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I'm not sure how much credence there is the the Anti OT Thread movement here, but since the newer, juicier thread is... uh, juicy, I'll stay over here to put my 2 cents in. I lurk all threads, but mostly only contribute to OT. It's a shyness thing, a realization that I really don't know enough to make really great or meaningful posts in the hockey threads. That and I hate internet fighting. After a few years of babbling in OT with people, I've felt I've gained enough of a rapport with the most frequent users here to occasionally venture into a hockey thread/GDT and bomb it with amusing gifs. I mean, uh, contribute. I wouldn't stick around if there wasn't that awesome semblance of humanity, flawed and great, that you get in the OT- that's what makes a community a community rather than a bunch of random fans at a bar rumbling together during a game and walking away after. And I like it intermingled with the hardcore hockey stuff. Playing hockey is, at least for me, equal parts about loving playing the game and loving bullsh!tting over beers with people afterwards. I guess that's what I like about this forum. Ok, off my tiny soapbox now, mutter amongst yourselves!

Had a chip in my windshield- it's been there for about 2 years now. On my way to dress rehearsal Sat night, it cracked all the way across. it's 11 on Monday and my insurance STILL can't reach anyone to get the damn thing fixed. love you too, winter. you b@stard.

God, huge hero of mine as a kid. Read about that famous raid soooo many times. His autobio, I Could Never Be So Lucky Again is a good read. I haven't read it since 5th grade. It's time, I think. The astronauts were legends to me. There are some astoundingly good documentaries out there that "humanize" them, but they'll always be giants to me. Balls of steel, brilliant, test pilots. If you want a giggle, check out Chuck Yeager's twitter account. He's a gruff old man :) https://twitter.com/GenChuckYeager

Also- never live with a stand up comedian or someone whose bf is... you'll always be worried you'll become their material...

I'd watch you. I have a really complicated relationship with stand up. I generally avoid live stand up like it's the plague. I've seen a couple decent sets, but more often than not, it turns into "audience participation" and I get roasted. I hate it. Getting blasted multiple times as "gotta suck to be the ugly third wheel when you work with her" at a work outing in front of my boss/everyone (I was sitting with my friends, a couple, and guy was just on and on about my attractive coworker) by a sweaty schlub on cocaine was kind of the last straw. Haven't gone out for it since. I'm apparently really great for "you must have a great personality, eh?" kinda jokes. Has happened a few different times. I must have a target on my head. Like, I get it, I'm a 5 on your scale, f*** off. I don't take well to teasing. Screw that kind of humor. It's not even smart. In a similar vein- I can't stand that Jeselnik guy. It's not that I am offended by him- it's that he's Scorch the Earth predictable. Mention a topic, I know exactly what horrible/shocking thing he has for the punch line. Not creative, gets boring fast. Izzard, Craig Ferguson, some classic Robin Williams, some Hedburg once in a while, a little Nick Offerman, George Carlin, old school Eddie Murphy- some good stuff. Trying to find a female comedian I like. I hate that I don't have one. Always similar material about being fat, high school reunions, lady bits. I agree with the post upthread about Lampanelli being a great one time act. Does Kristen Schall count? Her and Kurt Braunohler are great together.

I'm a beautiful mosaic of both, so I will definitely do that!

:wub: Yeah, I'll buy some of the Sore No More online. Worth a shot. I'm in pretty gnarly shape. Thanks again!

Oh my god I love you. I've been wondering if there was something out there, but my google searches just turned up "take a hot bath and take a pill and suck it up, kiddo" in essence haha

Good luck man! I'm excited to almost be done with this performance. My body is just battered. I've put everything I have into it and hopefully Sunday goes well. 2 more practices... one performance. Last night, my trapeze instructor got a little... gung ho... and had us run it over and over and over. It's a punishing routine for me. Trapeze is a painful apparatus, the ropes cut, the bar bruises, and I'm supporting my weight and my partner while twisting, flipping, etc. By the final run through, she and I were just cussing and gasping for air. My hoop routine is endurance (the lower bruises are from that) more than pain, but still... I'm beat. There IS such a thing as practicing too much. My leg, the thigh area, is really swollen today, so much that pants hurt. My instructor (in the routine with us) has ripped all the skin off her calf. Everyone's just spent. I hope it doesn't affect our actual show! just let it be over...... but hey, if you're in Roc Sunday and want to see some cirque du soleil type for 5 bucks a show, pop on by!

Ahaha I don't miss this part of teaching. The kids who just suddenly happen to show up to class with half the final project left... The amazing stories I'd get, the sob stories, the catastrophic technical failures that prevented them from getting work done, the actual clothes ripping off tantrum I saw.... and then the one creepy boy who would just hang around... and stare at me... after class... "Give me an extension" ... he'd just follow me around, glaring. Lotta stories about that kid. One of the other students saw him sort of stalking me around and then the rest of the class would stay until I was ready to leave. Which was tough when I was on crutches. Good kids. Even if some of their excuses were directly out a bad movie script... One kid- "the campus popo came in and raided my dormroom to look for pot and the memory card my project was on disappeared they might have took it"... well, I wouldn't deny the first part, but hard to have too much sympathy after you've only turned in one project, and the rest were half done and late...

Yeahhh but my ego couldn't handle it. I'd hate to end 5+ years of hard work and a good record with a firing.

Oh come on, you can't just leave it there. Complaint: the deadline for this project I knew to be impossible (and suspected to be a set up failure to make me look worse) has proven itself to be... impossible. I raised alarm with plenty of time buuut... Yep, guys, it's impossible. But on the flip... it doesn't matter! They can't fire me! Bwahahahah

We had some slush pouring from the skies in Rochester a couple nights ago and I was astounded how rusty I was at handling it. I didn't really get a chance to drive in snow last year- I spent it all on crutches. I took a long route to avoid the highway and ended up out in rush because I missed my turn. Went from rain and a bit slippery to a full inch of pebbly ice, below freezing, and accidents everywhere... then I crossed back through the weather pattern and it was just wet again and back up to about 36 degrees. Amazing how those delineations work. But yeah, definitely going to take it slower than I used to these first few snows. My subaru is great... my muscle memory has faded.

Screw it. Posting it. Being a vain show-off. But I'm proud of this. I actually have muscle def in my back. Maybe nowhere else on my body, but hell, this is pretty cool and a first for me. I'll annoy you all with pics of my performance after the fact, too, just a warning. Now I really want to know if all this upper body strength will translate into a better slapshot.....

Dear god PLEAASE let it work. The lack of snoring. d4rk's never around for the other thing. :C Seriously hun, you don't... snore... so much as you flailgasphurksplurk gahhhhh and terrify me. And then somehow every muscle in your body jumps, like a fish making its last bid for life back into the water... and you remain totally unaware. Sleep apnea. I know you've got it.

haha d4rk beat me to it- but yeah, pretty much my dream existence right there. Windows and land.

https://twitter.com/JustinTillyer/status/806311318072356864 Markstrom. And he then used his bulk to block a NJ fan from filming any further.

Apparently Zajac got bloodied against the boards earlier. Retribution hit? The brawl breaking out on top of him is just stunning. Hope they didn't hurt him any further.

https://twitter.com/shane1342o/status/806309431138979840 Closer view/different angle https://twitter.com/shane1342o/status/806311022902571008 Absolutely horrible.

His show Richard Hammond's Crash Course is basically just him fanboying all across America. He realllllly loves the US of A. I'm enjoying it for now but your last statement there has been an issue of mine for awhile. He's brilliant but rather repulses me. At least the other two bust his balls constantly. I rarely enjoyed the celebrity bits in TG, I admit it. Once in awhile, you'd get a stunner, or it would totally change my opinion on someone. But it was just always rather off for me. I'd like to see them forced to drive each other's car choices. It's predictable- James May in a refined, stately "old codger's choice" version of whatever the prompt is, Hammond in a 20 something's wet dream muscle car or Porsche, and Clarkson in a Benz or whatever they had the highest budget for. But it's still fun.

Ok ok. So, while he was in full pneumonia death spiral, d4rk yoinked together some wood, odds and ends and I assembled/painted it feverishly the night before the office halloween costume contest. If we do this next year, I'm going to repaint the damn thing so it's really good and accurate and realistic looking, because this was a slap dash job by moi. PVC pipe for stock, wood for body, driveway reflectors cut down for the rods in the front, more pvc pipe, foam, and a couple bottles (that Ice sparkling water stuff) spray painted for the two tanks. I mean, for sickness and lack of time, it's not bad! Other side with admittedly massive cat for scale: and then me. I miraculously found a Vietnam era women's (yeah that was nearly impossible) flight suit in my size on ebay. The exact model I wanted was a former Chinese g suit- the same one Weaver wears in the movie. Yeah, I couldn't find any in my size or remotely near my price range (because of popularity, they're more like 500 bucks now). So it's too green to be correct, but after getting the central zipper replaced, it fit great. My days of sexy halloween are over. This was too comfy. After this picture, I acquired the correct patches for both Kane (who Carter was/is gonna be) and Ripley, as well as white hi-top sneakers, the chest burster, and I carried a little stuffed cat with me as Jones. Next year, we'll do this right. I can't wait to build a chest rig for Carter that pops the burster and throws blood on people. And I plan to use the flightsuit for paintball games someday, or gender bend some Top Gun characters and sweat all over everyone.

I had a glass at dinner with some friends some time ago at a place in Webster. It was exactly like melted ice cream. I liked it more than I had expected, but definitely a dessert beer. They made it with Hedonist, so I wasn't surprised it was sweet, rich, and ice creamy. Though as a lady I gotta say, it'd be a perfect choice for those monthly times when you need alcohol and want chocolate!

When I get home I'll dig it out. Next year, when you're not sick and we actually get to celebrate halloween, we're somehow adding in "real" flamethrowing capabilites. Even if it's just cloth and air to simulate a flickering flame haha

We all good :thumbsup: