Be a post whore! - Page 271

Griff · 08-18-2014, 08:45 AM

It's cool, that's cancer not kidney failure.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-18-2014, 01:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

for me, I think the prognosis for the recipient after transplant would be a factor. maybe for the sister too. Would you give up a kidney if you suspected the recipient would abuse it as they did their own?

No, but I wouldn't get tested for compatibility either. It's kind of an involved process with a chance, although small, of something going wrong, like an infection. Seems to me the time, trouble, and risk, would be dumb if I already decided no.

Sundae · 08-31-2014, 12:55 PM

I dreamed about John Barrowman last night.
It was just an odd dream, not great but not bad either. Mum was in it too.
JB was drinking John Smith's Bitter, which surprised me. Mum also claimed not to know he was gay.

I emailed her today to say what a silly old woman she had been in my dream.

Aliantha · 09-02-2014, 07:37 PM

I feel the need to rant about something, but I don't know what. It's one of those days for me. I have these negative feelings about injustice and crankiness and god knows what. If I start, just let me go.

Consider yourself warned.

fargon · 09-02-2014, 07:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aliantha

If I start, just let me go.Consider yourself warned.

Aliantha · 09-03-2014, 05:19 AM

So, i stayed away spent my time planning a teddy bears picnic cake, and making the bears. Also, another tinkerbell cake. This one will be different though. So anyway, not a bad day in the end.

monster · 09-04-2014, 11:06 PM

I neeeeeeed to go to bed. I have to be up early to deliver the highschoolers to the highschool and then drive through rushhour to a dodgy part of Detroit for a 10am appt. But I only just got in from running a stressfullish swim meet and am now caught up with email etc and want to play..../chill/whatever I DON'T WANT TO GO TO BED!

poo

xoxoxoBruce · 09-05-2014, 06:03 AM

Having to get revved up to get everything done, then trying to chill out knowing in a little while it's full throttle again, is like being a diabetic on a sugar see-saw.

Lola Bunny · 10-03-2014, 10:57 AM

"I know you're stupid but can you be less stupid?" That's my new favorite quote. I recently accepted this part-time job, and this one girl at the office told me she actually said this to another staff member.

Now I'm starting to think of this sentence when I'm faced with certain people.

BigV · 10-03-2014, 12:02 PM

...

What a stupid thing to say to someone. Maybe she's upset because she thinks others are taking her share.

Lola Bunny · 10-05-2014, 08:28 AM

Hehehe....that girl is a tad mean to the other man. She even admitted to it. She's upset because he wouldn't do his share of work. I'm learning all these new stuffs that he said took him 4 months to grasp. After two days, I'm already getting the hang of it. So maybe he is a tad slow.

infinite monkey · 10-07-2014, 11:14 PM

Damn you to hell UT. Every time I open up the cellar I get an earworm. Like walking in the rain and the snow...

Undertoad · 10-08-2014, 12:06 AM

Well! The only way to manage that is to replace it with something also earwormy from the same time period!

This song is charming somehow, and I don't know why. Its charm is what?

That it is absolutely ridiculous in every way?

That it was sung by a porn star who can barely sing, at a time when unlike today, porn stars were considered unclean and never made crossovers into any other form of entertainment? (Hint, I think in 1976 it was believed that with the arrival of disco, we were all gonna get laid.)

That it features terrible amateur musicians and is a terrible recording?

No. It's charming because it features a wood block, throughout! Not even a cowbell! And in the bridge, for a while, the wood block is struck twice on 2 and 4, instead of once. A bold move.

~

I'll tellya what blew me away, one time... when I realized that Saint Etienne's "Hug My Soul" (1994) references "More More More" by using almost the same opening line. The Et's Sarah Cracknell sings "Ooooooh, what are you thinking of" and duplicates the rhythm of True's opening line "Ooooooh, how do you like your love". It's on purpose.

And the song in general is 10 times better played, 100 times better recorded, and is sung by a true musician instead of a ridiculous porn star. And its charm comes from a pair of flutes, not a wood block. Flutes, always welcome by me in a pop song. Gorgeous harmonies, a sublime key change, a stunning arrangement combining full orchestration with modern sounds. So this song is a much more worthy earworm.

"More More More" hit #4 in the US and #5 in the UK. "Hug My Soul" hit #32 in the UK and did not chart in the US.

(note, this is not the official video. just ignore the video part and listen to the song.)

infinite monkey · 10-08-2014, 08:54 AM

Well, that girl maybe couldn't sing, but boy oh boy could she dance.

And thanks for the new earworm.

infinite monkey · 10-10-2014, 07:07 PM

2 days until Walking Dead is back!

08-18-2014, 08:45 AM	#4051
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	It's cool, that's cancer not kidney failure. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

09-02-2014, 07:37 PM	#4054
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I feel the need to rant about something, but I don't know what. It's one of those days for me. I have these negative feelings about injustice and crankiness and god knows what. If I start, just let me go. Consider yourself warned. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

09-03-2014, 05:19 AM	#4056
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	So, i stayed away spent my time planning a teddy bears picnic cake, and making the bears. Also, another tinkerbell cake. This one will be different though. So anyway, not a bad day in the end. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

09-04-2014, 11:06 PM	#4057
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I neeeeeeed to go to bed. I have to be up early to deliver the highschoolers to the highschool and then drive through rushhour to a dodgy part of Detroit for a 10am appt. But I only just got in from running a stressfullish swim meet and am now caught up with email etc and want to play..../chill/whatever I DON'T WANT TO GO TO BED! poo __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-05-2014, 06:03 AM	#4058
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Having to get revved up to get everything done, then trying to chill out knowing in a little while it's full throttle again, is like being a diabetic on a sugar see-saw. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-31-2014, 12:55 PM	#4053
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I dreamed about John Barrowman last night. It was just an odd dream, not great but not bad either. Mum was in it too. JB was drinking John Smith's Bitter, which surprised me. Mum also claimed not to know he was gay. I emailed her today to say what a silly old woman she had been in my dream.

10-03-2014, 10:57 AM	#4059
Lola Bunny Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 2,728	"I know you're stupid but can you be less stupid?" That's my new favorite quote. I recently accepted this part-time job, and this one girl at the office told me she actually said this to another staff member. Now I'm starting to think of this sentence when I'm faced with certain people.

10-03-2014, 12:02 PM	#4060
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	... What a stupid thing to say to someone. Maybe she's upset because she thinks others are taking her share. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

10-05-2014, 08:28 AM	#4061
Lola Bunny Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 2,728	Hehehe....that girl is a tad mean to the other man. She even admitted to it. She's upset because he wouldn't do his share of work. I'm learning all these new stuffs that he said took him 4 months to grasp. After two days, I'm already getting the hang of it. So maybe he is a tad slow.

10-07-2014, 11:14 PM	#4062
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Damn you to hell UT. Every time I open up the cellar I get an earworm. Like walking in the rain and the snow...

10-08-2014, 12:06 AM	#4063
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Well! The only way to manage that is to replace it with something also earwormy from the same time period! This song is charming somehow, and I don't know why. Its charm is what? That it is absolutely ridiculous in every way? That it was sung by a porn star who can barely sing, at a time when unlike today, porn stars were considered unclean and never made crossovers into any other form of entertainment? (Hint, I think in 1976 it was believed that with the arrival of disco, we were all gonna get laid.) That it features terrible amateur musicians and is a terrible recording? No. It's charming because it features a wood block, throughout! Not even a cowbell! And in the bridge, for a while, the wood block is struck twice on 2 and 4, instead of once. A bold move. ~ I'll tellya what blew me away, one time... when I realized that Saint Etienne's "Hug My Soul" (1994) references "More More More" by using almost the same opening line. The Et's Sarah Cracknell sings "Ooooooh, what are you thinking of" and duplicates the rhythm of True's opening line "Ooooooh, how do you like your love". It's on purpose. And the song in general is 10 times better played, 100 times better recorded, and is sung by a true musician instead of a ridiculous porn star. And its charm comes from a pair of flutes, not a wood block. Flutes, always welcome by me in a pop song. Gorgeous harmonies, a sublime key change, a stunning arrangement combining full orchestration with modern sounds. So this song is a much more worthy earworm. "More More More" hit #4 in the US and #5 in the UK. "Hug My Soul" hit #32 in the UK and did not chart in the US. (note, this is not the official video. just ignore the video part and listen to the song.)

10-08-2014, 08:54 AM	#4064
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Well, that girl maybe couldn't sing, but boy oh boy could she dance. And thanks for the new earworm.

10-10-2014, 07:07 PM	#4065
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	2 days until Walking Dead is back!

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