Hey, you stupid humpsticks.

[SlamShut]

How's by you?

Just stopped in to ask a wee favor. Seems I've found myself in a bit of a donnybrook with some other Maniacs over on another part of the site:

http://www.mania.com/57311.html

See what happens when I stop by this site? Apparently the SlamShut Effect takes only moments to kick in. Anywho, if one or two or six of you could please read the comments portion there, and then VOTE HONESTLY for one of the two options I've provided, it would do me a solid.

And again, VOTE HONESTLY. I'm not shilling for my side here. It's just that I think that the article which generated the discussion, well, it's not exactly a barn-burner, and probably isn't going to draw much more audience on its own.

So there we are with that.

In other news, my daughter turned 1 years old a few days ago, and she's already walking.

Be afraid, Lounge Rats. Be very afraid.

[Jakester]

I got my post up, Slammy. The 23.5 degree crowd is weird. They have their own forum, too. Have done for some time.

Gratz on the 1st B-day thing! Steven just turned 2 last weekend. He's a holy terror; but an adorable one.

[Queen Mae]

Yeah, the people in that forum scare me and I try to pretend like that forum doesn't exist. And maybe it doesn't - maybe we only think it does... maybe it's an illusion that it exists.

Maybe it was created by aliens.... or Jesus - or Xenu.... or all three!

(keep in mind that I'm someone that believes in some of what they say and I still find them WEIRD.)

I don't see the point of her post either - and it has jackshit to do with Candlemas. If you want to post something moving on Candlemas than write about St. Brigid and how she was possibly a pagan priestess who converted to Catholicism because she adopted a "if you can't beat 'em join 'em" attitude and thus allowed for many Celtic Pagan ways to exist in modern Catholicism. She realized that the only way to preserve her culture and religion was to work with the beast, not against. Let's talk about that - that's interesting.

Why are we randomly talking about 11:11 and Anne Boleyn? How do these things connect? I get her individual points, but how are they connected? What's the thesis and more importantly - why should the readers of Mania care?

[Bill_the_Pony]

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[SlamShut]

Okay, people, one more request.

Do any of you fine folks have Digg accounts? If you don't, you should-- it's mad fun.

Anyway, if you do, or if you feel like registering an account, please Digg up the link I made to Stella's piece here on Mania, so more folks can read it and participate in our discussion:

http://digg.com/arts_culture/Fascinating_essay_about_Symbology_in_pop_culture

Your help is truly appreciated!

Now, time to go play with my coloring books.

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/5061/ifkinluvcolorwl7.gif

[SlamShut]

Oh, and just in case you think that all I do is ask, ask, ask and take, take, take...

here's some rocking chairs.

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/3484/rockingchairsy2.jpg

[mckracken]

Slamshut... done and done... I'm going to go post in the Joe Johnson for Wolfman Thread now... by!

[Kaeos]

SO how about those Giants?

[mckracken]

yeah..what about those Giants?
more like what's with the Pats coach? he seems like a little angry kid after the loss.