Christmas at Wal-Mart

I was back at Wal-Mart because 1000 points of light are just not
enough for my 7 ft. Christmas tree. So 350 more -- 200 non-blinking,
100 blinking, and I'm happy.

And because I need a new watch, I wandered into the jewelry section.
Did you know that Wal-mart is the top seller of diamonds in the US?
But besides that, they now sell do-it-yourself ear piercing kits.

I can't figure out whether to be appalled or happy.

Kavin

KavinTaylor@gmail.com <KavinTaylor@gmail.com> wrote:
Kgc> Did you know that Wal-mart is the top seller of diamonds in the US?
Kgc> But besides that, they now sell do-it-yourself ear piercing kits.
Kgc> I can't figure out whether to be appalled or happy.

didn't shannon figure this out some years ago? i know he did a
review of those awful little kits.

lish "i never realized
crank@got.net ignoring him was an option." -sp
43.9% / 30 RANA 128 / 70

On Dec 13, 3:22 pm, cr...@got.net (i'll teach you to turn away.)
wrote:
> KavinTay...@gmail.com <KavinTay...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Kgc> Did you know that Wal-mart is the top seller of diamonds in the US?
> Kgc> But besides that, they now sell do-it-yourself ear piercing kits.
> Kgc> I can't figure out whether to be appalled or happy.
>
it> didn't shannon figure this out some years ago? i know he
did a
it> review of those awful little kits.

He might have. I had never seen one, though. I've seen the ones
beauty supply shops sell. But those are for "professionals."

Kavin

i'll teach you to turn away. wrote:
> KavinTaylor@gmail.com <KavinTaylor@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Did you know that Wal-mart is the top seller of diamonds in the US?
>> But besides that, they now sell do-it-yourself ear piercing kits.
>> I can't figure out whether to be appalled or happy.
>>
> didn't shannon figure this out some years ago? i know he did a review
> of those awful little kits.
>
I lean towards appalled, myself. It's one thing for someone
who knows a bit about things to pierce their own body, another
entirely to promote doing so with a "professional kit", tempting
the ignorant masses to confidently poke holes in their flesh.

Yeah, I'll go with appalled...

--
Willyboy
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On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:07:03 -0800 (PST), "KavinTaylor@gmail.com"
<KavinTaylor@gmail.com> wrote:

>I was back at Wal-Mart because 1000 points of light are just not
>enough for my 7 ft. Christmas tree. So 350 more -- 200 non-blinking,
>100 blinking, and I'm happy.
>
>And because I need a new watch, I wandered into the jewelry section.
>Did you know that Wal-mart is the top seller of diamonds in the US?
>But besides that, they now sell do-it-yourself ear piercing kits.
>
>I can't figure out whether to be appalled or happy.


You've got at least a 100 blinking lights on your Christmas tree and
can't easily managed appalled?

You're such a redneck.

As for the ear piercing kits, I doubt it will encourage too many from
taking it on as a new challenge, and may replace some wine cork and
safety pin kits, so personally I'm appalled.

nj"so old school I spell it that way"m

--
the handcuffed heartaches up against the car
like you're up against me darling in my dreams

On Dec 13, 4:05 pm, N Jill Marsh <njma...@storm.ca> wrote:

> You've got at least a 100 blinking lights on your Christmas tree and
> can't easily managed appalled?
>
> You're such a redneck.

Hey, I'm more appalled now. I have reassessed the number of non-
blinking lights versus the blinking lights and have decided I want all
blinking lights. But less than 700.

Thank God I haven't finished dressing the tree. And there is egg-nog
left. And Drambuie. With Coffee.

I should be done by Sunday.

Kavin

On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:05:34 -0800 (PST), "KavinTaylor@gmail.com"
<KavinTaylor@gmail.com> wrote:

>Hey, I'm more appalled now. I have reassessed the number of non-
>blinking lights versus the blinking lights and have decided I want all
>blinking lights. But less than 700.

Oh my. The retinas are burning just thinking about it.

>Thank God I haven't finished dressing the tree. And there is egg-nog
>left. And Drambuie. With Coffee.
>
>I should be done by Sunday.

And you're a wussy too. A redneck wussy.

nj"my favourite kind"m

--
the handcuffed heartaches up against the car
like you're up against me darling in my dreams

On Dec 13, 9:54 pm, N Jill Marsh <njma...@storm.ca> wrote:

nj> And you're a wussy too. A redneck wussy.
>

With a well-lit, well-decorated tree. I might even add a PBR can.

Kavin

KavinTaylor@gmail.com wrote:
> On Dec 13, 9:54 pm, N Jill Marsh <njma...@storm.ca> wrote:
>
> nj> And you're a wussy too. A redneck wussy.
>
> With a well-lit, well-decorated tree. I might even add a PBR can.
>
> Kavin

Don't forget the "3" NASCAR ornament

Patrick
Http://Patrick.bmezine.com

On Dec 13, 9:54 pm, N Jill Marsh <njma...@storm.ca> wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:05:34 -0800 (PST), "KavinTay...@gmail.com"
>
> <KavinTay...@gmail.com> wrote:
kt> >Hey, I'm more appalled now. I have reassessed the number of non-
kt> >blinking lights versus the blinking lights and have decided I
want all
kt> >blinking lights. But less than 700.
>
nj> Oh my. The retinas are burning just thinking about it.

A Christmas angel is now on top of the tree, courtesy of Home Depot.
I just finished making home-made dog-biscuits. The cranberry-and-
vanilla-infused vodka is now resting.

I think I need a new piercing so I can poke some of this Christmas
spirit out of me.

Kavin

On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:04:30 -0800 (PST), "KavinTaylor@gmail.com"
<KavinTaylor@gmail.com> wrote:

>A Christmas angel is now on top of the tree, courtesy of Home Depot.
>I just finished making home-made dog-biscuits. The cranberry-and-
>vanilla-infused vodka is now resting.

I feel sick.

>I think I need a new piercing so I can poke some of this Christmas
>spirit out of me.

That would have worked for me, except I didn't have any to start with.

I stretched my rook up to 14G and had a conch dermal punched on Sunday
- here comes some months of sleeping only on my right side.

The conch is fine, the rook hurts like the hell, oddly enough.

I thought this was the last of the ear pokes, but I think there's one
missing on the right side, now. I'm not quite balanced.

nj"seriously, notable tilt"m

--
the handcuffed heartaches up against the car
like you're up against me darling in my dreams

N Jill Marsh wrote:
> <KavinTaylor@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> A Christmas angel is now on top of the tree, courtesy of Home
>> Depot. I just finished making home-made dog-biscuits. The
>> cranberry-and- vanilla-infused vodka is now resting.
>>
> I feel sick.
>
Could be worse... Does the angel play a midi version of
something like, oh maybe "O Tannenbaum" or "Silent Night"
or ...?

--
Bill Halstead |
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Bill is a charter member of the Peter Pan Club. Ask him about it.

N Jill Marsh <njmarsh@storm.ca> wrote:
NJM> I stretched my rook up to 14G and had a conch dermal punched on Sunday
NJM> - here comes some months of sleeping only on my right side.

nice. what gauge/mm was the punch?

NJM> The conch is fine, the rook hurts like the hell, oddly enough.

stretching my rook to 14 was nothing. weird.

NJM> I thought this was the last of the ear pokes, but I think there's one
NJM> missing on the right side, now. I'm not quite balanced.

i have two more upper lobe coming, & i'm still trying to decide
what to do with my 14ga outer helix. anyone want to make suggestions? i
made mockups here: http://community.livejournal.com/stretched/3359962.html

lish "do you think you can forget anything?
crank@got.net i am the saint of indecency." -jc
43.9% / 30 RANA 128 / 70

On 19 Dec 2007 21:07:01 GMT, crank@got.net (i'll teach you to turn
away.) wrote:

>N Jill Marsh <njmarsh@storm.ca> wrote:
>NJM> I stretched my rook up to 14G and had a conch dermal punched on Sunday
>NJM> - here comes some months of sleeping only on my right side.
>
> nice. what gauge/mm was the punch?

12.

>NJM> The conch is fine, the rook hurts like the hell, oddly enough.
>
> stretching my rook to 14 was nothing. weird.

I've stretched my tragus & daith (right ear) and anti-tragus & rook
(left ear) to 14 in the last month or so. None of them required
anything more than a little push to get the jewellery in - they were
all years old and none of them were sore more than a very short time.
This one went really painful about six hours afterwards and is still
very upset, though it's getting better. The punch, on the other hand,
hasn't been noticed by my body so far.

>NJM> I thought this was the last of the ear pokes, but I think there's one
>NJM> missing on the right side, now. I'm not quite balanced.
>
> i have two more upper lobe coming, & i'm still trying to decide
>what to do with my 14ga outer helix. anyone want to make suggestions? i
>made mockups here: http://community.livejournal.com/stretched/3359962.html

I think I'd like the 4G eyelet and leave the disk as a single. ;-D

nj"perverse as usual"m

--
the handcuffed heartaches up against the car
like you're up against me darling in my dreams

On Dec 19, 1:51 pm, N Jill Marsh <njma...@storm.ca> wrote:

nj> I stretched my rook up to 14G and had a conch dermal punched on
Sunday
nj> - here comes some months of sleeping only on my right side.
>
nj> The conch is fine, the rook hurts like the hell, oddly enough.

When I stretched my tragi from 2g to 0g, I didn't hurt the first day,
but I was sore from the top of my head to my shoulder blades for a
week starting from day two.

Kavin