"... - and then one night, around midnight, on the corner
of Lexington and Fifty-second, when you have come really
to the point of losing faith in the existence of such a crea-
ture as you have been imagining for yourself even unto
your thirty-second year, there she is, wearing a tan pants
suit, and trying to hail a cab - lanky, with dark and abun-
dant hair, and smallish features that give her face a kind
of  petulant expression, and an absolutely fantastic ass."

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Before the Ferris Wheel Slips into the Sound

The seagulls, flying away from the night, seek the shelter of the sky.  They came, they squawked, they shat on the promenade paver.  I sat the left.  The public green, the departing day, the dusk in my pocket filled with sand. 

The ferris wheel is on fire.  When I reach into my bag, my papers are all a nightmare of ashes.  The shrivner's refusal: "I'd rather not."  In the face of this war, ideas must be shoved into the ground.  The sound, its front on fire, slowly shakes out its life.  I run to the handrail.  The ferris wheel begins to tip over.  A searing morass of churning plastic, rods, bolts, colors, red, orange, yellow, my eyes to the fire, the sun to the sound, waves of fire at the touch of sky, you don't even care, but "I must save the world," I say as I hop the rail into the flames, "don't forget," as the ferris wheel slips in the sound, "to watch the ground where I've left this idea."

Posted by Shark 4/30/05 11:54

Gah!

Posted by PETE 4/29/05 7:18pm

Almost there!

A Marriage Is For Fags t-shirt to the person who posts our 100th comment for the month. No counting!!

Posted by PETE 4/28/05 9:00pm

Osama Overload!!!

So I wrote two articles regarding Osama Bin Laden for The Phat Phree (I'm still trying to think of a derogatory nickname for my second home site but it's proving more difficult that I thought. Thrill? Anything?), one which I haven't submitted, one which I have but haven't heard back about which is pissing me off because obviously I have a huge ego and think I'm really funny and all that, plus I actually spent a lot of time doing research on the Yankees and I even relearned photoshop to make the pictures for it so, well anyhow on the assumption that they won't print it I'm going to publish it here along with the other one which I'll submit once the first one gets formally rejected. You guys tell me which you think is funnier.

1)

Osama Bin Laden Voted 3rd Most Evil Yankees Fan For 2005

Osama Bin Laden, the leader of Al-Qaeda and the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks slipped down to third on the annual list of "World's Most Evil Yankees Fans." This is Bin Laden's fifth straight year on the list, breaking the record of four previously held by serial killer, John Wayne Gacy.

It is not known exactly why or how Bin Laden began his love affair with the Bronx Bombers, but there is no doubt that he is a die-hard fan. In a video released in early 2003 he admitted candidly that the reason for the attacks on New York City and Washington, DC was a questionable call by plate umpire Rick Reed who, in a 1997 game against the Detroit Tigers, called a strike on a check swing by Jeter to end the 9th inning with a runner stranded on third. The Tigers ended up winning the game in the 12th, costing Bin Laden a $500 bet he had made with one of his lieutenants.

When Bin Laden was informed that he had made the list yet again this year he released a new video tape to Al Jazeera. In it, Bin Laden foregoes his normal attire and instead appears dressed from head to toe in Yankee pinstripes. He wears the number 23 jersey of Don Mattingly, his all-time favorite Yankee according to those close to him. Nevertheless, he apologizes to his fellow Yankees fans for not having a more up-to-date jersey, explaining that it's hard for him to keep up since he really has been living in a cave for 10 years. On the tape Bin Laden predicts that Allah will reach down with a fiery hand to smash the Great Aggressor, the United States. He also predicts Yankees over Cardinals in 5 in this year's World Series. After he's done predicting things he says some bad stuff about Jews, calls David Ortiz a "pussy" and makes fun of "Fever Pitch."

Bin Laden then stands up and pulls down his pants, revealing a tattoo of Mariano Rivera on his right butt cheek

Bin Laden, who ranked first on the list in '02 and again in '04 was bumped out of the top spot by Musa Hilal, a tribal leader of the Janjaweed militias which have been responsible for the deaths of as many as 200,000 Sudanese, and have caused over 1 million refugees to flee from the Darfur region. He is know to personally beat his enemies to death with a bat signed by the entire 2000 World Championship team. Also above Bin Laden on this year's list was one Scott Merz of Chicago, Illinois, a man whose soul is as black as the deepest recesses of the earth. He holds daily communion with the Dark Lord, Satan, and is an occasional studio drummer for the popular band Smashmouth. Rounding out the list were Ernst Stavro Blofeld, leader of the world-wide terrorist organization SPECTRE, and Joe Simpson, father and manager of pop sensations Jessica and Ashlee Simpson. He is mostly on the list for not forcing his daughters to get naked and make out with each other.

Stay tuned in May when the Top 5 Biggest Dip Shit Red Sox Fans, and the Top 5 Biggest Prick Lakers Fans lists are released to the media.

2)

Osama Bin Laden Captured Alive at Area Applebee's

International Terrorist, and head of the Al Quaeda network who claimed responsibility for the attack on the World Trade Center was captured last week while dining at a Bay Area Applebee's Family Restaurant, ending a world-wide manhunt which has lasted more than 3 years. FBI agents stormed the eatery after receiving a tip from waitress, Emily Tilles who had been irked by Bin Laden's treatment of her during previous visits.

"He kept complaining about the ingredients we used in some of our dishes, saying he couldn't eat this and that because of his religion. I seen him walk in and sit in my section and I thought, 'I can't go through this again, I'm callin' the FBI.' Look buddy, if you don't like it, don't order it. There's a Shoney's right next door. I'm sure they would appreciate the business."

"He's a shitty tipper anyways," added Tilles.

While the waitress is being hailed as a national hero, manager Kyle Minor has come under fire because of speculation that he was aware of the identity of Bin Laden long before his capture, and yet did not turn him in. Minor vehemently denied these allegations, however, in a statement released though his lawyer:

"He'd come here all the time. I mean, we knew he lived in a cave no too far from here, and some of us thought that was odd, but we just figured he was a look-alike. He's supposed to hate America so much right? But every time he came in here, he'd get the California Golden Skillet or the New Orleans Kickin' Cajun Wrap. He never even expressed an interest in our Blazin' Jihad Chicken Wings. How was I to know? I'm not gonna turn away a customer just because he masterminded the most deadly attack on American soil since Pearl Harbor. The restaurant business is very competitive."

Indeed, despite his oft-disconcerting behavior, most restaurant patrons were just as shocked as Minor to learn the identity of their sometimes fellow diner. One man eating dinner with his family told us, "It was kind of annoying, him bringing a video camera with him whenever he came here. And I do feel sorry for that waitress. If something wasn't cooked exactly to his liking, watch out! He would just go on a tirade in Arabic or whatever, and have his translator guy yell at her, telling her how she was an "infidel" and how only any enemy of the true God, Allah, could have overcooked his onion rings to such a degree, and how if it happened again he was going to fly a jet into the kitchen of the restaurant. We never though it was actually Bin Laden though."

The recent capture has brought a mixture of relief and surprise to the Bush Administration, whose efforts to bring Bin Laden to justice since September 11 had been unsuccessful. When reached for comment, a top level Defense Department official said: "He was captured where? Shit, we were way off. I didn't think anybody ate at those places. It's a great place to go if you don't want to be found, I guess."

Though the media has paid little attention, the mediocre franchise restaurants of the United States have proven themselves as potent an ally as any in the War On Terror. It went widely unreported that the real reason Quaddafi agreed to discontinue his pursuit of nuclear weapons and dismantle Libya's already existant Uranium Enrichment program was not because of the war in Iraq or for fear of the Bush Doctrine, but because of his love of never-ending salad and breadsticks, or "hospitaliano" as the bureaucrats like to call it.

Upon hearing the news of Bin Laden's capture Bush announced that U.S. Troops would now be patrolling all T.G.I. Fridays and Chili's Franchises in the Middle East on the hunt for other terror suspects. "Applebee's signature mango margaritas were Bin Laden's dowfall and we're hoping that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's love of Chili's Baby Back Ribs is more that just a rumor. "

"Barbecue Sauce!" added Bush in an exaggerated baritone. He continued "Let this be a warning to all of those who wish this country, it's citizens, or it's allies and their "Awesome Blossoms" harm: we will win this fight."'

Posted by PETE 4/28/05 8:32pm

Downs Under

An email from my friend Downs, who has been lowering the property values in Sydney for over a month now. Downs is a funny guy.

Posted by PETE 4/28/05 6:01pm

Comments Section Threatens To Overtake Actual Blog

Gelatinous cube eats village... I love it!
--Rob Lowe

Posting to this blog is hard. At virtually every sentence - every turn of phrase - you are met with myriad potential missteps. English majors lambaste your improper use of the royal 'we', history buffs pull apart even the most oblique reference to the Crimean War, and TV savants never fail to notice when you call a show by its wrong name. If your post is too long, people are put-off by your pretense. If your post is too short people get suspicious that you are low on material. Even if you have a great post you usually only realize it by the ominous lack of negative feedback.

On the other hand, there is the comments section. Short posts are accepted with relish. Long posts are lauded for their mere existence ("I can't believe someone spent so much time posting to the comments section of an obscure blog. Bra-vo!"). Pictures are easier to upload in the comments section and, to be honest, there is much less of a chance that the editme software will spontaneously screw up your work (seriously, PETE spends days undoing programming glitches so that you, devoted reader, can experience an unblemished Jo-tel blog.) The actual blog was so last month. It's anachronistic, obsolete, obdurant, and oblivious to allusions to my ex-girlfriend [FN1]. Indeed, I think that my "In Defense of M*A*S*H #2" will be received much more kindly in the comments section where it can lounge freely as the random burst of free-form counter-culturalism that it is. Perhaps I'll just leave the actual blog space to Hip's State of Religious Hatred addresses and PETE's plugs of his other websites [FN2].

FN1: My ex girlfriend is named Alyse. Her name sort of sounds like a lot of other words - many of which begin with the letters 'a' and 'o'. Over the past five years, this fact has provided an astounding amount of amusement for several of those involved with the Jo-tel blog. We are idiots.
FN2: Sellout.

Of course, the implication is that the comments will eventually become the next blog. And then the process will be begin again: the actual blog becoming the new comments section, offering freedom from the unduly harsh restraints placed on the posting of acceptable comments. Freedom exists only as a relative juxtoposition to a lack of freedom - even on a blog. And here you thought Nietzsche's theory of the eternal recurrance sounded stupid. Shame on you!

Posted by Shark 4/27/05 8:40am

I Apologize in Advance...

for this post but it just had to be done. In doing research for my upcoming article for The Phat Phree entitles "Word 'Douche" Actually Used To Refer To Douche, Not Some Guy" I came across a couple of amusing things. Now, bear in mind that I've already apologized. That being said, check out the names of the scents on these boxes of douche!

There's really nothing I can say that will make that any more funny. Except... well I notice that ISLAND SPLASH is capitalized and Intimate Whisper isn't. Just pointing that out.

Also, and as I said I found this during my research, but 100 Euros to the man who can read this page to the bottom without laughing once.

Well, that'll do it for me this morning. Sorry I couldn't wait until April 30th to post it. (Man, I really should've waited until May 1st)

Posted by PETE 4/26/05 1:35am

Okay, Now you can look.

My first article is up at The Phat Phree here. Check out the site. It's pretty funny. Really.

Posted by PETE 4/25/05 3:35pm

I Hate Editme and Microsoft Internet Explorer and God

I just wrote for 15 minutes in here about how I'm enjoying reading and carrying around Bertrand Russell's "Why I Am Not A Christian" and how when I was reading "Atlas Shrugged" I wished people would tell me how much they liked it so I could turn on them and tell them why I thought it sucked, and about how Russell was even more stridant than I am about Christianity's role in the world, and about how he questions some things that it is easy to take for granted, and how it's interesting that he was writing these things in the 20's-40's about how religionists were making a big push to fool people into thinking that America really is, on some deeper, institutional level, a "Christian country," which is not true, and it's interesting because after this happened like gangbusters in the 50's (inserting "under God" in the pledge of allegiance, making "In God We Trust" the national motto) there was a resurgence of rationalism, secularism, and the great American principle of the Separation of Church and State, until the last ten years or so when secularism has once again been under attack. I was saying how I've realized lately that I'm a big moral relativist and how that's a good thing, and that the danger of the idea that there exists absolute good and evil in the universe is that people will inevitably do horrible things that they normally wouldn't do, justified in their own minds by the "knowledge" that they have God on their side. I was saying that the Christian Bigwigs are against relativism because they think it's a slippery slope. Notably, Senator Rick Santorum ... [and here is where I went to look up what state Santorum represents, and lost my entire screed.]

So anyway, Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) once said, "And if the Supreme Court says that you have the right to consensual sex within your home, then you have the right to bigamy, you have the right to polygamy, you have the right to incest, you have the right to adultery." Later in that same interview he said "That's not to pick on homosexuality. It's not, you know, man on child, man on dog, or whatever the case may be." Basically Santorum claims to be concerned that if homosexuality is considered morally OK, then soon people will just be having huge man/child/dog orgies in Times Square. It's like "Well, I was mad at my parents, so I became a homosexual. But then by 2009 homosexuality was pretty much accepted all over America as a legitimate alternative lifestyle. Pretty soon I had to go to bathhouses like five nights a week to even get my mom to cry a little. Then I graduated to transexuality and started taking hormones. And that's how it's been ever since - just chasing the dragon from one sin to the next, trying more and more repugnant acts in an effort to replicate that first high. Now I go to man/child/dog orgies in Times Square."

I don't really think that's how it works. I think it takes a long time for the aggregate morals of a nation this size to change, but that they will change is inevitable. THAT'S WHY SLAVERY IS ILLEGAL AND WOMEN CAN VOTE. The flip side of this argument is that it sort of leads me to think that maybe backwards states like Alabama should be allowed to outlaw homosexual acts and abortion and weed and evolution. And that would be lame. Obviously I have some more thinking to do. Any thoughts?

P.S. One year ago today Hey Crackhead was the most-linked-to page on the internets, according to blogdex. And yes, I have been checking every day.

Posted by Hip E. 4/25/05 12:27pm

Hollywood Update

1. Nicole Richie will not be featured on the next season of The Surreal Life. This is reportedly because Paris Hilton is upset with Richie for a prank that Richie executed against Hilton during a meeting between friends to watch a tape of Hilton's SNL episode. Richie, who volunteered to ready the VHS tape, switched the SNL tape with Hilton's infamous Las Vegas sex video. Hilton is apparently really pissed about this. Quoth Paris with regard to the incident, "She knows what she did." What the shit is going on here? That's a solid prank. And can Paris still be embarased that everyone has seen her having dirty sex while her eyes glowed like those of a snake in the camera light? That's like Vanilla Ice being embarrased that Ice Ice Baby was such a great song.

2. I'm sure I'm behind the times on this one but I just heard that Matthew McConaughey and Penelope Cruz plan to get married. Are they even pretending that this is going to last?

3. Last, and most viscerally disturbing, Ryan Seacrest has apparently been awarded his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His star will be unveiled this weekened in a duel cerimony with fellow inductee, Bobo the Poop-Flinging Carnival Monkey.

Posted by Shark 4/23/05 11:00am sharp

This Kid Is Pretty Funny

Just a quick plug for another SF Blogger I discovered through my new gig at this Web site. I haven't mentioned it because I have yet to write anything for them (when I do, look the FUCK out though) but so far this guys is the OTHER funniest writer. I read his Look, Nobody Cares That You're A DJ post and knew that he had to be from SF, the city with the most DJs per capita in the world, most of them self-important assholes with really, really great hair... just amazing, I mean wow. Anyhow, check him out.

Posted by PETE 4/21/05 8:21pm

Worst Cave Scenario

Okay, fellow denizens of the depths, keep this in mind: this is the worst possible cave scenario. But it is a scenario nonetheless. As such, it must be addressed candidly and with a particular mind towards our respective spelunking limitations - and, indeed, with a eye towards our general human limitations as well. I know that we'd all like to live in the ideal world and share with each other incandescent images of stumbling wildly upon the actual light of day, but, as we've theorized, there is a chance - and a distinct one at that - that this will never occur. With that in mind, let's flush out the aforementioned scenario.

If it happens that the labyrinthine narrows of this cave are ends in themselves, if the outside - that noumenal thing - is, in itself, unattainable, we must give up hope of ever reaching it. Unlike the previous cave scenario, the worst cave scenario will require the evisceration of all hope. Unrealistic longing may too frequently lead the holder to react irrationally to the absurdity inherent in a cave-bound existence. Irrationality must be met with rationality if it is to be faced. In other words, hope springs infernal - as infernal as a knife on a sunny day. In the alternative, we may draw on the walls. But never should these hieroglyphics ever attempt to represent the theoretical beyond. To do so would conjure fanciful longing, which would - inevitably - give way to power-mongering and dangerous cults. We must strive to keep a merit-based society and merit shall be based on reason and reason alone. Visual arts and representation should unfold, instead, in a dialectic sense. Cavely gods of innovation shall be forged and deviated therefrom. Forge, deviate, repeat. Old gods will be discarded for all practical purposes, but assiduously preserved for educational and entertainment-oriented historiography.

Also, with respect to public safety, all those "pushing" games in which the pusher pushes in conjunction with a prostrate squatter posted behind the pushee must be halted. As you all know, this has lead to several unpleasant stalagmite impalements. I believe that is all for know. But after now having outlined our reactions to this all-to-realistic possibility, I ask you all to contemplate for yourself whether this is, indeed, the worst cave scenario, or if, as some have preached all along, the most fulfilling existence has been the blank palate of cold but boundlessly permitting silence that has lain before us all along. And ultimately, there is --- Hey! Edgar! Get your head out of that mesocavern!

Posted by Shark 4/20/05 4:34pm

Becky's Blog is Good

Not that I'm surprised, but it is sometimes a little annoying when things are better than me. But Everyone's blog is good in the beginning. We'll see how long she can keep this up - giving product reviews, researching SF History, digging for the truth behind sinister new fitness centers... For the present, though, Becky is kicking ass. Check her out.

Posted by Hip E. 4/19/05 5:31pm

Don't Worry Dwyermaker

During the whole mustache thing, I took the liberty of procuring for myself a t-shirt that says "Mustache Rides 10 Cents" and has a big picture of a mustache on it. Inga HATES it. To top it all off, it is exTREMEly tight and sleazy looking. I happened to be wearing it when we went down to the Marina last weekend, and the looks on the faces were precious. Pretty much all the ladies who walked by and read it took on the countenance of someone who had just seen a gerbil run over by a car, while most of the dudes were like "Heh" or "what a douche." However, only one guy made a comment. He was about 39 and was walking around with his wife and baby. He was like "that's great, where'd you get it." You could tell his wife was really excited about the whole thing. But hey, who doesn't like an inexpensive mustache ride?

Posted by Hip E. 4/19/05 5:15pm

Because so many guys have no clue how they do it

Now you know. And knowing is half the battle.

Posted by PETE 4/18/05 6:33pm

A Short Post for Hip E and Shark

Posted by PETE 4/18/05 6:28pm

Giles's email gives me an excuse to go off on Men's Health

Posted by PETE 4/18/05 6:11pm

What kind of Loser would get a Hip-e?

I hate these people and their stupid hyphen. It took me years to years to teach everyone how to spell my name.

Posted by Hip E. 4/18/05 5:09pm

C = J.D.

This is the mantra of many law school 3Ls. It refers to the irrefutable fact that straight C grades will warrant a Juris Doctor degree. Also, a "3L" is a third year law student (compare 1L and 2L). Acronyms are an American institution, and institutions of higher learning are their hotbed. [FN1] For instance, at my law school, the computer lab is officially called the Legal Resource Center, which then becomes: the LRC. The student mailboxes are apparently worthy of the title Student Information Center folders. So, of course, I check my SIC folder for mail (pronounced "sick"). The cafeteria is referred to as the Law Cafe, which is impossibly shortened to: the LC. It is amazing that we still call moot court by its full name. I could easily see myself being called an MC competitor. Yikes!

So, ya, these 3Ls are often found trumpeting the aforementioned saying with a tone of weariness. However, beware. Lawyers and aspiring lawyers are crafty liars. For instance, early law students frequently lament how "little they have studied", how "far behind" they are, and how "little outlining" they've done. These prevarications, however, often mask copious studying, a penchant for reading ahead, and some fucked-up comprehensive outlines, respectively. It's all part of the game. When you put 400 'A' students into one class, it's not enough to just work hard, you must also discourage others from working hard. 3Ls are no exception. That is why I am wary of those who attempt to assuage me by telling me how C = J.D. (how'd you like that rhyme Hot Carl?). Has this realization lead me to study more? No. I'm still lazy as hell. But what the shit, I'm the best MCer in the bleeping nation, biotch! The Walkmen rule!!

FN1: "3L" is technically not an acronym. I say this to avoid the inevitable aspersions from our resident English major.

Posted by Shark, 4/17/05 5:07pm

Test Over

I took the test on Friday. It was OK. I'll find out in three-and-a-half months whether I passed or not. So lame.

This weekend at the Jo-tel we're cleaning up the back yard. We have this pretty big back yard but nobody ever goes out there because it's completely overgrown with huge weeds. It should be ready for its close-up by our next party. Actually I haven't helped with the yard at all because yesterday I went on a nice long walk in the Marina with the Jo-tel's #1 girlfriend, sweet sweet Inga. Reid made a plaster cast of his foot and hand, and I came back from coffee this morning to find Shark reading the Jo-tel website on my computer completely butt-ass naked. Good tequila means never having to say "I'm hungover." I might buy a pair of shoes. They're Asics, but that's all I can tell you. I want to make sure I'm the first one to get them. I figure you can only live in San Francisco for so long before you are required to buy a pair of sleek athletic looking shoes with almost no cushioning. Shark doesn't want to do the back yard because "if you clean it up and leave it for a year, it all grows back!" It's because you don't have to leave it for a year. "It's full of very powerful weeds!" -Shark

Posted by Hip E. 4/17/05 12:18pm

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From PETE [64.81.50.140] - 4/28/05 6:01 PM

From Johnny D [24.7.57.14] - 4/28/05 12:05 AM

From Thrill [64.81.50.140] - 4/27/05 11:41 PM

From Johnny D [24.7.57.14] - 4/27/05 9:11 PM

From Shark [209.233.180.219] - 4/27/05 6:50 PM

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From Pliska in Portland [149.175.207.189] - 4/26/05 2:03 PM

From The Big Kat [67.112.196.4] - 4/26/05 1:25 PM

From PETE [64.81.50.140] - 4/26/05 1:07 PM

From Hip E. [65.200.81.187] - 4/26/05 12:42 PM

From Hip E. [65.200.81.187] - 4/26/05 12:30 PM

From maupow [128.223.217.121] - 4/26/05 11:42 AM

From Gabbeh [69.143.107.33] - 4/26/05 10:47 AM

From Pliska in Portland [24.20.141.35] - 4/25/05 11:22 PM

From Thrill [136.152.132.201] - 4/25/05 11:19 PM

Don't ask Inga, ask the CIA:

PS - How fun must the town of Hammerfest have been in 1990?

From Gabbeh [66.171.85.86] - 4/25/05 9:09 PM

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From The Big Kat [67.112.196.4] - 4/25/05 4:20 PM

From Hip - 4/25/05 3:59 PM

From Hip - 4/25/05 3:52 PM

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From Thrill [64.81.50.140] - 4/25/05 3:22 PM

From Hot Karl [68.7.137.191] - 4/25/05 2:56 PM

From Hot Karl [68.7.137.191] - 4/25/05 2:53 PM

From Thrill [64.81.50.140] - 4/25/05 2:14 PM

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From Lambert [24.148.78.68] - 4/25/05 1:40 AM

From Pliska in Portland [24.20.141.35] - 4/24/05 1:07 PM

From Shark - 4/24/05 12:18 PM

From Hot Karl [68.7.137.191] - 4/23/05 3:44 PM

From Shark - 4/23/05 2:05 PM

From maupow [128.223.216.23] - 4/22/05 10:24 PM

From Thrill [64.81.50.140] - 4/22/05 8:09 PM

From inga [63.170.97.131] - 4/22/05 6:14 PM

From Hip E. [65.200.81.187] - 4/22/05 4:16 PM

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From maupow [128.223.219.103] - 4/19/05 5:19 PM

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From linda [63.170.97.131] - 4/19/05 10:33 AM

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From Thrill [136.152.132.98] - 4/18/05 9:19 PM

From gafferland - 4/18/05 9:10 PM

From inga [63.170.97.131] - 4/17/05 2:21 PM

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From Garth [209.233.181.230] - 4/15/05 5:11 PM

From Johnny D [206.176.240.83] - 4/15/05 3:25 PM

From Shark [63.198.166.97] - 4/15/05 1:55 PM

From Johnny D [206.176.240.83] - 4/15/05 10:50 AM

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From Thrill [64.81.50.140] - 4/13/05 2:16 PM

From The Big Kat [67.112.196.4] - 4/13/05 2:06 PM

From Shark - 4/13/05 11:05 AM

From Hip E. [67.169.81.55] - 4/13/05 1:09 AM

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From Hip E. [208.2.28.132] - 4/12/05 11:57 AM

From The Big Kat [67.112.196.4] - 4/8/05 11:52 AM

From Pliska in Portland [63.24.9.132] - 4/8/05 3:26 AM

From Hip E. [67.169.81.55] - 4/7/05 10:59 PM

From Thrill [64.81.50.140] - 4/7/05 3:20 PM

From The Big Kat [67.112.196.4] - 4/7/05 12:47 PM

From PETE [64.81.50.140] - 4/6/05 3:20 PM

From Hip E. [208.2.28.132] - 4/6/05 11:37 AM

From Gabe [137.56.18.250] - 4/6/05 2:59 AM

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From PETE [64.81.50.140] - 4/5/05 8:32 PM

From Hip E. [208.2.28.132] - 4/5/05 4:45 PM

From Hip E. [208.2.28.132] - 4/5/05 4:16 PM

From Pliska in Portland [149.175.206.116] - 4/5/05 3:38 PM

From PETE [64.81.50.140] - 4/5/05 2:32 PM

From Gabbeh [137.56.17.21] - 4/5/05 2:13 PM

From Gabbeh [137.56.17.21] - 4/5/05 2:10 PM