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This is pretty much better than a lyrics thread

Hot Hot Heat's definitely in that past-the-burnout-from-playing-it-over-and-over-at-first-but-probably-headed-for-the-bottom-of-the-stack-for-a-couple-years-after-this-playing zone. But it's hard to be sentimental when there's new Blonde Redhead in the burner

After reading about how Jack White is apparently enraged by the mere mention of them, I checked out the new Von Bondies. Survey says:

Who would Osama vote for?

Shouldn't this thread be in the climbing board? YOU DON'T NEED PITONS and ropes to climb Kilimanjaro. There are no sheer cliffs on the northwest ascent. But there aren't any amenities either, just six grueling days of dust, scarce water, outhouses, unheated huts, and the hovering threat of altitude sickness. But doing it with Martha Stewart softens the blows. Martha and I and another friend, Sharon Patrick, plus two guides and ten porters, were climbing Africa's highest mountain. The baggage included brush-on blush, 36 liters of bottled water, and other creature comforts. The wildflower collages and flambeed bananas were brainstorms of Martha, who espouses gracious living, even at 19,340 feet. link to Forbes article (but registration required)

No. Czech and Slovak were separate nations before they united as the federated Czech and Slovak Republics, later shortened in name to Czechoslovakia. After the November revolution, they simply formed their separate nations. They're about as hostile toward each other as the US and Canada, though their governments are prolly more similar. Talk to someone in their thirties from Cz, SR or Hungary and they'll tell you they're just tired of people strutting around with guns on them. A couple decades of totalitarianism enforced with lots of guns must have inspired some creative thinking.

Are you talking in the '90's? Are you fucking kidding? Why was our military over there then? Why was Sarejevo a smoking ruin in the years after the Olympics? Am I way off base here? I could be. Does ignorant count as off base? Czech and Slovakia are a couple countries away: The six-week period between November 17 and December 29, 1989, also known as the "Velvet Revolution" brought about the bloodless overthrow of the Czechoslovak communist regime. Almost immediately, rumors (which have never been proved) began to circulate that the impetus for the Velvet Revolution had come from a KGB provocateur sent by Gorbacev, who wanted reform rather than hardline communists in power. The theory goes that the popular demonstrations went farther than Gorbacev and the KGB had intended. In part because of this, the Czechs do not like the term "Velvet Revolution," preferring to call what happened "the November Events" (Listopadove udalosti) or - sometimes - just "November" (Listopad). full text In any case, Sarajevo went to hell because a couple groups decided they could use guns to "protect" their right to have more than another group. Jingoism plus guns amounted to a spirited attempt at genocide. You can add guns to just about any concept--high-minded or crude--and wind up with a mob of cowards that feel like nobody can or should interfere. Weapons don't make people assholes or criminals, but they can block our view, if you like, of our basic responsibilities. That said, I personally don't favor taking away the privilege of owning even handguns, because they're a good way to learn responsibility. We just ought to keep them out the the hands of folks inclined toward violent behavior.

The xeroxed quick and dirty guide is ok if you know a few routes at each area already. It's pretty much cracks are moderate, faces are hard, arretes are harder.

Depression sucks

or in Korean, umm, "poo."

I just liked how the movie looked. And how it had a more consistent and relaxed pace than anything else i saw last year. And how it really carried across the feeling of being in a city that seems totally familiar but totally incomprehensible. Hey, I guess I liked it too!

Moderating ain't the problem. The problem is most sprayers lack even a modicum of style.

I'll see you foos in the 107th Spray Division.

U.S. President George W. Bush, speaking about his Administration's job and growth plan Philadelphia, July 24, 2003, said "NEW GOVERNMENT CHECKS WILL BE ON THEIR WAY TO MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WITH CHILDREN JUST AS SOON AS I GET MY DICK OUT OF THIS WRINGER!" (Dick LaWaque/Speuters) Yooha's caption, not mine.

A sprayer's point will be made more clearly if care is taken to include multiple nested quotes before replying. The option to answer only with emoticons is best considered a matter of propriety.

Seems odd that Trask would stoop to using couriers, but it isn't confused ranting, so it's unlikely to be a GregW original. Looks like what high schoolers scribble late in the night after their first read of the Fountainhead.

Last time I was dying I believed I was tripping on shrooms.

No caption necessary.

Cut him some slack! He's been busy decompatmentalizing: PRESIDENT PROPOSES MARRIAGE AMENDMENT TO SATISFY AL-QAEDA “We are not infidels,” says a somber Bush. “We agree with you on so many issues.” With President Bush’s embrace yesterday of a marriage amendment, the compassionate conservative of 2000 has shown he is willing, if necessary, to make common cause with Osama bin Laden and fundamentalist mullahs throughout the Middle East. Al-Qaeda, which translates as “The Base,” despite three years of not attacking the US directly, has grown restless over Bush ignoring them and focusing too much on Saddam Hussein and John Kerry. At the same time, al-Qaeda is pleased that Bush has forwarded their agenda of destroying the United States, though Bush prefers “soft” methods such as financial mismanagement and murderously reckless environmental policy. So when gay marriages advanced in Massachusetts and San Francisco, Bush felt a need to respond to the cries of angry mullahs—even if it meant losing some swing voters he needs in November. “Ultimately, I don’t think he had any choice,” said Ayman al-Zahawiri, a religious conservative who some call “Bin Laden’s Brain.” “The president has never really shown an enthusiasm about the wars over the culture.” Al-Zahawiri added: “It would’ve been inconceivable that a president so associated with traditional values would have sat idly by while marriage was being redefined. He had to act.” full text and more

sumtimes i clime up sumtimes i clime down sumtimes i get stuck

my rumsfeld fighting technique is unstoppable

B-kheeruut re'yaaneyh laa kaaley tsuuraathaa khteepaathaa, ellaa Zaynaa Mqatlaanaa Trayaanaa laytaw! It may be uncompromising in its liberal use of graphic violence, but Lethal Weapon II it ain't. Da'ek teleyfoon methta'naanaak, pquud. Guudaapaw! Please turn off your mobile phone. It is blasphemous. Shbuuq shuukhaaraa deel. Man ethnaggad udamshaa? Sorry I'm late. Have I missed any scourging? Aamar naa laak dlaa yaada' naa haw gavraa. B-aynaa feelmaa hwaa? I tell you I do not know the man. What's he been in? and more

If I tell a human that his 4-corner head (nose, 2 ears and back corner) has only a 1-corner face, the dumb- ass will say to me - "prove it". He knows not that his face is a corner. and other weird shit.