The Scrabbled: Making Fun of Each Other since '99

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I’m considering getting my gentleman caller a new receiver…

What the hell happens if a hurricane goes through the oil spill?

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Let’s talk about milk. I’ve been a big fan of whole milk for a long time. I like waking up in the middle of the night and pouring out a big old glass of milk. I usually drink it in one gulp and it’s very fulfilling.

Anyway, I’ve been going the skim milk route for about 2 years now. Occasionally, I’ll go back to the old favorite. This is what brought me to post about milk.

I just had a cold glass of whole milk. It tasted like heavy cream (after my skim-conversion). Here’s the catch though: I liked it.

What are your thoughts on milk?

even though i have a computer in front of me

Just finished listening to Tim, by The Replacements, for the second time today. So Good! The album came out in ’84 and they broke up in ’91 so there was never really a chance for me to get into them. What “before your time” albums do you really love?

You know, if not for the guilt and self-loathing.

And we’re not talking things you’re capable of eating entire packages or containers of, but things you’re tempted — nay, compelled — to finish in a single sitting.

i know it’s a ridiculous made-up holiday, but seriously, you doin’ anything?

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Does anyone here know of any online or print “zines” (i threw up a little typing that word)or music websites that’ll review a band’s CD? Anything to give my band some press? Everything I seem to find has to do with punk/hardcore.

we are not punk/hardcore.

I live in Perth Amboy with two brothers. Their father hunts/fishes often. There is a fridge in the basement full of meat. No, I don’t think Mr. Gregory hunts goat, but alas, there are goat chops.

Does anyone have an suggestions/recipes/ideas for me? I just made some delicious red curry chicken soup over the weekend, so I’m certainly in the mood for something with some foreign panache. Maybe something Greek?

Been thinking about the nature of opinion and how we’re allowed to have some opinions, but others can be viewed as snobbish. This lead me to the question, is there such a thing as bad art? Why or why not?

everyone have a good one?

Bored now.

Who does Batman best?

What do you guys like to eat on road trips? I made it from Phoenix, AZ to Odessa, TX on sunflower seeds and diet mt. dew (I’ll admit, I stopped for lunch). You?

it’s codeine and my doctor prescribed it for my cough yesterday.

The internet is less than helpful; Amazon reviews even on the best product range from great to worthless.

have we talked about this yet?

My speakers I had for about 6 years have finally died. I had a set of Altec Lansings that were ok.

Anything good? Anything interesting?

after the jump

that dogs should never be named again…

Inspiration for this idea came from LA Weekly

Imagine the zombie apocalypse has finally happened, you struggle to live each day fighting off the horde and scavenging for resources. You stumble across an abandoned radio statio, the transmitter doesn’t work but one of the dual tape players does. You only have time to make one mix tape before the zombies break through the station door. What’s your zombie apocalypse playlist?

So I’m watching Bones on TNT, as I sometimes do when their Law & Order jag ends, and there’s this girl on it who is almost flawless.

She’s so pretty I sometimes think she might be CGI. So pretty, in fact, that she is completely unremarkable.

I put it to you, TheScrabbled: who are your top 5 “attractive” people that you find aesthetically banal?

My #1 after the jump.

I had a funny thought on the way home from work today: the drum beat from The Decemberists’ “The Sporting Life” (and, perhaps more famously, Iggy Pop’s “Lust for Life”) is the happiest drum beat I can think of.

Seriously. It’s impossible for me to think of a happier drum beat at the moment of writing this. It made me wonder if this particular beat had a name, you know? Oh, yeah, that’s the old Chedderworth Shuffle. Something like that…

But now I put it to you: what beats do you associate with a single emotion? Or, perhaps more appropriately, what drum beats force you into a specific mood?

As defined by today’s AVclub posting, “drop everything” movies are those flicks that you come across while flicking through channels and instantly drop everything to continue watching.

For me, it’s Ghostbusters, Aliens, Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, Commando, and pretty much anything distributed by Cannon Films during the 1980’s.

What are yours?