i'm not sure how it is across the pond, but in the states i assume it has to do with the way we give dates verbally. if i were to ask someone what the date is today, the response would be June 22nd, 2002, which corresponds with the numerical 6/22/02. .
i had a friend who went out there years ago. he was also looking for quick bucks dealing blackjack. if i remember correctly the waiting list to get to an actual table is fairly long. i think he had to take a shit job and work his way up. i believe it took him 2 or 3 years before he got...
Chuck you should read Flatland by Edwin Abbott. i'm sure it was the inspiration for your teacher's demonstration as it was written in 1880. despite essentially being a math and philosophy book it is a very easy read and a very interesting look at the idea of higher dimensions. (also a satire...
all i remember is that the show was called Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch. there weren't a lot of episodes. Rota was Wheelie's girlfriend and as you said Wheelie did use his windshield to express himself. however, Rota and the other characters could all talk. Wheelie and Rota were constantly...
mmmm... hair bands
Stryper is by far the best, black and gold tights with giant salads and God rock to boost.
and honorable mention goes to:
Petra
White Lion
Cinderella
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a hobby of mine is doing jigsaw puzzles of old hair bands and my choices have no basis on musical...
the best costume i've seen in years was created by a friend of mine in minnesota. he went as fletch, not the regular fletch, but when fletch was in the robe and roller-skating on the beach with odd hair. easily the funniest costume i've ever seen (you have to wear the roller-skates for it to...
a few bands you may like:
Bright Eyes - honest, depressing, chaotic crybaby bedroom rock. one of the best songwriters around today(that no one knows about).
The Calendar Hung Itself real audio
Going for the Gold real audio mp3
Haligh, Haligh, A Lie, Haligh real audio mp3...
1. George Carlin
2. Richard Pryor
3. Steven Wright
and Lenny Bruce gets his own place outside of any list since i never had the opportunity to see him live. his records show him to be a genius well ahead of his time, but it kills me that i missed out on seeing one of his banned shows.
Lancaster and Grace posts were both painful and hilarious to read. i remember one time i crossed Jeremy Lancaster over his review of Pleasantville being "soft core porn" and "detrimental to proper American values" needless to say it didn't go very well. other than that the only real posts i...
i think the life of one of my best friends could make a fairly interesting documentary. he's a mascot for an NFL team and does some pretty cool stuff (he gets to fly in on a zipline at the game i'm going to in October). the whole mascot subcultre is actually really interesting also. a couple...
i always liked Dinosaur Jr.'s screamy cover of Just Like Heaven. somewhere i have a tape with some metal band covering that "I would walk 500 miles" song by the Proclaimers which is hilarious. i also reluctantly admit to owning a Lemonheads 7" containing a cover of Luka by Suzanne Vega.
you're right about that Vince. Mac has even make fun of the Smashing Pumpkins in a lot of interviews about their "orchestrization" and then they go do the same thing on some of their songs (albeit on a much smaller scale). they're still one of my favorite bands of the 90's (Incidental Music...
here's the local press from today if anyone is interested:
Lazy-i interview
Omaha World Herald interview
The Reader interview (it's the first story Care to Danse?)