Comments for scatterboy.com http://scatterboy.com an errand boy sent by grocery clerks Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:33:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 Comment on pole position by jay http://scatterboy.com/2008/08/19/pole-position/#comment-2002 jay Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:56:42 +0000 http://scatterboy.com/2008/08/19/pole-position/#comment-2002 especially the low poles. they have it ruffest. especially the low poles. they have it ruffest.

]]> Comment on pole position by dan reinesky http://scatterboy.com/2008/08/19/pole-position/#comment-1999 dan reinesky Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:06:56 +0000 http://scatterboy.com/2008/08/19/pole-position/#comment-1999 why do people always blame the poles? why do people always blame the poles?

]]> Comment on jay graduates from sailing camp and then goes to the firehouse by dan reines http://scatterboy.com/2008/08/14/jay-graduates-from-sailing-camp-and-then-goes-to-the-firehouse/#comment-1972 dan reines Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:39:06 +0000 http://scatterboy.com/2008/08/14/jay-graduates-from-sailing-camp-and-then-goes-to-the-firehouse/#comment-1972 hello sailor! hello sailor!

]]> Comment on jay graduates from sailing camp and then goes to the firehouse by Jason http://scatterboy.com/2008/08/14/jay-graduates-from-sailing-camp-and-then-goes-to-the-firehouse/#comment-1970 Jason Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:17:12 +0000 http://scatterboy.com/2008/08/14/jay-graduates-from-sailing-camp-and-then-goes-to-the-firehouse/#comment-1970 I had the same thing happen to the same type of lock. There are two advantages to the tubular key type locks. They are a little harder to drill, and the torsional forces when actuating the lock are more evenly distributed, thus making the key less likely to break off in the lock. That said, I still use another variant of this type of lock for other applications, because apparently I am a glutton for punishment. As an aside, I met the founder of Kryptonite, Mike Zane, on a plane ride once. Great guy. I had the same thing happen to the same type of lock. There are two advantages to the tubular key type locks. They are a little harder to drill, and the torsional forces when actuating the lock are more evenly distributed, thus making the key less likely to break off in the lock. That said, I still use another variant of this type of lock for other applications, because apparently I am a glutton for punishment.

As an aside, I met the founder of Kryptonite, Mike Zane, on a plane ride once. Great guy.

]]> Comment on penciled in by rob http://scatterboy.com/2008/07/22/penciled-in/#comment-1836 rob Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:05:05 +0000 http://scatterboy.com/2008/07/22/penciled-in/#comment-1836 Hope the move went well! I love some of those Sears designs. I have a hard time imagining that the modular homes from the 00's will look nearly as fantastic in 80 years, but maybe I'm wrong. Hope the move went well! I love some of those Sears designs. I have a hard time imagining that the modular homes from the 00’s will look nearly as fantastic in 80 years, but maybe I’m wrong.

]]> Comment on pigpile by jay http://scatterboy.com/2008/07/14/pigpile/#comment-1757 jay Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:40:40 +0000 http://scatterboy.com/2008/07/14/pigpile/#comment-1757 though fresh on the heels of my reply, i was doing some thinking and it seems that maybe john mccain could stand to joke a little less, re: this barb about an 18-year-old chelsea clinton. q: why is chelsea clinton so ugly? a: because her father is janet reno. ouch. though fresh on the heels of my reply, i was doing some thinking and it seems that maybe john mccain could stand to joke a little less, re: this barb about an 18-year-old chelsea clinton.

q: why is chelsea clinton so ugly?
a: because her father is janet reno.

ouch.

]]> Comment on pigpile by Sarah Larcade-Mahoney http://scatterboy.com/2008/07/14/pigpile/#comment-1744 Sarah Larcade-Mahoney Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:42:41 +0000 http://scatterboy.com/2008/07/14/pigpile/#comment-1744 Obama and his peeps do need to learn how to take a joke - excellent, excellent point. True true and true. Obama and his peeps do need to learn how to take a joke - excellent, excellent point. True true and true.

]]> Comment on pigpile by jay http://scatterboy.com/2008/07/14/pigpile/#comment-1743 jay Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:48:02 +0000 http://scatterboy.com/2008/07/14/pigpile/#comment-1743 this new yorker cover was no different in tone from their regular old soft satire that's good for a laugh and gets you to buy the magazine (as a side note: this one was almost as funny as the <a href="http://www.vicepresident.us/Cheney_cover_newyorker.jpg" rel="nofollow">bush/cheney brokeback mountain cover</a>, thanks for the heath ledger segue sarah). the difference, at least to me, is that obama doesn't seem like he can take a joke, even one that satirizes those who are being critical of him. the thing is, there are already a ton of jokes about mccain (his own lame jokes, his age, his incredible temper, etc), but at least he owns them. i have this weird feeling watching obama's campaign. it's like he thinks he's walking a tightrope and if he loses control for one tiny second, it's over. dude makes me nervous at his inability to roll with things. not that it matters to me in how i vote, but i suspect that people will vote for someone who can take a joke -- clinton could take a joke, gore couldn't, kerry couldn't. obama maybe needs to learn how to. this new yorker cover was no different in tone from their regular old soft satire that’s good for a laugh and gets you to buy the magazine (as a side note: this one was almost as funny as the bush/cheney brokeback mountain cover, thanks for the heath ledger segue sarah).

the difference, at least to me, is that obama doesn’t seem like he can take a joke, even one that satirizes those who are being critical of him. the thing is, there are already a ton of jokes about mccain (his own lame jokes, his age, his incredible temper, etc), but at least he owns them. i have this weird feeling watching obama’s campaign. it’s like he thinks he’s walking a tightrope and if he loses control for one tiny second, it’s over. dude makes me nervous at his inability to roll with things. not that it matters to me in how i vote, but i suspect that people will vote for someone who can take a joke — clinton could take a joke, gore couldn’t, kerry couldn’t. obama maybe needs to learn how to.

]]> Comment on pigpile by Sarah Larcade-Mahoney http://scatterboy.com/2008/07/14/pigpile/#comment-1741 Sarah Larcade-Mahoney Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:14:24 +0000 http://scatterboy.com/2008/07/14/pigpile/#comment-1741 Point well made. But I think it was a lazy attempt at satire that only served to make those who know better to be rightously outraged or just more in the know and shrugging and those on the right and idiots to continue to be on the right and look and point at the cover and say, see?! All it did in the end was extend the polarities already in existence. Satire should provoke new thought and discussion not the media nonsense that is going on now. Maybe instead of the missus they could have had an ancient, crazy, POW freaked-out McCain... At least then the caricatures and perhaps the whole point behind the cover would have been more even-handed. You know it's going to be some Heath Ledger Dark Knight cover next week anyway and no one will remember to care about this week's. Point well made. But I think it was a lazy attempt at satire that only served to make those who know better to be rightously outraged or just more in the know and shrugging and those on the right and idiots to continue to be on the right and look and point at the cover and say, see?! All it did in the end was extend the polarities already in existence. Satire should provoke new thought and discussion not the media nonsense that is going on now. Maybe instead of the missus they could have had an ancient, crazy, POW freaked-out McCain… At least then the caricatures and perhaps the whole point behind the cover would have been more even-handed. You know it’s going to be some Heath Ledger Dark Knight cover next week anyway and no one will remember to care about this week’s.

]]> Comment on this morning: by dan reines http://scatterboy.com/2008/07/06/this-morning/#comment-1709 dan reines Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:39:55 +0000 http://scatterboy.com/2008/07/06/this-morning/#comment-1709 crazy. crazy.

]]> Comment on signdaris by dan reines http://scatterboy.com/2008/06/25/signdaris/#comment-1676 dan reines Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:46:29 +0000 http://scatterboy.com/2008/06/25/signdaris/#comment-1676 i'm pretty sure turtles are greek. i'm reading that same book, but there are no turtles. i’m pretty sure turtles are greek.

i’m reading that same book, but there are no turtles.

]]> Comment on I’m going on a pic-a-nic by jay http://scatterboy.com/2008/06/19/im-going-on-a-pic-a-nic/#comment-1661 jay Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:34:18 +0000 http://scatterboy.com/2008/06/19/im-going-on-a-pic-a-nic/#comment-1661 I didn't check its gender, but yes. Ballsy. I didn’t check its gender, but yes. Ballsy.

]]> Comment on I’m going on a pic-a-nic by dan reines http://scatterboy.com/2008/06/19/im-going-on-a-pic-a-nic/#comment-1652 dan reines Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:47:23 +0000 http://scatterboy.com/2008/06/19/im-going-on-a-pic-a-nic/#comment-1652 sounds like a ballsy dog. sounds like a ballsy dog.

]]> Comment on mia is m.i.a. by dan reines http://scatterboy.com/2008/04/19/mia-is-mia/#comment-1471 dan reines Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:54:40 +0000 http://scatterboy.com/2008/04/19/mia-is-mia/#comment-1471 i like the dubya earmuffs. you are so gop. i like the dubya earmuffs. you are so gop.

]]> Comment on mia is m.i.a. by brian http://scatterboy.com/2008/04/19/mia-is-mia/#comment-1465 brian Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:25:59 +0000 http://scatterboy.com/2008/04/19/mia-is-mia/#comment-1465 cupping and accupuncture one day, assault rifles the next. this is what we call well rounded..! cupping and accupuncture one day, assault rifles the next. this is what we call well rounded..!

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