A Brief Exploration of the Tumultuous Interdependence between The Rounge and the Animal Kingdom

The Rounge has, and forever will have, an inexplicable and inextricable link specific creatures in the majestic animal kingdom. Let's take a detailed look at a few of the highlights:

Pandas:
Pandas mean a lot to the Rounge, but I challenge any one member to explain why or how these majestic creatures came to such prominence. Long after the panda hunt came to a conclusion and all pandaganda efforts should have come to a close, the rounge is still visited by numerous pandas. Why?
Llamas:
Llamarama was, in my opinion, running through our veins long before the rounge was even formed. However it was Lupa, the great Llama Lover and Lorenzo Lamas fan, that turned his simple, unbridled love of llamas into something the rest of the rounge could really appreciate.

Cats:
I hate cats. Absolutely hatethem. I'm pretty sure Grimace does too. But I think we all love lolcats. Hence this picture.


I don't know how anyone could possibly comment on this post. That's a challenge.

Kentucky Fried Panda

POS-MENS!

Swear to God, buddy at GE sent me this email he got from "corporate."

Conversation Opportunities

October presents some great opportunities to buzz about GE holiday lights with your family and friends.

· Sitting around the dinner table with family and friends

· As everyone admires the Halloween decorations, talk about holiday lighting options

· When people start talking about how to save money at home

· Fall sporting events

From "30 Rock" - Jack:All you have to do as the writing staff of an NBC show is incorporate positive mentions, or 'POS-MENS' of GE products into your program. For example you could write an episode where one of your character purchases, and is satisfied with one of GE's direct current drilling motors for off-shore or land-based projects.

Are you kidding me, GE?!

PANDA WEEKEND...TIME TO GET LIT!!

Wishing the Rounge a happy and so drnk weekend...Lets discuss Happy Hour (to be followed up with official weekend rounge drink: bloody mary's (or oscars) tomorrow AM.

I will start off with a beer, immediately followed by a whiskey...immediately followed by 25 more whiskey's. KM Ratio ticking down to mid 80's!!

Rounge Weekend Drink of the Week

It's getting late into the year, the temperature is dropping and it's getting dark earlier. However, the rounge still parties late into the night, trying desperately to grasp on to the fleeting summer. We say keep your egg nogs, hot toddies and muddled ciders to yourself; we're still drinking cold beers on the patio and taking shots of CnP until 4 a.m.

Late-night partying often requires late-morning pick me ups. I propose that the bloody mary be this week's drink of the week; it's the perfect way to ward off Friday's hangover and begin a college-football packed Saturday afternoon, and it's a refreshing way to wind down on Sunday evening, while watching a chilling new episode of Dexter.

Internal Struggle

Does Mad Men provide me enough entertainment to outweigh how much it makes me want to KM? Consider this past week's episode.

Don basically goes to work late, closes a huge deal because he made a guy a good Old Fashioned, drinks whiskey all day, yells at a b*tch to shut the h*ll up, will probably eventually sleep with his daughter's hot school teacher, yells at his wife, gets f*cked up on some pills as any good Rounger does and that's about it.

Whose fictional TV life is better? Debate away. My candidates, off the top of my abnormally mollusk-like head:

- Eric from Entourage Season 2 - basically had no job, started sleeping with Sloan, got a free Maserati, made 500k for reading the Aquaman script.

- Aforementioned Don Draper

- Uncle Jesse from Full House - Aunt Becky, yes please. Plus a rocker's life. Probably doesn't pay rent.

Top Ten!!!

It's a tough economy, many of us need to find side jobs in order to make ends meet. Some dogs might take side jobs as pandas, and some pandas might take side jobs at investment banks. What are roungers doing on the side to make supplemental income?

10. Squid - Takes a part-time job as a dog walker. Fired after 3 days, but hey, it put food on the table.