Damn it! I'm not ready to stop being mad at you for being so lame.
Hey, feel better, so I can (in good conscience) make fun of you for "not blogging" yet posting a bazillion comments.
You really think you can just say "I'm sorry" and make everthing okay again?
The hurt runs deeper than that, LB.
3: That's a brainstem function; commenting doesn't require higher brain centers.
Why the hate? I do not call attention to your various failings - the lengthy and digressive parentheticals regarding the state of your glands, the insistence on having all 10,000 words of every post appear on the front page, etc. - in order to make myself feel better.
In fact, there have been cases of people being clinically dead and nonetheless continuing to comment on Unfogged.
Hang in there, buddy. It always feels to me that whatever brief I am writing will never get written; but then it does. Yours will too.
7: As a fan, I insult merely to draw you out of a tragic retirement. I'm really hoping to bait Bob out of his shell.
Certainly, without unf's contributions, there would be little to read on this site.
Although perhaps it should be noted that LB has contributed more than twice as many posts to this blog as Unf.
Are you sure it doesn't just seem that way because she doesn't know how to use the Extended Entry feature?
Hey, I've used it. I just don't like it.
Oh, like Ogg-"spoilers in my post, but I won't hide them under the fold"-ed is one to talk.
You do that on purpose? I can't remember who I was joking with about that the other day, but I assure, my tone would have completely different if I'd known that you weren't just being a noob!
Unf and I never should have invited new bloggers.
Huh. If the long posts without a jump are annoying, I could use jumps more -- I don't like them on other people's blogs, so I don't use them much. This is an area where there's consensus?
Huh. If the long posts without a jump are annoying, I could use jumps more -- I don't like them on other people's blogs, so I don't use them much. This is an area where there's consensus?
I don't think they're annoying. Who jumps back and forth between posts on the main page so much that they need the posts to be truncated?
Unf and I never should have invited new bloggers.
Henceforth, each day you live with your ass unkicked is a gift from alameida.
I find jumps annoying on blogs where they take you to another page but useful and not annoying on blogs like Unfogged where it just expands hidden text on the current page. Just my 2 cents, though.
Ok, taking the personal out of, of course, I do think overly long posts on the front page are an inconvenience, but not a huge deal, obviously.
In general I dislike extend-o posts. They make me feel as though the blogger is trying to boost the site statistics. Here on Unfogged, the effect is a little different, at least for this habituée.
Unfogged has posts? I thought this was just a free-form comments board.
Mostly, yeah. The blog is vestigal. I just have the sense that if we ever formally post an 'open thread' mere anarchy will be loosed upon the world.
I'd love to know if anyone reads the blog but not the comments.
23 gets it exactly right.
The worst is on for-profit weblogs like TMPCafe when the "read more" jump takes you to a new page that doesn't actually contain any more writing than the main page did.
FRAUD!
I'd love to know if anyone reads the blog but not the comments.
Yup, I have a friend who does this. Someone else was telling me they had a friend who does it too.
27: I think many of my friends are like that. I've had to mention Unfogged to most of them to explain some of my various activities, and so they check it out, but don't read the comments, and are like "I don't get it. What's so great about that blog?"
and are like "I don't get it. What's so great about that blog?"
We didn't really need to hear that, leblanc.
31: excuse me while I cry myself to sleep.
Hey, ogged, didja ever wonder what's so great about m. leblanc? I sure have.
26: In my brief but blissful experience here, it appears that the posts are simply jumping-off points for our improvisational comment-based collaboration.
I think leblanc is fine, but all my friends are like, "Leblanc? Nothing special."
Don't be so sensitive! Obviously, the blog is awesome, but if you just read the posts, would you think it would justify a) spending multiple hours a day on the blog, b) flying out to another city to meet people from it, not mention c) regularly hanging out with at least commenter and d) chatting on IM regularly with several others? I wouldn't.
It would be funny if ogged decided one day to disable the comments.
It would be funny if ogged decided one day to disable the comments.
Don't think ogged hasn't seriously considered it. But at this point, it's totally out of ogged's hands.
38: You IM as well? Isn't that sort of cheating? Post logs.
How many women is Drymala banging right now?
ogged is just playing the part of Howard Beale, that's all.
I used to (years ago) read the posts, but not the comments, and I wondered what in the heck the posters were talking about. Now I (think I) know. Am I a better person?
I'm enjoying this reaction, so I'm going to keep up the pretense of offense.
Since when does Ogged talk about himself in third person?
43: damn, I bet it's a lot. If you were just banging Drymala, you might think he's nothing special, but if you stuck around for the comments...
But at this point, it's totally out of ogged's hands.
I've actually wondered about this. Obviously everything works be consensus as long as you all get along (which will surely be forever), but who really calls the shots around here if push comes to shove? Is it democratic? Or do ogged (or ogged and unf?) hold the master controls? Are there even master controls, from a technological standpoint, or do you all have equal access? Could ogged demand that the rest of your stop posting? Would he have to go to court, if you refused? (And would he win in court? If not, who would?) What if ogged wanted to start putting ads on the site, and woflson and Tia thought that was a bad idea? Again, if opinions got heated, whose word is final? And who owns unfogged's IP? If I decided to just start selling t-shirts on ebay that said "unfogged.com is the best!", could anyone stop me? (Other than the cruel invisible hand of the marketplace?) I paid some of the server costs, after all. What if LB started doing this and ogged thought it was a terrible idea? Could he stop her?
(Can you tell that I work in corporate governance?)
Master controls, from a technological standpoint, equals who has the financial relationship with the ISP, doesn't it? And that's Ogged, I think, although it might be Becks now. I pretty much figure Ogged's in charge if there's an actual dispute.
Bob's real?
Bob's like Zeus. A mythological figure who humped a lot of animals.
The answer, Brock, is that I used to rule the Unfogged universe, but I went away and turned everything over to the folks who were left, and now I post at their pleasure (not for their pleasure). I own the domain, but the hosting is in Becks's name. Issues are decided by consensus, and one hopes that nothing nasty comes to pass.
"Brock Landers" is a pseudonym for Yoko Ono.
Shirts that said "unfogged.com. See you in teh Mineshaft!" (with a picture of Labs' colon) would make me a millionaire, I'm sure of it.
So you're saying that the only thing preventing Becks from stagging a bloodless coup is her respect for the democratic process and the fact that unfbecks.com is a really shitty domain name?
"By consensus" is kind of overstating things. We used to try to put stuff to a vote and run all decisions by each other but we're all lazy so nobody would ever vote on things. Generally, everyone just does what they think is in the best interest of the site and hopes they don't step on other people's toes. When there are disagreements about what the best interest is, we sometimes discuss it but that's pretty rare. Ogged, Ben, and I make most technical decisions by fiat.
stagging s/b staging, although Becks is welcome to stag a coup if she wants.
Don't you ever contradict me in public again, Becks.
If ogged owns the domain, surely he still calls the shots (to the extent he wants to.) Becks' relationship with the hosting company doesn't mean much if the domain name is off-limits, whereas the site could easily be moved to another host if necessary.
So ogged, circling back to 41, it's totally within your power to disable comments if you want.
60 - Oh man, you don't even respect the democratic process. This is how Pinochet got started.
They're too polite to say that I actually subtract value from the site.
whereas the site could easily be moved to another host if necessary
Ogged, please keep me away from Brock Landers. KTHXBYE.
Although I wonder if ogged would owe ben and becks compensation for the work they'd put into the site, if he decided to pull the rug out from under them against their reasonable expectations? Unjust enrichment, and all that.
67 - Yes, because we're rollin' in it from this site.
The site doesn't necessarily have to make money for him to owe you compensation for the fair market value of your labor.
The post I was going to do about monetizing the site won't be funny now. Way to go, Brock.
68: I just knew it. You're harnessing the kinetic energy we put into comments to drive a vast level-up machine for MPORGs, right?
What enrichment? Ogged isn't taking in any money off the site.
I've been sort of assuming that technical decisions were made by consensus of the posters with a clue, which includes Becks, Ogged, and w-lfs-n, and I'm not sure who else, but not me. Editorial stuff, there's been very little that would rise to the level of a 'dispute' in the last year, and I think the policy is whoever's paying attention does what they please, and if anyone's worried about it there may be some after-the-fact arguing.
Ogged is the hidden one returned, Frederic Barbarossa. (But a kinder, gentler version thereof.)
or
Bob was Kronos
Mighty nice blog ya got here. Shame if somethin' happened to it.
70: Hrm. What on earth is the fair market value of this sort of writing? Absolutely nothing would be my first estimate.
Sometimes I remove names from comments, just to piss off LB.
Technical work is worth a non-trival amount per hour.
I've always suspected that, and I hate you for it. I'm expecting a check for the fair market value of my posts and comments in tomorrow's mail.
73- If someone comes and paints your house in exchange for, say, the right to live there, and when they're done painting you throw them out, you've been unjustly enriched (by the value of their services), and a court would order you to pay fair market value. Same idea.
The 77-78 dynamic was accidental, and therefore more beautiful.
An infinite sum of non-trivial amounts can add up to jack.
So do I have permission to print the t-shirts?
And just think of all that added thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, folic acid, and iron. All unjust, I have no doubt.
LB's long posts don't bother me. My browser can scroll pages up and down and I gotta scroll wheel.
Sorry about the strep and the brief. I was going to make a clever joke about the hoping the strep be brief and the brief... well... that's why there isn't a joke.
Ogged isn't taking in any money off the site.
In fact, the site gave him cancer.
And we all have a right to a fair share of that cancer. I expect a box-o'-tumor in the mail shortly, or I sell t-shirts. To Brock.
80: But this is more like some guy off the street officiously thrusting a much needed paint job upon your house while you're away in the Caribbean.
Analogies rule.
Ogged was a fool to let any of the power slip out of his hands. I could kick off everyone else, disable comments, and turn The Weblog into my own personal LiveJournal in the next thirty seconds if I so desired.
I guess that last part wouldn't necessarily be a noticeable shift.
Anyway, I'm not even 100% sure that my ISP charges me for the site. I feel like it's $17.50 every five months or something, and it just blends seamlessly into my credit card statement, in among the books I don't have time to read and the ill-advised trips to Chipotle.
An infinite sum of non-trivial amounts can add up to jack.
You... mathematicians. With your facts.
80. On the other hand, you could get the Peacock Room. (Oddly apropos with the Mexican and all.)
ill-advised trips to Chipotle
I've heard all I want to hear about that trip to Chipotle, Adam.
I hate it a non-trivial amount.
What's purple and understood to be speaking informally?
My answer was way less funny than 96.
I'm not clicking on 98 because I'm eating dinner. Apo has managed to comments links that ruined my dinner on several recent occassions, and I'm tired of it.
"comments links" s/b "post comments"
That was a pretty fast turnaround, even for you, apostropher.
100: pavlovian learning at it's best.
There needs to be some fast consensus building on the matter of whether a number is an acceptable Unfogged handle. I believe it is not, at least not in its numeral form (78) -- "seventy-eight," however, would be acceptable. Opinions?
As the resident fussbudget in this regard, I have to say it doesn't bother me. If they stick around, though, I'll probably start calling them 'eight'.
104: The acceptable handle is "Sylvester Stallone's purple cock".
Would LXXVIII pass your test, Adam?
I assumed "78" was whoever posted comment 78, wanting both to preserve continuity and anonymity. But I might not be right. And yes, the potential foro confusion is high.
ps was there an answer to 95? I sit in suspense.
Get with the times, Pops Kotsko.
I like handle-nicknames. They're friendly.
Meaning, I like it when people create short forms and other nicknames for people based on their handles.
Would you like a nickname, redfoxtailshrub?
Meaning, I like it when people create short forms and other nicknames for people based on their handles.
I like to do this, but Bridgeplate was going to beat me up the last time I did it. S/he'll even find the link for you, probably.
Rikki-tikki-tembo no-sa-rembo chari-bari-ruchi-pip peri-pembo has fallen in the well! Short names are good.
T-shirts? We could go with the "Ogged Says: Cuck Fancer"...or was that "cock fancier"? I can't remember, nor can I seem to search the archives.
My handle is pretty much tailor-made for short-forming. Take your pick!
SnackyCakes and Shrub are right, Bridgeplate be damned.
I do feel all belongy having a nickname!
"Shrub"? I've been calling her Fox. Possibly only inside my head.
Not "foxytail?"
(This is not another ass post.)
121: She said "take your pick," so I did.
Redfoxtailshrub is short for Redfoxtailshrubfishbasketmarble. (Really.)
123- and this is not a link to an ass picture.
125 - what's that from?
A friend who elected to nickname in the lengthening direction, the product of which I then reshortened, but not as far as the original "redfox". I feel some regret that I do not have a more interesting answer for this question.
Everybody who thought Jamie Pressly's ass looked like a boy's ass, please take a long look at the link in 126.
to further confusion of future generations, the link in 123 shall henceforth be known as a `fishbasket'.
the potential foro confusion is high.
We can dismiss the potential handle and force the poster to choose another on forum non confusiens sit grounds.
I have a feeling 134 was a joke at my expense, but I'm too stupid to get it. Which makes it a rather cruel joke, actually.
Ben was just gently suggesting you try being a little less ablative in the future.
"Foro" is the ablative (and dative) of "forum". "Foro confusion" could mean, say, "confusion in the forum". "Forum non conveniens" is a legal doctrine, that, as I understand it, can get a case dismissed or moved. Of course in forum non conveniens the issue is that the forum isn't convenient, so for "forum non confusiens sit" ("confusiens" being a nonce word) we add the subjunctive "sit": let the forum not be confusing.
137 is a rare instance of bleedthrough from standpipe's blog. I should really be less explicit in the future.
"Look at that retarded kid in the corner. Ha ha, he's so funny looking and we can make fun of him without him even realizing it."
Surely, Brock, you know of teh forum non conveniens?!
140- sure, but I hadn't heard of the forum non confusiens sit.
That's because Ben just made it up on an ad hoc basis.
That's because ben made it up. It really wasn't a joke at your expense.
"basis" meaning "may you be low".
So you were trying to make Brock feel stupid, then.
I am tentatively going to claim "pwnage" for 142-43.
Sez Téo
I like to think of him as "Ţèǒ."
Nice try, Teo, but no dice. "Well DUH" could as easily mean "Brock felt stupid, therefore Ben's comment was insulting regardless of his intent" as "obviously, Ben being Ben, he meant to make Brock feel stupid."
Pwnage is never tentative. Unless, of course, you're trying to claim that you pwned yourself, which is what you'd be doing if you claimed pwnage for 142. So, ok.
Do you think ogged ever feels like William Shatner's William Shatner character on that episode of SNL where he lays into the Trekkies and tells them to get a life? I hope not, because what would that make me? Some kind of utterly marginal "Lost In Space" fan or something.
He probably felt like that when he decided for a time that he was too cool to post or comment. Now he's back at the convention.
We are still short one (1) punchline.
Now we see what happens when we allow numbers to comment. They have no follow-through.
151: I dunno, b. Assuming you meant to agree with leblanc's comment, I'm not seeing a whole lot of support for your first interpretation there.
I like to do this, but Bridgeplate was going to beat me up the last time I did it.
SnackyCakes and Shrub are right, Bridgeplate be damned.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Somebody must have slandered Standpipe B., because ~e awoke from uneasy dreams to find h~self traduced one fine morning. Yeah.
Good nicknames are good, and bad ones are bad. ogged, I have no recollection of threatening to beat you, but doubtless it was in repayment for a bad one.
I admit being partial to unabbreviated "redfoxtailshrub", probably because it's an anagram of "Standpipe Bridgeplate".
I don't understand 160. Are you commanding commenter "78" to go into the Mineshaft as punishment for setting up a joke and blue-ballsing us on the punchline, or are you saying that commenter 78 is the collective voice of the Mineshaft, speaking back at us?
If it's the latter, it's quite fitting.
Here you were, Bridgeplaticus Angrymus.
It's possible, ogged, that SB merely meant that you should cut out the lameness.
Assuming you meant to agree with leblanc's comment.
Actually, I meant to insult her by implying she was dumb, in keeping with the jist of that particular subdiscussion at that point. But as usual, my humor is too subtle for this group.
By the way, does anyone wish to donate any good band names currently not-in-use? So far I have "Pontius Co-pilot", "Organ Freeman", and "The Richard Pryor Engagement". Obviously, I need a better name.
I would have gotten it if I weren't so dumb!
Better than being axiomatically unfunny, though.
I would like the note at this time that I hate the hoohole.
Hey, I think Pontius Co-pilot is kinda funny.
Stanley: The Young Hegelians.
Leblanc: search using yahoo.
I tried that, and it's not better. Or maybe I'm a crappy searcher.
By the way, does anyone wish to donate any good band names currently not-in-use? So far I have "Pontius Co-pilot", "Organ Freeman", and "The Richard Pryor Engagement". Obviously, I need a better name.
Rapid Integration
Bridge of Unusual Sighs
The hoohole is a real place.
Where great vaginas come from.
I always find myself wanting to use search rules from Lexis when using Google, so I end up with site:unfogged.com "little bitch" w/s "w-lfs-n" peni! OR testicle! and not "sylvester stallone"
168: Yes, but did you mean she was dumb because what she was saying was obvious, or because it was wrong? That's really the crux of the matter.
I bet this is pretty good:
Renaissance
* 2 oz. brandy
* 1 1/3 oz. sweet vermouth
* 1/3 oz. limoncello
* 2 dashes Fee's Peach Bitters (or try orange bitters, if you don't have peach)
I mean really. "Cappology"?
Don't unwittingly comment in a way that shows your ignorance of sports, Ben.
Billy Oceanographer, for a Billy Ocean tribute band.
It's already taken, but John Cougar Concentration Camp is my fave.
I would listen to a band called The Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, or one called The Blood/Brain Barrier (but ONLY if it were a fusiony power trio in the style of Brand X).
The ignorance of Cappsology around here is really surprising.
Also, a good band name would be "Hot Capillary Action".
What kind of music, Stanley?
I offer in advance: "Zeugma Residue".
For a month or so, I have had an "Egyptian Arabic" phrasebook sitting on my coffee table, such that whenever someone is over, they end up flipping through it and trying to say various phrases. At least three separate people, on separate occasions, has zeroed in on the phrase "where are the gay hangouts?" The phrase as translated ends with something sounding like "hoo-ha," which has doubly funny value for me because of the similarity to "hoohole," and also because "hoo-ha" sounds like a child-like euphemism for anus.
This has been the most boring comment in the history of this site.
You know, I'm constantly thinking "that would be a great band name!" but when called upon, can I remember any of them? No.
Leblanc's 188 is now only the second most boring comment in the history of the site.
You can thank me later, Leblanc.
I find that the things that one thinks would be a great band name at the time usually don't end up being so. For example, this summer, a co-worker said something I can't remember that was sexist and/or gender-normative, and I was like "what are you, the gender police?" He declared that "the gender police" would be a good band name, but I think now, no.
If you don't mind (what could be read as) a nod to TMBG, "Hang On Tighter". Or if you want to be cute, "The Hang On Tighter".
Billy and the Wonder Penis
Sounds too much like "Tilly and the Wall".
Nerdlinger's Atlas
(for a prog-rock DreamPorcupine Theater Tree type band)
I would listen to a band called The Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, or one called The Blood/Brain Barrier (but ONLY if it were a fusiony power trio in the style of Brand X).
I think a better name for that band would be The Swimmer In The Economist.
Umlaut Schwa, but only if it's an Oi! Oi! hardcore band.
I came up with "The Pressure Drops" as a teen, but that joke has already been made by The Elevator Drops and The Vehicle Flips.
"The Hang On Tighter" sounds too much like "The Hold Steady", which I think is a dumb name (although their music is ok).
The Bar Fighters.
Man, that name works on so many levels.
The Are You Clinging Tenaciously To My Buttocks
"The Hang On Tighter" sounds too much like "The Hold Steady", which I think is a dumb name (although their music is ok).
Sure, the name is dumb, but you have to read the comments.
Jello Biafra has a long spoken word piece about band names that's quite entertaining. The two that stand out in my memory are Jehovah's Rifle Cream and The Janitors of Anarchy.
The Vapid Female Wisconsin Lawbloggers
212: funny, but too reminiscent of Tenacious D. Come on,people.
If you want to get all pretentious and literary, "The Face of Goodness" would be good. (From a Camus line in one of his short stories--"How pleasant is the sound of a rifle butt on the face of goodness.")
"How pleasant is the sound of a rifle butt on the face of goodness."
I think there's a better band name lurking in that quote.
The Rantings and Ravings of a Random Rock Band
222: Huh?
Are there "must be meaningful or a pun" constraints? I was going for "fun to say."
I was going for "fun to say."
7ie80hwf9838nfd0123431h.
I meant, The 7ie80hwf9838nfd0123431h
228: I'd rather it not be a pun, which is a problem with my ideas so far. Fun-to-say is okay, and "Sunshine Peppercorn" meets the criterion.
Since we don't know what kind of band this is, I'm going to suggest "Suicide Dragon".
I would like to re-suggest "Bridge of Unusual Sighs", since it may be that not all of you have noticed how clever that is.
I Left My Kierkegaard in My Other Pants.
Quecksilberdampf-Kurzbogenlampen
I Am So Funny, the BitchPhd Tribute Band
246: That's hilarious, but I don't think it would work.
The 7ie80hwf9838nfd0123431hs.
There's a prior claim on the Nakeds Apes of Reason, so how about the Mills Bomb? The Halos of Ice? Or, to take a step back, the Disgusting English Candy Drill?
Rather, Pleasureful Rumpus.
Ah, right. Then, to borrow another Goldbarthism, Atomic Zilch.
169- I haven't yet read the subsequent comments, but Pontius Copilot is already a band name, you filthy thief.
The Chinese Parrots. Thee Hydrogen Splits. Ziggürat.
267: Maybe we're the other co-pilot.
Anus the Menace has been taken, but you can be Dennis the Phantom Menace.
My brother used to be in a band called Coomassie Blue.
Godot is My Copilot*. The Von Kempelen Discovery. The Smart Marks.
* Slow Yr. Trip.
On the Very Idea of a Sexual Cream.
The Jamcrackers. Alternately, if you're that kind of band, the Jam Crackers.
Direct Object and the Prepositional Phrase
Or, if you're being all "...And you shall know us by the trail of dead,:
At Night The Ice Weasels Come
Wish I could take credit for "Hermenudo", but it was a friend's band.
The Unwanted Guests.
or, The Unwanted Houseguests.
295: Not bad, but too close to "Everyone Gets Laid".
The Threatening Storm
The Looming Tower
The Persian Puzzle
Every Second Tuesday
Arbitrary Aubergine
Reindeer Games
Fishbasket Houseguest.
Get Out The Scrote.
Nearing Sainthood.
Getting In Touch With Your Pelvic Floor.
298 - Heh.
304 - They're both "Life in Hell" references.
The Shrimpwhiskers.
I was going to suggest The Slaughterhouse Four, but it's apparently already taken.
There's probably been a band named the Cockups, right?
Touch the Monkey (or Don't Touch the Monkey, either one)
Sucks to Your Assmar, Sucks to Your Auntie.
Stressmonkey (which used to be Mr. B's nickname for me)
Thirteen Ways of Looking Like a Blackguard
The Intentional Fallacies
Fallacious Intent
Phallic Intention
The Intentional Fellatio
78 has promise though:
The Technical Amount
191 gets it exactly right. A good title for a swing Dylan cover however would be, "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes the A Train to Cry".
343: I declined this question earlier, but it seems prudent to tell you: rockish pop.
Jumping topics: tea experts--what's a good source for online tea purchasing? I want to enroll my brother-in-law in a tea-of-the-month club, but all of the top hits for "Tea of the Month" look dubious. This comment sure to not receive any attention, 340+ comments into a thread on band names.
The Pathetic Bleats
This Monkey's Gone to Hell
iRock and the Stylish Accoutrements
The Ayn Rand Lexicon
The Last Thanksgiving
Lawyers, Guns and Honeys
Almost Completely Fucked
Extra Thick
Speculative Fiction
Lotion's taken! (Though the albums, I can neither find nor replace.)
Find-and-Replace
Relapsed
Penny Pinochet (topical!)
"How pleasant is the sound of a rifle butt on the face of goodness."
Butt In The Face.
I once reviewed a Nadia Solerno-Sonnenberg concert at which she wore a tight-fitting thing that way accentuated her ass. Said ass was awfully close to the face of the concertmaster, so for a friend who pointed this out, I made sure to include the phrase "but in the face" in the review. I know, I know, really fucking clever.
A Colloquial Grape
I don't get it.
(Great, start 'em young.)
Who is John Guilt?
Alternately, the Rearden Metalheads.
The Moral Disaster of Monumental Proportions Reconciliation Act
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo
Chopper, this is a very good tea shop that will probably have a recommendation, if not their own club.
Fare
Amusement Park
Sitting (or "Citing")
Breadfish (or "Fishbasket")
Slight
The Loci
369 is terrible.
How about "Rannygazoo"?
[Casket of Amontillado] scored points.
We must be on different wavelengths. Time for me to cut and run.
Hundreds of Comments Per Hour
Yoga Booty Valet
Runaway Trolley and the Fat Men
Has anybody yet organized a Meatloaf tribute band called Meatball?
Deadly Deadly Daggers of Deadly Deadly Death
394: It's taken already.
Thanks, gang! I assure you these names may or may not be used!
Stanley has obviously chosen one. My guess is either #211, #253 or #339.
damn! Spend a couple of hours who I'm mostly convinced is becoming psychotic ... and I missed the band names thread.
Luckily, it's still here, soubz.
Seriously Stanley, "The Angry Anger" is a great name for a band. Especially a non-particularly angry one.
non-particularly s/b not-particularly-
a couple of hours who I'm mostly convinced is becoming psychotic
"is" s/b "are"
400: This would be perfect for a non-Jewish klezmer band. Even better than The Gentile Warts.
401: should have read `with a friend who' I edited and didn't preview. pretty disturbing stuff.
400 appears to be the first time that pun has ever been made on these Internets, which surprises me.
pretty disturbing stuff.
I had that unfortunate conversation a couple of times. It really is disturbing. Sorry to hear it.
389: If we're naming an emo band, the original "Cry, cry, masturbate, cry" would work.
"Mope, mope, masturbate, blog" as well.
The Prufrocks
(Also, to 206: Jesus Chrysler was the name of my wife's first car.)
418 -- How 'bout J. Alfred and the Prufrocks?
Redfox and the Tailshrubfishbasketmarbles
Redfoxtail and the Shrubfishbasketmarbles
Redfoxtailshrub and the Fishbasketmarbles
Redfoxtailshrubfish and the Basketmarbles
Redfoxtailshrubfishbasket and the Marbles
Redfoxtailshrubfishbasketmar and the Bles
420: A little too on the nose, I think.
I'm trying to find the discarded list of names from when I named my band. Far too many of the good names are taken. I really wanted to be the Clementines. Or the Jills. Or Trespassers William.
God no, not Prufrock. Talk about your sophomoric attempts at sounding smarter-than-thou.
ok, quicklike:
mozdong
messianic afterthought
myspace apologist
imaginary part
I'm overwhelmed. I'll check in tomorrow. Good night all.
415: thanks. not the first time for me, either, but it's been a while. overuse of psycoactives is certain. this is going to be messy.
429: Argh, I don't envy you even a tiny little bit.
bitchphd; i'm freaking out a bit here. there are young kids. i feel hopeless.
426 is awesome.
I also like Fuck Dragon.
Hm. Can you offer to take the kids for a little while just to get them out of the situation until your friend ends up in the hospital? Assuming that's where s/he's headed.
Ok, someone needs to have a serious conversation here, but before they do: Did anyone else just see Peter Singer on the Colbert Report? And is it the case that the SEP does not include articles on living philosophers? I wanted to make claims about Singer to my roommate, and wanted them to be well-cited, but without the SEP didn't know where to turn (I don't, without even looking at it, trust wikipedia on this topic).
434: Or, less guilt-trippy, do you have any influence to get your friend to send the kids to grandma's or something?
434: 4000 miles away. I'll go in a few weeks. His wife is there, it's not like they are uncared for; but this is all playing out in that house, and she's not entirely uninvolved. I had no idea. Apparently he trusts my take on things more than anyone around him. Hospital would be likely, yes. I'm just so far away, it seems hard to get any handle on.
436: no, i'd take them in a minute if it was possible. I don't know the extended family well. I'll see what can be done tomorrow.
434: few weeks s/b few days or a week
4000 miles? As in, on another continent? Jesus, that is hard.
437: Well, keep in mind your friend's explanation of what's going on (including his wife's involvement) may not be super reliable right now.
same continent, opposite ends.
I honestly thought I'd got past having friends come apart. Kinda forgot what it was like.
437: yeah, i'm factoring that in. ran out of phone calls to make tonight though. Which leaves me in what-if land.
anyway, sorry, shouldn't dump this here.
by the way, bitchphd, totally unrelated but your blog is hanging, for me.
Soubz, so sorry. Can I ask how old (and how many) are the kids?
Is it? I haven't posted in several days, so it's not like you're missing anything.
Re. the friend, it sucks; no real reason *not* to vent/worry. Except, of course, that you can't do a damn thing except encourage him to get help and, where possible, offer to do stuff like take the kids and so on.
Strangely, I've never really had a friend crack up on me: I've always kept well away from folks who seem unstable. The strange part is that this is because I spent so very much time holding my mom's hand through crisis after crisis....
three, between 4 and 8. I really didn't mean to dump this in unfogged, just spent 3 hours on the phone and I guess I needed to vent a bit (no one here)
I really didn't mean to dump this in unfogged
Not a problem, soub.
447: yeah, i just opened a bunch of places at once, yours hung.
I spent a few years surrounded by addicts and headcases and people under stupid amounts of stress, people came apart pretty regularly. It's been a long time though, and I'd sort of got used to it not happening.
Have the kids had to deal with nuttiness all along, or is this a sudden onset sort of thing? B/c if the latter, they'll probably be way more okay than you'd expect (based solely on PK's similar age and ability to resist outside pressure).
450: Yeah, it's hanging for me too. Well, Haloscan's down, maybe that's it. I'm not terribly concerned about it, I have to admit.
I would imagine that the friends falling apart thing would be a lot scarier with kids involved, whether or not you were used to it.
didn't think you'd be terribly concerned about the blog, but thought I'd let you know.
yeah, it is scarier with so many more people involved. he's good people, so is she. They're out of their depth today, but I don't have a good feel for how long --- I've been away a long time. Can't trust what I'm hearing. No idea how the kids are doing. You're right, young kids are resilient (have cause to know that too) but I don't know what's been going on.
looks like i killed the band name thread. damn. there were some good ones coming.
apologies; i'm logging off now.
Night, Soubs. Try not to worry; it doesn't help. (And the thread went to bed with Stanley anyway.)
thanks bitchphd. You're right, it doesn't help (and sometimes that doesn't help, either)
three, between 4 and 8
How much more stressful for everyone. Best to you and your friend.
Ouch. I've been one of those kids...in fact, I was 8 and my younger sister 4 the first time. It sucks, but yeah, kids can handle a lot. And it makes an unimaginable difference to have an additional concerned, stable, caring adult who's monitoring the situation. (In my case there was a saint of a grandmother who lived 20 minutes away as well as the other parent, so we were quite lucky as these things go, and in a way quite protected. From across the country is much harder, but I think it would still help quite a lot.). Good luck.
On a lighter note,
The Hot Buttered O's.
The J. Alfred Pre-frosh.
And if you lack self confidence, try out the random band name generator. It's terrible:
Schwank Twinkie and the Bashful Injustice
Willing Bologna
Sardine of the Dump
International Fungus
Truly Cabbage
Hobo Lion
the Jills
mrh, do I know you?! One of my best friends in college started a band named the Jills. It was pretty popular on the local scene for a while, until it inevitably broke apart, as college bands do. They had groupies.
BUT I think that perhaps a little bit of a smoky scotch in the mix might make it even better.
Hey Stanley, I don't know if you're still following the thread -- why Hell, I reckon you're probably not even still awake -- but just in case, here are two ideas that came to me (yuk yuk) as I slept:
St4nl3y and the R0xx0rs
Rockstar Marie Rilke (or "Buffy Sainte-Marie Rilke", but I don't think that really works for your band.)
(Erm, I mean "Rockstar Maria Rilke")
The Ooh Oohs
Donny and Marie Rilke
Greater Than Normal
Less Than Normal
The Greater Than Normals
The Less Than Normals
Holy shit. Were all of you stoned last night, or were there really this many suggested band names pent up in the recesses of the Hive mind, just waiting for an opportunity to burst forth?
were all of you stoned
More evidence for my theory that commenting on Unfogged has an effect not unlike that of marihuana, if normally less potent.
A modification to 466: L33t St4nl3y and the R0xx0rs
(And dammit Stanley, I want some love for 467, which I think is pretty inspired.)
We were all stoned.
Sadly, I was not.
Also, I think 246 was dismissed too hastily.
474 -- Ssh, you'll ruin the mystique!
I kinda hoping somebody will feel sorry for me and bring some over.
Well why are you so far away then? I would gladly oblige if you just arranged to be not so far away.
Well why are you so far away then?
It's a fair question. For the cheap pork and cigarettes, I suppose.
Hey the cigarettes thread is over there. (points)
Getting back to band names for a moment: I think "Stream" has got possibilities.
God and the Astronauts
Suitable Helpers
Vote For the Crook
Non-Overlapping Magisteria
Grandmaster Five and the Furious Flash
My father, who spent perhaps too much time reading statistical reports of sociological surveys, had a motto which he wanted on a T-shirt. It would make a good name for a band of senior academics:
Broken Down By Age And Sex
thanks for listening to blather, and reassurance last night.
sheeeit, I should add a cock joke here just to avoid being too earnest.
"cock joke" s/b "band name"
"Cock Joke" would be an excellent band name.
Curse you and your superfluous 'z', soub.
It's ok Jesus, It's ok Jesus, you don't have to pay for that one.
Thanks to all for the overwhelming response, including Clownæ's 467. I'll be printing out this thread and bringing it to band practice.
And to soubzr: sorry to hear that; best of luck.
463: I doubt it, alas. We never actually used the name, since all of our googling for "The Jills" turned up realtors and cheerleaders, and because my bandmate's girlfriend's name was Jill.
Still like the name, though. And if anyone wants to volunteer to be our first groupie, I'll entertain applications at this time.
If anybody is still listening, I'd just like to say that I think The Mome Raths would be an awesome band name. Likewise, The Wabe would be a cool name for a venue -- I would go there to gyre and gimble.
Album name: "Outgribing"
