link = click. i’m tired.

I just shorted out my electricity with my space heater and hot pot.

:(

oh no! please don’t freeze!

i need new glasses. i think i might like a pair of those half-rimless buddy holly glasses. or plastic on top, metal on bottom

I guess mine are thin on top and rimless on the bottom. They’re Chesterfield brand and they have a ridiculous snakeskin-ish pattern on the inside of the earpieces where no one can see, just to taunt me.

Grrr. The IT department here is infuriating. They’re PC people. They’re PC zealots, more like. They think that Microsoft is just simply amazing, and if asked to fix anything on a Mac, they get angry and frustrated. They do not know how to use Macs at all. Which is fine with them, since the narrative they have collectively created is that Mac people are pretentious little children who use Fisher Price computers. It’s so weird. I didn’t know that PC zealots were still out there in force, at least not ones who go around thinking that OS X is a piece-of-crap operating system.

IT dudes who “think that Microsoft is just simply amazing” == n00b l@m3rz LOLOLOLOL

Seriously, *nix or go home.

the glasses i bought most recently have a style guide on their website. i clicked on ‘petite face woman’ and found the glasses i got.

http://www.bevelspecs.com/

I mean, I know a LOT of sysadmin/developer/whathaveyou types, and I could count the ones who have anything good to say about Windows/Microsoft on like one finger.

ps jaymc what was the song?

“Next Time Around”

john, i’m pretty sure i put the della reese version of ‘the lady is a tramp’ on your mix tape or whatever.

You’re probably right. It doesn’t sound much like Ella, now that I think about it. I just realized that you didn’t give me a track list, so I had to make up the tags in iTunes when I imported it.

Who sings the version of “Girl From Ipanema” that’s on there?

i have never known any sysadmins or IT people who have ever had anything but a serious loathing for microsoft.

cluster-sharing on microsoft in 99/2000 had me thinking kaczynski-like thoughts.

couldn’t tell ya, lil’ j.

Excel is pretty sweet, though. That is pretty much the best Microsoft product ever.

Ooh, Kels, I like Bevel frames! I had my eye on a pair for a while but optician didn’t carry ’em and I couldn’t deal with the paperwork of going elsewhere.

Ev: Plastic on top, metal on the bottom, and tiny mother-of-pearl inlay on the temples.

That song is verboten.

i have been extremely happy with mine. they were stupid expensive, but the titanium has held up beautifully. they have yet to get bent.

What, Jordan? “Girl From Ipanema”? It’s a pretty sweet tune, if a bit played out. I’m trying to remember if I know “The Look of Love.”

I just listened to the Dusty Springfield “L of L” and it’s luverly.

...which has inspired me to move onto the rest of the Bacharach 3-disc set.

“What do you get when you kiss a guy? You get another chance to catch pneumonia / and when you do, he’ll never phone ya.”

Yeah, GFI. It’s probably the most requested and least played song at all jazz jam sessions/gigs. Well, it does get played, but only under duress.

I just listened to the Justin Guarini “Look of Love” on YouTube — and yeah of course I know it.

the Bacharach 3-disc set.

What’s this? Rhino’s The Look of Love: The Burt Bacharach Collection? I just found that on Amazon.

Yes, it’s really pleasant. Lots of Dusty, lots of Dionne, DeShannon, deloveliness.

is he the hot american idol dude who disappeared?

is he the hot american idol dude who disappeared?

Yup, it was the first “Look of Love” performance that came up on YouTube — that is, after ABC’s “The Look of Love,” which isn’t the same song.

oh. he’s kinda hot.

Laurel, you pick ’em out, i’ll wear ’em

Are we done talking about male promiscuity?

Will there be a TT this week?

What’s this? Rhino’s The Look of Love: The Burt Bacharach Collection?

my ex wicker park ladyfriend’s idol was burt bacharach. great music for wintertime afternoon fun. no double entendre intended there, just fun.

we will never be done talking about male promiscuity — it is a BIOLOGICAL FACT

Wouldn’t that be a reason to be done discussing it?

people talk about the weather all the time

I can’t pick them out, you loon, you have to try glasses on.

http://www.eyeglassboy.com/New_mens_Eyeglasses_frames_Shuron_Combo_ronsurs.html

http://www.eyeglassboy.com/Vintage_Mens_Frames_Eyeglasses_Diplomat-II_32.html

Will there be a TT this week?

We seem to have some interest. I tried to spark conversation on it yesterday, but with limited success. I’m in, for what it’s worth.

I want to see if I understand correctly. Was the argument against the stereotype of males as more promiscuous than women that it is 1) inaccurate, 2) (possibly) accurate but too touchy a subject to discuss in very general terms (ie, validating the stereotype when the proper discussion is to talk about individuals) or 3) something else entirely.

holy crap, i just got a slightly smaller than scale photograph of myself in my gmail. it scared the fuck out of me when i opened it.

xpost, i’ll be up for TT if i have any $$$ left.

Yeah, I’m in for TT as well, I suspect.

I’m in!

Also, I found a good Christmas present for myself:

i like the first ones better evan.

i’m pretty sure i’ve got pics of my dad wearing those exact same specs

thanks for the link, btw! just what i’ve been looking for

i think i found something for myself as well:

I should be able to make a TT. I just dont’ feel like drinking. Maybe that’ll pass, but right now alcohol sounds meh as hell.

Probably better selection here but images aren’t all online:

http://www.eyeglasseswarehouse.com/50-60-glasses.html

http://www.allynscura.com/mensvintage_index.htm

http://www.retrospecs.co.uk/catalogue/default.asp?b_id=131&s_id=2&c_id=1

for those of you who a) know the game & b) care about my choice:

i have disowned my previous ‘barf or bone’ . . . i am finally willing to admit that he is total barf, as they say.

count me out of a but, sadly, into b.

wait, what? barf or bone?

Is that kind of like F/M/K?

i care, i care,

i really don’t care

what the fuck is f/m/k?

sounds like a leftist student organization from the ’60s.

why isn’t it friday night yet?

barf or bone is a game invented by my good friend, Brooke.

The deal is that you have to choose a person who you find both attractive and yet disgusting. Were they to enter the room, you don’t know whether you would “barf or bone.”

My B or B was Carrot Top. No hassles, please.

oh, and speaking of friday night. ronnys. bands, swine, good times.

The deal is that you have to choose a person who you find both attractive and yet disgusting.

HI DERE.

other barf or bone highlights have included:

Martha Stewart

Eminem

Britney Spears

Andre the Giant

F/M/K = Fuck/Marry/Kill — 3 names are given, and you pick which goes with which act according to your little heart’s desire.

CARROT TOP??!?!?

dude wears makeup fulltime. also, loves coke!

AND DIALING DOWN THE CENTER *wink*

(i don’t know what that means.)

Oh, Kelsey, Carottop — that is truly, truly...gross. I know you said no hatering but...!?!?@2/?2/2/

yeah, hate full blast

I KNOW!!!!!!!!

The point is: He is off the list!!! I have thrown him out with the garbage!

barf/bone

michelle malkin?

nah.

C’mon dude, go for the full Coulter

On the other hand, Carrot Top is a GREAT barf or bone b/c he is so full-on BARF to so many. That’s kinda the point . . . choosing someone that is ‘bone’ to so very few.

who’s that?

I know what Kelsey meant about Carrot Top! He has a great body, but he is really gross otherwise. It’s confusing.

THANK YOU!!!!

er, xpost.

barf on the coulter.

My new b or b is Howie Mandel, for what it’s worth.

I think the effect of the confusion resulting from a Barf or Bone would be an overriding BARF that supercedes any possible Bone.

if b or b is burn or bludgeon i’ll take either.

Most of the cast of Miami Ink. Now, that might seem like an obvious “bone” cop-out but listen to those guys talk/argue/breathe sometime and ask yourself: SRSLY, do I want to deal with this in the morning? Or ever? The barf possiblities come slowly to light.

barf on the coulter.

Well, he said Malkin, I’m just taking it to the next level.

i don’t know who malkin is. i keep picturing leonard maltin, in which case barf. unless he’s wearing one of his patented turtlenecks... hmmmm. no, still barf.

i’ll bet judy barr topinka’s a real tiger in the sack.

I would’ve thought that Carrot Top’s iron-pumpin’ bod would be the thing that would’ve finally tipped him over to BARF.

Kelsey started a thread about this on Ye Olde ILX.

I fucking hate people who do weird random shit like make weird grimacing faces for no reason or who smack their mouths during conversation. There is a guy next to me at Argoo Tea on the phone who *SSSSUCKS* in through his teeth at certain pauses. Fuck people like that. Especially when he is talking about really boring case files.

hahahahahahahahhaha still laffin at carrot top “he is a very sensual man” hahahaha. glad you’ve chnaged your mind.

i am in for tt but i have to do this other thing first so instead of being early i will be late. byebye for tonite.

xp — i’ll bet judy barr topinka’s a real tiger in the sack.
— otto midnight (effyouto...)

PEEING PANTS

i’ll bet judy barr topinka’s a real tiger in the sack.

Well, there’s all the birth control I’m going to need for a while.

seriously, i’ll bet thirty years ago, with a belly full of bourbon, she was probably a cyclone between the sheets.

Fuck/Marry/Kill is pretty fun on road trips. Half the fun is just coming up with interesting trios. For instance, when I’ve played it with C4n4st4, we’ve done trios like “Chicago sound guys.”

did i say that? on the internet, no less?!

teach me f/m/k. do you have to personally name all three or do people give you options & you have to make choices?

what’choo talkin’ bout willis?

you can do photos now, otto?

One person picks three people, it can be anyone. Sometimes the three can be tangentially related to make it more interesting. Then you go around and each person picks who’d they’d F, M, and K, and states their reasons why.

just not this one vowel-challenged photo sharing site.

xpost.

Howard Stern does it on his show all the time, which is actually how I discovered the game.

Can we play Fuck, Marry, or Disregard instead?

Destroy?

can we please play this game at tt?!??

pleasepleaseplease i am entertained.

how about Court, Woo, or Make Eyes At, can’t we all agree on that? Wally? Beav? Eddie? huh fellas? how ’bout you Lumpy?

Don’t forget Make Time or Go Steady!

My barf/bones: Bob Sagget and John Goodman. Except I don’t feel very barfy about either of them.

I think the reason why the acronym GSO bothers me is that I think you guys are talking about a symphony orchestra at first.

Then I would abbreviate GSOSO.

Sagget!

Maybe a game that’s all about people we hate. Ann Coulter: Wound, Kill, or Kill and Then Desecrate the Body?

Is it ’cause he’s secretly a perv? Or rather, secretly a normal dude?

xpost And if the latter, in what way, exactly?

This could be a dark, dark road trip.

and here i was thinking that kenan was so sweet for suggesting ‘disregard’ b/c he didn’t want to play a game where people got killed.