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"yes my diagnosis of psycosis is a professional one" Snort. Sorry Jerome, but that is just too funny...;)— January 26, 2010 12:19 a.m.
Watch Your Butts
Here's the way I see it, Pete. You spend your days protesting as a disgruntled taxpayer against big government and its fraudulent waste of taxpayer monies. However, you yourself are not a taxpayer because you don't work, and you don't own property, so you don't pay property taxes. You won the largest sum you've ever had through a state lottery, but did not pay taxes on those funds, either. It seems to me that sharing an identity with another person, and paying just partial tax for one citizen on that identity constitutes not so much screwing the government as it does screwing the taxpayers who have to pay for that government--which, it seems, must be all the larger to seek out and prosecute fraud cases like yours. Meanwhile, the rest of us pay our taxes, and have paid into the system since we got our first jobs. Sure, you pay state sales tax on your everyday purchases, but that does not seem enough to justify your hobby of critiquing any use of taxpayer dollars. I can accept that from friends who are expats because they no longer live here, and have chosen to pay taxes in other countries. This is not the case with you, as you continue to benefit from living in this country, and from the equal protection under law that you would deny some others, it seems. Let me know if you think this is an unfair characterization.— January 26, 2010 12:07 a.m.
American Idol -- Vanilla Flavor
re: #42: Fun stuff, nan--haven't seen Craig Fergie, but thought the "wonderful life" and the Britney Spears were cute. Love the gator losing his wig halfway through ;)— January 25, 2010 11:07 p.m.
American Idol -- Vanilla Flavor
re: #28, 29: Ok, got new laptop--and speakers! Oh man, hats off to Fallon--thank you Duhbya and AG for these! You know, I believe that Neil Young impressions are among the easiest (even I can croon a facsimile that makes "the man" smile), but all the same, Fallon takes it! re: #37: Unfort, this "Pants on the Ground" thing was removed. What was the deal with this, again?— January 25, 2010 10:54 p.m.
Velvet Goldmine
Ah yes, the brooch (been a while since I've seen the film). But then, how does Curt Wild epitomize a modern day Wilde? He is not witty in the least--actually, the only one who seems to be articulate, early on in his career at least, is Brian Slade--and I extend this half-heartedly. We see no evidence that Stuart has "it," either. Anyone who has ever read Wilde's work would be be-wilde-red by such random allegorizations ;) Maybe the aliens delivered this script to Haynes? Or is this perhaps a point of the film, that the outward trappings of Wilde's decadent world were recreated, but not its true spirit of faith and seriousness about workings its literary forms? Be that as it may, I still loved this film, and a hats off to Toni Collette for her supporting yumminess!— January 25, 2010 10:32 p.m.
Wall Street is feasting off Main Street’s pain
re: #55: psycholizard, why moralize our prostitute metaphor and ruin the fun, then offer a diseased girlfriend in stead?! How do you know I wasn't talking about a Salliemae CEO-- like Mr. Hugh G. Rection @53? I bet he enjoys sporting a red dress in the alley fromn time to time...and with the profits, he can afford to make that dress a Prada! psycholizard wrote: "Technically the hos don"t do the screwing" Voice of experience? ;)— January 25, 2010 6:09 p.m.
Watch Your Butts
Sorry, doll. Guess my E-meter ran out there for a second. You just keep turnin' us on now, ok? ;)— January 25, 2010 5:51 p.m.
Watch Your Butts
Pete assured @79: "However, the more time I spend on them, the more of a risk I'm taking... ...To me, the computer is a tool I use to get what I need. I do my business and get off." I don't get it. Unless the 'business' you're talking about is twelve hours a day on the Reader site. Doesn't that time on your girlfriend's or her husband's computer constitute "risky" computer time? Sounds like you may not have weighed ALL of the risks, Pete, and as maninthemirror commented, it also sounds like you could use some better investment advice, but you are making the choices you want...Tell you what, if I were you, I'd put ALL ego aside, and learn from the experts that you know to be experts, and pay especial attention when their opinions diverge--better way to make choices, no?— January 25, 2010 4:48 p.m.
Watch Your Butts
"I really do have better things to do than educate the ungrateful." Hey Fred, I understand. If it irks you, stop doing it. This should be fun. If it's any consolation, I'm finding what you've written to be fascinating, and wish I had the background to be able to absorb some of what you've said about servers and security, not to mention programming ;) Pearls before semi-swine? The slovenly grateful?— January 25, 2010 10:48 a.m.
Hobnobbing at the Hob Nob
re: #15: Ahhhhhh. Sweetums.— January 25, 2010 12:14 a.m.