Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

We’ve had enough carrots to last a lifetime. break out the sticks.

We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. keep building.

Celebrate the fucking wins.

You are so fucked. Still, I wish you the best of luck.

When we show up, we win.

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

New McCarthy, same old McCarthyism.

A lot of Dems talk about what the media tells them to talk about. Not helpful.

I see no possible difficulties whatsoever with this fool-proof plan.

Innocent people don’t delay justice.

It is possible to do the right thing without the promise of a cookie.

I did not have this on my fuck 2024 bingo card.

My right to basic bodily autonomy is not on the table. that’s the new deal.

No Justins, No Peace

We cannot abandon the truth and remain a free nation.

People are complicated. Love is not.

So many bastards, so little time.

Despite his magical powers, I don’t think Trump is thinking this through, to be honest.

Republicans don’t trust women.

Donald Jessica Trump found guilty as fuck – May 30, 2024!

Speaker Mike Johnson is a vile traitor to the House and the Constitution.

But frankly mr. cole, I’ll be happier when you get back to telling us to go fuck ourselves.

Republicans got rid of McCarthy. Democrats chose not to save him.

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  2. 2.

    freelancer

    Not if they keep playing this way against Nebraska. Washington is hungry after NU spanked them earlier in the season. The Huskers offense is anemic right now, they look like rookies. Hoping for some turnaround. Go Huskers!

    ETA: Okay, Martinez looks to be back to his full speed. If he can show some patience and poise, this will be fun to watch.

  5. 5.

    Evolved Deep Southerner

    No, no, don’t try to throw me a bone now, Cole, you sorry sumbitch. You made me wade through all those crazy-ass women you pissed off on that O’Donnell thread just so we could try to squeeze in some Music City Bowl comments edgewise.

    It’s over now. Don’t try sucking up to me now, fucker.

  7. 7.

    beltane

    Jeez, I went to go watch Star Trek-Next Generation with my son and that Christine O’Donnell thread went to crap. What’s with all the anger issues tonight?

  8. 8.

    Mike Kay (True Grit)

    I hope Washington is on alert. Nebraska runs two trick plays: the fumble-ruski and the cornhusker kickback.

  11. 11.

    cleek

    love that Kodachrome… all that eye-popping saturation. yum.

    before the digital age, i stopped using it because all the local labs had to send away to get it developed (3 week turnaround). other slide films were in an out in a week. hard to argue, if you’re just shooting for fun.

    i miss film.

  15. 15.

    Evolved Deep Southerner

    @beltane: Beltane, I’m joking. I personally thought it was funny as hell. Me and stuckinred’s “just goin’ on with each other,” as we say down here.

  21. 21.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    Way to go Cardinal! Now come on Huskys oh no Locker is down. Oh Btw we in the NFC West apologize for the dreadful play.

  22. 22.

    freelancer

    @stuckinred:

    Shit, that was not a fun hit for him. He’s moving his body so he’s not paralyzed, that’s good.

    Good he’s up and moving, a bit dizzy walking though. Hopefully he’ll get to return to the game.

  24. 24.

    kdaug

    @Evolved Deep Southerner: I ain’t wading through 200+ comments on a normal post I missed out on, but you’ve got me curious – what the hell did Cole say?

    Couldn’t been too bad, seein’ as how you’ve stuck around here long enough to call him a jackass.

    So, care to summarize? Or do I need to wallow through the usual dreck to get to your point?

  25. 25.

    freelancer

    @stuckinred:

    No I missed that. I did see the helmet to helmet flagged against Tennessee in the last 2 minutes of regulation. That game was ridic. 1 second left, call overruled.

    Goddamnit, he got lucky on the TD that he didn’t get picked, this time he paid for it. Fuck. They’d be wise to move Martinez to I-back or WR and get a competent passer. He folds and panics when the pocket crumbles and doesn’t get rid of the ball when he needs to. But, man, can he run.

  28. 28.

    Eric U.

    The helmetless hit was scary. He’s going to have a goose egg tonight.

    So glad to see Tennessee go down I can’t stand it. 5 personal fouls in the last 30 seconds has to be a record — even if they didn’t call the one at the end of the rushing play.

  29. 29.

    Evolved Deep Southerner

    @kdaug: He was riffing off a TBogg post that said, in a nutshell “I’ve seen evil and I’ve seen stupid, and Christine O’Donnell’s just fucking stupid.”

    And the women on the thread basically said “Oh, Cole, you sexist, you wouldn’t be saying this if she was a dumbass guy!”

    And Cole said “Look, eemom, we ain’t talking about Israel, so why don’t you shut the fuck up.”

    And eemom says “You wanna say somethin’ about ME, bitch, you say it to my face!”

    You get the idea.

  30. 30.

    SiubhanDuinne

    Question for y’all:

    1. There is some kind of bowl game tomorrow in Charlotte NC

    2. I am an alumna of the University of South Florida, one of the teams

    3. I do a lot of work professionally with Clemson, the other team

    4. I really don’t give a big rat’s ass about football

    MY QUESTIONS:

    1. Should I bother to watch the game?

    2. Which team should I root for?

  34. 34.

    kdaug

    Oh! Oh! MeMeMe!

    is a type of selective, gratuitous obnoxiousness that I don’t think I’ve ever seen you direct at anyone else

    I want some! Pleeeeeease?

  36. 36.

    Triassic Sands

    @cleek:

    i miss film.

    They still make it…I think.

    Kodak (one of the worst companies ever) has a long history of discontinuing good products (and screwing customers). In the case of Kodachrome, it’s amazing it hung on as long as it did. Of course, if it weren’t for ol’ Dwayne out there is Kanzania, the end would have come a bit sooner.

    The two best films ever (personal opinion):

    Color: Kodachrome 25

    B&W: Tri-X (sheetfilm)

    A thank you goes out to Dwayne and a big KMA (not Keep Me Advised or Kill Me Already) to Kodak — you still suck.

  43. 43.

    Evolved Deep Southerner

    @SiubhanDuinne: SiubhanDuinne, I “do a lot of work professionally” for Clemson, too. In fact, I work 40+ hours a week for them. I’d starve to death if not for Clemson, in fact. I wear more orange than any grown man should ever be forced to wear. I’m still a Georgia Bulldog, though, and I don’t know if I’ll watch that game at all or not.

  45. 45.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @General Stuck #35: TOO cute! Thanks!

    lovesmesomecharlie lovesmesomecharlie lovesmesomecharlie lovesmesomecharlie

  46. 46.

    Yutsano

    @freelancer: You missed the orcs didn’t you? Rand would be so much easier to read with orcs. And consensual boot knocking.

    @Mark S.: Objection: assumes facts not in evidence. We have seen nothing to suggest Christine O’Donnell can read.

  49. 49.

    asiangrrlMN

    Briefly, I’m with the women. O’Donnell is stupid and a mean woman. The two are not mutually-exclusive. She’s just not as cunning as Palin is–otherwise they would be mirror images. OK. Not fair. I think O’Donnell believes most of the shit she says, and Palin does not. So, there is another difference.

    @Yutsano: Hi, hon. How you be? I’m working on a fluff piece for ABL’s place before I plunge into some meatier stuff. And, I’m watching Nebraska/Washington. Go Washington.

    @Darkrose: Nicely done. I’d be interested in the meaning of it, if you don’t mind sharing.

    @General Stuck: Awwww! Charlie is as adorable as ever!

  50. 50.

    Steeplejack

    @Yutsano:

    Yutsy!

    I got nothing. Just wanted to say that while imagining a ’30s screwball comedy voice saying it.

    Shouldn’t you be buying AGMN something expensive or abetting her in some harebrained scheme?

    @asiangrrlMN: Hey, girl! Didn’t see you slip in there just ahead of me. I’m rooting against Nebraska too. My alma mater is in their conference, and we hate the ‘Huskers.

  51. 51.

    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN: If you does a puff piece about profideroles I shall lurve you forever.

    And, I’m watching Nebraska/Washington. Go Washington.

    You need to take this back or I’m calling a lawyer. No I’m serious. Death to the Purple and Piss.

    @Steeplejack: I’m paying for her fricking vow renewal to FH #1 what the hell else do y’all want?

    BTW I’m trying to nudge my lesbyterian co-worker into getting married in Stanley Park. The seed, it has been planted. They’re going up there as soon as her other half gets her passport.

  52. 52.

    burnspbesq

    Think I’m going to watch the DVD of last year’s Met production of Carmen, with Elina Garanca and Roberto Algana. Catch y’all later.

  55. 55.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Steeplejack: Hiya! TS and I are renewing our vows this winter, and Yutsy is paying for it! ‘Coz he’s ebil gubmint worker. How you be? I hope your cold is gone.

    @Yutsano: Fluff piece, not puff piece, and I know nothing about cooking, but I love profiteroles. Or rather, the way they look. I’ve never had ’em. My piece is tangential about cooking. Kinda. And, no! I won’t take it back. I have very complex reasons in choosing for which team I will root. Tonight, it’s Washington (love the black unis). I’ll make it up to you with the offer of my soft pillows.

  56. 56.

    Yutsano

    @burnspbesq: Neither does the lesbyterian co-worker dammit. She does pro bono immigration law on her time off. She really is all kinds of serious win. Plus she’s getting a Marine drunk tonight. I told her to take pictures.

    @asiangrrlMN: Mumble grumble…get your mom to make me black chicken soup and I’ll be good. As long as it’s a one night thing.

  57. 57.

    kdaug

    Damnit Cole, I’m waiting for my “selective, gratuitous obnoxiousness”!

    I’ve been around here for a while. I get along and play nice with others.

    Where’s my vitriol???

    RELEASE THE KRAKEN!

  60. 60.

    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN: Drop the roses, actually bulk up the sleeves, and a true deep scarlet, and we haz a winner.

    @MattR: I may have to mull this over. As long as y’all don’t turn into the obnoxious Husky idiots I have to deal with every day I can let things pass for now.

  61. 61.

    Comrade Luke

    @MikeJ:

    UW has the most arrogant, smack-talking athletes of any school I’ve ever seen. Football and basketball.

    I hate them.

  62. 62.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Yutsano: See. We are on the same wavelength. Oh, and you do not want my mom to cook for you. She has many admirable qualities–her cooking ability is not one of them. She makes decent food, but not awesome food.

    @kdaug: See, that’s where you’re doing it wrong. You play nice with others. You’re defeating the purpose.

  63. 63.

    Yutsano

    @Comrade Luke: And their fans are fucking worse. You’d think they’d won the BCS championship/Final Four every damn year from their smug attitudes. Of course I get to rub a little salt in their wounds: WSU might not be good for awhile, but at least we didn’t go winless for an entire season in football.

  64. 64.

    Comrade Luke

    @Yutsano: I went to Gonzaga, and at the time I was a rabid Husky fan and WSU hater (late 80s).

    Then Gonzaga got good in basketball and I got to experience what Wazzu has experienced for decades first-hand.

    Now I root for the Cougs, and my favorite football team is whichever team is playing UW that week.

  65. 65.

    freelancer

    This game is fucking over. There’s still like 13 minutes left
    but Washington is hungry and we can’t play for shit. Fucking penalties and weak ass offense. Get rid of Watson, we need better play-calling.

  66. 66.

    reality-based

    yes, and another thing about Kodachrome slides –

    My Mom documented our childhood – say, 1955-1970 – with a 1950 German 35mm camera – was it an Argosy? – and Kodachrome slides. She stored all the slides – about 1500 – in an old metal WWII Ammo box in the attic on the farm in NoDak in 1975, where they sat – through 100-degree heat and 40-below cold for 30 years.

    Three years ago, we found them, and my engineer Brother-in-law somehow got the old slide projector going – which was also in the attic all those years –

    and the slides were in perfect condition. Rich, saturated colors, not a hint of fading – it was amazing.

    Has anybody else noticed that the phenomenon is widespread – digital camera pictures aren’t as good as Kodachrome, CDs don’t sound nearly as good as old vinyl records, cell phone clarity is absolute crap compared to a 30-year-old, old-fashioned, plug-in-the wall non-portable AT&T princess phone –

    like JC said – sad.

  69. 69.

    Yutsano

    @Comrade Luke: The Zag-Wazzu basketball games are classics every single time. We play spirited but pretty damn fair with each other and after the game we invite the Zag fans out for beer and pizza regardless of the score. It’s just how we rolled in Pullman. Can’t say the same for the bunch of pricks in the school just south of where I live.

    @asiangrrlMN: Wait? Canada AND Portugal for the honeymoon? I’m gonna have to put in for some damn overtime now.

    PS: AL is being puckish with FH #1 two threads down. I r amused.

  71. 71.

    Andy K

    @burnspbesq:

    Hey, regarding our earlier conversation, you forgot to mention The Stooges. No Stooges, no Punk Rock.

    BTW: Grand Funk Railroad were from Saginaw, hours north of the triangle.

    And bitch about Seger all you’d like (I’m with you), but don’t forget that Mike Love is from metro-L.A..

  72. 72.

    Geoduck

    @Yutsano:

    The thing people have to understand about the UW is that it’s the only sports franchise in Seattle with anything even approaching a tradition of winning. So yeah, the fans glomp on like grim death and overreact. I root for the Huskies, but ultimately, it is just a freaking football game.

    That said.. wow.. they might actually win against Nebraska. Whoda thunk?

  75. 75.

    freelancer

    @Comrade Luke:

    They barely do. They got screwed by Dan Beebe (Big 12 commish) and sent to the Holiday Bowl (again) to play Washington (again), so there’s a ton of apathy, but that’s no excuse for being undisciplined and mediocre. Pelini’s hard goal for the season was the Big 12 North, he did that. But you can’t start the season as a Darkhorse candidate for a National Championship and end it unranked because you got beat up by the team whose loss to you put you on the map earlier this year. That’s failure by any standard.

  76. 76.

    Yutsano

    @Geoduck: Considering I didn’t expect the Apple Cup to come down to the final play this year…and UW barely qualified for a bowl…I’m trying to decide what this says about Nebraska more than anything.

    PS: they lose Locker to the NFL and they go downhill.

  77. 77.

    kdaug

    @reality-based: It’s probably just my old, drunken eyes, but at first I read that as “My Mom documented our childhood – say, about 1500-1970…” and immediately thought “There can be only one!”

  78. 78.

    gwangung

    @Yutsano: Um, the UW pays my paycheck? (Oh, I guess I do have a degree from there).

    My theory is that Seattle, being the effete liberal cultured snobs that we are, doesn’t know what to do when faced with the very natural tribalism of a sports team. When faced with some tradition of decentness, they get their noses out of joint…

  79. 79.

    Yutsano

    @gwangung: Well in a sense you pay my paycheck, so I can see where you’re coming from. And it’s not like I don’t know some good folks there, the band director is an old friend of mine. (I know the one at Oregon too but I’m not going to name drop here. :) But oh man I have dealt with Husky arrogance ever since I made the choice to go to Wazzu.

  80. 80.

    Mark S.

    Backup QB is a little wild, but it’d be nice to see the Cornhuskers make a game of this.

    There you go. The pass wasn’t five feet over the WR’s head.

  81. 81.

    Comrade Luke

    @Yutsano: Totally agree: GU and WSU are kindred spirits. I don’t like losing to them, but at least I respect them, as opposed to the Fuskies.

    Gonzaga beat UW seven of eight times in the aughts. Their home games were filled with GU fans, so they changed their season ticket package so you couldn’t buy the GU game (and only that game) as a single game, but only part of a package. So that got rid of some of us.

    Then, the last time we play them at HecEd, they took out our starting PG by undercutting him as he was going in for a layup. Even then they barely won. After that win, UW cancelled the series, claiming that they wanted to play “better competition”. They then filled our slot with…Portland.

    Who beat them!

    Not that I’m bitter.

  84. 84.

    John - A Motley Moose

    @reality-based: Nostalgia is all well and good as long as you don’t take everything into account. Kodachrome has a well-deserved reputation for the quality of the images. Now balance that against the cost of film and developing and the added convenience and features of digital cameras. A total of 1,500 slides is about 4 rolls per year for 15 years. She could have taken 15,000 photos for less money with a digital camera.

    Vinyl records sound better than cds when new. If they were well cared for then they last for decades. However, most people didn’t take care of their vinyl records. Try finding good quality vinyl today. 99% of them are scratched so badly that they aren’t worth anything, even to collectors. You also don’t have to buy diamond needles to listen to a cd.

    As for the hardwired princess phones… They may have sounded fine, if you were home to take or make a call. They sure didn’t sound better when you were in the grocery store and needed to make a call to find out if you should pick up some milk while you are there.

    One more thing. In those better times, we didn’t have a way to go online to complain about how much better things were in the old days, because there was no such thing as ‘online’.

    I’ll take modern digital technology any day over the good old days.

  85. 85.

    GregB

    OT. But is sure is great to see NewsMax Judith Miller entering her Walter Winchell phase in her career.

    War mongering scum bags deserve to associate with rumor mongering sociopaths.

    Have fun Judith, you were fucking wrong.

  86. 86.

    JGabriel

    So. How are the snow and blizzard struck westerners out there doing tonight? Are you guys still alive?

    .

  87. 87.

    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN: You just made me fall in lurve with you all over again. I too possess a visceral dislike of Guy Fieri. He reminds me too much of a fratboy sloppy cook. I’m afraid I’d get food poisoning just from watching his show. Having said that, I love Aarti Sequeira. And I don’t care who knows it.

    Gruyere on Ritz crackers. Nom.

  88. 88.

    Bruce (formerly Steve S.)

    Wow, UW not only won, they dominated the High Fructose Boys. Quite an accomplishment seeing as they weren’t even as good as Bellevue High a couple of years ago. And who knows, if Locker is truly the third best QB in the draft he might even be available when the Seahawks pick.

  89. 89.

    Andy K

    @Bruce (formerly Steve S.):

    And who knows, if Locker is truly the third best QB in the draft he might even be available when the Seahawks pick.

    A few weeks ago, Yutsano and I were having a discussion about the Seahawks’ future QB. I think they should try to pry Dennis Dixon away from the Steelers.

  90. 90.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Yutsano: I don’t know her! Wow. Yeah, it’s crazy how much I love the Food Network. It’s like crack to me. Hee hee on the quip about Guy. No kidding. He did his Diners show in MN once, and I could tell that one of the owners wanted to belt him one, but was too polite to do so.

    @Andy K: Or we should.

  91. 91.

    Yutsano

    @Comrade Luke: If Wazzu punked you guys out like that there would be a shit storm…from the Wazzu fans. It’s the one basketball game we look forward to every year, even more than playing UW. We’re not the biggest or the flashiest on the hard wood but the fact is the games are rarely lopsided and we both feel a sense of accomplishment when we win. Zag games were always a blast when I was in school. It would thrill me to no end if they’d play in Key Arena. (I just can’t call it Comcast, that name makes me ill.)

    @asiangrrlMN: Indian food with a modern twist. Plus she’s very worldly, having grown up in Dubai and educated in the US. Plus her husband is flat out hawt.

    @Andy K: I still find the concept intriguing, but I also see the appeal of bringing a hometown hero on board. I still think a vet needs to take Matty’s place, and right now that vet ain’t Whitehurst.

  96. 96.

    Andy K

    @asiangrrlMN:

    I plan on sitting right where I am now. I’d probably be doing the same even if I still drank. I hate Amateur Night at the bars.

    I resolve to get a job that doesn’t leave me so close to broke once January hits. Having the holidays off is good, but not getting paid time off for them hurts.

  101. 101.

    reality-based

    @John – A Motley Moose: well, yes, I know – and hey, as somebody who worked on programs for for the very first IBM PC, and spent the next 25 years in technology, it’s not that I don’t appreciate it – hell, I spent decades fomenting it – not throwing away the cell phone or anything –

    not denying that cell phones, digital cameras, CDs, etc are cheaper, better suited to all but professionals, a great boon to the masses, etc. And as the world’s worst photographer, Digital cameras were an especially great boon to ME –

    – – But I spent half an hour today having a very disjointed conversation with a dear friend, who booted her land line, just uses her cell – and ALL of my conversations with her are disjointed, WHY is cell phone coverage so shitty in Washington DC, of all places –

    Sound quality doesn’t matter if you’re just talking about milk, eggs, and bread – but anything of greater emotional or intellectual depth suffers badly, sometimes.

    and tonight, I guess I”m just missing clarity.

    (actually, I have a private theory that texting took off precisely BECAUSE most cell phone conversations have such bad sound quality. But that’s just me.

  104. 104.

    trollhattan

    Yeah Dawgs! Good game, fellas, feels pretty good after going a gazillion and oh two seasons ago.

    Also, too, I sent off three final Kodachrome rolls Tuesday, but the USPS folks wouldn’t gah-ran-tee it would get to Kansas on time for my $18.50. Guess I’ll just have to wait and see. Damnit, I have two rolls left.

    Also, also, too, huge love for the Stanford women, ending the Connecticut lovefest. Although I could have done without all the cutaways to Condi.

  106. 106.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Andy K: I like the first one better. Why are you on a French kick tonight?

    ETA: The last one’s not French. Night!

    ETA: Commercial about this top-heavy chick self-conscious about her boobs hanging out at work. Commercial is for a cami insert (don’t ask). My solution: Don’t wear a fucking shirt that lets your boobs hang out. Duh!

  107. 107.

    burnspbesq

    @Geoduck:

    the only sports franchise in Seattle with anything even approaching a tradition of winning.

    Uhh, Storm? Plus, Sue Bird is to die for.

  110. 110.

    gwangung

    @Yutsano: Ugh. Please. I hope someone else falls in love with Jake and picks him before the Seahawks pick (who need linemen, linemen, linemen! before picking a “franchise” QB)(I’d take a chance on Lineart before drafting Locker).

    @trollhattan: Undergrad alma mater was at Snodfart, and lurvs me the women’s basketball team–consistently good, and apparently the only ones who can come close to knocking off UConn the last few years. Like ’em better than the men’s team (who haven’t been too bad, but the women are just plain consistent).

  112. 112.

    Yutsano

    @gwangung: I’d just as soon we go the entire draft without even glancing at a QB, but I’m afeared Carroll is gonna want his own version of Tom Brady. I’m just glad we have a relatively hands off owner in Paul Allen. Otherwise things could get really obnoxious.

    Plus Locker will be long gone before we get a choice. So yeah, getting a couple big bubbas on the O-line wouldn’t suck.

  115. 115.

    gwangung

    @Yutsano: If Carrol gets his Brady in the 5th round or later, I’m OK…that line needs a lot more help (actually, I think the D-line could use a bit more help, too)…..

    But, yay Stanford women!

  117. 117.

    Yutsano

    @gwangung: Half the time I feel like Trufant is the only safety out there. I could be exaggerating, but he seems to be the go to cover guy for whoever they think the ball will get thrown to. I’m thinking the O-line holes might be better filled with free agent vets or disgruntled trade targets. IIRC Seattle has quite a bit of cash to toss around before hitting the salary cap. I guess we’ll see soon enough what Carroll is really thinking as far as his vision goes. I’m just watching him closely for anything stupid or underhanded.

  119. 119.

    Yutsano

    @gwangung: Oh almost fergot:

    But, yay Stanford women!

    This!

    @asiangrrlMN: Replace Old Man Yells At Football. And probably a WR or two. Otherwise beef up your O line and D line and you’re pretty much gravy.

  120. 120.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Yutsano: I’m intrigued with Joe Webb, the kid who had a big game last week. I think a third QB is not a bad idea. Beef up both lines, yes. And, keeping Frazier as coach. That is all.

    I am girding my loins to finish a testy piece at ABL’s piece. On race. It should be…interesting. I won’t finish it tonight, though.

  121. 121.

    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN: Pace yourself. You’re not under a deadline, plus you just threw up a human interest piece that should tide over the masses until it’s finished. Plus you could always throw up a perspective on your Ratface governor. I know you could throw that together fast, plus it would give you space for the magnum opus.

  122. 122.

    Darkrose

    @asiangrrlMN: Thank you! Mostly, it means that I’m a giant dork. The wife and I were talking about text tattoos, and what we’d get, and I jokingly suggested an interrobang. Then I realized that I kind of liked the idea.

    I’m thinking about getting an asterisk on the other side.

  124. 124.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Yutsano: You are right. I don’t have to rush it. And, I will do a post on Ratface Pawlenty, oh, you bet your ass I will. Thanks for the support and encouragement. Your deep pockets are That’s why I fake-married you.

    Oh, and this song must have been written about me!

  126. 126.

    asiangrrlMN

    @BethanyAnne: Fuuuuunny! I will have to bookmark that site.

    @Darkrose: I like it! I think I would go for a colon, but that would probably just look like a bite mark. So, is your wife the one with the storyteller tat? That is some major inkage.

    @Yutsano: Ha! You funny. You hitting the sheets soon? I think I’m outie. I luuuuuv you, Sugar Daddy Yutsy!

  128. 128.

    BethanyAnne

    @Darkrose: what a diversion. I meant to say “that’s awesome” and tell you about a nifty text tattoo with a Galileo quote, but then I lost like 10 minutes looking up the quote and getting myself distracted…

    ADD, w00t!

  130. 130.

    Anne Laurie

    @asiangrrlMN: Not that you asked me, but replace the roses with a nice garnet or ruby-colored brooch, set in gold. And when you’re tacking the sleeves on, change the neckline so it’s not straight across — even with a fiercely boned corset, any woman bigger than a AA cup is going to look either saggy or sausagey, or both.

    I’d also change the waistline to match the new neckline (a dropped v-waist is always flattering). Or maybe go with a really wide, deep portrait collar and opera gloves, instead of sleeves?

  131. 131.

    Darkrose

    @asiangrrlMN: No real plans; I expect I’ll be right here come 2011.

    I don’t usually do resolutions, but this year I’m resolving to actually finish one of my epic fanfic pieces.

  132. 132.

    Yutsano

    @Anne Laurie: Methinks we may have ourselves a seamstress for the wedding. Nothing too strenuous as we haven’t had wedding party discussions yet. It will come up I’m sure.

  133. 133.

    Anne Laurie

    @Yutsano: As long as the seamstressing is as ‘conceptual’ as the wedding. I’m not so expert at the actual sewing part, but I can redesign / supervise like a mofo.

    My real-life wedding dress was a sort-of-Dutch-Renaissance model, done by a theatrical costumer (part SCA, part professional opera). And the main fabric was a “tapestry” that looked very period & chic but was actually office-furniture boltends (Tivoli, clamshell pattern, tan for me & steel blue for the Spousal Unit). The Spousal Unit got a formal tunic with tied sleeves, plus handmade thigh-high rider’s boots and a Musketeer hat. We were quite pleased with the full effect.

  134. 134.

    Yutsano

    @Anne Laurie: My SIL can sew like no one’s business, so I bet putting the two of you together could change the world of wedding fashion in ways it never knew it could be changed. Or something.

  138. 138.

    Lysana

    Just for the record, I’m a woman who didn’t find John’s take on Christine O’Donnell to be sexist. The talk about bagging her, yes. The anti-male sexism by a certain BJer was barely worth mentioning except for its irony.

  139. 139.

    hamletta

    @Anne Laurie: Oh, my. That’s obscene.

    Can anyone move in a dress like that? It belongs on a toilet paper roll.

    I love the concept of cascading fabrics, from satin to organza, but the way it’s folded and layered, it looks like it weighs a ton.

    And can I say that you should either have sleeves or not have sleeves? A sleeveless dress with leg o’ mutton arm warmers is neither fish nor fowl.

    Do love the color, though.

    asiangrrlMN, I don’t know how you arrived at your flawless taste in men who are named Rickman, what with your criminal dress sense.

  140. 140.

    Anne Laurie

    @Yutsano: Problem is, doing the wedding thing (which happened because my FIL really really wanted it, and was willing to pay to make it happen) convinced me that most modern American weddings are tacky because the people getting married want tacky. Thing may’ve improved over the last 17 years — although the concept of “Bridezilla” argues otherwise — but most American women (and, I’m afraid, gay men) form their idea of the Totally Perfect Wedding somewhere between the ages of 4 and 11, while playing with Barbies and/or participating in family weddings. Light-up, plastic-figure-decorated cakes that taste like Twinkies, dresses that look like Scarlett O’Hara got drunk and turned loose in a bathroom-decor factory, and (shudder) Disney World Magic Castle weddings aren’t popular because tradition or the nanny state imposes them on people… a startling number of our fellow citizens actually want kitsch-intensive celebrations because kitsch makes them happy… bless their hearts!

  142. 142.

    hamletta

    @Lysana: I didn’t either, honey.

    There’s enough crappy sexism in the world out there that there ain’t no reason to go lookin’ for trouble under every turn of phrase.

    And it was a shitty argument, which was destroyed without anybody having to whip out bona fides for Cole or TBogg.

  143. 143.

    Anne Laurie

    @hamletta: __

    I love the concept of cascading fabrics, from satin to organza, but the way it’s folded and layered, it looks like it weighs a ton.

    Well, I wouldn’t want to run a marathon in it, but the skirt can’t be that heavy, because it’s not visibly dragging the bodice down. Elizabethan / Renaissance dresses cut like that were cut with separate skirts and bodices, because even with full fabric shoulders, you can’t support that much weight. On the other hand, the almost-this-complicated skirt on my wedding dress was made of tapestry fabric (5 yards of 60″ material), and with the support of a ‘bum roll’ (a bolster-shaped pillow tied loosely just below my waist) it was quite comfortable to move around in.

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    fucen tarmal

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    not being religious and all, i don’t have that many rules that i follow as a personal sort of equivalent to those imposed by religious doctrine.

    one of them is this.

    never bet on clemson.

    as to whether or not you root for them, i would have to say its something akin to eating bacon flavored potato chips, when you don’t eat pork.

  147. 147.

    Bruce (formerly Steve S.)

    @Andy K:

    Seahawks’ future QB. I think they should try to pry Dennis Dixon away from the Steelers.

    I personally wouldn’t project him to be anything more than another Seneca Wallace. I’m not necessarily pimping for Locker either, just pointing out that the temptation could be there for the Seahawks, who will need a quarterback (amongst other things).

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    asiangrrlMN

    Great. You guys whoop it up AFTER I leave, planning my fake-wedding for me!

    @hamletta: What can I say? I was looking for something with sleeves and soft layers in black and/or red and not TOO garnished with frou-frou frills and shit. That’s the closest I could find.

    @Anne Laurie: You’re hired! You and Yutsy’s SIL will get that dress did. Except, silver, not gold. All kidding aside, my fake-wedding would be pretty simple. Less than fifty people for sure. I am NOT a traditional wedding kind of gal (if you haven’t guessed by now).

    @Tattoosydney: Gee, why would you be distracted? Happy NY to you. Be safe, hon.

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