Chicago: They paved a fetid swamp/and put up a parking lot

Ryan Gosling

*snert*

no idea what you guys are talking about tbh

It's ok.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preacher_(comics)

yeah i still have no idea but if y'all are amused, i'm amused

There is a comic book. It is called Preacher, like your homie's movie. Kenan (and me and lots of ther fans of the comic i bet) would like a movie to be made from the comic.

Subjoke - Arseface has a face like an arse due to a botched suicide attempt w/ shotgun and Ryan Gosling, being dreamy, is a silly choice to play him.

I thought I heard at one point they were either developing a movie or an HBO series for Preacher the comic.

Oh, I see you already delved into that a little. Is that Gosling thing a rumor?

I think the Gosling thing was a joke.

I thought so too, but, given we now have a Battleship movie, nothing surprises me from Hollywood.

I dunno... the Battleship movie still surprises me every time I think about it. Not in a good way, but it is a form of surprise.

Fair point.

i'm hungry

Me too, and I'm totally tempted to hit McDonald's. I'm fighting the urge hard. I think I need to call my sponsor.

I'm starving. Think I'm going to go get Epic Burger.

I (and Jenny, too) will help you, Kenan: Go to McDonald's. Do it. You will be happy you did.

Yeah, sometimes it has to be done.

Not only has to be done. Sometimes it's A Good Thing. I'd even go so far as to say, sometimes you'll find yourself Lovin' It.

I walked past a McD's today and saw that they have a "Rolo McFlurry" and I wondered two things

* Rolo? Really? Who eats Rolos? There is a candy I never thought I would see hyped at McD's because I forgot it existed.
* It made me remember that I would like to see a movie called Failed Pitch Meeting that is all about ill-conceived products that failed after the pitch meeting

Do Caramellos still exist?

Yeah -- they're made by Cadbury, I think? Rolo must be made by Mars. I wonder what the Rolo people did to deserve this sort of placement?! Who is on the Rolo promo team? I'm just curious.

Amanda, that's exactly what I thought. Next: Chick O' Stick McFlurry?

Salted Nut Roll Frosty

As I mentioned in the shitty American hair thread, I spotted a free-range Kate Gosselin haircut on a woman today. So as of August of 2011 this look still exists.

http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2009/stylewatch/blog/090525/kate_gosselin_300x400.jpg

horrible! that has never been ok.

That hair was never good. She's actually kind of pretty but the hair ruins everything about her.

One time I was super broke and about to start my evening shift telemarketing shift scheduling free in home security system demos and I hadn't eaten dinner so with the 35 cents I managed to scrounge up I bought a pack of Rollos and ate them all on the steps of my work building and they were surprisingly sufficient as a meal. So I have kind of a soft spot for Rollos. They got me through a tough time.

One time in 1983 or so I was on an airplane to PA with my mom, and it was a really small plane. Before we got on the plane, I bought some Rolos as a treat. The flight was very turbulent, and I threw up Rolos and an orange into the barf bag. This is the last time I ate Rolos.

Also the first/last time I barfed into a barf bag.

Sorry I am so disgusting, but that is my Rolos memory. Yours is better, Yenny.

Mine has less barf but they are both beautiful memories in their own special ways.

I was once in the middle of a Caramello
And I discovered gold.

I like rolos a lot.

Does that mean that you purchase and eat them in 2011?

I guess they still make it into Halloween mixes, don't they. I must be out of touch with candy.

I don't think you are. They are a dated candy. No as much as Necco Wafers or shit like that, but they're not very relevant to our post-911 world.

If they take our Rolos, the terrorists win.

these look kinda old

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Rolo-Candies-US.jpg/800px-Rolo-Candies-US.jpg

I'm getting my sleep studied again tonight. I like hotels.

All this footage of the Outer Banks is making me a little homesick, even though I never lived there.

My wife is trying to talk me into going to a sleep clinic, but I'm super nervous about doing so.

I used to get so excited for hurricanes in eastern NC. So boring there otherwise.

Jon, there's nothing at all to be nervous about! It kind of sucks having wires taped all over you, but that's the worst of it.

Last night's study was to see how I did on a CPAP machine. They started it on level 4 of 10, and I was still snoring, so the tech cranked it up, and at 7 I stopped snoring. That's great, but seriously, fuck wearing a mask. It was the "smaller" mask that fit only over my nose, but it was still bulky, obtrusive, itchy, and really uncomfortable. I'm hoping my ENT follows through on his plan to get my insurance to pay for implants or/and surgery b/c I hate snoring, but a mask is not a sustainable solution!

Jeff, I would have gotten excited about hurricanes as a kid, too. Jenny gets upset when I say it, but I always used to want to ride one out. I still wouldn't mind holing up in a hurricane party. There is no way to deny that disasters are disasters, and it is not a denial of the disasterousness to say that for some people they also are or seem really stimulating. (Cf. Ed Norton's monologue at the beginning of Fight Club, which I'm sure some of you have thought independantally - when I'm on a plane that wobbles when landing, I both shit my pants and think "!!!!")

*independently

but a mask is not a sustainable solution

It is for my mother, who's been wearing one to sleep for about 10 years now.

Thanks for that Je55e, I really appreciate it. I'm willing to go if I think it will actually hep, but it is a bit of an intimidating process.

I would get excited for a hurricane too, tbh. I used to get really excited to watch when tornados were reported back when I was living in central Illinois. I ended up seeing three tornadoes on separate occasions that went right over our house.

jvc, do you think you have apnea?

W - I guess it will work. I dunno. I just can't imagine it being a long-term solution for me. I have some health issues, family history, and personality traits that make me feel really averse to being hooked up to machines. When I broke my skull, I was really agitated when people visited me b/c I don't like the look of tubes and machines. It's not rational, but I think it's valid in this case. I might have to be hooked to machines one day, but until then, I'm going to fight those pink robots. If it comes down to it, I will pay out of pocket for procedures.

I'm honestly not sure if I do, but it wouldn't surprise me to hear I did. My dad had it really bad and if I do have it, its a relatively minor case compared to him. But I do know that none of the traditional methods I've tried to stop snoring have worked and there is little consistency to it (i.e. its not like I always or solely snore when I sleep in a certain position, etc).

I have no idea what "I guess it will work" means. I think I meant to say "I'm glad it works for her" or something.

Jon, have you read about some treatments like soft palate pillar implants and ultrasonic ablution?

When Courtney had a studio apt., I would sleep over all the time, in her bed. We learned that I could intentionally stop my snoring sometimes, but I would not sleep well. If I was drunk, it wouldn't work, but if I was not, and I was snoring badly, she would order me to "do that thing" and it would work! I guess I just kept my throat tense while sleeping?

I usually can stop when I change my position, but trial and error has still not revealed that elusive "magic" position that I need to use. I've heard a little bit about those treatments, but starting to look into them more now.

Sorry to derail thread with snoring talk folks.