Well, other bands know more than three chords. Your professional bands can play up to six, sometimes seven, completely different chords.

Oz ,'Storyteller'


Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


Steph L. - Jun 02, 2009 10:02:38 am PDT #11762 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I say you guys come out to Vermont and get married at Teppy's brother's brewpub.

The owner/brewmaster is licensed to perform weddings. IJS.

I could just cry. I'm at the dentist for three small chips in my front teeth. My friggin HMO won't cover them and deems them cosmetic despite the fact the dentist says that not fixing them will lead to more damage. $600 to fix. I am never getting out of debt.

If the dentist says that not fixing them will lead to more damage, can your dentist write a letter to the HMO explaining the medical necessity?


Trudy Booth - Jun 02, 2009 10:10:39 am PDT #11763 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Yeah, there's probably no good way besides "we eloped" to tell parents and siblings they're not invited to the wedding.


Pix - Jun 02, 2009 10:12:25 am PDT #11764 of 30000
The status is NOT quo.

Now it looks like it's up to $800 plus the cost of a new nightguard which I know I need since grinding is causing the damage. My credit card will be taking a $1300 hit I think. Fuck.


Pix - Jun 02, 2009 10:13:30 am PDT #11765 of 30000
The status is NOT quo.

Ftr, my family doesn't care what we do. One less thing to worry about.


tommyrot - Jun 02, 2009 10:19:01 am PDT #11766 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Another wedding idea:

First Weightless Wedding Planned

The first weightless wedding is set to take place this month.

New Yorkers Noah Fulmor and Erin Finnegan plan to say "I do" June 20 while floating in microgravity on an airplane nicknamed "The Vomit Comet."

The couple, lifelong space fans who both dreamed of becoming astronauts, will exchange rings and vows in front of their closest family and friends aboard a modified Boeing 727-200 plane owned by the Zero Gravity Corp. The plane will depart from Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla., and make steep dives while airborne to give the passengers eight full minutes of weightlessness, just as astronauts experience while flying in space.

"Noah kept saying he wanted to get married in space," Finnegan wrote on the couple's blog, ZeroGravityWedding.com. "We probably won't be able to afford to go to space for at least another 25 to 50 years (maybe for our anniversary?) so when the Zero G plane opened to the public, I suggested we get married on one of their flights as a compromise."

Space tourist Richard Garriott, who flew to the International Space Station last year through a deal brokered by the company Space Adventures, will officiate the ceremony.

The bride will wear a dress specially designed for microgravity (underneath the skirt are pants) by Japanese designer Eri Matsui. The groom plans to don a custom made tuxedo by J. Lucas Clothiers with tails crafted specifically to take advantage of zero gravity conditions.

I suppose throwing rice is out....


brenda m - Jun 02, 2009 10:49:33 am PDT #11767 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Oh Kristin, that sucks so hard. Last year was like that for me, between the dental and the dog it felt like the hits would just never stop. And you were already in that same boat with me. I'm so sorry it's falling on you like this.


Dana - Jun 02, 2009 10:49:45 am PDT #11768 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

Kristin, can you appeal the decision with the HMO, since the dentist says it's medically necessary?


beekaytee - Jun 02, 2009 12:16:04 pm PDT #11769 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant

I'm agreeing with Dana and Teppy. It couldn't hurt to pursue relief with the insurance company. The first blush is probably policy recited by one admin to another. Not necessarily the last word.

My favorite quick wedding story: (besides my own planned elopement which was just plain comedy)

A couple of DC friends of mine found out they were pregnant, quit both their jobs, bought a nice neighborhood house in Oakland, planned a wedding for 100, had the wedding and moved across country in the space of two and a half weeks.

I designed and arranged the flowers and decorations and helped negotiate for the space. The couple and their moms did the rest. Believe it or not, it was great fun for all of us.


Laga - Jun 02, 2009 1:14:49 pm PDT #11770 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

In "Yay Wii Fit!" News... I just tried on an old favorite pair of jeans to see if they fit again and they're actually a little loose!

edit- now, do I go to the grocery store to pick up some staples or to Burger King to get another Star Trek glass?


-t - Jun 02, 2009 1:21:40 pm PDT #11771 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

BK told me the Star Trek glasses were over on Saturday. YBKMV

Also, congrats on the jean fittage! that's always a good feeling. I've been on the Wii Fit an average of 27 mn/day for the last 46 days and have no change to how anything fits. But I am in better shape, so that's good, but still.