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That's interesting. I'd love to hear more about it. There is a movie that has been in the pipeline for a long time now that really needs to see the light of day, but just can't seem to gather the necessary financial support, since it's not your typical "exciting" Hollywood movie. It's called Nicholas of Myra (the story of St. Nicholas) http://www.nicholasofmyra-movie.com/ Shelly, good news. Hope your recovery continues unabated.

No, you can only bleach once every 10 days or so, for maybe 20 minutes max on the roots. Might have to do it a little more often in the midst of the season but you have to be really careful with bleaching to avoid overlapping of previously fully-bleached areas, or you'll get a lot of breakage. You can also do a quick perimeter touch up of the roots with a light coat of white mascara followed by clear mascara, if need be (the clear gives it a more natural finished look). Anything else, in terms of wash-out temporary whiteners, will run like crazy once you start sweating. I've tried all sorts of theatrical makeup products, and found that Ben Nye "Snow White" works pretty well, but is definitely subject to running. So it's fine on the outer tips of the beard (followed by a freezing spray like Got 2b Glued), but nowhere near where it will come in direct contact with my skin, or pretty soon it be smeared it all over my suit. Bleaching is definitely preferable because it obviously provides a completely natural look. Even if you use temporary whiteners very sparingly and blend them well such that nobody could tell, it still makes you feel less authentic. Then you have the whole issue of whether your beard matches your hair, etc. But don't get me started... you know how obsessed I tend to get with my hobbies.

It's Santa's magic key. Only works on Christmas Eve. Opens any door in the world, even Steve's back door! Also, can make a chimney if the customer prefers a really dirty entry.

Ordered some Santa calling cards. One version front and back for adults, the other version with the same pics for kids.

Late to the party... but happy birthday! Don't let your age bother you. It really doesn't show...

Definitely on the Santa Don't list!

Hey, now you're talking! That sounds a lot better than "me and my buddy went swimming/hot-tubbing in the ocean..." which reminded me of this: http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/679770/ Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Might want to consider bringing a girl, instead, or in addition, next time. Just saying.

Very sorry to hear of your loss, Chris. Sometimes on your birthday, you become the gift giver. I'm sure your wife and her family will need your support.

Hey!

TMI, Al.

Way back when gay = happy

Then it seems like you've answered your own question. I think everyone needs to define for himself what lowballing is, and I think it's very situation specific. It seems like in this case he was testing the waters to see if he could grab them quickly with a low offer before others could jump in. That could either be viewed as a lowball offer from your perspective (which I guess means you could take offense to it, and write back with a nasty reply, or whatever you deem appropriate), or it could be viewed as nothing more than a buying strategy on his part. Maybe he's not a 'serious' buyer because in his heart of hearts he's looking for something else, but he could be convinced to grab these if the price is right from his perspective.

My brother once said, "School is the tooth in the blow job of life..." It was at a college party, and he was pretty messed up, as usual. I remember asking him about it a couple of days later and he didn't remember saying it or where he might have gotten it from, but knowing him, if it wasn't from a Dylan, Who or Stones album, chances are it was original.

Japanese kids' orchestra playing Benny Goodman. Nice. http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=L7N6slVrQeY&vq=medium

Autopsy showed that Hank's death was indeed a suicide. Helium. Never knew about that one. You learn something new every day, I suppose. Obviously, someone had to have known, but apparently they were trying to prevent it from getting out. Small Island, and such. Such a shame. Why intelligent, and seemingly well grounded people would ever take their own lives is beyond me. Of course, now people here in Cayman are saying that they thought Hank was bi-polar all along, but I just think that's solution searching for a theory. From my perspective, he was a normal, every day guy, just like the rest of us. There were things (and people) he liked, stuff he thought was funny, stuff he thought was wrong, stuff that made him worry. He had stresses and joys, ups and downs. I dunno, perhaps he had some sort of mental illness, but most of us are incapable of detecting that sort of thing, nor would be know what to recommend to someone even if we thought that might be the case. Besides, what may be considered signs of mental illness is to a trained mind, tend to be interpreted merely as signs of "bad day" to the casual observer. Sure, Hank had bad days, but lots of people I know have bad days. Who would have known? Wish I had...

Is that 7-8" of gay snow or straight snow? Steve, perhaps the reason that straight guys may claim 9" when it's really closer to 5" is they've never felt the difference...

Uh, pretty much not worth arguing about. Ya, sure, anyone can sue anyone for anything. So what's your point? Seems to me that Al is simply suggesting that it's nearly impossible for a manufacturer to prove a libel/defamation/slander (whatever, who really fucking cares?) case against some random schmuck for a consumer-type of review ("posting their opinions or comments about a product" as he put it) on the internet, whereas professional reviewers would presumably be held to a higher standard of conduct. You can read all about it on any number of blogs concerning the matter. Oh and he might get this idea for his legal training and many years of experience as a trial lawyer... I think he's got a lot of charisma too. You seem to like people with charisma, so I'm sure you would like Al. On a scale of one to Ballerina Tyll charismatic, he's way past go.

You got laid once, and it only lasted 25 seconds? Actually, that was a funny post. I'm just giving you a hard time.

I think this thread should be renamed the LSD-3. It's become such an acid trip. More of Deborah Harry:

Ya, it butter be butter or I'm not givin' up so much bread!

To continue on Tyll's theme... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWng0Equoe0&feature=player_embedded