P.S. Boy did I miss you all even more than I did the whole bloody Internet!
Suddenly, Rufus found he had little or no interest in the babes anymore. On the plus side he could now hit those high notes again.
BTW, where the hell you been, you had me and mother worried sick.
Posted by: jonmc on January 23, 2003 10:47 AMNo, but I broke one's back, anathema. It was a bit strange being completely cut off (no phone even, a great adventure) and now it feels a bit strange being back - but delicious!
I lost all my e-mail (temporarily, I hope) and will take a while to find my legs again (in case anyone wrote).
*breaks open the 92 Taittinger!*
Wheeeeee!
Posted by: Miguel on January 23, 2003 11:20 AMI pray it had nothing to do with the mac. Hey miguel, did you hear that bunnyfire left 9622 for good? Oh, wait.....
Posted by: anathema on January 23, 2003 11:25 AMI pray it had nothing to do with the mac. Hey miguel, did you hear that bunnyfire left 9622 for good? Oh, wait.....
Posted by: anathema on January 23, 2003 11:25 AMDid some one say Taittinger?
Migs, tesoro, you just had to make your return on a day when I am swamped with work and can't play, didn't you. :-P Ben tornato.
Don't be silly, anathema, no one, not even Miguel can explain Miguel.
Posted by: jonmc on January 23, 2003 11:33 AMThe little ringtail sat back and thought: "Now if I can just find a way to ferment this thing, it'll all be gravy."
Posted by: kafkaesque on January 23, 2003 11:33 AMI'm sure that his Portuguese love of the mysterious is warring with his Portuguese love of talking.
I don't really know whether either of these things are inherently Portuguese, but it sounds good, doesn't it?
Posted by: witchstone on January 23, 2003 11:36 AM*dusts off pantaloons, smooths out moustache and eyebrows, coughs into hanky, doffs hat*
Welcome back, Miguel.
(You don't really know me, I don't think, but I've heard so much about you that your return feels a lot like Easter Monday's just breaking out all over.)
Posted by: Chico on January 23, 2003 11:42 AMMiguel! We missed you, too!
Wait'll you hear all the exciting things that we did while you were away. Witchstone and I had an evening out on the town in Erlanger, Kentucky.
well, it's *like* a town, sorta.
Anyway! We were worried about you - glad you are back.
OK Chico, you can take off the smoking jacket and stop puffing on that cigar now. He's back.
Posted by: kafkaesque on January 23, 2003 11:46 AMNTM, jpoulos came to the meet-up in NYC and help put condoms on monkeys. We have proof.
Posted by: jonmc on January 23, 2003 11:48 AMMiguel, welcome back and greetings from the newest party crasher. Nice to make your acquaintance.
p.s. Anathema - I'm guessing "not to mention"
Posted by: boomchicka on January 23, 2003 11:58 AMWelcome back, Migs! You were so sorely missed. Life just isn't the same without you.
Oh, and I know I've been a stranger around these parts, but bunnyfire is gone?
Posted by: Ryan on January 23, 2003 12:14 PMShort answer: She left for about a minute and now she's back.
Posted by: anathema on January 23, 2003 12:23 PMMiguel, I"ve missed you so. I"m so glad you're back, and I can't wait to hear of your adventures, young man.
Posted by: goneill on January 23, 2003 12:44 PMMIGUEL: Home! And this is my room -- and you're all here! And I'm not going to leave here ever, ever again, because I love you all! And -- Oh, Auntie Em -- there's no place like home!
FADE OUT
Yay! Welcome back!
Who's this Miguel guy?
Posted by: eyeballkid's burned out short-term memory on January 23, 2003 12:55 PM*braces self, waits for inevitable wordy MetaTalk thread to signal the return of our favorite boozy Portuguese cult novelist (and my adopted patriarch)*
Welcome back Migs.
Posted by: eyeballkid on January 23, 2003 12:57 PMI'm getting a metal image of Miguel in pigtails and ruby slippers, now. Y'all are gonna have to pay for my therapy.
Posted by: jonmc on January 23, 2003 01:03 PMI meant "mental image." A cast iron Miguel dressed as Dorothy would just be too weird.
You'll have to forgive me, the Tang is going to my head.
Posted by: jonmc on January 23, 2003 01:05 PMNo, but I broke one's back
See, folks, Miguel's just been busy reading. He finally broke in the spine of his copy of The Cat in the Hat....
Posted by: pfatt meff on January 23, 2003 01:06 PMjon, just curious: have you had anything that isn't made of at least 90% sugary industrial waste in the last month?
(He asked, admiringly.)
Posted by: Chico on January 23, 2003 01:10 PMcan't... hold... this... strong... silent... mysterious... pose... much... longer...
Must... resist... urge...
Must... gird... loins... the unruly one... with... gasoline-soaked... electrical... cable...
Posted by: Miguel on January 23, 2003 01:11 PMDude, my blood is artificially colored and I've eaten so many preservatives that my corpse won't start to decay for at least two decades.
Posted by: jonmc on January 23, 2003 01:13 PMSo, you are in a unique position to find out which is worse for you: Smoking or eating crap.
*pulls up chair, begins taking notes*
Posted by: kafkaesque on January 23, 2003 01:15 PM...what's with all this confetti & ballons everywhere..[kicks a few bottles of champaign...hears laughter...finds a trail of champain glasses, with a full one at the end, lifts it]
Toast to you Miguel. *gulp*
[hands empty glass back to Mig]
Posted by: Thomcatspike on January 23, 2003 01:19 PMHey, dude, some of that crap is real good shit.
True, some of that shit is just crap, too. So I guess it's kind of a crapshoot.
Posted by: Chico on January 23, 2003 01:19 PMDid I mention that my tailbone is fucking killing me? I even had to bring a little pillow to work to sit on today.
I don't know why my tailbone hurts, 'cause I didn't fall on my ass or anything.
Posted by: Crash on January 23, 2003 01:20 PM`Bout bloody time you came home! Your mother and I were worried sick.
Posted by: dong_resin on January 23, 2003 01:26 PMActually I used to smoke a pipe tobacco called Latakia, which had a particularly pongy aroma. Some said it was reminiscent of poo.
Posted by: kafkaesque on January 23, 2003 01:27 PMNot to be a Johnny-come-lately, but welcome back, Miguel.
Posted by: TMT on January 23, 2003 01:29 PMOK dong, which one of us is Miguel's mom. I say you, I can't wear a housedress well.
Posted by: jonmc on January 23, 2003 01:29 PMsheesh. first jon at the top of the thread, and now dong. Miguel's mother has kind of gotten around since he went away.
I'm not sayin'. I'm just sayin'.
Posted by: Chico on January 23, 2003 01:30 PMWow, kaf, you used to smoke a pipe and wear a fedora. Who are you, Rex Harrison?
Posted by: jonmc on January 23, 2003 01:31 PMThe fedora was just to quash that unruly head of his.
Posted by: witchstone on January 23, 2003 01:37 PM8 Days A Week
I propose that anytime we get the Internal Serve Error message thingey, instead of post, dammit or variations thereof, you must post a title of a Beatles' song. And a different one every time. While standing on your head. And stroking an unrule boner. Yours or someone else's.
Posted by: witchstone on January 23, 2003 01:39 PMSeriously though, there is a lot to be said for pipe-smoking. It leads to serious rumination. Of course, it's hard not to look like a complete tosser, but that's life.
Posted by: kafka doolittle on January 23, 2003 01:40 PMStroke not thy boner unrule,
Lest thy boner, in its rule,
Undo thy boniest...
oh forget it.
Posted by: kafka doolittle on January 23, 2003 01:42 PMYou're on witchstone.
And don't worry, kaf, we don't mind you being Rex Harrison. I myself am actually Donny Most.
Posted by: jonmc on January 23, 2003 01:48 PMI thought the mom thing was a meme.
Lousy intarweb, I'll never understand you.
In 1980, Most left the series to expand his acting career.
Great idea, Don.
Posted by: kafka doolittle on January 23, 2003 01:57 PMYou won't be making fun when Howdy Doody: The Motion Picture comes out, I tell you what...
Posted by: jon malph on January 23, 2003 01:59 PMI picture Donny Most drunk in a dive bar in Lodi or somewhere, telling an old deaf guy that he used to hang out with Chachi.
Posted by: kafka doolittle on January 23, 2003 02:08 PMFound while googling for Ralph Malph.
Why is it that the animated female characters are so much shapelier tham their live action counterparts? This is probably why I've always wanted to date a cartoon...
Posted by: jonmc on January 23, 2003 02:12 PMWhy is it that the animated female characters are so much shapelier tham their live action counterparts?
Hm, let's see, because real women seldom look like cartoons without a lot of plastic surgery involved?
Posted by: witchstone on January 23, 2003 02:17 PMYikes. That was meant to be a self-effacing joke-"I'm such a dork I fantasized about dating cartoons." Sorry if I offended.
Posted by: jonmc on January 23, 2003 02:24 PMMiguel! You asshole! You son of a bitch! You piece of crap! How could you do this to us?!? Don't you know that we were worried SICK about you? Don't you know that we called hospitals and police and INTERPOL? DON'T YOU KNOW THIS??! You *!#$&!%*^~!!!
*roughly grabs Miguel* Don't you EVER do that again! EVER!
*begins to cry* I missed you, man.
jon, I fell in lust many times while watching Heavy Metal. I feel no shame and would do it again in an instant.
Posted by: ashbury on January 23, 2003 02:28 PM*runs full-throttle into the room, jumps on Migs' back, taking him to the ground, all the while showering him with kisses and zerberts*
Excited you are back and well, Miguel!
Posted by: brittney on January 23, 2003 02:29 PMPerhaps, in our heart of hearts, we all hope to leave the Internet one day and get down to so called serious work and real life. So, when someone disappears for a while, we think it's inevitable and will happen to us too. If someone comes back it sort of means it can't be all that bad and that we're probably not doing anything wrong.
It's like an extension.
Knowing we can all be gone tomorrow, with no trace, just makes it all the more poignant.
That said, it's much worse being the one who's away. We might as well stop pretending face the fact that we'll be here until the day we die. :)
Posted by: Miguel on January 23, 2003 02:35 PMWelcome back, Miguel! We hoisted a condom-wrapped, lipstick-wearing monkey in your absence!
(I'd rather have a glass -- Riedel -- of your '92 Taitt.)
Posted by: Vidiot on January 23, 2003 02:36 PMHey Jon, I'm actually listening to a Jack Logan song called "Cartoons" right now. I'm sure you know it.
Posted by: kafka doolittle on January 23, 2003 02:37 PMOn 9622 we're all each others' moms and there's nothing untoward or sick about it because it's only a meme.
*breaks into Jolson's "Meme; how I love ya, how I love ya, my dear old Meme!"*
Posted by: Miguel on January 23, 2003 02:41 PMActually, Kaf, while I've heard of Jack Logan, I do not think I know that song. I only listen to records so obscure that the people on them haven't heard them remember?
Posted by: jonmc on January 23, 2003 02:43 PMUm, I hate to interrupt the festivities with something serious, but if any of you legal type persons or web personages can spare a few moments, I need some advice about a domain name that might have been stolen by an unscrupoulous (crappy) webmaster after he was informed his services were no longer needed. Email romakimmy2 AT yahoo DOT it for the full story.
:-( What a shitty day. (For work I mean. I'm delighted Migs is back)
Posted by: romakimmy on January 23, 2003 02:47 PMUm, whew, late to the party, and now following romakimmy's bummer but.....
Where the hell have you been, mister? You didn't call, you didn't write! Did you see what you did to poor ashbury up there? And to ebk? It's awful! Have you no respect?
*Breaks down a la ashbury*
Never leave me, darling, I don't think I could take it again!
Now where's pardon me? Where's Uncle Fes? Walrus? Marquis?
People come and go so quickly here!
Posted by: dorothy on January 23, 2003 03:45 PManathema, emailing you now. I haven't gotten your email for some reason. Thanks in advance.
Posted by: romakimmy on January 23, 2003 05:12 PMWelcome back Miguel! You've been terribly missed! *breaks out ancient brandy and cigars for inevitable monkeyshines*
Posted by: dejah420 on January 23, 2003 05:17 PMDon't you know that we called hospitals and police and INTERPOL?
We did learn that Interpol's Department for the Apprehension of Fugitive Bon Vivant Authors isn't what it was in the days of Claudia Cardinale. You just can't get the exploding camembert these days.
Posted by: liam on January 23, 2003 05:26 PM
Good thing we've got that weather balloon thingy to chase him down.
Posted by: kafka doolittle on January 23, 2003 05:39 PMAnd, No.69, should you try to break free again...
I thought we would No.68 him so he would owe us 1.
>O ing...as I fling poo towards Mig...*splat*
Posted by: Thomcatspike on January 23, 2003 06:44 PMOpen invitation:
I was just reading kaf's blog and noticed that he now has a computer fast enough to run Neverwinter Nights, a game I have forsaken my wife and most of my friends for. I am looking for people to play with, as my friends all keep odd hours and we only play once a week or so.
Anyone who's got the speed (computer and connection) and the software email me and maybe we can get a game going.
*silently contemplates stack of email from future beta testers of forthcoming eyeballkid designed nwn module*
Posted by: eyeballkid on January 23, 2003 08:19 PMJust woke up. Welcome back, and glad to see you indeed, MC Master Migs! You've been much missed, you'll be pleased to know...
Posted by: stavrosthewonderchicken on January 23, 2003 08:26 PMI was reading Kakkaesque's blog earlier, and he mentioned another game - Syberia. Is that a game that people can play if they dropped out after the first few frames of Pac Man because it made them motion sick? That's the game I'm looking for.
At the end of Solitaire where the cards shuffle themselves is almost too thrilling for me.
Posted by: tizzie on January 23, 2003 08:29 PMWe didn't tell him about your bloggie-thingie, Mr. Pollo, because we didn't want to steal your thunder.
Posted by: tizzie on January 23, 2003 08:30 PM...now the get the hell out that bloggie-thread on MeTa! Fuck Kottke, it's vote for the wonderchicken discussion!
(Note : I do veer between the poles of 'vote for me' and 'don't vote for me or I'll rip your fucking liver out' from hour to hour. Sue me.)
Posted by: stavrosthewonderchicken on January 23, 2003 08:30 PMOoops. Tizzie got between me and Migs as we went in for the Big Hug and I whispered, teeth gritted, into his ear.
Heh.
Posted by: stavrosthewonderchicken on January 23, 2003 08:32 PMTizzie...that may be just your speed. You can't really do anything wrong, and it's just lovely looking. No time limit or nothing. Kind of like Myst, but it doesn't make you want to shoot yourself out of utter boredom after the first half hour.
I definitely recommend it. Even though it's made by French people.
Posted by: kafka christian andersen on January 23, 2003 09:40 PMOh and Matt...
I'd definitely want to play NWN, but as of yet I haven't even made it past the first couple of levels. My old computer was definitely challenged.
I'm out of town next week (though you should all feel free to panic at my absence. I love that.) But let's definitely talk about it when I get back.
Posted by: kafkobold on January 23, 2003 09:44 PMHow many times did I just use the word "definitely"?
What the hell is that?
Posted by: kafkadefinitely on January 23, 2003 09:45 PMOf course I don't have my underwear. I'm definitely not wearing my underwear...it's not my underwear. Definitely.
Posted by: Crash on January 23, 2003 10:05 PMHokey smokes, Bullwinkle! Welcome back, Miguel! :)
Posted by: roe/metrocake on January 23, 2003 11:58 PMAt least you didn't spell it "definately," which bugs the crap out of me.
Posted by: readymade on January 24, 2003 12:19 AMMICKK-QUEEELL! HOO-RAY!!
(and now back to the shadows ...)
Posted by: fishfucker on January 24, 2003 01:07 AMEyeballkid, I don't know if you've ever given Neverwinter Connections a look. Haven't tried it myself yet but I keep meaning to.
Posted by: Cyrano on January 24, 2003 09:40 AMOi, Senhor Miguel! Prazer em ve-lo.
(and thanks for the concern, tizz. it is nice to be missed. i'm primarily trying to improve my work habits, which means, among other things, scaling back on nonsensical bantering. if the bantering around here becomes more sensical, i'll rethink my position)
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