I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
No comment.
Led Zeppelin playing 'In my time of dying' on VH1 Classic.
Also, Jennifer Connelly's gigantic boobs on the Hallmark Channel. Decisions, decisions.
KAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHN!
I could have been first.
.
Echidne just called 'sheets' below, so the hoi polloi will show up any minute now.
Led Zeppelin playing 'In my time of dying' on VH1 Classic.
The Kenosha Kid | Homepage | 11.10.07 - 10:17 pm | #
The 250 minute version....
(more like 11 1/2 minutes)...
37 years later and still relevant:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t...h?v=tCNNka6on-
I
Okay, I've had a green light on 3 Women, so I will prob'ly go watch that. I got it from the NPL back around the time of Altman's death... it was one of the Altman flix I had yet to see.
.
Also, Jennifer Connelly's gigantic boobs on the Hallmark Channel. Decisions, decisions.
The Kenosha Kid
There were some nice pics of Jennifer on sideboob.org. Or so I've been told.
Terry C - Democratic Bitch | 11.10.07 - 10:21 pm | #
My favorite Temptations song....
Echidne just called 'sheets' below, so the hoi polloi will show up any minute now.
Well, yes, but I brought kittehs:
http://plush-life.blogspot.com/2...s-
caturday.html
The 250 minute version....
Still sounds great. Some of these other endless blues guitar wankings they are playing haven't aged so well.
Echidne just called 'sheets' below, so the hoi polloi will show up any minute now.
Hey! I resemble that remark.
Okay, I've had a green light on 3 Women,
I wish.
To be fair, I also had a business trip to Chicago back in September '85, the year of Da Bears. It was a lot of fun. My company put us on an upper floor of the Executive hotel, I believe it was, and the view was spectacular.
The hoi polloi are here with their kielbasa and sauerkraut.
Echidne just called 'sheets' below, so the hoi polloi will show up any minute now.
The Kenosha Kid
That's the problem with this place -- they let people like me in here.
I generally hate it just for that reason.
MP | 11.10.07 - 10:24 pm | #
Go to the Sears Tower observation deck....
Okay, I've had a green light on 3 Women,
Not one of my favorite Altman movies.
And I've got horsies
Go to the Sears Tower observation deck....
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin
We did. We even did the lean forward thing that was later featured in Ferris Bueller.
"Also, Jennifer Connelly's gigantic boobs on the Hallmark Channel. Decisions, decisions."
wow. you folks can sure pick 'em!
http://www.horrorexpress.com/ima...es/news-
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Vote for Rudy 2008, America cannot afford another Clinton having cigar sex with a fat intern instead of fighting Islamofascism.
"That's the problem with this place -- they let people like me in here.
I generally hate it just for that reason."
don't blame me I just got here
Two funny things:
1. Breslin on Rudy: "Rudy Giulianni is a little man in search of a balcony"
2. Bartcop: If after 8 years of Operation Fuck Shit Up, if the "people" elect another parade float for a preznint like googliani, we can kiss democracy's ass goodbye, for good.
Wouldn't the bay leaf and onion offset the sweetness of the sauterne?
I really liked Three Women, nice and ambiguous...
But many Altman fans don't get into it, for some reason...
Vote for Rudy 2008, America cannot afford another Clinton having cigar sex with a fat intern instead of fighting Islamofascism.
Rudy 2008
Sorry, I won't do this again, but that is some of the funniest troll shit I've seen in a while.
The hoi polloi are here with their kielbasa and sauerkraut.
Damnit, we were nibbling on wine and sipping elitist chardonnay.
I'll watch, and report back, tomorrow.
'night
♥
Uh oh, here comes Maddie.
She's going to bite mah fingers.
America can't afford to ever have another repuke in the WH. EVER.
But even in September, when the weather was beautiful, I thought the Chicago wind was going to blow my contact lenses right out of my eyeballs.
ugh, that was supposed to be 'nibbling on cheese.'
Fading fast ...
Catch you patriotz tomorrowz.
She's going to bite mah fingers.
How come we never see those pictures?
Velveeta?
Wouldn't the bay leaf and onion offset the sweetness of the sauterne?
The Jester
The problem is with the vinegar already in the kraut. Use something drier, I think.
You can always add a little sugar or apple if you want more sweetness.
Velveeta?
How crass. Doesn't this place have a VIP room?
I really liked Three Women, nice and ambiguous...
I wanted to like it, but I found it just kinda slow and unfocused rather than ambiguous.
I confess that I tend to like more structure in my storytelling.
How come we never see those pictures?
It's hard to work teh camera with a giant kitteh nibbling on UR fingers.
Besides, I'm hideous, who wants to see pictures of me?
Breslin on Rudy: "Rudy Giulianni is a little man in search of a balcony"
Beautifully put.
I'm much too elitist to ever eat velveeta. Only the best wine and cheese on my welfare checks.
Sorry, I won't do this again, but that is some of the funniest troll shit I've seen in a while.
V for Virginia
The Rudy 2008 troll is fucking retarded.
Led Zeppelin playing 'In my time of dying' on VH1 Classic.
The Kenosha Kid
It's no use trying to get them to watch what you want them to watch. I've tried it.
Toonscribe: Cartoon Liberal | 11.10.07 - 10:30 pm | #
Then this ending will leave you in stiches mentally...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i...h?
v=iWE7F3jw3Pk
Besides, I'm hideous, who wants to see pictures of me?
fourlegsgood, gots torch du U?
How do you get those gorgeous, sharp photos of those lovely ladies, anyway?
Every one is a keeper.
My dog licks my hand while I try to work the mouse. Tres annoying.
One more Warsteiner then bed for me.
"Besides, I'm hideous, who wants to see pictures of me?"
i refuse to believe that.
Terry C - Democratic Bitch | 11.10.07 - 10:21 pm | #
My favorite Temptations song....
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin
I LOVE the Temptations.
And I'm still looking for recommendations on what to see in Chicago.
I've figured out why firms use all that automated crap for their answering services. That way you can never get through and they don't have to do anything to fix your problem.
Breslin on Rudy: "Rudy Giulianni is a little man in search of a balcony"
If he ever finds that balcony, I'll bet he'll find he also has a lamppost in his future as well.
If the country hates GW, they'll REALLY hate Rudy! who is twice the asshattery and arrogance packed in one carcass.
And I'm off to re-read The Joy Luck Club.
Have a pleasant Saturday evening, bats.
having cigar sex with a fat intern instead of fighting Islamofascism.
Misogynism, racism, xenophobia all in one post.
This troll is not only fucking retarded, he's a mean little loser.
How do you get those gorgeous, sharp photos of those lovely ladies, anyway?
I am an excellent photographer and I have a good camera and very, very good lenses.
I've got burros. Well, a burro...
And I'm still looking for recommendations on what to see in Chicago.
BILLY GOAT!
Uh oh, here comes Maddie.
She's going to bite mah fingers.
My mom's cat bites her feet every time she's on the phone. This is a recent development. He first makes a meauw sound which differs from the normal ones and then he attacks her toes.
Karin | 11.10.07 - 10:32 pm | #
Art Institute is a good start, and the Museum of Science and Industry is a good one too.
Wrigley Field is nice to see, but the team there is pretty poor.
Back to Berlin Without Walls
Now Uta Lemper is talking about collective guilt.
I've figured out why firms use all that automated crap for their answering services. That way you can never get through and they don't have to do anything to fix your problem.
In a nutshell.
Pay your money and STFU.
i refuse to believe that.
Ask the Kenosha Kid. He took one look at me, shrieked and threw chocolate in my direction and then went running off in terror across the Sheep Meadow.
True story.
And I'm still looking for recommendations on what to see in Chicago.
Wicked.
"True story."
but can't we judge for ourselves?
Navy Pier
Also the Aquarium isn't bad.
Get deep dish pizza at Giordano's
Ooooh! Wicked! Yes!
Pay your money and STFU.
Mr French
You have to get to Level 3 support in Microsoft before you can find someone who knows more about the product than you do.
My mom's cat bites her feet every time she's on the phone. This is a recent development. He first makes a meauw sound which differs from the normal ones and then he attacks her toes.
Ripley sits on the bathroom counter and bites me on the arm or elbow if I don't pet her enough.
Maddie's new thing is to paw at me. With her claws out.
That way you can never get through and they don't have to do anything to fix your problem
Like health care plans - you have to jump through so many hoops to get the most out of your coverage most people give up and don't make claims.
"He took one look at me, shrieked and threw chocolate in my direction and then went running off in terror across the Sheep Meadow."
if ugly gets one showered in chocolate, that is well worth it.
but i don't buy what yer saying anyway.
Do the architectural boat tour on Navy Pier.
Very good.
I've got burros. Well, a burro...
FeralLiberal | Homepage | 11.10.07 - 10:34 pm | #
NYC has 5
My mom's cat bites her feet every time she's on the phone
I had a Siamese for 19-1/2 years (got him when he was two months old; he died in 1994) who used to nip me on the elbows when he felt I was ignoring him.
Biden, um, STFU.
but can't we judge for ourselves?
When have I ever lied to you?
Karin, I left a lengthy list of suggestions re: Chicago in the previous thread. Now I really am outta here.
And I'm still looking for recommendations on what to see in Chicago
The Field Museum is not bad...
I'm taking notes. I like architecture and boat tours.
My mom's cat bites her feet every time she's on the phone. This is a recent development. He first makes a meauw sound which differs from the normal ones and then he attacks her toes.
Ripley sits on the bathroom counter and bites me on the arm or elbow if I don't pet her enough.
Maddie's new thing is to paw at me. With her claws out.
fourlegsgood, gots torch du U?
I have such a good kitty. She doesn't even fuss at me to get up and feed her or let her out in the morning.
Then again, after most of the cats I've had, I'm due a break.
thanks, David Derbes and everybody else.
My mom's cat bites her feet every time she's on the phone
Same with our Dals. They're just like kids. They sense that you are a bit vulnerable at the moment, and start acting up.
The Field Museum is not bad...
I love the Field Museum.
"When have I ever lied to you?"
true... but I refuse to believe you're "hideous"
I'll show you mine if you show me yours!
http://media.collegepublisher.co...ls/
77d736x1.jpg
I am an excellent photographer and I have a good camera and very, very good lenses.
fourlegsgood, gots torch du U?
OIC -- u iz cheetin.
Get the Chicagoans to say things in midwesterian:
"The fat black cat sat on the mat"
"Black Sabbath and Kansas are bands"
"If you're happy and you know it clap your hands"
Field Museum is quite fun, go there.
I have such a good kitty. She doesn't even fuss at me to get up and feed her or let her out in the morning.
Mine are pretty good- but they are still kittenz.
fourlegsgood,
My God, Ripley and Maddie are SO gorgeous.
I'll show you mine if you show me yours!
The truth of the matter is there aren't any photographs of me.
I just don't let people take them.
The Field Museum is not bad...
Pics of her as Forrest Gump's Mamma ?
"I'll show you mine if you show me yours!"
these are a little dated, but....
Get the Chicagoans to say things in midwesterian:
"Da Bears!"
"Da Bulls"
"Da Cubs"
I just don't let people take them.
fourlegsgood, gots torch du U? | Homepage | 11.10.07 - 10:42 pm | #
I usually feel pretty Amish myself.
My God, Ripley and Maddie are SO gorgeous.
Why thank you.
Yes, they really are pretty.
I just don't let people take them.
fourlegsgood, gots torch du U? | Homepage | 11.10.07 - 10:42 pm | #
I usually feel pretty Amish myself.
Gilly Gonzylon
Me, too.
these are a little dated, but....
jdw
That's a huge name tag in the photo there with the lunch sack.
bbl
Of course there's no worries taking a trip to the top of the Sears tower, no thanks to Chimpy's exellent adventure.
Then this ending will leave you in stiches mentally...
The Prisoner. One of my all-time favorite tv shows. I've got a book with all 17 of the scripts in it -- The Prisoner by Alain Carraze & Helene Oswald.
jdw, Was that a shoe draped over the shoulder?
these are a little dated, but....
jdw
You have an Atriot photo, so you're pre-stalked for my convenience. Don't even bother.
Pics of her as Forrest Gump's Mamma ? -Gilly Gonzylon
no, but will this do?
And I'm still looking for recommendations on what to see in Chicago
http://polana.com/product/353/27
Terry C - Democratic Bitch | 11.10.07 - 10:42 pm | #
Honestly, I don't miss those phrases...
Chicagoans like to brag about they can take the cold weather, like it's a macho thing (women and men both do it). I did for a bit, but I like the milder winters here in NYC, even though I do complain when NYCers complain (like today) that it was really cold.
focus | 11.10.07 - 10:45 pm | #
"I LIKE her, I really LIKE her!"
OIC -- u iz cheetin.
What U mean? how iz I cheetin?
Of course there's no worries taking a trip to the top of the Sears tower, no thanks to Chimpy's exellent adventure.
FeralLiberal
My daughter swears that the SOB is going to fix it so NO American can travel anyplace safely.
"That's a huge name tag in the photo there with the lunch sack."
it's a peanut. strange, i know...
"If you're happy and you know it clap your hands"
Gilly Gonzylon | Homepage | 11.10.07 - 10:40 pm
After watching Fargo (again) all I can hear is Minnesotan, doncha know.
eVENING all!!
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"You have an Atriot photo, so you're pre-stalked for my convenience. "
you got one, shiteater?
I like the milder winters here in NYC, even though I do complain when NYCers complain (like today) that it was really cold.
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin
I'll never forget when we had the snowstorm in 1996. We had 31" of snow.
I was listening to the hockey game and the Flyers were up in Calgary. They mentioned it to Eric Lindros and his attitude was "That ain't shit compared to what we get in Canada."
After watching Fargo (again) all I can hear is Minnesotan, doncha know.
eVENING all!!
.
hisstoryman,Hunter of Da Snark | Homepage | 11.10.07 - 10:46 pm | #
"Plaid jackets and glad bags"
Ooooh, it is cool in NYC today.
I'm jealous. It's still flipflop weather here. I'm sick of it.
Ooooh, it is cool in NYC today.
I'm wearing a wooly cardigan. First day. It has snakes embroidered all over.
Karin-- when you mentioned architecture I immediately thought of this This American Life show. I think it might lead to some interesting things if you want to pursue it.
I like the milder winters here in NYC, even though I do complain when NYCers complain (like today) that it was really cold.
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin
It is because if New York Citians (sic) ever stop complaining we might take over the world. Kinda like the ol' Irish and Beer bumper sticker thingy....
.
which party represents the powerful and wealthy?
a)republicans
b)democrats
c)a&b
Ooo! We're almost having weather in Southern California!
Only I didn't say 'fudge.'
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin
Hoo haw! It's 38F in Central Park right now!
you got one, shiteater?
jdw
Stand by while I prepare to rock your world back to . . . your real world, which is much more attractive.
Ooo! We're almost having weather in Southern California!
ellroon | Homepage | 11.10.07 - 10:50 pm | #
Mebbe even some showers on Sunday!
I mean... they even said it MIGHT rain! You know .. the wet stuff that falls out of the sky and makes everybody crash....
Ooo! We're almost having weather in Southern California!
Chance of rain tomorrow -- or so I hear.
"Plaid jackets and glad bags"
Gilly Gonzylon | Homepage | 11.10.07 - 10:48 pm | # [kill][hide comment]
Well that's just sooper.
.
Hoo haw! It's 38F in Central Park right now!
I'm so depressed.
I love winter and we don't have one here. Sux
Mebbe even some showers on Sunday!
Gilly Gonzylon
Yeah! I'm gonna take pictures!
"I love winter and we don't have one here. Sux"
Move to Philadelphia - gets cold and there's some snow.
Had a couple of killing frosts here, actually later than usually. 'Twas a crip fall day today.
"I love winter and we don't have one here. Sux"
It's relative.
31 degrees here in Clevelend
We SoCalites are so pathetic -- we get so excited at the prospect of rain.
Move to Philadelphia - gets cold and there's some snow.
Uncle Blodge, Urban Teacher | 11.10.07 - 10:52 pm
But aren't the people unfriendly? Polls say yes.
I love winter and we don't have one here. Sux
Trade ya'.
We get plenty of winter here. I could kick myself in the ass for ever moving back from Texas.
Move to Philadelphia - gets cold and there's some snow.
Uncle Blodge, Urban Teacher | 11.10.07 - 10:52 pm
AND THE EAGLES!!!! oh wait....
never mind....
.
31 degrees here in Clevelend
The Jester | 11.10.07 - 10:52 pm | #
34 in Iraqi River
31 degrees? I freeze up and have to drink anti freeze when it falls below 50 degrees...
Being native Californian, I haven't a clue what on earth to do in a snowstorm.
I'll take earthquakes and firestorms.
Move to Philadelphia - gets cold and there's some snow.
Philly is on my list of potential cities.
"But aren't the people unfriendly? Polls say yes."
we're also fat and drunk. what's your point?
That looks right up my alley, V for V. I'm against the death penalty, except for whoever decided to tear down the old Penn Station in NY. They should be put up against the wall and shot.
jdw, it's weird. We must be about the same age. I also have faded old X-Mas photos of my siblings and I on a cold assed linoleum floor just digging the shit out the day.
But aren't the people unfriendly? Polls say yes.
Gilly Gonzylon | Homepage | 11.10.07 - 10:52 pm
ANd the Germans and Italians, and Afircan-Americans, and Puerto Ricans....
....
I've always thought I was born on the wrong coast.
If I never saw rain or snow again, I would be very happy.
And I hate cold weather.
Oh - and ugly
I'm watching Shaun of the Dead.
That's the way it rolls.
I love winter and we don't have one here
I'd gladly pay you Tuesday...
You can have some of mine anytime. Not that I don't like winter, but it gets a little long here.
31 degrees here in Clevelend
The Jester | 11.10.07 - 10:52 pm | #
34 in Iraqi River
Gilly Gonzylon | Homepage | 11.10.07 - 10:53 pm | #
Fucking West siders. Always trying to out-do us Easterners.
We SoCalites are so pathetic -- we get so excited at the prospect of rain.
Toonscribe: Cartoon Liberal
Hey! Watch who you're calling pathetic!
... I'm planning to run around in my backyard shrieking under a real umbrella!
I'm watching Shaun of the Dead.
"Somebody kill the Queen!"
we're also fat and drunk. what's your point?
Uncle Blodge, Urban Teacher | 11.10.07 - 10:53 pm | #
That the people are unfriendly, according to the polls.
"Philly is on my list of potential cities."
bet you can get a tour if you come visit.
A slow night, tonight.
ellroon | Homepage | 11.10.07 - 10:55 pm | #
I'm going to break out the Prell and lather up outside.
"jdw, it's weird. We must be about the same age. "
46? i'm the one with the cat...
That the people are unfriendly, according to the polls.
I like unfriendly people.
That the people are unfriendly
I thought that poll said they were unattractive, not unfriendly. Big diff, if you ask me.
"That the people are unfriendly, according to the polls."
dunno - I don't get out of town much.
Dean Wormer was *so* wrong. Fat, drunk and stupid really is a way to go through life.
Sorry, boys, I'm taken.
Oh, boy, THIS is not good.
http://
news.nationalgeographic.c...ellowstone.html
No evidence of an "imminent" super volcano eruption, but the fact is, they really don't know.
I'm going to break out the Prell and lather up outside.
Gilly Gonzylon
Ooo! That's fun! Except when the rain suddenly stops just as you are all lathered up and your husband has to turn the hose on you....
I mean, unfriendly people in the sense that they give you space and don't want to know everything about you and don't care when you mow your lawn. That kind of unfriendly.
Let's check the forecast:
tonight -- rain at times heavy, mixed with snow
Sunday -- rain
Sunday night -- chance of rain showers or flurries POP 60%
Monday -- chance of rain showers or flurries POP 60%
Tuesday -- periods of rain
November. I hate this month.
I thought that poll said they were unattractive, not unfriendly. Big diff, if you ask me.
ThinlyVeiled | 11.10.07 - 10:56 pm | #
In socal, we have attractive and incredibly unfriendly. Or should I say Fake friendly.
46? i'm the one with the cat...
jdw
47. Nice Big Wheel in the photo, BTW.
But aren't the people unfriendly? -
Gilly Gonzylon
they threw Rocky free food ... I think it was food?
"I thought that poll said they were unattractive, not unfriendly. Big diff, if you ask me."
I've seen polls that said we were 1. dumb 2. hostile 3. ugly 4. unfriendly 5. fat 6. drunk
I'm not all of that...
I *knew* you were older then dirt.
lathered up and your husband has to turn the hose on you....
ellroon | Homepage | 11.10.07 - 10:57 pm | #
No flirting!
Ask the Kenosha Kid. He took one look at me, shrieked and threw chocolate in my direction and then went running off in terror across the Sheep Meadow.
That's exactly what happened.
"Somebody kill the Queen!"
I love that film.
In socal, we have attractive and incredibly unfriendly. Or should I say Fake friendly.
Gilly Gonzylon | Homepage | 11.10.07 - 10:57 pm
From my understanding many socalers have a lot of fake things.... not that that is a bad thing......
.
That's exactly what happened.
Told ya.
True story!
Wait a minute. Who is saying we're 1. dumb 2. hostile 3. ugly 4. unfriendly 5. fat 6. drunk?
What poll is this?
I'll take friendly over pretty any day of the week. Not to say some can't be both.
From my understanding many socalers have a lot of fake things.... not that that is a bad thing......
.
hisstoryman,Feelin' Minnesota | Homepage | 11.10.07 - 10:59 pm | #
I dunno. They're too unfriendly to tell you.
Being native Californian, I haven't a clue what on earth to do in a snowstorm.
Stop, drop and roll.
Philly also has some great museums.
"What poll is this?"
not any one poll - many over the last 25 or so.
flufyins rank high in all them categories
Freaking Mike Myers ruined this kind of science story for me:
The surface is inflating like a bellows due to an infusion of magma about 6 miles (10 kilometers) underground, according to a new study published in tomorrow's issue of the journal Science.
Good night all you DFHs. Its time for me to take my kielbasa in hand and take it to bed.
"Oh, boy, THIS is not good."
holy fuck. maybe it won't matter who's the next president, because if that fucker goes we're all toast.
Being native Californian, I haven't a clue what on earth to do in a snowstorm.
Stop, drop and roll.
Mmm. Better stay inside.
I mean, unfriendly people in the sense that they give you space and don't want to know everything about you and don't care when you mow your lawn'
Well, I'm that kind of person and I don't see it so much as unfriendly as minding my own business. Not that there's anything wrong with that....
Being native Californian, I haven't a clue what on earth to do in a snowstorm.
Break out a cafeteria tray and slide, slide, slide!
Stop, drop and roll.
NTodd, Moral Masturbator
While driving??
..Well officer, this guy with three cats and two dogs and a blog told me to roll around in this snow drift...
I haven't a clue what on earth to do in a snowstorm.
Move to Michigan. We will teach you our ways.
I dunno. They're too unfriendly to tell you.
Gilly Gonzylon | Homepage | 11.10.07 - 10:59 pm
Its like Jello-O
Watch them wiggle see them jiggle. And they say Silicon Valley is outside of San Fran, HA! Its in Hollywood in fact there are enough "valleys" to qualify as a mountain range.
.
Dean Wormer was *so* wrong. Fat, drunk and stupid really is a way to go through life.
I'd hit Mrs Wormer.
Break out a cafeteria tray and slide, slide, slide!
Jeff Hill for all you OU grads
The best part about snow covered streets is the hidden slush pot hole, lying in wait for you to step into it.
As megadisasters go, I think the collapse of Cumbre Viejo would be much cooler than the Yellowstone megavolcano.
And meteor impacts are totally passe.
I haven't a clue what on earth to do in a snowstorm.
Page one of my Survival Training manual sez have lots of sex.
Jeff Hill for all you OU grads
The Jester | 11.10.07 - 11:02 pm | #
Bobcat!
..Well officer, this guy with three cats and two dogs and a blog told me to roll around in this snow drift...
Jeez, don't remind me of that incident. I swear she looked 18.
Being native Californian, I haven't a clue what on earth to do in a snowstorm.
Break out a cafeteria tray and slide, slide, slide!
Gilly Gonzylon | Homepage | 11.10.07 - 11:00 pm | #
51 years old, live in Chicago, four kids, we have always had our own six man toboggan.
The best part about snow covered streets is the hidden slush pot hole, lying in wait for you to step into it.
Or drive into it.
I *knew* you were older then dirt.
jdw
Amazing, since I told you that. Must be a lot of responsibility being a psychic rocket scientist.
And meteor impacts are totally passe.
SteveNS
You referencing that YouTube disaster movie that had several ways the world could end?
Being native Californian, I haven't a clue what on earth to do in a snowstorm.
Gilly Gonzylon | Homepage | 11.10.07 - 11:00 pm | #
A friend of mine from Dallas (who lived in Chicago for 6 years) laughs whenever there is inclement weather there, because the people are absolutely clueless on how to deal with it...
holy fuck. maybe it won't matter who's the next president, because if that fucker goes we're all toast.
Yep.
But people in the midwest will go first.
Jeff Hill for all you OU grads
The Jester | 11.10.07 - 11:02 pm | #
Bobcat!
Gilly Gonzylon | Homepage | 11.10.07 - 11:03 pm
You betchum boobie, Class O' 1980
I haven't a clue what on earth to do in a snowstorm.
Seriously, you stay indoors. If you are outside, say, in a stalled car, you stay in it, too. It's mostly not a good idea to start wondering around in a snowstorm. Visibility is poor and ones sense of direction tends to get a bit off kilter.
"Jeff Hill for all you OU grads"
holy shit, this is getting scary!
A snowstorm (or rainstorm) kind of shuts this city down. People walk everywhere, and they don't like to walk in snow or rain unless they have to.
I haven't a clue what on earth to do in a snowstorm.
Drink copious ammounts of hot chocolate with a dash of your favorite liquer, Creme d'Menthe, Frangelico, Amaretto, etc.
.
You referencing that YouTube disaster movie that had several ways the world could end?
ellroon
I didn't even know there was one! But now I have to go look for it.
As megadisasters go, I think the collapse of Cumbre Viejo would be much cooler than the Yellowstone megavolcano.
Yep, a disaster that took out the entire eastern seaboard in a 100 foot tall sunami would be something to see.
I've always wanted to do a Youtube disaster series, and call it "When Shit Happens."
which party approved bushco 01 and 03 tax cuts for the rich?
a) democrats
b) all of the above
1. dumb 2. hostile 3. ugly 4. unfriendly 5. fat 6. drunk
Sounds like our trolls.
I haven't a clue what on earth to do in a snowstorm.
Seriously, you stay indoors.
I guess I've been doing it wrong. I go out and play with the Dogz.
A friend of mine from Dallas (who lived in Chicago for 6 years) laughs whenever there is inclement weather there, because the people are absolutely clueless on how to deal with it...
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin
It's true in Southern California. The first real rain of the season loosens all the oil on the streets and people don't slow at all. I've watched people do that fun little loop as they slide through the intersections out of control.
I like to go winter camping. My 15 year old son and I with his friend and Dad spent 3 days in central Wisconsin camping. First night the temps dropped to 9 below zero. There was a foot and 1/2 of snow on the ground. It was glorious.
Yep, a disaster that took out the entire eastern seaboard in a 100 foot tall sunami would be something to see.
fourlegsgood
It pretty much what videocameras were invented for.
As megadisasters go, I think the collapse of Cumbre Viejo would be much cooler than the Yellowstone megavolcano.
Pretty ballsy thing to say considering your geographical location.
You betchum boobie, Class O' 1980
The Jester | 11.10.07 - 11:04 pm | #
I had some incredible experiences with some lovely ladies in Athens.
"Amazing, since I told you that. Must be a lot of responsibility being a psychic rocket scientist."
oh bite me, boogereater.
i always guessed that you were going thru the change, but had no idea you are ready for hospice.
Break out a cafeteria tray and slide, slide, slide!
Gilly Gonzylon | Homepage | 11.10.07 - 11:00 pm | #
Union cafeteria trays down Bascom Hill. Hope you stop before Park St.
"We're coming to get you Barbara."
More good news from Iraq
Turmoil, bent rules and signs of theft at a Baghdad armory help explain how the U.S. lost track of some 190,000 small arms meant for Iraq’s security forces.
Seriously, you stay indoors. If you are outside, say, in a stalled car, you stay in it, too. It's mostly not a good idea to start wondering around in a snowstorm. Visibility is poor and ones sense of direction tends to get a bit off kilter.
Echidne
I'll stay safe and stay out here. Better for everybody.
Sounds like our trolls.
Terry C - Democratic Bitch
Seriously. I've never seen a group so pissed off after winning political power in my life.
What the hell is wrong with these cretins?
I've always wanted to do a Youtube disaster series, and call it "When Shit Happens."
Jennifer
I'd buy the DVD.
You betchum boobie, Class O' 1980
The Jester | 11.10.07 - 11:04 pm | #
I had some incredible experiences with some lovely ladies in Athens.
Gilly Gonzylon | Homepage | 11.10.07 - 11:07 pm | #
I can imagine. My hometown too.
It pretty much what videocameras were invented for.
Yeah, but I can't think of a safe place to actual photograph such an event.
Maybe from a airplane.
Or from space.
"I had some incredible experiences with some lovely ladies in Athens."
and a lot of the ladies of athens had incredible experiences with me!
Karin's looking for something to do in Chicago? Well, if you'll allow me. . . The architecture boat rides (there are many), definitely, if the weather will let you. Millenium Park is awesome but much more awesome in summer. Navy Pier is kinda touristy-junky but the location is unique. If architecture is your thing, definitely go visit Frank Lloyd Wright's Home & Studio in Oak Park and take the walking tour around the neighborhood. Back downtown, the top of the John Hancock is nicer than the top of the Sears Tower, and there's a bar with lots o' big windows on the 95th floor (observation deck on the 96th). Basically the obs. deck is windows without a bar. Given the choice, I'll take the windows with the bar, I mean, duh?
But my favorite little thing to do & see in the city I love best is to walk out to the middle of the Michigan Avenue bridge (upper level, stay on the sidewalk, please) and do a slow 360. Then do it again. My kind o' town.
It's true in Southern California. The first real rain of the season loosens all the oil on the streets and people don't slow at all. I've watched people do that fun little loop as they slide through the intersections out of control.
ellroon | Homepage | 11.10.07 - 11:06 pm | #
I recall slamming on the brakes and not stopping - sliding a hundred feet... Heh. Stopped inches behind a car I was certain I would hit.
Seriously, you stay indoors. If you are outside, say, in a stalled car, you stay in it, too. It's mostly not a good idea to start wondering around in a snowstorm. Visibility is poor and ones sense of direction tends to get a bit off kilter.
Echidne
The last time I drove north in the winter I was completely prepared for a blizzard. Blankets, water, flashlight, snacks, extra batteries, thermals inside the car.
It was extremely unlikely to happen, but it scares the livin' crap outta me, so I way overprepared.
I like to go winter camping. My 15 year old son and I with his friend and Dad spent 3 days in central Wisconsin camping. First night the temps dropped to 9 below zero. There was a foot and 1/2 of snow on the ground. It was glorious.
Shared Humanity
I'd be in so much pain. They'd have to strap me in my sleeping bag with duct tape and lash me to a dolly to drag me back to the car. BELOW zero?
and a lot of the ladies of athens had incredible experiences with me!
jdw | Homepage | 11.10.07 - 11:08 pm | #
At the CI and The Junction?
Pretty ballsy thing to say considering your geographical location.
aangus
Always best to have a ringside seat for the big events.
I've never seen a group so pissed off after winning political power in my life.
What the hell is wrong with these cretins?
MP |
The trolls have no power.
They only think they do.
Bush Co. doesn't give a rat's ass about them.
"At the CI and The Junction?"
OMFG!
Think I'll go watch a movie.
And wait for the end of the world.
It'll be like Pompeii, but 20 somethings don't even know what Pompeii is/was.
I haven't a clue what on earth to do in a snowstorm.
Seriously, you stay indoors.
I guess I've been doing it wrong. I go out and play with the Dogz.
that's different. You live in Vermont and you are still alive. So.
hotcakes!
the union, swanky's....
and a lot of the ladies of athens had incredible experiences with me!
jdw | Homepage | 11.10.07 - 11:08 pm | #
At the CI and The Junction?
Gilly Gonzylon | Homepage | 11.10.07 - 11:10 pm | #
Or the Pub, or the Longbranch Saloon, Or Mr. Bojangles, Or The Union or The West Side Tavern or Swankys or.....
Bush Co. doesn't give a rat's ass about them.
Terry C - Democratic Bitch
Little Piggy Boy Rove played them like a goddamned fiddle. I hope they're taking pride in that.
OK, what's everyone watching, now?
And nobody talk to jdw, he's a dick
We SoCalites are so pathetic -- we get so excited at the prospect of rain.
Toonscribe: Cartoon Liberal
i was just giggling about the rain at the Cal-USC game right now.
Yeah, the yanks all like to joke about how inept we are in dealing with winter weather...but they get snow and we get ice usually. Not the same thing at all, not to mention that due to the rarity of winter weather we have little in the way of removal equipment, which is sensible. And so many of us get an unexpected day off once or twice a year that no one complains too much about it.
20 somethings don't even know what Pompeii is/was.
Gilly Gonzylon
The chick from Grey's Anatomy?
Shared Humanity, Where were you camping?
the union, swanky's....
jdw | Homepage | 11.10.07 - 11:11 pm | #
My band played the Union several times. One show was so bad, I actually gave some of the audience their money back...
My fav is whenever there is a weather "event" in NYC the locl news drags out of the woodwork some "snow expert" to tell us to stay inside and if we have to go out wear heavy clothing.
Umm... No shit Sherlock. Besides that's what grandma's are for.
I haven't a clue what on earth to do in a snowstorm.
There's a reason that Wisconsin has the highest per capita consumption of brandy...
But you really weren't hardcore until you hit the Club 33
Always best to have a ringside seat for the big events.
It would certainly be a brief event.
Hopefully the narrows at Quebec City would slow it down enough for us to survive here.
"or Swankys or....."
what was the bar name at the student center? fuck if i can remember..
"Dad's in the lounge."
fourlegsgood, gots torch du U? | Homepage | 11.10.07 - 11:11 pm | #
Tell me how the end of the world is...
Bush Co. doesn't give a rat's ass about them.
Terry C - Democratic Bitch
Little Piggy Boy Rove played them like a goddamned fiddle. I hope they're taking pride in that.
MP
The few trolls we have left STILL don't get it.
The chick from Grey's Anatomy?
SteveNS | 11.10.07 - 11:12 pm |
Dunno, but there are a few hotties on that show. I was having lunch with some co-workers and the 20 somethings had no idea - "Pompeii. You've NEVER heard of Pompeii ?"
Yeah, the yanks all like to joke about how inept we are in dealing with winter weather...but they get snow and we get ice usually.
We get ice, too. So we salt and sand.
"My band played the Union several times. "
played at swanky's a couple times myself...i think the last time under the moniker 'the shit'. and some fest on south green, iirc.
what was the bar name at the student center? fuck if i can remember..
jdw | Homepage | 11.10.07 - 11:13 pm | #
The Front Room (Frontier)
Hopefully the narrows at Quebec City would slow it down enough for us to survive here.
aangus
Or, the volume of water being funneled into a narrow space would make it rise higher...
(see: Fundy, Bay of)
I recall slamming on the brakes and not stopping - sliding a hundred feet... Heh. Stopped inches behind a car I was certain I would hit.
Gilly Gonzylon | Homepage | 11.10.07
DOWNHILL CAR SKIING!!! LOVE IT!! I did the black diamond course, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, one night in college
/
FREE THE ATRIOS TWO!!
OK, what's everyone watching, now?
Parole Board on the Biography Channel.
I love the true crime shit.
Shared Humanity, Where were you camping?
dmark | Homepage | 11.10.07 - 11:12 pm | #
Near Lake Redstone outside of Reedsburg.
"The Front Room (Frontier)"
ta da!
lots o' ludes ingested, brain cells gone.
1. dumb 2. hostile 3. ugly 4. unfriendly 5. fat 6. drunk?
I am *NOT* dumb!!!
or the Greenery, or Chakiris Hot Dogs, or Souvlaki's or the Crystal Casino or the Monument on the College Green or Bernie's Bagel Buggy....
The few trolls we have left STILL don't get it.
Terry C - Democratic Bitch
There's a tiny little place, way down in their subconscious, that gets it. So they have to do a LOT of hollering about the Clenis and islamowhatthefuckever to keep from hearing that.
"LA LA LA LA LA! I can't HEAR me!"
Tell me how the end of the world is...
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin | 11.10.07 - 11:14 pm
Not sure what you been told but in the Church of Later Day Hisstoryman's there are lots of Hi-balls and paper umbrellas.
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It was extremely unlikely to happen, but it scares the livin' crap outta me, so I way overprepared.
did you also put the bag of sand in your trunk? although I prefer shingles myself.
"The Front Room (Frontier)"
played in there one evening, too. my grandma was in town unexpected. she bought beers for all my friends.
Lots of sandstone bluffs and woods. Think Wisconsin Dells without the water....or the people.
The few trolls we have left STILL don't get it.
Terry C - Democratic Bitch
There's a tiny little place, way down in their subconscious, that gets it. So they have to do a LOT of hollering about the Clenis and islamowhatthefuckever to keep from hearing that.
"LA LA LA LA LA! I can't HEAR me!"
V for Virginia
They really believe that they will be rewarded for their loyalty by a Hummer with a deed to a McMansion in the glove compartment.
I give up. I will deal with the little bastard tomorrow. No wonder RCA is losing the market to EVERYONE. What a little piece of shit.
And how pitiful does the Democratic leadership have to be to have the New York Fucking Times call them a bunch of pussies?
"Bernie's Bagel Buggy...."
perfect stoned outta yer gourd.
does moonville ring a bell?
Parole Board on the Biography Channel.
I love the true crime shit.
Terry C - Democratic Bitch
Do you have Sundance? We watched this very good show tonight about the justice system in Vegas.
. . . tuning in Biography . . .
1. dumb 2. hostile 3. ugly 4. unfriendly 5. fat 6. drunk?
I am *NOT* dumb!!!
left field, 99.9% dirty hippie
I'm not dumb...and I am only hostile and unfriendly to people who get hostile and unfriendly with me first.
They really believe that they will be rewarded for their loyalty by a Hummer with a deed to a McMansion in the glove compartment.
Yup, they really do. Suckers.
I think the next time someone wants to do a march or something they should forget the Republicans and go sit in on the Speaker's office and the Democratic Majority Leader's office. Honestly, do these people have any fucking idea how MAD people are at their mamby pamby bullshit?
They really believe that they will be rewarded for their loyalty by a Hummer with a deed to a McMansion in the glove compartment.
I think they are on someone's payroll, with the exception of a few obvious cases. Just make a note of the times they appear and leave. They are almost always on the hour.
OK, what's everyone watching, now?
My computer screen, with my word processor set on another short story/novel of mine that will never see publication/completion.
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Has anyone else heard of this... http://pajamasmedia.com/xpress/
r...scandal_rum.php
In short, its about a rumored sex scandal involving a presidential candidate that "everyone" in the elite media knows about, but the LA Times is supposedly "sitting on". Dunno...
Do you have Sundance? We watched this very good show tonight about the justice system in Vegas.
. . . tuning in Biography . . .
V for Virginia
I saw it. Good stuff.
My daughter and I read all those true crime books. She's a big fan of "mob" stuff...books, TV shows, films.
I like true crime, forensic stuff, old Hollywood....
Just make a note of the times they appear and leave. They are almost always on the hour.
Echidne | Homepage | 11.10.07 - 11:21 pm,
Our very own cukoo-cukoo clocks.
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"In short, its about a rumored sex scandal involving a presidential candidate that "everyone" in the elite media knows about, "
the hrc lezbian love affair?
In short, its about a rumored sex scandal involving a presidential candidate that "everyone" in the elite media knows about, but the LA Times is supposedly "sitting on". Dunno...
Biff22 | 11.10.07 - 11:21 pm | #
Gotta be rudy
I think the next time someone wants to do a march or something they should forget the Republicans and go sit in on the Speaker's office and the Democratic Majority Leader's office.
Ahem
Biff22
That book they're advertising, "Explaining Hitler"?
Sounds real interesting.
the hrc lezbian love affair?
well, that's one suggestion. Another invovles a gay affair involving...Rudy.
does moonville ring a bell?
Two Moonville stories:
1. Went out there swimming in the altogether when a passenger train came through. My buddies and I gave the riders quite a sight to remember.
2. Went out there again and some asshole stole the battery out of my buddy's car. had to get my dad to come get us from about an hour away.
In short, its about a rumored sex scandal involving a presidential candidate that "everyone" in the elite media knows about, but the LA Times is supposedly "sitting on". Dunno...
Yeah, I've been hearing this for a while. I just wish the goddamn media would stick it up their collective asses. There's a lot more important stuff to report on.
"Another invovles a gay affair involving...Rudy."
no. freaking. way.
OK, what's everyone watching, now?
Christmas Story. It's tigre's fault, bitching about the Grinch being on. So I officially kicked off my obsessive Xmas movie watching with Charlie Brown, The Snowman and now Ralphie!
"In short, its about a rumored sex scandal involving a presidential candidate that "everyone" in the elite media knows about, "
Probably Rudy, but will anyone be surprised?
Thompson? Will anybody keep down dinner?
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"In short, its about a rumored sex scandal involving a presidential candidate that "everyone" in the elite media knows about, "
Ghouliani.
Mother fucker can't keep it in his pants.
I don't get it. He's SO repulsive.
did you also put the bag of sand in your trunk? although I prefer shingles myself.
Karin
I had something in there, it must have been sand. I was pretty humorless about the freezing to death thing.
well, that's one suggestion. Another invovles a gay affair involving...Rudy.
Biff22 | 11.10.07 - 11:23 pm |
If it is Rudy please let in be that miserable corrupt piece of shit Al Damato
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the snowman is officially the best christmas movie evah
It's tigre's fault, bitching about the Grinch being on.
*cough*I'm here*cough*
Lots of sandstone bluffs and woods. Think Wisconsin Dells without the water....or the people.
Shared Humanity | 11.10.07 - 11:18 pm | #
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I don't get up that way enough. It's not the WI most people picture
My hatred for the Hummer borders on the irrational. I'm not real big on SUVs either. I finally put my finger on what it is that bothers me. It's that they are such a clear sign of aggression. Not just a "fuck you!" to people horrified by the wastefulness of it all, but actually intended to intimidate with their sheer size.
Gotta love opening the fridge door to get a snack and seeing a row of honeycrisp apples sitting there.
I was going to grab some leftover lasagna, but I'll save that for tomorrow's lunch instead.
And besides, it's almost bedtime.
From the jellystone story:
The volcano's most recent flare-up was 70,000 years ago, and volcanic heat continues to fuel the park's famous geysers and hot springs.
Unpossible. The earth is only 6000 years old! Its all fake.
-wingnut logic
I don't get it. He's SO repulsive.
Terry C - Democratic Bitch | 11.10.07 - 11:24 pm | #
"Power is the strongest aphrodesiac" - Hank Kissinger
Well, I wanted to watch Carnosaurus Rex, but Monsieur has the remote.
I'm not watching anything right now. I've finally OD'd, for the moment, on Ute
"1. Went out there swimming in the altogether when a passenger train came through. My buddies and I gave the riders quite a sight to remember."
i was out there skinny dipping with this girl and some guy from the 'post'(?) took a bunch of pics of us on the rope swing. never did know if they were published.
there was some other pond we swam at somewhere out on 33 towards nelsonviile, but can't recall the name.
Christmas Story. It's tigre's fault, bitching about the Grinch being on. So I officially kicked off my obsessive Xmas movie watching with Charlie Brown, The Snowman and now Ralphie!
NTodd, Moral Masturbator
I have "Miracle on Thirty Fourth Street" and "Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol" on DVD.
I must get the 1951 "A Christmas Carol" (Alistair Sim) on DVD.
I think the next time someone wants to do a march or something they should forget the Republicans and go sit in on the Speaker's office and the Democratic Majority Leader's office. Honestly, do these people have any fucking idea how MAD people are at their mamby pamby bullshit?
Who do you think we're targeting with our protests? Do you think Pelosi is complaining about CodePink being in front of her house because nobody's working that angle? Me, I'm meeting with my Rep tomorrow.
What are YOU doing?
I don't get it. He's SO repulsive.
Terry C - Democratic Bitch
I don't want Nosferatu as my President. Good Grief, the Rethugs send up some bizarre ones, don't they?
Maybe it is Hillary. The media might think they've pushed her into first place so now it's time to tear her down so we become depressed and the Republicans win again!! or something...
I've been off assembling an album of photos of the chiwrens...mostly devon
http://www.facebook.com/album.ph...7d&
id=640301654
If it is Rudy please let in be that miserable corrupt piece of shit Al Damato
Now there's a beast with two backs I don't want to see....
I don't get it. He's SO repulsive.
Terry C - Democratic Bitch |
"Power is the strongest aphrodesiac" - Hank Kissinger
Gilly Gonzylon
Ain't enough power in the world to make THIS woman even THINK about fucking Kissinger OR JulieAnnie.
Maybe Mitt is Big Love
Mother fucker can't keep it in his pants.
I don't get it. He's SO repulsive.
Ahh, there's always been humans who go after 'ugly hot' same as there is for convicted criminals. Notice there are still lots of fat ugly stupid corrupt humans around us. Those traits are not being bred out of the gene pool.
I wish Gene Poole would straighten his act out.
Shaun's mom just got bit.
My hatred for the Hummer borders on the irrational. I'm not real big on SUVs either. I finally put my finger on what it is that bothers me. It's that they are such a clear sign of aggression. Not just a "fuck you!" to people horrified by the wastefulness of it all, but actually intended to intimidate with their sheer size.
Total agreement.
And I have a similar reaction to people with rottweilers. I know that's not cool, but I can't help it.
If it is Rudy please let in be that miserable corrupt piece of shit Al Damato
IIRC, those two do not like one another.
OK, what's everyone watching, now?
Nothing.
But I do have Cannonball Adderly on the stereo. After spending half the day raking "Autumn Leaves" seemed appropriate...
there was some other pond we swam at somewhere out on 33 towards nelsonviile, but can't recall the name.
There used to be a great swimming hole on the Hocking near Sugar Creek. Here's some more names. Mount Nebo, The Asylum and Radar Hill.
Ain't enough power in the world to make THIS woman even THINK about fucking Kissinger OR JulieAnnie.
Terry C - Democratic Bitch | 11.10.07 - 11:28 pm | #
I knew a lady in grad school who claimed she was one of his mistresses. I always ribbed her about the sight of him in a ribbed wife beater, boxers, and black socks.
I must get the 1951 "A Christmas Carol" (Alistair Sim) on DVD.
I've got that. It's an annual ritual.
Extremely adorable, matthew! but I guess you know that.
http://ccoaler.blogspot.com/2007...-in-
prague.html
Kristallnacht in Praque-Nazis go for jews
Not just a "fuck you!" to people horrified by the wastefulness of it all, but actually intended to intimidate with their sheer size.
Jennifer |
Yes. There used to be several about town, but now not so much. I know my daughter's friend's mother sold hers as 'too pretentious'... then turned around and got one of the hugest SUVs ever.
I just drive slower when they come barrelling up behind me...
And I have a similar reaction to people with rottweilers. I know that's not cool, but I can't help it.
SteveNS
My son's girlfriend's (gay) uncle and his partner have about six dogs.
All toy breeds, except a Rottie named Bear, who they just lost recently to cancer. She was 12.
She was a sweet dog.
My hatred for the Hummer borders on the irrational. I'm not real big on SUVs either. I finally put my finger on what it is that bothers me. It's that they are such a clear sign of aggression. Not just a "fuck you!" to people horrified by the wastefulness of it all, but actually intended to intimidate with their sheer size.
The Hummer really is all about the "I GOT MINE, FUCK YOU" factor.
If it is Rudy please let in be that miserable corrupt piece of shit Al Damato
IIRC, those two do not like one another.
Terry C - Democratic Bitch | 11.10.07 - 11:28 pm
Naw back in their undercover drug bustin' days... Gotta find that pic its a riot!
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I knew a lady in grad school who claimed she was one of his mistresses. I always ribbed her about the sight of him in a ribbed wife beater, boxers, and black socks.
Henry or Rudy?
I'm watching folk songs about Ron Paul and Paulmas carols on YouTube.
He's the Second Coming of Christ!
After spending half the day raking "Autumn Leaves" seemed appropriate...
FeralLiberal
It's very strange. The deciduous trees are still green around here. Just a leaf or two on the ground.
Henry or Rudy?
Karin | 11.10.07 - 11:30 pm | #
Hank.
I'm having some wine, so excuse me if I am rambling.
I must get the 1951 "A Christmas Carol" (Alistair Sim) on DVD.
Terry C - Democratic Bitch | 11.10.07 - 11:26 pm | #
It's my Xmas ritual to see as many versions of A Christmas Carol as I can on the TV.
Arcade Fire on Austin City Limits
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Autumn Leaves" seemed appropriate...
FeralLiberal
The Hummer really is all about the "I GOT MINE, FUCK YOU" factor.
left field, 99.9% dirty hippie
Whenever my daughter sees one, she says she thinks "There goes someone with a little dick!"
My hatred for the Hummer borders on the irrational
Larry Craig gives the best Hummers.
The 1951 version is the definitive IMHO, however, I really like "Scrooge" with Albert Finney too.
must get the 1951 "A Christmas Carol" (Alistair Sim) on DVD.
Terry C - Democratic Bitch
The best version, hands down.
It's a wonderful life, and Muppet's Christmas Caral for me. But not yet.
Oh, and the Animaniacs Christmas special. And the He-man one. Showing my generation there.
It's my Xmas ritual to see as many versions of A Christmas Carol as I can on the TV.
dmark
I liked the cartoon version they showed a couple of years back.
Tim Curry as Scrooge. And he sang.
the snowman is officially the best christmas movie evah
::matthew
Better than Scrooged? That's my favorite to date.
http://www.strangepolitics.com/c...tem/
124311.html
AH!! Here it is, at least one of them. C'mon you can't hear the Village people in the background??
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She was a sweet dog.
Terry C
I'm sure most of them are. I just have an instant gut reaction when I see people out walking them, that they got the dog purely to intimidate.
It's very strange. The deciduous trees are still green around here. Just a leaf or two on the ground.
MP
Where are you MP? Leaves are late dropping here, still have a couple of maples hanging on.
Steve - I'm cool with the Rotties, as long as the owners have well socialized them. Then again, those aren't the little dicks who get Rotties to make their little dicks seem bigger.
Gotta be the only rock band with two French horns.
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"Mount Nebo, The Asylum and Radar Hill."
nebo??? don't know that one unless it was the big hill across from south green....
my brother did a stint at the nuthouse for his masters.
i don't recall ever being on radar hill. maybe. i didn't have a car(thank fucking god) and not many of my friends did, so dunno if we ever made it out there.
god, you got a good memory. i haven't been back there in 25 years or so. last time was halloween and got popped taking a piss in an alley.
Where are you MP?
VaBeach.
The Mr. McGoo Xmas Carol aint bad either
She was a sweet dog.
Terry C
I'm sure most of them are. I just have an instant gut reaction when I see people out walking them, that they got the dog purely to intimidate.
SteveNS
I think they're gorgeous dogs, and if they are socialized and trained right, they're great.
If not, you have a time bomb.
Extremely adorable, matthew! but I guess you know that.
Karin
danke
It's a wonderful life, and Muppet's Christmas Caral for me. But not yet.
Wonderful Life is my ultimate, but it's always in reserve. I can blow my wad on Donna Reed just yet.
The Mr. McGoo Xmas Carol aint bad either
The Jester |
I have loved that ever since I was a little kid.
When that came out on DVD, I had to have it.
The Hummer really is all about the "I GOT MINE, FUCK YOU" factor.
left field
I feel the same way about pickup trucks. Not the ones that obviously are work trucks, you can tell which ones those are from the misc dents in the PU bed, and the rock chips on the paint, and dirt, on the underside of the truck.
Shiny PU trucks are a bit gay, and not in a good way, in a pissy queen way.
Steve - I'm cool with the Rotties, as long as the owners have well socialized them. Then again, those aren't the little dicks who get Rotties to make their little dicks seem bigger.
Jennifer
I feel the same way about pit bulls.
I have met some wonderful pit bulls in the town where I live. People socialize them.
I'm a little dog person myself, but some people like certain breeds.
I love Boston Terriers. Someone else may love Rottweilers.
Then again, those aren't the little dicks who get Rotties to make their little dicks seem bigger.
Jennifer
Why can't they just stuff a pool noodle down their pants like I do?
Uh... I mean, yeah! Those people suck!
VaBeach.
Can't be too late for you, but here in Wis it should be pretty much over by now.
Shiny PU trucks are a bit gay, and not in a good way, in a pissy queen way.
Doug
I, unfortunately, drive an F150 4x4 right now...but I haven't washed it in 6 months or so. Keeps the gaii factor to a minimum
in a pissy queen way
Hush your mouth!
Better than Scrooged? That's my favorite to date.
V for Virginia | 11.10.07 - 11:33 pm |
For me its Scrooge! with Albert Finney, odd too because I really do not like musicals.
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must get the 1951 "A Christmas Carol" (Alistair Sim) on DVD.
Terry C - Democratic Bitch
The best version, hands down.
MP | 11.10.07 - 11:32 pm |
I agree, but I've become fond of the Patrick Stewart version.
only a few more weeks til thanksgiving, and i get to torture the old lady and put up my leg lamp in the front window.
not in a good way, in a pissy queen way
Resolved, that remark is officially stolen.
Hmmmmm . . . suddenly I have a compelling attraction for assal horizontality.
Later on in life, commiepinkoliberalislamoenablerswine.
I have a neighbor who has always had pit bulls.
His parents have always had pit bulls.
His son and daughter have pit bulls.
They understand the breed.
only a few more weeks til thanksgiving, and i get to torture the old lady and put up my leg lamp in the front window.
Sorry, we're all out of glue.
I agree, but I've become fond of the Patrick Stewart version.
dmark
I like that, too.
Then again...well, I can listen to that man TALK for hours.
Shiny PU trucks are a bit gay, and not in a good way, in a pissy queen way.
Doug
Whew. Fortunately my PU is banged up on all sides, and hasn't been washed in years. totally not gay.
"Sorry, we're all out of glue."
NOT A FINGAH!
If you scroll down on this page, they have a slide show of those dogs I'm obsessed with. Even in pictures they remind me of cats.
According to local legend Mt. Nebo was in the middle of a perfect pentagram made by five surrounding hills. It is home to the family burial plot of the Simms family so every Halloween we highschoolers used to go up there to drink beer and smoke dope just to prove how cool we were.
Radar hill is just North of the asylum, it has an abandoned radar station on it, hence the name. It offers a stunning view of the town.
Don't forget about Stroud's Run, Lake Snowden and Burr Oak!
I like Miracle on 34th Street
for Xmas movie.
"Kill the Queen!"
Feral Liberal,
Same thing here: My Brother in Law (who employs Youngest DWD in his business) has a business doing lawn work. He wanted to do our leaves this weekend and we told him not yet. Hell, the sassafras out in back have yet to lose their leaves. We have seen some of trees that normally have lost their leaves by now - aspens and beech for example - still having GREEN leaves. (This global warming is all bullshit you know?)
Shiny PU trucks are a bit gay, and not in a good way, in a pissy queen way.
Doug
I've been calling SUVs "pussy trucks" since forever.
I, unfortunately, drive an F150 4x4 right now...but I haven't washed it in 6 months or so. Keeps the gaii factor to a minimum
You need to carry a load of sharp gravel in the PU bed, then after dumping it, go splashing, through the mud. Otherwise the gaii factor is still too strong,
Some trash, and broken pieces of wood in the back also helps. (that way your just a hill billy slob)
Shiny PU trucks are a bit gay, and not in a good way, in a pissy queen way.
Doug | 11.10.07 - 11:36 pm | #
Excuse me as I mince out to my Toyota Tundra and get more beer....
Currently eating a Brooklyn-Italian "visiting gift"... Entemenn's crumb cake and Stella D'oro cookies.
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If you scroll down on this page, they have a slide show of those dogs I'm obsessed with. Even in pictures they remind me of cats.
Jennifer
Gorgeous.
I've always read books about dog breeds since I was a kid.
I watch Westminster every year.
People wonder why my daughter and I know the different breeds.
Hey, like anything else...read about it, research.
Some trash, and broken pieces of wood in the back also helps. (that way your just a hill billy slob)
Doug
def. the look I'm going for...thanks for the tip
If you scroll down on this page, they have a slide show of those dogs I'm obsessed with. Even in pictures they remind me of cats.
Kuhl, they look like little horses!
I like Miracle on 34th Street
for Xmas movie.
Karin
Edmund Gwenn SO deserved that Oscar.
[X]V for Virginia |
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OK, what's everyone watching, now?
Inspired by the various talk about ends of the world, I have on the History Channel (yeah, I know, but this one looks reasonably accurate) a show called "How The World Was Made." Geological history of the planet from the year Oomph.
Watch for a rerun; they're up to a mere 15 million years ago now. The really cool stuff is back in the beginning, when continents are just starting to poke up out of the world ocean, and our firstest ancestors are eating sunlike and shitting rock. OH, and oxygen, which had not previously been around. The rocks are known as stromatolites (sp?). They still have some in Australia it turns out.
V. cool.
Then again...well, I can listen to that man TALK for hours.
Terry C - Democratic Bitch | 11.10.07 - 11:40 pm
I did once, when he played Oedipus Rex.
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Favorite Christmas movie....
A Christmas Story....
"Don't forget about Stroud's Run, Lake Snowden and Burr Oak!
The Jester"
strouds was the only place i went to while in school.
thanks for the memories. i'd bet i wouldn't recognize the place if i went back there now. probably all yuppified now. the kids were already changing when i was there, preppy little shits.
i miss those years.....
night.
DWD
I know that one year is only anecdotal evidence, but I've lived on my river for 24 years and this is the latest fall drop ever. The river used to have snowmobile traffic regularly, but in the past 10 years it rarely freezes long enough to ski on.
Jennifer:
http://www.azawakh-ellendil.com/
They're very striking.
NOT A FINGAH!
Is that Taps I hear in the backyard?
I watched a Belgian film called Crazy Love, based on stories by Charles Bukowski last night.
It was excellent, really captured the sadness and poetry of Charles. Everyone always acts like Bukowski was a bad ass; he really wasn't. He was a sad, poetic, tortured soul who was a great writer, not some cliched, bad-ass motherfucker (even though he did drink a tad and got into brawls quite often).
I'm now watching Storm Chasers on the Discovery Channel. This group of chasers has a cool tank-like armored camera car which they are trying to drive into a tornado on the ground so they can get pictures and instrument readings of the bottom 50' of a tornado.
Edmund Gwenn SO deserved that Oscar.
Terry C - Democratic Bitch | 11.10.07 - 11:43 pm | #
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The entire cast was great, including the bit players.
I like Miracle on 34th Street
for Xmas movie.
Karin
It had some Thanksgiving vibe to it, IIRC.
That movie may as well been shot on Mars, for its proximity to today's cultural outlook.
It's kinda why I find it interesting.
a cool tank-like armored camera car which they are trying to drive into a tornado on the ground so they can get pictures and instrument readings of the bottom 50' of a tornado.
I wonder what the lift capabilities of a tornado is. Does that armored camera car weigh enough?
Then again...well, I can listen to that man TALK for hours.
Terry C - Democratic Bitch |
I did once, when he played Oedipus Rex.
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hisstoryman,Feelin' Minnesota
First time I ever saw him was in "I Claudius."
That was also the first time I saw John Hurt.
There's ANOTHER one I could listen to talk for hours.
Is that Taps I hear in the backyard?"
no, silly, it's the bumpkiss' dogs..
I'm now watching Storm Chasers on the Discovery Channel. This group of chasers has a cool tank-like armored camera car which they are trying to drive into a tornado on the ground so they can get pictures and instrument readings of the bottom 50' of a tornado.
Toonscribe: Cartoon Liberal
wouldn't it be easier to just put this equipment in the middle of trailer parks?
I know that one year is only anecdotal evidence, but I've lived on my river for 24 years and this is the latest fall drop ever. The river used to have snowmobile traffic regularly, but in the past 10 years it rarely freezes long enough to ski on.
FeralLiberal | Homepage | 11.10.07 - 11:46 pm |
The days frozen over for the lakes in Dane county have gone down 25% in the last 25 years.
In the "Miracle on 34th Street", the Santa was too drunk to sit on the float.
I don't know what Monsieur is watching, but Penelope Cruz is annoying the shit out of me in this flick.
wouldn't it be easier to just put this equipment in the middle of trailer parks?
::matthew
I've proposed a ring of empty trailers in parks around the outskirts of towns in tornado prone areas to act as decoys.
I wonder what the lift capabilities of a tornado is. Does that armored camera car weigh enough?
The car weighs 14,000 pounds and has hydaulic claws that can be extended to grip the ground. They are also restricted to relatively small tornadoes that they will actually drive into -- winds should not be greater than 140 mph.
We had gale force winds the other day and the leaves are still on the trees.
Supposed to be in the low 60s next week. Unheard of in this corner of the world.
In the "Miracle on 34th Street", the Santa was too drunk to sit on the float.
MP
And Edmund Gwenn took over when Maureen O'Hara saw how much he looked like Santa.
City leaders used to put up a skating rink in the town in Montana I used to live in. The last 7 years there, though the weather sometimes dropped at night to the -20s or -40s it warmed up enough during the day that this skating rink rarely had good ice. It was too soft for good skating.
I'm back! Covered in dust but I found the End of the Earth movie reference, called End Day.
It was an hour long movie, saw it on YouTube, but it looks like only bits are being shown now. Apparently commandeered by a religious group to support the Rapture or something...
The days frozen over for the lakes in Dane county have gone down 25% in the last 25 years
If this keeps up how are we going to maintain our reputation as manly winter survivors??
Feral,
I dunno about anecdotal evidence but I did post about a month ago - I am not sure you remember this - but people were SWIMMING in Lake Michigan on October 10th. And we are not talking about Brave souls who were masochistically trying to prove something: the air temperature was in the eighties and the water temperature was just above seventy.
I have lived her my entire life of 57+ years and I have never HEARD of anyone swimming in Lake Michigan enjoyably past the first or second week in September. That is at least three weeks beyond the latest I can remember.
When I was young I remember that my father had to purchase a small orange ball to put on the car's antenna so that people could see the car when he backed out of the driveway because the snow banks were so high. I have not seen anything like that in at least fifteen or twenty years.
I can remember a year when Mrs DWD and I were first married when the snow came on October 15 and lasted until Mid March. (everyone got caught with their leaves unraked that year)
No, at least here in the North the changes are real and observable.
NORMAN MAILER IS DEAD AND HE WAS NEVER WORTH GORE VIDAL'S BALLS, JOSEPH HELLER'S OLD FELLER, PHILLIP ROTH'S ...MOTHS, UPTON SINCLAIR'S AFFAIR, HP LOVECRAFT'S LOVESHAFT OR DALTON TRUMBO'S JUMBO.
He was a sad, poetic, tortured soul who was a great writer, not some cliched, bad-ass motherfucker (even though he did drink a tad and got into brawls quite often).
Norman Mailer?
That was also the first time I saw John Hurt.
There's ANOTHER one I could listen to talk for hours.
Terry C - Democratic Bitch
Man for All Seasons was where I saw Hurt first. He was the one who betrayed Thomas Moore to the King.
I have a Tim Lehaye tatoo on my left behind.
lipreader | 11.10.07 - 2:04 pm | #
Courtesy Dept of Delayed Replay
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The moths are the most succulent part of a great American writer.
Mailer's first book, "The Naked and The Dead" was great. His others though interesting for various reasons never reached it's excellence.
K&Y,
The world just lost another pretentious asshole and you cannot even pretend to be sad: how pathetic.
Shit! Nearly midnight. Must get some sleep before I start halucinating again.
I don't know what Monsieur is watching, but Penelope Cruz is annoying the shit out of me in this flick.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere | 11.10.07
Volver??
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I'm sorry, but I always took anything Mailer wrote or said with a wheelbarrow full of salt.
Man for All Seasons was where I saw Hurt first. He was the one who betrayed Thomas Moore to the King.
ellroon
One of my favorite films is "White Mischief".
John is in it and has about four lines.
That wonderful voice...four lines.
I BELIEVE he was nominated for an Oscar for "Midnight Express."
Trading Places is sort of a Christmas movie, and a very good flick at any rate, imo.
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DWD, K&Y are just carpet pissers. And I had hoped they were banned.
Norman Mailer always struck me as a sexist ass.
I BELIEVE he was nominated for an Oscar for "Midnight Express."
Terry C - Democratic Bitch
White Mischief = excellent movie. And Hurt does have a wonderful voice.
Wasn't he the bad guy in V for Vendetta?
That was also the first time I saw John Hurt.
I loved "I, Claudius". Derek Jacobi's masterpiece (no pun intended).
DWD - Merry Sunshine!!! | Homepage | 11.10.07 - 11:55 pm |
Darling Rory claimed to have written his thesis on how The Naked and the Dead, Mailer's first novel, a smashing financial and critical success and the first novel out of the WWII-fighting generation (Vidal's, Williwaw, was a few months late), was unoriginal and lucky.
Trading Places is sort of a Christmas movie, and a very good flick at any rate, imo.
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QuentinCompson & The Disbeliev
Great flick.
And to hear Don Ameche say "fuck"....
hisstoryman, I have no idea.
BTW, have you seen any of the Daleks? I baked a very nice carrot cake for them, but they haven't shown up yet.
It's a topping and a floor polish!
No, actually it's WAY better than that!
IT IMPROVES YOUR MIND AND FEEDS SOMEBODY AT THE SAME TIME!
Try it! You'll like it! Honest!
Trading Places is sort of a Christmas movie, and a very good flick at any rate, imo.
I love how Eddie Murphy does a camera take when Ralph Bellamy explains orange juice to him.
Karin, the Art Institute in Chicago is real good. It's free after 5 pm on Thursdays, IIRC. Bring your walking shoes and windbreaker, it's a beautiful city to walk around.
Am I a bad person, I laughed like hell when Ohio State lost today. (I also laughed when Wisconsin beat pitiful Michigan. Michigan really and truly needs to retire Lloyd Carr and get someone who knows how to coach in there) But my special good feeling was for Juice and the Illini - God, that was precious and then the assholes from OSU started a fight! Just wonderful.
Norman Mailer always struck me as a sexist ass.
That's just because he was a sexist ass. He was also a hell of a writer.
Wasn't he the bad guy in V for Vendetta?
ellroon
Yes.
I think it sucks to lose anyone who's contributed to culture, for better or worse, but I'm not going to pretend to mourn Mailer.
I loved "I, Claudius". Derek Jacobi's masterpiece (no pun intended).
His turn as Alan Turing is pretty fucking rocking.
If this keeps up how are we going to maintain our reputation as manly winter survivors??
FeralLiberal | Homepage | 11.10.07 - 11:52 pm | #
Plus, how the hell are we going to get away from the old lady by going ice fishing and drinking brandy?
YEAH! Pissin' on the carpet!
Dun dun dun dun!
YEAH! Et cetera.
436 days to go until there's a NEW THREAD in American politics...
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The car weighs 14,000 pounds and has hydaulic claws that can be extended to grip the ground.
A spouse like that would require that the bedroom be on the first floor.
here in the North the changes are real and observable
DWD, it seems so...I hesitate to draw conclusions as long term trends are variable, but the evidence for the past 50 years is solid.
As I said earlier, Mailer is sure he will be resurrected from the dead a couple of days from now.
Try it! You'll like it! Honest!
bo
I did! But I didn't get anything like a gold star or a pat on the head. I knew all those weird words, too! What's feeding starving people if you don't get an award?
White Mischief = excellent movie. And Hurt does have a wonderful voice.
ellroon
Greta Sacchi, so gorgeous.
Charles Dance, so hot.
Joss Acklaand, Trevor Howard, Geraldine Chaplin, Sarah Miles - great performances.
And those clothes and hairdos from the 1940s......to die for.
That's just because he was a sexist ass. He was also a hell of a writer.
There's a lot of that.
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Try it! You'll like it! Honest!
bo
It's a for profit company. Considering how cheap rice is, the guy must be making a killing.
I object to that. I'll stick to Medecins Sans Frontieres
Norman Mailer always struck me as a sexist ass.
And as drunk as Bukowski or Dylan Thomas or those other writers were, they never tried to bite anyone's ear off. Plus stabbing his wife. If Mailer had not been a white man, he'd be in jail.
Bad Santa
I loved "I, Claudius". Derek Jacobi's masterpiece (no pun intended).
His turn as Alan Turing is pretty fucking rocking.
NTodd, Moral Masturbator
I liked his "Brother Cadfael" series, too.
Greta Sacchi, so gorgeous.
Really underrated, she's wonderful.
Plus, how the hell are we going to get away from the old lady by going ice fishing and drinking brandy?
Hunting, a good excuse to get out of the house not shave or wash, and drink. If you are Cheney, add shooting your friend to this short list.
I thought I, Claudius was better than HBO's Rome (at least writing, acting, and directing wise).
Rome looked a lot better, though....
John Hurt has this tiny and deeply Dickensian role in the star-studded Jim Jarmusch film "Dead Man," starring Johnny Depp and sporting the best music we ever heard from Neil Young. He was perfect in everything we ever saw him in, and never just because of some constant charm on his own part (the way American actors generally never act but adapt their typecasted roles to their set persona).
I liked his "Brother Cadfael" series, too.
Terry C - Democratic Bitch
Yes! I have all of Ellis Peters' Cadfael books, she wrote as well as Edith Pargeter.
Karin, the Art Institute in Chicago is real good. It's free after 5 pm on Thursdays, IIRC. Bring your walking shoes and windbreaker, it's a beautiful city to walk around.
larry, dfh
Karin,
When I die (any day now I guess actually I am feeling better again) I http://www.nga.gov.au/monet/
260p...Pisssarro.jpgam going to HAUNT the Art Institute in Chicago. It is not real good: IT IS FUCKING INCREDIBLE. Seriously. One of the greatest experiences of my life. GO and plan on staying long. And bring a camera.
(My two favorite pictures that I now have copies of on the walls of my office)
http://www.artchive.com/
artchive...ottage.jpg.html
Hunting, a good excuse to get out of the house not shave or wash, and drink. If you are Cheney, add shooting your friend to this short list.
Doug | 11.11.07 - 12:01 am | #
The season is too short I've got an entire winter to fill!
ellroon | Homepage | 11.11.07 - 12:00 am
Funny, you don't LOOK Libertarian.
Back to the Agean Stables.
Hurt was wonderful in The Elephant Man.
Bukowski had a humility and a humanity that never could've survived inside Mailer, who had a kind of aggression instead.
And, of course, 1984.
thanks larry. I've only got the one day, but I'd like to do the Art Institute & the boat tour.
Funny, you don't LOOK Libertarian.
Back to the Agean Stables.
bo |
*gasp* Libertarians like little gold stars, too?
Yes! I have all of Ellis Peters' Cadfael books
I've been re-reading them in order this year. I'm reading The Rose Rent at the moment.
It's we're-back-day, it's the birthday of a certain Naval infantry corps that cleans up after idiotic mercenaries and admirals, and random British women want to show you their breasts.
Ellroon, bo is not Libertarian.
My link got messed for the Camille Pissarro Young Woman Bathing Her Feet in a Brook. (Love that painting)
http://www.nga.gov.au/monet/260p...l/
Pisssarro.jpg
I've been re-reading them in order this year. I'm reading The Rose Rent at the moment.
Toonscribe: Cartoon Liberal
Fun. I've been listening to ALL the Harry Potter books in order as I do my kitchen work, soon to start on Lord of the Rings.
This always happens.
I also saw John Hurt as Quentin Crisp in "The Naked Civil Servant".
Saw it around 1979.
I was surprised American TV ran it.
I thought I, Claudius was better than HBO's Rome (at least writing, acting, and directing wise).
Rome looked a lot better, though....
More money spent on visuals. I, Claudius didn't have the luxury of extravigant sets as a close viewing will confirm, but they more than made up for it with the writing and supurb casting.
Bukowski had a humility and a humanity that never could've survived inside Mailer, who had a kind of aggression instead.
kei & yuri, tun tavern | 11.11.07 - 12:04 am | #
Couldn't have said it better myself...very nice....
Just a libertine wanna be.
I'm out.
MSF gets revenue just from clicks?
Hurt was wonderful in The Elephant Man.
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin
Nominated for an Oscar for that, too,
Then there was the cameo in "History of the World, Part I."
Mel Brooks' character at the Last Supper: "Jesus!"
Hurt as Jesus: "Yes?"
FeralLiberal | Homepage | 11.11.07 - 12:08 am | #
True. Rome was sumputous looking (shot on 35mm), where I, Claudius was shot on old analog video.
But IC was better dramatically.
The conservative commentariat and right-wing bloggers are apoplectic at revelations that Hillary Clinton fielded questions planted by her staffers during recent campaign appearances. Confirming the worst stereotypes of the ever-calculating, risk-averse Clinton, Bush sycophant Michelle Malkin labeled Hillary a "crapweasel." And she should know. After all, from planted reporters and purchased pundits to invitation-only events in front of friends-only audiences, it is George W. Bush who perfected the art of the stage managed appearance designed to "catapult the propaganda."
For details, see:
"Hillary's Planted Questions and George W. Bush, Master of Political Theater."
I, Claudius didn't have the luxury of extravigant sets as a close viewing will confirm, but they more than made up for it with the writing and supurb casting.
FeralLiberal
It also had close ups of Derek Jacobi. Talking intelligently.
Honestly, the man could be put on a stage in a sheet and sit on a chair and talk and win an Oscar.
This always happens.
Toucari | Homepage | 11.11.07 - 12:07 am |
Yes, Norman Mailer always dies. The trouble is with these damn books he won;t stop writing... You all know that if Tupac could release a couple of posthumous albums, Mailer has a shelf on the way.
I remember Lee J. Cobb was good in a TV presentation of "Death Of a Salesman".
He yelled a lot, but that was his schtick.
SallyH,
I pride myself on being able to get along with damned near anyone. I just look for their good qualities and try to ignore their little strange excursions into the pathological and weird. But it isn't always easy or possible.
But, in the end, I cannot change anyone but it does not mean I should not try to treat people respectfully even when I disagree. You know?
I, Claudius didn't have the luxury of extravigant sets as a close viewing will confirm, but they more than made up for it with the writing and supurb casting.
FeralLiberal
Worth watching just for Sian Phillips' Livia alone.
I've also got the entire Brother Cadfael set. I've also got I think every James McClure detective novel, which were very difficult to find in those pre-Amazon days. They all were found in various rummage sales & used bookstores.
The season is too short I've got an entire winter to fill!
Get a camera (digital or film it really doesn't matter, once you decide what you are going to use it for) make a hobby of shooting pictures outside. You can walk in the heat and cold and in all places. All things are valid subject matter for art.
More money spent on visuals. I, Claudius didn't have the luxury of extravigant sets as a close viewing will confirm, but they more than made up for it with the writing and supurb casting.
FeralLiberal
Absolutely.
Mailer was a pompous prick who wanted to be a Nelson Algren kind of tough guy. Some of his writing, his first novel, his Armies of the Night, did well. But he never had any grace, beauty or depth. His attacks on women in the 1960s and 1970s were reprehensible. And it was a disgrace that some journals published them. He was like a male Andrea Dworkin. He lost his voice in picking stupid fights and thinking his biases were virtures. When you compare him to someone like Studs Terkel in having a voice, he sounds like a a fan at a Rocky III movie.
Honestly, the man could be put on a stage in a sheet and sit on a chair and talk and win an Oscar.
ellroon | Homepage | 11.11.07 - 12:09 am | #
Richard Burton was like that, too...
Sir Derek Jacobi is another one with a wonderful voice.
Most of my favorite actors are Brits.
K&Y,
That really is the problem isn't it? If I died tonight and for some reason my books were suddenly deemed worthy of reading and stuff: they could publish a book a year for the next 12 years . . . .(and if they hired a desperate write to fill in the holes in some of incomplete stuff, they could probably get another four or five years.)
Spinoza, I think you've offered the most accurate critique of Mailer's work that I've ever read.
He was like a male Andrea Dworkin.
He was much worse than that. He said that a little bit of rape is good for men.
Richard Burton was like that, too...
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin
There's another one.
He was not conventionally handsome, but I thought he was SO sexy!
They all were found in various rummage sales & used bookstores.
Karin
That's how I've found new authors to love: yard sales. Reginald Hill, Aaron Elkins ... two mystery writers I found that way.
BTW, have you seen any of the Daleks? I baked a very nice carrot cake for them, but they haven't shown up yet.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere | 11.10.07 - 11:57 pm
WITH CREAM CHEESE TOPPING!!!!?
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He lost his voice in picking stupid fights and thinking his biases were virtures.
Mailer got way too caught up in being, well, Mailer.
But, in the end, I cannot change anyone but it does not mean I should not try to treat people respectfully even when I disagree. You know?
DWD - Merry Sunshine!!!
Yeah but...when they're coming at you from a dishonest premise to begin with, a premise they themselves know to be faulty or dishonest, they've already disrespected you. Then it's ON, bitch.
I just look for their good qualities and try to ignore their little strange excursions into the pathological and weird
Which is why you get along with most of us...
Mailer hated feminists.
Fuck him!
I also saw John Hurt as Quentin Crisp in "The Naked Civil Servant".
Yes! That was great.
And a friend of mine named her cat Livia after "I, Claudius". What a mistake, it turned out to be a very mean, nasty cat.
Worth watching just for Sian Phillips' Livia alone.
Oh yesss. In fact what HBO could've done with more ambitious writers was to create a historical fantasy solely on that one great line of hers' -- "Can you imagine if we had reached India?"
Virgil the Dalek!
I've missed you so.
Tons and tons of homemade cream cheese frosting, suitable for Daleks and humans alike.
My previous comments were not in reference to Mailer.
That said, I doubt that many comments about Mailer were actually about Mailer.
Most of my favorite actors are Brits.
Terry C - Democratic Bitch
Yes. Speaking of which, Maggie Smith better live to finish all of the coming Potter Movies or I'll be pissed!
Mailer hated feminists.
Fuck him!
Terry C - Democratic Bitch
Mailer would have liked that.
Mailer got way too caught up in being, well, Mailer.
MP | 11.11.07 - 12:12 am | #
I've never read any of Mailer's work, but it sounds like he started believing the media hype that he was a genius, and thought that gave him license to be a real asshole.
Bukowski didn't really change after fame...
Funny thing about I, Claudius:
Patricia Quinn, the one who played Claudius' sister, Livilla?
Magenta in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show."
Well said, Spinoza.
Fuck him!
Terry C - Democratic Bitch | 11.11.07 - 12:13 am |
What is worse, Mailer's reason for hating feminists was basically because he wanted to be a kind of old-fashioned He-Man to impress gullible young people.
Mailer remains convinced that he will be resurrected from death a couple of days from now.
Worth watching just for Sian Phillips' Livia alone.
The epitome of the manipulating beyooch. But I loved the bit of humanizing they gave her at the end.
Mailer hated feminists.
Fuck him!
Terry C - Democratic Bitch
Mailer would have liked that.
Doug
THIS girl would never have given him the pleasure!
And a friend of mine named her cat Livia after "I, Claudius". What a mistake, it turned out to be a very mean, nasty cat.
Karin
Well... didn't Livia polish off Claudius with poisoned still-on-the-tree figs?
Worth watching just for Sian Phillips' Livia alone.
The epitome of the manipulating beyooch. But I loved the bit of humanizing they gave her at the end.
FeralLiberal
Yep.
Charles Bukowski is one of the few poets I can read and enjoy...
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Here's one possible explanation for the Ron Paul phenomenon: he's being pimped and played by people who sincerely hope that, sooner or later, an otherwise rational person who has grown tired of Paul's rants will say, "Oh, you know what?? Fuck the fucking Constitution!!" That might be exactly what someone is waiting for.
Well... didn't Livia polish off Claudius with poisoned still-on-the-tree figs?
No! She kills someone else. Claudius gets to be an old, old man and write his biography.
it sounds like he started believing the media hype that he was a genius
We read both of his "Why Are We In" books, the one for Vietnam and the one for Iraq, and in both cases the hero is Mailer, the subject is Norman and the point is The Literature of NM.
Well... didn't Livia polish off Claudius with poisoned still-on-the-tree figs?
ellroon
Her husband, the Emperor Augustus.
Claudius was poisoned by his wife (and niece), Caligula's sister, Agripinilla.
He was much worse than that. He said that a little bit of rape is good for men.
I have no argument with that. My juxtapositioning was that Dworkin made as much a fetish of violence as he did. She would have accused Studs Terkel of being a rapist because he is a man. She would have kicked Malraux's "The Human Condition" to the curb instead of seeing it as a transcendent novel.
To me, Mailer handled big league fame kinda like F. Lee Bailey. Almost joining in as a sideline fan of their own mystique.
Claudius was poisoned by his wife (and niece), Caligula's sister, Agripinilla.
Terry C - Democratic Bitch
Thanks. It's been a while since I've seen the series.
Cla-Cla-Cla-Cla-Claudius. I remember that from my bedtime stories. My mother taught history.
Spinoza, I think you've offered the most accurate critique of Mailer's work that I've ever read.
Can I get you on my next NIH review panel?
Claudius was finished by his second wife (name started with an a?) by a dish of poisoned mushrooms. He was partial to mushrooms and some, including Graves, speculated that he suffered a sense of fatalism and dejection that made his death partially voluntary.
Tons and tons of homemade cream cheese frosting, suitable for Daleks and humans alike.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere | 11.11.07 - 12:14 am
MASTICATE!! MASTICATE!!!
AH! THE FLESHBAG HISSTtttORYMAN IS TELLING ME IT IS TIME TO SHUT DOWN!!
HIS SURGICAL WOUNDING IS CAUSING THE EVOLVED SIMIAN DISCOMFORRrrT!!!
I WILL EAT CARROT CAKE AND WATCH HIS PAIN WITH GLEEE!!!!!
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Claudius was poisoned by his wife (and niece), Caligula's sister, Agripinilla
And the way it was presented...knowingly.
bonsoir!
Arcade Fire fills me with joy.
Voilà
436 days to go until there's a NEW THREAD in American politics...
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MisterX
Here in deepest Dixie today at lunch the waitress noticed some pictures of our son sitting on a tank in Fallujah we had put on the table, showing a visiting friend. She mentioned that her son was shipping over next month, and MsCompson welcomed her to the unsought club. When we were leaving, the waitress walked us out while we told her how much quieter things were now in the sandbox, everybody will be ok etc, and she said yes, she thought things would really start to get better in about a year and a half when 'that bunch' leaves office.
Made a perfect image dessert.
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I thought the part with Valeria Messalina, Claudius' third wife, was a trip.
She and the representative from the guild of prostitutes having a tournament to see how many men they could wear out.
he wanted to be a kind of old-fashioned He-Man to impress gullible young people.
During the time after WWII, being a he-man was a kind of fad. Guys who'd been in WWII and those who reached maturity in the 50 followed this fad. Mailer is not that odd for writing about it.
My juxtapositioning was that Dworkin made as much a fetish of violence as he did.
Not sure about his history, but hers was one of being the victim of a lot of sexual violence. This warped her view of men, true. But I don't think that she ever advocated that women should carry out sexually violent acts towards men.
kei & yuri, tun tavern | 11.11.07 - 12:19 am | #
They filmed it that way, too...
Or he was just tired and figured it was sooner or later...
Claudius was poisoned by his wife (and niece), Caligula's sister, Agripinilla
And the way it was presented...knowingly.
FeralLiberal
"Let all the poisons that lurk in the mud hatch out!"
hi plum
Doug | 11.11.07 - 12:20 am |
Yes and no. Melville was not Mailer. Mailer would not have been capable of Army of Shadows.
The Partridge Family has magically appeared on my CD player....
hi plum
::matthew
hey! how's the family?
She and the representative from the guild of prostitutes having a tournament to see how many men they could wear out
And the prostitute lost!
That's a voracious woman...
I don't think that she ever advocated that women should carry out sexually violent acts towards men.
Echidne
No. she didn't.
I felt sorry for her, actually.
Yes and no. Melville was not Mailer. Mailer would not have been capable of Army of Shadows.
kei & yuri, tun tavern
That made a lot of sense.
Maggie Smith better live to finish all of the coming Potter Movies or I'll be pissed!
As much as I loved Richard Harris as Albus Dumbeldore, I've been happy with Michael Gambon (a fave of mine anyway) and how he's made the role his own. So while I want Maggie to stick around, I'm sure they'll be able to find somebody to transfigure.
The only one I can't see being replaced is my Emma...
But I don't think that she ever advocated that women should carry out sexually violent acts towards men.
Echidne | Homepage | 11.11.07 - 12:21 am |
Would she have advocated it directly? Her deeply, deeply sick novel Mercy was about an abuse victim who got back at everyone through sexual violence that made rape look preferable. A similar but less well known case is Vlasopolous' Missing Members.
hey! how's the family?
plum p
we're doing great
here's an album I was putting together on facebook tonight
Spinoza, i'll be on yours if you'll be on mine.
Wait, that came out wrong...
the first time i read about fucking in that other hole was from a Mailer book.
Off to watch tv with hubby. Good night you wonderful ppls!
She and the representative from the guild of prostitutes having a tournament to see how many men they could wear out
And the prostitute lost!
That's a voracious woman...
FeralLiberal
N-Y-M-P-H-O-M-A-N-I-A-C.
During the time after WWII, being a he-man was a kind of fad. Guys who'd been in WWII and those who reached maturity in the 50 followed this fad. Mailer is not that odd for writing about it.
Another writer I like is kinda like that -- Robert Ruark.
Is it so bad that I just enjoyed the ending of Herbie Fully Loaded, i.e., Lindsey Lohan when she was cute and presumably healthy? And flipping back to Office Space on Comedy Central?
I mean, I have the basic cable, not really very many choices here.
I do love Office Space.
That made a lot of sense.
From 'their' remark I felt they are well on their way to drunkenness.
plum p
Glad to report that Pippin is well on the mend.
::matthew: you sir, are a lucky man. enjoy.
the first time i read about fucking in that other hole was from a Mailer book.
plum p
sure is wasn't updike?
Didn't Gore Vidal and Mailer have a kinda running feud going on?
Geez, my drugs have kicked in and I really have nothing to contribute and I suddenly remembered that I bought some of those fudge striped cookies . . . BRB
As much as I loved Richard Harris as Albus Dumbeldore, I've been happy with Michael Gambon (a fave of mine anyway) and how he's made the role his own. So while I want Maggie to stick around, I'm sure they'll be able to find somebody to transfigure.
The only one I can't see being replaced is my Emma...
NTodd, Moral Masturbator
Oops... must respond. I very much like Daniel Radcliffe as Potter, though I wish they'd not have made Ron the clown he is.
Emma is a cutie.
Glad to report that Pippin is well on the mend.
FeralLiberal
fantabulous news! I'll go tell Henriette right away, she was worried too
Robert Graves also wrote some excellent poetry. But his best work was his autobiography, "Goodbye To All That". I can't understand why it is so unobtainable in the States. I just checked Amazon, and the only ones they have are $89!!
sure is wasn't updike?
::matthew
never read updike. no, it was in a Mailer, it stuck with me!
sure is wasn't updike?
::matthew | Homepage | 11.11.07 - 12:25 am |
Updike, there's another guy who thinks that literature is an excuse to be a prick. And also, Tom Wolfe is a dork who secretly wants to be beaten up in that monkey suit.
Didn't Gore Vidal and Mailer have a kinda running feud going on?
MP
Yes, but they did, in writing, respect each other's work. But, then, they were actually published writers.
But I don't think that she ever advocated that women should carry out sexually violent acts towards men.
True, but she did advocate violence. But still, my original point was that both turned any humanity and love into a personal vendetta. They never sought out the complexities of life the way a Bukowski or Derrida or even Gary Trudeau has done. They sealed themselves in chambers that had very small windows and then prayed they had the escape velocity to leave behind the human condition.
"Goodbye To All That". I can't understand why it is so unobtainable in the States. I just checked Amazon, and the only ones they have are $89!!
Odd. I had a paperback edition of that in college -- but of course that was over 30 years ago.
Didn't Gore Vidal and Mailer have a kinda running feud going on?
MP | 11.11.07 - 12:26 am |
Mailer could not resist calling Vidal, the first openly gay novelist in the States back when it could've meant real consequences, some bad words. Vidal comes out of that looking better in every respect.
I find the real lives of writers boring generally speaking
Chicago is a great city
What about the blacks?
Emma is a cutie.
Indeed!
Made a perfect image dessert.
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QuentinCompson, expert draftee
The tides are shifting. Even the deadender Republicans are muttering here in Central PA...
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Shame it was never finished:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028723/
but i prefer Pippin!
Mailer could not resist calling Vidal, the first openly gay novelist in the States back when it could've meant real consequences, some bad words.
I hope you realize the idiocy of that statement.
Yeah, Emma is a cutie, babe.
Robert Graves also wrote some excellent poetry. But his best work was his autobiography, "Goodbye To All That". I can't understand why it is so unobtainable in the States. I just checked Amazon, and the only ones they have are $89!!
One of the great books of the 20th century. Where the hell is my copy? I need to good look for it.
I'll go tell Henriette right away
And how is our Henriette?
Chicago is a great city
What about the blacks?
bea
Fuck off, jack!
nuncamas | 11.11.07 - 12:24 am | #
Lohan, surprisingly, is quite engaging as an actress (I watched Herbie for around 10 minutes or so, and noticed the same things you did). If she would just sober up, she might actually has some real talent....
Odd. I had a paperback edition of that in college -- but of course that was over 30 years ago.
I still have one-a Penguin paperback, printed in England.
Robert Graves is precious.
Robert Graves also wrote some excellent poetry. But his best work was his autobiography, "Goodbye To All That". I can't understand why it is so unobtainable in the States. I just checked Amazon, and the only ones they have are $89!!
Karin |
I read "The White Goddess" a few years ago.
but i prefer Pippin!
Not that there's anything wrong with that...
$89 bucks-ridiculous. If anyone wants to read it, I recommend asking Moon or someone else you know on the other side of the pond to mail you a copy.
I wish Lindsay Lohan could get her shit together, too.
I wish her mother would start acting like a parent instead of a party girl.
Trouble finding GTAT, even at Amazon? Once again Abebooks is better.
I very much like Daniel Radcliffe as Potter
He's come a long way as an actor from the Sorceror's [sic] Stone. And he's a hottie.
And how is our Henriette?
FeralLiberal
sleeping on my bed right now. she's getting electric because i starting the heating tonite - it's cold up here - and this always give her a good dose of static electricity. In the dark, when i touch her, she glows!
Read a biography of Graves a couple of years ago. He was something of an asshole, too, in his personal life, especially in his later years.
Speaking of Ron Paul . . . so today I was in Valparaiso, Indiana, of al places, and outside the Bob Evans restaurant where I had breakfast (and where a nice older man, noticing my Wrigley Field sweatshirt, opened the door for me with a smile and said "Wrigley Field! They play baseball there sometimes, you know!") was a newspaper box with the strangest newspaper in it. It was clearly not a real paper: headlines like Crazed Neocons Flock to Rudy. Weird, weird, weird! And scribbled on the card beneath the newspaper window was this: Free Ron Paul Bumper Stickers Inside.
Weird, weird, weird.
I'm sorry Moon isn't around now.
I'd like to hear HER thoughts on "I Claudius"
Mailer's wife showed great strength when she refused to press charges for the stabbing.
She understood
1.)Mailer was not violent towards women and did not hate women. And did not hate her.
2.)The event was related to a wild lifestyle that the couple shared.
3.)Mailer was an artist and sometimes allowed his emotions to get the best of him.
And he's a hottie.
NTodd
oh yes. (bad nathalie, bad!)
Frank Rich once again being shrill this morning.
Last weekend a new Washington Post-ABC News poll found that the Democratic-controlled Congress and Mr. Bush are both roundly despised throughout the land, and that only 24 percent of Americans believe their country is on the right track. That’s almost as low as the United States’ rock-bottom approval ratings in the latest Pew surveys of Pakistan (15 percent) and Turkey (9 percent).
Wrong track is a euphemism. We are a people in clinical depression. Americans know that the ideals that once set our nation apart from the world have been vandalized, and no matter which party they belong to, they do not see a restoration anytime soon.
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Lets see. there's about 29000 grains in a pound of long-grain rice: http://www.producersrice.com/ric...rice/
facts.html
Every time you get an answer right, he donates 10 grains of rice. Nothing if you get it wrong, even though you still get 3 adverts on the page.
10 grains of rice. Bah.
The man is a thief trading on peoples compassion.
Trouble finding GTAT, even at Amazon? Once again Abebooks is better.
kei & yuri, tun tavern | 11.11.07 - 12:34 am |
[spook harry voice:] you guys are like so totally retarded for obvious reasons which require no illustration! [/shv]
I very much like Daniel Radcliffe as Potter
He's come a long way as an actor from the Sorceror's [sic] Stone. And he's a hottie.
NTodd, Moral Masturbator
I've always thought Daniel was a good looking kid.
He's gonna be a heartbreaker, that one.
Terry C - Democratic Bitch | 11.11.07 - 12:34 am | #
Lindsay could use some guidance, be it from a parent or even a director who can harness her talent properly...
Exuse me, but could we not just get back to some sort of interesing kind of conversation and leave our pesky asshola idiota trolistas behind. I mean, why do they want to show up. I don't get it, Big Dan. What is it that gets them off in shitting on people's conversations anyway.
They get somebody to tell them to fuck off? What's the payoff in that? Why do they hang around?
In the dark, when i touch her, she glows!
I'd like to hear HER thoughts on "I Claudius"
Terry C
Because the Romans in "I Claudius" spoke with British accents?
Mailer's wife showed great strength when she refused to press charges for the stabbing.
Didn't I tell YOU to fuck off, jack?
Mailer's wife showed great strength when she refused to press charges for the stabbing.
Fucking writers. Didn't William Burroughs fatally shoot his wife in the head, drunkenly trying to re-enact some sort of William Tell scenario?
Wild artistic lifestyle... Hmmmm... William Burroughs sincerely mourned the wife he unintentionally shot for the rest of his life, particularly later. Burroughs had this awful sense of being burnt. Does Mailer give anyone that impression?
I'm watching one of my fave flicks right now...Before Sunrise.
I'd like to hear HER thoughts on "I Claudius"
Terry C
Because the Romans in "I Claudius" spoke with British accents?
Toucari
Not really, no.
this could be a hurtful place to nap...
http://icanhascheezburger.com/20...ll-cornr-poket/
Mailer's wife showed great strength when she refused to press charges for the stabbing.
Abe Lincoln showed great strength when he refused to press charges for being shot.
Check that...the sequel...Before Sunset.
both great, though.
Terry C - Democratic Bitch | 11.11.07 - 12:34 am | #
Lindsay could use some guidance, be it from a parent or even a director who can harness her talent properly...
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin
Yes, indeed.
MP | 11.11.07 - 12:38 am | #
Yup...
I just gave AbeBooks the ultimate test. I've been trying to find English translations of Oscar Maria Graf, and even they can't come up with it. German, Spanish, French, but no English.
spinoza 66:6 | 11.11.07 - 12:39 am | #
Hehehehehe....
William Burroughs sincerely mourned the wife he unintentionally shot for the rest of his life
Boo the fuck hoo. He didn't spend a goddamned day in jail for pulling that horseshit.
Honestly,
My cyberfriend in the UK would certainly be willing to ship me however many copies people would like of this book and I can forward them to whomever would like them. I can ask her for sure tomorrow but I know it is not a big deal. We send stuff all of the time. Just takes a while and costs a bit.
(I keep yelling at her to let me buy her a computer here. I saw a really nice laptop today for 450 bucks. That is like three or four Great Britain Pounds Sterling now)
Karin bookseeking, there is also Powell's and Daedalus.
Boo the fuck hoo. He didn't spend a goddamned day in jail for pulling that horseshit.
MP
actually, 13 days
the religious war is starting!
McCain's Mom Goes After Romney's Mormonism
MEREDITH, N.H. — John McCain's 95-year-old mother, in a swipe at her son's rival Mitt Romney, said Friday that Mormons were to blame for the scandal that rocked the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics.
During an appearance on MSNBC, Roberta McCain laid out why her son, John, deserves to win the Republican presidential nomination. But in evaluating McCain's primary rivals, she criticized Romney's Mormon faith and his time in Salt Lake City.
"As far as the Salt Lake City thing, he's a Mormon and the Mormons of Salt Lake City had caused that scandal. And to clean that up, again, it's not a subject," Roberta McCain said.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hu...lay-of-the-day/
so much fun on the right...
Because the Romans in "I Claudius" spoke with British accents?
Because that era of history is her field of study.
actually, 13 days
::matthew
Oops. My bad.
McCain's Mom Goes After Romney's Mormonism
"When Rightards Collide!"
Because the Romans in "I Claudius" spoke with British accents?
Because that era of history is her field of study.
Karin
Thank you.
I like hearing Moon's opinions on that kind of thing.
CSPAN LIVE AT A DEMOCRATIC FUNDRAISING DINNER IN IOWA.
Yeah, McCain and Romney might as well be Jain for their chances.
I think anti-semitics who feign literary intelligence are just plain old fucking assholes.
Why not ask Simel? He was probably there.
Mccain's mom looks like an olympic athlete.
the religious war is starting!
Bring it on!!
Ooops, sorry about trashing your country. /Chimpy
except he's not really sorry...
The most amazing thing about Graves is that he found time to write all that great poetry while starring in Mission: Impossible and hosting the movie show on AMC (or is it TNT?)
The Partridge Family has magically appeared on my CD player....
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin | 11.11.07 - 12:22 am | #
I Woke Up in Love This Morning...
You might be confusing him with Throat-Warbler Mangrove.
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Graves wrote I, Cladius while starring in Airplane! Airplane! was so silly that he decided to write something deep...
Jennifer | 11.11.07 - 12:46 am |
In real life Graves told his painfully bourgeois parents he wanted to be a poor writer rather than a rich asshole, and lived sparely long enough to run across the kind of anecdote a fiction author can't get away with. A total stranger sent him an honorarium in the mail for having delivered some happiness from his books and after hearing about Graves' situation.
Hell. Oh.
Hell. Oh.
Phila, Pizen Sarpint | Homepage | 11.11.07 - 12:50 am |
Phila, was it you who wrote a post years ago about Nazi pseudo-Astronomy (The Moon is made of ice, and that proves that white people totally rule) and the importance of general gullibility to totalitarianism? We were looking for it the other day and couldn't find it.
Night all,
Keep 'em flyin'
(And try to straighten up this mess they have made of America by morning, okay? Good, I knew you could do it.)
Cspan has a recent talk with Norman Mailer. Mailer says he finds the corporation offensive. He says it has deadened and drained the modern spirit. Mailer says a corporation is very good at doing one thing but has absolutely no moral ethos. Mailer says just look at architecture. He says the country was far more beautiful 60 years ago.
I hope this is a typo:
"The People's Daily said the shoppers had lined up outside the store since 4 a.m. to buy discounted rapeseed oil used for cooking."
rapeseed oil?
Damn, I'm watching Jeopardy. The questions are tough~!
'night DWD.
In real life Graves told his painfully bourgeois parents he wanted to be a poor writer rather than a rich asshole, and lived sparely long enough to run across the kind of anecdote a fiction author can't get away with. A total stranger sent him an honorarium in the mail for having delivered some happiness from his books and after hearing about Graves' situation.
I think it is "Goodbye to All That" where Graves talks about walking half the night to see his girl.
bear | 11.11.07 - 12:52 am
True by themselves but honestly aren't these things you could get from anyone else?
Metallica has found its way to my CD player....For Whom the Bell Tolls....
Jesus - Mavis Staples and Odetta carrying on on Blues Divas with Morgan Freeman.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapeseed
Quite a major crop around here.
Hell. Oh. Serpent goddess.
Meanwhile...while Georgie's watching for WWIII from Iran...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
pages...in_page_id=1811
rapeseed
Rapeseed is a common seed used to make oil. It is also used in birdseed mixes.
There has got to be a better name for that plant. Everything has multiple names.
Phila, was it you who wrote a post years ago about Nazi pseudo-Astronomy (The Moon is made of ice, and that proves that white people totally rule) and the importance of general gullibility to totalitarianism? We were looking for it the other day and couldn't find it.
kei & yuri, tun tavern | 11.11.07 - 12:52 am | # [kill][hide comment]
Yeah...Hans Horbiger's Welteislehre. Will hunt it up and post a link.
Shakespeare's material was also got from anyone else.
Rapeseed is a common seed used to make oil. It is also used in birdseed mixes.
spinoza 66:6
Norman Mailer would be pleased.
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Metallica has found its way to my CD player....For Whom the Bell Tolls....
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin | 11.11.07 - 12:53 am | #
You should hear Beatallica
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V...h?
v=VK8ombQQdM4
I believe Americans call it canola
"The People's Daily said the shoppers had lined up outside the store since 4 a.m. to buy discounted rapeseed oil used for cooking."
rapeseed oil?
::matthew
We keep hearing about how China is hungry for oil.
Phila, was it you who wrote a post years ago about Nazi pseudo-Astronomy (The Moon is made of ice, and that proves that white people totally rule)
Ice Nein?
Rapeseed oil is the basis for Lorenzo's oil.
K&Y:
A Winter Wonderland.
Also, sheets.
I think it is "Goodbye to All That" where Graves talks about walking half the night to see his girl.
Walking was all the thing then. People would walk across Britain, or Europe even. See As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning by Laurie Lee, another great biography.
Ici.
I've figured out why firms use all that automated crap for their answering services. That way you can never get through and they don't have to do anything to fix your problem.
They are also telling you that your business isn't worth 30 seconds of a minimum wage person's time. They do manage to turn a momentary switch board thing into a 5 minute "automated" perusal of their lame menu system spoken by a voice synthesizer.
Gotta slide, Later 'bats...
The moon being made of ice sounds like Horbiger. He was a bit of a nutbar.
Night, all....
The moon being made of ice sounds like Horbiger. He was a bit of a nutbar.
Cheney says the moon is made of terrorists.
Watch out America haters, us good ol' guys are angry and ready for some huntin'.
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