tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post116990682911253489..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: It's Raining Men.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-77600918809294910912007-03-01T03:21:00.000-05:002007-03-01T03:21:00.000-05:00You know about what one of those two earthquakes t...You know about what one of those two earthquakes that damaged the hell out of the old ceiling in our 1927 Elma Theater had to say to the other?<BR/><BR/>He said "It's not my fault.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1170263484630459712007-01-31T12:11:00.000-05:002007-01-31T12:11:00.000-05:00My GAWD I love you people!2dogsMy GAWD I love you people!<BR/>2dogsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1170190693477417752007-01-30T15:58:00.000-05:002007-01-30T15:58:00.000-05:00I like the target idea.But unless you are part of ...I like the target idea.<BR/><BR/>But unless you are part of a team, you can't score better than 10x ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1170180364405140902007-01-30T13:06:00.000-05:002007-01-30T13:06:00.000-05:00I don't get why they don't aim for the water, at t...I don't get why they don't aim for the water, at that height, water = concrete and the fish get free food (gotta keep the salmon and sea lions fed, they are important for the local economy up here).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1170161003218296002007-01-30T07:43:00.000-05:002007-01-30T07:43:00.000-05:00There is a pool in Florida-http://www.jumperpool.c...There is a pool in Florida-<BR/><BR/>http://www.jumperpool.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1170133134258618902007-01-29T23:58:00.000-05:002007-01-29T23:58:00.000-05:00I'm actually surprised that no junior web develope...I'm actually surprised that no junior web developer has parked a cam in his office window and put a spliced montage video on YouTube done to the soundtrack of "It's Raining Men"...Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1170104284199202112007-01-29T15:58:00.000-05:002007-01-29T15:58:00.000-05:00"I'll try to drop in later today and see if anyone..."I'll try to drop in later today and see if anyone else remembers the SF story that came from..."<BR/><BR/>Vonnegut’s <I>Welcome to the Monkey House</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1170080453551535592007-01-29T09:20:00.000-05:002007-01-29T09:20:00.000-05:00" There was a book that had a high dive on the roo..."<I> There was a book that had a high dive on the roof of a building. I don't remember if there was a bullseye.</I>"<BR/><BR/><I>Oath of Fealty</I>, by Niven and Pournelle. :)Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1170078860806100202007-01-29T08:54:00.000-05:002007-01-29T08:54:00.000-05:00There was a book that had a high dive on the roof ...There was a book that had a high dive on the roof of a building. I don't remember if there was a bullseye.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1170027731319639502007-01-28T18:42:00.000-05:002007-01-28T18:42:00.000-05:00The techno-yuppies are missing a big payoff. Pain...The techno-yuppies are missing a big payoff. Paint the bull's-eye on the road and put-out some of those quarter-operated telescopes - but with digital video for taping the fall. Jumper ties a string to it or something and you get a follow-shot that automatically gets uploaded to YouTube - there's gotta be money in it...NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1170002730690966812007-01-28T11:45:00.000-05:002007-01-28T11:45:00.000-05:00I've had a lot harder things happen to me in life ...I've had a lot harder things happen to me in life than most "suiciders". <BR/> <BR/>So I totally don't understand that mindset. <BR/> <BR/>Would I do it? No way, I'm wayyy too hardheaded for it. <BR/> <BR/>So I vote for either the Booths, or the nice "opt out" center where you at least get death and a movie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1169997230503136562007-01-28T10:13:00.000-05:002007-01-28T10:13:00.000-05:00"a decade of meetings, studies, votes, chanting, a..."a decade of meetings, studies, votes, chanting, and incense"<BR/>Um, they're probably also waiting for returns on their polls to see if fencing their bridge will be ok with rustics in Burundi and Lithuania.phlegmfatalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636803080525003892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1169985219214531752007-01-28T06:53:00.000-05:002007-01-28T06:53:00.000-05:00Long story short, but once I threw out one of my s...Long story short, but once I threw out one of my standard one-liners, to wit: "Geez, suicide is starting to look like a practical alternative." Problem was, I said it within earshot of an FBI psychologist while at a predominantly LE-participant IPSC match (I had just finished a pair of killer stages where I might actually have scored higher without a gun....). This attracted his attention and eventually led to the inevitable professional question as to whether I thought about suicide much. <BR/><BR/>My response was: "Yes. I recommend it to a lot of people." <BR/><BR/>No sense of humor, those guys.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1169973717816428572007-01-28T03:41:00.000-05:002007-01-28T03:41:00.000-05:00My only problem with suicide is that most people d...My only problem with suicide is that most people don't seem to know how to do it very well. <BR/><BR/>Other folks get hurt, and that's not right. <BR/><BR/>Want to waste some morbid time? <BR/><A HREF="http://www.well.com/~art/suicidenotes.html" REL="nofollow">Read some suicide notes.</A>Matt Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03500429239798601210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1169971587647805492007-01-28T03:06:00.000-05:002007-01-28T03:06:00.000-05:00Ya think they got an office betting pool???Ya think they got an office betting pool???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1169964983627032442007-01-28T01:16:00.000-05:002007-01-28T01:16:00.000-05:00An article about 39 people killing themselves and ...An article about 39 people killing themselves and 10 comments on the article and not one person expressing any whimpy overly sentimental tripe about the damage to the mental health of the people who experienced these horrible events.<BR/><BR/>I knew there was a reason I liked reading this blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1169959483996940222007-01-27T23:44:00.000-05:002007-01-27T23:44:00.000-05:00Subaru? Seattle actually lets real cars into the c...Subaru? Seattle actually lets real cars into the city? Since when did they start doing that again? I thought you could only drive a Prius or one of the assorted sissy-mobile hybrids within the confines of their eco-green city limits.theirritablearchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04105315709746689270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1169943578746147172007-01-27T19:19:00.000-05:002007-01-27T19:19:00.000-05:00So....no one has thought to paint a bullseye on th...So....no one has thought to paint a bullseye on the pavement in a convenient spot? As long as they insist on demonstrating gravitational attraction, it would make sense to concentrate the detritus and thereby save Subaru hoods. Besides, how else can we keep score?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1169940685842484672007-01-27T18:31:00.000-05:002007-01-27T18:31:00.000-05:00I knew it rained a lot in Seattle, but damn.I knew it rained a lot in Seattle, but <I>damn</I>.Brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07010868377109696846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1169926275285531782007-01-27T14:31:00.000-05:002007-01-27T14:31:00.000-05:00"Seattleites don't just go mussing up the aestheti..."Seattleites don't just go mussing up the aesthetics of those with big-ass chain-link barriers or nets or whatever, at least without a decade of meetings, studies, votes, chanting, and incense."<BR/>A mere decade? We wish!<BR/>Hey, we have a few spare socialists we can let you have, cheap...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1169918127721199282007-01-27T12:15:00.000-05:002007-01-27T12:15:00.000-05:00As a volunteer EMT/firefighter in a rural departme...As a volunteer EMT/firefighter in a rural department, I have responded to less trendy attempts at suicide. I recall one where a guy went to the outhouse and blew out his intestines with a shotgun. He died a week later. There was no collateral damage to yuppies.<BR/>DL in NCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1169916727333842892007-01-27T11:52:00.000-05:002007-01-27T11:52:00.000-05:00If I ever do this, I'm doing so while wearing a t-...If I ever do this, I'm doing so while wearing a t-shirt that says, "Pelt a Yuppie."Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14277406782786889424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1169915582338190592007-01-27T11:33:00.000-05:002007-01-27T11:33:00.000-05:00My family all lives up in the Seattle area, if I'm...My family all lives up in the Seattle area, if I'm not mistaken; I know exactly where that bridge is.<BR/><BR/>Before I came to my senses, I used to work in a hotel that had a 20 story indoor atrium. Nothing like someone hitting the lobby floor at a good clip to throw off a dance party.Calebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04958196376272238044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1169914070483280242007-01-27T11:07:00.000-05:002007-01-27T11:07:00.000-05:00You've hit the Seattle Process dead on...and let's...You've hit the Seattle Process dead on...and let's not forget the part about city officials ignoring, over-riding, or undermining iniatives and such that they don't like.<BR/><BR/>*sigh*<BR/><BR/>And now we have the Alaska Way Viaduct replacement debacle *scroan*Gay_Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11829842245704692674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1169908963162503202007-01-27T09:42:00.000-05:002007-01-27T09:42:00.000-05:00About 16 years ago I was working at Applebees in M...About 16 years ago I was working at Applebees in Memphis and I had a table with a couple and what was obviously the ex-boyfriend. There was a bit of crying, then some yelling, and then a gun was pulled. I had just walked out of the kitchen when the ex put the gun to his head and blew his brains all over the front window. My manager still tells the story that I walked up to him and said, "I'm not cleaning that up." All I remember is walking to the back and hurling my cookies.<BR/><BR/>Brass<BR/><BR/>PS Apparently, Applebees' policy is that you don't have to pay for your meal if someone kills themselves durning your dining experience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com