Useless Conversation

[rattran]

Poor kids won't die if they don't get lots of expensive candy. My parents never shuttled me to rich neighborhoods for the good scores because we didn't have a car. I still had plenty of candy. Our costumes may have been handmade by my mom (with mixed results), but they were also always ruined by being forced to wear coats over them, just like everyone else's. We couldn't eat any candy until my mom inspected every piece in case there were razor blades buried inside. Poor kids get the same Halloween as middle and upper class kids, we just appreciate it more.

Last year some teens came to our door and I just commented, "are you kidding me? honey, your tits are bigger than mine." I think that was probably the last year that girl trick-or-treated. This year I'll probably be less nice about it (especially when those little fuckers don't even dress up).

Plus, aren't yours quite a bit bigger this year? I think the reason my rail-thin twin sisters both had two kids was for the boob boost.

[Khaldun]

Orkin is such a microcosm of the US service economy. Spend $$$$$ advertising, establish a brand that's everywhere, and hire people who can't even spell their own names but who've been trained to push expensive contracts. When you read Angie's List looking for pest control, the Orkin comments are in every locality always  .

[Rasix]

A large hawk just crashed into my living room window and left behind a nice eviscerated bird (looks like a wren of some sort).  He screetched,  got up, and perched on the wall for a bit before flying off.  Kind of freaky seeing a hawk fly right at you for a split second.  

We won't be having trick or treaters this year as we'll be in Phoenix at my sister's.  She bought our 4.5 month old boy a polar bear costume.  I wonder if he'll manage to stay in it long enough for pictures.

[Salamok]

A large hawk just crashed into my living room window and left behind a nice eviscerated bird (looks like a wren of some sort).  He screetched,  got up, and perched on the wall for a bit before flying off.  Kind of freaky seeing a hawk fly right at you for a split second.  

We won't be having trick or treaters this year as we'll be in Phoenix at my sister's.  She bought our 4.5 month old boy a polar bear costume.  I wonder if he'll manage to stay in it long enough for pictures.

Probably a little you to consider it any different than normal clothes.  We dressed my daughter up in a kangaroo costume at about a year old and she thought she was one of her stuffed animals, ran around hugging herself.

[Sky]

Kind of freaky seeing a hawk fly right at you for a split second.

Once I was climbing up a cliff face in the San Joaquins and was pulling myself onto a ledge where there was some varmint (I forget now what it was) that a hawk had backed up to the ledge I was just cresting. The hawk too off, but the moment seemed to loom for an hour as I  was less than a yard away from a savage beak + talons...hanging several hundred yards up on the side of a cliff with no safety gear. Fun times.

[voodoolily]

A large hawk just crashed into my living room window and left behind a nice eviscerated bird (looks like a wren of some sort).  He screetched,  got up, and perched on the wall for a bit before flying off.  Kind of freaky seeing a hawk fly right at you for a split second.  

Holy shit! That has to portend something. Something awesome or something epically bad.

Plus, aren't yours quite a bit bigger this year? I think the reason my rail-thin twin sisters both had two kids was for the boob boost.

They are, but now they're only as big as I think they should be for my frame, not pr0n big. I guess the real goods will arrive when my milk comes in.  

[Rasix]

A large hawk just crashed into my living room window and left behind a nice eviscerated bird (looks like a wren of some sort).  He screetched,  got up, and perched on the wall for a bit before flying off.  Kind of freaky seeing a hawk fly right at you for a split second.  

Holy shit! That has to portend something. Something awesome or something epically bad.

Epically bad happened a few weeks ago.  So, hopefully good! Double bad would be bad.

[voodoolily]

Old wives' tales tell of death following a bird entering the home through a window, but a raptor is too much face-melty goodness for that. It must be awesome.  

[WayAbvPar]

We won't be having trick or treaters this year as we'll be in Phoenix at my sister's.  She bought our 4.5 month old boy a polar bear costume.  I wonder if he'll manage to stay in it long enough for pictures.

He wasn't a big fan of the hood part, but he loved the rest of it 

[voodoolily]

AWWWWWWWWWWW! You dressed him as a baby furry!  

[Sir T]

Well I'm flying to Austin tomorrow morning. Hello USA!

[schild]

Well I'm flying to Austin tomorrow morning. Hello USA!

I hear Phildo has a couch.

[Signe]

You should go see Schild and give him a pinch.  I'm sure he'll invite you any minute.  And the other people in Austin.  I forget who they are.  

Of course he said something while I was typing this.  He's fast.

[JWIV]

AWWWWWWWWWWW! You dressed him as a baby furry!  

Laugh it up while you can!  

[Khaldun]

A large hawk just crashed into my living room window and left behind a nice eviscerated bird (looks like a wren of some sort).  He screetched,  got up, and perched on the wall for a bit before flying off.  Kind of freaky seeing a hawk fly right at you for a split second.  

We won't be having trick or treaters this year as we'll be in Phoenix at my sister's.  She bought our 4.5 month old boy a polar bear costume.  I wonder if he'll manage to stay in it long enough for pictures.

I went hiking in Connecticut once on a little-used trail in the Berkshires. A goshawk had built its nest near the trail. It started divebombing me repeatedly as I got nearer and nearer to the tree with the nest--it would pull up literally about a foot or less from my head. It turns out this is a common threat display with this particular species of hawk, but it was a seriously freaky thing. Almost amusing once I realized what was going on, though.

[Engels]

Old wives' tales tell of death following a bird entering the home through a window, but a raptor is too much face-melty goodness for that. It must be awesome.  

And it was reported on page 242, which is a palindrome!

[Sky]

And it was reported on page 242

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4oFcaVY8iQ

[Yegolev]

I saw a bird drop dead right in front of me, years ago.  I don't recall anything terribly bad happening.

Tomorrow morning I get to find out who I will or will not be working for.  Afternoon schedule is up in the air.

[Soln]

what's goin on in here?

[Sky]

I dunno, this conversation is for the birds.

[Infinitecorn]

[Selby]

I saw a bird drop dead right in front of me, years ago.  I don't recall anything terribly bad happening.

My dog attacked a crow that had landed in our yard and brought down the wrath of 1000 crows sitting in every tree in the area and on our roof, the neighbor's roof, etc.  Like a scene from The Birds, all of them sitting there, crowing and waiting for something.  The injured crow was fine, but I had to pick it up and carry it through the house to the front yard as my dog was very proud of her catch and wanted to play with it some more...  Not a happy bird, but it hopped away and the crows haven't been back.  Nothing bad happened that I can attribute to the birds...

[Infinitecorn]

ugh The Birds. that movie made me shit my pants as a kid. Favorite Hitchcock flick anyone? mines Rear Window

[Samwise]

You're on thin ice, friendo.

[lamaros]

Went as saw ear specalist. Damage is permenent yadda yadda.

Ear has been ringing for the last 4 days though. Fucking annoying like fuck. What fun life is.

[stray]

I have a weird font issue in Safari (but not FF)... Seemed to manifested after browsing facebook. I can't browse any sites.. they all have those "A" fonts everywhere. Help?

[edit] deleted screenshot. nvm.. issue solved.

[Sky]

Ear has been ringing for the last 4 days though. Fucking annoying like fuck. What fun life is.

Sorry to hear that. I've had tinnitus for over twenty years now.

A coworker just developed it this year and she's been complaining about it, I just have to chuckle. "It's tough to get to sleep, I always hear a ringing!" I don't know what silence is, I haven't heard silence since I was a kid. Though it's been so long I mostly don't notice it anymore, unless I think about it (like right now, it seems loud as hell because I'm discussing it).

Kids, wear ear protection at concerts and especially if you're a musician.

[voodoolily]

He wasn't a big fan of the hood part, but he loved the rest of it 

(Yes, Danny McBride is my FB friend.)

[Oban]

Walmart casket, for the home, why not.

[HaemishM]

   

[Cyrrex]

Well...maybe the average Walart shopper buries his next of kin in the back yard, ever think of that?

[IainC]

Well...maybe the average Walart shopper buries his next of kin in the back yard, ever think of that?

Your next of kin are the people who bury you normally.

[Brogarn]

Well...maybe the average Walart shopper buries his next of kin in the back yard, ever think of that?

Your next of kin are the people who bury you normally.

They do everything backwards in the "country".

[Cyrrex]

Yeah, I didn't mean it the way I wrote it, but...I think it still works this way.

[Yegolev]

Walmart casket, for the home, why not.

Hey, that's a good deal.

In other news, I will be an HP employee on January 1.  Also, Iain now knows who I am on FaceBook.