Good afternoon, lads.

[QUOTE=FunkMetalBass;17187688]:lol:

Scotland Pride ftw.

I'm actually 25% Scottish, the Clan McInnes. I bought me a kilt (made in Scotland) with my clan tartan a couple years back, along with a sporin, brogues, and all that other good semi-formal stuff.

When we get the first album or EP recorded, I might just have to send you a copy (free of charge as I'm certain I still owe you some $$ for the initial gram of Skunk).[/QUOTE]

Funny thing is you have more Scottish blood than me! :lol:

I'm a born Scot but my heritage is Norwegian, Irish and Polish. Only had three generations of people living in Scotland down my Dad's side. His dad was Polish and his mum's grandparents were Irish.

If you wouldn't mind sending me a copy of your EP or album when it is done that would be awesome! I'll try and spread word of you guys here so you can have a wee tartan contingent. :p

Any pics of yer kilt?

I'm Polish, Welch, English, Scottish, [i]German, and Jewish[/i] (yes, rather interesting combo, but it's a great conversation piece).

I think my mom has a picture or two of me in it. I'll try to dig it up for ya.

To hold you over, here's the clan tartan:
[IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fb/MacInnesTartan.gif[/IMG]

I went with the hunting version as opposed to the formal version. I also had it made with 12oz wool as opposed to the 16oz because Arizona is [U]not[/U] known for their wet, cold highland climate...In fact, I don't even think we have highlands, it's just pure desert...


...I joke, I joke, I kid, I kid. We have a mountain or two somewhere...

[QUOTE=BenJammin;17187543]Dear Jesse,

I am going to urinate in one of the beers I am bring you. :angry:

Surprise![/QUOTE]

Dear Ben,

You ruined the surprise.

Thanks. A lot.

[quote=Efrim;17188000]Dear Ben,

You ruined the surprise.

Thanks. A lot.[/quote]

Dear Efrim,

I am writing this in response to a letter-style post that you never sent me but I know, in your heart, that you wanted to.

Sincerely,
Joe Wells

"P.S. This is what the alphabet would look like if 'Q' and 'R' were eliminated." - M.H.

[QUOTE=FunkMetalBass;17187981]I'm Polish, Welch, English, Scottish, [i]German, and Jewish[/i] (yes, rather interesting combo, but it's a great conversation piece).

I think my mom has a picture or two of me in it. I'll try to dig it up for ya.

To hold you over, here's the clan tartan:
[IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fb/MacInnesTartan.gif[/IMG]

I went with the hunting version as opposed to the formal version. I also had it made with 12oz wool as opposed to the 16oz because Arizona is [U]not[/U] known for their wet, cold highland climate...In fact, I don't even think we have highlands, it's just pure desert...


...I joke, I joke, I kid, I kid. We have a mountain or two somewhere...[/QUOTE]

So you're all mixed up like me then. :lol:

Then again, I guess same goes for most Americans.

Ha ha, I guess Arizona ain't the best place to wear big woolen skirt type things. I've actually never worn a kilt and wouldn't really want to either, mainly because my skin does not take kindly to wool at all. I'd look like I had sunburn on my legs.

Never been up the highlands actually. I stay in on the West coast in the Lowlands but only about an hour away from Loch Lomond, not quite sure whether it would be considered a true highland area though. Beautiful place in the right conditions.

[IMG]http://www.dwrobertson-photography.com/Images/gal_loch_arklet.jpg[/IMG]

Cool tartan as far as tartan goes but I need pics of you in it. :p

[quote=katana_manatee;17188013]So you're all mixed up like me then. :lol:

Then again, I guess same goes for most Americans.

Ha ha, I guess Arizona ain't the best place to wear big woolen skirt type things. I've actually never worn a kilt and wouldn't really want to either, mainly because my skin does not take kindly to wool at all. I'd look like I had sunburn on my legs.

Never been up the highlands actually. I stay in on the West coast in the Lowlands but only about an hour away from Loch Lomond, not quite sure whether it would be considered a true highland area though. Beautiful place in the right conditions.

[IMG]http://www.dwrobertson-photography.com/Images/gal_loch_arklet.jpg[/IMG]

Cool tartan as far as tartan goes but I need pics of you in it. :p[/quote]

Not only am I "all mixed up," my ancestors decided that complete lack of skin pigmentation would be the best thing for their great, great, great, great grandson. Good Lord, I'm nearly albino with an inability to tan. I must mate with a fine latina chica and break the cycle!

I'm not sure if it would either. I'd have to throw on [i]Braveheart[/i] and compare. :p

It does look gorgeous.

I'll find you those pictures this weekend, and if I can't, I'll take some....even though it's a little creepy. Haha.

Damn, the RC-2 seller told me he just sold it to some guy who offered him $140 for it to buy me out.

Damn.

Pat Metheny ftw.

Picked this up on vinyl for $6 a little while ago, and just got around to listening to it today.

[IMG]http://991.com/newGallery/Pat-Metheny-Rejoicing-361802.jpg[/IMG]

[QUOTE=FunkMetalBass;17188090]Damn, the RC-2 seller told me he just sold it to some guy who offered him $140 for it to buy me out.

Damn.[/QUOTE]

Aww man, suckage.

Track that bi[COLOR="Black"]t[/COLOR]ch down, paint your face like Gibson in Braveheart, wear yer kilt and sporran, sharpen your claymore, turn up at his house and ask for his RC-2 or his life. If he opts for the latter you'll do what comes naturally.

I'm kinda the same, I just don't tan well at all. I'm sure Celtic people have vampire blood in them somewhere. They don't do well in the sun and their thirst just switched to booze.

[quote=katana_manatee;17188117]Aww man, suckage.

Track that bi[COLOR=Black]t[/COLOR]ch down, paint your face like Gibson in Braveheart, wear yer kilt and sporran, sharpen your claymore, turn up at his house and ask for his RC-2 or his life. If he opts for the latter you'll do what comes naturally.

I'm kinda the same, I just don't tan well at all. I'm sure Celtic people have vampire blood in them somewhere. They don't do well in the sun and their thirst just switched to booze.[/quote]

Haha. I love doing that Braveheart facepaint and derivations of such. I have a pic of me in a red kilt that I sewed myself (before I owned an actual one) w/ the braveheart facepaint and long wig that I spray painted.

EDIT: Here's a red/white Braveheart-esque facepaint that I did for the Cardinals' playoff game:

[IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y225/funkmetalbass/Funny%20Pics/joefeathers.jpg[/IMG]

Amazingly enough, my hands are that white - it's not paint. I'm afraid the camera phone distorted it slightly though as I'm sure I'm a LITTLE more tan than that....

Also, I put my hair up in tiny pony tails, sprayed it red, and stuck feathers down in each one. 6 hours of 58 quills digging into my skull....

[QUOTE=FunkMetalBass;17188126]Haha. I love doing that Braveheart facepaint and derivations of such. I have a pic of me in a red kilt that I sewed myself (before I owned an actual one) w/ the braveheart facepaint and long wig that I spray painted.

EDIT: Here's a red/white Braveheart-esque facepaint that I did for the Cardinals' playoff game:

[IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y225/funkmetalbass/Funny%20Pics/joefeathers.jpg[/IMG]

Amazingly enough, my hands are that white - it's not paint. I'm afraid the camera phone distorted it slightly though as I'm sure I'm a LITTLE more tan than that....

Also, I put my hair up in tiny pony tails, sprayed it red, and stuck feathers down in each one. 6 hours of 58 quills digging into my skull....[/QUOTE]

This for an American football game? Excuse my ignorance, we never get coverage on national American sporting events apart from special satellite channels and I am not really much of a sporting fan anyway. :p

Those hands are crazy white! That camera phone certainly accentuates it to a scary degree. You look like you just rummaged in a barrell of flour.

The headdress looks awesome but that musta been verrry uncomfortable indeed! Is it meant to symbolise a phoenix by any chance?

[QUOTE=FunkMetalBass;17187505]Agreed. I'm almost through it for a third time.

The part with the whale and petunias cracks me up every time.

Steve, you're up early (or late).[/QUOTE]

:lol:

Yeah, it was great. I'm now onto The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe. I have all 5 books in one handy volume.


Oh, and I have a show tomorrow night. Should be sweet.

Hmmm, the music library dumped a **** ton of vinyls today, fo free. I arrived ten minutes after it started and ended up with a Dylan Thomas recording, but there was really nothing else. too bad.

[quote=katana_manatee;17188186]This for an American football game? Excuse my ignorance, we never get coverage on national American sporting events apart from special satellite channels and I am not really much of a sporting fan anyway. :p

Those hands are crazy white! That camera phone certainly accentuates it to a scary degree. You look like you just rummaged in a barrell of flour.

The headdress looks awesome but that musta been verrry uncomfortable indeed! Is it meant to symbolise a phoenix by any chance?[/quote]

Yes. It is one of the first playoff games that our state's team has been to in, IIRC, 40 years or so.

Our team is actually the Arizona Cardinals, so the red feather is for the Cardinals.

Back in the early years of sports, cities had multiple sports teams of the same name as it helped them identify the city and keep things uniform. St. Louis, Missouri had the Cardinals (baseball and football), Chicago has the Bears for football and the Cubs for baseball, etc. Depending on the franchise though, when teams migrate to different cities, they sometimes keep their names.

I don't know why Phoenix never picked the phoenix for their mascot, possibly thought it would be too narcissistic? Not sure. I do know that we had a vote as to whether or not the new stadium should be in Phoenix. The voters didn't want their tax dollars going to this incredible stadium and new mall that generate huge amounts of revenue. So, the city of Glendale picked it up instead. 2 years later, the contract for the name of the stadium expires and new businesses came in to bid on renaming the stadium. The name that won? University of Phoenix stadium. I laughed quite hard when I saw that. We voted it down, and it still appears as though it's ours.

Ahh, the American dream - taking credit for others' work.

A tidbit of trivia on the Cardinals - the team was originally named after the color Cardinal Red (I guess the original teams were just going to be named after colors as opposed to...anything else, which probably explains teams like the Cleveland Browns, St. Louis Blues, etc.), so the bird was really an afterthought that allowed them to change logos without having to change the franchise name on any legal d0cuments.

Good Lord, I know too much about pointless poop.

Who wants to talk about the 60° angle existing in neutral geometry and its subsequent proof?

[quote=Spaceman Spiff;17188201]:lol:

Yeah, it was great. I'm now onto The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe. I have all 5 books in one handy volume.


Oh, and I have a show tomorrow night. Should be sweet.[/quote]

As do I. It's amazing how much smaller they look together than separate.

EDIT: ****. I missed my 11,111th post....

[QUOTE=FunkMetalBass;17188244]Yes. It is one of the first playoff games that our state's team has been to in, IIRC, 40 years or so.

Our team is actually the Arizona Cardinals, so the red feather is for the Cardinals.

Back in the early years of sports, cities had multiple sports teams of the same name as it helped them identify the city and keep things uniform. St. Louis, Missouri had the Cardinals (baseball and football), Chicago has the Bears for football and the Cubs for baseball, etc. Depending on the franchise though, when teams migrate to different cities, they sometimes keep their names.

I don't know why Phoenix never picked the phoenix for their mascot, possibly thought it would be too narcissistic? Not sure. I do know that we had a vote as to whether or not the new stadium should be in Phoenix. The voters didn't want their tax dollars going to this incredible stadium and new mall that generate huge amounts of revenue. So, the city of Glendale picked it up instead. 2 years later, the contract for the name of the stadium expires and new businesses came in to bid on renaming the stadium. The name that won? University of Phoenix stadium. I laughed quite hard when I saw that. We voted it down, and it still appears as though it's ours.

Ahh, the American dream - taking credit for others' work.

A tidbit of trivia on the Cardinals - the team was originally named after the color Cardinal Red (I guess the original teams were just going to be named after colors as opposed to...anything else, which probably explains teams like the Cleveland Browns, St. Louis Blues, etc.), so the bird was really an afterthought that allowed them to change logos without having to change the franchise name on any legal d0cuments.

Good Lord, I know too much about pointless poop.

Who wants to talk about the 60° angle existing in neutral geometry and its subsequent proof?[/QUOTE]

Ah righty, explains all the animal terminology!

Ha ha, the people at the University of Phoenix vote against it being called the University of Phoenix stadium, awesome. :lol:

The 60° angle brought a bunch of witnesses and several photographs and statements from experts in the field. The jury is still out though since the general public can't understand mathematics.

*Moving away from the Monty Pythonesque scene*

I have forgotten nearly everything about physics. Yay! :(

[quote=katana_manatee;17188268]Ah righty, explains all the animal terminology!

Ha ha, the people at the University of Phoenix vote against it being called the University of Phoenix stadium, awesome. :lol:

The 60° angle brought a bunch of witnesses and several photographs and statements from experts in the field. The jury is still out though since the general public can't understand mathematics.

*Moving away from the Monty Pythonesque scene*

I have forgotten nearly everything about physics. Yay! :([/quote]

Proving a 1/3 angular ratio with pure geometry is ridiculous. I'm not even sure how it's done, but

Just remember: Resistance in parallel adds reciprically (R1^-1 + R2^-1)^-1

Also, something about ELI the ICE man.

Umm, that's all I remember. Go Cardinals!

EDIT: And, University of Phoenix is an online university. All 11 office buildings they have are located Tempe, which is actually a suburb or Phoenix. It's rather comical.

Having to steal internet sucks. So does being too poor to have it yourself.


What up?

[QUOTE=PaulSimonon;17188648]Having to steal internet sucks. So does being too poor to have it yourself.


What up?[/QUOTE]

Buddy, I know the feeling.

I'm doing good, yourself?

i just got a crapload of energy drinks for free.

too bad i don't really like them.

Played another show tonight. It went really well. We have another one coming up on May 1st. And a few more.

I love playing shows so often.

[quote=burtonbassist_101;17188819]i just got a crapload of energy drinks for free.

too bad i don't really like them.[/quote]

Send 'em my way. :thumb:

I'm all done school, bitches!

[QUOTE=BenJammin;17189622]I'm all done school, bitches![/QUOTE]

Now to put that degree to good use :p

Washes dishes? :lol:

[quote=BenJammin;17189622]I'm all done school, bitches![/quote]

I spot a simple grammar issue in your post. What is your Major, again?

:p

[QUOTE=Sablate McNuff;17189693]I spot a simple grammar issue in your post. What is your Major, again?

:p[/QUOTE]

I don't see any isssues. :confused:

But, fwiw, my degree is in English literature, not the English language. :p

I'm all done [with] school, bitches.



Maybe? Or am I really that tired that even proper English makes no sense to me.

[QUOTE=Sablate McNuff;17189716]I'm all done [with] school, bitches.



Maybe? Or am I really that tired that even proper English makes no sense to me.[/QUOTE]

I feel that sometimes about English too... Still, you get used to it. I love how Japanese is so efficient in comparison and not so hung up on how you word things and when the context is clear you don't need to keep repeating pronouns.

Japanese looks so much cooler to read too.

Right, I'm off to be an anti-social Japanese learning nerd for a bit and finish off learning the hiragana.