10/29/04 11:13 - ID#23237

It would be funny, were it not true...

It seems almost comical (and in any other situation, it might be) that there have been so many blatant attempts to misinform "undesirable voters" (read: anyone who doesn't agree with the religious right) [inlink]ajay,168[/inlink]

What's strange is that someone showed me this from "The Onion" just yesterday

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10/28/04 05:59 - ID#23236

Billionaires for Bush

[inlink]paul,2319[/inlink] -- well, (e:paul), I'm not entirely sure (as I haven't seen any of them around here), but I think that the Billionaires for Bush is part satirical, part performance art, part protest against the fiscally conservative right-wing.

I'd equate their tactics to what the Guerilla Girls

have done in the past -- trying to draw attention to their message by spoofing what they disagree with. Or whatever. That last part I just pulled out of my ass.

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10/27/04 12:59 - ID#23235

Transylvanian Concubine...

Anyone go to the Rasputina show this weekend? I had a chance and wasn't able to go b/c my son was sick as a dog. I've been listening to this group more and more (thanks to the wonders of iTunes network share -- i swear people don't give Apple enough credit) and I think I'm getting to a point where I want to truly immerse myself in their music.

Yeah, I may look like a total white bread on the surface... but truth be told, I identify with the goth side so much more... and nothing says ennui more than a couple cellos and a driving beat.

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10/25/04 10:48 - ID#23234

Sidekick peer pressure...

oh momma -- between (e:paul) and (e:twisted) mentioning the sidekick (and being that I have T-Mobile), I am tempted... but I'm unsure if I want to pay even more in monthly fees. Is it truly worth it? Could I still buy the phone without the extra service and just walk around looking cool ;) ? Well, if it's good enough for Paris Hilton and Paul...

Also, I want to mention how tickled I am (yes, I said 'tickled') that (e:twisted) has become so entangled in the elmwoodstrip community. Between her bathroom chats with (e:paul) and a possible rendez vous in The Castro

with (e:haikuster)... it's just too cool.

Side note here to (e:twisted) : I can't believe you have yet to go to The Castro for Halloween! I recall at some point they tried to move the celebration down to the Civic Center because there had been some hate crimes committed by people who drove in from places like Livermore, Stockton, and Walnut Creek to "see the queers" -- what-ev-er. I'm glad the civc center thing didn't take hold. Not having Halloween in The Castro is like not having Mardi Gras in New Orleans or not having Dingus Day in Cheekotwaga ;)

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10/22/04 03:22 - ID#23233

Tranny Award explained

(e:Metalpeter) - sorry, I shoulda clarified. The tranny award on my co-worker's desk had something to do with a transmission sales quota or something. I work at a Business to Business ad agency, so awards like that are fairly common. Fact of the matter is, I was the only one to think it strange that it said "Tranny Award" on it. Most people here only find humor in fart jokes and videos of men getting hit in the nuts. Not that those can't be funny, but that can't be the entire scope of one's sense of humor.

But, I guess that would explain the popularity of Shrek (sorry all of you Shrek-lovers out there).

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10/22/04 01:05 - ID#23232

The Twinkie Defense Explained (abridged)

[inlink]metalpeter,178[/inlink] Well, let's start off by saying that I spelled it incorrectly -- it is not spelled "twinky" -- boy, I'm an idiot for blowing THAT reference to pop culture. This is from an explanation I wrote awhile ago to a few co-workers:

in the late-70's, a former San Francisco city supervisor got away with the assassination of San Francisco mayor George Mascone and city supervisor Harvey Milk and pleaded temporary insanity as he had eaten too many Twinkies and was high on the sugar. As he was primarily a health-nut, the sugar rush supposedly interfered with his ability to make rational decisions about controlling his anger.

The supervisor was convicted on a lesser charge of manslaughter. he was then paroled in the 80's and ended up killing himself a couple years later.

hmm... I guess that was a pretty obscure reference, wasn't it? I should mention that I first heard about it while attending none other than Williamsville South HS, so it can't JUST be a regional expression.

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10/21/04 03:49 - ID#23231

Just in case you're still on the fence..

Reasons to vote for John Kerry even if you're not that crazy about him at
(I kid you not):

johnkerryisadouchebagbutimvotingforhimanyway.com

yay! let's get out there and not vote for bush!

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10/21/04 02:12 - ID#23230

coffee & what the hell?!!

Contrary to conspiracy theorists, I too doubt that either SPoT or *$'s (read star-bux) were responsible for the fire -- though I'm sure that the afore-mentioned theory was half kidding. It is sad though, I'm glad I was able to have a nice cuppa with (e:paul) before it was incinerated. One thing I noted was that they served Seattle's Best coffee -- kind of unusual for around these parts. It's pretty good coffee, not the best in the world (and it is owned by *$'s) -- but still pretty good!

I would be very surprised if they were back on their feet any time soon -- I don't think having a coffee house is a very lucrative business and it's going to take a lot to rebuild. Unless of course, the insurance company is very cooperative and helps them get back up on their feet and get things running again. Uh, not to sound like a pessimist but, yeah.... right.

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10/20/04 12:36 - ID#23229

i say tranny...

I've been going around taking an informal poll to see the first word that comes to people's heads when I say the word "tranny" -- so far, 5 out of 5 people have replied "transmission" -- whereas the first word that pops into my head is "transsexual".

Back story: I saw a plaque on my co-worker's desk a few months back that was apparently the "tranny award" for 2003. I saw it, turned around and went back to my desk where I totally lost my composure. When people asked me what was so funny, I told them about the "tranny award" -- and nobody got it. But I guess that makes sense. A lot of these same people also think the "twinky defense" is something you use when someone tries to mug you with a fruit pie.

Go figure

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10/19/04 02:35 - ID#23228

How to be a Nerd - lesson 1

Church of Bob & elmwoodstrip.com on the iPod

The Church of Bob

or The Church of the Subgenius was a fake cult founded almost thirty years ago by a bunch of filmmakers, writers and underground cartoonists from San Francisco and Dallas. Its purpose is basically to celebrate the power of nerds and freaks and to mock the masses (nicknamed "pinks" ). They worship their assassinated savior, J.R. "Bob" Dobbs (see my icon) and claim that they are all descended from Yeti ancestors.

My guess is that Robert Crumb had something to do with this, but I can not prove it. You might want to ask Sister Susie the Floozie (see below)

As far as this site and the iPod, well, I use a great piece of software called pod2go

(link can be sporadic), which incorporates, among other things, a reader for RSS feeds. So when I connect to my Mac, the software automatically updates those feeds allowing me to read the latest posts offline (without pictures, or much formatting, unfortunately) -- it's a great thing to have as I can check out what has been written that day as I'm cooling down after a run at Terrie's Workout (on Hertel). At any rate, it's a nerd's paradise isn't it?

There's also a new audio-based form of this called "podcasting", spearheaded by original MTV VJ, Adam Curry (Adam is also well known for registering "MTV.com" back in the early 90's when nobody gave a crap about the internet -- including the fine folks at Viacom

).

Okay, end of lesson 1. By the way, the spellcheck on this site is amazing. Though I noticed that it flagged "elmwoodstrip" as being incorrect.

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