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News & ArtsFriday, October 14, 2011
At Large The Hotel I'm Staying In This Week Is Ugly
Posted by Dan Savage on Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 2:10 PM
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Now, I adore that hotel. Look at it - it's magnificent.
Not fond of the view - proportionally it's a pencil dick. A big pencil dick, but still...
Not fond of the view - proportionally it's a pencil dick. A big pencil dick, but still...
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Penis humor from a man of your advanced age, I mean in a couple of years AARP will be sending you flyers, isn't cute any more.
It's a sign of dementia
It's a sign of dementia
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It's true, Cato - he'll start getting the flyers in three years. I don't know how they know when you turn 50, but they know.
And what the hell is that fucking thing anyway?
And what the hell is that fucking thing anyway?
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@7: Pretty sure it's a sign of being a skeezy, sleazy sex advice columnist/faggot with a podcast/author/soon-to-be television personality. The man blogs about the Urinal of the Day, for fuck's sake. Frankly, I think it's WAY funnier coming from an adult than from a twelve-year-old.
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I'm a woman and to me, dick jokes never get old.
That's a particularly egregious one. Who came up with that design? Who approved it?
That's a particularly egregious one. Who came up with that design? Who approved it?
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They should just go whole hog and make the sides of tha place a giant screen billboard. Or a drive in movie, then they could show 3D porn and the dick thing would come in handy.
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"a skeezy, sleazy sex advice columnist/faggot with a podcast/author/soon-to-be ex-television personality. "
fixed it for you....
"a skeezy, sleazy sex advice columnist/faggot with a podcast/author/soon-to-be ex-television personality. "
fixed it for you....
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Funny—I was actually able to find it in Google Earth. That curving highway ramp in the second photo was a pretty good clue.
They made it sound so much bigger in Craigslist.
They made it sound so much bigger in Craigslist.
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I'm 45 and very proud that I still make dick jokes. Also pretty proud of my penis.
Just because someone gets older doesn't mean their dick or their sense of humor quits working.
Just because someone gets older doesn't mean their dick or their sense of humor quits working.
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I wonder if that hotel used to be a Westin? I looks just like the sort of weird hotel Westin would have built back when it was a Seattle-based company, and not just a brand name for Starwood.
Their resorts were particularly off-putting.
Their resorts were particularly off-putting.
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Dan, go down to Ted's Montana Grill on Nationwide and let my hubby buy you a drink, his name is Cat, he works in the kitchen and he LOVES you.
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Catalina, that thought of yours set me to googling, and it was purpose built in 1980 (aaaah yes) by Hyatt. The Chicago Pritzkers may give out the most important architecture prize every year, but usually in their own hotel designs they aren't particularly bold. For this one they must have shrugged and thought, why not, it's only Columbus, let's make a statement.
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Gus, dear, I beg to differ about Hyatt. The Embarcadero Hyatt in San Francisco is amazing, as is the Atlanta Hyatt. The hotel at DFW looks quite nice - at least from the outside - and the Orlando airport property is pretty interesting.
Then again, Hyatts like the big downtown Chicago one are dismal.
Then again, Hyatts like the big downtown Chicago one are dismal.
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It's what I do best, @34. Helps that I exist in a slightly different dimension.
@35, I had my very first en-culotte emission walking into the Embarcadero Hyatt atrium, circa 1975.
@35, I had my very first en-culotte emission walking into the Embarcadero Hyatt atrium, circa 1975.
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Could be worse, like the JPMorgan Chase building in Dallas, which has a urethral slit, a Prince Albert and reverse PA. Behold:
http://www.skyscraperpicture.com/dallas1…
http://www.skyscraperpicture.com/dallas1…
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I'm happy to hear that there are exceptions, Catalina. My experiences were at the Seattle, Vancouver and-- I shudder to be reminded of it--the Chicago hotels. Always nice people (though in Vancouver obsequious to the point of absurdity), but dull buildings.
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Agreed about the Seattle Hyatts, Gus. No pizzazz whatsoever. Boring, with dreadful cocktail lounges.
But when you get down to it, no Seattle hotel - other than The Olympic, of course - has any pizzazz. And The Olympic lost most of its Pizzazz when Four Seasons renovated it. I'd take that hotel Dan is at any day over most of our hotels, Phallic structure included or not.
But when you get down to it, no Seattle hotel - other than The Olympic, of course - has any pizzazz. And The Olympic lost most of its Pizzazz when Four Seasons renovated it. I'd take that hotel Dan is at any day over most of our hotels, Phallic structure included or not.
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venomlash, that is more like it. A fat phallic symbol is pleasant to behold, so unlike that ridiculous asparagus spear out Dan's window.
And @32, I believe this tour is for the production company Dan's with to film raw material for the ten episodes MTV agreed to buy of his show. So it may be that since the college kids are participating in a corporate enterprise their school doesn't have to pay Dan his usual fee. For all we know, since it's all business deductible maybe Dan's production company is able to offer a fee to the school.
And @32, I believe this tour is for the production company Dan's with to film raw material for the ten episodes MTV agreed to buy of his show. So it may be that since the college kids are participating in a corporate enterprise their school doesn't have to pay Dan his usual fee. For all we know, since it's all business deductible maybe Dan's production company is able to offer a fee to the school.
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I guess at least Andrew Meyer knows where you are staying right now, although your home address really isn't a secret for someone who properly knows how to identify another person on the Internet.
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Reposted from CHS:
"To Whom It May Concern:
I just finished reading your article - Another Andrew Meyer apology - and would like to make a response. I am absolutely sickened by the amount of press coverage Victoria Liss is receiving from the media regarding the public social media crusade she started against my husband, Andrew "Andy" Meyer. Andrew Meyer is a common name and I am not certain the number of different Andrew Meyer's she "attacked" before claiming my husband was THE customer who stiffed her from a tip and made a degrading comment about her weight. However, she decided to post my husband's picture which, in turn, led to others "digging up" information on him...some going as far to find his photo and college information from the Texas Tech Phi Kappa Psi website.
I would like to clarify for the record that she has not personally apologized to Andy regarding the situation she created. She has apologized through those who write the articles about this situation and to those who read her facebook wall. My husband received disturbing messages, some as far as threatening to kill him, for days. And I received countless messages harassing me about marrying a "national joke".
The mistake was discovered after my husband contacted Cha Cha Lounge to let them know that we had moved from Seattle to Dallas three years ago and have not been to visit since. They responded that they would take down the post but could not control those who had already re-posted his picture. Fortunately, they came out several hours later with an apology (both personally and publicly). It's unfortunate that an individual and business would react to a negative situation through the use of social media to bully/harass another individual rather than respond in an appropriate manner.
What does this say to our children who are bullied/harassed on a daily basis by their peers in school? Often times the end result is catastrophic - alcohol/drugs, dropouts, suicide, etc. It is my hope that all parties involved - Victoria, Cha Cha Seattle, and news sources - really use this opportunity to reflect on the consequences of how they attempted to resolve this particular manner and, in the future, THINK before they start a campaign to victimize somebody else.
Sincerely,
Jennifer Meyer"
More...
"To Whom It May Concern:
I just finished reading your article - Another Andrew Meyer apology - and would like to make a response. I am absolutely sickened by the amount of press coverage Victoria Liss is receiving from the media regarding the public social media crusade she started against my husband, Andrew "Andy" Meyer. Andrew Meyer is a common name and I am not certain the number of different Andrew Meyer's she "attacked" before claiming my husband was THE customer who stiffed her from a tip and made a degrading comment about her weight. However, she decided to post my husband's picture which, in turn, led to others "digging up" information on him...some going as far to find his photo and college information from the Texas Tech Phi Kappa Psi website.
I would like to clarify for the record that she has not personally apologized to Andy regarding the situation she created. She has apologized through those who write the articles about this situation and to those who read her facebook wall. My husband received disturbing messages, some as far as threatening to kill him, for days. And I received countless messages harassing me about marrying a "national joke".
The mistake was discovered after my husband contacted Cha Cha Lounge to let them know that we had moved from Seattle to Dallas three years ago and have not been to visit since. They responded that they would take down the post but could not control those who had already re-posted his picture. Fortunately, they came out several hours later with an apology (both personally and publicly). It's unfortunate that an individual and business would react to a negative situation through the use of social media to bully/harass another individual rather than respond in an appropriate manner.
What does this say to our children who are bullied/harassed on a daily basis by their peers in school? Often times the end result is catastrophic - alcohol/drugs, dropouts, suicide, etc. It is my hope that all parties involved - Victoria, Cha Cha Seattle, and news sources - really use this opportunity to reflect on the consequences of how they attempted to resolve this particular manner and, in the future, THINK before they start a campaign to victimize somebody else.
Sincerely,
Jennifer Meyer"
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Bully Dan Savage helped his friend, the allegedly vicious allegedly bigoted alleged liar Victoria Liss, victimize an innocent person on the Internet. Bully Dan Savage helped lead the charge. Now it's international!!! Papers around the world are reporting on the inhumane actions of a man who didn't leave a tip - THE WRONG MAN. And now a bunch on innocent people are being bullied on the Internet. Will bully Dan Savage apologize for his behavior, and for the behavior of the alleged serial liar Victoria Liss? Will you, Dan??? Dan, do you know what kinds of vile, bigoted slurs Victoria allegedly posts on her Facebook page? You probably thought that was all funny, given that you try so hard to keep up with the cool kids. Right, Dan?
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Well, it's nice that the troll has something new to talk about, isn't it? I mean, that whole gulf war thing was so tired.
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Looks like a giant solar panel to me.
Also, there's this one: File:30_St_Mary_Axe,_'Gherkin'.JPG">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:30_St_…
Also, there's this one: File:30_St_Mary_Axe,_'Gherkin'.JPG">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:30_St_…
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more about Danny's newest favoritest fat chick:
"Problem was that the Andrew Meyer that Liss vilified (she posted a link to his Facebook page and a photo) was the wrong Andrew Meyer.
Well, turns out that this isn't the first time that Ms. Liss has had experience accusing the wrong person of something awful.
In September 2007, Matthew Oly and Bryan Krieger were arrested and charged with felony harassment after Liss and a friend of hers, Marcus Wilson, identified them as having threatened to kill Wilson.
But six months later it became clear that Liss and co. weren't actually too sure that they had the right guys.
According to court documents obtained by Seattle Weekly, Wilson told officers that he was walking on Pike Street in Capitol Hill around 4 a.m. when someone asked him to borrow change. Wilson denied the request and kept walking, but when he did he said the person called him a "faggot" and threatened to kill him.
The man then supposedly followed Wilson and continued to hurl homosexual slurs at him until a second person rode up on a bicycle and started calling Wilson a "faggot" as well.
At this point Liss called Wilson--the two worked together at Pony at the time--to arrange to meet him, and Wilson answered the phone "in a panic."
Wilson told Liss that he was being "gay bashed" and to come quickly.
Liss told police that when she met Wilson, he was encircled by two men, both threatening to kill him.
At one point another man, Christopher Lynch, approached the group and began to call Liss "ugly," at which point she "became enraged" and called 911.
By the time police arrived, the two main harassers had left, but Liss and Wilson provided descriptions of them and two men, Kreiger and Oly, were arrested shortly afterward.
Liss and Wilson were then taken to the location where the two were being detained, and they identified the pair as the men who had harassed and threatened Wilson.
The two were quickly booked into King County Jail, and four days later both men were charged with felony harassment, though both denied it was they who'd done the harassing.
Skip about six months: Kreiger submitted to a polygraph test about the incident--a test he passed with flying colors.
Meanwhile, Liss and Wilson suddenly began to have doubts about both Oly and Kreiger being the ones who made the threats.
Suddenly the case was dismissed.
According to the Order of Dismissal, the reason for dropping the case was not only the results of the polygraph test, but also due to "some uncertainty as to the identity of the perpetrators."
King County Prosecuting Attorney spokesperson Dan Donohoe explains further. "I spoke with Deputy [King County] Prosecutor Mike Hogan. His recollection was that Liss and Wilson became less certain of the identity of the people responsible."
That was, of course, after the two had been jailed, charged, forced to retain lawyers, submit to polygraph tests, and generally have their lives turned upside down for several months.
Note: Liss did not respond to numerous calls for comment about this incident."
More...
more about Danny's newest favoritest fat chick:
"Problem was that the Andrew Meyer that Liss vilified (she posted a link to his Facebook page and a photo) was the wrong Andrew Meyer.
Well, turns out that this isn't the first time that Ms. Liss has had experience accusing the wrong person of something awful.
In September 2007, Matthew Oly and Bryan Krieger were arrested and charged with felony harassment after Liss and a friend of hers, Marcus Wilson, identified them as having threatened to kill Wilson.
But six months later it became clear that Liss and co. weren't actually too sure that they had the right guys.
According to court documents obtained by Seattle Weekly, Wilson told officers that he was walking on Pike Street in Capitol Hill around 4 a.m. when someone asked him to borrow change. Wilson denied the request and kept walking, but when he did he said the person called him a "faggot" and threatened to kill him.
The man then supposedly followed Wilson and continued to hurl homosexual slurs at him until a second person rode up on a bicycle and started calling Wilson a "faggot" as well.
At this point Liss called Wilson--the two worked together at Pony at the time--to arrange to meet him, and Wilson answered the phone "in a panic."
Wilson told Liss that he was being "gay bashed" and to come quickly.
Liss told police that when she met Wilson, he was encircled by two men, both threatening to kill him.
At one point another man, Christopher Lynch, approached the group and began to call Liss "ugly," at which point she "became enraged" and called 911.
By the time police arrived, the two main harassers had left, but Liss and Wilson provided descriptions of them and two men, Kreiger and Oly, were arrested shortly afterward.
Liss and Wilson were then taken to the location where the two were being detained, and they identified the pair as the men who had harassed and threatened Wilson.
The two were quickly booked into King County Jail, and four days later both men were charged with felony harassment, though both denied it was they who'd done the harassing.
Skip about six months: Kreiger submitted to a polygraph test about the incident--a test he passed with flying colors.
Meanwhile, Liss and Wilson suddenly began to have doubts about both Oly and Kreiger being the ones who made the threats.
Suddenly the case was dismissed.
According to the Order of Dismissal, the reason for dropping the case was not only the results of the polygraph test, but also due to "some uncertainty as to the identity of the perpetrators."
King County Prosecuting Attorney spokesperson Dan Donohoe explains further. "I spoke with Deputy [King County] Prosecutor Mike Hogan. His recollection was that Liss and Wilson became less certain of the identity of the people responsible."
That was, of course, after the two had been jailed, charged, forced to retain lawyers, submit to polygraph tests, and generally have their lives turned upside down for several months.
Note: Liss did not respond to numerous calls for comment about this incident."
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A GLORIOUS GIANT PENIS!
Almost makes up for the shitty hotel design. Where they hoping only Death Star fans would patron the place?
Almost makes up for the shitty hotel design. Where they hoping only Death Star fans would patron the place?
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Architects have been making phallic symbols for centuries. Massive stone-hard erections thrusting upward, penetrating the sky with their massive length and girth.
http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/fea…
http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/fea…
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