557 Words In A Hurry
I tried to do the right thing yesterday with the Replacements CDs, I really did. I went to the independent record store (the last one in existence?), gave the “you may approach the throne” cashier a sup?, and checked out their prices on the reissues.
And then drove to Best Buy…
It’s a shame, because I’d much rather give my money to the good guys, but they were asking me to fork over $17.99 per disc. And that’s a lot to ask of an aging hipster.
Best Buy only had three of the eight reissues: Let It Be, Tim, and Pleased to Meet Me (the Trilogy of Greatness). But they were priced at a more reasonable $14.99. I bought the latter two, and saved enough to almost cover my lunch at Five Guys.
I tried to do the right thing, I really did. The good news: the CDs sound fantastic, and the bonus tracks are great. And it’s long overdue, because the CDs Warner Bros. released were flat and lifeless. Once again Rhino Records saves the day; it’s better living through Rhino.
I now have six of the eight, and will be closing out the category in short order. As it says in the Bible, that shit is essential.
I also had my Greg Brady hair professionally tamed yesterday, and it’s getting grayer and grayer. An alarming turn of events: before long I’m going to look like Orville Redenbacher. I’m not losing it, which is good, but it’s going white on me, big time.
The woman at the hair-cutting place said it’s no big deal, because it doesn’t make a man look old. Women, she said, don’t get off so easily. Do you agree with that? I’m not sure I do.
And would you ever consider trying to cover up gray hair? No way in hell I’d do such a thing (I think it would be so obvious it could be spotted from aircraft), but people are different…
I accomplished a lot during my 18-hour weekend yesterday, but the new NASA computer is still boxed-up in the family room floor.
I kinda dread monkeying around with that thing, if you want to know the truth. It’ll be great once I’m settled-in, but I don’t look forward to reinstalling programs, and moving essential files from one machine to the other.
I have an external hard drive, so I guess I can just drag stuff over to it, then drag it back to the new computer. Right?
Yeah, it sounds easy. And that’s the hilarious part.
And speaking of computers, what’s the purpose of the INSERT button on a keyboard? Why does it exist? I’ve never used it, and can’t imagine ever needing to. Typing while backwards-erasing letters already there? How helpful!
I think it’s designed to be accidentally executed, and piss every one of us off. Is that its purpose? I’m convinced it is.
Finally, did any of you watch Life on Mars last night? We have it saved to the DVR, and might watch it tonight. Any early opinions? If so, let’s hear ‘em. Without giving anything essential away, if you don’t mind…
And I know this one’s kinda short, but I’m working under duress here. I should have already left for work, and it’s a miracle I got anything posted.
I’ll do better next time, I promise.
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The insert button is a toggle button to switch between insert and overtype, mainly used for word processing. I found this out accidentally one day.
Yeah, I think the “insert” button is more a hold-over from old DOS days. Don’t use it at all in Word or anything else I can think of. But it will momentarily baffle me if the key gets accidentally pressed.
Wow, top 5! Hair stays as-is.
Wow, i’m here early. No dyin the hair for me. Insert button is Ri-god damn-diculous.
Top 10!! Aloha Friday!!
Tada!
You know they are still using Orville Redenbacher in commercials. Seems kind of creepy considering he’s been dead for some years. I still put salt on my Froot Loops so what do I know?
I see you listen to the Vampire Weekend. My wife and I caught their show at the Pageant here in St. Louis last month. The show was excellent. I was curious if their unique sound would translate to a live show and they pull it off excellently. The show was short though. The singer said they’d, “play every song we know” and the whole thing lasted about an hour. Still worth seeing though.
Vampire Weekend got real old when I heard Punk for the fourth time.
Yeah, I’m not sure what that sentence really meant either.
Top ten JR? where the hell is my coffee!!!
Hair didn;t have time to go gray as it was falling out, so now, totally bald!!!
I will defend the insert button until the day I die. It gets lonely over there with all of those negative-sounding keys (delete/end). Poor guy.
Austin is right about the insert key. it’s a hold over from the old days when text processing wasn’t as easy.
I currently dye my hair to cover the mousy brown - I am waiting for the amount of grey to overcome the brown, and the will stop dying my hair and pretend I look as good as Emmylou Harris.
Went to the independent Music store here and they had nada. I was sad, their selection is dwindling so. They did have a Cheech and Chong lunch box and tons of incense, I was tempted. They are turning into more of a head shop than a record store. At least they do still offer vinyl.
My throw down music store joke:
Q: How many music store employees does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: It’s a really obscure number, you’ve probably never heard of it.
INSERT is there the eff with you by driving you nuts because the damed thing keeps TYPING OVER stuff instead of…. sorry, college flashback.
I watched Life on Mars. I enjoyed it but I can’t see how they are going to extend the premise for very long.
I don’t think I’ll ever try to cover up gray hair. If I do I may take the opportunity to change my hair color altogether - maybe to fire engine red or jet black.
It took me a while to notice the “insert” button. Sometimes I’d accidentally hit it and then notice the strange backwards delete thing. I don’t like it at all. And thank God I finally figured out how to switch it back to normal.
I won’t cover the gray. There’s some now at the temples. Soon I’ll look distinguished. Right?
My wife recently had a bad experience with a box of hair dye and got something that would take the color out. It was the first time I saw her real hair color in I don’t know how long. She was worried about a few grey hairs (I saw none) and wanted to color it again. I begged her not to change it, I thought she really looked great.
She changed it.
Not dying my hair is not an option. I can’t help that I feel like I’m 16 (inner me) and have 45 YO hair (outer me). Can anyone explain the ass or face comment about aging to me? Why can’t I have both, again?
On a happier note. TG the markets are closed on Monday…
Jorge– It’s nice to know you’re reading the same time as me. Have a great weekend!
I don’t know.. it really ages some people period (the grey). I would keep mine though because I am 31 and I look like I am 16. I am sure I should be thrilled about that, but mostly it is just annoying. In 5 years I will be thrilled.
I think that some women look great with silver hair; if it is thick and full. but thin gray hair looks ratty to me. I am 32 and have yet to find any pigment change in my locks. but I am a blond so that maybe hard to find.
on the insert key…it is usless right? I have never hit it or needed it. perphaps the keyboard design guys needed a little key to make the 6 rows the same lenght and added the INSERT key because they inserted it. ?????
I have had black hair all my life. When greys show up, they REALLY show up. So, I do color it, but I’ve found one brand with a shade that is nearly identical to my original color. I’ve been covering the greys for years now. For men, I don’t think the need/desire to color their hair is as important as it is for women. The Evil Twin got lucky and went bald before any chance of grey hair.
I cover up my gray with my underwear.
life on mars was a british show first… i just know the us version will ruin it… i want it to work, but… i dunno…
No top ten? The bloom of my life begins to fade
Have plenty of gray hair - no color (my brother does however - vain bastard).
I’ve already decided against “Life on Mars” because it’s trying to resurrect the career of Lisa Bonet - someone who’s career should not be resurrected. Plus, how many “The Seventies Are The New Fad, So How Many Shows Can We Make Based In The Seventies With People Wearing Bellbottoms And Whatnot” shows do we need?
None, I say. Let the seventies (and their leisure suits) go.
I would dye my hair but since i wear a squirrel on my head the S.P.C.A. would be all over me.
Gray hairs have been creeping up on me the last few years. Being blonde helps hide them, but when I check out the men’s hair dyes (just out of curiosity) I never see any for blonde hair. Usually a hair cut will take out the majority of the gray hairs. I can not grow a beard since it all comes in gray. Even trimmed down some chest hairs to remove some gray. Eventually it will be a lost cause, but if I can stall it for a little while longer, then why the hell not?
Started going gray at 12, and am now a deep silver salt and pepper at 37.
At just shy of 48, no grey on top but a few show up in the beard now. Just went to my 30th reunion and I was the only one with a full head/no grey. Life on Mars was pretty good…we’ll sse if it lasts.
My husband, who claims I caused it in the first place, has gone nearly completely white and someone last week called him Santa Claus. That we do not appreciate. Trust me, it’s worse than the first time someone calls you sir or ma’am.
Your warranty is going to be over and done with on your new/getting old Nasa computer before you open it up, isn’t it?
The insert key changes what happens when you type in old apps. Either inserting new text when you cursor over to repair or add data, or it’ll “overstrike” the text to the right of the cursor.
I wouldn’t cover up gray. It is what it is.
i shave my head ’cause i’m going bald. it’s bad too because my hairs thick and i have a few bald/thinging spots. i wish it’d just go bald but whatever. the only thing that looks good is shaved.
i found a gray chest hair. and a few others… even lower…
I’m 47 and still waiting for my first gray hair. I don’t go out in the sun much. Mostly though, I think I’ve been blessed with some lucky genes. My grandmother never did go gray. She died at 84 with dark reddish-brown hair. My mother isn’t gray either.
Life on Mars was good but I like Life, the NBC drama on Friday nights, much better. I also enjoy Fringe on Fox. Good shows.
Well, they always say sarcasm doesn’t always come across in type. I get your point about the insert key. We have so many computer-illiterates at my work that, often, one of them WILL accidentally push the insert key and not know what the hell happened. They’ll call me on the phone in a panic that everything is being erased as they type. They, actually, are in a panic and have no idea what has just happened. It just cracks me up to be able to walk over to their keyboard, hit one key and then say “fixed” and walk away…..
Grey hair is nice with black hair but not brown. So, I freely admit to “dark brown” every couple of weeks. The very first grey came in at 28 and 18 years later is still sparse, maybe 10% of total.
“Life on Mars” was interesting. I didn’t catch the BBC production so I can’t compare. Again, we’ll see how long it lasts. Did like the musical selections.
Been getting gray hair since I was 25, losing it since I was 35. I just crop it high and tight and don’t have to worry about it. My wife says I look a lot like Sgt. Carter from Gomer Pyle.
Watched Life on Mars and it was pretty good. I also don’t know how they plan on dragging the premise out for more than one season…but then Lost is still on. Really enjoyed the music and Harvey Keitel but don’t think I will be able to stick with it long term.
No gray, full head of hair at 51. I actually got carded when buying beer last month. The woman saw my age on my driver’s license and told me, “You should consider this big compliment! I thought you were in your 20s.”
Thanks Mom for your genes! She’s 77 and looks like she’s 40.
Some “distinguished grey” happening here to my sometimes-too-thick dark brown hair. And the hair’s not going anywhere. At 55, I have no complaints in that department.
You nailed it, clint. I’m a huge advocate of choosing parents with good genes. Dad’s 80, Mom’s 78, and they both look (and act) like they’re in their 60’s. Of course, they don’t drink like I do, so I guess I’ll find out whether or not that’s a factor.
The Insert key is there basically for the same reason that Pause/break is there: because it always has been. Not literally always - I think the keyboard design we use now really dates to the introduction of the IBM Type M around 1980-ish. But I could be wrong. What irks me a lot more is those “windows”-specific keys that have been encroaching on my spacebar lo these many years. It would be different if I had a choice, but just try and find a keyboard without them.
Advice on going bald from Esquire magazine…
If you are balding and don’t care, forget about it.
If you are balding and do care, don’t fool around, just shave your head. You’ll look a hell of a lot better.
(Personally, I am and I don’t.)
Today’s quote: “Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.” Mark Twain
Gray hair on guys looks fine. Don’t worry about coloring it.
Gray hair on women - depends. Hate seeing older ladies with long gray hair - just cut it (like the old hippies that were just on Amazing Race..yuck). Otherwise, who cares if you are going gray? Do you really don’t think people realize you are getting older?
Jawl know that you can buy a share of General Motors for less than five bucks right now? Holy shitballs.
Good Evening Surf Reporters! Greetings from Central Florida, where, at 9:00 at night, is hotter and muggier than the Devil’s ass crack and ball sweat. It’s a much needed vacation and I’m making the most of it for the 10 days I’m here.
Insert key? I use it at work quite a bit. My F & I system is run by Reynolds and Reynolds, and is on the old AS400 platform. When I’m loading a deal and need to add to an address, tab to that info field and insert space, making room for more. So I must be one of the few that execute that keystroke.
Grey(gray?) hair? Sorry, but I’m a redhead. I do believe redheads don’t go grey(gray?)
OK folks, which way do you spell it? Grey or gray?
Final note. Got to the parent’s house here in Florida. Get settled in and hit the ‘fridge for a cold one, maybe couple two, tree beers. There were 2 Yeungling bottles(delicious and quickly consumed) and a 6 pack of *ahem* Bud Light Lime(Lime, for chrissakes!!). Yes, yes, I compromised my integrity and broke into that sixer. My review of BLL? meh, it’s cold. That’s about the best thing I can say about that.
JCIII, I’d put Bud Light Lime in the same class as “Miller Lite” and “Corona”. If you have to cover it up with lime or drunkeness, it’s probaby crap.
For the record, I think most all of Sam Adam’s beers are crap. They make a lot of hay of how much hops they add. Hops makes it bitter. Then they call it a “man’s beer”. My ass. Maybe if a “man’s beer” started with licking another man’s armpit.
Sorry. I don’t mean to offend all of the armpit lickers out there.
I hope to hell that nobody here votes for Obama!
There it is; someone had to do it.
Skully,
Most states are spoken for, like it or not. But good for you. That was brave.
I’ve used “Just For Men” since it came out. When was that? About 1980 or so? I’m not totally gray at all, but it just pulls things together. I’m not even sure what my real color is, and I’m making sure no one else is either. If you’ve got brown hair, use number 35H (medium brown). No one will ever know the difference. I guarantee it. Even my barber doesn’t know. Takes 5 minutes. I don’t need to go through that “dealing with gray” crap. And I won’t.
GObama go! Yessir, thank you, thank you.
Yes We Can brothers and sisters, yes we can.
Jesus fucking christ you go to the indie record store to buy a cd and help them stay in business and you won’t fork over an extra THREE fucking dollars to help them stay in business? You are getting old.
I’m going to send you THREE fucking dollars and I hope the next time you’re in the store you buy a new CD, and I hope it’s a shitty one, like that Kid Rock fellow that has outlived his 15 minutes.
JCIII
You knew this was going to happen as soon as the Busch fambly sold the Budweiser name to the Franco-Belgian surrender monkeys. Plus, they ruined good old Rolling Rock also.
Gimme a Coors, thanks. Or, better still, a Beck’s.
(One quote/day - that’s all you’ns get.)
I started going grey at 13. I am 38 and did color it for about 15 years until 2 years ago…I just couldnt take it anymore…I was becoming a high maintenance chick…So now I let my freak flag fly.
As a woman you need to have a pretty interesting personality to get away with it. That and a hip cut. I have both. I am sassy and funny and sport a cute little flippy bob. Or so I’m told…either that or I am a raging “C” and people are afraid to tell me I look like shit.
I started going gray when I turned 32…just like my mum. I sometimes color it for fun, but generally leave it alone. For now, I simply have a “skunk stripe” on the right side.
My husband says that it “gives me character”. Whatever.
My eleven year old niece has had a strip of gray/white hair since she was about four. We don’t know why.
Gray hair has no chance around thsi old cranium. I don’t even know what color my hair is SUPPOSED to be. It’s “copper penny” for me every 6 weeks or so. I mean, I can’t grow a beard to play with, so I go for color.
Dear Skully - wow.
I got a phone call the other night that confereneced me in to a town hall meeting with our local US Congressman. We were allowed to ask questiosn and I listened to a few, along with the answers.
After a few minutes I realized that it was highly likely the next question was going to be “Have you seen my baseball?” and the answer was was going to mention the “National Pastime”, call for further study of the infield fly rule, and be followed by a list of other sports that are also played with balls.
Realizing that we’re doomed no matter who moves into the White House or any other public office, I hung up.
If it’s grey at the temples, have your barber mow it down with the clippers on 1 or 0. It’s just like the way a freshly mowed lawn hides the brown grass. You’ll look like a bad ass mofo in the process. Then, grow a beard or goatee and hit the grey in that sucka with Just for Men. It’s easier to dye a beard grey–or am I deceiving myself?
I went hunting with this guy one time and I he left some maskera in the bathroom. I thought it was weird, but forgot about it. The next day we got caught in the rain and his shirt was black. He was using maskera to cover the gray (grey) in his beard. He was really emberassed, the look on my face probably didn’t help.
I told him that I’d just shave it off. It was very strange looking, alternating stripes of gray (grey) and black.
I read a study once that suggests that men who dye their hair are at higher risk for bladder cancer. Happy dying!
Brenda - I had no that some idea men dyed the hair near their bladders. How vain. As for me I wear a merkin.
Um. sorrry. I started talking like Yoda all of the sudden. It’s supposed to read,“I had no idea that some men…..”
Life on Mars: Watch the British original! Much Better!
At 45 my blonde hair is showing some grey at the temples and i dont dye it. I do have a beard that i keep trimmed short, it comes in brown besides an almost grey/white spot the size of a quarter on my chin, it gets the “just for men” dabbed on it every couple of weeks.
My wife made me a batch of chocolate covered bacon. It took some trial and error, but she ended up with something beautiful. She used applewood smoked bacon and milk chocolate morsels. And she put chopped almonds atop it. The rough recipe is as follows:
1 Package Applewood Smoked Bacon
1 Package Milk Chocolate Morsels
1/4 cup chopped almonds.
Parchment paper
Cook bacon until crisp. IT MUST BE CRISP. Meanwhile, melt chocolate morsels in double boiler.
Once bacon is crisp allow it to cool on paper towels. Dip bacon in chocolate and lay on a sheet of parchment paper. Sprinkle bacon with chopped almonds. Allow an hour to set.
It’s frikken delicious. Here’s a picture of our finished product:
http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/8633/baconrm7.jpg
“Women, she said, don’t get off so easily.”
Goddamn right they don’t. It takes them forever to get off. Plus half the time they never let you know what is working and what isn’t so you’re blindly pulling moves from your bag of tricks and don’t have a clue if they’re working or not. Shit, give me some signals, semaphores, smoke signals, flash the nav lights, damn just say something, tell me what is working and what doesn’t so I’m not down there wasting my time.
I was allowed a few hours away from my all-consuming job yesterday afternoon:
http://tinyurl.com/44hyzp
It’s the best time of year! And damn near the kick-off of Bourbon Season.
My children will get no inheritance as I will spend every last dime to color my hair. Men do get the benefit of looking distinguished, some not all.
Hey Jeff, I actually live in Columbus Ohio, and I know exactly where that Singing Dog Record shop is. There is only one in Columbus and it is on High St. It is still there too. Located on O.S.U. campus, is is easily the best indie record shop around except for Magnolia Thunderpussy, also located on O.S.U. campus. Once at singing dog back in the late 90’s i bought a special edition I.C.P. cd and they were the only place in Columbus that carried it! All Hail the Singing Dog!
Brenda - that means David Bowie’s bladder should have given out back in the 70’s
Jason, bacon dipped in chocolate. You are scaring me again!!!
Shiny Rod - bacon dipped in chocolate is wonderful. Believe me.
JCIII - Redheads do indeed go gray. Ask my sister who you used to have redder hair than me, but now is complimented on her blonde hair and highlights.
I have more and more grey every day. I colored for a couple of years, but reds never look natural and I don’t want to look like a fake redhead. I’d rather be grey and a natural redhead than have someone think I’m a fake redhead just because it’s cool now.
I stopped colouring mine when I had to do it every six weeks or so. Who can stand the mess? I’m pretty much completely steely-grey with black streaks and I think it looks nice if I do say so myself. I like to notice the women out there with grey, stylish hair and complement them if I can. It’s all in the style.