I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
awp.
Don't you mean "can't find inside the home"?
Why do I constantly forget to check for new attention-sucking threads before posting?
Shoot Steve
...ever notice how the characters in the movies rarely are watching movies?
Except for in An American Werewolf in London, which was a great movie!
Forgive me, fucking mad quilt lady. I know not what I do.
well back to being a little old lady
i think a lot of suburban christian repbulicans would like to spend the rest of their lives watching big screen tv in their big houses
the rest of us prefer to walk down the street in a city and see other human beings and say hello
Anyone who's every been housebound w/ an injury or illness knows how much we need to get out of our homes and into the world. I'm an introvert, but when I was at home w/ my broken ankle, I nearly went truly bonkers.
Wasn't nesting a post-9/11 thing?
Well, we have small children, so we're pretty constrained.
But I've never actually downloaded a monie. How does one find such things?
There are pictures of Bush and Abramoff...
monie = movie. Duh.
Did you guys see Michael Moore's response to Tweety already?
It's at his site
I don't enjoy going to movies anymore. I much prefer to watch them at home. However, every now and again, I simply must have some movie popcorn.
I live 20 miles from one medium sized city and 50 miles from a large one. Just 3 minutes from the video store though.
Hollywood would get more money out of me by releasing straight to DVD and theaters at the same time. I might want to see King Kong on the big screen, but Syriana at home. The marketing geniuses really need to be fired.
Ummmm, we're all on the internet, getting together with humankind instead of curling up in self-absorption. I would say the primacy of the internet kind of argues against the nesting view.
NYMary
Find Movies on Demand then click. I've only done it a few times. They really make it too easy.
watertiger...oooh how I wish they'd publish those letters
I need to run out and get a fresh can of Troll-b-gone.
I wouldn't go to a modern googleplex to watch a movie even if the price of admission was $0. The last time I remeber having a good time at the movies was probably circa Ghostbusters.
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One photo shows the President and Abramoff shaking hands at a meeting in the Old Executive Office Building, where a bearded-Abramoff introduced Bush to several of the lobbyist’s native-American clients.
Those dastardly Native-Americans! If only we could regulate their campaign cash President Bush would not be so tempted to take bribes from them, just as so many Democrats have done before him (including Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, and FDR).
A lot of theatres are shameless aggressive unfriendly ripoffs.
But if they leave the house, the terrarist boogey man, or men, will get them.
What Hecate said: I've got some kind of virus and I'm going nuts. As for movies, I would pay a couple of dollars extra--even though movie tickets are already outrageously excessive--for theatres where a common courtesy policy was enforced, by usherfold with tasers if necessary.
And, BTW, my prescription for overpriced movies: Julia, Tommy and the gang only get 20 mil if their movies succeed. So there.
KITTEN WAR!
(if you go, you'll never stop)
http://kittenwar.com/
I need to run out and get a fresh can of Troll-b-gone.
It's off the market -- a Canadian company is suing claiming they have the original patent.
But if they leave the house, the terrarist boogey man, or men, will get them.
Or the boo-gay men up on the screen in cowboy hats might make them choose to adopt the gay lifestyle.
if I want to watch advertising and more advertising and more advertising why pay the theatre $7.50 when I can do it at home for free?
I only leave the house to walk to the mailbox to get my Netflix. and buy champagne.
A lot of theatres are shameless aggressive unfriendly ripoffs.
Well, as to movies, there are a few that are just better on a big screen. But, in general, theatres are dirty and cold. They want to charge ten times the regular cost of a soda or snack and then they make me sit through a ton of commericals. So unless it's really necessary to see it on the big screen, i do Netrflix.
However, for good ballet, you need to go to the theatre, where the people watching at intermission is almost worth the price of admission alone. My d i l and I pick out the plastic surgery, fake furs, and real diamonds and play name that Hermes scarf.
A&E was advertising a made for T.V.movie about the 9/11 flight that crashed in Penn. Right on cue. Television will become the fear and terror reminder until the election is over.
Well, I found this. Is this what they're talking about?
I like going to the theater but too often there's not anything I really like to see. And getting a baby-sitter takes a bit of planning.
But yeah, I prefer to go to the theater, where there aren't phone calls and laundry and the screen is real big.
Dennis Miller has an HBO special tonight. I may jump out of my nest.
If Dennis Miller had a HBO special in the woods, would anybody laugh?
I saw Brokeback Mountain at a Landmark Cinema. You know what was nice about it? No advertising. I didn't sit there for 10 minutes before the movie started watching Coke and Revlon ads. And then there were like 3 short previews, then the movie started. If all movie chains were like that, I might start liking to go to the movies again. I hate having to add 30 minutes to the running time of a film just for ads and previews. I've got two young children and finding babysitters isn't easy.
I have like the opposite of agorophobia--I have to get out of the house once in a while or I start to feel panicky. And the worst part is my natural inclination is to just stay home--I've really got to force myself to go out.
A&E was advertising a made for T.V.movie about the 9/11 flight that crashed in Penn. Right on cue. Television will become the fear and terror reminder until the election is over.
That f@#king dollar coin guy
Oh, look out!
That's hate speech, you know.
Frankly, I think that whole story is BS.
That plane was shot down. There was no "let's roll" , etc.
If Dennis Miller had a HBO special in the woods, would anybody laugh?
No.
And the worst part is my natural inclination is to just stay home--I've really got to force myself to go out.
KH
I'm like that, too. In the winter, anyway.
After working all week, I don't want to do anything.
I've been finding myself sleeping half the day away on weekends.
Got to second the people watching at a real theater. Oh. My. God. It's huge fun! It's especially fun if you happen to lucky enough to go with a really catty woman, or a really REALLY catty gay man.
Oh, and the play is the thing. Really.
It is for this reason and a myriad of others that I pine for Manhattan.
Dennis Miller hasn't been funny in years.
If ever.
Did you guys see Michael Moore's response to Tweety already?
Hilarious!
That plane was shot down
Yes. I think it was a good decision to shoot it down, but it was shot down. Course, maybe if Chimpy McCokeSpoon read his PDBs and wasn't jonesing to be a war preznit, it wouldn't have been necessary to shoot it down, but that's a pet goat over the bridge.
Dennis Miller hasn't been funny in years.
If ever.
Terry C, Coldplayer
Werd.
The experience that a 16 year old expects is going to be completely different than what a 35 or 55 year old expects.
When a 16 year old goes to a movie, there is absolutely nothing at all wrong with answering your cellphone, talking back to the screen and texting your heart away during a movie. The movie is just there because its better than doing the same thing sitting or walking at the mall, or hanging in your buddys smelly bedroom again, listening to his mom yell at him.
All of the above drives anyone not in that demographic crazy. So when a couple of 35 year olds go to see King Kong, not only can you pretty much bet that they arent going to have a great experience during the showing of the movie, but they probably didnt have a great experience before they even got their seats.
nail being hit on the head. when I wa s ateen I worked as a movie thatre usher. part of our job was to continually rove through the different screens, shushing people who were talking, etc.
besides advertising, what pisses me off is the theatres that don't use their ushers as screen monitors. it's up to the customer to complain about soft focus, bad sound, or disruptive and obnoxious audience members.
I walked out of 3 showings this summer, demanding a refund, when people continued to talk and answer their phones, and let their infants cry. idiotic theatre owners.
(/Grampa Simpson)
I don't think that people just want to nest. But there aren't that many public square type places anymore, and malls don't offer very much once you are past teenage years.
I go to the movies to see the independent films. It's fun to watch the people, too, and there is a great chocolate place nearby. It's become almost a ritual for me to do this about twice a month, and it is mentally very good to go out and to be in a crowd. We need that, too, not just the nesting alone or with a few other people.
Hey, the trolls never leave their homes.
I still enjoy going to dinner once a week, either with Monsieur or a close friend. We did go to the theater to see "Syriana," but the idea of having to put on shoes to see a movie has become alien to me.
Hecate--you and the DIL must have great fun being oh so catty.
A catty gay male friend can amplify any shopping experience into world class entertainment.
The fact that someone once thought Dennis Miller would be good on Monday Night Football was funny. Thats about as close to funny he has ever been.
Back to the nesting question, I will say that if Take Out Taxi ever goes bankrupt, it won't be my fault.
My daughter and I usually go out Saturday night for dinner, but last week, the weather was rotten outside.
This week, she doesn't feel good.
She's got a cold that's hanging on - and she gets nervous about her asthma kicking up because of the cold.
Don't know if we're going anywhere tonight either.
Guess what John, I can whip up a mean steak, but I still like to go to restaurants. Because I enjoy it. I enjoy getting out of the house with family, friends, who ever.
This is the key: we are still, even a misanthrope like me, social creatures, and "going out" is a good thing for most people. Sure, the Unambombers and trolls of the world sit around at home because they hate sunlight and moonlight, but TV didn't kill movies, VHS didn't kill movies, and neither will Tivos, DVDs and plasma screens. E-commerce is great, but people still shop in malls. CDs have great sound, but people still go to live shows.
Until you get me total virtual presence via holographic interaction down fiber optics to every home, that's the way it will be.
I walked out of 3 showings this summer, demanding a refund, when people continued to talk and answer their phones, and let their infants cry. idiotic theatre owners.
My favorite family values moment was couple of years back, some couple in Michigan (IIRC) sued a movie theatre for refusing them entry to a ten oclock showing of an R-rated movie because they had their two year old with them. I used to live in a resort town and saw a lot of that, yuppie couples out for their reunion dinner, letting their kids cry and sleep at the table since they were determined to prove to themselves that they were still wild and crazy.
Advance response to any offended boomers: I realize such behavior is neither exclusive to nor defining of a particular demographic group. I use yuppies to refer to clueless affluent people between 32 and 50.
When a 16 year old goes to a movie, there is absolutely nothing at all wrong with answering your cellphone, talking back to the screen and texting your heart away during a movie.
I'm trying to remember what my expectations were when I was 16. I don't think we're just being old fogies about it.
Movie price tickets are not outrageously expensive.
Compared to any other form of live entertainment - sports, live theatre, concerts, opera, ballet, amusement parks, you name it - the prices as a percentage have risen far, far less whether you go back 10, 20, 30, 40 years.
Compared to printed materials - newspapers, hard cover and paperback books, magazines - the prices as a percentage have risen far, far less whether you go back 10, 20, 30, 40 years.
It still is by far the cheapest form of mass audience paid entertainment.
I'm trying to remember what my expectations were when I was 16. I don't think we're just being old fogies about it.
Well, I necked a lot, but by 16 I was a Catholic girl gone bad.
So when a couple of 35 year olds go to see King Kong, not only can you pretty much bet that they arent going to have a great experience during the showing of the movie, but they probably didnt have a great experience before they even got their seats.
Well, it's not just movies. I once walked out of a store after trying on one pair of walking shoes because I just couldn't think with the VERY LOUD rap music they were playing. Literally couldn't think. I'm an old woman and I can afford to pay a lot for walking shoes, but no one sells them in an environment that appeals to me. I'd rather order off the web where i order three or four pairs and return the ones that don't exactly fit. You can hate us boomers but there's a lot of us and we're GETTING OLD. We can't read tiny print or white print on a yellow screen. I.am.just.saying.
the idea of having to put on shoes to see a movie has become alien to me.
Same here, but NTodd's Pa and I still go to the cinema when there's something like Kong that demands viewing on the big screen. 'course, we go to matinees mid-week so we can avoid all the annoying kids.
And that's just it: the experience as a whole has gone downhill for the most part. I'm not blaming kids. But look at all the fucking ads we have to sit through now, and the cramped multiplexes, bad projection, etc. Some of the new places are doing it right, but there's still a lot of old-school crap combined with new shit like those ads and shitty movies that makes me reluctant to shell out 10 bucks.
I finally saw War of the Worlds, BTW. Got the DVD for 5 dollars in the USED box at the Fletcher General Store.
Georgetown beat Duke, which means that if the game I am gonna watch on tv in 2 hours goes as planned, the Gators will be #1 in the Nation. whoohoo!
off to make some ice cream in the machine and get the grille going. Go Gators!
Eh. I'll go to a theatre sometimes but the past few experiences have been annoying. People may not have their cellphone RINGERS on anymore -- but in the dark room, they open the phones and... I guess text-message or some shit. The small, blazing-bright screens in your visual field are annoying as hell.
Also, I went to see the last Harry Potter movie the first weekend it was out. Had bought tix online. We got there pretty damn early, but by the time we did, the theatre was already full except for 3 rows of seats right up front where you had to look straight up to see all of the screen -- and it was literally nauseating. Why even HAVE those seats?
I'm getting the impression a lot of this is an age thing. After working all week, and commuting an hour each way, the last thing I want to do is climb on another subway on the weekends.
We have an indy house within walking distance and if we go to movies at all, we usually just show up there at opening and read the reviews in the lobby, then see the first show.
I'm thinking I'd like to see the Constant Gardner and Syriana in the movies.
Movie price tickets are not outrageously expensive.
Compared to any other form of live entertainment
Yeah, but they;re not live entertainment, are they? And you can get them very cheap on Netflix if you can wait. And the ticket price is only half of it. For many, there's a babysitter and the food is ridiculously overpriced
I once walked out of a store after trying on one pair of walking shoes because I just couldn't think with the VERY LOUD rap music they were playing. Literally couldn't think.
Hecate:
I work for a defense law firm.
Love when I have to call a client and their answering machine blasts the same loud, obnoxious shit - for about five minutes - complete with misogyny and four letter words.
I'm no fan of rap and hip-hop anyway.
I don't want my eardrums knocked out by it.
We only go out to the movies when we want to see a flick on a big screen or have gotten a gift card, etc. To us, it's insane to pay $8 for a ticket plus outrageous $ for a popcorn and pop....even if the theater experience is pretty nice.
Ditto with sporting events...one Tribe game a year. The remainder are HS football games that are fun but cheap.
Having dinner out? Maybe twice a year.
When we were gainfully employed we thought nothing of dropping $100 on dinner or seats courtside, but now that we no longer have the money we really don't miss it anyway.
Of course, we don't have kids we have to get away from, and have made our home a place we never look to with dread...
Compared to any other form of live entertainment - sports, live theatre, concerts, opera, ballet, amusement parks, you name it - the prices as a percentage have risen far, far less whether you go back 10, 20, 30, 40 years.
But it's not live, is it? I mean, you go to see Harry Potter, and it's not just on tens of thousands of screens around the country, it's on four screens right there in your own multiplex.
Is it time to start talking about the Benjaminian aura?
Movie price tickets are not outrageously expensive.
Compared to any other form of live entertainment - sports, live theatre, concerts, opera, ballet, amusement parks, you name it - the prices as a percentage have risen far, far less whether you go back 10, 20, 30, 40 years.
(True, and that's why the popcorn and drinks are so expensive.) Movies, like sporting events, are priced to maximize revenue. They may be "too expensive" for some people, but dropping the prices would lower profits.
Well, I necked a lot, but by 16 I was a Catholic girl gone bad.
Told you the Papist Threat is not to be underestimated.
I finally saw War of the Worlds, BTW. Got the DVD for 5 dollars in the USED box at the Fletcher General Store.
NTodd, Banned Bad Boy |
Did TomKat jump on a sofa in that one?
by 16 I was a Catholic girl gone bad.
You and I really are sisters
No Frank Rich after tomorrow for a good long time.
Dammit.
By setting their hopes on a "fake story," Democrats ruined whatever chance they had of keeping Samuel Alito off the Supreme Court, according to Frank Rich in a column slated for Sunday's New York Times, RAW STORY has learned.
While Rich attacks all sides for not "meeting even the low threshold of truthiness" during the confirmation hearings, some of his harshest criticisms are directed at Senator Kennedy and other Democrats for making a big deal out of Alito's membership in a conservative group that's been accused of bigotry. Rich notes that the story had already been exposed as "fake" in The Times. "The Republicans would never have been so sloppy," Rich writes.
This will be Rich's last column until spring. "Starting next week, I will be on a book leave, writing nonfiction about our post-9/11 fictions," Rich informs his readers.
Told you the Papist Threat is not to be underestimated.
You wish.
I finally saw War of the Worlds, BTW. Got the DVD for 5 dollars in the USED box at the Fletcher General Store.
NTodd, Banned Bad Boy |
And I'm thinking it still sucked.
Really didn't like that movie.
I use yuppies to refer to clueless affluent people between 32 and 50.
DemByDefault
I have a lot of sympathy for people who take their kids everywhere. You know, sometimes you just can't get a babysitter. When I was a stay at home mom, getting out of the house was of paramount importance. And if you're a working parent, you don't want to take that time away from your kids, so you bring them along.
Did TomKat jump on a sofa in that one?
No, he jumped under the table.
You wish.
Indeed I do.
Of course, there is the possibility that movie studios are too dumb to know how to maximize their revenue.
It's sort of like being forced to buy a subscription to listen to baseball games on the internet. Free internet broadcasts are the best and cheapest possible way for MLB to advertise its product globally, yet they're too cheap to recognize the possibilities.
I have a lot of sympathy for people who take their kids everywhere. You know, sometimes you just can't get a babysitter. When I was a stay at home mom, getting out of the house was of paramount importance. And if you're a working parent, you don't want to take that time away from your kids, so you bring them along.
ql in ny
But you probably didn't take your young children to see a midnight screening of Caligula (yes, I was in a theatre where some folks really did that).
And I'm thinking it still sucked.
Really didn't like that movie.
It wasn't all that bad from where I sit--certainly not as bad as I was expecting. 'course, I like "shitty" movies.
Well, I still have a cold, and actually had to go in to the hospital to be monitored for a bit today (though everything is cool now), so I think I'm going to nap whiile the wind whips around Liberal Mountain.
finally saw War of the Worlds, BTW. Got the DVD for 5 dollars in the USED box at the Fletcher General Store.
NTodd, Banned Bad Boy |
And I'm thinking it still sucked.
Really didn't like that movie.
Rmj, Wandering Aengus
I like the original WOTW better,
Then again, I can't abide Tom Cruise.
But you probably didn't take your young children to see a midnight screening of Caligula (yes, I was in a theatre where some folks really did that).
Stinky
Worst I ever did was take my infant daughter to "Batman Returns."
She slept through it.
Kept her at home and raised her on "The X-Files."
Victory in Chimpy's War on Miners.
NYMary
The audience is alive and part of the communal experience, and the presentation (if done right, which more and more often happens these days) is decidedly superior than the home viewing experience.
The movie theatre industry has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on infrastructure in the last decade to upgrade facilities, almost entirely without taxpayer subsidies, unlike most sports teams and other cultural venues. It has to be paid for, and that ticket prices have not exceeded inflation or multiplied like other events just does not get noticed.
If Mark Cuban's plan works, then the mass movie experience will be entirely dictated by teens and young adults and those who still are drawn by the cheapest movie experience. You can say goodbye to Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Good Night and Good Luck or their equivalents.
But you probably didn't take your young children to see a midnight screening of Caligula (yes, I was in a theatre where some folks really did that).
Stinky
Oh...my...god!
I rented that back in the early 1980s.
I'm far from a prude but I was really grossed out by that film.
What the hell were Malcolm McDowell and Peter O'Toole thinking....besides the bucks?
What keeps me out of movie theaters are the crappy movies. I ignore the ads by pulling my wool hat over my head -- that stuff is pretty obnoxious.
But it is the pretty rare film that isnt a sequel, a remake or just plain predictable star vehicle.
I do get netflix...and that offers some solace and also confirms that a lot of stuff is just hackneyed.
You can say goodbye to Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Good Night and Good Luck or their equivalents.
hopeless pedant
Like TV, everything will be geared to teenagers.
MURKA is so screwed.
It wasn't all that bad from where I sit--certainly not as bad as I was expecting. 'course, I like "shitty" movies.
NTodd, Banned Bad Boy
The Orson Wells' radio play is still the best version (especially the first half), and I knew how it ended (of course), but to sit through what turns out to be nothing but a 24 hour chase movie with Tom Cruise the chasee....
...well, let's just say I expected a bit more movie than that.
(I mean, what ever happened to the whole "Earth Under the Martians" portion of the story?)
And if you're a working parent, you don't want to take that time away from your kids, so you bring them along.
That's fine, but make them behave.
By that I mean make them shut the fuck up in restaurants.
I guess I've been out of it--didn't know Cuban owned Landmark; just thought of him as the asshole Mavs owner. I love the Landmark theater in my neck of the woods-the Kendall Square Theatre (other than the fact that it becomes a bit of a chore to get there in the winter).
I love to go to the movies. The problem is, there's so often nothing worth watching, particularly for the price I'm paying. I'm not willing to pay ten bucks to see Adam Sandler in anything.
I have a lot of sympathy for people who take their kids everywhere... if you're a working parent, you don't want to take that time away from your kids, so you bring them along.
Point well taken, dut do (would, did) you stay at the restaurant till 10 or 11 pm, ordering another bottle of wine and dessert, while your toddlers are sleeping with their heads on the tablecloth or leaning against you in exhaustion?
NY Mary, stay well. Make Thers handle the hearth and kids for a few days. You have another what 3 months to go yet?
What the hell were Malcolm McDowell and Peter O'Toole thinking....besides the bucks?
They didn't tell them the real story. They filmed the other parts secretly and then edited it all together.
Pretty nasty thing to do.
Mark Cuban got lucky, made a billion dollars on an Internet deal now worth about ten bucks...and he's an expert?
Pedant--
Live audience is about theater and its ability to affect the performance. Unless you are at Rocky Horror, don't we still expect the audience to let the other spectators hear the film without comment, cracks, catcalls, and general boorishness. This aint a baseball game where you are supposed to root root root for the hometeam.
RMJ, did you want to see the children tentacled to death? We wanted to see the kids get got after seeing them for a few minutes. Spielberg has this irrational adoration of an idealized family as the ultimate protagonist, which is why he focused on just a few people who ought never to have escaped.
It wasn't all that bad from where I sit--certainly not as bad as I was expecting. 'course, I like "shitty" movies.
I didn't mind it either, and I thought the martian walkers were really terrifying.
'course, I like "shitty" movies.
I've been looking for a good bad horror movie lately, but can't seem to find one. Any suggestions?
By that I mean make them shut the fuck up in restaurants.
four legs good
Humph. The last time there was an obnoxious kid at the next table over, Mr. QL and I had the bestest time. Cause if wasn't us with kids! We really enjoyed the hell out of that meal.
DembyDefault--the answer is, you don't. We did teach our daughter to eat in restaurants, and not just quickie places, but we did at 7 p.m., not 10.
That's fine, but make them behave.
By that I mean make them shut the fuck up in restaurants.
We take our 8 mo old out to eat occasionally. She's very sweet and well-behaved, but every time she starts talking a little loud (not screaming) I wince inside and say "please please please." She thankfully only screamed once when we took her to see Al Gore and then we had to leave before we could find out how he saved the world from global warming.
Kept her at home and raised her on "The X-Files."
We did that as well.
"By that I mean make them shut the fuck up in restaurants.
four legs good"
adults aren't any better...we gave our season tickets to the cleveland orchestra because the crowds were so obnoxious..
When a 16 year old goes to a movie, there is absolutely nothing at all wrong with answering your cellphone, talking back to the screen and texting your heart away during a movie.
Yes, it is.
It's fucking rude.
And inconsiderate.
I've been looking for a good bad horror movie lately, but can't seem to find one. Any suggestions?
DemByDefault
Something About Mary?
Well, I still have a cold, and actually had to go in to the hospital to be monitored for a bit today (though everything is cool now), so I think I'm going to nap whiile the wind whips around Liberal Mountain.
I am sending lots of good vibes your way. You are doing so much, working three jobs, raising three babes and cooking a fourth and keeping house. You are amazing. Put your feet up and rest. Get Thers or the fifteen year old to bring you a cup of tea.
By that I mean make them shut the fuck up in restaurants.
four legs good
Speaking of which.
Anybody hate loud restraunts, like Outback, eg. ?
Why is everybody yelling at each other.
The noise is incredible some places.
.
Cuban comes across as an arse at Mavs games, but he's made the transition from online media to 'old media' and he really does get it.
I'm an introvert, but when I was at home w/ my broken ankle, I nearly went truly bonkers.
Tell me about it. My wife was on a working vacation this week, and she got stir crazy. I dream of having a 'freelancer's shed' to work in.
Mark Cuban got lucky, made a billion dollars on an Internet deal now worth about ten bucks...and he's an expert?
I think he's right on about independent film and digital cinema.
Getting those movies shown is what allows new ones to be made.
And the best films being made these days, IMHO, are the smaller, independent production films.
God knows Hollywood isn't doing much that's interesting or creative these days. I saw a TV ad for a remake of "When a Stranger Calls" on TV last night. WTF? did that movie really need to be remade? and for god's sake, they gave the plot away in the fucking commercial.
Idiots.
Unless you are at Rocky Horror, don't we still expect the audience to let the other spectators hear the film without comment, cracks, catcalls, and general boorishness
That's why I won't go to the movies.
Some people were badly brought up.
I use to think unruly children where about the only problem with eating out until the discovery of the cell phone. And now, all those fucking ring tones...
I've been looking for a good bad horror movie lately, but can't seem to find one. Any suggestions?
DemByDefault | 01.21.06 - 5:12 pm |
Anything by Dr Uwe Boll, and probably any "horror" flick that Robert deNiro agrees to act in.
RMJ, did you want to see the children tentacled to death? We wanted to see the kids get got after seeing them for a few minutes. Spielberg has this irrational adoration of an idealized family as the ultimate protagonist, which is why he focused on just a few people who ought never to have escaped.
kei & yuri
Ten minutes into the movie.
I was disappointed when Cruise escaped the basket.
And by the end, I wanted the Martians to win and just wipe out the earth already.
It would have been so much more satisfying.
the answer is, you don't. We did teach our daughter to eat in restaurants, and not just quickie places, but we did at 7 p.m., not 10
Exactaly, as my mother, the free-lance grandma, points out in her "I'm not talking to you but I know you can hear me" voice whenever she encounters a bad situation.
I am sending lots of good vibes your way. You are doing so much, working three jobs, raising three babes and cooking a fourth and keeping house. You are amazing.
Hecate Malificent
She is indeed a heroine.
And the Ring II: attack of the Reindeer, or the painfully low budget Ring spinoffs.
Agave--any restaurant where I cannot have a conversation in a normal tone, I don't eat at. Monsieur is partially deaf, and to be in a loud restaurant just ruins the experience for both of us.
I hate places like Outback and sports bars for that reason.
I've been looking for a good bad horror movie lately, but can't seem to find one. Any suggestions?
Oh, this one's right in my wheelhouse.
Apologies if any of these have been mentioned before, and I don't know how findable they are...
Evil Dead/Evil Dead 2 (second is a remake with better production values, not a sequel)
Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers
Blood Diner
Mansquito
The Fallen Ones
Return Of The Living Dead 5: Rave To The Grave!
I'm sure more will come to me...
Speaking of which.
Anybody hate loud restraunts, like Outback, eg. ?
Why is everybody yelling at each other.
The noise is incredible some places.
Yes, I hate them too.
On the kids thing, when I was little, my parents took my brother and me all over the US and all over Europe. We knew better than to act up in a restaurant were adults were dining.
Speaking of which.
Anybody hate loud restraunts, like Outback, eg. ?
Why is everybody yelling at each other.
The noise is incredible some places.
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agAve, snickers worshipper
I avoid such places like the plague.
Who can eat amid such noise? Food usually sucks, anyway.
Unless I can be sure they cook better than I do, I don't bother anymore, unless I'm exhausted. And then I just go to Whataburger.
adults aren't any better...we gave our season tickets to the cleveland orchestra because the crowds were so obnoxious..
jdw
I hear that. I used to attend solo on Friday mornings-got out in time for a nice lunch without kids. Old people trying to retrieve cough drops or candy and then removing cellophane was excrutiating to sit through.
Dem--and, you order one bottle of wine and leave no later than 90 minutes later, preferably less. We went to places where you could take the wine with you if you didn't finish.
Even in light of America's unabashed arrogance, I have to wonder why we don't get royally pissed off when we the richest country in the world has over $1 trillion deficit. And, countries like Iran have $40-$50 billion in reserve. China has $819 billion in reserve.
When we hear that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is moving his money to avoid sanctions we should be impressed with his stewardship of public funds.
I use to think unruly children where about the only problem with eating out until the discovery of the cell phone. And now, all those fucking ring tones...
chris/tx
We had one behind us a couple of weeks ago.
Talking SO loudly that the waitress had to come over and tell him to tone it down a few decibels.
I think she saw that my daughter and I were about ready to get up and leave.
I'm sure more will come to me...
I watched Manos: Hand of Fate last night.
NY Mary, stay well. Make Thers handle the hearth and kids for a few days. You have another what 3 months to go yet?
Yes, be well, but don't trust The Lout to run things! 
I use to think unruly children where about the only problem with eating out until the discovery of the cell phone. And now, all those fucking ring tones...
I agree! Happily, the great restaurant we have here is so loud that you have to go outside if you want to talk on your cell. Those hig tin ceilings...
Works for me.
It means so much coming from you, Jeffers. Any time we're stuck with some form of Spielberg's disgusting child porn, we find ourselves feeling like Peter Lorre.
The screaming--
The screaming--
It only stops when I kill!
4Legs--I see children in restaurants and cafes all over Europe, and they behave themselves.
If Mark Cuban's plan works, then the mass movie experience will be entirely dictated by teens and young adults and those who still are drawn by the cheapest movie experience. You can say goodbye to Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Good Night and Good Luck or their equivalents.
Huh? He specifically markets to an older, indie-flick-loving crowd. He sounds like he's conceded the multiplexes to the teenagers, and is looking to offer a different experience, one that appeals to grownups.
He's showing indie films and offering "adult beverages" at his theatre chain.
Did you read the article at all?
I understand that there is a difference between live theatres and the interaction there and within the movies. But one of the things that makes Brokeback Mountain or any profound movie a more important experience is the interaction with other audience members, the shared emotions, being part of a group. I have seen the film both on screen with an audience and at home (yeah, I'm in the industry), and the experience is much different.
And something like Brokeback, or Fahrenheit 451 - because of the attention that the media pay to movies as opposed to TV or other narrative media - the slow rollout, the word of mouth that keeps going around, the awards that mean the most - is far more effective because it plays in theatres. Brokeback may be the single biggest factor in shifting America's (and America's corporate and media leader's) attitudes towards gays. It is going to gross far in excess of $100 million dollars. If it had come out as a direct-home-delivery item, it would have been seen by its core audience, very few others.
Mark Cuban has no understanding of much beyond his own ego.
Yes, I hate them too.
On the kids thing, when I was little, my parents took my brother and me all over the US and all over Europe. We knew better than to act up in a restaurant were adults were dining.
four legs good
Was dining last night at a place with a cafeteria line (still a decent place).
Ahead of us was a family with a screaming two year old. Right next to the father, who was oblivious.
I wanted to ask them both to leave. Fortunately, they sat outside.
People never cease to amaze me.
Anybody hate loud restraunts, like Outback, eg.
It's my one and only complaint about the Palm. I want to talk to the people at my table w/o yelling.
There are certain movies that cry out for the theater experience. We watched a semi-ridiculous movie called HALFLIGHT the other night. The story was kind of mundane and the acting passable. But the scenery of the coast of Scotland was beautiful and beautifully filmed. This should have been seen in a theater: it would have helped the story. (And that cinematographer has my vote for an Oscar)
But some films are small and meant to be that way. To watch an intimate movie in a large theater is to miss the point. If the action is personal and thoughtful, wouldn't you rather be home where a scene can be repeated or the smell of popcorn grease is not permeating the air?
And last, there are some of us who for reasons unknown, simply cannot sit comfortably for two and a half hours. (that's me, btw. I have to get up and move around, stand, do something or I go more buggy than I already am. To me, the home experience is much better.
Two cents worth and it was free.
19/36 are now done and in the can, if anyone's paying attention.
I've been looking for a good bad horror movie lately, but can't seem to find one. Any suggestions?
Oh, this one's right in my wheelhouse.
Mine too.
Hey, don't forget:
Hammerhead Terror.
That one was excruciating.
Oh, Frank Rich. I'd want to read the full column, but the Dems blew the CAP thing by not asking why Suck-Up Sammy put it on his resume for Meese's DoJ? The point wasn't that Sammy was a racist/sexist, but that he didn't mind being associated with it when applying for a government job. Pretend bigot.
dont get me started on cell phone use on buses and any form of public transport. If planes allow cell phone use during airborne time, it will be truly gruesome.
If I get a call in a public place--I have a phone to be on duty for business--I cover mymouth and the receiver. I cant imagine what is going through some people's minds when they loudly hold conversations and drill people.
Why do the yell? What do they think they are using, a dixie cup and a thread?
dont get me started on cell phone use on buses and any form of public transport. If planes allow cell phone use during airborne time, it will be truly gruesome.
If I get a call in a public place--I have a phone to be on duty for business--I cover mymouth and the receiver. I cant imagine what is going through some people's minds when they loudly hold conversations and drill people.
Why do the yell? What do they think they are using, a dixie cup and a thread?
Evil Dead/Evil Dead 2 (second is a remake with better production values, not a sequel)
I must concur with my colleague. And the actual sequel, Army of Darkness, is not without its charms. Especially Embeth Davidtz.
And yes, I fucking HATE loud restaurants and people who have to maintain a running commentary in the movie theater (online, on the other hand...). And cellphones in general.
I wish there was some simple way to explain to people the difference between "your living room" and "not your living room".
Haloscan bites my ASS today. I'll forget that long post that just disappeared into the ether.
I hate places like Outback and sports bars for that reason.
You know what's hard these days? Finding a quiet place to have drinks or dinner with a date. You're trying to get to know someone, and you're shouting. It's ridiculous.
there's a restaurant near me with unbelievable food, but hey insist on a minimalist decor: No rugs, no table cloths, stone walls. the click of silverware makes the place like a machine shop, never mind people trying to talk over it. I can't understand how the staff can take.
I've been looking for a good bad horror movie lately, but can't seem to find one. Any suggestions?
Chopper Chicks in Zombietown. Billy Bob Thornton and MTV VJ Martha Quinn. It's soooooooooooo bad. Special brownies are strongly suggested.
did these miners die waiting too?
now we're going to get platitudes from democrats, with no hard questions raised against mining interests.
I see children in restaurants and cafes all over Europe, and they behave themselves.
We saw dogs in restaurants and cafes in Europe that behaved better than some American brats.
One dog actually wiped its feet on the mat as it entered a hotel!
Eli--what's on tap for Scifi Saturday Night?
Oh, and the bar where Pittsburgh Drinking Liberally is held has an incredibly loud jukebox, which completely defeats the conversational purpose of Drinking Liberally, and is actually physically painful on my bad eadrum.
Fortunately, it looks like the jukebox is either toned down or ignored on Tuesday nights, which we've shifted to...
On kids' tech expectations:
My eight-year old niece got a mobile phone for Christmas. She knows it's a Motorola v180. She didn't want the pink v220 with camera because it was the 'wrong sort of pink'.
(We gave her a MP3 player for her birthday. She likes it.)
I was playing with web browsers in 1994, but I feel like I'm losing ground to pre-teens.
Billy Bob Thornton and MTV VJ Martha Quinn.
Oh I think we have a winner!!
My European dog story - took the Metro, saw that a dog got into my car (not unusual in Paris), didn't see the owner. He sat quietly on the floor. Three stops later, he got out, went up the stairs, clearly no owner with him
He'd just learned how to do it I guess.
" Old people trying to retrieve cough drops or candy and then removing cellophane was excrutiating to sit through.
footlooseandfancyfree"
this wasn't mostly old farts...it was more the young yuppy scum because they thought it was primarily a place to be seen and appear a bit cultured.
what they had in common with old farts is that any piece of music that was not in the classic 'hall of fame', particulary unknown composers or anything dissonant, gave them the right to be as loud and obnoxious as possible because they didn't know how to tap their little toes along with a melody that was unfamiliar...
they were as bad as any movie audience.
Ahead of us was a family with a screaming two year old. Right next to the father, who was oblivious.
For reasons that escape me, the Kennedy Center generally starts the season w/ the Nutcracker which, for reasons that also escape me, everyone thinks their kids will love. They could go see the Washington Ballet do the Nutcracker at the Lisner on Saturday afternoon, but, no, they bring junior to see an evening opening night at the Kennedy Center. For years, I sat next to a lovely woman who was very, very, very knowledgeable about ballet. She came by herself, dressed in an evening suit. One year, the kid behind us kept talking during the Nutcracker, in spite of her stares, my stares, and her repeated "shhh"s. The worst part was that when junior would say, "What's that, daddy?" Daddy would proceed to explain "That's the rat king and he's fighting the Nutcracker." At the first intermission, she asked the father to keep his son quiet. At the second intermission, she went and got an usher and he must have moved them because the third act was blissfully comment free.
Well, I just received "The Calamari Wrestler" in the mail thanks to a certain someone, so I may have to give that a watch, as soon as I'm done with this frickin' e-vite thingie.
He'd just learned how to do it I guess.
That's a riot!
I was playing with web browsers in 1994, but I feel like I'm losing ground to pre-teens.
pseudonymous in nc
You are.
My daughter says she wants a "Sidekick."
I tell her to get a job.
She decides her current cellphone is acceptable.
so it goes.
The picture of Santorum and Abramoff is so creepy.
Chopper Chicks in Zombietown. Billy Bob Thornton and MTV VJ Martha Quinn. It's soooooooooooo bad. Special brownies are strongly suggested.
Oh yes. I especially love the one zombie who's completely mesmerized by the security camera. And the way families try to pretend their loved ones aren't zombies.
Eli--what's on tap for Scifi Saturday Night?
Magma: Volcanic Disaster! With Xander Berkeley!
That's fine, but make them behave.
By that I mean make them shut the fuck up in restaurants.
four legs good | Email | Homepage | 01.21.06 - 5:10 pm | #
many years ago when my kids were quite young (under 4) We took them to meet friends for dinner at the Cliff House in Laguna Beach. The wait was 1.5 hours, and dinner took even longer to arrive.
We had had the foresight to take the kids to eat beforehand and bring things for them to do while we waited and waited.
An older couple at the next table walked over to us at the end of their meal and paid for our dinner. They explained that when we had walked in their hearts sank at the thought of two howling children spoiling their anniversary dinner. They were so thrilled to have their expectations unmet they just had to thank us.
I will say that my kids were trained from a very young age on how to behave in public, and infractions
were not tolerated.
I don't have "community experience" when I'm in a movie theatre. Mostly I'm trying to avoid those other people.
(It always cracks me up when an audience applauds at the end of a movie, as if the actors could hear them or something.)
Billy Bob Thornton and MTV VJ Martha Quinn.
Oh I think we have a winner!!
DemByDefault
I never know what's going on.....
Eli--what's with all these lava flicks? I'm missing some serious zombie action.
I used to go hunting with a Priest and some other fellers. One member in our group was always the first out of his blind, stalking the two tracks waiting for whoever was driving to pick him up. Once, when I was the driver and the Priest was in the seat next to me, we saw X pacing along the side of the track...impatient....bored. The Priest told me to never trust someone who couldn't remain alone with themselves in silence for a morning(4-5 hours). That Priest was right. Looking at Amerika, the need to be seen doing something, anything...masks a rotten conscience.
Curiously, ironically, it appears that the next big art house movie is Groenig's "Into Great Silence", a three hour movie that follows the routines of Carthusian monks. Its a surprise hit in Germany, of all places.
To watch an intimate movie in a large theater is to miss the point.
Sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't. I saw Trois Couleurs: Rouge in an arthouse. It's all about connectedness. I saw Mulholland Drive in the same cinema. I heard that Roger Ebert did a one-week course looking at that one film alone. It's that rich.
So yes, you watch the DVD for the details you miss. But the big screen still transforms many films.
t was more the young yuppy scum because they thought it was primarily a place to be seen and appear a bit cultured.
I hated yuppies during the 1980s.
Nothing has changed.
Why should that crack you up when the audience applauds? Again, it is sharing your feelings with other human beings.
sorry for the double post.
can I blame 'just sayin'?
Did TomKat jump on a sofa in that one?
Terry C, Coldplayer
Now you're just being glib.
My European dog story - took the Metro, saw that a dog got into my car (not unusual in Paris), didn't see the owner. He sat quietly on the floor. Three stops later, he got out, went up the stairs, clearly no owner with him
He'd just learned how to do it I guess.
Did he pay the fare? I hate freeloaders.
(It always cracks me up when an audience applauds at the end of a movie, as if the actors could hear them or something.)
Furiousleigh, aka Silleigh
Thank you.
I never got that, either.
I hate cellphones.
I don't want to hear other people's conversations.
Re: Chopper Chicks. It's been years since I've seen it. A friend was doing some graduate work on voudoun and decided to have a bad zombie movie night. I can't remember the first movie we watched, but Chopper Chicks was unforgetably bad. It was an evening of much smoking and imbibing of red wine. It still strikes me as one of the best worst films--too bad MST3K never got ahold of it.
Again, it is sharing your feelings with other human beings.
I love when that happens. You're in a large room filled with strangers, and it's delightful to be a part of spontaneous appreciation of a movie.
Not for nothing, but while I'm terribly sorry that these miners are dead, why are they getting so much press while the dead in Iraq get next to none?
Hey, at least he probably knows that Toronto is not the capitol of Japan. Many Americans do.
Did he pay the fare? I hate freeloaders.
NTodd, you goof.
Not for nothing, but while I'm terribly sorry that these miners are dead, why are they getting so much press while the dead in Iraq get next to none?
four legs good
New cause of death.
War is old news.
What a world, what a world....
"I saw a TV ad for a remake of "When a Stranger Calls" on TV last night."
I'm eagerly awaiting the remake of "Mother May I Sleep With Danger."
We saw dogs in restaurants and cafes in Europe that behaved better than some American brats.
Then there are the little whiners in stores.
I was in the KMart last week. One little pain in the ass did nothing but whine.
And her mother's response was to promise to buy her something.
My daughter said to me "I wouldn't have gotten anything if I'd acted like that!"
I said "I would have gotten MY ass beat!"
One black lady working in there looked in the direction of the brat and then at us and said "Ain't nuthin' wrong with that child that a good smack in the butt wouldn't cure!"
My European dog story - took the Metro, saw that a dog got into my car (not unusual in Paris), didn't see the owner. He sat quietly on the floor. Three stops later, he got out, went up the stairs, clearly no owner with him
He'd just learned how to do it I guess.
That's cool.
Well, I'm off to buy photo supplies. I'm sad that tonight's Sci-Fi flick won't involve eatage.
Looking at Amerika, the need to be seen doing something, anything...masks a rotten conscience.
Shoot, forget 4 or 5 hours. Most adults cannot stand to do nothing for 1 hour without getting bored.
War is old news.
Death is new when it happens to you.
Re: Chopper Chicks. It's been years since I've seen it. A friend was doing some graduate work on voudoun and decided to have a bad zombie movie night. I can't remember the first movie we watched, but Chopper Chicks was unforgetably bad. It was an evening of much smoking and imbibing of red wine. It still strikes me as one of the best worst films--too bad MST3K never got ahold of it.
Troma has some of the greatest bad films of all time. Fatty Drives The Bus, which I believe is actually deliberate parody, is one of the funniest movies I have ever seen in my entire life. Toxic Avenger, Street Trash, and Terror Firmer are also excellent... in their way.
t was more the young yuppy scum because they thought it was primarily a place to be seen and appear a bit cultured.
From the time my kids were 7 & 8 we went to the young peoples concert series on Saturday afternoons. It always amazed me how some kids couldn't sit still at first but usually ended in a mesmerized spell.
Not for nothing, but while I'm terribly sorry that these miners are dead, why are they getting so much press while the dead in Iraq get next to none?
four legs good
Thank you!
how about the whale?
these stories dont bother me if they get connected to some larger phenom...such as the pollution or economic conditions that allow companies to ignore safety rules.
There is a lot to be uncovered about Sago (and other mine comapnies) and the tiny fines they were paying for life-threatening safety failure, let alone the easing of regulations to make it more profitable.
NTodd, you goof.
Well, yeah.
My daughter says she wants a "Sidekick."
I tell her to get a job.
RJM,
What's a Sidekick? I admit that I'm approaching grandmahood with some trepidation. What are Baby Einstein tapes? A friend told me I'd need them and that I'd have to go to the hospital to learn how to use the car seat. I just want to read Mother Goose and walk the baby and take the toddler to the bug zoo at the Smithsonian. I'm afraid I may be too old to be a grandma.
Looking at Amerika, the need to be seen doing something, anything...masks a rotten conscience.
Shoot, forget 4 or 5 hours. Most adults cannot stand to do nothing for 1 hour without getting bored.
ql in ny
Quiet...and solitude...can be nice.
four legs good, it's only superficial press. the background story explaining how conditions were set up leading to the situation - isn't being told.
Hey, my fingernails are longer than they were six months ago.
Good sign.
I'm afraid I may be too old to be a grandma.
Hecate Malificent
Too young.
Why should that crack you up when the audience applauds? Again, it is sharing your feelings with other human beings.
To me, applause is how you show appreciation for a live performance -- where the performers can hear your appreciation. I obviously don't have a problem when people, y'know, LAUGH in a theatre; that's a shared emotional experience, to a degree. But applause? I don't applaud unless I'm at a play or a concert. It wouldn't occur to me to applaud at a movie screen.
I'm afraid I may be too old to be a grandma.
This seems terribly unlikely.
Well, yeah.
But a lovable goof.
Better get back to my soup making.
Hey, my fingernails are longer than they were six months ago.
Good sign.
It doesn't conclusively prove that you're not dead, if that's what you're thinking.
What are Baby Einstein tapes? A friend told me I'd need them and that I'd have to go to the hospital to learn how to use the car seat. I just want to read Mother Goose and walk the baby and take the toddler to the bug zoo at the Smithsonian. I'm afraid I may be too old to be a grandma.
Fuck that new fangled shit. Let the D-I-L do that stuff. Babies and children still love to have stories read to them, and to look at picture books, and going to bug zoos and petting zoos with grandmas and aunts and uncles.
(BTW, baby einstein are DVDs with classical music and stuff that are supposed to make your kid smarter or some shit like that.)
Death is new when it happens to you.
pie
Oh wow, great comment.
How are all my batties this evening?
"Ain't nuthin' wrong with that child that a good smack in the butt wouldn't cure!"
Terry C,
I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times I smacked either one of my kids. And I always felt it was a failure on my part when it happened.
And yes there are bratty kids out there, but there are lots of really nice kids having a bad day too. I never get too mad or judgmental.
The truth about Wally the Whale is that it did NOT die of natural causes. Several Bobbies emptied their revolvers into its head when it became apparent that the Great Fish was targeting London Bridge as part of an Al Queda attack. Hey, its not as improbable as a crew of Feyadin taking down the Brooklyn Bridge with blowtorches, is it?
I'm afraid I may be too old to be a grandma.
Horse hockey. You're going to be fabulous. What a lucky kid.
Now I'm off.
Oh, and no list of good bad movies would be complete without Plan 9 From Outer Space, which has some of the most deliciously cracked dialogue in film history.
From the time my kids were 7 & 8 we went to the young peoples concert series on Saturday afternoons.
That's about when my folks would take me to concerts at the Peristyle (Toledo Museum of Art). Not just the young people stuff, but other shows and series, including Mainly Mozart on Sundays (that was my fave because we'd always go to a neat deli for dinner beforehand, and I'd get a bagel with lox and cream cheese and capers, and an eclair for dessert.
later-
gotta go burn some calories biking to the end of the town, but first make some lentil soup, like I promised.
anything not to do the paperwork piled up here including putting away last year's taxes ...
(why doesn't Pittsburgh have a bug zoo, dammit???)
I'm afraid I may be too old to be a grandma.
Hecate Malificent |
Did you have good grandma experiences growing up? Think what made those memories-they didn't have carseats.
just because iraq deaths are being ignored, doesn't mean this story should be equally ignored. both deaths are unjust. it's not fair to be asked to choose between the two.
i think a sidekick is a new kind of cell phone with many features
But applause? I don't applaud unless I'm at a play or a concert. It wouldn't occur to me to applaud at a movie screen.
I've done it- it's a spontaneous gesture of appreciation that you're sharing with the rest of the audience.
Yeah, I know it's silly.
Oh, and no list of good bad movies would be complete without Plan 9 From Outer Space, which has some of the most deliciously cracked dialogue in film history.
Eli
Gotta love Ed Wood.
I taped that off TV a few years ago. Double feature with a little gem called "Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things."
Better get back to my soup making.
Mmm...soup.
That's about when my folks would take me to concerts at the Peristyle (Toledo Museum of Art). Not just the young people stuff, but other shows and series, including Mainly Mozart on Sundays (that was my fave because we'd always go to a neat deli for dinner beforehand, and I'd get a bagel with lox and cream cheese and capers, and an eclair for dessert.
My dad took me to PDQ Bach and possibly Victor Borge. I also remember him taking me to see Life Of Brian and attempting to explain what "camp" meant...
"Sometimes when you're away I touch it."
"Stupid, stupid, stupid!"
"Mmm...soup.
NTodd, Banned Bad Boy"
don't get started, stinky ass...
Hecate: Doesn't matter how old you are (and you're not): You'll learn all the new stuff, and you'll learn it FAST, and you'll love every minute of it.
Now I gotta run. I plan on applauding in Stephen King's direction later this evening -- we got tix to a lecture at Eckerd College. Oughta be fun. His new book reportedly involves cellphone signals turning people into zombies. (Eli, you should LOVE it.)
Hecate - hey - don't worry. You raised your son - there isn't going to be anything different, except you get to spoil your grandchild and don't have to worry about the consequences.
Too old? Have you gone temporarily insane? (just kidding, goddess.)
just because iraq deaths are being ignored, doesn't mean this story should be equally ignored. both deaths are unjust. it's not fair to be asked to choose between the two.
I'm not asking anyone to choose. I think mine safety is very important. And while we're at it, let's talk about the environmental issues.
I was really bitching about the lack of coverage of the war deaths.
"Sometimes when you're away I touch it."
"Stupid, stupid, stupid!"
"Future events such as these will affect you in the future."
"Can you *prove* it didn't happen?"
"Visits? That would imply... visitors!"
The truth about Wally the Whale is that it did NOT die of natural causes. Several Bobbies emptied their revolvers into its head when it became apparent that the Great Fish was targeting London Bridge as part of an Al Queda attack. Hey, its not as improbable as a crew of Feyadin taking down the Brooklyn Bridge with blowtorches, is it?
James Jesus Rimbaud | Homepage | 01.21.06 - 5:36 pm | #
Five in the noggin -- just about right.
besides, maybe feeling death so close will cause some to feel more empathy for the death of others.
don't get started, stinky ass...
You don't speak for me!
"Future events such as these will affect you in the future."
Greatest bad movie line ever. It beats out "this is our hill...and these are OUR beans" only because it wasn't deliberately bad.
(why doesn't Pittsburgh have a bug zoo, dammit???)
Eli
Hey, you have an aviary. Quit your whining. NYC doesn't.
What are Baby Einstein tapes? A friend told me I'd need them and that I'd have to go to the hospital to learn how to use the car seat. I just want to read Mother Goose and walk the baby and take the toddler to the bug zoo at the Smithsonian. I'm afraid I may be too old to be a grandma.
Hecate,
Please read Mother Goose. Tell them the good stories. Forget the damned Baby Einstein tapes: what a load of bullshit perpetrated on an ignorant public.
Child development is not changing. It will never change. Charge a child with love and freedom and enough confidence to fail in something and not be scarred and you have done the best anyone can do.
One of the great sadnesses in my life is that educators (actually administrators and legislators) have forgotten what stage theory is. The truth is that we all develop a little differently. And that is a good thing.
Now, they have tried to codify childhood and removed the fun of doing things that please the child and replaced them with regimentation and mind-stifling repetition.
Not a good idea.
lead poisoning
Did you have good grandma experiences growing up? Think what made those memories-they didn't have carseats.
Oh, my grandma absolutely adored me. She'd cut out paper dolls for me all day (I guess paper dolls don't exist any more, right?) and she taught me to cook and to sew and write lovely thank you notes and other letters. She thought I was pretty, and smart, and chose excellent gifts and made lovely conversation. I have the journals that she kept every day of her life. Her son, my dad, grew up to be a journalist and speech writer and today i have a blog. I like to think it's continuity.
Applause at the end of films? Social function. It's a way of saying 'I really enjoyed this and was glad I came out to see it -- I wasn't the only one, was I?'
So it's about self-reassurance that your opinion is shared.
His new book reportedly involves cellphone signals turning people into zombies. (Eli, you should LOVE it.)
Heh heh heh...
Maybe it'll have something to replace one of my personal self-affirming movie mantras: "The more you drive, the less intelligent you are." (Repo Man)
The other one is "Being miserable and treating other people like dirt is every New Yorker's God-given right!" (from Ghostbusters 2, whose only other redeeming quality was the character name "Yanosh Poha")
Hey, you have an aviary. Quit your whining. NYC doesn't.
Well, duh. They'd eat all the bugs.
I actually know this from experience (my work) - if a film gets applause at a theatre, the manager will usually report that back to the home office (nightly report), and if it is a regular occurence for a film at multiple locations, it gets reported back to the distributor, who presumably tells the creative people.
So it may not always be a futile act even you don't think the shared audience experience makes it worthwhile.
Not for nothing, but while I'm terribly sorry that these miners are dead, why are they getting so much press while the dead in Iraq get next to none?
four legs good
Because Mining accidents have now replaced Airliners with landing gear problems which replaced high speed chases which replaced kidnapped kids which replaced missing women which replaced meteors that might hit the Earth.......
Ain't nuthin' wrong with that child that a good smack in the butt wouldn't cure!"
Terry C,
I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times I smacked either one of my kids. And I always felt it was a failure on my part when it happened.
And yes there are bratty kids out there, but there are lots of really nice kids having a bad day too. I never get too mad or judgmental.
ql in ny
Oh, I was never one for hitting either.
Probably because it was my dad's answer to everything.
But I remember giving my kids a whack on the ass once in awhile.
I can deal with a crying kid, but one that whinges and whines.....grrrrr!
And this kid in the K-Mart DID need a smack in butt...not Mommy bribing her to shut up.
Rewarding bad behavior??? Nah!
4lg: I don't condemn people for applauding at movies or anything. It just amuses me.
About Plan 9: In my Ed Wood box set, there are all kinds of documentaries and shit about Ed and the movie. Not to be missed if you can lay your hands on 'em. Now, off with me!
I hate cellphones.
I don't want to hear other people's conversations.
four legs good
I hear you. I often ride my bicycle at night and there are always people out in their yards talking on cell phones. I can never tell in the dark if its somebody talking to me or talking on a phone. Gets weird sometimes.
The best part of being a grand parent or an aunt or uncle is that you get to give the kid back when you get tired of them.
Oh, my grandma absolutely adored me.
See? You got it licked already.
She thought I was pretty, and smart, and chose excellent gifts and made lovely conversation.
She sounds very wise and perceptive.
Children should be smacked more often. The liberals don't, which is why they have children who will not behave and who will be easily brainwashed into hating the USA and being gay.
I'm off to cook beer-battered shrimp, creamed corn and slaw. Enough to feed another one of you good people, if you are in the area.
I love going to the movies. (Even though I am also mildly phobic about sitting in a theater. Even then!) I like indies in the art houses, dollar theaters, Imax 3-d, vintage midnight movies. Like it all. I do get netflix for home, but don't tear through those AND when I'm at home I tend to wander off and doing something else, but when I'm at the movies, I'm at the movies.
My boyfriend and I enjoyed King Kong thoroughly though. It was a good movie to scream and cling through (but I was surprised that it was him screaming and clinging). We're both over 35.
It never ceases to amaze me how incredibly stupid and short-sighted so many people in the business world are. Oh noes! If we let them have home theaters they won't pay to go to the movies anymore!
Mark Cuban is NOT stupid, which may be why he is kicking major ass in every venture he's launched.
Last summer it was sharks
If you don't smack your children when they deserve it, they will grow up to be terrorists. And hate God.
Oh, my grandma absolutely adored me. She'd cut out paper dolls for me all day (I guess paper dolls don't exist any more, right?) and she taught me to cook and to sew and write lovely thank you notes and other letters. She thought I was pretty, and smart, and chose excellent gifts and made lovely conversation. I have the journals that she kept every day of her life. Her son, my dad, grew up to be a journalist and speech writer and today i have a blog. I like to think it's continuity.
That's lovely. I think you'll be a fantastic grandmother.
How cool would it be to have a grandma who is a real witch!!
"Now, they have tried to codify childhood and removed the fun of doing things that please the child and replaced them with regimentation and mind-stifling repetition."
and soccer.
John Gibson's all about getting his hands on kids.
OK, but, really. When I raised my son a video game was something you paid a quarter to play at the pizza parlor. Sesame Street was tv for kids. No one had home computers. Little girls did not dress like hookers.
I'll be fine w/ an infant, but I'm worried about beyond that. But, i figure we'll do Saturday tea at the 4 Seasons and she/he can educate me about technology in return for those very good cookies.
We are killing Christmas by not having discpline when children need it.
Children should be smacked more often. The liberals don't, which is why they have children who will not behave and who will be easily brainwashed into hating the USA and being gay.
John Gibson
that comment burrows so many levels into stupidity as to boggle the mind. Why do the wingers always hate gays? I think they hate themselves as well.
Don't whether to take a nap or start drinking.
Life is ruff!
.
It never ceases to amaze me how incredibly stupid and short-sighted so many people in the business world are. Oh noes! If we let them have home theaters they won't pay to go to the movies anymore!
Totally. Every change in technology and society is a threat if you don't embrace it as an opportunity.
I'll be fine w/ an infant, but I'm worried about beyond that. But, i figure we'll do Saturday tea at the 4 Seasons and she/he can educate me about technology in return for those very good cookies.
Exactly.
Children should be smacked more often
GOP Talking point - "If you abort them, then you can't beat them!"
Here's a real stinker of a horror film, folks:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068370/
GOP Talking point - "If you abort them, then you can't beat them!"
That's why they're called beatuses.
I'm off to cook beer-battered shrimp, creamed corn and slaw. Enough to feed another one of you good people, if you are in the area.
Mmm. I'll be right over.
Actually, a meal to take over to the son and d i l is inthe works right now. Chicken, adzuki bean, and sweet potato soup, smiel's shrimp, crab-stuffed salmon, asparagus w/ lemon sauce, citrus salad, and coconut cake. Swear to Jebuz if my son says there's too much starch in this meal 'm going to cry.
That's why they're called beatuses.
Eli"
Children should be smacked more often
GOP Talking point - "If you abort them, then you can't beat them!"
Keystone Blues
Personally, I think Repugs should be smacked more often.
Preferably in the head!
I hate cellphones.
I don't want to hear other people's conversations.
four legs good
And the Nextel walkie-talkies are the worst. I had to endure a 10 minute conversation between "Dude" and "Boy-O" as to what beer to buy at the distributor.
Actually, a meal to take over to the son
A meal? Sounds like a weeks worth!
If you don't smack your children when they deserve it, they will grow up to be terrorists. And hate God.
John Gibson
Shame his mother didn't abort him.
Reminds me of one line in "Take The Money and Run" where Woody Allen's character's father talks about how he "tried to beat God into him."
evening moonbats
I'm off to cook beer-battered shrimp, creamed corn and slaw. Enough to feed another one of you good people, if you are in the area.
You bastard! Battering Shrimp! I'll call PETA.
GOP Talking point - "If you abort them, then you can't beat them!"
Keystone Blues
Or have sex with them.
evening moonbats
Moonbootica, Venusberg
hello, Moonbootica!
Hey all. I have a few minutes to visit while I'm waiting to judge the next forensics round here. Anything interesting up today? I'm blessedly away from the media.
Oops. that was me. I forgot this comp. doesn't know me.
Children should be smacked more often. The liberals don't, which is why they have children who will not behave and who will be easily brainwashed into hating the USA and being gay.
John Gibson
How do you get brainwashed into being gay????
That is beyond retarded!
If you don't smack your children when they deserve it, they will grow up to be terrorists. And hate God.
John Gibson
someone needs to take this kid's computer from him.
I believe John Gibson is a parody.
Or have sex with them.
Terry C, Coldplayer |
More like, Force sex on them.
Thames whale dies during rescue attempt
The stranded River Thames whale died tonight when rescuers tried to take it to deeper water.
A spokesman for the charity group organising its rescue from the river in central London said the bottle-nosed whale went into convulsions as it was taken by barge into the Thames Estuary and died at around 7pm.
Chairman of the British Divers Marine Life Rescue group Alan Knight said: "We had a phone call from the vet saying that it had started convulsing and while he was on the phone it died.
And the Nextel walkie-talkies are the worst. I had to endure a 10 minute conversation between "Dude" and "Boy-O" as to what beer to buy at the distributor.
I don't understand the point of that. Wouldn't it be *easier* to just use it as a regular phone???
I believe John Gibson is a parody.
NTodd, Banned Bad Boy
Oh, I know.
But it IS the way a lot of wingers think!
Oops. that was me. I forgot this comp. doesn't know me.
Should it be letting you... touch it like that?
Moon - that is so sad. That whale was in obvious distress.
What the hell are adzuki beans? They sound foreign and mildly threatening -
Shame his mother didn't abort him.
And beat him first
mena yes poor lost whale.
What the hell are adzuki beans? They sound foreign and mildly threatening -
They're the smaller, more annoying cousin of the odzilla bean.
Should it be letting you... touch it like that?
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Hey now. This is a school computer.
Hey now. This is a school computer.
And that's supposed to make it sound *more* okay?
I don't understand the point of that. Wouldn't it be *easier* to just use it as a regular phone???
Generally it's free minutes, so you don't use up precious airtime. It's because the push-to-talk stuff goes over a separate packet-based network.
If you haven't tried adzuki beans you have a treat in store.
Profits key if stocks are to recover
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Digging out of the red will be a tall order for U.S. stocks next week after Friday's big losses unless the corporate profit picture improves and the international tensions driving oil prices through the roof ease.
Stocks ended this week with their biggest fall in nearly three years on Friday, and the magnitude and breadth of the decline could shake individual investors' faith in the market, leading to additional selling on Monday.
Friday's selling was a sign investors had realized weak earnings early in the week were not one-time misses but part of a larger trend, Alec Young, Standard & Poor's equity market strategist, said.
Or have sex with them.
Terry C, Coldplayer |
More like, Force sex on them.
footlooseandfancyfree
yeah, really!
I remember last year when John Gibson started spewing this shit about how marrying for love is the reason there are so many divorces in this country and that we need to go back to arranged marriages.
Yeah - I mean, too many uppity women can support themselves.
We need to return to a simpler time: when women and children were a man's property to do with as he liked.
Generally it's free minutes, so you don't use up precious airtime. It's because the push-to-talk stuff goes over a separate packet-based network.
Fab. Social engineering to correct our chronic asshole shortage...
I don't understand the point of that. Wouldn't it be *easier* to just use it as a regular phone???
was waiting for the dryer to finish up, and had to endure some guy's girlfriend/wife/whatever screeching at him over his walkie talkie phone. Why he thought everyone else would want to hear about the fact that the woman was tired of hanging up his shirts was beyond me.
John Gibson | Homepage | 01.21.06 - 5:46 pm | #
'Ruppert' has adopted another 'personality'?
Sad.
And that's supposed to make it sound *more* okay?
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Well, they won't let me smoke anywhere near it, and I'm pretty sure i'm supposed to watch my language around it. So don't you go implying any non-school-appropriate stuff, mister. Besides, that's for later on....
John Gibson | Homepage | 01.21.06 - 5:46 pm | #
'Ruppert' has adopted another 'personality'?
Sad.
pseudonymous in nc
Nah - Ruppert/Eper doesn't have any kids.
was waiting for the dryer to finish up, and had to endure some guy's girlfriend/wife/whatever screeching at him over his walkie talkie phone. Why he thought everyone else would want to hear about the fact that the woman was tired of hanging up his shirts was beyond me.
Was he being all forceful and "Don't you tell me what to do, woman!"? Maybe he wanted everyone to know how totally not-whipped he was.
"the most yang of Beans". Adzuki
They're the smaller, more annoying cousin of the odzilla bean.
Eli |
So they're the yin?
Fab. Social engineering to correct our chronic asshole shortage...
We are suffering an Asshole Gap!
Any available techno experts:
Why is my computer, when I ask to list files, using some bizarre scheme instead of alphabetical order?
Children should be smacked more often
Smacked my Son twice.
Took him to a restruant with my parents.
He was pretty young.
He just started screaming and I finally told him I was gonna smack him if he didn't stop. He didn't and I did, on the cheek, not hard, but shocked the shit out him. He cried briefly but was quite after that.
But on they way home, out of the blue, he starts screaming again. He was testing me! So a warning and another smack. Instant silence.
Never smacked or spanked him again. Even when he was strong enough, ~16, to kick my ass, he listened when I told him something.
I over heard him telling a gf's daughter when he was ~7 that she better do what I said 'because he means it'.
We had/have a great relationship.
.
Ruppert = Douchebag = Gibson = Troll
We are suffering an Asshole Gap!
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No, really, we're not.
Why is my computer, when I ask to list files, using some bizarre scheme instead of alphabetical order?
Could be sorting by size or date, or maybe just the order they were added.
If you're in Explorer/My Computer, you should be able to just click the grey top of the Name column to sort it.
Those reascals ain't beans, they're some wierd kind of candy.
Way down here in the farthest corner of texas, where the deer and the immigrants play, we're partial to pintos, refried in bacon grease, mashed and rolled up in flour tortillas sprinkled with mozarella and diced serranos (hot) chiles - yum
We are suffering an Asshole Gap!
NTodd, Banned Bad Boy
"Mr. President! We cannot allow!...a....!
"Oh, forget it.
"Set off the bombs, already."
back on topic, sorta
I was comfy in my home, avoidin Repug shoppin at Home Deport, and Chinee imports at Wal-Mat and choosing not to eat at whatever friggin franchise resta-rants there is around the corner and I was readin shit on the computer and came across somethin I couldn't get outside. I got a vision.
A vision of peoples children playing nicely ? No.
A vision of Cheney being taken before the Hague with Kissinger?
The Department of Defense asking generals for their Real Opinion on how to win in Iraq? no and No.
It was Hillary Rodham Clinton getting a spine and doing her job.
We are suffering an Asshole Gap!
Say it taint so!
was waiting for the dryer to finish up, and had to endure some guy's girlfriend/wife/whatever screeching at him over his walkie talkie phone. Why he thought everyone else would want to hear about the fact that the woman was tired of hanging up his shirts was beyond me.
The *GUY* was doing the laundry? But, but that's...BITCH WORK!
WAPISH!
I think the inestimable and abominable Faith Popcorn referred not to nesting but to cocooning, which at least implies that a butterfly will eventually result and fly out into public.
There's a lovely deep purple millet in all the seed catalogs this year that's reputed to attract butterflies, that I'm thinking of growing in a large border, but it's an annual, which I try to avoid. Decisions.
It was Hillary Rodham Clinton getting a spine and doing her job.
CTheGee
This is your wake-up call.
Of course, the only *proper* response to your woman haranguing you to hang up your shirts is, "I'll bring my dildo - it'll be fun!"
Oaten resigns over rent boy claim
Former Liberal Democrat leadership challenger Mark Oaten has stood down as the party's home affairs spokesman over an alleged affair with a rent boy.
Mr Oaten released a statement apologising for the "embarrassment" caused to his family, friends and the Liberal Democrat party.
Married Mr Oaten, 41, and the MP for Winchester, dropped out of the Lib Dem leadership race this week.
It was Hillary Rodham Clinton getting a spine and doing her job.
CTheGee
This is your wake-up call.
I think some of the Democrats are actually lying *on* the snooze bar.
"Former Liberal Democrat leadership challenger Mark Oaten has stood down as the party's home affairs spokesman over an alleged affair with a rent boy."
wtf is a 'rent boy'?
my brother only left home mid way through last year.
he is 29 now.
but he had been living at home on and off since he finished unversity.
my sister is still at home but she is hoping to get on a teaching course for Sept.
Hecate - I remember my mom telling me not infrequently how much nicer everything had been when she was young, and how much more fun the children had then. I knew then there was something slightly skewed about that, but I didn't understand what it was until I became an adult.
The young are young, always. They're the crest of the wave - it's all fun for them, because they're young.
I have to remind myself that change isn't degeneration necessarily. It gets harder to do that with every year. I'll think: man, we had so much more fun growing up - no helmet requirements, nothing was overstructured or micromanaged. Then I think - yeah, but this youth is all the present young have known - for them, it's just as glorious as ours was for us.
Don't worry so much!
I never understood why people think that everyone wants t olisten to their conversation, or think that they will be impressed by their technology...... Oh, look, he has a walkie talkie........ kinda like when pagers first came out.
wtf is a 'rent boy'?
What does it sound like?
The audience applauded quite fervently when I saw Fahrenheit 911. It wasn't about thinking Michael Moore could hear it, it was a way of showing each other how much we agreed, and reaffirming to each other that there still is a thoughtful, caring opposition. It was great.
My favorite was the guy in the grogery store, all important, "I'm coming into the produce department now....". I told him to make a list. But I was in a bad mood that day.
my brother only left home mid way through last year.
he is 29 now.
but he had been living at home on and off since he finished unversity.
my sister is still at home but she is hoping to get on a teaching course for Sept.
If my mom hadn't sold her ginormous apartment in NYC, I'd probably *still* be there.
rent boy?
.
pintos, refried in bacon grease, mashed and rolled up in flour tortillas sprinkled with mozarella and diced serranos (hot) chiles - yum
I'd adore those, but if the lasagne I took over two weeks ago and the jalapeno grits casserole I took over on Tuesday were too starchy, you can just imagine . . . .
"It was Hillary Rodham Clinton getting a spine and doing her job.
CTheGee"
too little, too late. I'm with Molly Ivins...no freaking dlc twits in 2008:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS...lary/
index.html
in Britain, many first time buyers are shut out because of the high cost of housing.
so they don't have a choice not to live at home because its the only affordable option.
We took my daughter with us when we went out to dinner or the movies from the time she was a baby. She never had a babysitter. But we always brought stuff for her to keep herself occupied with -- we had a restaurant bag that contained paper, markers and crayons, and she would happily draw when she was waiting for meals or whatever.
And Hecate, if you read to your grandchild, you will be doing him/her such a favor. I'm convinced my daughter has such a good attention span (she's almost 17) because I read to her from the time she was born until she was about 14 -- everything from Where the Wild Things Are to Bleak House. Your grandchild will appreciate you as the grandmother who treats him/her differently (better, probably) than all the rest of the world treats him/her, and that's priceless.
just fyi
Mark Cuban was interviewed in the Jan issue of Playboy.
"On Shelves Now!!"
but that doesn't mean you need to buy it.
Thirteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen!
/whacks tall dude with skull mace
I never understood why people think that everyone wants t olisten to their conversation, or think that they will be impressed by their technology...... Oh, look, he has a walkie talkie........ kinda like when pagers first came out.
If I were culturally influential in any way, I would do everything I could to convince people that talking on your cellphone is really gauche and passe, and all the *cool* people use text messaging to communicate.
rent boy
n
an offensive term for a young male prostitute (slang)
my brother had to leave home as well due to having a child with his ladyfriend and he had to actually get a proper 9=5 job.
cause he has others to think of now.
If I were culturally influential in any way, I would do everything I could to convince people that talking on your cellphone is really gauche and passe, and all the *cool* people use text messaging to communicate.
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They'd just figure out a new way to be irritating.
My favorite was the guy in the grogery store, all important, "I'm coming into the produce department now....". I told him to make a list. But I was in a bad mood that day.
Oh yeah, nothing impresses people like using the cellphone to provide play-by-play of YOUR ENTIRE LIFE.
The stranded River Thames whale died tonight when rescuers tried to take it to deeper water
I'm sorry that the whale died, but it always amazes me how we all become so entwined in such a useless story. A week from now who will remember? We should have this kind of coverage every time a soldier is killed.
"What does it sound like?
Eli '
at first i thbought, 'what a wierd custom...having a young kid go around to collect the rent'.
then i thought, 'now i get it...you rent them for services'ie a hooker.
The *GUY* was doing the laundry? But, but that's...BITCH WORK!
WAPISH!
*snort*
just fyi
Mark Cuban was interviewed in the Jan issue of Playboy.
"On Shelves Now!!"
but that doesn't mean you need to buy it.
They always have such fascinating... interviews.
Moonbootica, are you Canadian?
my brother's ladyfriend has 4 children from her first marriage.
its a interesting arrangment, they are not married but they gave Seity my family surname.
If I were culturally influential in any way, I would do everything I could to convince people that talking on your cellphone is really gauche and passe, and all the *cool* people use text messaging to communicate.
Eli |
Unless you are a doctor or a parent w/ babysitter at home why be tethered?
Keystone Blues I am English
Hecate -- your grandmother sounds just like my best friend's mom -- a woman I adore who was a world-class, professional-grade mother.
Just do that, in your own inimitable style.
Lucky kid.
My favorite was the guy in the grogery store, all important, "I'm coming into the produce department now....". I told him to make a list. But I was in a bad mood that day.
"Honey, did you say whole or skim milk?..... what? C'mon I have to pick here....." Another overheard conversation of such importance..... I actually started laughing at the guy.
"Unless you are a doctor or a parent w/ babysitter at home why be tethered?
footlooseandfancyfree"
zactly. i can think of nothing so important in my life that would require someone to contact me instantly. leave a message, maybe i'll get back to you...
Bush and Reid spar over health care and taxes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush pledged to fight soaring health care costs in a preview on Saturday of his election-year State of the Union address, while a leading Democrat blamed Republicans for problems in a new prescription-drug program and recent corruption scandals.
Bush and Sen. Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, dueled in radio addresses over health care, tax cuts and recent lobbying scandals in Congress. Republicans, nervous about the scandals and public doubts over the Iraq war, are seeking to keep control of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate in the November midterm elections.
Keystone Blues I am English
Moonbootica, Venusberg
I was just wondering how you knew what "rent boy" meant. I had no idea.
re cell phone reporting: this is this gloriously prescient Ray Bradbury story called the Murderer, in Twice 22. It mentions buses full of men on their way home, talking into their Dick Tracy wristwatch-phones: "Okay, now I'm on fifth street, now we're turning, now I'm on Main..." The Murderer was an "insane" man who reclaimed his life from the helpful suffocating appliances by destroying them with ice cream.
And yes, we despise children, but if there is one piece of advice we can second it's to read to them. All our literacy and nerdiness and success in school came from being read to right from when we got home from the hospital.
Okay, the next round starts in a few, so I'd better go prepare. See you all tonight!
zactly. i can think of nothing so important in my life that would require someone to contact me instantly. leave a message, maybe i'll get back to you...
If I ever got a cellphone, it would have a decent camera, an organizer, and a message explaining that I *never* answer the phone so you better leave a message.
Moonbootica, are you Canadian?
Keystone Blues
She's Hinglish. I'M Canuckistanish. So's olexicon. And any minute, Moe! And Plum too.
for you Taureans
Today, Saturday, January 21, 2006
There are times when a decision must be made in spite of opposition or a shortage of facts. This is one of them. The trick is to arrange things as best you can, yet ensure that everybody involved is aware that changes are likely. This gives you the time necessary to explore your options further.
Assclowns of the Week is up and a day early. Click here. Just do it!
Still need encouragement? Let’s see who’s on the spit this week:
The FAA for overpaying by $32,000,000 a bus company evacuating NOLA flood victims without even looking at an itemized bill.
FEMA, for teaching children that terror and disaster can be fun.
Torquemada Gonzales for saying, What’s good for the Bubba is good for the Dubya.
Scotty McClellan for taking potshots at bloggers while having to be being fed old news by the press pool.
The House GOP, for its bold, yet transitional easing into campaign finance and lobbyist reform.
Bill Frist and Tom DeLay for taking proactive steps to promote capitalism.
Deborah Howell, for rewriting the ombudsman job description and its very definition.
Dick Cheney, for telling bin Laden and the peace process, “Go fuck yourself!”
Frank Abramoff, for demonstrating that a father’s love can be blinder than Ray Charles in a dark room.
And the Dept. of Homeland Security, for ensuring that the terrorists will never win if they bomb our liquor stores and donut shops.
All this and much, much more!
Quiet...and solitude...can be nice.
Terry C, Coldplayer
Quiet and solitude are my main reasons for doing a small farm. Today's America drives me crazy. Too loud. Too stupid. Too violent. Too evil.
All ick, all the time.
Another overheard conversation of such importance..... I actually started laughing at the guy.
Keystone Blues
If you lived in Florida I'd swear you'd overheard my brother in law. He wants to know: Paper towels -- one or two ply? White or decorated? One, two, or four rolls? What is the minimum recycled content? Ten percent total, or ten percent post-consumer?
He can't help it: he's an engineer.
I had lunch today with two of my closest friends. When their daughters were still at home (both are freshmen in college now) going out like we did today was a nightmare. Their cell phones rang every 10 minutes and they would spend all day have stupid arguments with their teenagers on the phone.
It was lovely today - not one damn phone call!
She's Hinglish. I'M Canuckistanish. So's olexicon. And any minute, Moe! And Plum too.
I knew Moe was a Great white Northerner. Now I can list the rest of you subversive northern rebels too. LOL
i'd be lost without my mobile.
"If I ever got a cellphone, it would have a decent camera, an organizer, and a message explaining that I *never* answer the phone so you better leave a message.
Eli"
haha...i'm really trying to figure a scenario where i'd need one, and come up empty. no kids, so no need to have one on that account. my parents are getting old and you never know, one might die suddenly, but there ain't shit i can do about that, and they'd be dead anyway, so getting a hold of me in a hurry wouldn't matter...
But, i figure we'll do Saturday tea at the 4 Seasons and she/he can educate me about technology in return for those very good cookies.
Cookies? There are cookies involved? Nobody told me. I thought it had to do with new chairs.
Mooney,
Seity's lucky to have an educated Aunt like you. Just spend time with her and teach her about Rome. Nieces are so much fun because you can spoil them and buy them fun stuff.
Tena, Virginia, and 4LG, thanks. I know I'll do ok, but it seems as if the whole world of childrearing has changed. Son and d i l are taking Bradley classes. When his father and I took natural childbirth classes, that was considered revolutionary. I told her I'd pay for her to have a doula, which, goddess knows, they didn't have in America when I was giving birth, and she's having trouble finding one who's not already engaged for March.
Hecate yeah you can entertain them all day and then hand then back to the parents.
All our literacy and nerdiness and success in school came from being read to right from when we got home from the hospital.
My almost grown kids still remark on the nights I would read one or two chapters a night from classics like Swiss Family Robinson, Tom Sawyer, etc. Always impromptu based on need to chill.
Change is in the wind.
Hillary will grow a spine.
Facts will replace truthiness at WaPo.
Rove's stroke is any day now.
Barbara and Herbert Walker Boosh will disinherit their son "W" for crimes against humanity.
The stock market will dive and dive and dive thus making money less of a power factor among the people who were fooled into thinking it made them someone to be proud of.
My options will grow as the green grass in springtime, provided the Man with the Roundup spraygun isn't close at hand.
My phone has a 'driving mode', it talks to you. It gets activated some times when I carry it in my pocket.
I didn't know how to use it at first.
I hear "You have a call from...Melissa".
Then the call is on speaker phone!
WTF! how do you stop this thing?
Or I'm trying to make a call and It says "Say a command"
"WTF?"
"command not understood"
"Fuck you, what the Hell?
"command not understood"
"DAIL HOME"
"command not understood"
"JESUS"
"command not understood"
"ARRRRRGGGG"
"command not understood"
Finally found out how to use it.
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Children should be smacked more often. The liberals don't, which is why they have children who will not behave...
Whose kids you like better?
Clinton's and Carter's and JFK's and Kerry's etc etc etc ?
OR
Bush 43's, Bush 41's (worst.kids.ever.), Jeb Bush's, Reagan's etc etc etc. ?
We rest our case, your honor.
wtf is a 'rent boy'?
A male companion that is cheaper than a buy boy.
Cookies? There are cookies involved? Nobody told me. I thought it had to do with new chairs.
Did you buy new chairs? For the patio? Do you have pics? Can you come to DC in a few years and have tea with us? I know the boobla will want to meet the Auntie GWPDA who sent the teddy bear that is RIGHT NOW in the crib that Son put together this afternoon!
haha...i'm really trying to figure a scenario where i'd need one, and come up empty. no kids, so no need to have one on that account. my parents are getting old and you never know, one might die suddenly, but there ain't shit i can do about that, and they'd be dead anyway, so getting a hold of me in a hurry wouldn't matter...
There have been occasional scenarios where a situation was kinda fluid and a cellphone would have really come in handy, but they've been pretty few and far between. Maybe if I had a car and needed to call Triple-A...
My brother is bringing up great kids. His approach is to treat them as people who can do things, within limits. It's a joy to see how the whole family works together, yet each is allowed to be a person.
So. STILL, nobody wants to come over and organise my shed so I can put in the mattresses?
Youse guys.....
wtf is a 'rent boy'?
A male companion that is cheaper than a buy boy.
Are there lease-to-own options?
Quiet and solitude are my main reasons for doing a small farm.
Chocolate Proton: Catty
They are my main reason (hey! on-topic!) for wanting to stay home as much as possible. I have complete control over this environment, cats and weather permitting. I can wear horrible, comfortable clothes and no bra. I can stop the movie if the phone rings.
I go to extreme lengths to take care of everything I need for the weekend on Friday, on the way home. So that I don't have to leave the house for any reason, unless I want to.
Heaven.
I had sex with Amy Carter, so I have to exclude myself from the vote
There's a lovely deep purple millet in all the seed catalogs this year that's reputed to attract butterflies, that I'm thinking of growing in a large border, but it's an annual, which I try to avoid. Decisions.
Hecate Malificent
Makes my issues around buckwheat versus sudan grass as soil-amending green manures pale in comparison.
I have a cell phone in the car, for emergency use.
Hecate - that's the beauty part - you don't have to do any of the childrearing. You just play.
You don't need to worry about all that - let the parents worry about all that. You just go buy a bunch of toys and clothes and have a ball.
Do it!
I use a digital cinema projector with a large screen for my At Home movie experience. It's the same visual experience as attending the cinema, but without the jerk-offs that ruin the experience with cell phones, loud talking etc. And the price.... there's not only the cost of admission, but the concession candy, and the hassle of parking.
We often have friends around, run a barbeque or a dinner before or after "the show". Some even bring their dogs, who get to socialize with our dogs... everyone has a good time (except the cat). Cheap (after the investment in equipment and rental of the movie), visually stunning (Big Screen movies included... they look great), very social (good friends enjoying each other's company) and the food is good.
Plus: you can pause the DVD and go for a pee without missing any of the action.
Why trade entertaining good friends in your own home for sitting in someone else's dark auditorium, catching every bug that their customers sneeze out and paying through the nose for the privelege?
Or I'm trying to make a call and It says "Say a command"
"WTF?"
"command not understood"
"Fuck you, what the Hell?
"command not understood"
"DAIL HOME"
"command not understood"
"JESUS"
"command not understood"
"ARRRRRGGGG"
"command not understood"
This goes on all day, doesn't it...
/Albert Brooks in Mother, as Debbie Reynolds struggles to comprehend videophone
Are there lease-to-own options?
Yes, but if they wear out in use it's really hard to avoid buying.
wtf is a 'rent boy'?
A male companion that is cheaper than a buy boy.
*Some* of use prefer the term "leasetitute".
I had sex with Amy Carter, so I have to exclude myself from the vote
Keystone Blues
YOU DID NOT!!
Makes my issues around buckwheat versus sudan grass as soil-amending green manures pale in comparison.
Chocolate Proton:
Existing bermuda? The triumph of fescue? Can't we all just get along?
Moonbootica, Venusberg
Hey! My son has that exact poster of bush in his room too! He's also a history major in second year at EMU.
A male companion that is cheaper than a buy boy.
Are there lease-to-own options?
NTodd, Banned Bad Boy
Don't let 'em sell you an extended warranty. It's useless.
wtf is a 'rent boy'?
A male companion that is cheaper than a buy boy.
Are there lease-to-own options?
NTodd, Banned Bad Boy
Maybe a interest only deal.
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so is Gannon a overgrown rent boy?
My Room
You need to tidy up a bit
I go to extreme lengths to take care of everything I need for the weekend on Friday, on the way home. So that I don't have to leave the house for any reason, unless I want to.
Heaven.
I can relate. I work all week; the weekend is for being lazy and not getting a single damn thing accomplished.
I had sex with Amy Carter, so I have to exclude myself from the vote
Keystone Blues
Was it on my couch? I remember seeing a picture of Amy when she was at Brown and the couch she was sitting on was the one I donated to the charity.
"There have been occasional scenarios where a situation was kinda fluid and a cellphone would have really come in handy, but they've been pretty few and far between. Maybe if I had a car and needed to call Triple-A...
Eli"
true, but in them fluid situations for me i can usually get to a pay phone if needed...the other person has always had a cell...but for emergencies like you mention(car breaks down, whatever) yeah i could see that..although people did just fine without them...
when i'm away from the home/office, the last thing i want is to have to answer the phone...i don't answer it after 8 pm at any time and i don't answer it if i'm in a meeting with a customer or if i just wanna be able to get something done..
a few weeks ago a fucking product rep was here and his fucking cell went off 3 fucking times during his visit...stupid prick took every call...needless to say he got none of our biz...stupid shit.
Why is my computer, when I ask to list files, using some bizarre scheme instead of alphabetical order?
DWD
In window explorer you can pull down the "view" and go to "arrange icons by" to choose how files are displayed.
so is Gannon a overgrown rent boy?
let's put it this way - Anyone who measures their dick has issues.
I have a cell phone in the car, for emergency use.
Echidne of the snakes
I have one because Melissa bought me one. Can't live without it now, but I wonder about her motivation.
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A male companion that is cheaper than a buy boy.
And you don't have to worry about the heating bills.
My Room"
bloody mess, that...
Yes, but if they wear out in use it's really hard to avoid buying.
There's a great Kids In The Hall sketch that's a parody 50s educational film about "How To Care For Your Male Slave", starring Buddy Cole. He was rather alarmed to learn that they don't die after six months "like sea monkeys"...
Was it on my couch? I remember seeing a picture of Amy when she was at Brown and the couch she was sitting on was the one I donated to the charity.
Echidne of the snakes
It was in the treehouse. She had it moved after her dad left the white house.
There have been occasional scenarios where a situation was kinda fluid and a cellphone would have really come in handy, but they've been pretty few and far between. Maybe if I had a car and needed to call Triple-A...
I will say this for cells, Blackberrie,and home laptop to work network. When it's an absolutely gorgeous day and all I have on the agenda is a six hour conference call, I can take it from my screen porch in shorts and a t shirt. When i want to fly to the Caymans, I can give my ciients a bunch of numbers that make them feel secure and I can go where I want. So, technology has its good points and bad points.
my room looks well lived in.
tho couldn't be arsed to smarten it up when I took the photos.
Bolivia's Morales feted in ceremony at pre-Inca ruins
TIWANAKU, Bolivia (AFP) - Evo Morales was crowned supreme chief of Andean Indians in an elaborate ceremony, one day before his inauguration as Bolivia's first indigenous president.
Some 20,000 Aymara and Quechua Indians clad in brightly colored ponchos gathered at South America's oldest ruins to witness the Aymara Indian who won Bolivia's presidency by a landslide being invested with sacred powers by a shaman chief.
Morales, 46, is to take the oath of office in La Paz Sunday before world leaders including the EU's Javier Solana, Crown Prince Felipe of Spain, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez.
Youse guys.....
GWPDA, yclept Irate Scholar
As soon as I get the kitchen in shape, I'll be right over.
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DWD -- display your files using the "list" or "details" view, then sort using the column headers (file type, date, name).
Forgive me if this is the answer to a question you weren't asking.
so is Gannon a overgrown rent boy?
Overgrown has nothing to do with it.
Gannon's body is for sale.
Therefore, Gannon is a rent boy.
A rent boy who made dozens of official trips to the White House.
Iraqis prepare for hard talks on cabinet make-up
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraqi parties were preparing for long and hard talks on forming a coalition government, with the victorious Shiite factions likely to call the shots on how broad based it will be.
The intricate negotiations were expected to take weeks, with one Western observer saying he did not expect a full government to emerge before late March -- more than three months after the December 15 elections.
The conservative Shiite United Iraqi Alliance, which holds the largest bloc in the new parliament, with 128 of its 275 seats, has agreed to a government of "national unity", but it remains unclear to what extent minority Sunni Arabs will be represented.
let's put it this way - Anyone who measures their dick has issues.
Keystone Blues
What?!
.
I have a cellphone for emergencies. Mr. Tena gave it to me. I don't think I've ever received a call on it. I have made a few calls on it, but very damn few.
I don't have any pictures of my room in college, but this is my room from high school.
Anything cool is my roommate's, anything nerdy is mine.
I go to extreme lengths to take care of everything I need for the weekend on Friday, on the way home. So that I don't have to leave the house for any reason, unless I want to.
Heaven.
Virginia
YEP.
So, technology has its good points and bad points.
The trick with technology is knowing when you can and can't say, "Enough."
The less secure you are, the more difficult it is to know when you can say it.
Eli |
The cue stick belongs to?
Maybe if I had a car and needed to call Triple-A...
If you had a Japanese car, and did the periodic maintence on it that time would be rare.
75mm cut!
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Cellphones are a must for a biz traveller. Even though I'm not on the road so much, it's damned convenient for my college students to get a hold of me since I don't have an office on campus, plus it is great to be able to get a hold of people on demand if you wanna go grab dinner, go to the movies or pick something up at the store. But I also believe in phone etiquette--I keep it on vibrate all the time, don't take calls when in restaurants, etc.
They'd just figure out a new way to be irritating.
mena
that's exactly the kind of mood I'm in today.
Hi mena.
hope it was worth it.
mother jailed for leaving kids alone so she could see Springer.
OT: After reading Frist's Osama-like "nightmare" taunt, I can say categorically that any Democrat in the Senate who votes for him is an appeaser of fascism.
I will say this for cells, Blackberrie,and home laptop to work network. When it's an absolutely gorgeous day and all I have on the agenda is a six hour conference call, I can take it from my screen porch in shorts and a t shirt. When i want to fly to the Caymans, I can give my ciients a bunch of numbers that make them feel secure and I can go where I want. So, technology has its good points and bad points.
Well, if I have to do something work-related *anyway*, I'd much rather do it from home... Although on conference calls I just end up pacing restlessly around the apartment.
Eli -- I remember that KITH sketch. How I loved them.
we've had stories here of mothers who leave their children behind and go abroad for like a couple of weeks.
Eli -- I remember that KITH sketch. How I loved them.
"No! *Bad* 1950's homosexual stereotype!"
let's put it this way - Anyone who measures their dick has issues.
[puts down tape measure, deletes spam, whistles nonchalantly]
Cookies? There are cookies involved? Nobody told me. I thought it had to do with new chairs.
Did you buy new chairs? For the patio? Do you have pics? Can you come to DC in a few years and have tea with us? I know the boobla will want to meet the Auntie GWPDA who sent the teddy bear that is RIGHT NOW in the crib that Son put together this afternoon!
Hecate Malificent
Ooooooh, Neddie is in beddie? Good!
I did get new chairs. I bought two Bassett nearly-loveseat sized chairs for Arthur's room - a gorgeous chambray blue/beige/cream moire plaid, with darling little retrousse legs. Lovely things, from the re-sale. They are extremely comfy and now I have to find a blue or cream table that's about 20" high and around 36" square to make it right. I dont' have pictures now, but be advised that these chairs are in the room I had made with the wall of French doors, and saltillo tile, deep cream walls and white enamel louvered doors.... We like it very much. I'll probably turn up back east eventually - after I finish fighting with the Borg, which I start in earnest on Monday or Tuesday.
Meanwhile, anybody who wants to stay at my house has to sleep on the sofa. It's 9' long tho with foam cushions and has had a long, long history of comfy sleepyness.
let's put it this way - Anyone who measures their dick has issues.
Keystone Blues
Gannon on his Joyboy website - 8" and uncut......
I don't have any pictures of my room in college, but this is my room from high school.
Two of you lived in that tiny space?
There's a great Kids In The Hall sketch that's a parody 50s educational film about "How To Care For Your Male Slave", starring Buddy Cole. He was rather alarmed to learn that they don't die after six months "like sea monkeys"...
Eli
I love that skit.
Kevin McDonald in that leather daddy outfit with the cutouts showing his butt.
"Bad 1950s homosexual stereotype!"
"I have a cellphone for emergencies. Mr. Tena gave it to me. I don't think I've ever received a call on it. I have made a few calls on it, but very damn few.
Tena"
what, you aren't like those assholes that take them with them on the trout stream?
one such douchbag was fishing(not really, on a cell phone) a favorite pool when a friend arrived...he went up and kicked the guy's bumper so his car alarm would go off and he had to leave to shut it off...my friend walked right by him and into the pool...
The cue stick belongs to?
I think I covered this...
mother jailed for leaving kids alone so she could see Springer.
She'll be on Springer next week, I'll bet...
let's put it this way - Anyone who measures their dick has issues.
Keystone Blues
Way too much time on their hands.
Is it possible to rent a cellphone for like a month? I wonder. It would be handy to have one so Mary can call me if she goes into labor and I'm somewhere else, boozing or some such leisure activity.
[puts down tape measure, deletes spam, whistles nonchalantly]
NTodd, Banned Bad Boy
[does not go to the extreme of putting on pants]
Two of you lived in that tiny space?
Well, there was a lot more of it, but that was the only part worth photographing...
re cell phones.
there is supposed to be some sort of phenom where people pretend to receive calls just to impress those around them.
and then some people pretend to take a call in order to avoid interaction. is that called mobile cocooning? or cocooning on the go.
"[puts down tape measure, deletes spam, whistles nonchalantly]
NTodd, Banned Bad Boy"
can't recall where i saw it, but one guy always answers the penis spam...his dick is now 8' long...
Is it possible to rent a cellphone for like a month? I wonder. It would be handy to have one so Mary can call me if she goes into labor and I'm somewhere else, boozing or some such leisure activity.
I'll rent you mine for 600 bucks.
It would be handy to have one so Mary can call me if she goes into labor and I'm somewhere else, boozing or some such leisure activity.
I'm sure she'll just drive herself to the hospital. Don't worry about it.
What about those phones you can buy with the time already on 'em?
let's put it this way - Anyone who measures their dick has issues.
Keystone Blues
Way too much time on their hands.
Yes, my penis demands I use my hands, uh...more constructively.
Thers -- you could buy a disposable one if a rental is not an option. It's a good reason to use something like that.
Is it possible to rent a cellphone for like a month? I wonder. It would be handy to have one so Mary can call me if she goes into labor and I'm somewhere else, boozing or some such leisure activity.
Thers
you can buy one of those Go Phones.
Cookies? There are cookies involved? Nobody told me. I thought it had to do with new chairs.
GWPDA
I guess now that there is no longer a bed in the back room, that little arrangement of you adopting me, me adopting you, is kaput?
BTW - Hecate, is it your weekend with Fitz, or did one of the hussies around here hone in on our action?
there is supposed to be some sort of phenom where people pretend to receive calls just to impress those around them.
I think I've heard of one or two incidents where someone accidentally drops the cellphone they've been talking on, and it breaks apart... and is completely empty.
I'll rent you mine for 600 bucks.
600? Man your living room is going to be crowded.
Is it possible to rent a cellphone for like a month?
I'm sure you can. There are a lot of pay-as-you-go plans out there. Or you can buy one of those disposables at Wal-Mart and scare the clerks into siccing the FBI on you.
I'm sure she'll just drive herself to the hospital. Don't worry about it.
"She'll take the bus. She's a rock."
Well, I have a cell phone but I refuse to give anybody the number, so I never get calls. Heh.
GWPDA -- Can't remember if I weighed in, but I think you should go for the chairs. They're the right colors, dammit! And sound nice.
The hilarious move that people make using walkie talkies is when the alternate between holding the thing next to their ear to listen, then move it to their mouths to talk over and over again.
I'm 20 feet across the room and I can hear both sides of the conversation perfectly well. What the hell is the point of moving the thing back and forth?
Still not as bad as the shmucks who have to bang a pack of cigarettes 20 or so times against the heel of their palm to "pack them" before opening - of course rotating the pack each fucking time.
Who TF came up with that one?
Drives me nuts.
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Japan Story
Whose kids you like better?
Clinton's and Carter's and JFK's and Kerry's etc etc etc ?
OR
Bush 43's, Bush 41's (worst.kids.ever.), Jeb Bush's, Reagan's etc etc etc. ?
I like the Democrats' kids.
The Repugs' kids are all fucked up. That's why they're Repugs.
trolls like owls.
600? Man your living room is going to be crowded.
I like my animals.
I'm sure she'll just drive herself to the hospital. Don't worry about it.
Well, I'll want her to call, so she can pick me up a 6-pack on the way in.
A disposable is a thought. Don't tell Malkin, tho!
What's a Go-Phone?
Peter Bergen (the Osama Bin Laden I Know) on C-Span right now: the ignorance of the intel groups towards the international cult ASR (the Tokyo subway attackers) proves there could be a group right now about to attack that we have no clue about.
And Hecate, if you read to your grandchild, you will be doing him/her such a favor. I'm convinced my daughter has such a good attention span (she's almost 17) because I read to her from the time she was born until she was about 14 -- everything from Where the Wild Things Are to Bleak House. Your grandchild will appreciate you as the grandmother who treats him/her differently (better, probably) than all the rest of the world treats him/her, and that's priceless.
Nora | Email | 01.21.06 - 6:10 pm | #
Nora, when my son was in third grade we decided to unplug the teevee.
We proceeded to nearly read out the Salem Public Library's children's section. When asked about his penchant for books, my son tells people he learned to read in "self defense"
One of my (many) problems in life is that I have hands that are kind of large. (ring size 14) Typing on a laptop is laughable for example. Touching the keys on a cellphone is nearly impossible. I would hit two at a time for sure.
Besides, I hate talking on the phone and seldom do it. You want to talk with me, let's chat online. Words are better written than spoken.
Nora, when my son was in third grade we decided to unplug the teevee.
We proceeded to nearly read out the Salem Public Library's children's section. When asked about his penchant for books, my son tells people he learned to read in "self defense"
I was roughly that age when my mom's TV died, and she refused to replace it for about five years. I read *a lot*.
Thers -- you could buy a disposable one if a rental is not an option. It's a good reason to use something like that.
VA, Drinking for Freedumb(tm)
Melissa sold a guy one of those.
She told him it did not work.
He insisted.
"So I'm telling you it does not work and you wanna buy it anyway?"
Next day he's back wanting a refund.
She refused.
(she can be a hardass, and then she crumble's, just like a little girl. dith?)
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You need to tidy up a bit
Keystone Blues
Bah, it looks just fine to me.
let's put it this way - Anyone who measures their dick has issues.
Keystone Blues
Way too much time on their hands.
Terry C, Coldplayer
And little else.
Stout or Pilsner?
Jerry Ford' s kids weren't that bad, come to think of it.
I thought Betty was pretty cool.
GWPDA -- Can't remember if I weighed in, but I think you should go for the chairs. They're the right colors, dammit! And sound nice.
VA, Drinking for Freedumb(tm)
Bought 'em already, but thanks. Brought one home today, t'other to-morrow. I'm absolutely crazy about 'em.
I finally saw War of the Worlds, BTW. Got the DVD for 5 dollars in the USED box at the Fletcher General Store.
NTodd, Banned Bad Boy |
And I'm thinking it still sucked.
Really didn't like that movie.
**********************
original was better
Just a few comments i'd like to toss in before leaving the thread.
Regarding "War of the Worlds", loved the old one. it scared the crap outta me at 12 yrs old, Cruise's version,gets a 2.5 on my 5 scale.
On cell phones-in restaurants, movie houses, etc., in public place like tose mine is off, I have been guilty off using one while driving and in a store but quick calls when needed, i'm just not really a phone chatterer anyway. As for the people who wander around talking loudly on them I put down as just arrogant and rudeness.
On loud kids-we have a new child now, but she's 12 and pretty well mannered. It does amaze me at times what parents will put up with from their kids.
On DVDs, I bought four today at $5.50
apiece, tell me how I did? Whatcha think?
Life of Brian
The War of the Roses
Silver Streak
Starman
All of them are old favorites or hold a Melancholy charm. On to read another thread. I'll look back and check on remarks of my selections.
Oh and about the movie theater experience. I haven't really had any BAD experiences with other people.
The food prices suck, and some of the ads, but I love seeing some movies originally on the BIG screen so I consider that part of the price. On a related note, on getting a child in our home again we've re-discovered the joys of children's movies(c: "Wallace and Gromit", etc.
Along with Spong Bob and Jimmy Neutron at home.
-Now I gotta run. I plan on
-applauding in Stephen King's
-direction later this evening -- we
-got tix to a lecture at Eckerd
-College.
Furiousleigh, aka Silleigh
Wow!! Braggart! I love Stephen King! I've read pretty much all his stuff.
His books seem to be a love 'im or hate'im kind of thing. Scared the Hell outta me when he was hit by the van a few years back and almost killed. Anyway I'm GREEN you lucky ducky.
Doesn't anyone go to bars anymore?
Get out, see a bar band?
Damn. No wonder I'm broke.
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