Re: Juxtaposition

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That's scary. Almost as scary as this.

But not even in the same Halloween party as this.


Posted by: Joe Drymala | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 9:59 AM
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Now this is a post that makes me happy. It reminds me of this:

Dark and lonely on a summer's night.

Kill my landlord. Kill my landlord.

Watchdog barking. Do he bite?

Kill my landlord. Kill my landlord.

Slip in his window. Break his neck.

Then his house I start to wreck.

Got no reason. What the heck?

Kill my landlord. Kill my landlord.

C-I-L my land lord


Posted by: SomeCallMeTim | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 10:03 AM
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"Ten years from now I'll be payin' still.

(while Whitey's on the moon)

The man jus' upped my rent las' night.

('cause Whitey's on the moon)"


Posted by: NickS | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 10:12 AM
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Yes, Sweetie, Mommy's Heard of Gil Scott-Heron.


Posted by: Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 11:14 AM
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Matt W:

That's good!

SCMT:

All time best SNL skit? Perhaps...

Also, I've got an ARM, you bastards.


Posted by: baa | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 12:25 PM
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baa, you're breaking my heart. About the mortgage, I mean.


Posted by: FL | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 12:30 PM
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But you can hedge against an interest rate rise, can't you? (Though, I assume, people don't; I assume hedging would usually leave you in a slightly worse spot than getting a normal loan would. Hmmm.)


Posted by: SomeCallMeTim | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 12:34 PM
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Oh, and the best SNL skit of all time might have been Jesse Jackson as the host of the game show "The Question is Moot."


Posted by: SomeCallMeTim | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 12:35 PM
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Depending on when you got that ARM, Yglesias mocked you today.


Posted by: washerdreyer | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 12:45 PM
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Jesse Jackson reading Green Eggs and Ham was awfully funny, but their send-ups of the Gore/Bush debates were nothing short of amazing. (Strategery. Lockbox.)


Posted by: apostropher | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 12:50 PM
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That was a quality episode. I also liked the "tippy turtle" cartoon.

As far as the mortgage goes, weep not! Based on the numbers I ran , even if my ARM increases to the maximum every year, it only becomes an NPV-negative decision (vs. fixed rate) in year 8-9 of my mortgage. I'll be living in the Cayman Islands as Dr. Nguyen Van Thuc by then.


Posted by: baa | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 1:00 PM
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One of the best full episodes, though, was the Patrick Swayze episode. It featured:

1. One Ton Of Fan Mail

2. Hans and Franz, with Franz (I believe) dreaming of Patrick Swayze taking him away on a white horse

3. The Chippendales Skit with Chris Farley

4. Other funny things


Posted by: Joe Drymala | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 1:10 PM
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Apostropher, wherever you are, someone just did a trackback to this post.


Posted by: ogged | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 2:30 PM
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So did you do something to fix it or did it magically heal itself?


Posted by: apostropher | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 2:34 PM
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Magic, apparently.


Posted by: ogged | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 2:36 PM
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Isn't it your job to [redacted by ogged], ogged?


Posted by: ben w-lfs-n | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 2:41 PM
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Is it your job to spill beans?


Posted by: ogged | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 2:42 PM
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Well, be happy. My site appears to be getting steadily sicker - and not in the way that I like. I may have to switch hosting companies. This has gotten ridiculous.


Posted by: apostropher | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 2:43 PM
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I'll just pretend I didn't see that Mary Kay thing up there.


Posted by: Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 2:46 PM
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I thought that was common knowledge.


Posted by: ben w-lfs-n | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 2:47 PM
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It's only been a week, but Site5 seems like a pretty great host.


Posted by: ogged | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 2:47 PM
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I don't think so, Ben. If I've mentioned it in the past on the blog, my apologies.


Posted by: ogged | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 2:47 PM
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There was a comment by, I think, SCMT for which I'm now googling frantically.


Posted by: ben w-lfs-n | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 2:48 PM
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I wonder if Bhoutros Bhoutros-Ghali has called up ac's friend recently.


Posted by: Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 2:49 PM
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I found it, but now I'm not sure if I should link to it. Suffice it to say it didn't show quite as much information as I thought it had.


Posted by: ben w-lfs-n | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 2:50 PM
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I wonder if Bhoutros Bhoutros-Ghali

For God's sake, don't use his real name! He means, uh, Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje.


Posted by: apostropher | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 2:51 PM
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About the only thing I was sure about concerning your job was that it somehow involved you having a high level of familiarity with different types of office desk chairs.


Posted by: washerdreyer | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 2:51 PM
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I must have read the same thing Ben did, because I had a serious hunch that ogged was in the cosmetics industry.


Posted by: Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 2:52 PM
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That seems much sadder, to pine for Bhoutros Bhoutros-Ghali. But perhaps someone, somewhere, is doing this.


Posted by: ac | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 2:56 PM
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Ogged, you dick, you told me you paid cash for that pink Caddy.


Posted by: Joe Drymala | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 2:56 PM
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Oh, if only my Bhoutros Bhoutros Bhoutros were in my arms again...


Posted by: ac | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 3:06 PM
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I have led us astray. Bhoutros is Boutros. Darling Boutros, forgive me.


Posted by: Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 3:08 PM
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Golly.


Posted by: ben w-lfs-n | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 3:08 PM
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Bhoutros is Boutros.

And the Koran is the Qu'ran and Ghadafi is Qaddafi. I think you're on safe ground.


Posted by: apostropher | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 3:13 PM
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All those Muslim names look the same to you...


Posted by: ogged | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 3:13 PM
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Your site is hosted in Hong Kong, apo?


Posted by: ogged | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 3:14 PM
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Pity about Harry Potter and that poor drowned girl. That Chappaquidditch is the Devil's game.


Posted by: Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 3:16 PM
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Yes, by ICDSoft. I will say this, though: their support desk is lightning fast and their rates are dirt cheap.


Posted by: apostropher | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 3:16 PM
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Should we leave a permanent "juxtaposition" thread up for you, SB?


Posted by: ogged | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 3:17 PM
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That's okay, I'll get a room.


Posted by: Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 3:18 PM
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What was the "Golly" in reference to?


Posted by: ac | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 3:37 PM
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31, I think. See, "golly" and "Ghali" sound similar, so it was, like, you know.


Posted by: ben w-lfs-n | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 3:39 PM
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