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Kyle

Yeesh.

Kyle

Tahlvin wrote: ↑Fri Mar 19, 2021 9:47 am Being fully vaccinated, with enough time to build up to maximum to maximum immunity, would be my requirement. And even then, I would still wear a mask while in the airport and on the plane.

Yeah- I should add that to my answer- I'd still wear a mask in public/shared spaces.

Kyle

I know this sounds crass, but this is an issue I just don't care about. And I'm not saying this to shit on the thread- because I know a lot of people think this is really important. But since we've restored a moderate sense of normalcy with our government, I've taken a step back and reevaluated how ...

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I'm getting my first shot today. I'm three months out from recovering from Covid. Which means in two weeks, my immunity will be far higher than people who never had Covid but are fully immunized. At that point (two weeks from today), I'll feel comfortable doing anything. Unless of course we discover...

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Tahlvin wrote: ↑Fri Mar 19, 2021 7:19 am 1990 #9:

More like Cradle of PHONY! Amiright? Y'all? Amiright? You know what I'm saying. This guy over here gets it.

Kyle

We’re still good. Another bland song.

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THAT’S 6 LOUIE ANDERSONS! IN PENGUIN PEE!

Kyle

Here's the thing too- this assumes that all pee (even if it's really pee) turns to ice. Which is horseshit. Just like with ice, there's sublimation and wash off into the unfrozen ocean.

I agree. This was a theoretical thing that was invented to piss me off.

Kyle

Mike wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 1:37 pm Penguins don't pee. They're birds. They drop guano.

Actually, due to their body's super conservation of water, they do have a function to excrete uric acid. So that's really pee.

But that many Big Macs? No way that's true.

Kyle

There's no way that's true.

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THAT'S 4,409,200,000,000 BIG MACS! IN PENGUIN PEE!

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THAT'S 2,382,578 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONS (if it were on earth, of course, because in space it weighs nothing)

IN PENGUIN PEE!

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8,479,230,769 DUANE "THE ROCK" JOHNSONS!

IN PENGUIN PEE!

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THAT'S THE EQUIVALENT OF 8,818,400 STATUES OF LIBERTY! IN PENGUIN PEE!

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Well, over half the salt in the ocean is from whale semen. I'm being serious, sir. I tried googling that fact and it only gave me results for Santasm. How dare you. Look- here's what I'm saying, almost 800,000 gigatons of frozen penguin pee. That just can't be true. What other things weigh that muc...

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"Three percent of the ice in Antarctica is made of penguin pee." I read this. I couldn't believe it. I googled it. It is oft-repeated as a Stone Cold Fact®, but I can't find a reliable source that says it. There's no way this is true. The ice in antarctica is "up to 3 miles deep and c...

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Change of Seasons: A Memoir- by John Oates. I loved it. Read about how much I love it in this thread dedicated to the book.

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It’s over now.

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Good morning!

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My oldest son and I are getting our first shots tomorrow.

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2021 #5:

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For some reason I always associate Mike and the Mechanics with the King/Straub book the Talisman. Is that just me? Did I read it when Mike and the Mechanics was a thing? It must have been the timing. I've never made the association before, but hearing you say it made something click, like an associ...

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Agreed! Football was sacrosanct at Thompson's place. On Sunday's and (most importantly) Monday night, he would invite all sorts of weirdos, artists, bruisers and locals to watch football. When the game was on, no one was allowed to speak. When the commercials started, he muted the TV and held court,...

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For some reason I always associate Mike and the Mechanics with the King/Straub book the Talisman. Is that just me? Did I read it when Mike and the Mechanics was a thing?

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poorpete wrote: ↑Wed Mar 17, 2021 9:45 am ! !

Also- this makes me laugh everytime I see it. I literally say to my empty office, "Toot toot! Honk honk!"

Kyle

So awesome. Happy birthday, friend.

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Well everyone, all good things must come to an end, and so it is with Change of Seasons. I have finished it. But let me tell you- it goes out with a literal bang. So the great news is this: Oates got his money back! He hired a team of lawyers who investigated the record companies' accounting practic...

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Good morning to you, gentle friend!

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Mike wrote: ↑Tue Mar 16, 2021 3:16 pmThe worst.

Wow. No kidding. This came out when I lived in Japan, so this is the first time I’ve heard it. So bad.

Kyle

#OatesGate

#SaveTheStache

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I'm not sure why this is so fascinating, but it is. Did he say anything about writing new music to help pay off the debt? I would think that playing shows and releasing new music would help. Of course it's possible that they did release new music and I never heard it. Not really. He's proud of the ...

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Finally, he describes when he and Daryl- trapped in a giant prop bass drum for one of their videos- looked at each other and decided they were tired of the grind. They'd sold over 80 million albums and been on tour essentially non-stop for the past twenty years. It wasn't that they didn't want to w...

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So great story, the day after he shaved off the stache, he's in the airport and Miles Davis (!) was there because they'd performed the same show. Davis gets right up in Oates' beak for a solid minute and just stares at his upper lip. Then says, "Makes the lovin' that much better." And they...

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Oh my god! So much! I had to drive into my Austin office, so I had over an hour to listen. Y'all! So much! First, let me again say that Oates is a class act. It is very clear, and he explicitly admits in a couple of places, that he lived debaucherously like the mega-celebrity he was. But he doesn't ...

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Mike wrote: ↑Tue Mar 16, 2021 9:52 am The problem was that people don't like being deceived when they aren't in on the joke.

Why didn't you tell me this BEFORE we recorded over 100 episodes of the Animalcast?

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Good morning!

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Here's 75% and above (but only ones I recognize): Jerry Seinfeld (Seinfeld): 78% Jim Halpert (The Office): 76% Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jurassic Park): 76% Benjamin 'Hawkeye' Pierce (M*A*S*H): 76% Peter Venkman (Ghostbusters): 76% Tyrion Lannister (Game of Thrones): 75% Chandler Bing (Friends): 75% Marty Mi...

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Again, I'm surprised by Oates gleaning over the biggest albums and high points of his career in the 80s- but you what? It's his story and he can tell it the way he wants. He goes into detail about his professional racing career and the nasty accident that scared him so bad he quit racing forever. To...

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Richard Marx is the Sugar Ray of his era.

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Stan wrote: ↑Sun Mar 14, 2021 12:09 pm
Kyle wrote: ↑Sun Mar 14, 2021 12:04 pm Oh, if we had only won that Ennie Award.
Awww.
If you record the song, I'll listen to it.

We’d have to do a video. It was more of a performance piece.

Kyle

Oh, if we had only won that Ennie Award.

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Good morning!

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Good morning!

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Mike wrote: ↑Fri Mar 12, 2021 11:40 amI knew it!

"Why won't you set your monkey free?"

It's about his penis. And how it's trapped in his pants.

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Correction- I spoke earlier about how X-Static was the first album they self-produced and that was incorrect. That's the one where the transitioned from a producer to self-produced. Voices was their first album to be completely self-produced. So now I'm at this weird part of the book where he really...

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Let me take a moment and suggest that all of you go listen to Voices right now. Do yourself a favor. I think this is in the top 5 of best pop albums for me. Seriously. And here's the thing-- Kiss on Your List? That might be my least favorite song on this album-- and it was a #1 smash hit! Honestly, ...

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Nah- that's about sex too.

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Ha! Thanks!

I'm actually really glad I did this. I'm really coming to appreciate a band that I thought was just pop sell-outs. But the story is just fascinating to me.

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Richard Marx. I forgot he was a thing.

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Explain to me why that was a hit and Debbie Gibson was a star, but Rebecca Black and Friday were ridiculed and shamed mercilessly. Honestly, I can't see that much of a difference.

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