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In reply to Step Aside, New Yorkers, The President Is In Town

You mean GM truck in Cadillac duds.

"Looks like a fish, moves like a fish, steers like a cow" - From The Restaurant at the End of the Universe Reply

pres
09/28/09

In reply to 1964 Pontiac Grand Prix

Oh my, I want/need this vehicle. Reply

robots199
09/28/09

In reply to Cycling PSA Gets the Point Across With a Little Lego Ultraviolence

That was pretty good, not as good as the txting while driving psa though.

Back to the reality of this, it is doing a pretty good job by alerting cyclists that they may die if they run a red light Reply

Coup d’état
09/28/09

In reply to Yes, It Hurts When Women Accidentally Get Hit "Down There"

Shopping one day, I jumped up to try and grab a sweater of a second story high up rack and my crotch landed right over the upturned metal edge of the rack underneath it. I cried and hobbled into the fitting rooms and sat down on the floor rocking back and forth for a while. It's not a pain I like to remember and I haven't experienced anything like it since. Reply

Adam Duritz
08/30/09

In reply to Tom Brady's Throwing Shoulder Will Be Fine, Says Source Within Lying-Ass Organization

Does anyone else feel like they are looking at a Chubbs Peterson hand in that pseudosexual picture? Reply

firstofnormalin
08/30/09

In reply to Great Masterpieces of Anti-Television Storytelling

Ellison is also noted for being the voice of Sparky the Computer on B5, as well as a short (no pun intended, HE) bit as a psiCop. Reply

the_red_sage
08/30/09

In reply to Is PS3 Slim Slower than PS3 Phat?

No start up logo for the slim? odd. Reply

ShotgunGorilla
08/15/09

In reply to Lionhead's World History Update: Lincoln's Face

could it be a time travel game? Reply

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(zombie) buddhathing
08/15/09

@ShotgunGorilla: Bill & Ted reboot? Yes!! Reply

paulmer hates electric cars
08/15/09

In reply to Pistol-Packin' Ice Cream Men and Big Sausages: BS Inspection At The Buttonwillow Histrionics!

Is anyone doing a webcam of the race this time with chat? I hope so! Reply

pony_express
08/15/09

In reply to Why Was Michael Phelps Cruising Around In Baltimore's Tranny-Hooker District?

Um, please explain how this qualifies as even lowly gossip? Everyday I drive through the tranny hooker part of my town on my way to work- as do all the other cars on the road going somewhere, derr. Reply

Liberace
08/15/09

In reply to Beer Tosser Confronts Those He's Wronged; Next, Victorino's Fist

he should get banned for life. something to tell his grandchildren. and steve bartman should also get blamed/stalked for this, too. Reply

andBegorrah
08/15/09

In reply to The Residual Effects Of Back To School Shopping

My mother let me dress myself starting very early, which was a truly cruel thing to do as I had (have) a rather distorted view of how to copy what I thought was fashionable and approximate the look on our budget. I happily - well, anxiously - wore those itchy white tights with the little raised blacks hearts or leaves or lace patterns for years; I saved up for months to buy the shoes that were both ugly and a week away from going completely, screamingly out of style; I tried to grunge up my denim-patterned leggings by putting holes in the knees of and attempting to fray the spandax edges. Yeah.

But the most depressing moment of back-to-school dressing was starting parochial school and realizing that there was still in fact a "right" and a "wrong" way to wear the uniforms, that even in that sea of polyester plaid and pete pan collars, kids still had ways to signal their wealth and coolness, and that I'd never figure it out. Reply

gangey
08/15/09

@andBegorrah: Oh wow, besides the parochial school bit, this was the story of my life from age 10-22 or so. It took me a really long time to develop my own style. Reply

TheFormerJuneBronson
08/15/09

@andBegorrah: Oh, yes. Uniforms meant to forestall that sort of thing only completely intensified the competition. Suddenly it mattered what kind of watch you wore, what kind of shoes you had, how you did your hair, what kind of jewelry, and could you wear makeup perfectly enough to get away with it? We always knew who the rich kids were. Always. And gym clothes! That was the window into that person's non-uniform wardrobe, and God help you if you didn't have the Umbros, the Tretorns, the T-shirt from just the right college (Dartmouth was big). Layered socks were also huge. This was in the mid-to-late 80's. Reply

andBegorrah
08/15/09

@gangey: I'm still working on it; at least now my mother isn't here collecting photographic evidence. That's the part that really stings - there are almost no pictures that aren't deeply mortifying. There's something to be said for that, of course, good stories and all that, but oh lord they're bad.

@TheFormerJuneBronson: The wealthier (and skinnier) girls would would non-regulation polo shirts from GapKids. No idea why. Because they could? Reply

gangey
08/15/09

@andBegorrah: The photos are the worst! Not only was I all gangly toothpick legs and enormous blunt-cut bangs, I had zits and braces. You'd think that would be enough mortification, but on top of that I had to pile on really bad clothes. But, in my defense, I was doing the best I could.

Also, the mortification was an excellent character-builder, just like Mom said it would be. Reply

gangey
08/15/09

@andBegorrah: Oh, and I meant to also add... when I said I had "developed my style" above, I really meant "I finally stopped trying to have a 'style' at all and accepted the fact that jeans and t-shirts are about all I can manage to do without messing it up." Though I'm soon to start a new job as a teacher, and I'm afraid I'll be going through another sartorially awkward stage while I figure out how to dress for it. Reply

Callinectes
08/15/09

@TheFormerJuneBronson: I read "Umbros" and "Tretorns" and got chills immediately. And not in a good way, but in a post-traumatic ohmygod remember when I never had the right clothes and everyone else was cooler than I was and I was regularly shunned and mocked way. Ugh. I really enjoy being a grown up. Reply

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DangerMouse
08/15/09

@gangey: Ann Taylor Loft. I think they even have a teacher discount. You'll look just like all the other teachers, which is kind of a good thing in that environment. Reply

willwriteforfood
08/15/09

@Callinectes: Tretorns were responsible for the inferiority complex I had all through ninth grade. Reply

TheFormerJuneBronson
08/15/09

@Callinectes: The fact that I still remember the brands at all is such a function of having been that age in that time and place. Then I got to public junior high for 9th grade and everyone had Benetton rugby shirts. I could never afford one. I still have Benetton sweaters from those days. Obtained a year or two after Benetton was out, of course. Reply

Everything MidnightBikeRide does is a balloon.
08/15/09

@andBegorrah: I attended both Catholic and public schools, and the Catholic-school fashion competition was sooo much more intense. It wasn't just that all the cool girls somehow found girly/fitted polo shirts while I was stuck with the baggy boys' ones-- I remember being terribly ashamed of my BELT and my SOCKS. Reply

Everything MidnightBikeRide does is a balloon.
08/15/09

@Everything MidnightBikeRide does is a balloon.: And do you remember dress-down days? Everyone else had this whole second, non-uniform wardrobe that they could show off one day a month, and I didn't. My parents thought it was a waste of money to buy me clothes I couldn't even wear to school, so I just wore my school clothes all the time-- on weekends, in the summer, etc. In middle school I had this one lame striped turtleneck that I would sometimes wear, until I realized it was even less cool that the regulation shirt. Reply

TheUptightMidwesterner
08/15/09

In reply to The Residual Effects Of Back To School Shopping

2 words that created a lifetime of hating all shopping?

Wrangler Corduroys Reply

suddenvalley
08/15/09

@TheUptightMidwesterner:

Oooh. How about Pastel Floral Overalls? Reply

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hortense
08/15/09

@suddenvalley: Or those itchy tights with the little hearts on them? Reply

galaxina
08/15/09

@TheUptightMidwesterner: Oh dear lord. Not even Wranglers for me -- whatever off-brand that could be found that were NOT Levi's. I so wanted Levi's but couldn't have them until I saved up my babysitting money and bought them for myself! Reply

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killershrew
08/15/09

@TheUptightMidwesterner: My husband, reading this over my shoulder, yelled "Sears Toughskins!" Apparently you hit a nerve. Reply

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spamanda
08/15/09

@TheUptightMidwesterner: Oh man those were SOOO itchy! I also had a pair of hand-me-downs from my mother's friend's SON, and they were patched on the inside of the pants, so every time I wore them I wanted to scratch myself silly. Reply

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EsmereldaFitzmonster
07/28/09

In reply to Critics Have Mixed Feelings About More To Love, Overweight Women

Salon's the only one who said anything close to what I was thinking. And porkers, WaPo, REALLY??

I might watch it tonight, but only so I can see the madness for myself. Reply

Komrade Kayce
06/08/09

In reply to A Career In Overlordry

I'm pretty pumped for this game, and I only really have one request for the whole game. They don't have to add anything else (even though I see they have) but this, and I will be perfect as punch.

A GODDAMN MAP. Reply

ThursdayNext
06/08/09

@Komrade Kayce - Soviet Attack Dog: So very true.

"Appreciator of Voluptous Assets!" Reply

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