Um, Chicago. Thank you very much. My dream is to meet a girl that I can sincerely sing every cheesy Chicago love song to. My favorite by them is 'Just You N' Me'.
- Morgan Haley
At the Trader Joe's parking lot, I saw two spots right up front reserved for 'electric or low-emissions cars' only. I think they were even closer than the handicapped spots. I want to replace the signs with 'For smug douchebags only'.
Yeah, it's the guilt-ridden, white, middle class, self-absorbed, elitist douchebags who think that they deserve special treatment because of which car they bought that I have issue with. The cars themselves? THEY AIGHT.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Do you really hate those people more than your average white middle-class douchebag who believes they need the largest SUV ever made just to get their kids to soccer practice?
- Phil G
If condescension was a commodity, I could mine this post and get rich.
- Glen Mistletoe
Of course, I guess it's not condescending if we really *are* better than the other folks.
- Glen Mistletoe
Uncle Akiva, tell us the story about the Critical Mass cyclists.
- Christopher Harley
Seems to me that it's Trader Joe's who is rewarding these people for being environmentally conscious.. do you think there was a grand petition by these "jerks" to get those parking spaces?
- Lindsay
Phil, that's a completely different kind of irritation.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Glen, I'm actually being complimentary. I think those guys are BETTER douchebags than us.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Lindsay, in Seattle? I wouldn't be surprised. Bellevue's passed a city ordinance a couple of years ago forcing parking lots to have wider spaces for their SUVs. Besides, why can't they walk like the rest of us? It's not like their driving a hybrid has somehow made their leg muscles atrophy. To make it even more irritating, this is in a parking garage so it's not like they're being protected from the elements.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Akiva is going to start a petition at the Babies R Us to make it so the pregnant ladies have to park at the BACK of the parking lot instead of in the front row, because it'll make the baby stronger, etc. (wait, didn't we already have this conversation...?).
- Rochelle
In that case, shouldn't the dorks wearing Star Trek shirts get the spots closest to the comic store? Or maybe I should get to park closest to Gary's because I'm a hardcore board gamer. Discrimination is discrimination even if you feel self-righteous about it. Trader Joe's: YOUZE A DOUCHE ENABLAH.
- Akiva Moskovitz
If their cars run so "green" they should be able to park further away
- VAL D. Zone
Well, to counteract their "green" cars, I sat in my car in the Trader Joe's parking garage yesterday, with the engine running, for about 20 minutes while Akiva went and got burgers for us from The Counter. Take THAT.
- Rochelle
Yes, the dorks wearing Star Trek shirts should get the spots closest to the comic book store. So should dweebs wearing Jedi robes, Gothic Lolitas, and Steampunks. ;-)
- Michael R. Bernstein
Is it OK for me to have a beef, then, with the "Expectant moms only" spaces at big-box and grocery stores? I didn't ask them to get preggo. Or did I miss that conversation?
- rowlikeagirl
Uploading the first batch of final project stuff, only 2 more batches to go. Taking forever. I thought I was close to finished with my actual final test projects but realized that I was missing a sheet of instructions so I am going to have to redo a bunch. :(
Left at 12:30 to go get a CT, then drove to pick up papers for blood work, then to school, then to urologist again, then to x-rays, then to pharmacy, finally home, now going to see a movie. long day
Every statement is in some sense true, in some sense false, in some sense meaningless, in some sense true and false, in some sense true and meaningless, in some sense false and meaningless and in some sense true, false, and meaningless.
- Internet's Tad
Yeah I got bored, plus I was working on homework :)
- Andrizzle Gizzle
When you think about it, the evil in Middle Earth is called "Sauron" and the white wizard is called "Saruman"... I mean really. It sounds too much like "Sauron's Man" IMO.
- Phil G
The Ralph Bakshi animated version of LotR (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...) changed Saruman's name to "Aruman" (spottily), possibly to avoid confusion with Sauron -- but then it gets close to "Aragorn."
- Stephen Mack
See, even if we fall asleep over and over again on the couch watching TV, defending our command of the remote control, they just keep coming back for more.
- Josh Haley
Anyone who spends like an hour trying to compare Robocop and the Crow is the most awesome.
- Andrizzle Gizzle
14. Both have the leading crime boss of Detroit as their enemies
- Rob Haas
Right on #13 -- although in one case the sidekick is what, 13?
- Phil G
The hench guys in both of them are like totally insane
- Andrizzle Gizzle
True. And each posse is what, 4 crazy guys with their own distinct personalities. The Crow also has the sister/lover character.
- Phil G
I saw the crow and don't remember the bad guys at all, so what up with #5? I must be trippin
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
You don't remember the bad guys from The Crow? Eric spends half the movie killing them off in the way they killed other people -- Knives, Drugs, Fire, Defenestration.
- Phil G
It's worth watching. :) Oh, and that's another point...
- Phil G
15. Both movies had really terrible sequels.
- Phil G
For 10, I'm not so sure that the 6000 SUX counts as a muscle car.
- Andy Bakun
True, the Ford Thunderbird with supercharger in The Crow is WAY more suited to the title of "muscle car" than the 6000SUX. But I think the latter car exemplifies how OCP did everything in that world -- Big and crappy.
- Phil G
"By 2034, 44.1 million Americans will be living with diabetes -- nearly twice the current number of 23.7 million, according to the report, published in the December issue of the journal Diabetes Care. About 90 percent of those with diabetes have type 2, a version of the condition that develops over time. Accounting for inflation, the direct medical cost of treating them will rise from $113 billion annually to $336 billion, the report says."
- Phil G
from Bookmarklet
I know! :( :( I wish there was more white meat
- Andrizzle Gizzle
I've learned to love dark meat over the years, it typically is more tender because it is fattier, and therefore doesn't dry out like white meat can.
- Sumotuwe