'I'm Really Petrified to Even Walk Down the Street,
A week after the brutal slaying of three Newark, N.J., college students, the community is still in shock.
"I'm really petrified to even walk down the street," said Brianna Jolley, a friend of one of the victims.
Dashon Harvey was just 20 years old. The psychology major at Delaware State University was an aspiring model and described as fun-loving and respectful.
"I couldn't believe it, not my boy," said Harvey's father, James, recalling the night his son was killed. "Why? For what? Who did it? Why would they want to do that? I can't fathom that. I can't believe that," he said.
"I've got to buy him a suit for burial instead of his graduation and that's a shock to me."
Harvey and his friends Terrance Aerial, 18, and Iofemi Hightower, 20, were forced to kneel down and were shot execution style at a school playground. Aerial's sister Natasha, 19, was shot and stabbed, but survived the attack.
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/LegalCenter/story?id=3474259This kind of thing never happens in Korea? Or is it just never reported on the news?
all the more reason why NJ could use a good tsunami, raging wildfire, hurricane... something. start over.
When I lived in Philly, I made fun of NJ as much as the next person...but it's really not as bad as it's made out to be. It's just in a weird spot...the northern part is New York City's bitch, and the southern part is Philly's bitch. And Newark has really been moving up in the world recently, along with Jersey City.
I wish I could be in Belmar right now.
In China, the city workers will
deliberately run you over with their van if you sit in front of it.
At the time, the municipal administrators had confiscated the device by which the old man weighs his collected materials. In order to it back, the old man sat down on the ground in front of the van. But as soon as he sat down, the municipal administrator started the car and drove forward. The old man was pushed for a short distance, before the wheels rolled over him. Then the van just went ahead.
Also, sometimes people use
knives to brutally kill each other.
A taxi driver was arrested early Thursday morning on suspicion of having murdered a Chinese woman, whose mutilated body was found dumped in a public graveyard in Pali on the outskirts of Taipei one day earlier.
The suspected murderer... cut open the woman's body from the heart down to the lower belly.
Or they'll just
beat you to death with their own hands.
The six were arrested for beating up Lan Chengzhang, a reporter with Beijing-based China Trade News, and a colleague.
don't they steal organs too?
Don't worry lj, your organ is safe.
from you, maybe ya carpet muncher.
Oh no - he dint - shit he did! lol
Hell at least that'd constitute some action!
There has been some trouble with petrified folks in Italy as well.
The whole Terra Cotta Army is petrified.
The whole Terra Cotta Army is petrified.
:p :p
I have one of those Generals in my basement.
My dad has a big piece of petrified wood.
At least that's what he told yo' mama
lol...very funny, but no.
It's an actual block of timber which has become petrified. He got it from a mine he was doing some work on.
lol...very funny, but no.
It's an actual block of timber which has become petrified. He got it from a mine he was doing some work on.
Did you know that there is actually no wood in petrified wood? :D
Though in life it may have been a Jurassic-period Araucaria spp. conifer. Those and palms are what you find around the Petrified Forest deposits. If there are comparable deposits in Australia... hadn't been paying attention to which continent was in question...
Yes i realize that Merc. Once upon a time it was wood though.
America the land of law and order.
America the land of law and order.
No, we are the land of "petrified woodies".
No, America the land of freedom and democracy, and all the cost that comes with it.
No, America, the land of Americans.
lol...I'd be interested to know what meaning you created from my statement (which was very much tongue in cheek as I'm sure you know).
I can't shut up. I'm half pissed...and you know what that does to socialists don't you?
That was by way of raising a glass and echoing 'what she said'
It's the champagne that does it ali
AH yes, but what did I say? ;)
Of course, we know it doesn't matter what I actually said. What matters is what meaning you created out of what I said...right?
Actually, it's the cosmopolitans. I've run out of cranberry juice now though, so that's the end of that. I'm wonering if I should have a gin and tonic, but I'm thinking with the mood I've been in lately, I'll probably end up bawling my eyes out...which might not be such a bad thing.
I think I'll have a gin.
hahaha.
I just like the simplicity of America, the land of Americans.
That's a good call. Tonic always makes me weepy too:P
Dana...I think it's the gin that does it.
*shakes head vehemently* no. I won't have it. Definately the tonic.
ok...you have it your way.
Would you like fries with that?
Nope, I'd like a Glenmorangie with that.
Oooh...well I can't help you with that. I've got some southern comfort though...or gin (of course) bourbon, rum, vodka, tequila. Plus an assortment of liqueurs. Or wine.
That'd make one mother of a cocktail....
yeah...they make a flaming lambogini out of most of those plus a few more. The most disgusting concoction you're ever likely to taste. It'll get you pretty pissed though.
I think I spelled that car name wrong...but you probably don't care.
I would probably care more if I knew how to spell it.
Fucking wogs! Why can't they just spell like normal people???
Bastards. And they smell.
specially when they've been doing smelly stuff...like shoveling shit.
or just rolling in it. I heard some of them do that.
Really? Why would they do that?
I dunno....cultural innit?
what...like dog fighting? lol
Yeah! just like that!
And, they eat funny food.
yeah but yummy funny I reckon. I love greek food the best.
Granted their food is yummy...especially the halva....mmmm...halva....
fried cheese and dips and bread...and olive oil and balsamic and and and...now I'm hungry.
omg, you two crack me up. :)
Then you'll be well entertained, the drunks have pissed all over the board tonight.
Then you'll be well entertained, the drunks have pissed all over the board tonight.
You say that like it's a bad thing
so...i was looking at the 'todays posts' search results...and saw that this thread had 60 replies.....and thought...oh...wonder what the hullabaloo is in there? duckduck got em all riled up again? then i realized that ali and dana had been here. and was like....oh, ok.....whatever. then i saw bruce breaking their balls..and was like....dude...i was gonna break their balls. so now.....i guess i'll just share with you the opinion that while this was mildly annoying to me.....and this type of chatting can be seen as litter on the highway of the board.....it beats the blue hell out of over-moderation.
cock
Very metaphorical balls, though.
I can't shut up. I'm half pissed...and you know what that does to socialists don't you?
Moist, yellowish socialists? Sounds like some kind of sheetcake. :3_eyes:
(And I know durn well how you mean "pissed." So there.)
jersey gets a bad rap, i live 15 miles from newark and actually work in both jersey city and manhattan regularly. i think north jersey is considered more of a suburb to nyc especially since many people who work in the city live in jersey. all in all i think jersey is a great place to live.
Jersey is an armpit. that's just crazy talk. the only thing jersey has going for it is cheap gas.
not only cheap gasonline, but full-service cheap gasonline. also excellent italian food, the best roller coasters in the world, the most 24 hour diners in america, we're the only state whos counties are all classified as metropolitan areas, 50 different resort cities and towns, atlantic city (which has the longest boardwalk in the world) and we're building
Xanadu which will have the first indoor ski slope in the country.
~The Port Newark and the Elizabeth Port Authority Marine Terminal is the largest seaport on the East Coast of North America.
~Newark-Liberty International airport is one of the country's busies: ranked 18th in World; 12th in U.S.; 3rd in Transatlantic seats after New York City's JFK and Chicago's O'Hare Airports.
~World's Largest Concrete Monument, Lincoln Park Fountain, Jersey City
~World's Largest Clock, Colgate Clock, Jersey City
~World's Largest Campus for the Study of Hasidic Judaism. Rabbinical College of America, Morristown
~World's Largest Organ, Convention Hall, Atlantic City
~World's Largest Collection of Spoons, Lambert Castle, Paterson
~World's Largest Collection of Fluorescent Minerals, Franklin Mineral Museum, Franklin
~Oldest Doll in America "Betsy Caxe," (circa 1700). Steuben House
~Golf Club Used on the Moon, Alan Shepard, Jr.'s collapsible six iron drove a golf ball on the moon (1971). On display at the USGA Golf House in Far Hills
~Second-oldest State Capital Building, Statehouse, Trenton
~Country's Largest Theme Park (Also, outside of Africa, the biggest drive-through safari) Six Flags Great Adventure & Wild Safari, Jackson
~World's Largest Collection of Wine Goblets and Champagne Glasses, Renault Winery, Egg Harbor City.
~Most buried vendetta victims, pine barrens, South Jersey.
But alas, I think they lost the most polluted crown to Texas
And don't forget Lucy the Elephant, in Margate.
They wanted to build Lucy in Paris, but even the french have better taste than Jersey.
Ah, the French. Known only for having slightly better taste than Jersey.
Ah, the French. Known only for having slightly better taste than Jersey.
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we're the only state whos counties are all classified as metropolitan areas,
That is not something to be proud of.
not only cheap gasonline, but full-service cheap gasonline. also excellent italian food, the best roller coasters in the world, the most 24 hour diners in america, we're the only state whos counties are all classified as metropolitan areas, 50 different resort cities and towns, atlantic city (which has the longest boardwalk in the world) and we're building Xanadu which will have the first indoor ski slope in the country.
And don't forget more Superfund sites than any other state! Now that right there is something to be proud of. :p
~World's Largest Organ, Convention Hall, Atlantic City
Lumberjim: "What? That's nonsense, I've never been to Atlantic City."
And don't forget more Superfund sites than any other state! Now that right there is something to be proud of. :p
You know why Pennsylvania has more lawyers than any other state and New Jersey has more toxic waste sites, doncha?
New Jersey got first choice.
Ba-dum-dum-crash.
Ya know, I went to the Festival of Nations in St. Louis yesterday, which featured food, crafts and performances from various cultures and nationalities.
You know what they were selling at the French food booth? Crepes...only crepes. Are you fucking serious? Crepes that I could get at IHOP for $4...wow...fucking Frenchie bastards!
If they were making crepes, they coulda turned the pans over and made omelettes too.
Some business models are grossly incomplete...
I don't know what they were thinking...we had Bosnian food, Eritrean food, Brazilian food...stuff I've never even heard of before. And there were the French selling crepes...even the Mexicans were inventive.
The French totally have this stuff figured out ... Have you ever made crepes yourself? Crepes are pretty much pure profit, once you've paid for the crepe pan (which is a very specific piece of equipment. You can't make anything else in a crepe pan, or you screw it up). They use like ten cents worth of batter, probably less, come to think of it.
Yeah, beware of creeps bearing crepes!
I always enjoyed the IHOP version of the crepe---stuffed with ThankYou brand pie cherries and smothered in whipped cream or powdered sugar.
The only good thing about crepes is what they can hold... think limp ice cream cone.
the crepe pan (which is a very specific piece of equipment. You can't make anything else in a crepe pan, or you screw it up).
Mewonders if somebody tried to grill a cheese in her crepe pan...
One of the best, best moments of my Paris trip...
Was buying a piping hot honey crepe about 2 blocks down the street from Notre Dame, in the freezing cold (in fact I think that was the day it hailed, the day before or after the day it snowed), and just feeling the honey just, warm me up... then drinking the excess runoff honey from the little plastic napkin/pouch thing.
Soooo good.
I must admit, when I bought crepes outdoors in France they tasted waaaay better than any crepes I've bought on my home turf.
That's because they put drugs in the ones they sell to tourists.
Wait...why would they put drugs in the crepes they sell to tourists? Wouldn't they want to poison tourists with crappy crepes?
No, they want the tourists to think they had a good time. When they tell of their trip, the rubes back home won't know they were hallucinating.
OK, I'd like to know why it's 'litter on the internet hwy' when it's just Dana and me talking crap, but when everyone does it, it's different somehow?
Just curious.
What's a sheetcake?
because it's one sentence at a time back and forth for like 20 posts. It's chat.
a sheet cake is a rectangular flat cake about 3-4 inches tall made in a sheet pan. 20X30 inches or so.
oh right. that's the sort of cake we make when we want to make lamingtons.
Oh, and the point is, there's about 20 posts of chat since then also. The only difference is there's more people involved.
There was an Australian bakery in Albuquerque many years ago that had lamingtons...big chunks of cake coated in coconut. Mmmmm.
yeah...they're yum. But I can't say any more about that. I don't want to be seen 'chatting' on a 'thread' about something not related...even if it is the sort of thread most people here seem to think is irrelevant.
Wow.....The ultimate in the wandering thread syndrome....Originally started about death, fear and destruction,..Then wandered into eating in New Jersey, (New Yorks Bitch)......Terra Cotta Warriors......Wood...Petrified and other types....Champagne and Tonic.....Greek food......The French...(Ah, the French. Known only for having slightly better taste than Jersey)......Crepes....IHOP and Parisian streetfare..... (With or without drugs).......Potential personal chatting.......and sheet cake.....Which brings us back to Doe,....a deer, a female deer......Ray...a personal friend of mine....
What a ride! Yeee Hawww!!
Thank you all....Late night warriors.....
Nice post Juan. ;) Very funny.
Oh brother, eff that. Chunks of cake in coconut is a very important issue.
Lamingtons are an important part of Australian culture. You'll find them at all cake stalls. We have lamington drives (which is where school kids for example, sell them by the dozen to raise money). We have lamington cakes. We have the lamington national park. Lamingtons are lovely. :) My mum used to make them.
You can also cut them in half and fill them with jam and cream. That's an exceptional way to have them although very rich.
Yes, lamingtons although they may be humble, are a very important subject. ;)
The ones at the ABQ bakery had jam in them, between the delectable layers of yellow cake.
sigh.
The only thing that came out of France that I like, other than the turbocharger, and mechanical refrigeration, is the Napoleon, the pastry not the Emperor.
Oh soft fluffly Lamingtons with jam and cream......mmmmmmm.
I'm now dying for a pastry that I haven't had in twenty years. Thanks a lot, girls! :drool:
The only thing that came out of France that I like, other than the turbocharger, and mechanical refrigeration, is the Napoleon, the pastry not the Emperor.
The Emperor is pretty tasty, too. Mmmm, short men. You can put them anywhere.
(Sorry, Sheldon hasn't been around for a while and I'm missing his shtick. Pardon the pale imitation.)
And you point is?
Current event?
Crepes are current events?
They are when they violently attack people in broad daylight.
They are when they violently attack people in broad daylight.
Do raisin crepes do that too? Or just currant ones?
Oh, they're all evil...fucking mutant French pancakes.
Do raisin crepes do that too? Or just currant ones?
THATS why this thread belongs here!
Very perceptive, yesman! :)
The Emperor is pretty tasty, too. Mmmm, short men. You can put them anywhere
I missed that the first time around! :lol:
Do raisin crepes do that too? Or just currant ones?
Currant events?
Currant events?
I know. It's freakin'
brilliant!
Good work all 'round!
Now, I don't have any currant events, or even crepes, but I
do have a :donut: for you!
.....I'm pretty sure it ain't supposed to look like that Bri...
(I know--but it's all that Tony has!)
.....I'm pretty sure it ain't supposed to look like that Bri...
Be nice. It got that way from eating tainted spinach. :headshake
My day has come full circle
:lol:
Be nice. It got that way from eating tainted spinach. :headshake
Or could be all those raisin craps....
And here I thought that important bit of Australian food culture was the meat pie, Aliantha. Something we mostly see around here at Highland Games, where Forfar Bridies and such are expected -- haggis not being among the "such."
So, might meat pies get seasoned/salted with a little Vegemite, or is that heaping Pelion on Ossa? Er, Uluru on Kosciuszko?
Lamingtons I've never had -- they sound rather related to trifle, only less juicy. Or is it something more like an elaborated, chocolatey-coconutty Twinkie?
"...Ray, a personal friend of mine [Ray Charles!]/Mi, the first word in Mi Casio, su Casio..."
You know, you guys are all
really bad pun-things. You know that, don't you?
Meanwhile, over at
Food And Drink...There are lots of important bits to australian food culture, and lamingtons are definitely one of them. I guess they are kind of like a twinky covered in chocolate and coconut...only better! The cake is not so sweet. You yankees use too much sugar in your cakes.
Don't get me started on trifle. My mum used to make a great trifle.
If you can get her great trifle recipe up, I'll post it in the Recipe thread -- unless you'd rather do it directly.
Right now, I don't know great trifle from trifling trifle. Yet.
Well, I'd have to speak to her through a medium to do that, but I know how she used to do it anyway, so I'll give you the recipie some day when I'm a bit bored. ;)
Only a trifle bored? Will we have to wait but a trifle?:cool:
Any Internet recipes that cause you to nod slowly and say, "That one's outstanding"?
lol...probably not. It's mostly just yummy.
Triffle really is just a fun desert to make and then equally fun to indulge in. ;)
There are lots of important bits to australian food culture, and lamingtons are definitely one of them. I guess they are kind of like a twinky covered in chocolate and coconut...only better! The cake is not so sweet. You yankees use too much sugar in your cakes.
Don't get me started on trifle. My mum used to make a great trifle.
Aside from lamingtons, Anzac biscuits and pavlova, what else would you add to Australia's culinary 'must try' list?
Mmmm ... does beer count? The wine is good.
Oh man, why did you have to bring up lamingtons? I'm dying over here!
Oh man, why did you have to bring up lamingtons? I'm dying over here!
Easy to fix, either make or just go and buy yourself some kind of vanilla cake, slice it up into cubes, make some chocolate icing, dip the cubes in the chocoate icing (or let them soak if you prefer), then roll in coconut. No need to suffer at all.
Mmmm ... does beer count? The wine is good.
Beer's good-Coopers is available, but only pale ale and sparkling. There was only one bottle of Australian wine available
http://www.thelittlepenguin.com/
The supermarket employee who I accosted in the liquor aisle told me that a shipment of Coopers stout and Australian wine is due to arrive on Saturday.
Aside from lamingtons, Anzac biscuits and pavlova, what else would you add to Australia's culinary 'must try' list?
I'd add kangaroo steaks for starters. There would be more, but right now, thats the main one I can think of.
I read somewhere that some people are now saying Australian wine has become over rated. In some cases I'd say that's true, but there are still some awesome winemakers over here.
There have got to be some Aussie lollies that others would like, and of course, we can't forget the timtams.
anyway...where the hell are you casi?
All will be revealed in about 3.5 weeks.
Don't let them fool you with that Vegemite crap.;)
It's Marmite and Promite that one needs to wary of.
When in Japan, Coopers pale and sparkling were available in an Aussie themed pub. The bar lasses even knew the correct roll-first-before-opening procedure. I was impressed. As an Adelaide boy, Coopers means more to me than life itself.
VB was available. [COLOR="LemonChiffon"][whispers] I don't like VB [/whisper][/COLOR]
So, Casi is obviously NOT in Australia. Those photos I recall looked too barren to be indonesia or PNG; I'm still thinking Andes somewhere, or maybe southern Africa. Perhaps central Asia?
Hey, Casi, when you ARE ready to tell - 3 weeks or so - how about you start a thread where we can guess. Post a few photos, drop the occasional clue. Might be fun.
I'd forgotten about the Coopers 'roll-first-before-opening' procedure. Cool!