Video: Television
The insanity break for today might make you slightly insane, if you aren’t already. A video by Beth Fulton, inspired by Todd Alcott’s poem “Television.”
The insanity break for today might make you slightly insane, if you aren’t already. A video by Beth Fulton, inspired by Todd Alcott’s poem “Television.”
4 | researchok Wed, May 5, 2010 2:01:56pm |
5 | jamesfirecat Wed, May 5, 2010 2:03:23pm |
I'm reminded of the guy who did the voice for Super Sonic Seymore from Garfield and Friends, anybody remember him?
6 | Virginia Plain Wed, May 5, 2010 2:03:30pm |
7 | What, me worry? Wed, May 5, 2010 2:04:09pm |
re: #4 researchok
Beck's been on that plan for a long time now.
Yea not so new, huh.
Mother used to tell us that TV will rot our brains. "Go play outside!" Except that our 'rents never dreamed of internet access!
8 | researchok Wed, May 5, 2010 2:04:37pm |
re: #7 marjoriemoon
Yea not so new, huh.
Mother used to tell us that TV will rot our brains. "Go play outside!" Except that our 'rents never dreamed of internet access!
Mother knows best
9 | Virginia Plain Wed, May 5, 2010 2:05:44pm |
The internet has a lot of junk, but also a lot of intellectually stimulating content.
10 | JoyousMN Wed, May 5, 2010 2:06:18pm |
Wow, very good.
In 1999 we moved out to the country. To get more than 5 channels we would have to buy a satellite dish. I told my husband I'd like to try and live without it and that's what we've done. I watch football on regular channels or streaming, I get my news via internet, but I don't watch much TV and I don't really miss it. When I go to people's houses and it's on, it is weirdly distracting.
Not trying to sound "holier than thou," just mentioning that it can go away and not be missed.
11 | Virginia Plain Wed, May 5, 2010 2:07:53pm |
I just stick with the internet nowadays. No TV, unless I have to watch something with my mom.
12 | Spare O'Lake Wed, May 5, 2010 2:08:27pm |
Don't touch that dial, we'll be back in only 19 minutes.
13 | What, me worry? Wed, May 5, 2010 2:09:30pm |
re: #10 JoyousMN
Wow, very good.
In 1999 we moved out to the country. To get more than 5 channels we would have to buy a satellite dish. I told my husband I'd like to try and live without it and that's what we've done. I watch football on regular channels or streaming, I get my news via internet, but I don't watch much TV and I don't really miss it. When I go to people's houses and it's on, it is weirdly distracting.
Not trying to sound "holier than thou," just mentioning that it can go away and not be missed.
I didn't have a TV for about 5 years. It was during my hippie era. Didn't miss it until someone saw me eating grapes at work and screamed, "Didn't you hear about the Chilean grape recall??" No, I hadn't. Oops.
16 | What, me worry? Wed, May 5, 2010 2:12:07pm |
re: #9 Virginia Plain
The internet has a lot of junk, but also a lot of intellectually stimulating content.
They could really make TV obsolete at this point, but it would just shift to the internet and I'm not sure what the difference would be (outside of the whole money thing). We already have Tivo so you can watch what you want when you want, like on the internet.
17 | Virginia Plain Wed, May 5, 2010 2:12:36pm |
TiVo is great, but then again, the pickings on TV are slim.
18 | jamesfirecat Wed, May 5, 2010 2:14:29pm |
re: #5 jamesfirecat
I'm reminded of the guy who did the voice for Super Sonic Seymore from Garfield and Friends, anybody remember him?
Okay for anyone interested, here is the episode/sgement...
[Link: www.vbox7.com...]
19 | watching you tiny alien kittens are Wed, May 5, 2010 2:14:44pm |
That vid is just too true to be funny, it should be, but it isn't...
20 | What, me worry? Wed, May 5, 2010 2:15:22pm |
re: #17 Virginia Plain
TiVo is great, but then again, the pickings on TV are slim.
Yaaa. I don't get it. 800 channels and nothing on. Unless you like sports.
I like the independent movie channels, the free ones. History channels are fun and anything with Family Guy or Judge Judy :)
21 | DaddyG Wed, May 5, 2010 2:15:52pm |
"People want to be happy, isn't that right? Haven't you heard it all your life? I want to be happy, people say. Well, aren't they? Don't we keep them moving, don't we give them fun? That's all we live for, isn't it? For pleasure, for titillation? And you must admit our culture provides plenty of these." - Farenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
24 | sattv4u2 Wed, May 5, 2010 2:23:21pm |
re: #14 Bubblehead II
Who needs T.V. when we got LGF?
You've not spent much time here at zero-dark-thirty, I assume!
26 | sattv4u2 Wed, May 5, 2010 2:24:39pm |
27 | Bubblehead II Wed, May 5, 2010 2:27:05pm |
re: #24 sattv4u2
Actually I have. Generally come on at 0500 and don't leave until around 2000 (on my days off, that is) And yes it is generally as interesting as watching paint dry. But as the day moves along it picks up. Some days (like today) it's reasonably quite, others it's like watching a train wreck in slo-mo.
28 | Jadespring Wed, May 5, 2010 2:28:20pm |
re: #16 marjoriemoon
They could really make TV obsolete at this point, but it would just shift to the internet and I'm not sure what the difference would be (outside of the whole money thing). We already have Tivo so you can watch what you want when you want, like on the internet.
Wouldn't work so well for people like me that have limited access to high speed internet. What access we have costs biiig bucks.
29 | Bubblehead II Wed, May 5, 2010 2:33:15pm |
re: #28 Jadespring
Have you looked at Hughes Net? Looks to reasonable.
30 | Shiplord Kirel Wed, May 5, 2010 2:34:43pm |
Philo T. Farnsworth is generally acknowledged to have developed the first practical electronic television sytem, way back in 1927. Electro-mechanical systems had been demonstrated earlier but it was Philo's system that led directly to the TV systems we know and loathe today. He didn't get filthy rich from it, though, because RCA essentially stole it from him.
Farnsworth went on to a distinguished career as an engineer and inventor. He died in 1971.
He had a low opinion of commercial television later in life:
Farnsworth is sometimes quoted as telling his son Kent, with regard to television:"There’s nothing on it worthwhile, and we’re not going to watch it in this household, and I don’t want it in your intellectual diet."Yet, his family's website makes it clear that this is Kent's summation of his father's view, rather than a direct quote.
His wife, Elma, died in 2006 at the age of 98:
In a 1996 videotaped interview by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, available on YouTube,[46] Elma Farnsworth recounts Philo's change of heart about the value of television, after seeing how it showed man walking on the moon, in real time, to millions of viewers:Interviewer: The image dissector was used to send shots back from the moon to earth.
Elma Farnsworth: Right.
Interviewer: What did Phil think of that?
Elma Farnsworth: We were watching it, and, when Neil Armstrong landed on the moon, Phil turned to me and said, "Pem, this has made it all worthwhile." Before then, he wasn't too sure.
31 | sattv4u2 Wed, May 5, 2010 2:36:44pm |
re: #30 Shiplord Kirel
Philo T. Farnsworth is generally acknowledged to have developed the first practical electronic television sytem,
I thought Al Gore invented it,,,, while being the model for Love Story!
32 | Cato the Elder Wed, May 5, 2010 2:36:50pm |
re: #13 marjoriemoon
I didn't have a TV for about 5 years. It was during my hippie era. Didn't miss it until someone saw me eating grapes at work and screamed, "Didn't you hear about the Chilean grape recall??" No, I hadn't. Oops.
You don't need a teevee to hear about things that every idiot with a teevee will tell you about anyway...
33 | sattv4u2 Wed, May 5, 2010 2:38:48pm |
re: #32 Cato the Elder
You don't need a teevee to hear about things that every idiot with a teevee will tell you about anyway...
true ,, but you would miss seeing all those grapes marching back to Chile!
34 | Kragar Wed, May 5, 2010 2:39:53pm |
There is something about this scene that makes me laugh every time I watch it. Just keep watching, as there is a significant shift about half way in.
35 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 2:41:27pm |
Went to the store. Stopped at the liquor store. They had Crown Royal. 3 different kinds.
Regular-$20
Black Label-$32
Gold Label-$46
This must be investigated.
36 | Tigger2005 Wed, May 5, 2010 2:41:35pm |
Wow, I actually got an email from GOPUSA that criticized Glenn Beck's attacks on Teddy Roosevelt (in the context of advertising a book about Roosevelt's achievements).
I wonder when they'll say something about the attacks on Lincoln?
37 | Tigger2005 Wed, May 5, 2010 2:42:38pm |
re: #32 Cato the Elder
You don't need a teevee to hear about things that every idiot with a teevee will tell you about anyway...
But it doesn't help you much if they tell you about it after you've already gotten food poisoning.
38 | sattv4u2 Wed, May 5, 2010 2:42:43pm |
re: #35 Cannadian Club Akbar
Went to the store. Stopped at the liquor store. They had Crown Royal. 3 different kinds.
Regular-$20
Black Label-$32
Gold Label-$46
This must be investigated.
I have
Tried all three
Go with the Black Label
39 | Tigger2005 Wed, May 5, 2010 2:43:22pm |
re: #37 Tigger2005
But it doesn't help you much if they tell you about it after you've already gotten food poisoning.
Or after the tornado has carried off your house with you in it.
40 | Vicious Michigan Union Thug Wed, May 5, 2010 2:44:37pm |
What our parents' generation had to deal with as teenagers:
Sloppy, nerdy Barbara and popular, neat-freak Helen
The nerdy girl is just mercilessly ripped by the fascist bitch narrator. What's funny is that she is the hot one and the neat-freak girl looks like a troll.
41 | b_sharp Wed, May 5, 2010 2:45:01pm |
re: #35 Cannadian Club Akbar
Went to the store. Stopped at the liquor store. They had Crown Royal. 3 different kinds.
Regular-$20
Black Label-$32
Gold Label-$46
This must be investigated.
Better than CC.
(Do they really sell it by label colour down there?)
42 | sattv4u2 Wed, May 5, 2010 2:45:27pm |
re: #39 Tigger2005
Or after the tornado has carried off your house with you in it.
The thing that bothers me is when a RADIO newscaster is at the scene of (lets say) a fire that was out out yesterday giving me an update
Let me highlight severla things
RADIO
PUT OUT
YESTERDAY
44 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 2:47:30pm |
re: #41 b_sharp
Better than CC.
(Do they really sell it by label colour down there?)
Yes. First time I've seen it. Although when I first bought my house, the store near my house had a bottle of Crown that was on the shelf for $1600. I almost bought one.
45 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 2:48:50pm |
46 | Cato the Elder Wed, May 5, 2010 2:50:58pm |
re: #40 Alouette
What our parents' generation had to deal with as teenagers:
Sloppy, nerdy Barbara and popular, neat-freak Helen
The nerdy girl is just mercilessly ripped by the fascist bitch narrator. What's funny is that she is the hot one and the neat-freak girl looks like a troll.
God, no more than three minutes of that...wow.
That's the kind of thing you have to watch in torn jeans while stoned to get the full horrible humor of it all!
48 | Killgore Trout Wed, May 5, 2010 2:52:18pm |
49 | Kragar Wed, May 5, 2010 2:52:51pm |
re: #40 Alouette
What our parents' generation had to deal with as teenagers:
Sloppy, nerdy Barbara and popular, neat-freak Helen
The nerdy girl is just mercilessly ripped by the fascist bitch narrator. What's funny is that she is the hot one and the neat-freak girl looks like a troll.
Thats just begging for Mike, Crow and Tom to riff it.
50 | Cato the Elder Wed, May 5, 2010 2:53:34pm |
re: #37 Tigger2005
But it doesn't help you much if they tell you about it after you've already gotten food poisoning.
The idiot at the checkout counter will tell you about it. For that I need a teevee?
I would have been much happier on and after 9/11 if I had already given up the tube at that point.
51 | darthstar Wed, May 5, 2010 2:55:32pm |
re: #35 Cannadian Club Akbar
Went to the store. Stopped at the liquor store. They had Crown Royal. 3 different kinds.
Regular-$20
Black Label-$32
Gold Label-$46
This must be investigated.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner. I love a simple menu.
52 | b_sharp Wed, May 5, 2010 2:55:47pm |
re: #44 Cannadian Club Akbar
Yes. First time I've seen it. Although when I first bought my house, the store near my house had a bottle of Crown that was on the shelf for $1600. I almost bought one.
If you check the Crown Royal site but sign in as a Canadian you'll see how its sold up here. No label colours.
While I was going to Uni the first time, my wife and I had a working friend who used to come over every Friday with a bottle of whiskey. We started with Canadian Club. That lasted for a few months until K. got a raise and started bringing a different brand every week. When we hit Crown Royal, we stayed there, enjoying every label they sold in this area.
Then he got married, and we haven't seen him since.
53 | Killgore Trout Wed, May 5, 2010 2:56:51pm |
ABC expands 'Lost' finale by extra half-hour!
When the "Lost" finale airs on Sunday, May 23, the episode will run from 9 p.m.-11:30 p.m. The overrun will push back local news, with the previously announced "Jimmy Kimmel Live: Aloha to Lost" post-finale special now airing at 12:05 a.m. ABC is expected to announce the plan on tonight's episode of Kimmel.
Watch it on Hulu. saves a lot of time without the commercial breaks.
54 | Bubblehead II Wed, May 5, 2010 2:57:17pm |
Crown is my Whiskey of choice. I drink it straight up and neat. I generally buy the Gold Label blend, but have tried the Reserve blend and found it to be outstanding. I want to try the XR blend, but at a $160.00 a bottle, well that is going to have to be a special occasion.
55 | darthstar Wed, May 5, 2010 2:58:32pm |
re: #53 Killgore Trout
ABC expands 'Lost' finale by extra half-hour!
Watch it on Hulu. saves a lot of time without the commercial breaks.
Bulamanganao lives for another half hour! yay.
57 | darthstar Wed, May 5, 2010 2:59:27pm |
re: #54 Bubblehead II
Crown is my Whiskey of choice. I drink it straight up and neat. I generally buy the Gold Label blend, but have tried the Reserve blend and found it to be outstanding. I want to try the XR blend, but at a $160.00 a bottle, well that is going to have to be a special occasion.
At $160 a bottle, you'd better be mixing it with Jolt and not that diet coke crap.
/
58 | sattv4u2 Wed, May 5, 2010 2:59:39pm |
re: #54 Bubblehead II
Crown is my Whiskey of choice. I drink it straight up and neat. I generally buy the Gold Label blend, but have tried the Reserve blend and found it to be outstanding. I want to try the XR blend, but at a $160.00 a bottle, well that is going to have to be a special occasion.
Days that end in the letter "Y" qualify for me!
59 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 3:00:39pm |
re: #52 b_sharp
Click my nic. Buy it. Put it in the freezer a night before. Yum.
60 | Shiplord Kirel Wed, May 5, 2010 3:01:13pm |
re: #46 Cato the Elder
God, no more than three minutes of that...wow.
That's the kind of thing you have to watch in torn jeans while stoned to get the full horrible humor of it all!
I saw this very film in an 8th grade health class in about 1963. I thought it was a little racy for showing the sloppy but cute girl in her pajamas and, being 14 at the time, I especially noticed that her panties briefly showed through as she left her room.
61 | Bubblehead II Wed, May 5, 2010 3:02:47pm |
re: #57 darthstar
Sorry, I don't mix my Crown with ANYTHING.
62 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 3:02:50pm |
re: #59 Cannadian Club Akbar
Click my nic. Buy it. Put it in the freezer a night before. Yum.
the, not "a". pimf
63 | Kragar Wed, May 5, 2010 3:02:53pm |
65 | b_sharp Wed, May 5, 2010 3:03:35pm |
re: #57 darthstar
At $160 a bottle, you'd better be mixing it with Jolt and not that diet coke crap.
/
Mix it? What are you, nuts?:)
66 | Cato the Elder Wed, May 5, 2010 3:04:32pm |
People who leave the teevee running when they invite my over to their place generally do not get a second visit.
67 | Political Atheist Wed, May 5, 2010 3:04:47pm |
That was a great advertisement for DECAF coffee.
69 | sattv4u2 Wed, May 5, 2010 3:05:19pm |
re: #64 Bubblehead II
Maybe after I hit the Lottery. :-)
Maybe you can win enough playing Obama Bingo. Watch a speech. Cover the phrase. Win Fabulous prizes!
Image: obingo_graphic.jpg
70 | Bubblehead II Wed, May 5, 2010 3:05:25pm |
re: #65 b_sharp
Obviously, we are dealing with a heathen.
71 | sattv4u2 Wed, May 5, 2010 3:05:46pm |
re: #66 Cato the Elder
People who leave the teevee running when they invite my over to their place generally do not get a second visit.
Do you get a second invite?
/
72 | Dancing along the light of day Wed, May 5, 2010 3:05:53pm |
73 | darthstar Wed, May 5, 2010 3:05:53pm |
re: #61 Bubblehead II
Sorry, I don't mix my Crown with ANYTHING.
re: #65 b_sharp
Mix it? What are you, nuts?:)
Humor, boys, just humor. My lovely wife brought another bottle of Dry Fly Washington Wheat whiskey home the other night...good sippin' stuff...no, it doesn't get mixed...not at $70 a bottle. That reminds me...need to pick up some Maker's for my manhattans on the way home. I'll finish that Dry Fly in another day if I don't.
74 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 3:06:07pm |
re: #66 Cato the Elder
People who leave the teevee running when they invite my over to their place generally do not get a second visit.
That is true. Also, no teevees in the bedroom.
75 | Cato the Elder Wed, May 5, 2010 3:06:30pm |
re: #71 sattv4u2
Do you get a second invite?
/
Not if I distract them from teevee watching with my sparkling wit and repartee.
76 | darthstar Wed, May 5, 2010 3:06:36pm |
re: #66 Cato the Elder
People who leave the teevee running when they invite my over to their place generally do not get a second visit.
I leave the radio on for the cat all day...he likes Michael Krasny and Terri Gross.
77 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 3:07:20pm |
re: #75 Cato the Elder
Not if I distract them from teevee watching with my sparkling wit and repartee.
Yea. Like that will out do American Idol!
/
78 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 3:08:03pm |
79 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 3:09:17pm |
re: #78 brookly red
no tv period.
Need one for football. I can listen to baseball on the radio and be fine.
80 | WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Wed, May 5, 2010 3:10:28pm |
re: #78 brookly red
no tv period.
unacceptable, what is the xbox going to plug into? How will I watch movies?
I don't get the veg-out-in-front-of-the-TV thing, but I like movies and games, and both require my TV ;-)
81 | b_sharp Wed, May 5, 2010 3:10:41pm |
re: #70 Bubblehead II
Obviously, we are dealing with a heathen.
It's not his fault, he's obviously been brought up wrong.
82 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 3:11:00pm |
re: #79 Cannadian Club Akbar
Need one for football. I can listen to baseball on the radio and be fine.
well yeah football on TV... oh well they have one in the bar :)
84 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 3:11:41pm |
85 | Killgore Trout Wed, May 5, 2010 3:11:51pm |
This week's Zero punctuation review has a rare and funny political statement.
86 | b_sharp Wed, May 5, 2010 3:11:51pm |
re: #73 darthstar
Humor, boys, just humor. My lovely wife brought another bottle of Dry Fly Washington Wheat whiskey home the other night...good sippin' stuff...no, it doesn't get mixed...not at $70 a bottle. That reminds me...need to pick up some Maker's for my manhattans on the way home. I'll finish that Dry Fly in another day if I don't.
Nice going dude. You scared my wife so badly I have to go console her now.
87 | darthstar Wed, May 5, 2010 3:12:08pm |
re: #70 Bubblehead II
Obviously, we are dealing with a heathen.
Heathen!?! I've never been called a heathen before...updinged for originality!
(and I was joking about the mixer...come on)
88 | darthstar Wed, May 5, 2010 3:13:05pm |
re: #86 b_sharp
Nice going dude. You scared my wife so badly I have to go console her now.
Just lay back and think of England.
;)
89 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, May 5, 2010 3:13:25pm |
re: #84 Cannadian Club Akbar
I'm not fat; I'm big boned. TV makes my bones bigger, thank you very much.
90 | bagua Wed, May 5, 2010 3:14:04pm |
re: #50 Cato the Elder
The idiot at the checkout counter will tell you about it. For that I need a teevee?
I would have been much happier on and after 9/11 if I had already given up the tube at that point.
I had given up the tube a good three years prior, heard about 9/11 through the internet and saw it first on a convenient store TV.
Now I have purchased the bunny ears to keep up with the final season of LOST and this only to keep up with Walter, otherwise I'd wait for the DVD as with anything else I want to watch.
TV is a curse.
91 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, May 5, 2010 3:14:04pm |
re: #88 darthstar
Just lay back and think of England.
;)
We'll always have Paris.
Know where I saw that movie?
TV!
92 | darthstar Wed, May 5, 2010 3:14:09pm |
re: #81 b_sharp
It's not his fault, he's obviously been brought up wrong.
I was taught never to drink anything stronger than pop. Then again, you should see some of the shit my pop drinks.
93 | Shiplord Kirel Wed, May 5, 2010 3:14:57pm |
re: #56 engineer dog
indeed
The cheery, 50s Muzak score is by far the creepiest thing about these films.
94 | darthstar Wed, May 5, 2010 3:15:14pm |
re: #89 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I'm not fat; I'm big boned. TV makes my bones bigger, thank you very much.
You're watching too much Cinemax after dark...and that's not actually a bone.
95 | bagua Wed, May 5, 2010 3:15:37pm |
re: #89 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I'm not fat; I'm big boned. TV makes my bones bigger, thank you very much.
According to an email I just received, it's possible to have a bigger bone using their supplements.
96 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 3:15:57pm |
re: #90 bagua
I had given up the tube a good three years prior, heard about 9/11 through the internet and saw it first on a convenient store TV.
Now I have purchased the bunny ears to keep up with the final season of LOST and this only to keep up with Walter, otherwise I'd wait for the DVD as with anything else I want to watch.
TV is a curse.
more like a drug...
97 | b_sharp Wed, May 5, 2010 3:16:38pm |
re: #88 darthstar
Just lay back and think of England.
;)
LOL.
I wish. Unfortunately, another 3 weeks to go; her operation and all.
98 | Bubblehead II Wed, May 5, 2010 3:17:22pm |
re: #87 darthstar
(and I was joking about the mixer...come on)
Figured that. Especially with what you were suggesting for a mixer. Bleeegghh.
99 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, May 5, 2010 3:18:40pm |
re: #54 Bubblehead II
I had a glass of 150 Grand Marnier...
once.
$40.00
No. Didn't come with a hooker or anything.
100 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 3:19:36pm |
I gotta go make a sauce for the steaks that are grilling. Saute some mushrooms at half. Add heavy cream, garlic, pepper. Reduce by half. Top the steak. And I'm doing corn on the cob. Yummy. BBL.
101 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, May 5, 2010 3:19:47pm |
re: #99 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
And... No. I didn't know it was 40.00 when I ordered it.
102 | Jadespring Wed, May 5, 2010 3:21:11pm |
re: #83 fat bastard vegetarian
TV is good.
I agree though for me it really depends on where I live. When I lived in the city I barely watched it and didn't care. I was out a lot at night anyways.
Now that I live in ruralville tv is my main source of entertainment. Long day of work, especially in the summer, come in, eat and veg. I was without on for 5 months and hated it. I love movies and since it's an 2 hour round trip to the movie theatre the satellite movie channels are great. Love pay for view as well.
103 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, May 5, 2010 3:22:04pm |
104 | bagua Wed, May 5, 2010 3:22:29pm |
105 | Jadespring Wed, May 5, 2010 3:23:00pm |
106 | Political Atheist Wed, May 5, 2010 3:23:16pm |
OT
Anyone here experienced with editing HD MOV files?
107 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, May 5, 2010 3:23:56pm |
I watched a show on the History Channel today about the War of 1812.
Learned about the War of 1812.
Where?
TV!
108 | Jadespring Wed, May 5, 2010 3:25:01pm |
re: #107 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I watched a show on the History Channel today about the War of 1812.
Learned about the War of 1812.
Where?
TV!
I learned how to plumb a toilet and make a patio today.
109 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, May 5, 2010 3:25:10pm |
re: #94 darthstar
You're watching too much Cinemax after dark...and that's not actually a bone.
You're a dumb-ass! I was talking about BIG boned.
110 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, May 5, 2010 3:25:20pm |
111 | Jadespring Wed, May 5, 2010 3:25:39pm |
112 | Kragar Wed, May 5, 2010 3:25:52pm |
113 | darthstar Wed, May 5, 2010 3:26:16pm |
re: #107 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I watched a show on the History Channel today about the War of 1812.
Learned about the War of 1812.
Where?
TV!
I learned how to make my whites whiter.
114 | Bagua Wed, May 5, 2010 3:26:55pm |
re: #101 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
And... No. I didn't know it was 40.00 when I ordered it.
Got a bottle of Louis XIII from the Casino once, goes for about $1,400. Nasty tasting stuff if you asked me, I poured my glass out and stuck with the Blue Label which I like. But the handblown crystal decanter by Baccarat it come in is a keeper.
115 | Bubblehead II Wed, May 5, 2010 3:27:39pm |
re: #99 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I had a glass of 150 Grand Marnier...
once.
$40.00
No. Didn't come with a hooker or anything.
There you go. You pay for quality.
116 | Bubblehead II Wed, May 5, 2010 3:28:44pm |
re: #101 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
If the menu doesn't show price, expect it to cost more than you want to pay.
117 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, May 5, 2010 3:28:46pm |
re: #115 Bubblehead II
Oh. It was over the top delicious. I tasted things that you don't taste in the cheap stuff (70.00 a bottle)...
Cinnamon, along with a much richer citrus.
118 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, May 5, 2010 3:30:01pm |
re: #116 Bubblehead II
Was sitting at the bar... asked for a glass. Bartender (HAWT!) said, "You want the 150? It's lovely."
Never taking my eyes off of her "fun bags" I said, "uh huh."
120 | Bubblehead II Wed, May 5, 2010 3:33:01pm |
re: #118 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
oops. Guess that proves the adage that sex sells, even if it's used as a distraction.
121 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, May 5, 2010 3:33:50pm |
re: #119 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
To quote Eddie Izzard as the Queen, when introduced to a plumber.
"A plumber? What on Earth is that?"
122 | tradewind Wed, May 5, 2010 3:37:02pm |
re: #114 Bagua
Yeah, you should hold on to that.
Before my wedding, I flew trips back and forth to Cayman and Nassau for a few months ( not a good run..... crowded with minimal time off) so that I could get my crystal Baccarat goblets one at a time in the duty free shops and swap 'em back for the wedding present ones at home.... (not that I got many of those back home for gifts). Now if I broke one, I probably couldn't/wouldn't replace it even if I could get it duty free.
They're one of the few companies still owned and made in the same place. Everything else is pretty much gone to China.
123 | Kragar Wed, May 5, 2010 3:37:41pm |
re: #121 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
To quote Eddie Izzard as the Queen, when introduced to a plumber.
"A plumber? What on Earth is that?"
Its a slice of fried gold, that what it is.
124 | Renaissance_Man Wed, May 5, 2010 3:44:09pm |
re: #119 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
You know, I love so many gaming backgrounds. So many of them are rich, well developed, and full of amazing concepts and ideas. In theory, I should love to spend my leisure time in these worlds and immerse myself in their elements.
Yet all of that vanishes the second I, say, walk up to Brother-Captain Omgwtfpwnd and he says, 'lol nice gear lets go kill some nubs lol hehe'.
125 | Kragar Wed, May 5, 2010 3:46:17pm |
re: #124 Renaissance_Man
You know, I love so many gaming backgrounds. So many of them are rich, well developed, and full of amazing concepts and ideas. In theory, I should love to spend my leisure time in these worlds and immerse myself in their elements.
Yet all of that vanishes the second I, say, walk up to Brother-Captain Omgwtfpwnd and he says, 'lol nice gear lets go kill some nubs lol hehe'.
Part of the reason I don't group often when I do play.
126 | Bagua Wed, May 5, 2010 3:48:00pm |
re: #122 tradewind
A few of my friends have large Baccarat crystal collections, given to them during the casino trips. My favourites are from the New Years celebrations, they make a special edition for the current Chinese animal. I accidentally lost three such coupons for the year of the Rat, oh well. Gorgeous things, but I managed to keep three little crystal mice that were at each place setting, also special edition Baccarat.
127 | Renaissance_Man Wed, May 5, 2010 3:51:15pm |
re: #125 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Part of the reason I don't group often when I do play.
The problem being, of course, that too much of most MMOs requires a group. Especially the more modern, less creatively designed MMOs - repetitive dungeons packed with giant monsters that absolutely require 20+ idiots to mash buttons to defeat does not an interesting game make.
128 | darthstar Wed, May 5, 2010 3:51:47pm |
re: #118 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Was sitting at the bar... asked for a glass. Bartender (HAWT!) said, "You want the 150? It's lovely."
Never taking my eyes off of her "fun bags" I said, "uh huh."
That'll do it...stare at the bartender's breasts, and they'll upsell you until you stop.
129 | Kragar Wed, May 5, 2010 3:54:19pm |
re: #127 Renaissance_Man
The problem being, of course, that too much of most MMOs requires a group. Especially the more modern, less creatively designed MMOs - repetitive dungeons packed with giant monsters that absolutely require 20+ idiots to mash buttons to defeat does not an interesting game make.
Again, the reason why I've stopped playing the current batch of MMO. I do enjoy 40k though and hoping it lives up to my expectations.
130 | Killgore Trout Wed, May 5, 2010 3:57:44pm |
Ugh.. We possibility of frost again tonight. It's been about 6 weeks of really awful cold rainy weather. Hopefully this is the end of it.
BTW, a few pennies around seedlings really does keep the slugs away.
131 | Bubblehead II Wed, May 5, 2010 3:59:37pm |
Since there are some gamers here. Do any of you know of any decent Trade Wars sites. Used to play this game on several BBS's, but found that the Sysops were also playing (and gaming) the game. Big turn off and I quit playing because of it.
132 | WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Wed, May 5, 2010 4:00:36pm |
re: #85 Killgore Trout
This week's Zero punctuation review has a rare and funny political statement.
ever played Yahtzee's games? They're really creative little things, all done with this freeware adventure game creator.
133 | WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Wed, May 5, 2010 4:01:43pm |
re: #124 Renaissance_Man
You know, I love so many gaming backgrounds. So many of them are rich, well developed, and full of amazing concepts and ideas. In theory, I should love to spend my leisure time in these worlds and immerse myself in their elements.
Yet all of that vanishes the second I, say, walk up to Brother-Captain Omgwtfpwnd and he says, 'lol nice gear lets go kill some nubs lol hehe'.
This is why I like single-player RPGs :D
134 | Killgore Trout Wed, May 5, 2010 4:04:04pm |
135 | Renaissance_Man Wed, May 5, 2010 4:05:14pm |
re: #133 WindUpBird
This is why I like single-player RPGs :D
So do I, but for two things: 1) single player ones end eventually, and 2) you can't PvP and make little kids cry.
136 | Racer X Wed, May 5, 2010 4:10:23pm |
I enjoy mindless TV shows.
Yes, I am deeply shallow.
137 | Kragar Wed, May 5, 2010 4:10:58pm |
138 | Vicious Michigan Union Thug Wed, May 5, 2010 4:11:30pm |
140 | Kragar Wed, May 5, 2010 4:12:18pm |
re: #135 Renaissance_Man
So do I, but for two things: 1) single player ones end eventually, and 2) you can't PvP and make little kids cry.
Eh, I wish more MMOs didn't feel obligated to tack on PVP. Can't stand it in RPG settings.
141 | Renaissance_Man Wed, May 5, 2010 4:14:04pm |
re: #140 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Eh, I wish more MMOs didn't feel obligated to tack on PVP. Can't stand it in RPG settings.
I find it gives some sort of ultimate meta-goal. MMOs without PvP can be fun to play, but ultimately to me they feel a little empty - the acquisition of stuff to improve the character to - acquire more stuff. But making little kids cry - that never gets old.
142 | Kragar Wed, May 5, 2010 4:14:56pm |
re: #141 Renaissance_Man
I find it gives some sort of ultimate meta-goal. MMOs without PvP can be fun to play, but ultimately to me they feel a little empty - the acquisition of stuff to improve the character to - acquire more stuff. But making little kids cry - that never gets old.
Thats what public parks are for.
143 | William of Orange Wed, May 5, 2010 4:15:14pm |
OH MAN! YOU GOT TO SEE THIS!
Director Robert Rodrigues' answer to the Arizona immigration law.
144 | Racer X Wed, May 5, 2010 4:15:24pm |
I am now convinced brain matter is leaking into my sinus cavity.
145 | compound idaho Wed, May 5, 2010 4:15:58pm |
re: #73 darthstar
Humor, boys, just humor. My lovely wife brought another bottle of Dry Fly Washington Wheat whiskey home the other night...good sippin' stuff...no, it doesn't get mixed...not at $70 a bottle. That reminds me...need to pick up some Maker's for my manhattans on the way home. I'll finish that Dry Fly in another day if I don't.
My wife and I have been happily married for 20 years; 20 out of 23 not too bad. (Mrs. compound hates that joke. Maybe its only 15 happy years for her. Sometimes I completely miss that she is giving me the silent treatment. Perhaps that accounts for the 5 year discrepency?)
146 | Bagua Wed, May 5, 2010 4:18:33pm |
re: #139 Racer X
But I will not discard a glass of Louis XIII.
It tasted like gasoline to me, not a cognac drinker I suppose.
147 | Racer X Wed, May 5, 2010 4:20:57pm |
148 | Renaissance_Man Wed, May 5, 2010 4:21:41pm |
re: #142 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Thats what public parks are for.
Perhaps, but nobody calls the cops when you embarrassingly stomp their rogue/jedi/Starcraft army/whatever.
149 | A Man for all Seasons Wed, May 5, 2010 4:22:25pm |
re: #146 Bagua
It tasted like gasoline to me, not a cognac drinker I suppose.
Very acquired taste...And there are so many complex mixes...
150 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 4:22:55pm |
re: #146 Bagua
It tasted like gasoline to me, not a cognac drinker I suppose.
I am just starting to be able to tell the difference between good sake, and not so good.
151 | William of Orange Wed, May 5, 2010 4:23:39pm |
re: #144 Racer X
Cut open by a Machete??!
152 | Shiplord Kirel Wed, May 5, 2010 4:24:02pm |
Yikes!
Extreme model kits
German Super Heavy 80cm Railway Gun Dora
Presented at the toy fair. HUGE kit. Shipping in US is free already included in cost due to size. 6ft long, gun is 160cm. Injection molded.
Status: In Stock
Current Inventory: Only 6 Left
Retail Price: $799.95
Your Price:
$719.95
If it doesn't shoot real shells, that is too much.
/
Little Boy Atomic Bomb
This 1/12th scale replica of the Little Boy atomic bomb features accurate fittings and surface details. Kit also comes with small loading trailer perfect for display
Status: In Stock
Current Inventory: Only 3 Left
Retail Price: $69.95
Your Price:
$62.95
That's a lot more reasonable, especially with the nifty trailer included. Still, you'd need a lot of space to create a 1/12 scale burned out city to go with it.
153 | Kragar Wed, May 5, 2010 4:24:57pm |
re: #148 Renaissance_Man
Perhaps, but nobody calls the cops when you embarrassingly stomp their rogue/jedi/Starcraft army/whatever.
Yeah, but you can always laugh at the fat kid.
154 | A Man for all Seasons Wed, May 5, 2010 4:25:08pm |
re: #150 brookly red
I am just starting to be able to tell the difference between good sake, and not so good.
Once you warm it up I can't tell the difference
155 | Bagua Wed, May 5, 2010 4:25:14pm |
re: #147 Racer X
Sacrilege!
Not the worst incident in my case. I was at a friends house cooking a pot of mushrooms, so I threw in a glass of the red wine we were drinking, thinking that would add flavour. After the host shrieked I clocked on that it was the expensive stuff, couple grand a bottle or so. Oops.
156 | Racer X Wed, May 5, 2010 4:25:43pm |
re: #149 HoosierHoops
Very acquired taste...And there are so many complex mixes...
I used to hang with some guys who would smoke cigars and drink cognac. For me the cognac wiped out the nasty cigar taste.
157 | Renaissance_Man Wed, May 5, 2010 4:25:46pm |
re: #153 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Yeah, but you can always laugh at the fat kid.
I just assume they're all fat kids. Fat kids lag in real life.
158 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 4:27:05pm |
re: #154 HoosierHoops
Once you warm it up I can't tell the difference
I can tell the difference but I don't think that the difference is worth the price.
159 | Kragar Wed, May 5, 2010 4:27:18pm |
re: #143 William of Orange
OH MAN! YOU GOT TO SEE THIS!
Director Robert Rodrigues' answer to the Arizona immigration law.
[Video]
Michelle Rodriguez, so hot
160 | Racer X Wed, May 5, 2010 4:27:28pm |
re: #151 William of Orange
Cut open by a Machete??!
I got some type of bug wreaking havoc with my system.
*cough*
*hack*
*sniffle*
161 | compound idaho Wed, May 5, 2010 4:27:52pm |
re: #152 Shiplord Kirel
Yikes!
Extreme model kits
German Super Heavy 80cm Railway Gun DoraThat's a lot more reasonable, especially with the nifty trailer included. Still, you'd need a lot of space to create a 1/12 scale burned out city to go with it.
[Link: www.richlandbombers.org...]
Richland High School "Proud of the Cloud"
162 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 4:28:14pm |
re: #160 Racer X
I got some type of bug wreaking havoc with my system.
*cough*
*hack*
*sniffle*
garlic it to death...
163 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 4:28:21pm |
re: #155 Bagua
Not the worst incident in my case. I was at a friends house cooking a pot of mushrooms, so I threw in a glass of the red wine we were drinking, thinking that would add flavour. After the host shrieked I clocked on that it was the expensive stuff, couple grand a bottle or so. Oops.
If ya won't drink it, don't cook with it!! Cost is not an option!!
164 | Kragar Wed, May 5, 2010 4:28:50pm |
re: #160 Racer X
I got some type of bug wreaking havoc with my system.
*cough*
*hack*
*sniffle*
Same here, felt crappy all day
165 | Racer X Wed, May 5, 2010 4:29:04pm |
re: #154 HoosierHoops
Hiya Hoops!
Was it just me, or did Kobe look totally blase about the game last night? Dude wasn't even sweating down the stretch with the game on the line.
166 | Bagua Wed, May 5, 2010 4:29:53pm |
re: #149 HoosierHoops
Very acquired taste...And there are so many complex mixes...
I suppose, but after the big build up I was pretty shocked by the taste. Pretty bottle though. Personally I'd much rather the 8 bottles of Blue Label for the same comp.
167 | Racer X Wed, May 5, 2010 4:30:01pm |
re: #155 Bagua
Not the worst incident in my case. I was at a friends house cooking a pot of mushrooms, so I threw in a glass of the red wine we were drinking, thinking that would add flavour. After the host shrieked I clocked on that it was the expensive stuff, couple grand a bottle or so. Oops.
Yikes!
I would have no idea of the difference between a $50 bottle and a $1000 bottle.
168 | Bubblehead II Wed, May 5, 2010 4:30:34pm |
Guess there are not that many who played TW here. O'well. Guess I have to do some leg work then. Night Lizards.
169 | Bagua Wed, May 5, 2010 4:30:48pm |
re: #163 Cannadian Club Akbar
If ya won't drink it, don't cook with it!! Cost is not an option!!
That was my thought, and to my hosts credit, she quickly smiled and said: "Ah, French style."
170 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 4:30:53pm |
re: #167 Racer X
Yikes!
I would have no idea of the difference between a $50 bottle and a $1000 bottle.
950 bucks?
171 | Racer X Wed, May 5, 2010 4:31:06pm |
re: #164 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Same here, felt crappy all day
Yesterday everyone said alcohol was the cure.
It did not work.
172 | Racer X Wed, May 5, 2010 4:31:37pm |
173 | compound idaho Wed, May 5, 2010 4:31:41pm |
174 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 4:31:54pm |
re: #171 Racer X
Yesterday everyone said alcohol was the cure.
It did not work.
Try again. And again. And again.
175 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 4:32:14pm |
re: #171 Racer X
Yesterday everyone said alcohol was the cure.
It did not work.
give it time, give it time...
176 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 4:32:18pm |
177 | Racer X Wed, May 5, 2010 4:33:34pm |
178 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 4:33:58pm |
179 | ShaunP Wed, May 5, 2010 4:34:40pm |
re: #167 Racer X
Yikes!
I would have no idea of the difference between a $50 bottle and a $1000 bottle.
The only time that I have ever had a bottle of $1,000 wine, it tasted like shit. Viva la $12 table wine!
180 | darthstar Wed, May 5, 2010 4:34:51pm |
181 | Four More Tears Wed, May 5, 2010 4:35:51pm |
I hate writing resumes. I suck at it. No, I'm really bad at it. I feel like tearing my hair out right now.
182 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 4:36:02pm |
183 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 4:36:08pm |
re: #179 ShaunP
The only time that I have ever had a bottle of $1,000 wine, it tasted like shit. Viva la $12 table wine!
if I had Bill Gates money I wouldn't pay that for a bottle of wine just on GP.
184 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 4:36:43pm |
re: #181 JasonA
I hate writing resumes. I suck at it. No, I'm really bad at it. I feel like tearing my hair out right now.
My friend said he'd redo mine. He works in HR. That was a year ago.
185 | Bagua Wed, May 5, 2010 4:37:02pm |
re: #167 Racer X
Yikes!
I would have no idea of the difference between a $50 bottle and a $1000 bottle.
You'd be surprised, you really can taste the difference. The Bordeaux I had was the smoothest I can ever remember. There really was a big difference and I'm no connoisseur.
In the Picasso restaurant in the Bellagio I had a couple bottles of the cheapest wine on their menu, about $300 a bottle as I recall, it was splendid and my European guests all claimed it was the best they ever had.
186 | Racer X Wed, May 5, 2010 4:37:05pm |
re: #181 JasonA
I hate writing resumes. I suck at it. No, I'm really bad at it. I feel like tearing my hair out right now.
Lots of resources on line.
The product is JasonA - sell it!
187 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 4:37:13pm |
re: #181 JasonA
I hate writing resumes. I suck at it. No, I'm really bad at it. I feel like tearing my hair out right now.
hire someone?
188 | Four More Tears Wed, May 5, 2010 4:37:20pm |
re: #184 Cannadian Club Akbar
My friend said he'd redo mine. He works in HR. That was a year ago.
Wow. You must have a lot of experience! :D
189 | Decatur Deb Wed, May 5, 2010 4:37:50pm |
re: #179 ShaunP
The only time that I have ever had a bottle of $1,000 wine, it tasted like shit. Viva la $12 table wine!
Best I ever had cost 80 cents/litre.*
*airfare 1500.00 not included.
190 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 4:38:13pm |
re: #185 Bagua
Check out a 1976 Jordan Cabernet.
191 | compound idaho Wed, May 5, 2010 4:38:20pm |
re: #181 JasonA
I hate writing resumes. I suck at it. No, I'm really bad at it. I feel like tearing my hair out right now.
Just remember; good people are always in short supply.
192 | Kragar Wed, May 5, 2010 4:38:49pm |
re: #152 Shiplord Kirel
Yikes!
Extreme model kits
German Super Heavy 80cm Railway Gun DoraThat's a lot more reasonable, especially with the nifty trailer included. Still, you'd need a lot of space to create a 1/12 scale burned out city to go with it.
I can beat that:
IMPERIAL FORTRESS WALLS - £650.00
193 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 4:38:52pm |
194 | A Man for all Seasons Wed, May 5, 2010 4:39:23pm |
re: #165 Racer X
Hiya Hoops!
Was it just me, or did Kobe look totally blase about the game last night? Dude wasn't even sweating down the stretch with the game on the line.
I don't think Kobe needs to play hard to beat the Jazz...Jazz have no length inside..Just pass the ball into the paint.. jeez 6'8 and 6'9 against twin 7 footers? The jazz are dead meat..It's like when the varsity plays the JV inside. Kobe is resting while they sweep the jazz...
/I would be the happiest man in the world if the Lakers Lost
195 | ShaunP Wed, May 5, 2010 4:39:49pm |
re: #181 JasonA
I hate writing resumes. I suck at it. No, I'm really bad at it. I feel like tearing my hair out right now.
The trick is the action verbs and quantify everything you can. "Trained # new employees", "Wrote # annual reports", "Managed a staff of #", "Oversaw growth of #%", etc. Every line should start like that and you should be fine. Current responsibilities should be in present tense...
196 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 4:41:09pm |
re: #195 ShaunP
When I was young, I trained not only employees but soon to be managers. I should include that?
197 | Four More Tears Wed, May 5, 2010 4:41:16pm |
re: #195 ShaunP
The trick is the action verbs and quantify everything you can. "Trained # new employees", "Wrote # annual reports", "Managed a staff of #", "Oversaw growth of #%", etc. Every line should start like that and you should be fine. Current responsibilities should be in present tense...
Okay, I can definitely do more of that.
199 | Decatur Deb Wed, May 5, 2010 4:43:07pm |
re: #195 ShaunP
The trick is the action verbs and quantify everything you can. "Trained # new employees", "Wrote # annual reports", "Managed a staff of #", "Oversaw growth of #%", etc. Every line should start like that and you should be fine. Current responsibilities should be in present tense...
Be sure to explain how the last boss was a cabron.
200 | darthstar Wed, May 5, 2010 4:43:27pm |
re: #181 JasonA
I hate writing resumes. I suck at it. No, I'm really bad at it. I feel like tearing my hair out right now.
I've been reading resumes for six weeks now...had a couple of really crappy ones...one guy couldn't even write a complete sentence for each company he worked for...three years at a job, and all you can muster is seven or eight words saying, "Performed some basic duties as an engineer."? No, that guy didn't get a phone call, and when the recruiter asked me why, I said, "Because he can't take the time to fill out a resume."
201 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 4:43:54pm |
re: #199 Decatur Deb
Be sure to explain how the last boss was a cabron.
Don't be an asshole. What does that actually mean?
///
203 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 4:44:26pm |
re: #197 JasonA
Okay, I can definitely do more of that.
here is a link to a Google page that has a bunch of resume support stuff...
[Link: www.google.com...]
204 | Decatur Deb Wed, May 5, 2010 4:44:34pm |
re: #201 Cannadian Club Akbar
Don't be an asshole. What does that actually mean?
///
[Link: www.languagerealm.com...]
205 | reine.de.tout Wed, May 5, 2010 4:44:41pm |
re: #200 darthstar
I've been reading resumes for six weeks now...had a couple of really crappy ones...one guy couldn't even write a complete sentence for each company he worked for...three years at a job, and all you can muster is seven or eight words saying, "Performed some basic duties as an engineer."? No, that guy didn't get a phone call, and when the recruiter asked me why, I said, "Because he can't take the time to fill out a resume."
People forget that their resume or application is the FIRST interview they have with a company, and it had better make a good impression.
206 | ShaunP Wed, May 5, 2010 4:45:05pm |
re: #196 Cannadian Club Akbar
When I was young, I trained not only employees but soon to be managers. I should include that?
I would absolutely include that...
207 | reine.de.tout Wed, May 5, 2010 4:45:31pm |
re: #196 Cannadian Club Akbar
When I was young, I trained not only employees but soon to be managers. I should include that?
Absolutely!
209 | A Man for all Seasons Wed, May 5, 2010 4:45:49pm |
re: #179 ShaunP
The only time that I have ever had a bottle of $1,000 wine, it tasted like shit. Viva la $12 table wine!
Years ago I was at a party at Twin Peaks in SF of this really rich dude..a 3 story house over looking the city...So I'm with these guys at 4am smoking cigars when the host walked in and we started drinking these really expensive bottles of Dom and smoking cuban cigars..I'll never forget the sun coming up and we were just drinking Dom and puffing on cigars...I'm thinking it doesn't get any better..That may have been my favorite party..
210 | Jeff In Ohio Wed, May 5, 2010 4:45:52pm |
"Dan Fanelli...Keeping America Safe" from the dark complexioned males who have hair.
I dunno, the guy kind looks like the Italian-American nose guard from my HS football team.
Fix it.
211 | reine.de.tout Wed, May 5, 2010 4:46:06pm |
212 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 4:46:12pm |
213 | Kragar Wed, May 5, 2010 4:46:28pm |
re: #205 reine.de.tout
People forget that their resume or application is the FIRST interview they have with a company, and it had better make a good impression.
So make sure to mention your tight, toned buttocks and your 8" of uncut man meat, because some potential employers are looking for that in luggage handlers.
214 | Jeff In Ohio Wed, May 5, 2010 4:46:46pm |
re: #208 brookly red
what did I just miss?
Me putting inappropriate words in the mouth of Dan Fanelli.
215 | reine.de.tout Wed, May 5, 2010 4:46:59pm |
re: #213 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
So make sure to mention your tight, toned buttocks and your 8" of uncut man meat, because some potential employers are looking for that in luggage handlers.
heheheh.
I got my luggage handler all picked out.
216 | ShaunP Wed, May 5, 2010 4:47:30pm |
re: #213 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
So make sure to mention your tight, toned buttocks and your 8" of uncut man meat, because some potential employers are looking for that in luggage handlers.
LMAO.
217 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 4:47:39pm |
218 | Racer X Wed, May 5, 2010 4:48:20pm |
re: #194 HoosierHoops
I don't think Kobe needs to play hard to beat the Jazz...Jazz have no length inside..Just pass the ball into the paint.. jeez 6'8 and 6'9 against twin 7 footers? The jazz are dead meat..It's like when the varsity plays the JV inside. Kobe is resting while they sweep the jazz...
/I would be the happiest man in the world if the Lakers Lost
The TNT guys were saying how outmatched the Jazz are, and how the Lakers destroyed them, but they were within 4 points late in the 4th. I got a little scared there.
And I would love to see Cavs / Lakers but it don't look likely.
219 | Bagua Wed, May 5, 2010 4:48:27pm |
re: #214 Jeff In Ohio
Me putting inappropriate words in the mouth of Dan Fanelli.
I thought the guy on the left looked more suspicious.
220 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 4:48:41pm |
re: #215 reine.de.tout
heheheh.
I got my luggage handler all picked out.
Why is it men get to handle the luggage and women only have to handle the package?
/
221 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 4:48:53pm |
re: #213 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
So make sure to mention your tight, toned buttocks and your 8" of uncut man meat, because some potential employers are looking for that in luggage handlers.
client service, is client service...
222 | Kragar Wed, May 5, 2010 4:50:21pm |
re: #219 Bagua
I thought the guy on the left looked more suspicious.
As my deleted reply stated, if you happened to consider the old guy who showed up at the Holocaust Museum with a rifle a terrorist, then the first guy does fit the bill.
223 | A Man for all Seasons Wed, May 5, 2010 4:50:54pm |
re: #218 Racer X
The TNT guys were saying how outmatched the Jazz are, and how the Lakers destroyed them, but they were within 4 points late in the 4th. I got a little scared there.
And I would love to see Cavs / Lakers but it don't look likely.
Oh..I think Lakers/Cavs is likely...
I wish TNT would pay Sir Charles to go on-air drunk every night.. That's entertainment!
224 | Kragar Wed, May 5, 2010 4:51:03pm |
225 | Decatur Deb Wed, May 5, 2010 4:51:16pm |
re: #219 Bagua
I look like the old white guy, and both my ethnic lines have produced recent terrorist organizations.
226 | Racer X Wed, May 5, 2010 4:51:28pm |
re: #213 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
So make sure to mention your tight, toned buttocks and your 8" of uncut man meat, because some potential employers are looking for that in luggage handlers.
I have no response to this.
227 | Jeff In Ohio Wed, May 5, 2010 4:52:25pm |
re: #225 Decatur Deb
I look like the old white guy, and both my ethnic lines have produced recent terrorist organizations.
They all look like they are selling used cars.
228 | Kragar Wed, May 5, 2010 4:53:16pm |
re: #227 Jeff In Ohio
They all look like they are selling used cars.
To be fair, the old guy looks more like Orville Redenbacher.
229 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 4:53:37pm |
re: #227 Jeff In Ohio
They all look like they are selling used cars.
So, wadda I hafta do to get you inta this cupcake?
/
230 | Kragar Wed, May 5, 2010 4:53:52pm |
232 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 4:54:14pm |
re: #224 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Customer satisfaction is job 1!
I really do hate it though when they want me to find "something to do" for their kids...
233 | Decatur Deb Wed, May 5, 2010 4:54:25pm |
re: #228 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
To be fair, the old guy looks more like Orville Redenbacher.
If you confine popcorn in a pressure cooker, and use firecrackers and gas to get it real hot....
234 | Racer X Wed, May 5, 2010 4:55:04pm |
Everybody straighten up and look smart.
DF is here!
235 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 4:55:18pm |
re: #232 brookly red
I really do hate it though when they want me to find "something to do" for their kids...
Tell 'em to wash your car.
236 | Obdicut Wed, May 5, 2010 4:55:37pm |
237 | compound idaho Wed, May 5, 2010 4:55:44pm |
American Legion baseball try outs tonight. That is whats right with America. Got to go! Son is looking for the catcher spot. :)
239 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 4:56:34pm |
240 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 4:57:02pm |
re: #237 compound idaho
American Legion baseball try outs tonight. That is whats right with America. Got to go! Son is looking for the catcher spot. :)
So people here don't like baseball. I do. Ding.
/good luck to the son.
241 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 4:58:07pm |
243 | Bagua Wed, May 5, 2010 5:00:37pm |
244 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 5:01:33pm |
245 | Dark_Falcon Wed, May 5, 2010 5:03:05pm |
re: #234 Racer X
Everybody straighten up and look smart.
DF is here!
Thanks. My interview today took me far afield, then I met a friend for lunch. When I got home, I needed to spend some time doing record keeping. Took me a while before I could plunge into the glory that is LGF.
246 | ShaunP Wed, May 5, 2010 5:03:24pm |
OT:
I had the best mexican food I've ever had for lunch today. Chicken enchiladas in mole with rice and refried beans at a new place my buddy showed me. Delicious, not too filling and total for both of us was less than $15. Awesome. Happy Cinco de Mayo everyone...
247 | Dark_Falcon Wed, May 5, 2010 5:03:42pm |
re: #244 brookly red
leaking brains, expensive booze & resume angst...
Talk to me about the resume. I may have some ideas.
248 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 5:03:54pm |
re: #244 brookly red
leaking brains, expensive booze & resume angst...
And Ben & Jerry's chocolate fudge brownie ice cream.
249 | Killgore Trout Wed, May 5, 2010 5:04:12pm |
250 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 5:04:55pm |
251 | Killgore Trout Wed, May 5, 2010 5:05:52pm |
This guy was not bright.....
Landlord Let Faisal Shahzad Into His Apartment After Times Square Suspect Left House Keys In SUV Bomb
252 | Racer X Wed, May 5, 2010 5:05:53pm |
re: #246 ShaunP
OT:
I had the best mexican food I've ever had for lunch today. Chicken enchiladas in mole with rice and refried beans at a new place my buddy showed me. Delicious, not too filling and total for both of us was less than $15. Awesome. Happy Cinco de Mayo everyone...
La Fogata on Van Nuys Blvd?
253 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 5:06:30pm |
re: #247 Dark_Falcon
Talk to me about the resume. I may have some ideas.
thank you. mine is fine... but perhaps others will have need
254 | wrenchwench Wed, May 5, 2010 5:07:26pm |
re: #246 ShaunP
OT:
I had the best mexican food I've ever had for lunch today. Chicken enchiladas in mole with rice and refried beans at a new place my buddy showed me. Delicious, not too filling and total for both of us was less than $15. Awesome. Happy Cinco de Mayo everyone...
255 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 5:07:43pm |
re: #246 ShaunP
OT:
I had the best mexican food I've ever had for lunch today. Chicken enchiladas in mole with rice and refried beans at a new place my buddy showed me. Delicious, not too filling and total for both of us was less than $15. Awesome. Happy Cinco de Mayo everyone...
Had Mexican Monday. Hate mole sauce. To sweet.
256 | ShaunP Wed, May 5, 2010 5:08:29pm |
257 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 5:09:21pm |
re: #251 Killgore Trout
This guy was not bright...
Landlord Let Faisal Shahzad Into His Apartment After Times Square Suspect Left House Keys In SUV Bomb
I saw a pretty good piece today that was suggesting that he was intending to be a suicide bomber but lost his nerve... of course there is no way to know.
258 | ShaunP Wed, May 5, 2010 5:09:22pm |
re: #252 Racer X
La Fogata on Van Nuys Blvd?
Pompano beach, FL
Somehow I think yours is better, but I haven't eaten there, so mine still counts...
:D
259 | Dark_Falcon Wed, May 5, 2010 5:10:03pm |
260 | Dark_Falcon Wed, May 5, 2010 5:10:55pm |
re: #257 brookly red
I saw a pretty good piece today that was suggesting that he was intending to be a suicide bomber but lost his nerve... of course there is no way to know.
Well, I'm glad he's still alive, and singing to the FBI.
261 | Killgore Trout Wed, May 5, 2010 5:11:02pm |
re: #257 brookly red
I saw a pretty good piece today that was suggesting that he was intending to be a suicide bomber but lost his nerve... of course there is no way to know.
I saw that speculation as well. It's possible but I suspect he was in financial trouble and decided to flee the country with a bang.
263 | Macha Wed, May 5, 2010 5:11:27pm |
re: #255 Cannadian Club Akbar
Had Mexican Monday. Hate mole sauce. To sweet.
Hi all,
It is an acquired taste. Like avocados. Yikes, I forgot it was Cinco de Mayo until now.
264 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 5:12:09pm |
re: #259 Dark_Falcon
Why do you say that?
I thought it was long winded, but peeps said I need to add stuff. I guess I could remove some.
266 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 5:12:40pm |
267 | William Barnett-Lewis Wed, May 5, 2010 5:12:53pm |
re: #247 Dark_Falcon
Talk to me about the resume. I may have some ideas.
Eh, mine is hideous. Fortunately being aartsy-fartsy stay-at-home dad when not doing Census temp work, well, it doesn't much matter :)
Hope the interview went well, DF.
William
268 | Jeff In Ohio Wed, May 5, 2010 5:13:40pm |
re: #229 Cannadian Club Akbar
So, wadda I hafta do to get you inta this cupcake?
/
Speaking of, I was cruising home in the minivan with a full compliment of Catholic school tweeners (drama club, oh yeah, drama is right) and I saw one of these in a soft top, red
Image: sprintage%20mercedes%20280sl_1567.jpg
And I thought...hmm. Mrs. Jeff In Ohio is in Africa....I wonder if I sold my motorcycles that I can't ride for another 8 years, could I...should I....oh my, I shouldn't...should I?
269 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 5:14:15pm |
Give a couple of cans of food to your postal carrier Saturday, BTW.
270 | Dark_Falcon Wed, May 5, 2010 5:14:28pm |
re: #264 Cannadian Club Akbar
I thought it was long winded, but peeps said I need to add stuff. I guess I could remove some.
What is your career field?
272 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 5:16:11pm |
re: #270 Dark_Falcon
What is your career field?
Mainly restaurants. Switched careers in '05. Had to go back.
273 | Jeff In Ohio Wed, May 5, 2010 5:16:32pm |
re: #271 Cannadian Club Akbar
What year?1975-ish?
Looked late 70's early 80's from the lines, but I'm guessing. I think I might stop in tomorrow and take it for a ride. It's at a local wrench shop.
274 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 5:16:35pm |
re: #268 Jeff In Ohio
Speaking of, I was cruising home in the minivan with a full compliment of Catholic school tweeners (drama club, oh yeah, drama is right) and I saw one of these in a soft top, red
Image: sprintage%20mercedes%20280sl_1567.jpg
And I thought...hmm. Mrs. Jeff In Ohio is in Africa...I wonder if I sold my motorcycles that I can't ride for another 8 years, could I...should I...oh my, I shouldn't...should I?
go for it.
275 | Dark_Falcon Wed, May 5, 2010 5:17:18pm |
re: #272 Cannadian Club Akbar
Mainly restaurants. Switched careers in '05. Had to go back.
Are there some stand-out accomplishments you can highlight?
276 | Bagua Wed, May 5, 2010 5:17:51pm |
277 | Killgore Trout Wed, May 5, 2010 5:18:17pm |
re: #266 brookly red
re: #261 Killgore Trout
well seems he didn't have much of an escape plan, so I am thinking that may have been an after though...
I think the guys was just stupid. He built a crappy bomb, didn't even use the right fertilizer. Locked his keys in the car. wasn't scheduled to leave until 2 days after the bombing. I think he was just an idiot.
278 | A Man for all Seasons Wed, May 5, 2010 5:19:08pm |
279 | Jeff In Ohio Wed, May 5, 2010 5:20:11pm |
re: #274 brookly red
I'd be giving up something that looks exactly like this - 1970 BMW R75
Image: bmw_1970_r75-5_750cc.jpg
And something that looks a lot like this, but blue, 1966 Honda Dream 305
Image: Ken_Fisher_Honda_305_Dream_068_cropped_op_800x512.jpg
280 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 5:20:33pm |
re: #275 Dark_Falcon
Are there some stand-out accomplishments you can highlight?
I do. I was part of a 6 member team that wrote a training manual (management) for Brinker International. (Chili's concept) But I have also elevated independent restaurants to a point where owners opened more locations.
281 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 5:20:43pm |
re: #277 Killgore Trout
I think the guys was just stupid. He built a crappy bomb, didn't even use the right fertilizer. Locked his keys in the car. wasn't scheduled to leave until 2 days after the bombing. I think he was just an idiot.
yes he was sharp as a marble, just the kind that are recruited for "martyrdom"
282 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 5:21:52pm |
re: #279 Jeff In Ohio
I'd be giving up something that looks exactly like this - 1970 BMW R75
Image: bmw_1970_r75-5_750cc.jpg
And something that looks a lot like this, but blue, 1966 Honda Dream 305
Image: Ken_Fisher_Honda_305_Dream_068_cropped_op_800x512. jpg
that you say you can't use anyway?
283 | Dark_Falcon Wed, May 5, 2010 5:23:15pm |
re: #280 Cannadian Club Akbar
I do. I was part of a 6 member team that wrote a training manual (management) for Brinker International. (Chili's concept) But I have also elevated independent restaurants to a point where owners opened more locations.
Build your resume around those accomplishments and the positions in which you achieved them. Don't get into too many details, but do make clear how much you increased sales and how you wrote the training manual. I'm not an expert, but that I know to be good practice.
285 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 5:25:49pm |
re: #283 Dark_Falcon
Build your resume around those accomplishments and the positions in which you achieved them. Don't get into too many details, but do make clear how much you increased sales and how you wrote the training manual. I'm not an expert, but that I know to be good practice.
I guess I could be less "wordy". If they know what they are looking at in regards to a resume I shouldn't need to explain the little stuff. Cool. That was an actual "click" in my head.
286 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 5:26:20pm |
287 | Stanghazi Wed, May 5, 2010 5:28:33pm |
re: #268 Jeff In Ohio
Impulse buys are so much fun. Go for it.
288 | Racer X Wed, May 5, 2010 5:29:58pm |
289 | Dark_Falcon Wed, May 5, 2010 5:31:39pm |
re: #285 Cannadian Club Akbar
I guess I could be less "wordy". If they know what they are looking at in regards to a resume I shouldn't need to explain the little stuff. Cool. That was an actual "click" in my head.
Good catch. The thing to remember is that resumes are skimmed first to see what stands out and only if something does are they read. Make sure your (outstanding in my eyes) accomplishments are highlighted and you'll improve your chances.
Full Disclosure: This information was provided to me by the Illinois Department of Employment Security. I'm just building off of what they taught me.
290 | Stanghazi Wed, May 5, 2010 5:41:16pm |
OK, you are talking resume's right?
Is it in response to Faisal Shahzad's that was posted on Talking Points Memo? Or just a coincidence? Sorry if I missed the post.
291 | Stanghazi Wed, May 5, 2010 5:42:23pm |
re: #290 Stanley Sea
OK, you are talking resume's right?
Is it in response to Faisal Shahzad's that was posted on Talking Points Memo? Or just a coincidence? Sorry if I missed the post.
Elizabeth Arden!!
292 | WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Wed, May 5, 2010 5:49:19pm |
re: #268 Jeff In Ohio
Speaking of, I was cruising home in the minivan with a full compliment of Catholic school tweeners (drama club, oh yeah, drama is right) and I saw one of these in a soft top, red
Image: sprintage%20mercedes%20280sl_1567.jpg
And I thought...hmm. Mrs. Jeff In Ohio is in Africa...I wonder if I sold my motorcycles that I can't ride for another 8 years, could I...should I...oh my, I shouldn't...should I?
tasty!
293 | Decatur Deb Wed, May 5, 2010 5:54:25pm |
re: #279 Jeff In Ohio
I'd be giving up something that looks exactly like this - 1970 BMW R75
Image: bmw_1970_r75-5_750cc.jpg
And something that looks a lot like this, but blue, 1966 Honda Dream 305
Image: Ken_Fisher_Honda_305_Dream_068_cropped_op_800x512. jpg
Looks like you got my old Dream (CL77). The BMW looks right for "Zen abd the Art". Screw the cage, keep the bikes. (Gotta get my '81 Yamaha thumper going again.)
294 | Our Precious Bodily Fluids Wed, May 5, 2010 6:06:34pm |
Somewhat reminiscent of Jarratt Moody's Pulp Fiction typography animation.
295 | Bagua Wed, May 5, 2010 6:16:59pm |
296 | pete(detroit) Wed, May 5, 2010 8:47:30pm |
Had already given up 'live' TV and was taping everything by the time of the Janet Jackson "Wardrobe Malfunction" Super(thing) event... due to a taping malfunction (SP vs EP, or some such) I even missed THAT.
Then, the local station that had the shows I actually WANTED to watch also had basketball, baseball, AND hockey contracts that spring. Even the 'make up' broadcasts were not the same days / times two weeks in a row... so I turned the damned thing off, and have 'watched' it maybe 10 hours (mostly Olympics) since.
Have a digital converter, have not hooked it up.
Have not missed it.
297 | UncleSam Wed, May 5, 2010 9:14:38pm |
I'd comment on the video, but I was too busy watching TV to actually view it.