Xander ,'Lessons'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I used to sweeten a bowl of Corn Flakes with a Frosted Flake. I'm handicapped like that.
Also, delicate.
Courtesy of today's Wikipedia image of the day: Lilac Chaser optical illusion. I like that this description tells me what I'm "doing wrong" why I don't get the whole effect--it seems I can't keep my gaze steady enough.
This bug bite has swelled to the size of two bloated half-dollars. It's taking up half my hand and stretching my skin. And I've got another one on my other hand, now!
bon has hand cancer!!1!
20 mpg or 20 MPG?
MPG. It's an acronym. Well, not technically, but close enough.
Well, not technically, but close enough.
It's not really that close. It's an initialism. Which leaves one with little or no style guidelines--initials are the case of the original words, except when they're not.
Style guide!
(I'm imagining a Buffista style guide. What a lengthy and internally inconsistent thing that would be)
(I'm imagining a Buffista style guide. What a lengthy and internally inconsistent thing that would be)
Plus, random pictures of women in corsets. For no particular reason.
For no particular reason.
Well, they are a considerably less divisive topic than the Oxford comma.
they are a considerably less divisive topic than the Oxford comma.
Hell, they're a less divisive topic than the
name
of the serial Oxford Harvard godandaynrand comma.
Lilac Chaser optical illusion.
Holy crap, that was weird.
So anyway, school's over. I have to go in today to finish cleaning out my room and turn in my keys (donwanna!) and then... I'm done with that school. Freaky.
It's not really that close. It's an initialism. Which leaves one with little or no style guidelines--initials are the case of the original words, except when they're not.
har. I only meant it in the sense that everyone calls those sorts of things acronyms, but they're not, and I couldn't remember initialism.
Why does anyone trust the Girls Gone Wild guy anymore?
PANAMA CITY, Fla. — Two Florida women have sued "Girls Gone Wild" creator Joe Francis and his film company, alleging a sexually explicit video was released without their consent.
In the federal lawsuit filed Monday in Panama City, Brooke Pastolic and Christina Brose said they were enticed to board a "Girls Gone Wild" tour bus with the promise of free clothing. Once onboard, they allegedly were given alcoholic drinks even though both were younger than 21.
According to the lawsuit, the cameramen then coerced the women into exposing themselves and engaging in sexual activities, but repeatedly stated they would not use footage in a video. However, the footage appeared on two separate "Girls Gone Wild" DVDs.
The women claim the footage was used without their consent, and if they did give consent, it was obtained illegally by "Girls Gone Wild" representatives giving them alcohol.
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"Girls Gone Wild" crews don't serve alcohol on their tour buses and ask women for identification to verify their age, Michael Burke, attorney for Francis' Mantra Films Inc., told The News Herald.
Francis, 34, remains in a Nevada jail on federal tax evasion charges. He was granted bail after pleading not guilty in that case, but stayed in jail to avoid the possibility of being sent to Florida to be arrested on charges of possessing contraband and drugs while in the Bay County Jail in May.
He is also charged in Florida with using minors in sexual performances, conspiring to use minors in sexual performances and prostitution.
Dude might be spending a fair amount of time in jail....
