The Chase Lounge

Happy New Year, Everyone!

I used to say I didn't like opera but I've been watching this all night.

Beer's on Paul A. Folks, I can't come by the Lounge this evening... Sorry, but "duty to family" calls... Have a virtual brew on me... (D4, just put it all on my tab tonight). ENJOY!!! Posted by: Paul A. | December 28, 2007 3:07 PM

What do you get when you put a lawyer, a roadrunner, a magpie, and a mockingbird together in a bar, discussing illegal immigration? Answer: One hell of a good time.

Sorry I missed everyone on Christmas Eve. Silly me. When SIL invited us over for dinner, I thought she meant eating: Not cooking.

Merry Christmas to all.

If you weren't here last night, alexakim and LabRat explained the "Woman's Manual". Of course, being a guy, I didn't understand a word.

I try to mind the bar between 7 and 10 pm Central. If you're just dropping by, leave a comment. If you met up with someone in the lounge, leave a comment. If your beer is flat, leave a comment. Stale popcorn? Hey, I swear I popped it sometime this week.

ED: The origin of The Chase Lounge: From comments on E!3 Under another name, I had run a small blog for short while several years ago. Even got a few links via Frank in my hayday. (thanks!) Anyway, I laughed at the death-threats until I got a nasty letter in my mailbox. Not a virtual mailbox, but my HOME mailbox - with no postage on it, no return address. The State Police were polite and considerate, but there really wasn't a whole lot they could do. Anyway, that's when I killed my short lived blog (RIP). My point is I fully understand the need to feel annonymous - but at the same time, these Comments are nothing but that, until you have some real skin in the game. And this has nothing to do with revealing your real name (I lost all feeling of safety, and almost my sanity-all without ever even giving out my Christian name). What we all seem to have in common, besides a devotion to E!3, is a need to do SOMETHING. To carry these beliefs into one's real life, outside the safty

We had quite a little crowd in the Lounge last night. It started out with Paul A. checking in from his super-secret China location and we were joined by Mark Paules, Otto, alexakim, and Unquiet. As well as Don and qwer dropping by from E!3. If this keeps up I might have to hire a bar maid/serving wench. Much talk about the chice of prea in Tina. More specifically, can a free market economy grow in the culture of corruption that is emerging China? Unquiet drew a brilliant analogy between the latest outbreak of trollage on E!3 and the Black Knight scene from "The Holy Grail." "'Tis but a flesh wound!" "Have at you!" If you're not satisfied with our level of service, lower your expectations! I try to man the bar from 7 to 10 PM Central but I'm an inattentive host at best. If you enter the chat room and see my name in the sidebar but I don't respond right away, grab a bowl of pretzels (fresh yesterday!) and have a seat. I'll be with you in