Heh. I was sick of being an IT contractor once, and so I gave notice to go somewhere else. The company wanted to hang on to me, and decided to make me an offer. We started negotiating salary via email. At one point (this was in Lotus Notes 6.x, mind you) I somehow managed to include my entire team of soon-to-be colleagues via cc. This was completely unintentional. Fortunately the Notes administrator next door was able to pull the mails out of most of the in-boxes, but some inevitably got through. Wasn't I red in the face!
If this has been addressed already, pardon moi. There are too many pages to sift through. Is it just me or did Al Sharpton totally dis Joe Jackson not once but twice at the end of his speech, avoiding his handshake when he first walked down from the podium, and then again as the family seated itself whilst the good Rev made another pass by all of them. I could have sworn that as he passed papa Joe he did not even look at him and behaved as if he were invisible. Can anyone validate?
Jimini-Shit! Look at all that shampoo and conditioner.
David Letterman needs to embrace that first rule and REALLY never 'splain the joke --only with full understanding that this INCLUDES never explaining to a television audience ABOUT the rule that you never 'splain the joke --especially when you are in the midst of rationalizing out an apoilogy that never should have been made.
Dave, ya shoulda kept yer mouth shut. The last thing we need is more Palin sympathy in this country. I only hope that this is the end of it, and that you move on to Drew's tits or something.
Sorry ... search the NYr site for "The 'Ic' Factor"
by Hendrik Hertzberg August 7, 2006. I was unable to post the link directly into my above comment. They cite Gingrich as the newest popularizer of the usage. I cite Limbaugh because he amplified the shit out of it from the EIB building, using talent on loan from GAWD.
by Hendrik Hertzberg August 7, 2006. I was unable to post the link directly into my above comment. They cite Gingrich as the newest popularizer of the usage. I cite Limbaugh because he amplified the shit out of it from the EIB building, using talent on loan from GAWD.
Umm, small(?) correction sir. It should be "...regular DemocratIC president". Use of "Democrat Party" over the true and correct "Democratic Party", is somewhat contemptuous when used by "Republics". This incorrect usage has emerged from time to time over many years. It was re-popularized a few years back by Rush Limbaugh, and then quickly embraced by his crowd, up to and including the usurper shrub President.
Some background for those interested: [www.newyorker.com]
Harkening back to some earlier comments on this thread (that I'm only just reading this am), especially those "whinging" over Gawker's decision to revisit all this stuff, I'd say the following: I'm no apologist for this site, but would Gawker still be Gawker if it didn't rub some segment of its readership the wrong way every once in a while? Having said that, I do agree with many that the whole thing is not newsworthy. But damned if it didn't unleash some hilarious and thoughtful responses here. Do carry on, Gawker. Thanks for tuning in.
@Tremonius: Regarding your "Second" paragraph, Tre, I'm with you all the way on that shit. We smell our own, man.
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@DocSeuss: Was it the star-bellied or the plain-bellied sneech?
er ... sorry about using "sick" twice in one sentence, (and the second one incorrect usage anyway) ... Doesn't this board offer opportunities to edit, like over on High-Street? Sheesh.@Horsey:
Horse-shit, all of it. Plain and simple. Green and alfalfa-laced, slightly moist and fecund. I am so sick of this nonsense. Kick that bitch to the curb, sick Rosie on the Donster again, and let's get back to the real issues, like Brangelina, Kiefer's head-butt and marmish Brit transsexuals who sing like birds.
(brr!). Well that tears it. I just cancelled my reservations this summer at the Ocean Resort Inn. Wait. Or is it the Ocean Beach Resort Inn? No, no. It's the Ocean Inn. Ahh, shit, hang on. Nope, it's the Ocean Inn. Or was it, umm, aww, fuck it. They're all owned by the same motherfucker in New Delhi these days anyway. And don't drink the water, and that stupid fucking "White's Department Store" is way over priced. Montauk sucks these days -- ever try to actually drive there?
Odd how the picture above exaggerates the size of the chicken bucket but "skinnies down" Her Worship. Methinks Sir Ham's being a trifle kind to the she-beast after all. Me? I am sitting here munching on a big mess o' Chicken McNuggets right now. I never forgave the Holy Bitch after that whole Franzen/Corrections thing -- but that's just me. There, I said it.
Oh, ah, 'scuse me. Just another UltraLib chiming in from Commie-Pinkoland (although admittedly I'm having trouble negotiating the keyboard whilst these old love beads keep swaying to the Dead and getting in the way). Now, before I have to go stir my organic vegetarian chili and unwrap the tofu, let me just say two things. 1.) YEAH WE FUCKING KICKED THEIR ASS! 2.) redecredico, you're kind f an ass, huh? Er, sorry, I mean to say walking-talking anachronism. Peace.
Ok predictions, people?
(MCLAUGHLIN GROUP-style, please: yes or no)
EXIT POLL: Will the fucking thing be renewed or not?
(Hint: Shradhashan's post got me thinking. This whole thing is a T4 advertising scheme to roust interest from the TSCC folk. FOX has no intention of pulling the plug on this thing. There, I said it.)
@alphanumeric1971: Ok thanks. Can't bear it. Just found out it's a Joss product (how out of the loop am I?). I won't watch. I want to remember Joss fondly for Firefly/Serenity. Ah well....
Hey, someone recently told me Dollhouse kind sucks. Any truth to that? I just don't have time to add any more shows to my plate --that is, unless you guys disagree with my friend....
@seraosha: You know, when I saw Derek check out I had a brief recollection of ST TNG's Tasha Yar and how she "caught a cab" in that "The Talking Blob" episode, or whatever. At the time, I recall, some folks were lamenting the abruptness and senselessness of the death whilst critics applauded its ballsy innovation. You know: actually offing a main character in mid-season like that, we-he-he-ll...it just ain't done fer-chist-sakes!
Looking back, the Yar "experiment" seems embarrassingly amateurish compared to Reese's offing. When I think of that tear-jerk precious "byeee!" to Wesley and Data via some holodeck recording that was shamelessly prescient to the needs of that particular episode's denouement, well, I mean, barf city, ok? Full five-fingers down throat salute.
But it also made me weep a tear of joy at how far good science fiction plotting (er, and "storying") have come. Of course, I immediately and quite manfully knuckled that tear away.... Umm....
