So this image in my head of the Friar on a stool under a single spotlight, tuxedo tie undone, double shot in one hand and the mic in the other crooning "set 'em up Joe" pleases me probably more than it should.
And right at the end, he lights a cig, takes a long drag, and let's it out slow as the spotlight fades to black. Tell me you wouldn't pay to see it.
- MoTO #TeamMonique
He sings, "Mack the Knife" and all of a sudden Stephen Mack is in the next spotlight *sorry, I promoted myself to general director of your head images*
- Janet:#TeamMonique
oh uh, the Frair just tossed the tie and his tux jacket on the stage and started undoing shirt buttons. I think the bartender should have cut him off after that first double.
- Greg GuitarBuster
I'm gonna have interesting dreams tonight now ;-)
- Heleninstitches
He's now singing "Suspicious Minds" in the cabaret of my mind
- Pete #TeamMonique
In the smoky venue, LB, Helen and I are in strapless ball gowns singing back-up vocals and snapping our fingers to the beat.
- Janet:#TeamMonique
Please don't bring up that whole licking nipples on the beach thing again. I'm sure someone will go and dredge it up out of the FF archives if we talk about it too much. :(
- DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE
*can't stop imagining the Friar doing a short Soundgarden medley for an encore*
- Joe Silence
And now...special guest joining the stage with the Friar...Pat Boone!
- Bubba was a rollin stone
Wayne Newton in my scenario. Accompanied by Joe Silence.
- MoTO #TeamMonique
Wayne doesn't have the theological chops to share the stage with Senor Friar.
- Bubba was a rollin stone
well neither does Pat. but in Vegas Cool Mode, Wayne is part of the pantheon.
- MoTO #TeamMonique
Oh. Vegas Cool Mode is in alpha right now with a release date of 2015. Guess I'm not one of the cool kids to have that one yet.
- Bubba was a rollin stone
Love Frank! We had a local man doing a spot on lounge act of Frank. I actually think talent agents found him and he may be in Vegas. When I first heard his voice I thought the restaurant was playing a CD - it was a one man gig live!!
- Janet:#TeamMonique
That seems not awesome. Stay at pro (if you have it,) no file size upgrades. Ditch Pro, lose your stats and unlimited storage, and get ads. Pay twice as much as pro, ditch the ads, but don't regain anything else from pro.
- Jennifer Dittrich
Existing pro accounts still get ads. For double the price you can get the ad-free experience. Now I'm understanding the option to downgrade to free, you're being encouraged to go that route.
- Stephan Planken
from iPhone
Hmm, that doesn't seem right. I don't think existing Pro accounts will see ads.
- Stephan Planken
Professional cover designs are one thing that traditional publishing has over self-publishing. Except when you can get a design that professional (that *is* a compliment) in a self-published book. Congratulations!
- Walt Crawford
Walt, I am touched by your compliment, after I have been a jerk to you too often. Thank you. That said, Laura supplied the photo of the couch, I chose a classic typeface and sampled colors from the photograph. So I'm happy with how it turned out, but it's more a matter of listening to what the author wanted.
- Steele Lawman
OMG You mean Steele Lawman is actually Steve Lawson! I take it all.... Nah. A good book cover, especially a good uncluttered one, is great and not always easy to do. This one's good in a number of subtle ways. I try to respect those who have talents I lack, and really good cover design is one of those.
- Walt Crawford
Good thing I can read. No one tells me anything! Here I was admiring the cover, never knowing the source of it! Wow.
- Mama Lawson
I uses to make baked beans with bacon on top. It's been a while, bit now I want to, just so I can weave a bacon lattice.
- Betsy #TeamMonique
from FFHound(roid)!
Today I'm taking a bus ride with a reporter who's living in and writing about East Oakland for the Tribune. He's not from here & wants to learn about Oakland as it was, how it's changed. I'm excited to be part of his project but I hope he doesn't want to take pictures of me :-)
Sounds like fun. He's in for a treat spending the day with Mandy.
- MoTO #TeamMonique
:-) our buddy George Kelly made the introduction, B. Honored he thought of me, but worried I won't be interesting, lol.
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
Oh thats a nice story line there.. I just spent 15min on the entry "Felix the Cat" !!
- Peter Dawson
Felix Mitchell has become Oakland's version of a Stagolee-type outlaw hero (I was a teenager but I thought his funeral was a shameful spectacle. Most Oaklanders feel the same way). He spread money around the hood, yeah, but he was a lowlife crook.
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
It was fun, just a bus ride chatting about Oakland with a nice guy & a photog taking pictures. I don't know what he's gonna get out of my ramblings, but it should be published I think tomorrow, so we shall see :-)
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
Give George my best, Mandy. Not having any luck with the article on my Nook. Will check tumblr in a bit.
- MoTO #TeamMonique
from Android
I hate the way I look on the videos, all that fat isn't on my face when I look in the mirror.
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
“I like the evolution,” she said, “I get nostalgia for the way things used to be — I’d go into that Rexall and my mom would buy me a coloring book if I was good — but change is good, too.” And this ladies and gentlemen is one of the reasons I love Mandy so.
- MoTO #TeamMonique
Ha, he didn't include what I said about the Rexall now being a Mexican grocery with bins of nopales outside - which led to my "change is good" comment :-)
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
the article came out lovely. so cool of you to share yourself like that. cheers!
- t-ra: not givin up
Given the vast distances in space, I think real space battles will actually be more boring than Star Trek space battles. Real lasers lose a lot of power the farther they go, so missiles will probably still be the way to go, but watching missiles lazily chase their targets in space will be hella boring.
As far as space battle aesthetics go, I actually prefer the Macross/Robotech/every space-based anime look over the Star Wars look, even if missiles can't really make contrails in vacuum.
- Victor Ganata
I'm surprised no one has tried to come up with a technobabblish reason why future-tech missiles would actually have contrail-like projections. Like, maybe it's an artifact of traveling at relativistic speeds, or maybe it's all the positrons/kaons/tachyons they're emitting….
- Victor Ganata
Greg Bear has some interesting takes on space battles. He writes "hard" science fiction so the physics is more or less realistic.
- Kevin (aka ThreadKilla)
I heard the recent Transformers games are really awesome since they were made by true fans.
- Rodfather
from Android
"Ship AI: All right, I fired two missiles at the enemy shuttle. It should take approximately 2 hours and 7 minutes for them to impact. Should I put a movie on screen?"
- Victor Ganata
"Scanning Classic Films of the 21st century. ...... Selection made. Now playing: Battleship."
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
Lol. Yes, mommy has hypermesis and has been home for the past month with no end in sight. Other than the constant vomiting everyone is healthy.
- Mary Carmen
from iPhone
I just saw your pregnancy whine post and I think all of downtown Sac heard me say, "Wait, she's pregnant?" (scroll back scroll back scroll back, find announcement) Wow! Congrats to you and Scott.
- Corinne L
"WHY DID WE MAKE THIS? To be blunt: Science, technology, and education are important to us. But we live in a world where the little news we hear of schools, research, and the arts is when they're laying their heads on the chopping block. We live in a world where celebrity and "reality" entertainment is winning the war for our attention. Though this may just seem like it's playing off a funny trope, we do need superheroes in our world. Super men, women (and puppets), like those actualized by PBS, who inspire young generations to be scientists, teachers, and artists. But those heroes will not appear unless we create them."
- Joe Silence
from Bookmarklet
Damn reddits and yelpers being all oppressive and plotting against these two professional cake re-packagers! What has this world come to?! Nevermind, it appears as though the world has come to hilariousness on the internets.
- Ross Miller
While I'm fascinated by the spectacle I'm a little worried that this mash up of fairly inconsequential villains and bad grammar is what passes for entertainment these days. I know, I know, I too used giggle when J.J. yelled "DY-NO-MITE"! But, damn...
- MoTO #TeamMonique
I was only mildly entertained until I reached this gem, "I AM A GREAT CHEF, A GREAT WIFE, AND GREAT MOM TO MY KIDS. AND WE WILL BE PARENTS OF A HUMAN KID, ONE DAY TO." Then I was totally and completely entertained...
- Ross Miller
Good point. I still kind of wish it was all an Onion themed prank, though.
- MoTO #TeamMonique
I watched the Kitchen Nightmares on these two. Elena looked them up and one thing they didn't mention on the show was that she called 911 and hung up. The police came to find out what was going on while they were berating a customer. This was before Ramsey even showed up. You could see a producer plead with them to not get into a physical altercation.
- Eric - seven eleven
Ahhhhhaa. The comment that starts, "In the criminal justice system, Restaurant based hackings are considered especially heinous..." A must read.
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
The best part of this past weekend...aside from finally getting to meet Eivind IRL...was seeing my best friend truly, genuinely, beautifully happy. I am so thankful that her and Eivind found each other. They're two souls that were meant to be together, and it shows in every little way.
The greatest thing ever was meeting Eivind in SF right before he went to meet Kelli and just KNOWING that he was about to fall for her madly.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
It was a fabulous weekend; exactly what I needed! <3
- Kelli H.
from Android