I wept like some Random Mother (Random Thoughts here)

by **Wizlah** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 22:08:26

So I am drunk and freezing on the way home and brother sports is on the iphone. So naturally I need to post here to tell barry j. Damn. I need some e. Damn. The tune will do till then.

by **Barry Jive** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 22:16:01

OPEN UP YA

by **pacino** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 00:24:32

i'm not sure if it's a good or bad thing that my little sister, age 20, and her friends act like they're 14 years old. i guess at least they're not slutting around?? a hard rain's gonna come on them, though, when they step into the real world

by **MrsVox** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 00:31:07

pacino wrote:i'm not sure if it's a good or bad thing that my little sister, age 20, and her friends act like they're 14 years old. i guess at least they're not slutting around?? a hard rain's gonna come on them, though, when they step into the real world

it's probably good...

by **MrsVox** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 00:32:19

going through video of Christmases past to make a DVd of the kids for Vox. Found evidence that neither of our mothers can shop an amazon wish list, as VoxJr opens duplicate after duplicate present...

by **The Dude** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 01:07:38

jerseyhoya wrote:Barker posting the Dude's material on the Good Phight and giving him props

Big moment for him

been a whirlwind 9 hours

by **jerseyhoya** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 02:13:32

Bout to pour my first drink around 9:30 and the phone rings. An unknown number appears on my phone. I answer it. A friend's girlfriend tells me, crying, that my friend has been in an accident in South Jersey and asks if I'm at home. After prompting, she lets me know he's perfectly fine but his car is wrecked. So he can't get in touch with his folks who live up in Passaic County, and I volunteer to go get him from basically a 7 iron away from the Delaware Memorial Bridge. Then I drive him up to Exit 7 of the Turnpike where we meet his parents. Then I drive home. Now it's 1 and I'm sleepy and I never did get around to having a drink tonight. Ah well for the best.

In conclusion when you're calling someone to tell them a friend or family member has been in an accident, start with saying they're fine, then get to the details.

by **jerseyhoya** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 02:20:13

How much money are we making from the web ads? How does that compare to the costs? Do you guys need more money?

by **PrattRules** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 02:27:36

So, I'm pretty drunk but this girl at this party tonight kept screaming "BEAST" at people while wearing a onesie. I considered punching her out like Snooki but figured she would jump right up and scream for another punch.

by **jerseyhoya** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 02:35:28

mpmcgraw sent me two PMs on MetsRefugees today, and drew a heart in a visitor message on my profile page there

He says he's looking forward to meeting everyone at the BSG day next year except Trent

by **The Dude** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 02:40:37

it's snowing

by **phatj** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 03:08:04

Goddamnit where's my snow

by **SK790** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 03:12:08

give it 6-10 hours.

by **kruker** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 07:36:14

I've got a flight home on Tuesday, I'm praying I'm going to be alright. I've done the whole diverted across the US thing before and it isn't as fun as you'd think.

I go to the same bar after work all the time. Today, a girl from Belgium decided to lecture me on American politics. When her uppity male friend jumped in and tried to give me a lecture on life, I asked if he was talking to me or his younger self. That effeminate man went from uppity to bitter in 2 seconds flat. She went into a huff and a puff then a 10 minute rant about GWB. Mentioning Robert Kagan as possible reading material didn't help much, but did get the gruesome twosome to leave the bar without having finished their drinks. Yes, I'm pathetic enough to have taken pleasure in this.

by **MrsVox** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 08:18:05

jerseyhoya wrote:Bout to pour my first drink around 9:30 and the phone rings. An unknown number appears on my phone. I answer it. A friend's girlfriend tells me, crying, that my friend has been in an accident in South Jersey and asks if I'm at home. After prompting, she lets me know he's perfectly fine but his car is wrecked. So he can't get in touch with his folks who live up in Passaic County, and I volunteer to go get him from basically a 7 iron away from the Delaware Memorial Bridge. Then I drive him up to Exit 7 of the Turnpike where we meet his parents. Then I drive home. Now it's 1 and I'm sleepy and I never did get around to having a drink tonight. Ah well for the best.

In conclusion when you're calling someone to tell them a friend or family member has been in an accident, start with saying they're fine, then get to the details.

It's funny, with all the phone calls we've had make when VoxJr was having his serious problems, Vox would make the phone calls to our friends, and start the convo just like that... "everything's fine now, but..." They always talk about how much that helps.

by **MrsVox** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 08:22:03

jerseyhoya wrote:How much money are we making from the web ads? How does that compare to the costs? Do you guys need more money?

Web ads are covering the bandwidth overages we have during the "busy times", like playoffs, big games, Halladay trades. The donations we got around the time of starting the web ads will cover at least the next year of hosting.

If Vox gets some time off, we serious have to look at upgrading the software, but that's just a time investment.

by **Bakestar** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 09:08:51

jerseyhoya wrote:Bout to pour my first drink around 9:30 and the phone rings. An unknown number appears on my phone. I answer it. A friend's girlfriend tells me, crying, that my friend has been in an accident in South Jersey and asks if I'm at home. After prompting, she lets me know he's perfectly fine but his car is wrecked. So he can't get in touch with his folks who live up in Passaic County, and I volunteer to go get him from basically a 7 iron away from the Delaware Memorial Bridge. Then I drive him up to Exit 7 of the Turnpike where we meet his parents. Then I drive home. Now it's 1 and I'm sleepy and I never did get around to having a drink tonight. Ah well for the best.

In conclusion when you're calling someone to tell them a friend or family member has been in an accident, start with saying they're fine, then get to the details.

Glad your friend's OK. You should have stopped at my house for popcorn and Netflix* with me and the wife while you were up here.

("popcorn and Netflix" is in no way a euphemism for my cuckold fetish)

by **VoxOrion** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 10:17:41

MrsVox wrote:
jerseyhoya wrote:How much money are we making from the web ads? How does that compare to the costs? Do you guys need more money?

Web ads are covering the bandwidth overages we have during the "busy times", like playoffs, big games, Halladay trades. The donations we got around the time of starting the web ads will cover at least the next year of hosting.

If Vox gets some time off, we serious have to look at upgrading the software, but that's just a time investment.

EDIT: Scratch that - it's more like $5. Speaking out of turn. We get our first check when it hits $100 and we haven't received that yet.

by **TenuredVulture** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 10:31:48

pacino wrote:i'm not sure if it's a good or bad thing that my little sister, age 20, and her friends act like they're 14 years old. i guess at least they're not slutting around?? a hard rain's gonna come on them, though, when they step into the real world

My 8 year old daughter acts like she's 12.

by **Trent Steele** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 12:37:17

Just got back from the KOP mall. Virtually empty. Thank you, snow.

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