Lorenzen is the only guy in the world who could make a guy either 6'5"/350 or 6'7"/375 look small.

Are you kidding?! You're kidding, right? "Southern right-Evangelical communities"?!

"Great signing! He's got that 'one big attribute' thing goin' on! That always works out great!"—Sam Graddy

I dunno about the 'expectations affecting the drunk' concept. I mean, I ALWAYS think I'm going to be a suave, sophisticated, witty, urbane, and seductive in that cool, detached, James Bond-ish, if-I-want-you-I'll-have-you sort of way, and I usually just end up drunkenly gazing around the room in a haze, with rheumy,…

I'm sorry, miss, but Barbie could, in some form or fashion, be considered "pretty" or "attractive".

"Jesus Christ! That bastard can't keep ANYTHING a secret!"—Bill Belichick

I'm diggin' the looks, but would love to the see the lighter, more-flexible sort of uni (I refuse to call it 'armor', as it won't stop a sneeze) worn by the Scouts, if it's going to be in a jungle/forest environment. The asthetic made sense, outside of the extensions on the side of the helmet, which would, as noted…

For what it's worth, that was one hell of a counterpoint.

I've been in the middle of an existential crisis for almost 15 years now (I finally got wise to the idea that it probably wasn't just a 'phase', or a 'developmental stage'), and I just didn't think ennui was supposed to be so overwhelmingly fucking irritating.

Good point. I think there's a very real reason why so many people are mentioning his role in The Fisher King. He was able to portray that character in a way that so many people found so convincing. Who knows? Maybe he found something inside himself that got him to that place.

That's what would be nice, of course. At the same time, once the race to make a profit starts, then the drive to make MORE profit once it's made, then the decision-making starts to raise the stock value, I just worry that the concern for the species as a whole will take a back seat to the idea of making as much…

Well, yes, absolutely. No business would go into something like mining for the 'satisfaction of curiosity' element. I'm a layman, of course, but would something like the development of fracking technology, designed to get the very last iota of gas that can be gotten (to, yeah, turn around and sell it for profit), be…

Now THAT'S a great point! My only fear would be if they mined asteroids too close to Earth, and put us all at risk.

Really? Every one was made with the idea of 'profit' in mind? I'm surprised.

Sure have. That's the 'waste' component.

Yeah, that's true. Or who knows? Maybe the other type still happens, but for someone else to actually see it is just asking for trouble.

I'd guess that while they COULD, they probably shouldn't. Anytime you introduce the idea of profit margins, you're inviting trouble. Government waste and bureaucracy might have their own problems, but cutting corners to increase profits usually isn't one of them.

It sounds as if he was done in by good old-fashioned hubris.

Well, yes, this all sounds very interesting, but what of 'parking'? Do kids still 'park' anymore? I remember more than a few nights spent foggin' up some windows!

Gross, yeah. Disturbing? FUCK and YES. Would it establish some creeptacular bona fides? Yeah, it would. I guess even in the post-Zombielicious apocalypse, creepers gonna get their creep on. If you're going to go dark, might as well close the shades, too, right?