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The 5 Most Insane Lessons You Didn't Notice in Famous Movies
Usually the difference between an acclaimed critical darling and a mere movie is that the former seems important. For example, if you make a nice romantic comedy about a pair of quirky people training for a dance competition, you've just made a movie (specifically, Dirty Dancing). But if the "quirk" of the main characters is bipolar disorder, you've got Silver Linings Playbook and a truckload of awards to go with it. See, because now it's not just some dumb movie; it's delivering an important moral about living with mental illness (specifically, that the best way to recover is to immediately find another mentally ill person and begin a romance with them).
But what I find fascinating is that occasionally Hollywood will crank out a beautifully made film that is received with universal praise but whose moral is just utterly fucking bizarre. All of the films on this list are wonderful films, but that's the point: You get so distracted by the spectacle that you don't notice how freaking insane they are.
#5. Toy Story Franchise: It's Wrong to Outgrow Things
Two Academy Awards, nine total nominations, $1.8 billion in box office across three films
I know exactly what you're saying to yourself, word for word: "Come on, Wong! This is a make-believe story about sentient toys! Don't be an overthinking funshitter, you disease-ridden stenchpenis!"
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Let the record show that my penis has a pleasant pine scent with citrus undertones.
The thing is, whether you know it or not, every movie is about your life. I don't care if the plot involves vampires or a space war or a lost cartoon fish trying to find its way home: The only reason you feel anything when you watch is because it applies to you. You probably don't have a Death Star to blow up, but you have seemingly overwhelming challenges to overcome -- maybe your Death Star is just a very fat bully you have to "explode" with your "fighter jet" in obedience to "a disembodied voice in your head." The reason you like watching fantasy stories is because when you look at them, you see yourself.
Pixar knows this better than anyone -- Finding Nemo isn't really about a fish; it's about parents letting their kids be kids and take risks. Cars is about how the urbanization of America killed its soul. Brave is about the survival of the mother/daughter bond through life changes, and how all little girls are bears at heart. And Toy Story is, inexplicably, about how we all need to cling to the childhood belief that inanimate objects are people. Oh, there are other little messages along the way -- the power of friendship, overcoming obstacles with teamwork, shit like that -- but the overarching theme and moral are just nuts.
Let's briefly recap all three films:
Toy Story: The cowboy doll Woody is jealous when Andy (the boy who owns him) gets a new toy, Buzz Lightyear, because Woody fears that it means Andy's tastes are changing and that he'll get left behind. The villain is Andy's neighbor, Sid, who is evil because he "tortures" his toys -- he pulls them apart and pieces them together to make new toys. That's a crime in this universe, because toys are sentient, and Sid is too stupid to realize it, even though he has never seen any evidence for that fact whatsoever and realizing it would destroy his sanity. Sid is punished for being creative with the toys and using them in a way the manufacturer never intended, while Andy is praised for "correctly" thinking his toys are real and treating them as such.
If Sid learns any lesson, it's "Don't tell adults about traumatic events because no one will believe you."
Toy Story 2: Woody discovers that Andy has been discarding broken/unwanted toys as he gets older and (again) fears that he will suffer the same fate. Woody then gets a chance to go to a toy museum, where he will live forever behind glass and never be discarded to a trash dump, but ultimately decides to go back home and hopes that Andy holds onto him as long as possible. The unconscionable horror of throwing away a toy is reinforced in a heartbreaking sequence where another doll, Jessie, talks about how her owner hit puberty and then stuffed her in a box in the dark -- the toy version of hell. The villain of the movie is an evil toy collector who sees toys only as commodities to be bought and sold, rather than sentient beings with the same rights as humans.
"Fuck you for trying to earn a living."
Toy Story 3: The kid who owns Woody and the rest is now too old for toys, which brings the equivalent of an apocalypse to the toy world. The protagonists are scattered to the wind, where they are again put into the hands of toy owners who "torture" them (in this case, toddlers who don't play with them in a way the manufacturer intended). They're all nearly incinerated at a trash dump before getting miraculously rescued and handed off to be played with by a new, younger kid. The villain: a bear who was driven insane by being cruelly discarded by his owner years earlier.
He firebombs three Build-A-Bear Workshops as retaliation in the deleted scenes.
Starting to see a theme here?
That's right -- the real villain in each of these movies is maturity. Every problem in the toys' life is caused by humans refusing to stay children, and refusing to stay in the mindset that toys are sentient and deserving of empathy. What message are we supposed to take home here? That we're too quick to discard our possessions? That we're too quick to give up old friends when we outgrow them? That we don't treat inanimate objects with enough respect? That growing up is awful? Are any of those things even remotely true?
I half think that it's all just an attempt by Disney to convince us to keep buying their merchandise well into adulthood. "You don't want those poor toys to sit abandoned on the shelf, do you?"
But strangely, this is only the second-weirdest lesson in a Pixar film. But we'll get to that in a moment.
#4. Life of Pi: If the Truth Is Difficult, Feel Free to Lie
20th Century Fox
Won four Academy Awards, nominated for seven others, $609 million box office
If you haven't seen this movie, you probably know it as "that movie about an Indian boy who for some reason winds up stranded at sea with a giant tiger." And if so, you might think I'm going to spend 500 words explaining that it's a bad idea to go canoeing with tigers. But no, that's not the problem (they love it, try it sometime). My problem is with the twist ending that totally changes the reality of the story. This twist is the entire reason the film (and the book it was based on) is famous -- it's a parable about faith and the nature of truth, and it's just so, so fucking wrong.
The film begins with a man named Pi Patel telling his life story to a reporter. He talks about how, when he was a child, his family owned a zoo, and how as a boy he struggled with his spirituality -- practicing both Christianity and Islam in a family that practiced neither. Then, during a sea voyage to transport the animals, a storm hits and sinks the ship. The only survivors are the boy and a few animals -- a hyena, an orangutan, a zebra, and an adult Bengal tiger. Very quickly the food chain asserts itself, and only the tiger and Pi are left on the boat -- the two are stuck on the tiny raft and have to survive together at sea for most of a year. Note that, in the book, there is also a scene in which the boy eats the tiger's shit (I'm not kidding), but it is omitted from the film. Which is too bad; it seems like they could have really utilized the 3D there.
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"Goddamnit, I can't go while you watch."
Anyway, as the adult Pi tells the fantastic tale to the reporter, the events become more and more implausible -- somehow Pi catches enough food for both himself and the tiger to survive for nearly 10 months, and there is a fantastic sequence where Pi lands on a poisonous island full of weasels before he finally reaches civilization. And here is when Pi addresses the fact that his story sounds suspiciously like bullshit. Get ready for the big moral of the movie:
The adult Pi becomes very solemn and says he'll tell the "real" story. In this version, he fucks the tiger.
Ha, just kidding. In this version, there are no animals -- after the shipwreck, he is stranded on the boat with his mother, an injured sailor, and the ship's French cook, who is a dangerous scumbag. The cook kills everyone but Pi, who manages to overcome the cook and kill him. Pi then survives on human flesh until the boat reaches shore. Pi asks the reporter which version of the story he prefers. He answers, "The one with the tiger." And Pi says, "And so it goes with God."
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Somehow the movie doesn't end with a freeze frame as "Eye of the Tiger" plays. Best Director my ass.
Meaning if you have no way of knowing the truth, then it's perfectly logical to just go with whatever version of it makes you a happier and better person. Which is fine, I suppose, aside from the fact that this is the method by which the powerful have been subjugating and brainwashing society for thousands of years.
I'm not even talking about religion here, fedoras -- I'm talking about the general idea of the educated and powerful inventing a simplistic story to get the rest of us filthy commoners to go along with them, and the powerful knowing we'll swallow it as long as it's more comfortable than the truth. "We didn't go to war to control resources, we did it for freedom."
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"We didn't have time to actually write a mission statement. Just toss out some Braveheart lines; they love that shit."
The problem, obviously, is that we don't get to make the choice about which version we hear. Pi wasn't going to tell the truth -- he was pushed into it. He makes the same arrogant assumption that drives every cynical politician and Sunday school teacher: "Here, have this baby food -- the truth is too spicy a meatball for the likes of you."*
*Please don't imagine the person pronouncing "spicy meatball" like Jim Carrey in The Mask, as that will undermine the seriousness of my message.
"But you're comparing his harmless adventure story to harsh geopolitical truths every informed citizen should know! His point is that it's pointless to know the awful truth if the awful truth doesn't help you!"
But even that is a toxic idea. The thing about the truth is that it has a way of leaking into your brain -- ask any fundamentalist Christian kid who was taught in church that science is split on evolution, then went to college and got steamrollered by reality. Ask him if he's still a Christian. Happiness based on a friendly lie is a fucking house of cards.
#3. Flight: Cocaine Fixes Everything
Paramount Pictures
Nominated for two Academy Awards, $162 million box office
I'm just going to say it: This movie has an inspirational cocaine-using montage in which the protagonist successfully uses cocaine to overcome a personal challenge. It's shot and edited just like a training montage, only instead of training, he's doing cocaine. This film is not a comedy:
That's from Flight, the 2012 drama that, based on the ads, you probably thought was a powerful character piece about a talented but tortured pilot dealing with substance abuse. And it is, sort of -- the substance the main character is abusing is alcohol, and this film is about how he continually defeats that demon.
With cocaine.
I am not shitting you.
The clip above is from near the end of the film, but this is absolutely the running theme of the movie. In the opening scene, Denzel Washington's character wakes up in a hotel room with a lady after a night of drinking -- the opening shot is of him reaching over to a table covered in liquor bottles:
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He has an early morning flight, so, to perk himself up, he does a few lines of coke:
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And it totally works! He strides out of the room while inspirational music plays him down the hall:
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He then climbs into the cockpit of his plane, and what follows is the key scene you saw in the trailer: The plane malfunctions, and only an amazing, heroic maneuver from a coked-up Denzel saves everyone on board.
The rest of the plot involves the investigation of the crash. The authorities want to drop the hammer on the protagonist for flying while drunk and high, and Denzel's defense -- which the movie agrees with -- is that he put on an amazing flying performance that no other pilot in the world could have matched. Thanks, apparently, to cocaine.
In typical style for addiction dramas like this, Denzel's character falls in and out of alcoholism, swearing off the booze and then relapsing, giving the lead all sorts of opportunities for award-bait scenes in which he wrestles with his personal demons. But throughout the film, the true antagonist is the evil government investigators trying to ruin his career for the completely victimless crime of flying an airliner while under the influence. This sets up one of the most amazingly insane fucking sequences I have ever seen in a film.
First, Denzel's friends are able to successfully suppress the toxicology report that showed he was both drunk and high when the plane crash occurred -- this is treated as a victory, and it's all thanks to his allies in the pilot's union passionately fighting for the right for their pilots to drink and do coke on the job. Finally, they schedule a hearing, and all Denzel needs to do is nail his testimony and he'll be back in the air, snorting coke off a 747's control panel. But the night before the hearing, he succumbs to the evils of alcohol, drinking dozens of tiny bottles of hotel room liquor. Denzel's union representatives find him drunk on the floor the morning of the hearing, so they do the only responsible thing: They call Denzel's drug dealer to come cure him ... with cocaine.
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The same cocaine that led his dealer to believe ponytails were a good life choice.
And cure him he does. That triggers the inspirational sequence embedded at the top, in which John Goodman does the narcotics "training montage" that cures the hero's drunkenness/hangover. And it works perfectly -- Denzel goes in front of the hearing and knocks it out of the park, the coke having given his brain the kind of sharpness and clarity that earlier allowed him to do the incredible plane-saving maneuver. Yay, cocaine!
The only thing that trips him up is a crisis of conscience, because the evil lady running the hearing threatens to pin the blame on another crew member unless Denzel confesses. He does, and he goes to jail. And throughout the adventure, the cocaine never causes him a single problem -- the only problems in his life are caused by alcohol, and the stodgy authority figures trying to stop him from doing cocaine.
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"You don't want to end up a loser like me ... saving countless lives due to enhanced narcotic awareness."
Holy shit, it's no wonder producers went nuts for this script -- this is like the gospel Hollywood lives by. One of the Oscar nominations was for the screenplay and I'm just picturing a studio exec reading it with a single tear rolling down his cheek. "Yes ... finally someone understands our forbidden love! Kiss me right in the sinuses, Cocaine!"


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Zombie Eyeball Cookies
I have another fun treat for Halloween! These Zombie Eyeball Cookies will be a hit with everyone! Super cute, and really easy to make! You only need 4 ingredients to make these creepy lil' eyeballs!
Vanilla wafer cookies, white candy coating, M&M's and some food gel, and you will have some more scary Halloween goodies in no time!
Zombie Eyeball Cookies
1 box Vanilla Wafer cookies
8 ounces White candy coating or white chocolate bark
Blue Plain M&M's
Red food/decorating gel
Black food/decorating gel
Directions: Melt candy coating or white chocolate bark in a microwavable-safe bowl, according to package directions. Dip the tops of the cookies, one at a time, into the melted candy coating, and then place on a wax-paper lined cookie sheet.
Top each coated cookie with one blue M&M candy. Place one dot of black food gel into the center of each M&M, to create the pupil of the eye.
Squeeze a dime-size amount of red food/decorating gel onto a paper plate. Dip the end of a toothpick into the red food gel, and gently make zig zag lines around the blue M&M's, on each cookie, to create the 'blood-shot' eye effect.
Let cookies rest about 20 minutes, to let the gel set, before eating. Serve and Enjoy!
12 comments:
- Dana DeVolk said...
Great idea, seems simple enough!
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- October 15, 2012 at 1:12 PM
- scrambledhenfruit said...
Too cute! My kids at school would love these. :)
- October 15, 2012 at 7:40 PM
- The Better Baker said...
I'm tellin ya what! I cracked up when I saw these...HOOOOWWWW CUTE! I love the ease of making them too. I'm so tickled you shared this adorable idea. Too fun!
- October 15, 2012 at 8:32 PM
- Mippy said...
thank you for sharing! This rocks! :)
- October 15, 2012 at 8:40 PM
- Anita at Hungry Couple said...
Very clever and completely creepy. :)
- October 15, 2012 at 11:29 PM
- Jocelyn said...
So simple yet striking!!! Love the bright blue center:-)
- October 16, 2012 at 9:25 AM
- yummychunklet said...
Cute idea! I'm torn between making these eyeball cookies or mummy cookies!
- October 16, 2012 at 10:48 AM
- Hayley @ The Domestic Rebel said...
These are so creepy yet cute! I love how easy they are to make. And Nilla Wafers--totally an underrated cookie but one of my all-time faves!
- October 17, 2012 at 8:48 AM
- Kari Lindsay said...
Love these, they're super creepy!
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- Benedict Ccastro said...
I like the recipe. really nice one. I will surely make that..Thank you for sharing.
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- October 18, 2012 at 2:15 AM
- Jeane M. said...
Really clever, got another ideas for halloween treats in here. Got my eye on your next posts.
- October 21, 2012 at 9:01 PM
- MissCandiquik said...
Love it...so many different ways to make eyeball treats - and these definitely are one of the more simple, yet "cute". :) Glad I came across your blog!
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How do you reload - Standing or Sitting
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> How do you reload - Standing or Sitting
March 6, 2013, 07:33 PM
I have been reloading for 18 years and have reloaded both ways, standing and sitting. What is your preference? I ask because I am getting ready to start another project of building another reloading bench.
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March 6, 2013, 07:37 PM
little bit of both
March 6, 2013, 07:40 PM
I've been loading since 1990 and always stood. I've been meaning to get a high stool and try sitting.
March 6, 2013, 07:41 PM
Didn't vote. Like NeuseRvrRat I'm a little of both. Could just about say 50/50.
March 6, 2013, 07:44 PM
My bench is 30 inches above the floor. Same height as a standard dining room table. This works just right for me when sitting.
March 6, 2013, 08:24 PM
I stand while reloading. I have a bar stool that's the perfect height, but I prefer standing.
chris in va
March 6, 2013, 08:26 PM
Kinda weird reloading with a Hand Press standing up. :p
March 6, 2013, 08:27 PM
Press is on a free standing floor stand at a comfortable height for me. I nestle the press up next to a table and sit in a straight back chair.
I started using the first press stand during a relocation where I moved ahead of the family and household goods. I liked the set up so i kept using it although I am on press stand gen 5. It has been handy for taking reloading along for entertainment on a couple TDY assignments I have had over the years.
P5 Guy
March 6, 2013, 08:30 PM
Depends on how sore my butt or feet are, so I'd have to both.
March 6, 2013, 08:35 PM
I've always done my reloading from the sitting position.
March 6, 2013, 08:37 PM
Sitting. When I load I'm generally at it for a couple of hours - longer than I want to stand in one place for any length of time.
March 6, 2013, 08:37 PM
March 6, 2013, 08:43 PM
I stand 90% of the time,, I might sit & hand prime my brass while watching the TV ; )
March 6, 2013, 08:45 PM
I'm on my feet all day for work, I honestly think I would not reload if I couldn't sit and relax. That said however when I replace my bench it will be barstool hieght like my cleaning bench, so I guess I would have the option
March 6, 2013, 08:48 PM
Would that be about 30inches high then?
March 6, 2013, 08:48 PM
I actually like to stand, however I now reload while sitting. Feet & ankles become bothersome after a bit..
March 6, 2013, 08:49 PM
Sizing tough rifle cases = standing.
Most other tasks are done using a tall stool for support to ease stress on my old, creaky knees.
March 6, 2013, 08:50 PM
I reload standing, my bench is a little high to sit and reload, I need to get a bar stool so I can sit lol. I might be tempted to reload a little longer each session.
March 6, 2013, 08:59 PM
If I don't have to stand I sit.
March 6, 2013, 09:00 PM
High stool
Hondo 60
March 6, 2013, 09:05 PM
Sittin - Nice comfy leather office chair & desk
March 6, 2013, 09:12 PM
Sitting in a comfy office chair in the comfort of air conditioning/heating. I even have a heated Shiatsu massager to go on the chair for even more comfortable reloading. Makes 1000-2000+ reloading sessions more bearable. :D
Your home is your castle, enjoy it! Life is short - When will we live life if not now? ;)
Jesse Heywood
March 6, 2013, 10:50 PM
I sit on my fat axx in a computer chair. One with lots of padding. The chair, that is.
March 6, 2013, 11:47 PM
I do it both ways. It just depends on what I'm doing. I prefer to stand when I'm resizing, but I usually sit for all the other related tasks.
March 6, 2013, 11:51 PM
I sit on a bar stool when I'm prepping/resizing the brass, easier to manipulate everything. Then when powder throwing, I have a padded chair, I sit lower to see the scale beam that way. Then stay sitting in the lower chair to insert bullets, can watch and make sure things are lined up right. I worked on my feet for 37 years, now that I'm retired, I've earned that right.
March 7, 2013, 12:30 AM
I sit on a barstool that's tall enough that i can easily look down into a case in my LCT and make sure there is gray stuff in there... ;)
March 7, 2013, 12:36 AM
Ive been reloading since '76
I gotta sit down
I have my bench and chair height adjusted for ergonomic speed and comfort!
March 7, 2013, 12:36 AM
March 7, 2013, 02:27 AM
Broken back, then surgery last August dictates wether I stand or sit, usually both as I can do neither for very long. So my bench is at 42" and I use a swivel bar stool with a back rest for when I need to sit.
March 7, 2013, 02:51 AM
Sitting on an office chair...on tile.
I have to hold on to the bench while resizing rifle brass to keep from rolling away....:screwy:
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March 7, 2013, 03:48 AM
I stand when I'm at my press but I sit for sizing and priming (hand press).
March 7, 2013, 04:26 AM
My first 2 benches where at bar stool height. Problem is I didn't have a comfortable bar stool. So I was constantly switching from an uncomfortable stool to standing (on bare concrete). I built my current bench in my climate controlled basement to get it out of my non climate controlled garage. Since I do construction for a living and 10 hour days aren't uncommon, when it i built it I made sure it would be at a good height for sitting in a comfortable office chair. I bought a good chair with enough support that loading for 4 hours straight doesn't bother me unless my arm gets tired from swinging a hammer at work and pulling the lever at the bench. But it's not so comfortable I start to fall asleep. Had to find a "Goldilocks" chair. If I could change it I'd make my bench 1" shorter or my chair 1" higher, but it works great how it is.
March 7, 2013, 06:23 AM
I stand when reloading for more control over the press/leverage and being able to work looking down with ease when checking things. Standing gives one a larger work area as you can reach in/over farther IMHO. Lucky I do not need to sit down but I think someday that will be a necessity. Odd that most advertisements/manuals I have seen show the press operator standing also. YMMV:D
March 7, 2013, 08:45 AM
I sit. My bench is an old desk that I strengthened and extended the top into a L-shaped configuration. I then secured it to the wall. With a nice comfy swivel office chair, I can perform all actions and reach all components without gettin' up.
March 7, 2013, 09:33 AM
Started out sitting but found standing gives me a better vantage of what I'm doing. Some things like trimming I do sitting.
March 7, 2013, 09:48 AM
I have a stool but never used it so I took it somewhere else. I stand always 100% of the time
March 7, 2013, 09:52 AM
I'm 69, my legs barely support me in any fashion now, needless to say, I sit.
March 7, 2013, 09:54 AM
Sitting. My press is mounted on a couple of layers of plywood on top of an old and very heavy desk. Standing isn't really an option.
March 7, 2013, 09:55 AM
Both due to different bench configurations. I load my rifle and pistol cartridges in the house while sitting using a small removable bench at desk height. The room serves dual purposes, my hobby room and occasionally as a guest room. The shot shells are done standing out in my woodworking shop. I clamp the Mec reloader to my 36" high assembly table. Given my druthers and a permanent reloading set-up I would rather stand.
March 7, 2013, 11:48 AM
In general I always stand at the loading bench. When priming cases with a hand primer I'll go sit down for a while but I've never sat down at the press.
March 7, 2013, 12:08 PM
I stand most of the time, I feel it helps with leverage when operating the press.
If I am doing something really tedious, like power trimming 2000 .223 cases, I sit.
Just my .02,
Claude Clay
March 7, 2013, 12:14 PM
70% standing. the rest sitting on a bar type stool.
March 7, 2013, 12:19 PM
Sitting Lotus position. Instead of saying "ohm", I say "one hamburger, two hamburger.." with each stroke since each stroke saves me enough money to buy a hamburger.
March 7, 2013, 12:25 PM
Bench is 42" the same height as a pub table.
Stool is 30" the same height as a pub stool.
I stand to handload, but if i want to sit, everything is the same height. -- I'm 6ft tall.
March 7, 2013, 12:37 PM
Almost always sitting. I like my face closer to the press and I'm too tall to do that standing. Walking is fine but with age and injuries it is hard to stand for a long time. I do stand when casting bullets but take periodic breaks to sit or walk around.
March 7, 2013, 12:42 PM
I stand 90% of the time.
March 7, 2013, 01:44 PM
I've started casting standing. I've recently been using the outrigger bean warmer on my grill.. pretty convenient. Just watch that you don't have over forty molten pounds cantilevered unless the other workstation outrigger isn't likewise weighted.
March 7, 2013, 02:28 PM
42" tall bench, padded bar stool. That's the way its been lately. To begin with I had a regular height table and a folding chair. That didn't seem to work so well.
SSN Vet
March 7, 2013, 02:50 PM
tall adjustable draftsman's chair..... cross between a shop stool and and office chair.
Kevin Rohrer
March 7, 2013, 07:24 PM
I didn't vote as there was no third choice of doing both, which is what I do, depending on the duration of my loading session, and what operation I am performing.
March 7, 2013, 09:37 PM
I sit 100% of the time. I generally go on reloading marathons. Load 4-6 hours one day and not load any for 4-6 weeks
March 7, 2013, 09:41 PM
Reload sitting. Cast bullets standing. Dont need any hot alloy in my lap.:eek:
March 7, 2013, 09:54 PM
I used to sit, but my chair was bad. Once I put my Hornady LnL on a strong mount I was forced to stand, but I like it better anyway because I can look in on everything better than sitting.
March 7, 2013, 10:24 PM
I do all of my reloading while standing; it's easier to reach for things on the bench while standing.
I got in the habit of standing while lecturing, and when operating lathes, mills, grinders, etc. No one sits while doing those things. Some lab work is done while sitting, and some while standing.
When I get older, I may find the need to sit while reloading...;)
March 7, 2013, 10:51 PM
Most of the time I'm standing and do have a stool to lean on, but if I build another bench, I'll build it with some leg room.
March 8, 2013, 07:15 AM
I like to be aware of every move made in the reloading process. Sitting is too comfortable and makes me too relaxed to be 100% attentive to some of the more sensitive parts of reloading. Standing lets me know when I'm tired and should quit until another time.
March 8, 2013, 09:48 PM
Odd, I thought I posted a comment in here.
I sit most of the day at work.
My new loading workstation is 42" high, I plan to stand most of the time. I do have a barstool that I can sit on if I feel the need.
March 8, 2013, 09:50 PM
i have to be in a good chair.
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Pregnant women should get flu shots to protect their babies
Pregnant women should be getting the flu shot, that's according to Dr. Barry Ramo. Some women have said they avoid getting the shot for fear it will harm the baby but Ramo said that not getting it is actually what harms the baby.
"Women have a misconception about pregnancy and flu shots, they are perfectly safe and all the major organizations recommend that a woman get a flu shot no matter what trimester," said Ramo.
Ramo said the shot will protect the mom and the newborn baby as well as any small children in the home.
Ramo said if a pregnant woman doesn't get the shot and it leads to the flu, it can harm the baby or can possibly cause a miscarriage.
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I would like to know the most happening place for UX in USA. It can be based on number of UX people in that location, conferences, formal & informal UX meets, UX training workshops, design colleges, etc.
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As an investor, it's essential to sort out the good companies from the bad, and the clues you'll need are in the financials. Join author Tom Jacobs as he raises the red flags of financial chicanery. Avoid and even profit from companies committing scandalous accounting.
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ghettro is a combination of the words 'ghetto' and 'metro'. metro being the cellular telephone provider metroPCS. metroPCS is commonly referred to as ghettro due to the fact it offers unlimited minutes starting at a low price of $35 a month and also that all the african-americans in the 'ghetto' use the service. originated in the california bay area by the people of vallejo, the home of such great thizz artists like mac dre and e-40.
"Talking on my ghettro on the way to the store." -said by E-40 in the song "Tell Me When To Go"
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a Metro PCS cell phone from the bay area. metro pcs phones are known for falling apart and not working all the time therefore being ghetto phones. metro + ghetto =ghettro
"Talkin on my ghettro on my way to tha store" -E-40 "Tell me when to go"
作者 GrkGddssOfHipHop 2006年3月17日
The public buses of Bay City Michigan called the Metro. The majority of people who ride them are hobos and bag ladies. Plus its takes forever to get anywhere on one.
I was on the ghettro and a bum was panhandling for change.
作者 Phil Cutre 2009年8月27日
A person whose dress style is simultaneously Ghetto and Metrosexual.
That tattooed guy who goes to tanning salons, plucks his eyebrows and wears tight Sean Jean shirts is totally Ghettro.
作者 TheOneDragon 2010年5月09日
another word for the cell phone company metro pcs
"talking on my ghettro"
my ghettro done gone bad
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作者 micah napps 2006年3月20日
Combination of Ghetto + Metro. Slang in DC for it's subway system, which sucks (also referred to as FAIL RAIL).
Hey it's me, I'm on the red line ghettro and will be late, as usual.
作者 sugarsmax 2009年7月20日
My town isnt ghetto but its like kinda sketchy at the same time.
West seattle is ghettro
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Six of Penn State's top 2013 recruits, including quarterback Christian Hackenberg and tight end Adam Breneman, visited the campus Saturday and reaffirmed their commitments to playing for the Nittany Lions.
Breneman tweeted Saturday afternoon, "100% committed to Penn State and Coach O'Brien. Love these guys."
Hackenberg tweeted, "Love this 2013 class."
The other four players who visited Saturday and maintain their commitments are defensive end Garrett Sickels, offensive lineman Brendan Mahon, receiver Will Fuller and offensive tackle Andrew Nelson.
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USL released the list of 84 who are going to fight for their right to represent the US in the 2010 World Games in Manchester, England.
Right off the bat you look at the list and you'll see that two of the Powells are missing. Punk wonders what's up with that? Perhaps Mikey is throwing a hissy fit or he's sticking it to the establishment…or perhaps he didn't want to play?
Well enough about who's not on the list, let's see what we can do with folks who are on this list. Now if you didn't see the list, check it out HERE.
There are a lot of younger guys on this list and it makes Punk wonder where are the bulk of the veterans? Are they black listed due to the failure to win the gold back in 2006?
Punk's picks are so precise that tryouts are now not necessary. I kept 34 because you need a decent size squad for practice but less will get to travel to the big show. The rest will be making appearances at birthdays and camps while the tournament is going on.
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Beethoven's Ninth, "Ode to Joy"In this 'Music for the Spirit' concert, Manfred Honeck and the PSO pay tribute to the good in mankind. Beethoven's final symphonic masterpiece, one of the most recognizable pieces of all time, takes its text from Friedrich Schiller's poem, "Ode to Joy." The PSO also premieres Christopher Theofanides' "The Gift," commissioned by the PSO to honor long-time Board Chair Richard P. Simmons.04/26/2013 - 04/28/201304/26 - 8:00 pm04/27 - 8:00 pm04/28 - 2:30 pmHeinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Music of Michael JacksonAndré Raphel conducts the music of the King of Pops from the earliest Jackson 5 to his mega-selling solo years. Vocalist Gavin Hope sings the hits Billie Jean, Thriller, Bad, and Man in the Mirror. Gavin Hope has shared the stage with Shania Twain, Natalie Cole, James Brown and Aretha Franklin. 04/26/2013Time: 8:00 pmCapitol Theater, 1015 Main St., Wheeling, WVwebsite | map
Joe Negri Jazz Guitar Scholarship BenefitA benefit cocktail reception (6pm), and dinner (7pm) to endow the Joe Negri Jazz Guitar Endowed Scholarship with performances by Mr. Negri and various local jazz greats.04/26/2013Time: 6:00 pmLocation: Power Center ballroom, 1015 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Rossini's La CenerentolaThe fairy story with the glass slipper and golden carriage becomes an enchanting opera that replaces special effects with the real magic of true love and goodness. Despite her evil stepsisters, Angelina (Vivica Genaux) manages to be the belle of the ball, thanks to the wise Alidoro (Joseph Barron) and a beautiful bracelet. After the ball, the prince (Arthur Espiritu) finds his princess and sees her true beauty: the ability to forgive. With Paolo Pecchioli as Don Magnifico. Antony Walker conducts.04/27/2013 - 05/05/201304/27 - 7:00 pm04/27 - 8:00 pm05/03 - 8:00 pm05/05 - 2:00 pmBenedum Center, 231 7th St., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
A little bit of this, and a little bit of thatRon Nelson's "Mayflower Overture" depicts the Pilgrims' travel to the New World. Pittsburgh's own Joseph Wilcox Jenkins is featured in his "Tartan Suite". Minnesota composer John Zdechlik's "Psalm 46" celebrates a famous Lutheran hymn, and director Jason Worzbyt closes with a heartfelt "America the Beautiful."04/27/2013Time: 8:00 pmPerforming Arts Center, Seton Hill University, 100 Harrison Ave., Greensburg, PAwebsite | map
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Genex Cooperative, Inc. has hired nine new employees to market dairy and beef cattle genetics and provide cattle reproductive service on farms in New York and throughout the north central United States. The new employees include: Joseph Binversie, Minneapolis, Minn. (relocating to serve producers in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio); Austin Black, Shawano, Wis.; Luke Einertson, Whitelaw, Wis.; Joe Hilby, Hazel Green, Wis.; Jeff Hoeger, Monticello, Iowa; Brock Mitchell, Peru, N.Y.; Ryan Ollerich, Clear Lake, S.D.; Melanie Parent, Watertown, N.Y.; and Darcy Warren, Kimball, S.D.;
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The one positive thing about something that is awful in every other way.
Otis: "Hey, Gunther, have you seen any of the Twilight movies?" Gunther: "Yeah, they were awful. Alice was pretty hot though. She was definitely the PEANUT IN THE TURD."
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The 7 Most Obnoxious Fake Personalities on the Internet
People like to pretend on the Internet. Men pretend to be 13-year-old girls, Nigerian scammers pretend to be millionaires who need your help, dumb people pretend to be smart and cats pretend to be people.
Certain people take it a little further and play an actual character, like a wise mom or a cartoonishly wild frat boy. You can't get away with putting on a totally new personality in real life, what with pesky facial expressions and body language and body odor giving you away, but when the only thing people can see is typing, you can get away with some outrageously fake characters, which might fool people. For a couple of paragraphs.
Unfortunately, I think the people who pull this shit buy into the illusion more than the people they are targeting. They want to be this cool character as badly as they want other people to think they are that character. Here's some popular roles people like to play:
#7. Badass
This person likes to give advice along the lines of "Kick that bitch in the teeth and ask her to make you a sandwich!" in response to statements like "My girlfriend wants us to spend more time together."
He always implies an additional "Because that's what I do!" or just straight out says it, even though he does not actually discipline his uppity girlfriend this way, because he does not have one.
In his imagination, he keeps bitches in line, and they like it. He slams things on the counter when a cashier talks back to him, and they gulp and ring up the rest of his order respectfully. Recreationally, he lives a very similar life to Vladimir Putin.
Putin has some rad rec activities, but he is still a terrible person.
If he has any guns, or a real Japanese katana from Japan and totally not the Home Shopping Network, he will let you know. He might film a video of himself using these things and post it, depending on his level of self-awareness.
In any given discussion, his approach will involve cartoonish violence, unrealistic profanity or a bafflingly non sequitur devil-may-care attitude in response to an imaginary lesser person's concerns (often a woman or a parent).
This can be really weird and inappropriate when it comes to certain subjects, like politics. "If I were Obama, I would have smashed Mitch McConnell's head through a wall and stuck a pipe up his ass, and said SMOKE THAT, BITCH! Then he'd be all crying and screaming and I would sit down and read a Maxim."
#6. Coach
"I love your work, you're doing great stuff, really, but I've just got a few tips for you that I think could really help you achieve your potential." Very encouraging words from a teacher, or mentor, or parent, or maybe even a colleague. Less so from a random person on the street -- or the Internet.
I'm not just talking about unsolicited advice ("You need to read The Secret!") or weird criticism ("You use the word 'the' too much!"), which is bad enough already, but all of that plus putting on a weird artificial character I picture as Coach (from Coach).
You younger kids might recognize him better as the voice of Mr. Incredible, or I think he is on Parenthood now or something.
The difference between a normal person going around giving unwanted advice to people and a Coach type is whether you can easily add "champ" to their statements without it seeming out of place. "I've read a lot of your writing, champ, and I'm really encouraged by how you've been improving. I don't want you to take this the wrong way, sport, but there's a few problems you really need to tackle to become that awesome writer we both know you can be. I know you can do it, so keep at it, tiger!"
As you can see, it's more than pushy -- it's a little delusional. We all know about fans who lose touch with reality a bit and imagine themselves as best friends of their favorite actors or celebrities, and address them in public like they know each other and are entitled to their friendship.
This is the same thing, except the Coach types imagine themselves not only as that person's friend, but also as that person's Morgan Freeman -- benevolent, wise, experienced and plausible in the role of God. The target will naturally be anxious for the Coach type's approval (hence the reassurances that they're "doing great" and "really improving") and value the nuggets of wisdom.
"I want to see you tone down your use of the passive voice, son."
Which they wouldn't if this were some random douche off the street. But the Coach knows he is not some random douche off the street. He knows writing/acting/drawing/relationships. He has really thought about these things and can see what's really going on. He needs to let the target know quickly that he is Morgan Freeman bringing genuine insights and not Johnny Anonymous complaining about some petty stuff he doesn't like.
So he goes really heavy on the Coach language, with all the champ/buddy/sport/tiger talk he can muster, short of using the actual terms. Like a lot of Internet persona players, he usually fools himself, too, so if his target turns his advice down, he really thinks he is "saddened" by his Daniel-san being too impetuous and immature to take his wise Miyagi-like advice.
#5. A Real Character
There are genuine "what a character" personalities in every community, online and off; people who naturally think differently or have a charmingly distinctive way of expressing themselves. And then there's people who pretend to be those people.
People trying to get attention on the Internet is nothing new. Back when it was the ARPANET, some Department of Defense researcher probably emailed made-up stories to other research groups about how he totally just had sex in the lab.
This guy just drew the first ASCII boobs.
Nowadays, people continue to brag about made-up sex stories, post shocking pictures or try to "troll" people into arguing with them, but even worse, some people basically try to be Internet Jim Carrey.
In place of goofy faces and exaggerated voices, they use a lot of folksy, idiosyncratic slang ("sayin'" instead of "saying," "whaddya," etc.) and pretend randomness.
Sometimes the fake randomness is sprinkled throughout their spiel. Perhaps they open with "BOOBS! Ha ha! Bet that gotcher attention, dinnit? Nah, I'm joshing ya. What I really wanner talk about is ..."
I guess they're going for some kind of a cross between a grizzled prospector and a wisecracking slacker?
A lot of times it takes the form of painful, forced analogies. Sometimes it's funny and enlightening to have someone explain serious concepts like politics or philosophy using an analogy to something totally incongruous, like pop culture or penis jokes. Maybe you compare the Romney campaign staff to the Soprano crime family, and it helps people understand who's in charge of what part of the operation.
Or maybe you heard someone do that and saw that it was well-received, so you try to explain supply-side economics using Sonic the Hedgehog, even though you can't actually think of any connections. But economics doesn't have anything to do with Sonic! Only a cool out-of-the-box thinker like you would have come up with that connection! It's not important to have any substantive parallels! You can just recite whatever you were going to say about economics, replace random terms with Sonic and Tails, and bam! You're the teacher from Dead Poets Society!
"Alright, alright, alright, listen to me. So this economics bidness is about supply and demand, right? BO-ring! How's about we say Sonic the Hedgehog represents supply and Tails represents demand. Crazy, right? But hold your horses, fuckos, and hear me out. Supply-side economics, or Sonic-side economics, as I like to call 'er, is all about decreasing taxes (or rings) so that suppliers (Sonicers) have more money (Sega Genesis consoles) they can use to expand (jump off a ramp) and hire more workers (Dr. Robotniks), who share in the wealth (Marios and Luigis). BOO-yah! That right there is supply-side economics in a nutshell, my friend!"
If you don't understand economics after this, I don't know what I can do for you.
This is kind of sad, if you think about it. The fact that someone thinks it's that easy to create a charming, offbeat personality implies that they think all the real zany people out there are putting it on, just like they are.
Did that work? No? OK, moving on.
#4. Spartacus
Nobody likes being singled out for some stupid thing they did, and this person's coping mechanism is to create a fantasy where it's not just them. They imagine a whole group of oppressed compatriots they are bravely standing up for.
Say a guy complains about how George Orwell's Animal Farm should no longer be part of high school curriculums because it was about the Vietnam War, and is no longer relevant. (Unlike the other all-animal treatment of the Vietnam War, Apocalypse Meow.)
I make this photoshop and then I find out it's actually a thing. Well.
When he is inevitably informed of how stupid he is, he might figure it out and laugh it off, he might cry and run away or, if he is a Spartacus type, he will create a cause around it. This isn't some people laughing at him for his individual mistakes, this is oppression against newbies, or outsiders, or Orwell haters.
This way he's not a sad little dude who is all hurt and vulnerable, he is a brave voice speaking up for the imaginary throng of new people who, like him, came to this online community looking to express their opinions on how the best scene in Star Wars is when Han Solo has to outrun a boulder. For all the misunderstood people out there quivering in fear, who dared to say Brave New World was better than 1984. Or that Prince's "1999" was better than Apple's 1984 commercial.
You decide!
It's an easy way to try to convince themselves (and hopefully others) that this is about something bigger than themselves -- a fight for justice -- and not about themselves and getting their feelings hurt. Even though it is.
When he finally makes his impassioned speech about the unfair treatment of newbies/outsiders/men/women/Honda owners/furries that he's decided is endemic to this community, the Spartacus raises his metaphorical fist with a rallying cry of "Who's with me?" and the result is usually dead silence.


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Begrudging benevolence.
The lottery winner showed quite a bit of magnanimosity when he donated his winnings towards his local disaster relief, after the flood. He didn't want to, but he knew it was the right thing to do.
door Madfat 22 oktober 2009
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A blend of animosity and magnanimous, an insincere enthusiasm or friendliness hiding ill intent.
Magnanimosity is smiling at someone while you plot their death.
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Eastwood, 82, tweaked the unseen Obama for campaign promises unfulfilled, such as the 2008 pledge to close Gitmo.
"So, Mr. President, how do you handle promises that you made … I'm not going to shut up, it's my turn," said the Oscar winner. "What do you want me to tell Romney? I can't tell him to do that. He can't do that to himself. You're getting as bad as Biden!"
While the crowd ate it up with hoots, hollers and whistles, President Barack Obama's campaign staff soon took to its Twitter account to fire back at Eastwood and his empty chair symbol. The message? A shot of and three words about the Presidential chair: "This seat's taken."
While Eastwood's eccentric speech drew decidedly mixed reviews, a Romney campaign aide told Politico, "Judging an American icon like Clint Eastwood through a typical political lens doesn't work. His ad libbing was a break from all the political speeches, and the crowd enjoyed it. He rightly pointed out that 23 million Americans out of work or underemployed is a national disgrace and it's time for a change."
The Democratic National Convention will be held next week in Charlotte, N.C.
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In the year 1771 there were the Raven lords and there were the Bright Masons. The name Bright Masons comes from owe leader Mason the reason why it was called Bright Mason was because. Mason was very brave Bright that's why we call each the Bright Mason. Raven lords got their name Raven lords have decided to destroy us because they wanted owe land and so. The Bright Masons and Raven lords we had a war for it because owe land was bigger and fill with food that's why they wanted it. It turned out that we the Bright Masons did thus the they will not win that war. But when all hope seemed to lose a Bright light came from the heavens a heavenly warrior so perfect and such a weapon he had in his hand. So the Raven fought the heavenly warrior and lost when the war was all over. The heavenly warrior was gone but his heavenly sword was left behind. And many would die for it. After 1063 years later we are no longer called owe self's the Bright Masons. For now we call owes self's the Gardens. We call owe self's the Gardens because we are the Gardens of heavenly sword. The prophecy says that the heavenly warrior will return to us on the 7th. Day of the flaming phoenix. For many years people have lied saying that they are the ones that they were born on the 7th day of the phoenix. People try to seal the heavenly sword so we had to kill them in order to protect the heavenly sword yes we kill. Just like owe fathers did in the pass. After the Raven lord had died there had to be a new Raven lord so. To men fight to be the winner be come the Raven lord so one man won and the other had lost and so. The other wanted to be come the Raven lord. So he killed the Raven lord and became the Raven lord. But he wanted to be more then Raven lord he wanted to become. A God and to do that he needed the heavenly sword. On the 7th day of the flaming phoenix came the warrior was reborn. But it was as phoenix had told them so 17 years have past we trained the young boy in order to make him in to the heavenly warrior he once was. One day the young heavenly warrior was training with his father and his father had the heavenly sword on his back training with the heavenly warrior. Then the Raven lord and his army 1 to 1,000 it was now is the when the heavenly warrior has his epic battle. With the Raven lord and his army. Now is the time when the heavenly warrior raises. The heavenly takes his heavenly sword and. Started to kill of the Raven lords army one by one he slice them up cup off there heads killing them all kill them like there were nothing to him the. Raven lords army tried to kill the heavenly warrior but thus who got near him he would kill them. The Raven lords army thus who where in the back said forward! And thus whom where in the front said back! He kills them all fighting them to get to top where the Raven lord was and so when it came to only the Raven lord and the heavenly warrior. The Raven lords said to the heavenly warrior give me the heavenly sword or die. So the heavenly warrior said to the Raven lord your going to have to take it from my dead and so the Raven lord said once I kill you I will take the heavenly sword and become a god and so. The heavenly warrior said to the Raven lord you couldn't be a god. Because even if you get the heavenly sword. It will not make you into a god to become a god you have to have honor and. that's what you don't have. But what the Raven lord did not tell him is that the Raven lord had made a deal with the devil. The deal he made was his soul exchange to be a god if he gets the heavenly sword. So the heavenly warrior fought the Raven lord. But when they where fighting they where evenly mach so now the Raven lord was. Just as strong as the heavenly warrior. The but when all hope seemed lost. The one god that ruled after all the other gods. Saw what the Raven lord had done and so he decided to make it in evenly mach because the Raven lord was getting stronger. So the heavenly warrior unless his ultimate attack on the Raven lord and the Raven lord lost and was destroyed by the heavenly warrior and ever thing that belong to the Raven lord was destroyed. Then people started to live happy lives and then the heavenly warrior returned to heaven for the final time and every one lived happily ever after expect the Raven lord. The End
wow that is realy realy cool nad i realy realy like the ending very very good story.
for me story is all most every thing to me wen it come's to reading book's .it has to have a very very good story or i kind of don't get into it. or i find it hard to get into. so story is all most every thing at less to me any way.


text: As young as Grade 3, kids are under pressure to wear the right clothes, like the right music, have the right friends and be cool. Often, that leads to stress and anxiety for youngsters. Well-intentioned parents often try too hard to prevent the bumps and scrapes of feelings as kids grow up, but one parenting expert says they're doing more harm than good.


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We at 18to88.com are nothing if not accountable. Here is a our recap of our famous preseason predictions.
Every year, we here at 18to88.com pride ourselves at making the boldest and most accurate predictions available on the internet. Our track record is unassailable. Our foresight boggles the mind and causes our readers to wonder at what mystic fount of insight we have tapped into. As you can see from past seasons, our abilities are stunning.
That's what we hope to write next year, anyway. Submitted for your approval, 18 Bold Visions for 2009…
7. The giant scoreboard in Texas stadium is removed after it affects the kicking game too much.
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an asshole. brown eye. dookie shute. it refers to ur asshole looking like the top of a bottle where the cap is crimpped.
When that fat bitch bent over i saw her nasty crimp.
von "EL CONQUISTADOR" 27. Februar 2009
A crimp is a penis that does not open, and has no opening to pee, if that can be visualised. It is largely mythical as I have yet to come across someone who will openly admit to having a crimp. But then male lactation is also largely mythical but there are many websites devoted solely to that practise...
Do you have a crimp?
My god, you do as well!!!
My god, you do as well!!!
von Very Expert 14. November 2005
A merging of the title, "Criminal Pimp."
Yo Crimp, where all da hos at?!
von Shaun 30. Dezember 2003
It is crunk and a pimp.
crunk means drunk.
crunk means drunk.
I'm a crimp = I'm a drunk and a pimp
is u a crimp
is u a crimp
von Skinny Folks 12. Januar 2005


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Is it a weed or not? That's a matter of opinion.
The classic definition of a weed is a plant growing in the wrong place, and that place may be your lawn, vegetable garden or flower bd, or even between the flagstones on your patio.
For an individual plant, it depends.
A violet can be grown as a cherished flower, could be grown in the herb patch and crystallized as a cake decoration, is a pretty wild flower in the woods, but in the lawn it is definitely a weed. As the real estate people tell us, location is everything.
Several garden flowers are included in the weed books, including golden rod, morning glory, spiderwort and evening primrose.
Grass is planted, nurtured and fed in the lawn, but needs to be dug out from cracks in the sidewalk.
Some weeds brook no discussion, however. Dandelions, henbit, shepherd's purse, dock, Creeping Charlie, chickweed, poison ivy and the omnipresent wild onion and garlic are unmistakenly unwelcome weedy invaders.
I was amazed to see in an upscale decorating magazine a suggestion that Creeping Charlie, also called Gill-over-the-ground, should be grown in a container as a house plant. I am sure it would drape becomingly down the sides of the pot, but I would be afraid it soon would spread all over the house.
Wild flowers such as Queen Anne's Lace, chicory, poppies, daisies, buttercups and clover can be admired in field and forest, but must expect to be ripped out should they stray into the garden.
All gardeners expect to spend a large portion of their time dealing with weeds in one way or another. One can spend a fortune on sprays and granules designed to kill lawn weeds or one can choose to spend hours on hands and knees digging out the invaders.
Commercial preparations for lawn care are readily available, but the consumer must be sure to read the directions. Often printed in small type, and easily obscured by mud and spilled solution, they nevertheless must be read carefully and obeyed to the letter to avoid harm to children, animals and other plants.
Anyone using herbicides for a commercial or state enterprise must undergo rigorous training, which is updated regularly, and homeowners need to be equally careful.
Herbicides come in a variety of types. Some are designed for broad-leaf weeds in lawns, some for grass-like weeds. Liquids attack leaves and then filter down to the roots, while granules are watered directly down to the root system. Some are pre-emergent; others are post-emergent.
Small spray containers are designed to attack the most stubborn weeds, such as clumps of crabgrass or the stubborn Canada thistle that are difficult to dig out completely and must be targeted individually.
I find the best way to deal with weeds in my garden is with a simple tool. I have various dandelion diggers, a Japanese weeding knife, etc., but I always go back to the old, battered steak knife that serves me so well. Just a few strokes of the sharpening steel keeps it in prime condition. The only hazard is the one shared by all my hand tools; they are apt to disappear.
Finally, to weed properly I need to kneel. A hoe just
does not do the job for me - I need to battle the enemy face to face.
Janet Del Turco is a local gardener and a graduate of the Ohio State University Master Gardener program. Contact her at email@example.com.


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WASHINGTON – President Obama on Wednesday proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2014, but the plan's mix of cuts to programs such as Social Security combined with tax increases including a near-doubling of the federal levy on cigarettes drew a tepid response from the president's fellow Democrats and disdain from congressional Republicans.
Most controversial, it seemed, was the president's attempt to reach out to Republicans: a proposed revision in how inflation is calculated for many federal benefits.
The change would mean smaller increases in Social Security and veterans benefits in the coming years, prompting criticism from Democrats and Republicans alike.
"Like any budget proposal, there are things to like in this budget, such as expanding pre-K for children, and things I strongly object to, such as cutting Social Security and disability benefits for seniors and veterans that they have rightfully earned," said Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand, D-N.Y. "We must have a balanced approach to reducing the deficit and growing our economy."
Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., said he, too, disagreed with the proposed change in benefits – as did Republican Reps. Chris Collins of Clarence and Tom Reed of Corning.
"If you change the calculation of the Consumer Price Index and how you calculate inflation, that's going to continue to pinch our seniors who, come the end of the month, the stories I hear, are having trouble putting food on the table," Collins said.
The proposed cut in the growth of benefits highlighted a spending plan that eliminates the deep automatic spending cuts that took place under the March 1 "sequestration" but that proposes few other major changes for federal programs important to the Buffalo area.
The change to Social Security and veterans benefits would be a significant one.
The government now calculates benefit increases on the basis of an inflation index that uses price increases encountered by city dwellers.
Obama wants to replace that with what's known as the "chained" Consumer Price Index.
A measure of inflation that takes into account the fact that consumers might buy less-costly products if prices start going up, chained CPI is considered more accurate than the current measure, running about 0.3 percent lower in any given year.
So what difference would a switch to that measure make for the average Social Security recipient?
Not much at first. The calculation would only cost the average Social Security recipient about $39 in the first year of the switch.
But the change would add up over time. Presuming fairly low inflation rates of 3 percent under the new measure, the switch would mean that within a decade, the average Social Security recipient would receive about $584 a year less than such a recipient would receive if the government stuck with the current inflation measure.
Obama portrayed his proposal to switch inflation measures, along with a proposed $400 billion cut in Medicare over 10 years, as a difficult move toward compromise with Republicans on a comprehensive budget deal. The Medicare cuts would hit medical providers rather than benefit recipients, with drug companies taking the biggest hit in the form of lower federal payments.
"I don't believe that all these ideas are optimal, but I'm willing to accept them as part of a compromise – if, and only if, they contain protections for the most vulnerable Americans," Obama said as he unveiled his budget.
Since top Republicans have long supported a move to chained CPI as well as far bigger changes in Medicare, some GOP leaders offered modest praise for Obama's entitlement proposals.
"The president seems prepared to finally concede this time that at least something needs to be done to save entitlements from their inevitable slide toward bankruptcy," said Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican minority leader.
But the president and GOP leaders clashed on the rest of his spending plan – particularly its tax increases.
Obama proposes a 94-cent per pack increase in the federal cigarette tax, along with several tax hikes he has proposed before, such as the elimination of loopholes enjoyed by wealthy taxpayers and corporations.
"If we're serious about deficit reduction, then these reforms [in entitlements] have to go hand in hand with reforming our tax code to make it more simple and more fair, so that the wealthiest individuals and biggest corporations cannot keep taking advantage of loopholes and deductions that most Americans don't get," Obama said.
Republicans saw things far differently.
"The president got his tax hikes in January," said House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, in reference to the higher tax rates on the wealthy agreed to in the bipartisan deal to avert the "fiscal cliff." "We don't need to be raising taxes on the American people."
Obama also proposed capping deductions for wealthier taxpayers, a move that would have a particular impact in New York State, which has an unusually large number of top wage earners and unusually high state and local taxes that now can be deducted in full.
That fact prompted Schumer to say: "I am against a decrease in state and local deductibility, which hurts New York more than almost any other state."
Otherwise, Schumer praised the Obama budget.
"Overall, this is a jobs-focused budget that invests in infrastructure, education and scientific research," Schumer said. "It will strengthen our competitiveness and help middle-class incomes rise."
The spending plan includes a one-year, $50 billion increase in spending on highways and infrastructure. Rep. Brian Higgins, D-Buffalo, who has proposed $1.25 trillion in increased infra- structure spending over five years, termed Obama's offering "wholly inadequate."
Also under the Obama spending plan, education funding would increase 4.6 percent, in part to fund the president's call to make preschool available to all 4-year-olds from low- to moderate-income families.
Implementation of his health care reform law would continue apace, with a big expansion of Medicaid, the health care program for lower-income Americans, moving forward largely as planned.
Meanwhile, the departments of Defense and Homeland Security would endure major cutbacks, and farm subsidies would be slashed.
Overall, the Obama spending plan would replace the controversial sequester with $1 trillion in cuts and $800 billion in new revenues over a decade.
Most programs with an especially large impact in Western New York would be spared the worst of the cuts. Funding for Great Lakes cleanup would be steady, and Community Development Block Grants, which provide Buffalo with about $11 million a year, would be trimmed modestly.
The West Valley Demonstration Project, the target of frequent proposed cuts in recent years, would see its funding fall by only $1 million, to $64 million.
Only one program of local note – Low Income Home Energy Assistance – would face a huge cut, with proposed funding shrinking from $3.7 billion this year to $2.9 billion in fiscal 2014. But Congress has long refused to agree to such deep cuts in that program.
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The co-chairs of President Obama's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform released a draft report yesterday on how to reduce federal budget deficits.
Downsizing Blog
Downsizing the Department of Defense
More and more figures on the right — especially some darlings of the all-important tea party movement — are coming forward to utter a conservative heresy: that the Pentagon budget cow perhaps should not be so sacred after all.
Government Cheese
Self-anointed elites have been relentless in prodding government planners to apply their enlightened solutions for the purported benefit of the ignorant masses. As a result, the federal government has become a Super Nanny monitoring and guiding the intimate activities of the nation's 300 million inhabitants. However, the government is not altruistic and does not have the solutions for how people should live their lives.
Cutting Spending to 2008 Levels
Following last week's electoral victory, the House Republican leadership has been talking up its pre-election pledge to return federal spending to 2008 levels. As I've previously discussed, the Republicans are only talking about non-security, discretionary spending. This category of spending represents a relatively small portion of the overall federal budget, and would only shave about $100 billion off of what the president wants to spend.
Overpaid Feds: Some Market Evidence
In a story titled, "Federal government upping pay, seniority to lure skilled workers from private sector," the Washington Business Journal notes:
WaPo's Fiscal Truths
A Washington Post editorial today discusses the National Academy of Sciences "Fiscal Future" study. The NAS report modeled four possible tax and spending paths for the nation over the next 70 years. I was one of the NAS report's co-authors.
Will the GOP Embrace GOP Cuts?
The other day I mentioned that numerous groups have released spending cut proposals that will be useful for the GOP in figuring out where to cut spending. Another source for the new House Republican majority to utilize is a plan that was released in May by their own members in the conservative House Republican Study Committee.
Republican Agenda: Privatization
In coming months, new Republican members of Congress will be looking for ways to cut the budget deficit and also to increase economic growth. One way to do both is to privatize government assets, such as the U.S. Postal Service, Amtrak, and the air traffic control system.
What Spending Should the GOP Cut?
Congratulations to the wave of Republicans who successfully ran on promises to tackle rising government debt and cut the hugely bloated federal budget. On the campaign trail, most candidates were not very specific about how they would cut the budget, but when they come to Washington they will be looking for good reform targets.
High-Speed Pork
Washington Post columnist Robert Samuelson provides a blistering critique of the Obama administration's plan for a national system of high-speed rail. Samuelson dismisses HSR as "pork-barrel" and "a perfect example of wasteful spending masquerading as a respectable social cause."


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Compiling Grub2
From Wikislax
What is Grub2 ?
GNU Grub2 is a bootloader. A bootloader is the first software program that runs when a computer starts. It is responsible for loading and transferring control to the operating system kernel software. For Xen we'll use Grub2 over Lilo. The reason is that Grub2 affords booting Xen alongside Domain-0, which Slackware's default Lilo cannot do. Last, we'll use Grub2 over Grub legacy, because the latter is not 64-bits compatible.
Compiling Grub2
Download from the GNU page then untar to /usr/local and install as below :
# tar -C /usr/local -xvf grub-1.99.tar.gz # cd /usr/local/ # chown -R root:root grub-1.99.tar.gz # cd grub-1.99.tar.gz # ./configure --libdir=/usr/local/lib64 # make # make install # make clean
Configuring Grub2
Grub2 configuration is described in the Grub2 documentation. As it is quite complex we will just edit what we need. Let's start with the general options in /usr/local/etc/default/grub.
# If you change this file, run 'grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg' # afterwards to update /boot/grub/grub.cfg GRUB_DEFAULT=0 GRUB_TIMEOUT="4" GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`echo GNU Source` GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="" # Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only) GRUB_TERMINAL=console # The resolution used on graphical terminal # note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE # you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo` #GRUB_GFXMODE=1280x1024x32 #GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=text # Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux #GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true # Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries #GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_RECOVERY="true"
We now need to organize the files under /usr/local/etc/grub.d. Keep only 00_header untouched, rename and make all the other files not executable, then add menu entries as executable files 10_xen-4.1.2-kernel-3.4.2 and 11_kernel-3.4.2. It will be wise to add yet another entry 12_slack-126.96.36.199 as a backup kernel. set root=(dh0,3) means the third partition on the disk. The other options is what we have kept after trying and failing many times to see anything on the console :
#! /bin/sh -e echo "Adding Xen 4.1.2 / Slackware 13.37 (kernel 3.4.2)" cat << EOF menuentry "Xen 4.1.2 / Slackware 13.37 (kernel 3.4.2)" { set root=(hd0,3) multiboot /boot/xen-4.1.2.gz dom0_mem=max:2GB console=vga vga=gfx-1024x768x8 noreboot module /boot/vmlinuz-dom0 console=vga earlyprintk=xen root=/dev/sda3 ro vga=gfx-1024x768x8 } EOF
#! /bin/sh -e echo "Adding Slackware 13.37 (kernel 3.4.2)" cat << EOF menuentry "Slackware 13.37 (kernel 3.4.2)" { set root=(hd0,3) linux /boot/vmlinuz-dom0 root=/dev/sda3 ro vga=773 } EOF
#! /bin/sh -e echo "Adding Slackware 13.37 (kernel 220.127.116.11)" cat << EOF menuentry "Slackware 13.37 (kernel 126.96.36.199)" { set root=(hd0,3) linux /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda3 ro vga=773 } EOF
Update /boot/grub/grub.cfg accordingly :
# grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
Installing Grub2
Last step is to create boot record in first sector of disk partition. If not using Master Boot Record in /dev/sda, then the --force option must be used :
# grub-install --force /dev/sda3 # dd if=/dev/sda3 of=/mnt/win7/Boot/Slack1337.mbr
You can now cross fingers and reboot ! If everything goes right you should be able to see the xm dmesg log being displayed during Xen bootup, then the screen will be cleared and Xen will proceed with Linux (dom0) bootup as usual.
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A beautiful country with long, deserted golden beaches.....
...deserted due to the huge numbers of landmines.
by the slut formerly known as your mother October 09, 2004
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Although poor in economic, Cambodia is one of the most beautiful, peaceful country this entire d!mn world.
Garden of Eden..
by AhKaDuiMaeVia April 20, 2004
A country bordering Vietnam that always brought out the worst in black soldiers serving in the Vietnam war.
Sergeant: We're going to be moving into Cambodia tonight.
Token gangsta black soldier: Cambodia? Shiiiiit.
Token gangsta black soldier: Cambodia? Shiiiiit.
by The Hebrew Hammer August 12, 2005
A women's pleasure spot(s).
My wife's main Cambodia is her pussy, but her tits are also a Cambodia.
by tittyforpleasurez January 23, 2012
Used to be one of the worst countries in the world. Very few of the people there made it over the age of 25, there was severe health problems and a lot of people died of starvation. Though most of these problems went away after the vietnam war. Beautiful too coutry where the Ankor Watt stands
Guy #1: Me and my wife are going to Cambodia this summer i heard its really beautiful
Guy #2: Ok have fun, and don't drink any of the water
Guy #2: Ok have fun, and don't drink any of the water
by Gregory Slutter June 16, 2004
A very busy and hectic situation or place.
A high level of activity focused in a small area.
A high level of activity focused in a small area.
There are so many people in the bar - it is Cambodia!
by Aces and Eights February 11, 2007
I will flee this shithole and come to America!
Damn it, my visa expired!
by Not Proud To Be A Cambodian January 18, 2004


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New Platforms Revolutionize Electronic Games/Microsoft's Kinect Raises the Standard
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Reality TV Dominates Broadcast Programming/Falling Ratings Force Networks to Find New Ways to Distribute Content
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Global Broadband Market Nears 2 Billion Subscribers, Fixed and Wireless
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Videos Via Cellphone and Mobile TV Gain Subscribers
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Kindle, Tablets like iPad and Smartphones like iPhone Deliver Entertainment/eBook Sales Soar
Virtual Worlds Open Up New Revenue Sources for Games Publishers223-D Games Open New Opportunities/Some Safety Concerns Arise
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Online Play/Social Gaming on the Rise
App Downloads Reach Nearly 50 Billion Yearly
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These pictures from the Victorian and Edwardian periods are arranged alphabetically by play title. This section develops the previous one's last phase, concentrating on the more elaborately "historicist" staging of Shakespeare by such prominent professionals as Irving, Tree, Benson, and Poel. These photographs derive from the U.C. Berkeley Shakespeare Program Collection and the Yorck Project, under GNU Free Document License. They are intended for research and educational, not commercial use.
Julius Caesar: Henry Ainley (1879-1945) as Cassius
Julius Caesar, circa 1910, with Ethel Dane as the page Lucius (far right).
Julius Caesar: Otho Stuart as Brutus.
Love's Labour's Lost: Helen Hayes (1874-1957) as the Princess, H. O. Nicholson (b. 1866) as Boyet, and Miss Saumarez as Catheri
King John: The Final Scene of Phelp's Revival at Drury Lane, 1865.
King John: Henry Betty (1819-1897) as Faulconbridge.
King Lear: Edwin Forrest (1806 1872) as Lear.
Edwin Booth (1833-1893) as King Lear.
King Lear, 1879: George Edgar (1841-1921) as Lear
A Yiddish Version of King Lear, at the Pavilion Theatre, Mile End, East London, 1906.
Macbeth (I.v): Mrs. David P. Bowers (1830-1895) as Lady Macbeth.
Macbeth: Poster of Thos. W. Keene (1840-1898) in William Shakespeare's MacBeth , c. 1884.
Macbeth: Adelaide Ristori (1822-1906) as Lady Macbeth.
Macbeth: Ellen Terry (1847-1928) as Lady Macbeth at the Lyceum Theatre (1889?).
Macbeth: Mr. Forbes Robertson as Macbeth, at the Lyceum Theatre, 1898.Page 439 from The Sketch, Sept. 28, 1898. Furness Image Co
Macbeth, V.i: Mrs. Patrick Campbell (1865 -1940) as Lady Macbeth at the Lyceum Theatre.Page 438 from The Sketch, Sept. 28, 1898.
Macbeth: Herbert Beerbohm Tree.
Macbeth: Matheson Lang as Macbeth; Hutin Britton as Lady Macbeth: produced by Frank Benson.
Macbeth: Lily Langtree (1853-1929) as Lady Macbeth.
Measure For Measure (1893), as produced by Willian Poel.
William Poel(1852-1934): an influential Edwardian producer of Shakespeare.
Measure for Measure: Lily Brayton as Isabella, 1907
Merchant of Venice: Arthur Bourchier (1863-1927) as Shylock, Ellen Terry (1847-1928) as Portia , in a Frank Benson production at
Merchant of Venice, 1908: Alexandra Carlisle as Portia in disguise as the lawyer Balthazar.
Merchant of Venice: James Carew (1876-1938) as Shylock.
The Merry Wives of Windsor, II.i; Ada Rehan (1860-1916) as Mistress Ford; Virginia Dreher (d. 1898) as Mistress Page
The Merry Wives of Windsor: Haymarket Theatre, 1890: Ellen Terry, Mrs. Page; Beerbohm Tree, Falstaff; and Mrs. Kendall, Mrs. For
Act II of Giuseppe Verdi's "Falstaff" (The Merry Wives of Windsor) 1893.
Merry Wives of Windsor: Lily Brayton (1876 -1953) as Mistress Ford, Oscar Asche (18711936) as Falstaff, Constance Robertson as
A Midsummer Night's Dream: The Reconciliation of Titania and Oberon by Joseph Noel Paton, 1847.
Design for A Midsummer Night's Dream: Palace of Theseus, London, Princess Theatre, circa 1856.
Much Ado About Nothing (II.i, the masked ball scene): Charles Kean as Benedick, Mrs. Kean as Beatrice, Princess' theatre, 1859.
Much Ado About Nothing: Ellen Terry (1847-1928) as Beatrice
Much Ado About Nothing: Ellen Terry and Henry Irving as Benedick and Beatrice (between 1870-90).
Much Ado About Nothing: Lewis Waller as Benedick and Winifred Emery as Beatrice at Benson's Shakespeare Festival, Straford-upon-
Much Ado About Nothing: Beerbohm Tree as Benedick
Othello: M'Kean Buchanan as Othello
Othello: Tommaso Salvini (1829-1916) as Othello.
Othello: American actor John Edward McCullough (1837-1885) as Othello.
Othello: Constantin Stanislavski as Othello (1896).


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During the act of intercourse, whilst reaching the point of climax, the male must quickly grab a tortilla (refrigerated/microwaved) and proceed to relieve his load into the tortilla. After the tortilla is prepared fajita style, the male feeds the creamy snack to his deserving partner.
My wife said she was hungry, so I gave that bitch a good ol' creamy fajita.
作者 swaggie guy 2014年5月15日
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