An Amazing Occurrence

Aaron Shurtleff | August 4, 2007
By my calculations (and I'm no mathama... mathematician?... smart math dude), starting this discussion should nudge me up the 0.01 points required to be #5 (albeit very briefly, I'm sure) on the goo.tc userrank list. Not that I would ever stoop to doing such a thing.

..ahem...

How about that Michael Vick? I want to reserve judgement until all the facts are out (avoiding a repeat of the Duke lacrosse scandal), but it doesn't look good for him at the moment.

..um..

Wow. One more HR to tie the record. Can Bonds do it, and will it forever be tainted by allegations of steroid scandal? Time will tell, I suppose.

..aw heck with it! Yay me #5!!!

This will be really embarassing if I'm not actually #5 after this.

Aaron Shurtleff | August 4, 2007
I have truly proven myself to not be a math dude... It didn't work. Oh, well!

Plus, I think I might have spelled Occurance wrong..? Is it occurrance? I need a walking spell check. They don't either of 'em look right.

But, seriously, since I've already muffed this up, let's just say that this is a discussion about topics that really don't need huge topics, but can be quick questions, ok? Just so I don't feel like a total dork for starting this? OK? Please?

Here's my quick question: What's a guy got to do to have the miniscule satisfaction of being in the Top Five for just one day in his miserable life? :P

Scott Hardie | August 4, 2007
Aaron, I have fixed the spelling of "occurrence" in the title. I can't fix your userrank, but good luck with that. Maybe it's time I explained how that's calculated?

Here's my dumb question to contribute to this discussion: Was anybody actually surprised at the "announcement" that Aquafina is tap water, and by the way so is Dasani? (link) Next they're going to announce that movies are just actors reciting lines from a script instead of events really happening.

And speaking of bottled water, the new flavored bottle water is not only nasty, but taking over. Last week I had to give a two-hour presentation and I went to buy a bottle of water so my throat wouldn't get parched, and all the vending machine had was various fruit flavors of water. (examples) I tried the orange-lime, and couldn't take more than two sips. I would never buy flat, watered-down diet orange soda, so why would I buy this? Give me more tap water, please.

Tony Peters | August 5, 2007
I don't so much mind flavored water sometimes it's nice but there will always be plain water. My problem is with american's need to fuck up perfectly good green tea with sugar, honey or fruit juice....Plain cold Green tea is just awesome, and strangely the largest seller of Green Tea in Japan. Coca Cola/Nestea is finally starting to sell green tea here in the USA though still not of the quality that they sell in Japan

Scott Hardie | August 6, 2007
Want a boost to your Userrank? Enjoy the land-rush in RB while it's still new. As of this writing, Dave has the only victory so far and his Userrank just jumped by 10.

Aaron Shurtleff | August 6, 2007
I'm in! I'm so in! Let's get rocked!

Matthew Preston | August 6, 2007
So Scott - you want more tap water do ya? This might suffice.

Amy Austin | August 6, 2007
That's what I did -- I use Aquasana... on the sink tap and my showerhead, too. I find it to be superior to the bottled water craze -- the only good thing about bottled is the convenience of it when you don't have any drinking water handy. Period.

Tony Peters | August 6, 2007
I drink my tap water....the city of Westerly RI was ordered by the state to add chlorine to the water...so they added enough to make the state happy but you can't taste it...we have the best water I have tasted in New England. I usually just fill a couple of Nalgene bottles and take it with me

Scott Hardie | August 7, 2007
I heard about that flavored-water converted that you attach to your tap. How long until we can get all of our water flavored? I want to brush and rinse my teeth with flavored water. I'm reminded of Idiocracy where a Gatorade-like drink had replaced absolutely all water and crops were dying. "It has electrolytes!"

Aaron Shurtleff | August 7, 2007
That would be awesome! We could cut cologne and perfume use dramatically if our water came pre-stinky and tasty!

OK, so no one said it smelled fruity, but if it did... wow!!

Amy Austin | August 7, 2007
Aaron, you already smell fruity to me. >;-DDD

Aaron Shurtleff | August 7, 2007
What the heck?! You are so going to get it! >:(

Lori Lancaster | August 7, 2007
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Aaron Shurtleff | August 7, 2007
You're next, Lancaster! :)

Amy Austin | August 7, 2007
Ooooohhh, I can't wait!!! :-O >;-DDDD

Lori Lancaster | August 7, 2007
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Amy Austin | August 7, 2007
Heheheh... it's certainly more fun ganging up on Aaron with Lori than it is being taunted by Lori -- thanks for volunteering, Aaron! ;-D

Lori Lancaster | August 7, 2007
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Aaron Shurtleff | August 7, 2007
You guys are going to regret trying to get me riled up! :P~

Lori Lancaster | August 7, 2007
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Aaron Shurtleff | August 7, 2007
OK, getting back to the original idea behind this topic (AHEM!):

Have you ever gone shopping, bought a lot of stuff, brought it home, thought about it for a few days, and then returned almost all of it? My wife does this, she calls it bulemic shopping, and she claims it's common among women. Is she full of it?

Amy Austin | August 7, 2007
She might have been... but then she purged. I can provide witness to this consumer testimony, Sir...

Aaron Shurtleff | August 7, 2007
Will you just go answer your challenge? Sheesh!!

Amy Austin | August 7, 2007
Me?!?!?! Oh... I thought I was waiting on Matt's challenge... well, then, it's on!

Amy Austin | August 7, 2007
Oh. :-( You meant Matt's challenge -- the one I'm still waiting on, huh? Hmph.

Aaron Shurtleff | August 7, 2007
Well, yeah, I meant Matt's challenge! I was in the middle of the epic KickingLori'sButt-a-palooza!!! :)

Amy Austin | August 7, 2007
Sure. I can't wait to lose to my next challenger... as long as it isn't you. ;-)

Lori Lancaster | August 7, 2007
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Scott Hardie | August 8, 2007
I don't know if there's a better name for that shopping experience, Aaron. Is there a name for paying a fortune for a Playstation 3 when it hits the market on a wave of hype, then playing it for two nights, then not touching it for eight months? Because that's what I did. :-(

Lori Lancaster | August 8, 2007
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Amy Austin | August 8, 2007
Actually... I think it kind of sounds like the electronic equivalent of getting a "trophy wife"!

Aaron Shurtleff | August 10, 2007
I meant to reply earlier, but...

Scott, I can totally understand, but that's the trouble with the PS3 right now is there are few really great games worth having right now. I'm hoping in the future, we will see the big exclusives (like FFXIII) that will make you pull out the old beast and go hog wild.

I'm hoping. And I hope Culdcept Saga makes it over to the PS3, too, so I'm a big hoper!! ;)

Tony Peters | August 10, 2007
"Electronic Trophy wife"....thats funny. I am so much an Xbox guy but even mine has say dormant since i moved back to the USA