morning, Gella. I Love the House reference: My kids think I'm House (long story).

re: #168 Fenway_Nation

That is actually the insignia for my old division- 3RD Infantry Division.

Rock of the Marne!

re: #176 BatGuano

Good morning, Gella. I Love the House reference: My kids think I'm House (long story).

LOL, i am addicted to that show :)

re: #170 Slumbering Behemoth

Fuck You!

One of my personal favorites. There are a many great intersections where punks and hessians collide. Like burning meth labs smashing into psychotic alligators; ugly and awesome.

Nite Red.

as opposed to "Day Red"?

Heh, from my Professor...

Try enrolling in PS125 now. We opened up 91 more places. Don't delay.

Only problem is that the registration site goes down for daily maintenence from 1am to 6am every day!

re: #178 Gella

LOL, i am addicted to that show :)

As am I. House speaks to me. :)

FRUITCUP!

re: #181 BatGuano

As am I. House speaks to me. :)

i can't wait for new season to start
Hugh Laurie is amazing :)

servers dropped 66 seconds, all at once?

re: #182 redc1c4

FRUITCUP!

You're about 1 minute early.

Fruitcup's a comin'!

re: #182 redc1c4

Whoooaaa. It ain't official yet.

re: #184 redc1c4

servers dropped 66 seconds, all at once?

No, your computer jumped ahead 66 seconds.

Is littleoldlady OK?

Where is she?

we love House at our house... you'd never want to see him for aches and pains, but if you had an acute attack of "the weird shit" he's the man.

Uh-oh...looks like I'll have to resume my work on the Fruitcupitron 3000

fruitcup, take 2

re: #189 gmsc

Is littleoldlady OK?

Where is she?

We went through this a few months ago. Remember?

we were running about 6 seconds diff between my box and the hamster's time stamp, and yet, with less than 20 seconds to go, i suddenly went a whole minute out of cycle...

go figger?

re: #193 BatGuano

We went through this a few months ago. Remember?

she's been seen on Facebook, but i won't call her this early/late in the day...

anyone want souvenirs from the feeding frenzy tomorrow?

re: #196 redc1c4

One of the legos that they're goint to make once they melt him down?

/

re: #196 redc1c4

anyone want souvenirs from the feeding frenzy tomorrow?

I saw a link, I think on Drudge, that Michael will be buried without his brain. If you could score that, that would be cool.

re: #198 Cannadian Club Akbar

I saw a link, I think on Drudge, that Michael will be buried without his brain. If you could score that, that would be cool.

Must . . . resist . . . too . . . many . . . jokes . . .

re: #198 Cannadian Club Akbar

I saw a link, I think on Drudge, that Michael will be buried without his brain. If you could score that, that would be cool.

the ultimate zombie weapon, if you could clone it:

they eat the brain, yet they die.

the ultimate: attend the MJ fiasco wearing a Farrrah Fawcett T-shirt.

re: #140 TheMatrix31

Well, I'm trying to find classes to take because CA is a piece of shit and has no money to offer any more discussion sections for classes that are otherwise not even close to capacity.

CA has no money to pay back the citizens (to whom they will issue IOU's) for overpayment of taxes, much less to spend on some people who want to sit around and "discuss" what some over-endowed-retirement-program professor has said.

Well, I'd better get some sleep.

Good night, all!

Preternaturally addictive:

re: #203 gmsc

Good night, gmsc!

BTW, I haven't overpaid my CA income taxes in many years. Better to pay $20 penalty then to wait interminably for a $500 IOU.

i'm unassing the AO...

/white smoke!

re: #202 freetoken

CA has no money to pay back the citizens (to whom they will issue IOU's) for overpayment of taxes, much less to spend on some people who want to sit around and "discuss" what some over-endowed-retirement-program professor has said.

Yeah well, they've screwed the academic course of many students in the meantime, because these are classes people need to graduate.

They opened some spots seemingly though, let's just hope that it's still open when my registration time comes around tomorrow, since the site is down from 1 to 6am.

re: #207 redc1c4

i'm unassing the AO...

/white smoke!

Crap! I gave you your 6,000th Karma point. Not that it wasn't deserved. :)

Whoopsie!

Fruitcup --->

_{WOW. Servers dropped 23 minutes! ;-)}

re: #210 littleoldlady

Whoopsie!

Fruitcup --->

_{WOW. Servers dropped 23 minutes! ;-)}

Maybe we should appoint a fruitcup czar!

Did they ever figure out who is gonna pay for all the police OT in LA for the Michael extravaganza?

re: #210 littleoldlady

Whoopsie!

Fruitcup --->

_{WOW. Servers dropped 23 minutes! ;-)}

Thank you littleoldlady (breathing a sigh of relief)!

re: #211 TheMatrix31

Matrix! :-)

We already have several...Sharmuta...red...Fenway.

BatGuano! :-)

re: #212 Cannadian Club Akbar

Did they ever figure out who is gonna pay for all the police OT in LA for the Michael extravaganza?

Taxpayers. Who else!

I'm going back to sleep...

Good day, ALL!™

re: #217 littleoldlady

I'm going back to sleep...

Good day, ALL!™

Not so fast, lol,

Anyone hate to get up in the morning?

re: #217 littleoldlady

Seems like you just got here.

Morning Lizards.

re: #194 redc1c4

we were running about 6 seconds diff between my box and the hamster's time stamp, and yet, with less than 20 seconds to go, i suddenly went a whole minute out of cycle...

go figger?

If you're suffering from lost time, you could be a victim of alien abduction.

From Russia with love to Obama: Pwned sucker - Obama Welcomed With a Photo Album

U.S. President Barack Obama may not want to remember his first visit to Russia in 2005, when an airport dispute grounded his plane for three hours. But President Dmitry Medvedev gave him a memento of that visit anyway Monday.

Medvedev presented Obama with a photo album of his 2005 visit as he welcomed him to the Kremlin on Monday afternoon. State television showed Medvedev flipping through the pages as Obama looked at the photographs with a broad smile.

Farm...farm? Oh yea.. I kinda remember, we once did own a farm...until some damned fool gave it away.

Morning folks.

re: #208 TheMatrix31

Yeah well, they've screwed the academic course of many students in the meantime, because these are classes people need to graduate.

Please accept the idea that other peoples' actions have consequences for those beyond themselves, such as you are now discovering.

The current economic downturn is turning out to be more severe than either the double dip of 1980-81, or the early 70's recession/oil embargo tango event.

My life was changed by both time periods, where doors were closed to opportunities that if otherwise taken may have led to a quite different life.

You now are experiencing some doors closing on you, or at least the threat of such. If some doors close, usually a few remain open, and it is through those you will walk.

re: #221 rightside

Morning Lizards.

Good morning, rightside. How was your Fourth?

re: #225 BatGuano

hi BG, it was ok. How about yours?

re: #226 rightside

hi BG, it was ok. How about yours?

I had to work, but it was fine. It's always a good day!

re: #227 BatGuano

That's true, it's the reason for the season, lol.

Good night, lizards. If you haven't done so already check out #219.

re: #222 SixDegrees

You're like E.T., except E.T. was a purebred alien with a heart of gold. You're only half-alien and at times can be a tad self-absorbed.

Dale Gribble- King of The Hill

re: #222 SixDegrees

If you're suffering from lost time, you could be a victim of alien abduction.

Call George Norrie at Coast to Coast. He'll let you know what happened.

re: #231 Cannadian Club Akbar

Call George Norrie at Coast to Coast. He'll let you know what happened.

Is he anything like Space Ghost Coast to Coast?

Well...time for this lizard on this coast to head in...

stay scaley!

re: #224 freetoken

Please accept the idea that other peoples' actions have consequences for those beyond themselves, such as you are now discovering.

The current economic downturn is turning out to be more severe than either the double dip of 1980-81, or the early 70's recession/oil embargo tango event.

My life was changed by both time periods, where doors were closed to opportunities that if otherwise taken may have led to a quite different life.

You now are experiencing some doors closing on you, or at least the threat of such. If some doors close, usually a few remain open, and it is through those you will walk.

I like that advice a lot...thanks!

Ousted President Manuel Zelaya to smuggle himself across Honduran border

AMF!

Mugabe refuses to talk to US ‘idiot’ - US officials unsure which one.

ZIMBABWE’S state media reported yesterday that Robert Mugabe described the US assistant secretary of state for Africa as “an idiot” after their acrimonious meeting at the African Unit summit meeting in Libya.

According to the Herald newspaper, Mugabe said nothing came of the talks.

“You wouldn’t speak to an idiot of that nature. Who is he?

“I hope he is not speaking for Barack Obama. I told him he was a shame, a great shame being an African-American,” Mugabe was quoted as saying about Johnnie Carson.{eoa}

It's going to be hard to beat what Mugabe has done with his countries economics & currency but Barack's going to give it his best.

re: #234 TheMatrix31

No problem.

If you want a bit more historical perspective, a few days ago the WSJ put in one of its articles a matrix of months/years colored with unemployment rates:

[Link: online.wsj.com...]

(you can hover over the boxes to get actual numbers)

For those of us entering the work force in the early 70's and 80's, you can see that those were tough days, much more so than our parents dealt with immediately after WWII.

Conventionally, unemployment peaks after the deepest part of an economic recession. This is not going to be a quick and easy recovery.

re: #236 freetoken

PS Click on the "interactive graphics" tab.

I just hope I can get into the class I need to get into, because it would literally derail my whole schedule otherwise.

re: #238 TheMatrix31

At this point... in Japan they would say "がんばって" . "Ganbatte" means "persevere", and is given often with a mix of empathy and exhortation.

God morning.

Look for the market to open mixed as the market awaits 2nd Q financial reports.

U.S. stock futures hew to tight range

U.S. stock futures clung to a tight range on Tuesday, with debate about second-quarter earnings, the need for a second federal stimulus package and oil-price direction keeping movement to a minimum.

Yes, you read that right. They are now taking about spending even more money we don't have on pork and political goodies.

Also in the spotlight will be the prospects for a second stimulus package. Laura D'Andrea Tyson, an adviser to President Obama, reportedly told a conference in Singapore that a second round of economic stimulus should be prepared that would be smaller and focused on infrastructure.

For those not used to washington political-speak, basically they are admitting that the 1st stimulus bill was a failure. This is not me saying it, Biden said it and now Tyson is saying it.

So note to the resident Obama worshippers and flaks: Obama's own people are now telling you that the first bill was a failure. However, as typical socialists, their solution to fix the failure is to do even more of what failed.

There is a great opportunity here for someone to step forward and take a principled stand for cutting spending, taxes and encouraging economic growth.

re: #240 3 wood

So note to the resident Obama worshippers and flaks...

We have some?

Here is a great example of how the media sells out to the Democrats:

City plumbing inspector busts himself

James Kendrick is a city plumbing inspector assigned to a task force that busts people for doing work without permits.

On Sunday, Kendrick could have busted himself.
Sources said the $85,068-a-year inspector was working a side job installing a flood-control system in the 3500 block of North Octavia -- with no permit and none of the required city licenses -- when he inadvertently broke the water pipe leading to the home.

Kendrick dialed 311 to report the break. When investigators arrived on the scene, he identified himself as a city inspector and asked them for city-owned parts -- lead packs and copper -- to repair the broken pipe, sources said.

Little did he know that one of the responding investigators was Pat McDonough, who helped blow the whistle on the Hired Truck scandal.

"He told me he works for the city and knows people [in high places]. He wanted me to give him all the plumbing parts," McDonough said Monday.

"In the old days, if you wanted a guy to come out and bring you parts for a side job, you'd call the leak desk even if there was no leak. They'd come with the parts and you'd give the guy 30 to 50 bucks to keep his mouth shut. This time, there actually was a leak. But when he said, 'I need some lead packs and copper,' I called the desk and told them to call the police."

Nowhere in this article will the reporter mention that all this is happening under the leadership of Democrat Mayor Daley. Not a single mention.

anybody think that if the Mayor was a Republican, the paper would not have mentioned that up front in the first line?

Me neither.

This is a good example of what happens when the media becomes owned by one political party.

re: #241 freetoken

Your kidding me, right?

re: #243 3 wood

Your kidding me, right?

Um, no.

LGF doesn't seem to be the place for Obama "flaks" [sic]. Indeed, flacks of any kind often run into trouble here, eventually.

re: #243 3 wood

Hey, 3 Wood. Hate to be bothersome, but can you reccomend a good book that gives a general overview of economics? I have Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell. Any picks?

re: #240 3 wood

For those not used to washington political-speak, basically they are admitting that the 1st stimulus bill was a failure. This is not me saying it, Biden said it and now Tyson is saying it.

So note to the resident Obama worshippers and flaks: Obama's own people are now telling you that the first bill was a failure. However, as typical socialists, their solution to fix the failure is to do even more of what failed.

Mind if I use that on my Facebook, 3W?

re: #244 freetoken

Try Avanti and iceweasle for two. Others show up from time to time.

re: #245 Cannadian Club Akbar

Hey, 3 Wood. Hate to be bothersome, but can you reccomend a good book that gives a general overview of economics? I have Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell. Any picks?

Milton Friedman There's no Free Lunch.

Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations (the actual title is much longer)

re: #246 TheMatrix31

Be my guest.

Have to get ready for work. Later.

Have a good one, man!

re: #248 3 wood

Milton Friedman There's no Free Lunch.

Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations (the actual title is much longer)

Thank you.

re: #247 3 wood

Try Avanti and iceweasle for two.

Are they flacks just because they don't agree with you (or many people here at LGF?)

Personally, I don't see anybody who is willing to engage in conversation and discuss various outlooks on issues as "flacks". A flack is a publicity agent, not just someone who may share (with the target/subject) the same opinion on various issues.

Major BNP Terror Plot in Britain has been exposed:

Plot to bomb mosques in Britain unearthed, 32 arrested

* UK police seize extremist literature, weapons in raids
* British Muslim parliamentarian praises police for timely action

Daily Times Monitor

LAHORE: British police have foiled a plan to attack mosques in different parts of Britain and arrested 32 Caucasian men in raids in London, a private TV channel reported.

According to the channel, the men in custody had accumulated rocket-launchers, hand grenades and explosives for the attacks. The channel quoted its sources as saying that London police raided 20 different places and investigated various people, arresting 32. Membership cards of the radical British National Party (BNP) and hate literature were also seized in the raids.

(I don't know the Daily Times -- seems to be an Indian source, but I found it via the Long War Journal, which is a source I do trust).

re: #252 freetoken

Are they flacks just because they don't agree with you (or many people here at LGF?)

Personally, I don't see anybody who is willing to engage in conversation and discuss various outlooks on issues as "flacks". A flack is a publicity agent, not just someone who may share (with the target/subject) the same opinion on various issues.

I appreciate your sentiment. Although I'm pretty liberal, I never posted on those blogs because everyone pretty much has the same opinion. Personally, I would find "debating" where everyone agrees kind of boring. Even in real life discussions, I think it is often more fun to discuss politics with the other side. I may be odd in that regard though.

re: #249 3 wood

Thanks for your daily views as usual. I look forward to reading them.

Now, go out there and work hard to pay someone else's mortgage!