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Hazmatt  1891 posts
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Date Posted: 4/29 12:09pm Subject: RE: What are you thinking RIGHT NOW?
Could it be that absinthe is not all it's cracked up to be? Or is this bad science?

 

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Le_Penguin  2123 posts
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Date Posted: 4/29 2:02pm Subject: RE: What are you thinking RIGHT NOW? - Date Edited: 4/29 2:03pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Le_Penguin
Drink enough of anything, especially poorly distilled 140 proof anything, and you're gonna see some crazy sh!t.

I don't know anyone who's drunk absinthe (the European, the new American, the "classic" or the homemade varieties) and contends that it provides anything other than a really nice, enjoyable, potent drinking experience. Just as vodka, whiskey, wine and beer induce different "styles" of inebriation (due largely but not exclusively to their chemical origins), absinthe can simply be added to that list.

I've never hallucinated while drinking it, though it does seem to spur creativity and imagination without making you stupid(er) ... think pot or cocaine but minus the day-after "what the hell was I thinking?" retrospective.

As for the report in the link, who knows. I don't have the chemistry background to refute or support their findings. I would, however, be interested if the same scientists can pinpoint the chemical in gin that makes you punch your best friend in the face.

"It makes a man mean!"

 

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darthgoat  3968 posts
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Date Posted: 4/29 2:28pm Subject: RE: What are you thinking RIGHT NOW?
I'm just not a fan of absinthe. I like licorice but for some reason, absinthe doesn't do it for me.

 

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Hazmatt  1891 posts
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Date Posted: 4/30 8:24am Subject: RE: What are you thinking RIGHT NOW?
Hollywood is at it again:

REMAKE - Land of the Lost, and it's a comedy starring Will Ferrell no less.

SEQUEL - Power of the Dark Crystal - I...nevermind.

WHAT'S NEXT? - A live-action Clutch Cargo? Lemme guess, a dark comedy starring Robin Williams?

Although I think I would enjoy Carrier*. Of course, that isn't 're-imagined', so +1 for that.

-Haz
*Needs more cowbell. Or Dave Gray. Same thing.

 

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Dex_Luminara  788 posts
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Date Posted: 4/30 12:34pm Subject: RE: What are you thinking RIGHT NOW?
Power of the Dark Crystal has been in "early development" and "pre-production" stages for 3 years now. I was beginning to wonder if it was ever going to happen. Its kind of hard to find but if you can find the artwork that they created for it it really is stunning. And since MOST of it is to be done in the style of the original (i.e. puppetry over CGI and CGI only where needed) I was really looking forward to it! But I was a big fan of "Farscape", and the old "Storyteller" series' on tv so generally I like the Henson Company's work.

Everything else on that list can go "suck an elf!"

 

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Le_Penguin  2123 posts
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Date Posted: 4/30 1:09pm Subject: RE: What are you thinking RIGHT NOW?
"Storyteller" is a near-forgotten classic, one of the great family* shows of all time. Glad to see it still has fans beyond my immediate family and friends.




*read: suitable for, but not exclusively for, kids; see also: Pixar

 

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JodoKast74  3284 posts
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Date Posted: 5/4 5:54am Subject: RE: What are you thinking RIGHT NOW?
To those who didn't make it, you missed a great bachelor party, which included liquor, good friends, and Peaches getting a lap-dance. Yes, the apocalypse is upon us.

 

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darthgoat  3968 posts
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Date Posted: 5/5 8:08am Subject: RE: What are you thinking RIGHT NOW?
When Trent Reznor talks, the internet melts.

http://theslip.nin.com/

 

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Bosh_Talk  3553 posts
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Date Posted: 5/5 2:42pm Subject: RE: What are you thinking RIGHT NOW?
A major prize! A major prize! I won, I won, I won! Look at that. Look at that!

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Hazmatt  1891 posts
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Date Posted: 5/5 2:42pm Subject: RE: What are you thinking RIGHT NOW?
Charles Shultz + Alan Moore = WIN

 

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Bosh_Talk  3553 posts
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Date Posted: 5/5 2:43pm Subject: RE: What are you thinking RIGHT NOW? - Date Edited: 5/5 3:17pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Bosh_Talk
Ha, and I beat Haz too.

It seems that this thread and "Post Count Pumpin'" are in a neck-and-neck race to the 2,000 post mark.

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Hazmatt  1891 posts
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Date Posted: 5/5 10:31pm Subject: RE: What are you thinking RIGHT NOW?
You know, it's only a short ride from Asimi-3PO to an incident featuring a toaster, a garbage disposal, and a 16-pound hammer.

Personally, I welcome our Robotic Overlords. Maybe they will be able to stave off the coming zombie apocalypse...

 

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Le_Penguin  2123 posts
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Date Posted: 5/5 10:49pm Subject: RE: What are you thinking RIGHT NOW?
Speaking of our new overlords, looks like someone with authority and a budget watched "Fast, Cheap and Out of Control" recently:

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/05/02/army-tiny-robots.html

"I think there's some deeper-seated thing which crosses the sex boundary of understanding life by building something that is lifelike."

 

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Hazmatt  1891 posts
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Date Posted: 5/6 3:46pm Subject: RE: What are you thinking RIGHT NOW?
OK, looks like we're ready to send Paris Hilton to Afghanistan.

 

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Hawk-Bat  1231 posts
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Date Posted: 5/6 3:54pm Subject: RE: What are you thinking RIGHT NOW?
Finals Week! First one is tomorrow.

 

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