Random stupid things on your mind. Post them.

[Eddie Coyle]

Thanks.  I had a great-grandma who had her last child at around 50 or so.  I'm 44, and I don't think that's in the cards for me, but who knows.  I look in the mirror and don't see a grandma, but I think 40s are a lot different than they used to be.

My grandmother had the first grandkid at 37, last kid at 43...but that was the 1950's and when Irish Catholics had double digit kids. But 44 nowdays is much younger than 44 "used to be"...and I ain't just saying it because I'm approaching it .

[Sardondi]

Eddie Coyle - got a giggle out of the most recent avatar.

[Eddie Coyle]

Eddie Coyle - got a giggle out of the most recent avatar.

Love it when a movie spawned in the era of Nixon is quite applicable 40 years later.

[West of the Rockies]

Just saw a teaser on my internet home page, a picture of Jessica Simpson and some rapper-looking' dude with the blurb, "Guess which celebs did not graduate high school?  Jessica did not graduate high school?  I am shocked -- shocked!"

[Sardondi]

I'm ashamed to include this in the "Random stupid things on your mind" thread, because it's really "An Astounding News Item That Takes Your Breath Away At The Will It Took To Keep From Going Eternally Stark Raving Mad" - A capsized ship's cook stayed alive for 60 hours - 2½ days - while trapped in an air pocket. Oh, and the boat had sunk and was 100 feet underwater all the time. Ye gods and little fishes.   


Link.

I have no words for the will to survive and the self-control of this man. I can scarcely bear to imagine his plight, it is so terrifying to me. Can you imagine what it would be like to know you are lost many fathoms under the sea, with no possibility of rescue, temporarily alive only because of a freak of physics? God bless him, there were divers sent...to recover his shipmates' bodies and to salvage the wreck, not to rescue any surely non-existent survivors. But then an arm shot out from under some wreckage and grabbed a diver's leg. (Diving at 100 feet is technical and tricky and takes decompression time - I wonder what the diving implications of a mighty terror-crap in a closed system under those conditions would be.....)

Anyway, somehow the salvage rescue diver kept his head (while I, should I have been about him, would have been losing mine, and there are no ifs about that), and got the cook some air, and started what must have been a very tricky ascent, which took another couple of days in decompression I believe.

Holy, holy shit.

[MV/Liberace!]

That's really nuts. I feel a lot of anxiety just imagining it.

[MV/Liberace!]

it seems a lot of jehova's witnesses are black.  i wonder what the origins of that are.

[Juan]

One of the hottest Hispanic women I've ever seen was part of a group of Witnesses who came to my door one day.  The men did not appreciate me quoting a Blues Brothers movie line - "How much for your women?"

[MV/Liberace!]

One of the hottest Hispanic women I've ever seen was part of a group of Witnesses who came to my door one day.  The men did not appreciate me quoting a Blues Brothers movie line - "How much for your women?"

i always had a thing for black women.  in my pre-married days, i should have joined the JW.

[Eddie Coyle]

it seems a lot of jehova's witnesses are black.  i wonder what the origins of that are.

Conversely, I've never met a black atheist...or even many agnostics.

[lonevoice]

i always had a thing for black women.  in my pre-married days, i should have joined the JW.

I always had a thing for tall, fit men with dark hair, light olive skin and chiseled features.  They got extra points if they could make me laugh, and a huge bonus for IQs > 130.  I wonder what religion I should have joined.

[MV/Liberace!]

I wonder what religion I should have joined.

you could have started with islam.

[lonevoice]

Too swarthy, and I think the IQ and sense of humor requirements might have been a deal breaker.   Perhaps religion wasn't the answer.  Maybe I should have been a press agent for the Italian Men's National Canoe Polo Team.

[MV/Liberace!]

Too swarthy, and I think the IQ and sense of humor requirements might have been a deal breaker.   Perhaps religion wasn't the answer.  Maybe I should have been a press agent for the Italian Men's National Canoe Polo Team.

the IQ part might be up for debate, but you'll get no resistance from me on the humor part.  WOW are those people a buzz kill.  in my world view, the only thing more humorless than a christian fundamentalist is an islamic fundamentalist.

[PB the Deplorable]

Too swarthy, and I think the IQ and sense of humor requirements might have been a deal breaker.   Perhaps religion wasn't the answer.  Maybe I should have been a press agent for the Italian Men's National Canoe Polo Team.

Actually Osama bin Laden was quite the cut up.  During the cave years, he would routinely delight visitors with humorous self deprecating skits, and his Friday night mime routine was epic.

[Sardondi]

it seems a lot of jehova's witnesses are black.  i wonder what the origins of that are.

You know, that's true. The last three or four times they've come by my house, the JWs have been black. And I've noticed that in my area the largest (attendance-wise) Kingdom Halls are in black areas of the community. Anyone with any info on that? Bueller?

[lonevoice]

Actually Osama bin Laden was quite the cut up.  During the cave years, he would routinely delight visitors with humorous self deprecating skits, and his Friday night mime routine was epic.

Osama bin Clownin'

[Sardondi]

Before he died Michael Jackson went 60 days without any true sleep. http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/21/showbiz/jackson-death-trial/index.html I feel sorry for the man. It's beginning to look more and more like the old show biz story, where Jackson's only real value to those around him was as a money-making machine which they protected and watched over only insofar as it kept him available for the enxt big deal.

And in a totally unrelated incident, two women having sex in the restroom of a McDonald's were so loud they disturbed customers. Apparently the customers told the women they didn't appreciate it, upon which much yah yah followed, resulting in the young ladies getting thumped by the customers.http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/06/21/police-women-found-having-sex-in-mcdonalds-bathroom-assaulted-by-customers/

"Hey, Chico! Wanna grab a Quarter Pounder, man? We can roll some dykes after."

[MV/Liberace!]

read this:
http://www.semissourian.com/story/1821546.html


and then read this:
http://www.semissourian.com/story/1943579.html

[Agent : Orange]

read this:
http://www.semissourian.com/story/1821546.html


and then read this:
http://www.semissourian.com/story/1943579.html

Cheery.

[onan]

Cheery.

Yeah, tough to keep a "look on the bright side" attitude with these preditors.

[Sardondi]

read this:
http://www.semissourian.com/story/1821546.html


and then read this:
http://www.semissourian.com/story/1943579.html

Even though this is about a man whose perversions involved older, defenseless adults, it is bound-for-the-broiling-fires-of-hell assholes like him who have almost totally destroyed the ability of decent men to volunteer to help youths without being looked at askance themselves. I got in on the tail end of those generations for whom it was natural to volunteer to coach little league, or assist in Scouting, help with a youth choir or teach Sunday School. No one would have had a second thought about a man who spent much of his life volunteering to help with various youth activities. Because all my role models had been so generous with their time, it not only felt natural to volunteer myself, but I felt obligated to repay the time and effort spent on me and my friends when we were young. I enjoyed trying to teach young boys (sometimes girls as well) what I knew about various things.

But because of the suspicions that we have today because of unbelievably cynical and selfish fiends like David Barberis, Sr., virtually no man is eager to volunteer to fill vital roles of coaches and mentors. Damn him to hell.

[onan]

it is bound-for-the-broiling-fires-of-hell assholes like him who have almost totally destroyed the ability of decent men to volunteer to help youths without being looked at askance themselves.

Lots of truth here... unfortunately, with institutions like the Catholic Church also having some issues, I wonder how anyone lets their kids spend time with any adult but themselves.

[Yorkshire pud]

Lots of truth here... unfortunately, with institutions like the Catholic Church also having some issues, I wonder how anyone lets their kids spend time with any adult but themselves.

This is the thing. Estimates have anything between 80-85% of abused kids are abused by a family member. At least in the UK; it wouldn't surprise me if similar statistics are universal..I agree entirely with Sardondi's sentiments..The few evil shits have put paid to many decent and in many cases valued male role models mentoring kids who might need that guidance. I know in the Uk it's put off lots of young men going into teaching at any level, especially infant/primary ages. They don't need the grief of trying to defend themselves from malicious and fabricated accusations. They don't even risk comforting a distressed child, and many will let one cry because the repercussions could be horrendous if they did otherwise. It's a very sad state of affairs.

[Sardondi]

Lots of truth here... unfortunately, with institutions like the Catholic Church also having some issues, I wonder how anyone lets their kids spend time with any adult but themselves.

Absolutely right. The Roman Catholic Church's protection of the hundreds (could it be more?) of pedophiles among the ranks of ordained priests and seminarians is unforgivable. It comes off as one of the most cynical, faithless, selfish and cruel policies imaginable. In terms of damage to the Church's moral stature and reputation among the faithful and faithless alike, the disgusting habit of orgies and countless bastards of the medieval and Renaissance popes pale in comparison to the manner in which the modern Church factotums not only shielded active child abusers, but in many cases wrongfully and falsely blackened the names, reputations and motives of the accusers, some of whom were still minors. These cruel, self-righteous hypocrites in black dresses have a terrible judgment waiting them.

This is the thing. Estimates have anything between 80-85% of abused kids are abused by a family member. At least in the UK; it wouldn't surprise me if similar statistics are universal..I agree entirely with Sardondi's sentiments..The few evil shits have put paid to many decent and in many cases valued male role models mentoring kids who might need that guidance. I know in the Uk it's put off lots of young men going into teaching at any level, especially infant/primary ages. They don't need the grief of trying to defend themselves from malicious and fabricated accusations. They don't even risk comforting a distressed child, and many will let one cry because the repercussions could be horrendous if they did otherwise. It's a very sad state of affairs.

To me it is so sad that male teachers, and, increasingly, females also simply will not touch a child in a warm and human way, much less hug one. A hug from an admired, caring teacher can have miraculous power. The unbelievably selfish and cruel pedophiles and abusers out there have hurt all children who are deprived of simple human contact from their teachers because of the perversions the abusers choose not to control.

[stevesh]

Yes, and if I saw a toddler of either sex alone and crying in the middle of a shopping mall aisle, I would turn and walk away. I'm not proud of that, but ...

[stevesh]

Is there anything sexier than a professional dancer ? (I'm thinking female - YMMV.)

I've never seen a minute of any other 'reality' program, but So You Think You Can Dance gives me a boner a cat couldn't scratch.

[Eddie Coyle]

 
      Gramsci had his Prison Notebooks.

      Me, I gots a shitload of "Post Office Notebooks". Because I'm such a packrat OCD solipsist, I literally have boxes full of notebooks from my past. Because I had to move some shit today, I decided to just randomly open one of those old notebooks( marked August 2002-Oct 2002) and what pearls of wisdom emerged?

       (1) All 386 bets I placed on baseball, pro+college football between Friday 8/30/02 and Tuesday 10/8/02.
       
            And I'm real proud of this....
        (2)  27 pages worth of "Fuck, Marry,Kill" games I conducted at work. Goddamn, I was really good at that. It's probably the peak of my creativity.

      I mean how can one go wrong with choices like..., Oprah, Florida Evans and Aunt Esther? Or Susan Atkins, Squeaky Fromme or Leslie van Houten?

[stevesh]

Memo to aspiring golf pros: On the PGA Tour, having your hot blond wife as your caddy will get you a lot of television time, regardless of how well you're playing or where you stand on the leaderboard.

[Sardondi]

This will give you goosebumps (assuming you're not just a real killjoy). Egyptian statue appears to turn in time-lapse security cam: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newsvideo/weirdnewsvideo/10137556/Mystery-as-museum-statue-starts-turning-in-display-case.html The explanation is rational enough, and it's not hoax. I do like the little frisson it causes though.