mr furious's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=mr furious2000-11-17T18:03:05ZVinland (place)http://everything2.com/user/mr+furious/writeups/Vinlandmr furioushttp://everything2.com/user/mr+furious2000-11-17T18:03:05Z2000-11-17T18:03:05Z<a href="/title/Vinland">Vinland</a> is so called because of what appears in the <i><a href="/title/Icelandic">Icelandic</a> <a href="/title/Annals">Annals</a></i> at the time of discovery. The expedition describes an area with <a href="/title/wild+grapes">wild grapes</a> in profusion, vast stretches of towering <a href="/title/timber">timber</a>, an abundance of <a href="/title/game">game</a> of all kinds, rivers teeming with giant <a href="/title/salmon">salmon</a>, meadows rich with a harvest of <a href="/title/wild+wheat">wild wheat</a>, and a <a href="/title/climate">climate</a> so kind that winter <a href="/title/frost">frost</a>s were hardly known; even the <a href="/title/dew">dew</a> seemed to them sweeter than anything they'd ever tasted before. And <i><a href="/title/Leif+Ericksson">Leif the Lucky</a></i> named the country <i><a href="/title/Vinland">Vinland</a></i>: '<a href="/title/Wineland">Wineland</a>', the land of grapes.<p>
This is the main point of conjecture about the location of '<a href="/title/Vinland">Vinland</a>'. Since the <a href="/title/settlers">settlers</a> seemed to place so much importance on the quantaties of grapes that surrounded them, it seems unlikely that they could have been talking about <a href="/title/Newfoundland">Newfoundland</a>. Before the discovery of the settlement in Newfoundland at <a href="/title/L%2527Anse+Aux+Meadows">L'Anse Aux Meadows</a>, Vinland had been confidently located by enthusiasts in areas as far apart as <a href="/title/Hudson+Bay">Hudson Bay</a> and<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…Mike Ness (person)http://everything2.com/user/mr+furious/writeups/Mike+Nessmr furioushttp://everything2.com/user/mr+furious2000-11-09T07:27:41Z2000-11-09T07:27:41ZMike Ness is the <a href="/title/frontman">frontman</a> for the seminal <a href="/title/punk">punk</a> band <a href="/title/Social+Distortion">Social Distortion</a>. The band was not really put on the back burner by Ness so much as it was disbanded after the tragic and sudden death of Guitarist <a href="/title/Dennis+Danell">Dennis Danell</a> (1961-2000).
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A reformed Social Distortion is planning a <a href="/title/tour">tour</a> for early <a href="/title/2001">2001</a> (Several January dates are listed at socialdistortion.com).
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Mike Ness's Solo work is very different from his work with Social D. Most noticeably it is not punk rock, but a <a href="/title/blues">bluesey</a>, <a href="/title/rockabilly">rockabilly</a> style of <a href="/title/oldschool">oldschool</a> rock and roll.
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His first solo album "<a href="/title/Cheating+at+Solitaire">Cheating at Solitaire</a>" features songs written by Ness and some <a href="/title/covers">covers</a> of artists he seems to genuinely appreciate. <a href="/title/Brian+Setzer">Brian Setzer</a> does some guitar work on the album and <a href="/title/Bruce+Springsteen">Bruce Springsteen</a> lends a hand singing.
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"<a href="/title/Under+the+Influences">Under the Influences</a>", Ness's second album is a set of covers of artists Ness <a href="/title/credits">credits</a> with providing the fromative base for his distinct musical style. Songs by <a href="/title/Carl+Perkins">Carl Perkins</a>, <a href="/title/Bobby+Fuller">Bobby Fuller</a>, and<!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…Quarters (idea)http://everything2.com/user/mr+furious/writeups/Quartersmr furioushttp://everything2.com/user/mr+furious2000-10-28T19:57:38Z2000-10-28T19:57:38ZA variation on quarters is called <a href="/title/chandeliers">chandeliers</a>.
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It involves all the same <a href="/title/rules">rules</a> as "<a href="/title/quarters">quarters</a>", but along with the center glass, each person has their own cup with a <a href="/title/drink">drink</a> poured in it.
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If you bounce the quarter into another person's cup, that person has to drink from it, depositing the quarter on a paper towel (the "<a href="/title/tampon">tampon</a>"). Bouncing a quarter in any cup means you continue bouncing...whee!
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Bounce a quarter in your own cup, and you must take that drink plus one more for stupidity.
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Bounce the quarter into the unfilled center cup, and everyone must <a href="/title/chug">chug</a> the drink in their own cup. The last one to finish must drink again.
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Bouncing the quarter into any three cups in a row allows you to make up a rule, such as "<a href="/title/no+swearing">no swearing</a>", "must drink with your eyes closed", "no using <a href="/title/names">names</a>", "no <a href="/title/pointing">pointing</a>", etc.
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