Choose Your Own OT OTDOD - 092010

I think it’ll lead to much more organic and free-flowing conversation than the “filling out a survey” approach that we often take. As long as the OFFTOP author goes ahead and includes some topic prompts in the comments as you did, I think it’s a much better approach.

I don’t think each new topic needs to be pointed out as a topic though.

He’s a gigantic five year old tuxedo cat. His attitude is even bigger than his 17 pounds (he’s not fat…just fucking huge), as he pretty much rules the house. My wife and I sort of live in fear of him, but he has his moments when he’s being really sweet.

I have a tendency to baby-talk to him. I’m sure that’s why he seems so angry all the time.

Her name’s Charlie. Not quite tuxedo though, she’s a little too white for that. I talk to her like I would talk to anyone, or anything, I suppose. My mother talks to her cat like a baby and it drives me nuts after a while. She does the same with my cat. She calls her “Charlie-kins” and the first time she did it, I was like ARGH and each subsequent time she’s done it with out fail I’ve been like ARGH.

Someone’s cat might possible sometimes get sung to, but that could just be an ugly rumor.

Two lab mixes and a Chihuahua/Maltese mix (hence the .5). And I talk to them like I talk to my kids, meaning I am constantly asking my dogs what they were thinking when they do something stupid.

NEXT FUCKING TOPIC!

nice blog entry by Wil Wheaton on getting dog family members from the Humane Society.

I find that it’s usually the only way I can prevent my work desk from overflowing with unresolved and misplaced items. Wednesdays work the best because it allows me to prioritize and get things cleaned up before the weekend.

At home I tend to be a bit anal retentive about organization, so I usually organize as I go.

Although I had a similar encounter recently at a bar where a girl, not looking where she was going, bumped into me and then looked at mes as though I were the biggest asshole in the room as I apologized. That kind of made me want to not be around people.

I am an inveterate door holder (it was deeply ingrained during my teens when my mom was sick) and the reactions you get are varied— people who can’t bear that you are holding it and motion you to go first instead, those who actually take the door away from you, those who sail through as if entitled, those who go in but are startled that someone should do such a thing …

As someone who delivered large boxes in my younger days it means a lot when people offer that courtesy.

Most bottles are in the $15-$25 range.

Mark West 2008 , Forest Glen 2008, Salmon Creek 2008 have all gotten good reviews

Maple Leaf Grill, perhaps?

Machiavelli. It’s also less than your budget, so that’s a good thing.

I’ve never had dinner there, but the Wild Mountain Cafe has the best breakfasts in the city and I’ve heard the lunches/dinners are just as good.

I really liked Rays Boathouse. It’s a good place to take people who are visiting Seattle, too. But Urban Spoon has lots of good ideas, so look through that.

Next!

It’s just the front page that’s different, right? Unless I’m missing something, which is entirely possible.

Every time Giadi de Laurentiis pronounces “spaghetti”, it makes me want to throw something at her. She’s not pronouncing it as much as she’s chewing on the word and it’s incredibly aggravating.

Similarly, there’s a guy I work with that feels the compulsion to refer to Patriots’ TE Aaron Hernandez as “Aaron Herrnandez” (i.e. rolling the R) despite not bothering to pronounce any other Latin American/Spanish name with the same regard for accuracy.

My Mom is the oldest of eight and being around her entire family is annoying because people just cut each other off and talk over each other all the time. They have a saying that if you finished you sentence that means no one was listening. They find that amusing, but I find it tiring.

Even when they aren’t joking.

He took the bet, and the next customer that came in was Vietnamese and didn’t speak much English. By the end of the sales pitch (done in the showroom for maximum effect), the customer was also saying “yeah!” after every sentence, which was amazing.
“It’s a great car, yeah?”
“Yeah I really like it yeah!”

This went on for nearly 45 minutes and was amazing

The instructor (a graduate student) finished about 80% of her sentences with the word “Yes” and then would use it as a nervous twitch- if there were a period of awkward silence she’d just say “Yes.” The record was four times in a row

I counted thirteen in a single “sentence” from one of the freshmen last year.

This is incredibly prevalent, at least among people I talk to.

just for the lulz and maybe Hawaii 5-0. I’m looking forward to the return of the Good Guys.

I’ve liked the first two episodes of Terriers so far.

I very rarely ever watch new shows until they’ve shown that they can maintain some kind of lasting power, usually around the second season or so. (I’ll go back to watch the first season first, though.) There’s nothing I hate more when it comes to TV shows then getting heavily invested in one, only to have the network decide to cancel it without resolution. Still pisses me off to this day that The Riches wasn’t given a proper ending.

I think that most of what NBC turns out is shit, at least half of what fox does is shit, and ABC minus Lost is shit. Of the major TV networks, I’m most in favor of CBS, but I never watch it.

not much on the network slate really looks interesting in the slightest.

It hasn’t for a couple years now…

Lone star is another one getting surprisingly good notices; I’d written it pff as the latest Fox soap opera, but the reviews seem to think it is a bit more than that

JJ Abrams wanted to go back to something more Alias-style, but it looks not even remotely entertaining. The Event looks exactly like Flash Forward, which means I’ll watch for an episode and then realize it’s terrible. Nothing will ever fill the Lost void, but they’re going to keep trying.

we forgot the new Dancing with the stars!!!!!