Heh -- I love this mode of argumentation every time it shows up. You just want to pat the poor dear on the head and say, "Yes, honey, of course you're much, much prettier than all of those nasty liberals. Honestly, we're all hideous."
This is wrong, but...is the first woman on the pro-life side one of your people, ogged? I think "No," but I can't figure out another category into which she fits better. Afghani?
Agree with Cala, but also...don't a lot of the pro-lifers that he photographed look underage? And if so, why is there always something slightly creepy about Red sexuality?
that code pink-er grandma's sign "Every Child a Wanted Child" genuinely warmed the cockles of my scaly little heart.
a democrat who would just do a little authentic positive tub-thumping, or even bible-thumping, about the moral values behind democratic policies could sweep polls. (there's so much room for improvement.)
My bitch of a sister-in-law (there are three; this isn't the one some of you met, who is fantastic) has been reading my blog. Today she messaged Mr. B. to tell him that she thinks he should take PK and leave me.
So... this was supposed to be a conclusive thing? At best, there's arguably a slightly higher attractiveness ratio on the pro-life side of this thing, but only if you're really heavily into uninteresting-looking women or 12-year-olds.
This was the last place I expected to be taken seriously, especially when it came to courting behaviors -- weren't all you guys flocking around that 17 year old girl once, for instance?
I don't know anything about Jason Stein or Mike Reed, but Jason Ajemian's a very good bassist, so you should see that on Friday and go to the Hungry Brain on Sunday. Jim Baker, Nicole Mitchell, and Jeff Parker! And that Reed guy. You can call out requests for Tortoise tunes.
Yes, I have a permanent shiny pimple on my nose. It's one of my better features. And it sometimes glints purple in the light. Must be because I'm a witch.
I'm sad to say that Ben's endearing little bitch personality is totally offset by his halitosis and body odor. Matt is a really nice guy. It's a terrible tragedy that he's impotent. Apostropher will make you laugh harder than anyone. Just don't touch him without gloves. If you ever wondered, Weiner, Labs, Ogged, and SCMT are all gay.
Oh, this is awesome. People really need to click parts 1 and 2. In my next life, I'm going to be a cop in San Francisco.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 4:11 PM
Heh -- I love this mode of argumentation every time it shows up. You just want to pat the poor dear on the head and say, "Yes, honey, of course you're much, much prettier than all of those nasty liberals. Honestly, we're all hideous."
Posted by LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 4:11 PM
This is wrong, but...is the first woman on the pro-life side one of your people, ogged? I think "No," but I can't figure out another category into which she fits better. Afghani?
Posted by SomeCallMeTim | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 4:19 PM
2: 'But mommmm, they're allowed to go out and I'm not!'
I thought some of the pro-choicers were kind of cute.
Posted by Cala | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 4:21 PM
I don't think she Iranian, no. Maybe Afghani, or Arab, or half-Arab.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 4:28 PM
Agree with Cala, but also...don't a lot of the pro-lifers that he photographed look underage? And if so, why is there always something slightly creepy about Red sexuality?
Posted by SomeCallMeTim | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 4:30 PM
She's a total hottie, whatever else she is. But pro-life, so none of us can boink her, I'm afraid.
Posted by Jackmormon | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 4:30 PM
some of the pro-choicers were kind of cute.
But so unkempt, darling!
Posted by LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 4:35 PM
that code pink-er grandma's sign "Every Child a Wanted Child" genuinely warmed the cockles of my scaly little heart.
a democrat who would just do a little authentic positive tub-thumping, or even bible-thumping, about the moral values behind democratic policies could sweep polls. (there's so much room for improvement.)
Posted by mmf! | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 4:43 PM
Gosh... but those pictures really don't tell us anything about the personality, character, or intellect of the women pictured...
unless someone is willing to say that there's some correlation between female physical beauty and intellect, inverse or otherwise...
Posted by Andrew | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 4:58 PM
obviously my beautiful secretary accidentally typed "correlation" where I said "relationship."
Posted by Andrew | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 5:00 PM
3, 5: C'mon guys. Anybody who isn't black, white, or Chinese is Mexican. Everybody knows that.
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 5:01 PM
Jesus, the Mexicans have overrun Iran too.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 5:06 PM
That's the e-mail forward from World Cup 2002, "Why Brazil beat Turkey", just in reverse.
Posted by ogmb | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 5:16 PM
13 is missing the words "Thanks to" at the beginning of the sentence.
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 5:20 PM
Y'all are trying to give me a stroke, aren't you?
My bitch of a sister-in-law (there are three; this isn't the one some of you met, who is fantastic) has been reading my blog. Today she messaged Mr. B. to tell him that she thinks he should take PK and leave me.
Steam. Ears.
Posted by bitchphd | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 5:24 PM
How did she find out about your blog -- from her sister?
Posted by Frederick | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 5:39 PM
Hardly.
Pro-life chicks may wear more makeup, but those of us who love our abortions take way better vacations.
Posted by bitchphd | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 5:47 PM
So... this was supposed to be a conclusive thing? At best, there's arguably a slightly higher attractiveness ratio on the pro-life side of this thing, but only if you're really heavily into uninteresting-looking women or 12-year-olds.
Posted by Adam Kotsko | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 5:51 PM
It's a fair-minded presentation of the facts, Kotsko. If it were clear-cut, abortion wouldn't be so divisive, would it?
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 5:54 PM
I think that every pairing should get an up or down vote. That's the only fair way to settle this.
On pairing #1, I vote pro-choice.
Posted by Adam Kotsko | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 5:56 PM
Why do liberal guys feel superior for preferring unattractive women to attractive women? This should probably be its own post.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 5:59 PM
Okay, pro-choice #1 looks kind of like someone I used to date (except for the dye job).
My grandma would freak if I brought home a Mexican, particularly one from Iran.
Posted by Adam Kotsko | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 6:04 PM
21: I must, regrettably, concur with jackmormon's assessment of the pro-lifer in pairing 1 as a "total hottie," and vote for her.
Posted by Frederick | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 6:06 PM
Frederick, you can vote for her, but you aren't allowed to boink her.
Posted by Jackmormon | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 6:13 PM
25. Frederick can't, but no woman can resist my Axe body spray.
Prochoice girl #3 might also be a target of my hypnotizing, seductifying odor.
Posted by Michael | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 6:21 PM
The Counter Argument
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 6:22 PM
And in the original link, I call dibs on the woman with the bandana over her face. Because I like surprises.
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 6:24 PM
She's a total hottie, whatever else she is. But pro-life, so none of us can boink her, I'm afraid.
You could, JM.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 6:31 PM
Hey! I kind of look like a significantly less hot version of that chick.
Posted by silvana | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 6:36 PM
29. Principles, Wolfson; always principles.
Posted by Jackmormon | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 6:37 PM
Silvana, Want to go out sometime, then? It'd be a point of pride for me.
Posted by Adam Kotsko | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 6:39 PM
Huh. You do live in Chicago, don't you?
Posted by silvana | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 6:40 PM
29 seems to be a clear example of matchmaking with ulterior motives.
30. We don't know if you're telling the truth until you post pictures.
Posted by Michael | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 6:41 PM
Hey! No freelance matchmaking!
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 6:41 PM
I have a picture, but I don't know how to post it without revealing a whole host of other pictures which I'd rather not reveal.
Posted by silvana | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 6:42 PM
Send it to me and I'll post it.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 6:42 PM
35: It's the law.
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 6:43 PM
Respect my droit de Weigneur!
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 6:44 PM
Hard though it is to believe, such a date would be my first with someone I met over the Internet.
Posted by Adam Kotsko | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 6:45 PM
Why do liberal guys feel superior for preferring unattractive women to attractive women?
You know, sometimes you do make your mother proud, ogged.
Posted by SomeCallMeTim | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 6:46 PM
Fine. Minimal mockery allowed. The picture I am sending is admittedly of me slightly drunk.
Posted by silvana | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 6:46 PM
I'm afraid that after "droit de Weigneur" I can't respect anything at all about you.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 6:48 PM
Weiner, I don't know if counts as "matchmaking" if one is pimping oneself.
Posted by silvana | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 6:50 PM
Silvana.
You two should definitely go out; at least for a drink or something. (But don't let your drink out of your sight, silvana.)
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 6:50 PM
In fact, I think it would be just peachy for Silvana and Kotsko to go on a date. In two weeks I'll be taking credit for it.
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 6:51 PM
We'd have to schedule it for when my girlfriend was out of town.
Posted by Adam Kotsko | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 6:52 PM
Kotsko is seeing someone, you know.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 6:52 PM
I don't know why I listen to you people.
Posted by silvana | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 6:52 PM
Kotsko, you tease.
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 6:53 PM
49 to 37.
Posted by silvana | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 6:53 PM
Adam! That wasn't nice.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 6:54 PM
But it was funny.
Posted by silvana | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 6:54 PM
But you two should still go out, friendly like. You already know you have stuff in common, and it's not so easy to make friends.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 6:54 PM
Silvana, you look a bit smashed, but not on alcohol.
Posted by Michael | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 6:56 PM
And Ogged knows, 'cause he's Mexican.
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 6:56 PM
i'm w/ kotsko on #1. the cute part, not the ex part.
though they do have a point, what w/ all the apparent asians on the evvvvil pro-choice side. yellow peril!
Posted by matty | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 6:57 PM
ogged, I think Weiner has the market on matchmaking cornered, and I don't know if pseudo-matchmaking is allowed. Better consult the constitution.
Posted by silvana | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 6:57 PM
I heartily approve of pseudo-matchmaking and Unfogged meetups, even if I am in no way involved.
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 6:58 PM
This was the last place I expected to be taken seriously, especially when it came to courting behaviors -- weren't all you guys flocking around that 17 year old girl once, for instance?
Posted by Adam Kotsko | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 6:58 PM
They probably meant that, though. Perverts.
Posted by silvana | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 6:59 PM
Too late Kotsko. You two are going out, or you're a cad. Learn to read the signals, man.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 6:59 PM
We were all serious, Kotsko.
Posted by SomeCallMeTim | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 6:59 PM
Jinx personal jinx.
Posted by silvana | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 7:01 PM
You have a moral imperitive, Adam. Your girlfriend may just have to get her own date on the internet.
Posted by Michael | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 7:02 PM
Um, don't I have any say in this matter? Let us consult the topic o' the day.
Posted by silvana | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 7:03 PM
We're assuming you're game.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 7:03 PM
Of course you can refuse, Silvana, and at this point you probably should, but Adam has to offer and suffer the rejection.
Posted by Michael | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 7:04 PM
In all seriousness, my girlfriend is going out of town this weekend, leaving me with nothing to do. Are there any good concerts this weekend?
Posted by Adam Kotsko | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 7:05 PM
psst, SCMT -- she didn't say "no takebacks."
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 7:07 PM
T-shirt: I went to Unfogged and all I got was guy with a girlfriend.
And, to 69, I don't know. Probably not. I'd have to look.
Ok, I'm going out now. SCMT SCMT SCMT.
Posted by silvana | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 7:09 PM
Kotsko, you irredeemable ass.
Posted by SomeCallMeTim | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 7:12 PM
Too bad I didn't make an ass of myself last week, or we could've gone to see Califone (which I did, except not with Silvana).
In short, I suck.
Posted by Adam Kotsko | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 7:24 PM
Are there any good concerts this weekend?
Of course you'll have to wait until Thursday for the Reader, but:
Friday · · · · · January 27
======================
* Fallen Empire * Ebonmortis * Ominous
5 PM at One Galleria - 5130 N. Western ($7-all ages)
* Gil Mantera's Party Dream * Alexis Gideon * Technicolour Stallion
10 PM at the Empty Bottle - 1035 N. Western - 773·276·3600 ($8)
* William Perry's Explosion Trio w/ Nori Tanaka, Junius Paul
10 PM at the Velvet Lounge - 2128½ S. Indiana - 312·791·9050
* Jason Stein trio w/ Jason Ajemian, Mike Reed
10 PM at the Charleston - 2076 N. Hoyne - 773·489·4757 (free)
Saturday · · · January 28
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* Lobisomem - Brad Loving, Jason Ajemian, Garen Gaston - cd release
8 PM at Caro D'offay Gallery - 2204 W. North - 773·235·7400
* Leonardson-Zerang duo * Soliday-Baker trio
8:30 PM at Enemy - 1550 N. Milwaukee 3rd fl. ($5 donation)
* The Life and Times * The Narrator * The Plastic Constellations
10 PM at the Empty Bottle - 1035 N. Western - 773·276·3600 ($8)
* Jah Wobble & the English Roots Band * Salvo Beta
10 PM at the Abbey Pub - 3420 W. Grace - 773·478·4408 ($15)
* John Goldman Quintet
10 PM at the Velvet Lounge - 2128½ S. Indiana - 312·791·9050
* Language of the Apocalypse
10:30 PM at Hotti Biscotti - 3545 W. Fullerton - 773·772·9970 (donation)
Sunday · · · · January 29
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* James Falzone, Marty Metzger, Karen Shulz-Harmon, Rebekah Cope, Tim Mulvenna, Davin Youngs
11 AM at Grace Presbyterian Church, Chopin Theater - 1543 W. Division
* Maja Rathkje * Ingebrigt Håker-Flaten * TV Pow
7 PM at the Empty Bottle - 1035 N. Western - 773·276·3600 ($10)
* Velvet Lounge jam session hosted by Dennis Winslett
8 to 12 PM at the Velvet Lounge - 2128½ S. Indiana - 312·791·9050
* Loose Assembly w/ Josh Abrams, Jason Adasiewicz, Tomeka Reid, Mike Reed, Greg Ward
* Mike Reed, Nicole Mitchell, Jim Baker, Jeff Parker
10 PM at the Hungry Brain - 2319 W. Belmont - 773·935·2118
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 7:45 PM
I don't know anything about Jason Stein or Mike Reed, but Jason Ajemian's a very good bassist, so you should see that on Friday and go to the Hungry Brain on Sunday. Jim Baker, Nicole Mitchell, and Jeff Parker! And that Reed guy. You can call out requests for Tortoise tunes.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 7:47 PM
I don't know anything about Jason Stein.
Jason Stein revolutionized Lars Helgeson's life.
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 7:51 PM
Maybe you should see Lobisomem, too, and maximize your Armenian bassistry!
"I don't know anything about Jason Stein."
If you look closely, you'll see I'm being misquoted here.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 7:53 PM
Where did that period come from?
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 7:55 PM
Hey silvana, is that a nose-thingy?
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 8:20 PM
Way to call attention to her unsightly pimple, ogged.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 8:21 PM
26: Haha!
Posted by pdf23ds | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 8:21 PM
That's a shiny pimple.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 8:24 PM
Respect my droit de Weigneur!
Bravo!
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 8:36 PM
Yes, I have a permanent shiny pimple on my nose. It's one of my better features. And it sometimes glints purple in the light. Must be because I'm a witch.
Posted by silvana | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 8:47 PM
Dimple, dimple, boil and pimple,
Another rhyme is not so simple.
Posted by eb | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 8:54 PM
ITYM
Blackheads, whiteheads, shiny pimples
Cloven palates; chins with dimples
GOOOOOOOO TEAM!
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 8:57 PM
Re 60, I'm 18 now.
Also, hi Mom!
Posted by L. | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 9:40 PM
L. … what an enchanting young lady you've become.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 9:42 PM
Hi mom! We'll have L back soon. Don't you fret or nuthin. Just trust us...
Posted by Michael | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 9:42 PM
She makes it past the n/2 +7 bar for us, we're good!
Posted by Matt F | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 9:44 PM
We're board certified.
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 9:45 PM
Shiny, oily dimple
Red, protruding pimple
Lots of vile pus
The mirror makes me cuss
I have to go out tonight
(the girlfriend is gone, just tonight)
but with this ghastly, obscene boil
why bother with wooing toil?"
"My visage is a fright, a loathsome, detestable freak." I sigh
I'll just stay home and cry, cry, masturbate, cry.
Posted by Michael | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 9:49 PM
Who says you have to stop scanning?
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 9:51 PM
Why would you woo toil?
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 9:54 PM
L,
I'm sad to say that Ben's endearing little bitch personality is totally offset by his halitosis and body odor. Matt is a really nice guy. It's a terrible tragedy that he's impotent. Apostropher will make you laugh harder than anyone. Just don't touch him without gloves. If you ever wondered, Weiner, Labs, Ogged, and SCMT are all gay.
Posted by Michael | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 9:55 PM
L., also: I'm a cad. I was just too busy that day to follow the thread at Unfogged, or else I'd have been all over you.
Posted by Adam Kotsko | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 9:58 PM
Hey! My halitosis is mostly under control now!
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 9:59 PM
I told, you, that hardly ever happens! I was nervous, is all.
Posted by Matt F | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 10:02 PM
Why would you woo toil?
You belong to the Woo-Toil Clan, for one.
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 10:03 PM
100!
Posted by Jackmormon | Link to this comment | 01-24-06 10:15 PM
100: You spelled "Kobe" wrong.
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 01-25-06 11:42 AM