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Michael Roberts
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Tom had mentioned in one of the other threads Clooney was gay, I had a little crush on him, OK a big crush on him. When I was little, I used to watch only old movies, as a young girl I had a big, big crush on Rock Hudson, he was sooooo good looking, well we all know how that turned out.  Now if George Lucas and Tom Hanks are gay, my fantasy world is shot. LOL

But I do still have Talley and Al, so all is not lost. :0)

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So you like men with beards...

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Yes on some guys I think they look really good, ever since I read a story about Lucas and his children and what a great dad he was, I was pretty much hooked, then you throw in the creative aspect that makes him a homerun.  Both Lucas and Hanks seem like really good guys, the kind that you could just shoot the shit with and have a great time.

Are you stalking me, Michael? Cause that would be really cool.

LOL, does Michael have a brocrush? that is so cute.

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Joakim Jahlmar
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Jodi wrote:
"Now if George Lucas and Tom Hanks are gay, my fantasy world is shot. LOL

But I do still have Talley and Al, so all is not lost. :0)"

Well, Talley seems capable of filling in for Lucas (the phrase "attack of the clone" leaps to mind), but Al, in all honesty, seems a poor substitute for Hanks (sorry, Al, you just have to accept that it's your wife that carries the good looks in the family).

+ addition: Man with Beard!

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Um... I'm a man with beard, commonly known as "lazy beard."  I don't like to shave. 
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I haven't read the whole thing... : ) I just saw Al in here, and I make it policy to try and be where Al has been...

And if your big hero Al jumped off a cliff?  (Does that have the proper "mother of teenager" tone?  Jodi?)

Sorry, Michael, the price of membership is to read the entire thread and then summarize it in a sentence, all its leaps and twirls, subjects and bullet-points, jokes and bad puns.  Submit your response and we'll let you know when hazing will begin. 

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Tom, I have that beard as well, until my wife (almost typed girlfriend, whoops) reaches up and scratches at it with both hands and says; "Itchy!" Then I go shave.

Though I used to have an obsession with different styles of beard, I've had the fu manchu (which looked ridiculous on a 19 year old), a full beard, a van dyke, a goatee, muttonchops, and my favorite; a fu manchu with the mustache shaved off (like Ra's al Ghul, but fuller).

I was sporting that last one at a convention and it was the first time I was going to be reading to people in public so I decided that it would minimize my nervousness if I went in costume. Since the story was about a biker my costume followed suit. I cut off the sleeves of a jean jacket and covered it in harley davidson decals, put that over my leather jacket, wore a have a pyschotic day t-shirt and ripped black jeans, and topped it off with a harley bandana. The reading went well and as I was leaving the hotel a homeless man came up to me and asked for some change, I reached into my pocket and then he focused on me and told me to never mind and he walked away quickly. I wondered what that was about and then turned and caught a look at myself in a window and realized that the costume... didn't look like a costume and I looked like I was looking for a fight. Not quite the fun message I thought I was sending.

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Joakim Jahlmar
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Tom wrote:
"Sorry, Michael, the price of membership is to read the entire thread and then summarize it in a sentence, all its leaps and twirls, subjects and bullet-points, jokes and bad puns.  Submit your response and we'll let you know when hazing will begin."

Oh come on, Tom. Don't scare Al's acolyte away. It's hardly humanly possible to summarize all the twists and turns of the thread in one sentence (unless Michael goes James Joyce on our asses, and do we really want THAT?).

Stephen Swan wrote:
"Tom, I have that beard as well, until my wife (almost typed girlfriend, whoops) reaches up and scratches at it with both hands and says; 'Itchy!' Then I go shave."

Next time reach down, rub her cheeks and say "Scratchy!", Steve. Just to see how she reacts. (And better not mix up that girlfriend/wife reference again... you could get into trouble you know.)

Steve also wrote:
"I was sporting that last one at a convention and it was the first time I was going to be reading to people in public so I decided that it would minimize my nervousness if I went in costume."

Given that one of the regular mantras to any form of public speaking is to reduce possible distractions from what you're trying to communicate (anything from distracting (rather than complementing) slides or a mismatched tie), I can't help but wonder what your audience made of you.

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And if your big hero Al jumped off a cliff?  (Does that have the proper "mother of teenager" tone?  Jodi?)

Tom, very good, practice the "death stare" and you are in.

Joakim that was a big picture you put up, I almost felt like you were in the room with me. You have such a nice smile!

Next time reach down, rub her cheeks and say "Scratchy!", Steve. Just to see how she reacts. (And better not mix up that girlfriend/wife reference again... you could get into trouble you know.)

Joakim are you trying to get Steve killed? LOL

Steve you sound like my son, I never know what he is going to look like, from one week to the next, he has a lot of fun with his facial hair. Jonathan and the guys that share his house, last year decided March was going to be Mustache March so all of them sported  60's porno looking mustache. 


 

 

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I, too, have gone through every facial-hair itineration there could possibly be -- with the exception of the Amish-style beard.  I've had the van-dyke-ish chin hair for about half a year now -- that seems to win out lately.  (Though there have been some quiet suggestions that I touch up the gray...)
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Posted: 09 September 2008 at 6:57am | IP Logged | 10  

Tom I have noticed lately that when I read your posts I imagine you playing  a musical coda to go with it, as I look at your picture. 

That last one was a Dun, Dun Duuuunnnn.

Don

*edited to change Tom back to tom from Toom.


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Posted: 09 September 2008 at 7:12am | IP Logged | 11  

Jodi wrote:
"Joakim that was a big picture you put up, I almost felt like you were in the room with me."

Nah, I'm bigger than that in real life.... unless you happen to have a REALLY big screen, I guess. ;)

More Jodi:
"Joakim are you trying to get Steve killed? LOL"

No, just curious... but then again, curiousity killed the cat. So, I guess it could turn out badly for Steve too. ;)


And count me in among the beard "tryers". With haircuts I long ago came to the conclusion that I like it very short or very long, and as I've reached a point where there's hair missing in crucial places for the long to work, short it is.  Playing around with beards is a bit of a compensation, though I've pretty much settled on a default position of big sideburns, a wee gap and a goatee (I believe is the correct term for it). At the moment I'm quite happy that the goatee bit is braidable. :)
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I imagine you playing  a musical coda to go with it, as I look at your picture

My life was underscored by Carl Stalling.

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