Good Old Neon

"DJ AM was famous for his love of Nikes, having collected more than 700 pairs in his lifetime. He had such an obsession, HBO's Entourage even once made light of it in an episode." http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b142692_swoosh_nike_suspends_dj_am-endorsed.html

Guilty as charged. Though, at 30+ pages, could I maybe get a summary?

Would you care to comment on the relative “tightness” of the margin, and/or its actual girth?

I’m wondering how long it will be before the re-re-mastered re-masters are announced and/or released. Probably just in time for Christmas...

And porn, don't forget the porn, for, were it not for porn, this whole internet thing would never have taken off - like the VCR, the internet was (and is?) pretty much subsidized by the porn industry.

Yep – for me, this seems to be true more often than not. Nowadays, it might be considered fashionable to bash Pitchfork, whose opinion I once trusted, but for the last few years, my reaction to the bands for which they sing their praises is tepid at best, and yet I often find myself enjoying the bands they’ve panned or reacted to with indifference.

I think you’re right – we’re arguing over the appropriateness of the reaction to the death of someone who’s not actually dead.

Did I say something to that effect? And it’s interesante that you’ve chosen to ignore the other posts poking fun at MC whatever his name is’s expense - someone who actually did die. I made a dumb joke about Dane Cook, who happens to be alive. The only reason I even mentioned Cook, is because the tattoo bears a slight resemblance to him. Had I come in here and said “God damn, I’m glad that no talent, pill popping cocksucking DJ is dead. Good riddance.” I’d see your point - but I didn’t. So I don’t see a connection. Sometimes a joke is just a joke. There are so many tasteless, off colored

A bunch of encouraging new clips from the movie have been posted on Trailer Addicts. http://www.traileraddict.com/tags/the-road

I hope he'd see a darkly humored joke for what it is or was, a joke. Not to mention the fact that this thread has nothing to do with the death of Dane Cook, who, unless I’m mistaken, is alive and well. And besides, DFW was nowhere near as annoying or undeservedly ubiquitous as Dane Cook - the new(ish) Carrot Top.

It's just about the only time I'm happy.

For a second there, I thought that was Dane Cook - and I was happy.

However this turns out, let’s just hope you don’t receive a pen as your first "gift".

Awesome. But he does run the risk of his death being interpreted as a gift from god, which could make for a rather awkward surprise.

Though this is more of a first date sort of thing, but you could go the Travis Bickle route, and take her to an adult movie theater, or but since they seem to have fallen out of fashion, you could just get her a lap dance.

Well gee Crow, I’m sorry this thread doesn’t quite measure up to the profundity bar set by one of your Ziggy inspired, dear diary posts.

I found this ass plug masquerading as a “cricket cage” photo twice if not three times more offensive than the one in which that guy has a slab of chuck steak draped over his thumb.

Agreed. I’m sure our presence is indirectly beneficial for many animals, birds, etc – but on the whole, I agree that the planet, from a non-human centric perspective, would be much, much better off without us.

Yeah, well, I’m a vegetarian, so, in that regard, I’m consistent. With that said, my original post was not directed towards meat eaters. Though I made the decision to stop eating it, I do not pass judgment on those who do. Eating meat is fine, I’m more intrigued with whys surrounding an individual’s decision to go out of his or her way to put an end to the existence of something that is not, by any measure, doing them harm – in this case, a harmless, non-threatening, non-poisonous house spider.

Once, while crawling out into the light after traversing a darkened drainage pipe, I ran face first into one of those beauties. I think my 12 year old heart came about as close to heart failure as a 12 year heart can or could.

This stuff doesn't exactly grow on trees you know.

True, but as you pointed out, a spider, insofar as I’m aware, will kill only what it intends to eat – with the exception of those unfortunate insects that find themselves trapped in its web, long after he or she has moved on to ply his or her silky wares elsewhere. We, on the other hand, often kill for sport, without provocation. With that said, I have, on more than one occasion, come across remains around which was etched a tiny little chalk outline, surrounded by an assortment of uniformed, coffee cup holding insects.

Of course, I was (only roughly half) joking. That depends – a full vacuum cleaner bag has the potential to provide a few months sustenance for any insect fortunate enough to find itself within the belly of that beast. An empty bag, or one of those futuristic vacuums that use cyclonic action, the suck of which is similar to that of a black hole, probably amounts to a veritable death sentence.

I’m willing to concede the use of the kill with extreme prejudice option where and if, a.) the safety of others is threatened, which, outside of allergies or really mean, poisonous hombres, is pretty rare. I don’t see the point in killing something where other options exist, i.e. – showing it the door, temporary custody and release, intense negotiations, and/or whatnot, etc etc etc, and b.) forceful “eviction”, up to and including death, where cockroaches and other potential disease carriers is concerned, or when faced with insects that view your house not as a home, but as a scrumptious, very