Open Bar: ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Yeah, they're pretty much  the worst people ever.

Thomas Jefferson had the right of it.  Calvinists don't worship Jesus, they worship something that we haven't even had nightmares about yet.

This is more or less why I am functionally a deist.  Which would horrify the Jesuit teachers I used to have.

[Reginald Ret]

Okay, back from hospital.

It's bronchial pneumonia.  In the very very earliest stages (advanced bronchitis, not yet into lungs).  One Z-pack later, I should be fine.

So I shall spend the next 72 hours sequestered in my fortress of arrogance, which is full of things stolen from your homes, ancient artifacts taken by force from small countries, and two evil women.

And you will do what we say.  Because we have the nuclear missiles.

Didn't you say you got the shot this year? How long before you came down with this? I'm curious. I need to go get my shot but the irony is that by the time it reaches peak immunity it'll be mid-late January, well past peak season. But, you know, no insurance until the 1st and I spent all my money on Yule for the kids.

Yeah.  The shot this year, according to the doc, is about 40% effective.  My flu only lasted 6 days instead of 2-3 weeks, but the flu shot doesn't do shit for the weird opportunistic bacterial thingie that tends to get transmitted alongside the virus in many cases (including my own).

So, better than nothing, but not a guarantee.

And not nearly enough people are getting flu shots to allow herd immunity, both because of cost and because of Andrew Fucking Wakefield.

Glad you got the shot, since the full deal could have been really bad.

The shot ought to be free to everyone.  If that's not "in the general welfare of the nation", then I don't know what the fuck is.  Our company pays for ours entirely, AND for our immediate family, because it means less sick time.

Now imagine if everyone was able to get one.

Silly Roger, using logic when management has clear instructions on what to do when, where, and how. Does he not know we should have no regard for prole metrics like ethics, common sense, and logic.

On a sidenote: You guys are regularly not wrong about such things, I have to rethink/research my opinion of flu-vaccinations. Does anyone have links they recommend?

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

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[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Regret, I like the CDC website: http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/keyfacts.htm

[Reginald Ret]

Regret, I like the CDC website: http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/keyfacts.htm

Thanks, bookmarked.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

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As much fun as it looks, I'm never rejoining that board, at least as long as Jonathan Bost is still around.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

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As much fun as it looks, I'm never rejoining that board, at least as long as Jonathan Bost is still around.

I don't know if he's around, I have him blocked. Which means he can't see my thread, which is sucking up all of the activity. 

[The Good Reverend Roger]

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As much fun as it looks, I'm never rejoining that board, at least as long as Jonathan Bost is still around.

I don't know if he's around, I have him blocked. Which means he can't see my thread, which is sucking up all of the activity. 

Hmm...Well, tell ya what.  I'll join, you approve me.

Then tomorrow morning, we PREACH THE GOOD WORD.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Applied to join.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

Annnnnd...IN. 

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

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As much fun as it looks, I'm never rejoining that board, at least as long as Jonathan Bost is still around.

I don't know if he's around, I have him blocked. Which means he can't see my thread, which is sucking up all of the activity. 

Hmm...Well, tell ya what.  I'll join, you approve me.

Then tomorrow morning, we PREACH THE GOOD WORD.

YEP YEP YEP!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Jesus, I'm glad that someone finally objected to me comparing the ICP discography to the Iliad.  Although nobody objected to my comparing it to the Bible, or equating Vanilla Ice with the Apostle Paul.

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

Jesus, I'm glad that someone finally objected to me comparing the ICP discography to the Iliad.  Although nobody objected to my comparing it to the Bible, or equating Vanilla Ice with the Apostle Paul.

That is genius.  We need a little ICP clown-face smiley.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Jesus, I'm glad that someone finally objected to me comparing the ICP discography to the Iliad.  Although nobody objected to my comparing it to the Bible, or equating Vanilla Ice with the Apostle Paul.

That is genius.  We need a little ICP clown-face smiley.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Oh man, this is REALLY gonna piss off the hipster-haters: http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2013/12/portland_named_best_american_c.html

Portland named best American city in 2013

You may pop the champagne.

Portland made it to the top of "America's 10 Best Cities for 2013" list – a "meta-ranking" of real estate blog Movoto, based on other rankings such as America's nerdiest cities, best cities for movie lovers and best cities for meat lovers.

The City of Roses leads a list that also includes, in order, Atlanta, Seattle, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Raleigh, San Diego, Denver, Miami and Las Vegas.

The ranking considered the 50 largest cities in the United States, and is basically a blend of previous rankings the real estate blog put together this year.

"It was an epic process," writes content editor Randy Nelson, "but when all of these seemingly incongruous rankings were fused together like in some mad scientist's experiment, emerging from the smoke and sparks to claim its title of the best city in America for 2013 was Portland, OR."

Portland also ranked best city for movie lovers and second nerdiest city. It placed fourth among funniest, most steampunk and best cities for food lovers. Its poorest performance was on the "America's Most Saintly Cities" list, where it ranked no. 34.

What do you think about the ranking? What makes a city "the best"? What do you like most about Portland?

-- Simina Mistreanu

Seattle's gonna shit itself.