Useless Conversation

[Lantyssa]

That's the way Dad did it.  That's the way America does it.  And it's worked out pretty well so far.

[Johny Cee]

That's the way Dad did it.  That's the way America does it.  And it's worked out pretty well so far.

It's as old as Rome:

"We shall next examine whether the city or the country produces the best and most capable soldiers. No one, I imagine, can doubt that the peasants are the most fit to carry arms for they from their infancy have been exposed to all kinds of weather and have been brought up to the hardest labor. They are able to endure the greatest heat of the sun, are unacquainted with the use of baths, and are strangers to the other luxuries of life. They are simple, content with little, inured to all kinds of fatigue, and prepared in some measure for a military life by their continual employment in their country-work, in handling the spade, digging trenches and carrying burdens."

- Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De Re Militari

[Azaroth]

"Plus, those blacks have pretty good aim already."

[Salamok]

Yes because a sense of entitlement all by itself should be enough to give us such a wonderful place to live.  After all why would we want to celebrate people getting off their ass and doing something to enforce their world view other than just pissing and moaning about it.  It is far more classy to worship the dude in a red suit as we over indulge in consumerism and greed.

Yeah, because blowing shit up until the birds start singing, with no regard for your neighbors (or the environment - thanks for leaving all that toxic waste in my street), is all you have to do to prove your dedication to our fine country. Heck, you don't even need to vote, or stay off meth, or finish high school! God-fearing folks blowing shit up is how freedom happens!

Don't lay all the evils of your white trash neighbors at my feet or on our nations holiday.  Just thank god you don't live in Austin or you would be throwing New Years Eve, Memorial Day & Veterans Day into the white trash bin as well (fireworks apparently aren't just for the 4th anymore).

[Endie]

The liberal middle classes are mad for the proletariat in theory.  It's just having to actually encounter them that turns out to be so tiresome for the poor poppets.

[Lantyssa]

It's as old as Rome:

Fireworks:

[Johny Cee]

It's as old as Rome:

Fireworks:

Oh, I caught your reference....  I just couldn't control my instincts towards esoteric  pedantry.

[voodoolily]

Don't lay all the evils of your white trash neighbors at my feet or on our nations holiday.  Just thank god you don't live in Austin or you would be throwing New Years Eve, Memorial Day & Veterans Day into the white trash bin as well (fireworks apparently aren't just for the 4th anymore).

The rest of the holidays don't take place at a time of year when I have all my windows open to hear (and smell) the revelry. I like fireworks just as much as the next person - hell, our City's festival has two special nights of them - just not past 12am. Loving your country also means obeying its laws (both noise and fireworks ordinances).

[Oban]

I watched the movie Twilight last night, and today I feel like less of a man.

[Yegolev]

I celebrated the birth of my nation by being in another one.

[Sky]

On the 4th I volunteered to work in a kitchen dishing out meals to some old folks.

[voodoolily]

On the 4th I sat around the house in my draws playing Majora's Mask and drinking fruit smoothies.

[Nerf]

On the 4th I showed up to a pool party and watched a drunken smoking hot 20 year phillipino chick in a bikini chase after a 16 year old boy who was apparently afraid of the poon.  Highlight of the night:  Her trying to beat him off in the hottub when his aunt walked up. Good times.

[FatuousTwat]

I went to the Estacada 4th thing, and it sucked. Instead of music during fireworks, we got to listen to someone tune instruments and say check about 10000 times.

[IainC]

So I'm off to Freedomland for three weeks from tomorrow. Mostly I'll be in Colorado Springs but I have four nights at the Venetian in Las Vegas booked next week. Should be fun, I've been to Las Vegas a few times before but this is the first time I've stayed on the strip.

[Yegolev]

Vegas in July, good choice.

[Vash]

It's a "dry" heat though.   

[Sky]

The proper rejoinder to "But it's a dry heat" is "So is an oven."

[Ookii]

So I'm off to Freedomland for three weeks from tomorrow. Mostly I'll be in Colorado Springs but I have four nights at the Venetian in Las Vegas booked next week. Should be fun, I've been to Las Vegas a few times before but this is the first time I've stayed on the strip.

I'll be in Vegas, at the Venetian, the 17th and the 18th!  We should hookup if you're there.   

And Evo will be going on in the Rio!   

[Yegolev]

Man date!  Someone call Fatty Roman and Little Jacob!

[IainC]

So I'm off to Freedomland for three weeks from tomorrow. Mostly I'll be in Colorado Springs but I have four nights at the Venetian in Las Vegas booked next week. Should be fun, I've been to Las Vegas a few times before but this is the first time I've stayed on the strip.

I'll be in Vegas, at the Venetian, the 17th and the 18th!  We should hookup if you're there.   

And Evo will be going on in the Rio!

We'll miss you by a day as we ship out on the 16th.

[Yegolev]

Today's word: abend

[schild]

Today's word: abend

Tomorrow's word: astraight

[Yegolev]

 

EDIT: Can tomorrow's word be "transfer"?  Used in a sentence: "Please transfer the Age of Conan guild to Rattran."

[schild]

EDIT: Can tomorrow's word be "transfer"?  Used in a sentence: "Please transfer the Age of Conan guild to Rattran."

Kiyah. Yea, I can probably do that. No one has even told me to log in at any certain time.

[Yegolev]

No one has even told me to log in at any certain time.

Among other reasons, I don't even know what time I will get home from work most days.

I almost referred someone to godaddy for a domain name but later retracted.

[Yegolev]

Bob Dylan: The Asparagus of Music

[Cyrrex]

Asparagus is tasty when dipped in Bearnaise sauce.  I wonder what sort of sauce would make Bob Dylan tasty.

[Signe]

I love asparagus, especially on the grill.  We should all go to VDL's cooking thread and discuss asparagus.

[voodoolily]

Asparagus is tasty when dipped in Bearnaise sauce.  I wonder what sort of sauce would make Bob Dylan tasty.

Barbecue sauce.

[Ookii]

So I'm off to Freedomland for three weeks from tomorrow. Mostly I'll be in Colorado Springs but I have four nights at the Venetian in Las Vegas booked next week. Should be fun, I've been to Las Vegas a few times before but this is the first time I've stayed on the strip.

I'll be in Vegas, at the Venetian, the 17th and the 18th!  We should hookup if you're there.   

And Evo will be going on in the Rio!

We'll miss you by a day as we ship out on the 16th.

Oh well.

Hey, anyone in the UK want to buy me the current issue if i-D magazine?

[schild]

Hey, anyone in the UK want to buy me the current issue if i-D magazine?

Topless Lilly Allen pictures are seriously unimpressive.

[Oban]

Hey, anyone in the UK want to buy me the current issue if i-D magazine?

Sure, here you go. 

NSFW

[Ookii]

I am strangely suspicious some of you don't live in the UK.

[stu]

Today, I fixed a sandwich made of onion rings, breaded chicken and mozzarella sticks on a French roll with marinara and some green leaf lettuce for crunch. Good times.