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Phorbesie's thread about the firefighters and their fund-raising activities/harrassment reminded me of a question I wanted to ask...Does the United Way pressure corporations to harrass their employees to donate during their annual campaign or do corporations simply employ these methods of their own accord? Every company for whom I've worked has undertaken some *very* aggravating fund-raising methods related to the United Way. At one company, you actually had to OPT OUT of donating or they'd deduct a pre-set amount (based on your salary level) from your pay cheque. When I did, in fact, opt out, a woman from the fund-raising committee followed me into the BATHROOM to harrass me about it! "I've been assigned to ask you why you don't want to donate to the United Way." Yes, that actually happened. Cursory polling of my co-workers reveals they've had similar experiences. Anyone else?

You guys rock.

Hmmmm. On Broadway and Walking After Midnight work with the alpha-theme. Not sure how the William Tell Overture works with the letter "H". I listened to that Dylan clip about 25 times..I'm kicking myself that I can't figure it out...

Impressive! I'll update the main post...see how many we can get...

You know, I had never considered that 35 years equals 420 months. I feel headier, all of a sudden. Weird.

A friend of mine at work participates in this big (charity) trivia competition every year in Ottawa. Part of the competition (to be completed beforehand) involves listening to a bunch of clips of music and identifying the songs. The rules state you can use any means necessary (i.e. asking friends, internet searches etc.) to determine the indentity of these piecees of music. Anyway, she asked for my help. With a resource such as the Skank at my disposal, her team is bound to ace this portion! Note: The song titles are in alphabetical order. A-Aqualung B-Blue Monday C-Curried Soul D-Down by the Glenside E-Enter Sandman F-Feel Good Inc. G-Green Eggs & Ham H-Hoedown I-I feel fine J- K-Kosha Nostra Theme L-Love Will Tear Us Apart M-Mundian To Bach Ke N-New Years day O-On Broadway P-Paralyzer Q-Quarter to Three R-Rockit S-(Theme for) Shin Jingi Naki Tatakai T-Town Called Malice U-Umbrella V-Voodoo Child W-Walking After Midnight X-X-Offender Y-YMCA Z-Zoom Zoom Zoom

I don't know about that..I tried to break up with myself once..I made my life a living hell..

I often consider this... A friend of mine just turned 35 and had a photo shoot for herself (complete with feather boa, teddy bears and a tea set)..she sent out picture post-cards that say "Look How Big I Am!" and she wrote "I'm 35!" on them. She said it was her way of countering all the pics of her friends' kids she gets in the mail every week...hehehe.. She also sent me a wallet size close-up so I could carry her around with me..genius!

I second that..

*quiet giggling*

My friend Kevin and his buddy are also in...he says he can't remember his name or password for this site, or he'd post his interest.

Thanks...it's as if the gods of procrastination looked down and said, "Julia, you're doing an OK job of just dicking around, but that five minutes of work you've been doing every hour just HAS TO STOP! Here--play with this." Now I can't stop laughing... "I'm at a hotel room and my friend comes over and he says, "Can I use the phone?" I said, "Certainly." He said, "Do I need to dial 9?" "Yeah, especially if it's in the number. You can try 4 and 5 back to back real quick."

Alright, I dutifully passed the message along... Now, try not to suck,'kay? I said you'd be good..

You know, I *would* tell my friends in Thunder Bay about this show, except there doesn't appear to be a date listed..can we assume this will be occurring every evening at the aforementioned times?

Very nice pics! ...I was walking home through High Park today and though there were several leaves on the ground through which I frolicked, looking out through the park, the majority of the trees are still green...just a random, brilliant flash of colour, here and there, where a single tree's leaves have turned while the surrounding trees remain green.. quite jarring actually...in a pretty way.

Only if Gener and Deaner agree to attend....Deaner owes me $50...

Thanks, will do!

Dear Sonnyboy, Can you post where/when the tix are available? My frail eyesight can't make them out in that online poster thingie. Thanks. Love, Grandma SP

Leave it to The Onion to uncover this devastating news.... http://www.theonion.com/content/news/it_only_tuesday It's Only Tuesday October 16, 2007 | Issue 43•42 WASHINGTON, DC—After running a thousand errands, working hours of overtime, and being stuck in seemingly endless gridlock traffic commuting to and from their jobs, millions of Americans were disheartened to learn that it was, in fact, only Tuesday. "Tuesday?" San Diego resident Doris Wagner said. "How in the hell is it still Tuesday?" Already the week is unbearable for these New Yorkers awaiting a subway train, and it's only fucking Tuesday. Tuesday's arrival stunned a nation still recovering from the nightmarish slog that was Monday, leaving some to wonder if the week was ever going to end, and others to ask what was taking Saturday so goddamn long. "Ugh," said Wagner, echoing a national sense of frustration over it not even being Wednesday at the very least. According to suddenly depressed sources, the feeling that this week may in fact last forever was further compounded by the thought of all the work left to be done tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and, if Americans make it that far, possibly even Friday, for Christ's sake. Fears that the week could actually be going backwards were also expressed. "Not only do Americans have most of Tuesday morning to contend with, but all of Tuesday afternoon and then Tuesday night," National Labor Relations Board spokesman David Prynn said. "If our calculations are correct, there is a chance we are in effect closer to last weekend than the one coming up." Added Prynn: "Fuck." Believe it or not, it's not even goddamn lunchtime yet for these commuters in Southern California. Reports that this all has to be some kind of sick joke could not be confirmed as of press time. Isolated attempts to make the day go faster, such as glancing at watches or clocks every other minute, compulsively checking e-mail, hiding in the office bathroom, fidgeting, or reading a boring magazine while sitting in the waiting room, have also proven unsuccessful, sources report. The National Institutes of Standards and Technology, which oversees the official time of the United States, is flatly denying that it has slowed or otherwise tampered with Tuesday's progression. "The current Tuesday is keeping apace with past Tuesdays with no more than one ten-thousandth of a second's variation at the most," NIST spokeswoman Dr. Geraldine Schach said. "However, I sympathize with the common consensus that this week has already been a colossal pain in the neck." Labor Secretary Elaine Chao released a statement addressing widespread speculation that it might as well be Monday for all anyone cares. "We understand this day has been tough on many of you, what with meetings mercilessly dragging on and an entire stack of files still left to organize," Chao's statement read in part. "Yet we urge Americans to show patience. The midweek hump is just around the corner, and we have strong reason to believe that Saturday will be here before you know it." "Go about your lives as best you can," the statement continued. "Do not, we repeat, do not take a sick day, as it'll make the rest of the week that much harder to endure." In the meantime, citizens are doing their best to cope with the interminable week, though Tuesday is still hours away from ending. "The more I try to speed it along, the longer it almost seems to take," said Dale Bouchard, a Chicago-based broker who has been waiting for today to be over since it first began earlier this morning. "Honestly, today could not have come at a worse time this week." In the meantime, the latest wristwatch consultations indicate that it is somehow still Tuesday, if that makes any sense at all.

Some good stuff in this interview, for those interested.... http://www.glidemagazine.com/hiddentrack/reid-genauer-doesnt-want-to-fight-you/ "If you’re picturing frontman Reid Genauer standing over the Roxy’s manager like Muhammed Ali triumphantly towering over Sonny Liston, repeating “That’s folk-rock, motherfucker, that’s the taste of singer-songwriter fists of fury†over and over, then, well, you’re probably alone..."

I think Brenna is still singing for DBB (I could be wrong, though)...Bomb Squad was formed when Jen left DBB.

The last Comfort Zone show was September 10th, 2002...great show...

Anybody in this thread want some Biscuits shows? I have a few I will never listen to again....

I dig DBB. (Though the I could live without the impossible-to-get-out-of-one's-brain "Deep Banana Blackout" chant...that thing is insidious!)