Re: How I amuse myself

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Which Sinatra tunes?


Posted by: M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 5:29 AM
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Which ridiculous falsetto?


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2: Your mother's. Duh.


Posted by: M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 5:39 AM
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She didn't even like Sinatra.


Posted by: JP Stormcrow | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 5:45 AM
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5: Or so the mother would have you believe.


Posted by: M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 5:51 AM
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Next to the headline in the print edition this morning, the web headline to this story is limp. The print headline was: "Baker Hughes to acquire BJ Services."


Posted by: Populuxe | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 7:12 AM
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6: Armsmasher recently informed me that Guam's only openly gay elected politician (currently Chief Justice of Guam's Supreme Court) is named BJ Cruz.


Posted by: apostropher | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 7:16 AM
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I wonder if he likes bears.


Posted by: Populuxe | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 7:19 AM
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8: Racist.

(said in a ridiculous falsetto)


Posted by: M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 7:21 AM
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The austistic whump whump teen also had echolalia, and had stock phrases for each member of his family that he would reach for. His voice that he used to echo his mother was this ridiculous cartoony falsetto, and he'd flutter his fingers when doing her voice. Then for his dad, he'd furrow his brow and frown really hard while he talked unnaturally deeply. It was really, really funny because these are not really traits of his parents, and he was not doing them to be entertain others. (I assume. He certainly did them to himself all the time.)


Posted by: heebie-geebie | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 7:26 AM
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I feel bad that this is how I amuse myself. This is from an article at Feministing, where a college girl is listing the ways that friends of hers have been sexually assaulted or raped:

Having some stranger give her his number after fucking her despite her constant NO's.

I SAID I wanted no strings attached! This was supposed to be my zipless fuck!


Posted by: heebie-geebie | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 8:00 AM
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Andy Pratt doing a somewhat non-ridiculous falsetto (falsetto starts about 1:00 in); however, opinions will undoubtedly vary. I had not heard this song in many, many years and was somewhat surprised to find it on YouTube.


Posted by: JP Stormcrow | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 8:11 AM
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11: Not having read the book, I never had a clue why she chose "zipless", but apparently, Jong goes on to explain that it is "zipless" because "when you came together, zippers fell away like rose petals, underwear blew off in one breath like dandelion fluff."

My precious Internet, you complete and amuse me (with assists from neb and heebie).


Posted by: JP Stormcrow | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 8:25 AM
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I know, "zipless" seems like a really backwards word choice, seeing as how it already has an opposite meaning of what she intends.


Posted by: heebie-geebie | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 8:39 AM
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Falsettos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd7MrEOFcMs

the totally fucking great Claude Jeter, pretty much the originator. He goes into full falsetto from about 2 min 40 through to the end of the song. The bit from about 3 min 25 to 3. 45 ish is spine-tingling. Ditto the lisped 'Jeezhus' near the end.

Or proper old-school:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmLCrYfz-XM

[also great].


Posted by: nattarGcM ttaM | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 8:41 AM
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I've read the book, I can't ever really remember the 'zipless' concept being formally defined. I don't remember the book being very good, either.


Posted by: nattarGcM ttaM | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 8:46 AM
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IIR the book correctly, there's a passage defining the zipless fuck (the one the quote above comes from) as without relationships, prior planning, or consequences -- nothing complicated to worry about, just happy sex. And then the rest of the book is spent on depressing, unpleasant, and unsatisfying actual sex with relationships and consequences.


Posted by: LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 8:54 AM
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"when you came together, zippers fell away like rose petals, underwear blew off in one breath like dandelion fluff."

Hott. But not as hot as the stuff our Christian homeschooling State Board of Education Chair allegedly writes.


Posted by: Populuxe | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 8:55 AM
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Decent interview with Jong from 2003.


Posted by: JP Stormcrow | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 8:55 AM
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Which Sinatra tunes?

Mostly "Glad to be Unhappy".

Ttam, I don't think countertenors count.


Posted by: nosflow | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 9:01 AM
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I thought you lived in the midwest, populuxe.


Posted by: nosflow | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 9:01 AM
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17:I read Jong's book. Don't marry a psychiatrist, young folk. But smarter and funnier than LB's description.

IIRC, the zipless fuck takes place in a train compartment.


Posted by: bob mcmanus | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 9:07 AM
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Heh. Jeter is genuine falsetto, though. And, according to some books I've read, pretty much the source for that whole soul falsetto vocal style.


Posted by: nattarGcM ttaM | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 9:09 AM
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I recently read a scathing takedown of Jong's latest book, and her career since Learning to Fly, but I'm not sure where I read it. But it successfully made me feel camraderie with the critic at Jong's expense, which is like the highest accomplishment possible for a critic, right?


Posted by: heebie-geebie | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 9:10 AM
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#21. Not so much, no.


Posted by: Populuxe | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 9:10 AM
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genuine falsetto

Is such a thing even possible? A genuinetto?


Posted by: heebie-geebie | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 9:11 AM
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Speaking of shrinks.

The Wackness was a movie that made me like NYC a little. Some silliness, some cliches, some sexism.

Ben Kingsley as a pothead shrink breaking up with Famke Jannsen had its moments. His midlife crisis was not attractive, but funny.


Posted by: bob mcmanus | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 9:15 AM
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Jimmy Scott sings a Sinatra hit. Not really a falsetto, as he didn't go through puberty, so his voice never broke.


Posted by: Jesus McQueen | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 9:33 AM
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You Kill Me

In this one, Ben plays a hitman in SF drying out with AA who romances Tea Leoni, who is funny as usual to Ben's straightman. The contrast with Wackness us fun, because in YKM Ben is a repressed tightass. I suppose Leoni is the magic pixie whatever, but hell, it's Leoni.

I was gonna say that the chemistry BK develops with these actresses is amazing, but hey they are great actresses. The divorcin' with Jannsen comes about mainly because they are just too comfortable and bored with each other, and moving in different directions. Not so acrimonious, and sad with the memories.


Posted by: bob mcmanus | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 9:39 AM
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re: 28

Yeah, his is a weird voice. There's a few other voices like his. Little Anthony's on some tunes (Tears on My pillow, for example), but it's not as oddly feminine as Scott's.


Posted by: nattarGcM ttaM | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 9:39 AM
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11 is really evil, heebie. Good job!


Posted by: k-sky | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 9:45 AM
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I suspect 'zipless fuck' should have been 'zippy fuck'.

max
['Sounds like a cartoon character though.']


Posted by: max | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 9:47 AM
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Oh man, Jimmy Scott gives me chills every time he opens his mouth. Few people in music can grab hold of a song and make it all their own quite like he does. His take on Bryan Ferry's "Slave to Love" was my first real exposure to him.


Posted by: apostropher | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 10:22 AM
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Oh man, Jimmy Scott gives me chills every time he opens his mouth.

Yellow card for intentional fruit grounding.


Posted by: M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 10:46 AM
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I got to see him once, when he was doing a gig with Pink Martini. Totally, totally awesome.


Posted by: Jesus McQueen | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 10:55 AM
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there's a passage defining the zipless fuck (the one the quote above comes from) as without relationships, prior planning, or consequences -- nothing complicated to worry about, just happy sex.

Yeah, I assigned that passage in my history of sexuality class. Afterward, I wondered what I had been thinking, but a number of students remarked that they enjoyed it. I probably should have given them more of it just so they could see it in context, with all the nerve-wracking anxiety attached.


Posted by: Parenthetical | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 11:09 AM
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I wonder what constitutes a swpless fuck? Doing it in a kitchen that contains no standmixer?


Posted by: M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 11:37 AM
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Btw, nosflow, I've been reading and enjoying that review you mentioned, of a book by a philosophy professor here, as reviewed somewhat nastily by another philosopher here...

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Posted by: nattarGcM ttaM | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 1:40 PM
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I'm glad you found it worth your while.


Posted by: nosflow | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 3:57 PM
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A couple of lines made me laugh out loud, and it was interesting in and of itself, so thanks!


Posted by: nattarGcM ttaM | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 4:54 PM
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I wonder what constitutes a swpless fuck? Doing it in a kitchen that contains no standmixer?

No, in a Burger King bathroom.


Posted by: teofilo | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 4:56 PM
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No, in a Burger King bathroom.

But what if you do it with irony?


Posted by: Gabardine Bathyscaphe | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 5:05 PM
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That would probably require a ruling from the judges.


Posted by: teofilo | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 5:09 PM
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I like this song and can't find the playlist. Help! (It's ending now, around 4:38).


Posted by: Parenthetical | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 5:30 PM
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The playlist.


Posted by: essear | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 5:31 PM
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OK, this is impressive. I was just making fun of Nosflow on Gchat while he was talking, and he managed to respond, while still talking.


Posted by: A White Bear | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 5:33 PM
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It was presumably "Genesis Hall" by Fairport Convention, from Unhalfbricking, unless it was "When I Feel You Coming" by Kath Bloom and Loren Mazzacane Connors, from 1981–1984; in any case, I do announce these things.


Posted by: nosflow | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 5:33 PM
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Actually I didn't. It must just have been lag.


Posted by: nosflow | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 5:34 PM
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Oh, the lag must be kinda long. That's less magical than I thought.


Posted by: A White Bear | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 5:35 PM
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45, 47: Thanks. And yes, it was Genesis Hall.

Clearly, I could have waited until the announcement of what things were. Also, neb, do you need some water?


Posted by: Parenthetical | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 5:35 PM
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Evidently I do!


Posted by: nosflow | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 5:36 PM
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Just teasing you, of course. I like the folksy aspect of the small part of the show I've managed to catch so far.


Posted by: Parenthetical | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 5:41 PM
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No, in a Burger King bathroom.

I can't tell if Teo knows enough music to make the joke I think he's making. Hey, yo, fat girl, c'mere, are you ticklish?


Posted by: heebie-geebie | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 5:51 PM
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Basically, heebie wants to know if teo's got a motor in the back of his Honda?


Posted by: Stanley | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 5:52 PM
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Now I can't tell if Stanley knows enough music to know he just switched songs.


Posted by: heebie-geebie | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 5:54 PM
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Isn't this the same song neb played last time I tuned in?


Posted by: heebie-geebie | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 5:56 PM
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53: I like the Whopper, f*$& the Big Mac.


Posted by: Josh | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 5:56 PM
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I can't tell if Teo knows enough music to make the joke I think he's making.

I do.


Posted by: teofilo | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 5:56 PM
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Very funny, heebie.

I have never played this song before, EVER!


Posted by: nosflow | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 5:57 PM
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Now I can't tell if Stanley knows enough music to know he just switched songs.

Oddly, I (think I) know which song I think the both of you are referencing, and yet I inadvertently quoted a different song.


Posted by: Stanley | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 5:58 PM
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So how was your first day of school, son?


Posted by: heebie-geebie | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 5:58 PM
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I heart this song. It was a favorite of my old roommate's that I would sneak in and put on.


Posted by: A White Bear | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 6:01 PM
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Is this post title descriptive or exclamative? Or was it a typo, and the "m" was supposed to be a "b"?


Posted by: heebie-geebie | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 6:03 PM
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I (think I) know which song I think the both of you are referencing,

I'll drink the bottle of Hennesey you got on your shelf, so just let me introduce myself - my name is Humpty. Pronounced with an Umpty.


Posted by: heebie-geebie | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 6:08 PM
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I just sincerely spent several seconds thinking, "How I amuse byself?"


Posted by: redfoxtailshrub | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 6:08 PM
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How I amuse: by self, not other.


Posted by: nosflow | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 6:15 PM
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65: Me too.


Posted by: Parenthetical | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 6:36 PM
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How I, a muse, by self, not other


Posted by: jms | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 6:58 PM
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How I am, use, by self, not other


Posted by: jms | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 6:59 PM
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64: Right. By Analog Aboveground. Duh.


Posted by: Stanley | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 7:05 PM
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Oh dear. Now you're way off again.


Posted by: heebie-geebie | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 7:08 PM
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Was 61 to me? If so, it was quite good, thanks.


Posted by: teofilo | Link to this comment | 09- 1-09 9:01 PM
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72: So what did you learn in school today?


Posted by: M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 5:17 AM
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73: That there sure are a lot of cute girls in this program.


Posted by: teofilo | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 1:50 PM
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You should wear you Ranger uniform to class!


Posted by: M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 2:57 PM
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73: That there sure are a lot of cute girls in this program.

There are moments when I think physics was a really, really poor choice.


Posted by: essear | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 3:00 PM
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I should proofread my comments!


Posted by: M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 3:01 PM
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You should wear your anger uniform to class!


Posted by: essear | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 3:03 PM
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I should clarify that 76 is meant not to impugn the attractiveness of women in physics, but to note their rarity.


Posted by: essear | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 3:05 PM
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But physics is just chock full of smokin' hot dudes, right?


Posted by: M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 3:09 PM
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Dudes of all shapes and sizes, really.


Posted by: essear | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 3:17 PM
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Unfortunately, I didn't bring the uniform with me. (Also, I think it's illegal to wear it when not actually working for the Park Service, or something.) At least I still have my Facebook profile picture.


Posted by: teofilo | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 3:29 PM
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(Also, I think it's illegal to wear it when not actually working for the Park Service, or something.)

Even on Halloween?


Posted by: nosflow | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 3:30 PM
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No idea.


Posted by: teofilo | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 3:31 PM
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As long as you strip off your official insignia, I'm sure you're okay wearing it. Really, it's the hat, mostly. Wear the hat, and call your classmates 'ma'am', and you'll be unstoppable.

Or roundly mocked. One or the other. Who can tell?


Posted by: LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 3:54 PM
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But the insignia's the whole point!


Posted by: teofilo | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 3:55 PM
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Well, and the hat, of course.


Posted by: teofilo | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 3:55 PM
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If that fails, wear your bike helmet to class. You can undo the chin strap and let it dangle if you prefer to send a devil-may-care 'tude.


Posted by: heebie-geebie | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 3:55 PM
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What bike helmet?


Posted by: teofilo | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 3:56 PM
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Helping Teo score with these girls is going to be so delightfully '06-'07.


Posted by: heebie-geebie | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 3:57 PM
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What bike helmet?

Well this is a bad sign.


Posted by: heebie-geebie | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 3:58 PM
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Have I ever given the impression that I own a bike helmet? Or a bike?


Posted by: teofilo | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 3:58 PM
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Don't bike without a helmet, young teo.


Posted by: nosflow | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 3:59 PM
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If you don't have a bike, of course, it's all good.


Posted by: nosflow | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 3:59 PM
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Helping Teo score with these girls is going to be so delightfully '06-'07.

Indeed. Except this time, it'll be fun for me too!


Posted by: teofilo | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 3:59 PM
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90: I believe, according to the finest traditions of the blog, that having launched Teo upon his career of venery, we are now required to hinder, rather than help, his further efforts in that regard.


Posted by: LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 4:02 PM
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Oh, then he should not wear his bike helmet to class after all. Good thing he's pretending not to have one.


Posted by: heebie-geebie | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 4:04 PM
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I do not believe 90 and 96 are mutually inconsistent.


Posted by: teofilo | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 4:04 PM
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97: I dunno -- reducing the risk of head injury is important in class and out.


Posted by: LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 4:05 PM
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The word mutually confuses me in 98.


Posted by: heebie-geebie | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 4:05 PM
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Don't bike without a helmet, young teo.

Don't "do it without the fez on."


Posted by: NickS | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 4:07 PM
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It doesn't really add anything to the meaning of the sentence.


Posted by: teofilo | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 4:07 PM
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Unlike a bike helmet to your prospect of getting laid.


Posted by: heebie-geebie | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 4:08 PM
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96: Bring up arcane New Mexico-centric geography. Promptly correct any grammar, word usage or geographical content errors in their responses. It might work! If not, try speaking in lipograms.


Posted by: JP Stormcrow | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 4:20 PM
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Yes, try to draw attention to your lipograms. And play with your hair.


Posted by: Cryptic ned | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 4:22 PM
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Your big, strong lipograms.


Posted by: heebie-geebie | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 4:23 PM
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I'm not neb, you know.


Posted by: teofilo | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 4:26 PM
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Trying to talk only using words not containing the fifth symbol in our Roman graph-list is a worthy task.


Posted by: nosflow | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 4:27 PM
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I'm not neb, you know.

That, alas, is what your advisors wish to undo. Only an imitatio nosflowis can unlothario you.


Posted by: nosflow | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 4:29 PM
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109: Still lipogrammatic, barring the quotation. A virtuoso performance.


Posted by: LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 4:30 PM
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Indeed.


Posted by: teofilo | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 4:30 PM
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And play with your hair

I do this. A pal not long ago said, it might account for my curls.


Posted by: nosflow | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 4:30 PM
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111 to both 109 and 110.


Posted by: teofilo | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 4:30 PM
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How long can he keep this up?


Posted by: teofilo | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 4:31 PM
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All night, baby.


Posted by: nosflow | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 4:32 PM
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108: So says you!


Posted by: JP Stormcrow | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 4:32 PM
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Psst, nosflow, over here. I've got what you've been missing.


Posted by: the letter 'e' | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 4:34 PM
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Always point out your lipograms with a flourish. Show disdain for folks that don't respond with fitting amounts of approbation.


Posted by: JP Stormcrow | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 4:38 PM
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108: I say it, nor shall I unsay it, mock as you may; I admit, you may find it trivial to stick to my constraint for short outbursts, but to that I say, I find no worth accruing to you in that.

117: That accounts for this void in my soul…


Posted by: nosflow | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 4:39 PM
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119.2: 'these deep-seated feelings of unease', I think you mean. Let yourself say the words.


Posted by: Gabardine Bathyscaphe | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 4:46 PM
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Don't bike without a helmet, young teo.

This is excellent advice, but every day I arrive home with sweaty hair I wish I disregarded it. Maybe I can have a rule - when temperatures are above 90°, I can skip the helmet and risk god's wrath.


Posted by: Parenthetical | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 4:52 PM
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108.1: To 116?

Not a dash, nor a sprint; have I stamina and form for a marathon? But why would I try? I lack will and motivation.

But this is how to do it if you so wish, young 'filo. As I said, it might work ... on a boat ... with a pony ... in a world of playful linguists.


Posted by: JP Stormcrow | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 4:53 PM
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This incapacitating passion with a taproot in my gut?


Posted by: nosflow | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 4:56 PM
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122.2: Holy shit! A slip-up. Damn.


Posted by: JP Stormcrow | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 5:00 PM
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That accounts for this void in my soul...

Or so particular mullahs would have you hold as truth.


Posted by: apostropher | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 5:14 PM
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Oops.


Posted by: apostropher | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 5:15 PM
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-have +want


Posted by: essear | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 5:16 PM
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Or so particular mullahs would want you to hold as truth.


Posted by: apostropher | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 5:16 PM
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What fortuitous synchronicity!


Posted by: nosflow | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 5:19 PM
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Pwnt.


Posted by: apostropher | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 5:24 PM
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127 to the human condition?


Posted by: Gabardine Bathyscaphe | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 7:13 PM
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That would be pretty pessimistic.


Posted by: teofilo | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 7:18 PM
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More so than I generally wish to be, certainly.


Posted by: Gabardine Bathyscaphe | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 7:21 PM
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we are now required to hinder, rather than help, his further efforts in that regard.

If teo believes thing one about the hallowed traditions of this blog, he's responsible for some serious auto-cockblocking, and we'll reap the benefits, thankyouverymuch.


Posted by: Stanley | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 7:31 PM
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Stanley gets it.


Posted by: teofilo | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 7:34 PM
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I think I just sold my soul to a cell company. Only I'm the one paying.


Posted by: eb | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 7:44 PM
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That took a while to write.


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If teo believes thing one about the hallowed traditions of this blog

Thing two's the one that lies about the blog, right?


Posted by: JP Stormcrow | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 7:51 PM
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136: But now you can play the guitar real good.


Posted by: JP Stormcrow | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 8:05 PM
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I don't get it.


Posted by: eb | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 8:22 PM
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Also, soup (now-departed) was right about the credit records (of course). Supposedly, I'll get my deposit back if I prove myself worthy pay my bills on time.


Posted by: eb | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 8:26 PM
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Lame joke taking off from the story about Robert Johnson. Also see Tommy in O Brother Where Art Thou?.


Posted by: JP Stormcrow | Link to this comment | 09- 2-09 8:27 PM
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