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by **last_candle** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 1:06 pm

once all the steam is let off in the "random bitching thread" - we can focus on the bright side of life

fist things first: life is good

...and on a less important note: they added some interesting channels to my tv bundle: fox, tnt, syfy a.s.o. - they are new to switzerland and even in HD

by **junkhead13** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 2:14 pm

I'm in.

The weather here in Florida has been awesome the last few days. Nice and cool autumn weather. Just nice days to relax outside. And I just ordered a fire pit online so in a few days I am going to be burning all sorts of stuff like a pyro! Fire!!! :twisted:

More channels are always good. Syfy is fun.. Maybe you will be lucky enough to catch Sharktopus someday! :lol:

by **Stained Class** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 2:43 pm

The asshole weathermen in Calgary all said it was gonna snow today, but no snow at all!

by **Laura** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 3:14 pm

last_candle wrote:once all the steam is let off in the "random bitching thread" - we can focus on the bright side of life

fist things first: life is good

Thanks for starting this thread last candle!!
Hmmmm....what am I rejoicing about today......
that I am HEALTHY!!!!
(in light of the fact that so people are sick right now like Behemoth's Nergal, a few of my relatives, and countless others :cry:

)

by **Disaster Area** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 5:29 pm

'When you chewin' on life's gristle, daaan't grumble, give a whistle!"

I rejoice in MONTY PYTHON

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndwEOIaeuGo
:cheers:

by **cg138** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 6:38 pm

Saturday was Carl Sagan day. I'm lucky enough to live near the site of the official events. Saw some superb lectures, met some great people, and topped it off with a late evening of drinks with science nerds like myself. My kinda day!

by **Disaster Area** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 7:14 pm

cg138 wrote:Saturday was Carl Sagan day. I'm lucky enough to live near the site of the official events. Saw some superb lectures, met some great people, and topped it off with a late evening of drinks with science nerds like myself. My kinda day!

ahh yes," billiuns upon billiuns of starz..."

by **viathyn** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 7:28 pm

Finally solved my guitar string fiasco (pesky faulty strings :evil:

) and now my BFR sounds MOTHERFUCKINGAWESOMEHOLYSHIT.

by **Jaimie38** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 7:32 pm

viathyn wrote:Finally solved my guitar string fiasco (pesky faulty strings ) and now my BFR sounds MOTHERFUCKINGAWESOMEHOLYSHIT.

You better play good Saturday... or I'll demand my $10 back...... I'll pelt you with sour cabbage...

by **Disaster Area** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 7:33 pm

Jaimie38 wrote:
viathyn wrote:Finally solved my guitar string fiasco (pesky faulty strings ) and now my BFR sounds MOTHERFUCKINGAWESOMEHOLYSHIT.

You better play good Saturday... or I'll demand my $10 back...... I'll pelt you with sour cabbage...

Some people really enjoy sour cabbage, excellent on Polish dogs and corned beef!

by **Jaimie38** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 7:39 pm

I'm glad you're a few cabins away from me on the cruise after a few of those! I feel sorry for your wife!! LOL

by **Disaster Area** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 7:44 pm

umm Jaimie I think you should change your signature from "iceberg watch" to something more geographically appropriate like,

27 Cuban refugees floating on a raft made out of old refrigerators, Watch

by **Malaka** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 8:03 pm

Disaster Area wrote:umm Jaimie I think you should change your signature from "iceberg watch" to something more geographically appropriate like,

27 Cuban refugees floating on a raft made out of old refrigerators, Watch

This seriously made me LOL at work. :lol:

by **audrey** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 8:04 pm

Disaster Area wrote:'When you chewin' on life's gristle, daaan't grumble, give a whistle!"

I rejoice in MONTY PYTHON

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

It is awesome that you posted this, because as soon as I seen "bright side of life", I thought of this. Cheers :cheers:

by **audrey** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 8:06 pm

I am rejoicing in the fact that even though I got some crappy news on Thursday, I had an amazing weekend with my friends. KICK ASS weekend to be exact. I feel that life is extremely good, and feel incredibly positive right now.

by **grimmy82** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 9:03 pm

I am still rejoicing in the Giants winning the World Series and the gorgeousness of #38 who should come to my house and remove his garments immediately for some cardio! :lol:

by **viathyn** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 10:26 pm

Disaster Area wrote:
Jaimie38 wrote:
viathyn wrote:Finally solved my guitar string fiasco (pesky faulty strings ) and now my BFR sounds MOTHERFUCKINGAWESOMEHOLYSHIT.

You better play good Saturday... or I'll demand my $10 back...... I'll pelt you with sour cabbage...

Some people really enjoy sour cabbage, excellent on Polish dogs and corned beef!

I'm working on my chops! Just got my amp repaired.. restrung my favorite axe.. life is good!
Now to, you know, actually practice the songs haha :lol:

See ya saturday dude!

And, to go along with what craig said... if you were to present me with a polish dog with sour cabbage, I would dedicate a song to you! haha

by **Evil Red** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 10:30 pm

I'm going on this one cruise in a few months with a bunch of bands. Maybe you guys have heard of it? I'm rejoicing everyday it gets nearer. :mrgreen:

by **viathyn** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 11:04 pm

You said it Red. :headbanger:

by **MrsAceMasterHan** » Tue Nov 09, 2010 7:34 am

lol Red, I think I may know of this cruise that you speak of :shred:

and I am going to go ahead and rejoice that Im not working today. pretty much just going to sit on my arse and surf the internet with the stereo blaring until the critters arrive home :headbanger:

by **cg138** » Tue Nov 09, 2010 8:11 pm

Disaster Area wrote:

ahh yes," billiuns upon billiuns of starz..."

Haha, very good. Though he only ever said billions, and never billions and billions, which was inaccurately attributed to him.

Science nerd, out.

by **Disaster Area** » Tue Nov 09, 2010 8:31 pm

cg138 wrote:
Disaster Area wrote:

ahh yes," billiuns upon billiuns of starz..."

Haha, very good. Though he only ever said billions, and never billions and billions, which was inaccurately attributed to him.

Science nerd, out.

now I am no self described sci-nerd, and wiki is often inaccurate but:

"Sagan stated that he never actually used the phrase in the Cosmos series.[26] The closest that he ever came was in the book Cosmos, where he talked of "billions upon billions":[27]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Sagan ... d_billions

I always thought the misquote was "and" instead of "upon"

but I could be wrong...

/defers to nerd/

by **cg138** » Tue Nov 09, 2010 8:41 pm

Disaster Area wrote:
now I am no self described sci-nerd, and wiki is often inaccurate but:

"Sagan stated that he never actually used the phrase in the Cosmos series.[26] The closest that he ever came was in the book Cosmos, where he talked of "billions upon billions":[27]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Sagan ... d_billions

I always thought the misquote was "and" instead of "upon"

but I could be wrong...

/defers to nerd/

No no sir, you have a valid point. The popularized quote is Billions and Billions. What he actually WROTE, but never actually said, was Billions upon Billions. Either way, it's funny that his most famous quote is one he never used.

by **Disaster Area** » Tue Nov 09, 2010 8:45 pm

cg138 wrote:
Disaster Area wrote:
now I am no self described sci-nerd, and wiki is often inaccurate but:

"Sagan stated that he never actually used the phrase in theCosmos series.[26] The closest that he ever came was in the book Cosmos, where he talked of "billions upon billions":[27]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Sagan ... d_billions

I always thought the misquote was "and" instead of "upon"

but I could be wrong...

/defers to nerd/

No no sir, you have a valid point. The popularized quote is Billions and Billions. What he actually WROTE, but never actually said, was Billions upon Billions. Either way, it's funny that his most famous quote is one he never used.

yeah, and that took hold even before the internet.

by **Malaka** » Tue Nov 09, 2010 9:14 pm

Nice job guys! I'm just giving ya hell by the way. Carl Sagan talked funny. And I rejoice that Stephen Hawking out-lived him. :lol:

by **debborah1** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 2:08 pm

SlaytanicE21 wrote:

Nice job guys! I'm just giving ya hell by the way. Carl Sagan talked funny. And I rejoice that Stephen Hawking out-lived him.

AWWWW.....A PUDDY TAT!!

by **mooyagi** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 8:31 pm

I finally bought my plane tickets and just barely made it over the limit for frequent flyer miles on the flight to Miami. I am so happy now. That's half off the roundtrip right there!!!

by **last_candle** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 11:37 pm

i had like 9h of sleep last night!

by **debborah1** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 11:15 am

mooyagi wrote:I finally bought my plane tickets and just barely made it over the limit for frequent flyer miles on the flight to Miami. I am so happy now. That's half off the roundtrip right there!!!

Damn!! That is worth rejoicing!....Im doing the snoopy dance for you right now!!

by **last_candle** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 3:01 pm

debborah1 wrote:
mooyagi wrote:I finally bought my plane tickets and just barely made it over the limit for frequent flyer miles on the flight to Miami. I am so happy now. That's half off the roundtrip right there!!!

Damn!! That is worth rejoicing!....Im doing the snoopy dance for you right now!!

are you going to perform the snoopy dance at the wet t-shirt contest?

by **viathyn** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 3:12 pm

I got rather loaded last night, had an 11 hour sleep, went and had a great lunch with the missus, and I'm now smoking my hookah and playing guitar...
GREAT start to a 4-day long weekend!

Playing a sweet show on Saturday with some of my favorite local bands :cool:

by **grimmy82** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 5:20 pm

I'm pretty stoked that there's so many cute dudes going on this cruise! WOO WOO WOO YOU KNOW IT!!! :cheers:

by **mooyagi** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 6:37 pm

last_candle wrote:
debborah1 wrote:Damn!! That is worth rejoicing!....Im doing the snoopy dance for you right now!!

are you going to perform the snoopy dance at the wet t-shirt contest?

That would give me a Woodstock! :lol:

by **grimmy82** » Fri Nov 12, 2010 2:00 am

I am so stoked that I broke up with my ex boyfriend almost two years ago! That guy has turned into a miserable old drunk!
I feel sorry for the chicks that live in Ohio, though. :lol:

Although...he did tell me to 'go die.' That wasn't cool.

by **ShoreSlayer** » Fri Nov 12, 2010 2:06 am

grimmy82 wrote:I am so stoked that I broke up with my ex boyfriend almost two years ago! That guy has turned into a miserable old drunk!

He's handling it better than I would've.

After realizing they'd completely blown their one shot at a hot blond librarian with an ass crafted by Gods, most guys would reach for the nearest gun and shoot themselves in the face :shock:

by **grimmy82** » Fri Nov 12, 2010 2:17 am

ShoreSlayer wrote:
grimmy82 wrote:I am so stoked that I broke up with my ex boyfriend almost two years ago! That guy has turned into a miserable old drunk!

He's handling it better than I would've.

After realizing they'd completely blown their one shot at a hot blond librarian with an ass crafted by Gods, most guys would reach for the nearest gun and shoot themselves in the face

He's reaching for a 12 pack a night and telling me to go die instead. :lol:

by **cg138** » Fri Nov 12, 2010 2:53 am

grimmy82 wrote:he did tell me to 'go die.' That wasn't cool.

Seriously. I mean, it's not much of an insult, is it?

I would have gone with:
I hope your mother dies a painful syphilis related death, and when you have the wake, her corpse reawakens, and she bites your father, turning him into a zombie. Your parental zombies would then begin to consume the brains of everybody you know and love at the wake. You have to smash open a nearby fire emergency panel, which inexplicably has an axe in it, and hack the heads off of your undead folks.
Only decapitation isn't as easy as you thought. It takes you 6 cleaves to sever your mother's spinal column, and you hear the scrape of metal on bone each time you bring down the axe.

Your mother dispatched, you fix your sights on your approaching father. You're tired. Every strike with the axe is an almost insurmountable burden, sending the painful shock of lactic acid shooting through your overworked arms. As you bring down the now dulled blade laterally into the top of your dad's skull, you're reminded of the first baseball game he brought you to. You remember it well. Oh, how simple life was back then. You begin to sob uncontrollably as you attempt to pull the weapon from your now doubly deceased father, the fractured remains of his cranium crunching sickeningly with the exertion. It's no use.

Your parents' badly brutalized remains lie mangled, dormant. The empty, accusing stare in their eye calls out to you.
"You did this to us" they seem to say.
You collapse on the ground, shaking, sobbing, terrified. What did you do to deserve this?
The remaining undead close in around you, the stench of putrified flesh burning your nostrils. You want to run. You won't die here.
As you attempt to rise to your feet, what was once your uncle grabs at your hair. You pull away, feeling the searing pain of your scalp being peeled from your skull. Your eyes burn from crying. You couldn't have seen the funeral director approach from the side. He sinks his teeth into the back of your neck. It feels at first like a great weight pushing down on you, but you soon feel the damage. Warm blood flows down your back, the wound pulsating and gurgling in synchronization with your heartbeat.

You feel light headed. Everything appears to be blanketed in a gray haze; You feel as if you are looking through the eyes of someone else. A stranger in a morbid practical joke, maybe. You feel the distant sensation of hands touching you. The warm embrace of loved ones who have passed?
This must be it!, you think to yourself. All of our hopes and dreams confirmed, an eternity of exuberance of and peace!
The benevolent hands tighten their grip.
You feel more teeth penetrating your skin.
Blinding pain.
No more thoughts.
Darkness.

by **ShoreSlayer** » Fri Nov 12, 2010 4:13 am

^ ^ ^
Great read! You, sir, need to spend much more time in the Our Story thread!! :headbanger:

by **junkhead13** » Fri Nov 12, 2010 5:37 am

It was indeed a great read. Zombies are always a good time.

For those who haven't heard, watch The Walking Dead on AMC Sunday nights at 10 pm. Great show. 2 episodes down, 4 more to go, but they just got approved for another season.

by **Disaster Area** » Fri Nov 12, 2010 8:06 am

ShoreSlayer wrote:^ ^ ^
Great read! You, sir, need to spend much more time in the Our Story thread!!

My favorite line was "doubly deceased Father" Although "doubly deceased Dad" Although doubly deceased Dad would have made the alliterative hat trick :heavydrink:

I agree, cg is quite the young wordsmith, although he gets -10 for gifting me an image of him "gaying it up with Devin"

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