I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
I'm not ready for afternoon.
Hey, kids - it's 1968 on 10@10!
Mergansers!
Shocking news - gas prices going up!
Gasoline prices nationwide have jumped since the turn of the year, with the nationwide average rising 11 cents per gallon since Monday alone. The national average, tracked by the AAA auto club, hit $1.78 for a gallon of regular on Friday. California's average reached $1.96 and may top $2 this weekend.
In part, it's the result of a brief rally in the market for crude oil, gasoline's main ingredient. At the same time, gas refineries have been cutting production in a bid to reduce supplies and shore up prices. And that infuriates some oil industry critics, who say the refiners are trying to squeeze the market.
"Look at the economy - nothing else is going up in price," said Judy Dugan, research director with the nonprofit Consumer Watchdog. "That's not the case with fuel, and that's because there are so few players - especially in California - controlling the production."
Oil industry representatives say that gas prices last year fell so far and so fast that many refineries actually lost money making fuel. Americans are buying less gasoline, and the refineries have to cut production in response, industry representatives say.
"With declining demand and poor (profit) margins, what are you going to do?" said John Felmy, chief economist for the American Petroleum Institute, the industry's main lobbying group.
Poor, poor oil companies!
Snow started almost an hour ago (eastern LI). There's now a confectionery sugar covering on everything.
New Mexico gives nod to medical marijuana dealers
http://kob.com/article/stories/S...7.shtml?
cat=500
Obama best rekanize!
Liberate or get lost!
YES WE CANNABIS!
Erin Brockovich is shilling for a law firm. Ug.
hooooow-DEE!
Ten days 'til I pop the Dom Perignon...at or about 11:15 Central...
What is with these commercials defending corn syrup?
I keep thinking I'm seeing snow flakes, but it's just the sycamore trees spreading their seeds.
Nothing against weed, but I think the country has bigger problems right now.
Priorities and all that....
which one is it? I'd love to see a crane. Herons are a dime a dozen.
Ali
I suck at birdology, and also at treeology. I know oaks, because we have a huge one in our front yard.
But the bird is mega-majestic.
We also have ospreys around here, that look like eagles from a distance.
I have a $1 and $5 dollar bill with Robert Rubin's signature on them. AU-55.
Bill Moyers last night on the IP shit, in case you missed him.
Is there a species that grants asylum if one wants to their membership in the human race?
By advertising and creating/maintaining demand for high-fructose corn syrup, producers can also maintain prices for corn ethanol.
It must be dismaying to you Dude, you stick a dagger in my heart and I laugh.
I keep thinking I'm seeing snow flakes, but it's just the sycamore trees spreading their seeds.
1Watt, Hermit
We're supposed to get some here.
I haven't seen any yet, but you can feel it in the air.
Gas has been back up to $1.99 here in central Indiana for almost a week.
I was trying to watch "The Golden Compass" yesterday but just couldn't get past how inhuman Nicole Kidman looks.
Terry C, eef dey legalize it, mon, dey could tax de sheeet, don'tchoo know?
From Below:
Thank you all. I am serious. I had to buy a new antenna thingie that was compatible with the new set up. Also, still waiting on the coupon to purchase the boxes. Now, after I spend all this money I should be able to see something. I was told years ago that CSPAN was been broadcast cable because at the time they did not have the "waves" space to do it so that regular folks without cable or sat could see it.
We also have ospreys around here, that look like eagles from a distance.
MP
ospreys are fish eagles.
Tralfaz,
You're on the North Fork, right?
By advertising and creating/maintaining demand for high-fructose corn syrup, producers can also maintain prices for corn ethanol.
shrimplate
That 'splains it.
The ads are just weird, though. They're coming off as so defensive.
VEGAS, BITCHES!
PeasantParty, sorry about your jobs. But no, CSpan is not broadcast anywhere that I know of. You can watch it online, assuming you have a high speed connection.
Terry C, eef dey legalize it, mon, dey could tax de sheeet, don'tchoo know?
Daddy-O
For sure...but the cannabis troll is kinda one-note.
NTodd!!!!
Howinthehellareya?
Gas has been back up to $1.99 here in central Indiana for almost a week.
mattsmom
The fall in gasoline prices is the only thing that has kept down the CPI.
When that goes back up, we'll have "stagflation", and Jimmy Carter will have to answer for it.
What is with these commercials defending corn syrup?
They've got a website, too. They were advertising at SFGate last summer.
Kinda weird, IMHO...
the cannabis troll is kinda one-note
Ah. Didn't know that.
Billions and billions of dollars. In 'sin' taxes on weed.
That's what I see when I see legal weed, mon.
I'm just shooting from the hip, Terry C. But I've seen those ads too and they're freaky. It's like they're defending fucking Brirish imperialism or something.
I was trying to watch "The Golden Compass" yesterday but just couldn't get past how inhuman Nicole Kidman looks.
HoneyBearKellyGoGiants
She was SO pretty years ago, when she had the red curly hair and her natural face.
And looked as though she ate.
Pantless One,
were you involved in that March in DC on the opening day of Congress?
PeasantParty sorry to hear about your trouble.
CSpan is funded by cable and satellite companies.
I was trying to watch "The Golden Compass" yesterday but just couldn't get past how inhuman Nicole Kidman looks.
HoneyBearKelly
I've seen trailers for The Wrestler and am really shocked at how Micky Rourke has aged. It's like watching a horror show.
America will not let a black president fail and America knows it in the bottom of it's heart. Gearing up now,
I'm just shooting from the hip, Terry C. But I've seen those ads too and they're freaky. It's like they're defending fucking British imperialism or something.
shrimplate
So it isn't just me who thinks they come off like the subject is important for the preservation of the American way of life or some shit like that.
The Wrestler is the best movie I've seen this year. Saw it at a film festival a month or so ago. Can't wait to see it again.
I've seen trailers for The Wrestler and am really shocked at how Micky Rourke has aged. It's like watching a horror show.
qlª
Too much drinking and too much really bad plastic surgery.
Mickey Rourke is the new 80.
HEy folks. Just saw this:
"The Anchorage Daily News and the AP report that Bob Poe, the former state director of international trade, announced yesterday that he's running against Sarah Palin in 2010."
Anything we know about Poe?
ql Rourke was a boxer for years and he's been through it.
Kidman looks like a ceramic doll.
Totally expression-less.
Billions and billions of dollars. In 'sin' taxes on weed.
That's what I see when I see legal weed, mon.
Daddy-O | 01.10.09 - 1:49 pm | #
I also see a dramatic reduction in stupid cases flooding our courts.
Ms F - very, very good, thanks. Our body clocks are all fucked up, but this place is whack. Saw "O" last night. Afuckingstounding. Some crappy phone pics at the homepage--bringing my real camera to Hoover Dam in just a few.
I hope you are well. {{{hugs}}}
The Wrestler is the best movie I've seen this year. Saw it at a film festival a month or so ago. Can't wait to see it again.
Daddy-O
Is the pathos from the script, or from Rourke's own life story? Or both?
Wow, Terry C, we may have similar politics, but...
I also loved "Benjamin Button". Saw it last night. It was a love letter to New Orleans, as well as a more mature and literate "Forrest Gump".
Thanks! I guess that solves the problem of me trying to keep up with my government! Sheesh. I wonder how the cable and satellite companies are going to fair in the near future. They thought the mortgage shit pile was big, just wait! Hmmm. I'm thinking the big phone biz is going to slow down too.
I've seen trailers for The Wrestler and am really shocked at how Micky Rourke has aged. It's like watching a horror show.
qlª
Some of that is that horrid long skanky hair he wears in the film. And he's been a professional wrestler for the past couple of years, yes? Or is it a boxer? He's been doing something where one takes a pounding.
I have to say I'm tired of seeing Marisa Tomei naked in every film she does. I guess if you've got it, flaunt it.
ql Rourke was a boxer for years and he's been through it.
Kidman looks like a ceramic doll.
Totally expression-less.
HoneyBearKellyGoGiants | Homepage | 01.10.09 - 1:51 pm | #
Loved The Wrestler, and he was great. Totally unrecognizable, though ... I couldn't tell if it was surgery or not. A history of boxing makes sense.
Kidman looks weird, Kate Hudson looks weird ... what is with these women?
I'd like to see Palin lose a re-election bid.
"I have to say I'm tired of seeing Marisa Tomei naked in every film she does. "
she been nekkid? must google!!!!!!!!!
The Wrestler is just ugly. It's the ugly truth. I enjoy cinema realite.
It's Mickey Rourke's role of a lifetime. See it. Even if you puke.
Oh, and it's also HILARIOUS. It's the most poignant comedy I've ever seen.
I like Benjamin Button but I wouldn't say it was the best film I've seen all year. I liked Doubt better I think.
Kidman looks weird, Kate Hudson looks weird ... what is with these women?
Brooklyn Girl, shady dame
They all want to look alike...blonde Barbie dolls?
They don't want to age?
I don't get it either. It's a disturbing trend.
I put up a new antenna last week. Still only get 2 channels unless I go outside & rotate it about 2 degrees.
Don't know whether to spring for a smart antenna or not. Found a good converter box to order:
TIVAX STB-T8
Picture quality. Picture quality was among the best, close to what you see with a good DVD. It had a minor flaw that only the fussiest might notice: If you're watching a downconverted HD wide-screen program letter-boxed to fit your squarish screen, images are stretched vertically to a slight extent.
Audio. It delivers good audio from its RF and line-level left/right audio outputs (which you'd use with the composite-video out).
Features. One of the few models with analog pass-through, which allows the TV's RF input to tune to off-air analog channels, but only when the box is in standby or not tuning to digital channels. Program guide provides show descriptions for several hours of programming for the currently tuned channel. Allows you to directly tune to a new digital channel without having to do a scan-for-all-channels. Additionally, if no signal is found on a particular channel, the on-screen signal meter allows you to monitor its strength as you optimize the antenna position. So, if you know a channel exists, you can tune to it and adjust your antenna until the signal is strong enough for the box to tune it in. Has adjustable font, size, color, and transparency of the closed-caption text and its background in order to make it more or less visible. It has a Smart Antenna connection. It comes with A/V cables (composite-video and stereo audio) in addition to the usual RF cables and the manufacturer claims that its Energy Star qualified.
she been nekkid? must google!!!!!!!!!
Rent "Before The Devil Knows You're Dead." Good movie and her breasts play a starring role.
Isn't Mickey Rourke, like, my age?
she been nekkid? must google!!!!!!!!!
Man, somebody should come up with a website that catalogs all your favorite actresses and when they are naked in film.
The Wrestler is just ugly. It's the ugly truth. I enjoy cinema realite.
It's Mickey Rourke's role of a lifetime. See it. Even if you puke.
Oh, and it's also HILARIOUS. It's the most poignant comedy I've ever seen.
Daddy-O
I have a friend who used to work behind the scenes in that business. Personal assistant to a former wrestler.
That business is toxic...and every bit as sleazy as it seems.
His pictures suggest that NTodd is no longer in Vermont.
I hope their parents thank you, too.
Most do. One gave us a turkey for xmas.
I have to say I'm tired of seeing Marisa Tomei naked in every film she does. I guess if you've got it, flaunt it.
Southern Beale | Homepage | 01.10.09 - 1:53 pm | #
It's not at all erotic, though, which surprised me. Very detached and clinical.
Okay, going to brave the elements and head into blizzard torn Manhattan for an evening of elitist chardonnay quaffing with my satanic commie negro friends.
Talk to you fine folks much later -- probably tomorrow, I expect.
Kidman needs to lay off the botox and whatever she's using to plump her lips.
I think Kate Hudson looks fine, at least I haven't noticed her looking weird. Some of these B-grade actresses like Lisa Rinna are doing bizarre stuff to their faces that make them look like circus freaks.
Isn't Mickey Rourke, like, my age?
Vicki
My age, Vicki....56.
I will definitely see it.
From the trailers, it seems like golden boy had it all early and fucked it up eight ways to Sunday, and realizes it too late.
I like those kinds of flicks.
That business is toxic...and every bit as sleazy as it seems.
Terry C, Footloose & Fancyfree | Homepage | 01.10.09 - 1:56 pm | #
That's exactly how it's portrayed.
Some of these B-grade actresses like Lisa Rinna are doing bizarre stuff to their faces that make them look like circus freaks.
Southern Beale
The trout mouth look is ugly.
My husband had Palin filmmaker John Ziegler on dating reality show
When my husband told me his story last night, I had to share.
From below:
I'd love to see a crane. Herons are a dime a dozen.
Ali | 01.10.09 - 1:40 pm
We've got plenty of sandhill cranes in southern WI during the summer - it's the whooping cranes that are the treasure. The sanctuary in Baraboo, WI has spent years adding to the population of whoopers - and has been working to develop a new flightway for them.
That business is toxic...and every bit as sleazy as it seems.
Terry C, Footloose & Fancyfree | Homepage | 01.10.09 - 1:56 pm | #
That's exactly how it's portrayed.
Brooklyn Girl, shady dame
As it SHOULD be. I think I will see the film.
You know what I thought was funniest about The Wrestler? The camaraderie backstage, and the way Rourke encouraged the younger ones, etc. Comedic in a pathetic way, but still.
1Watt, thanks. I checked out the consumer reports thing on the boxes as well. I just had no idea I had to spring for another damn antenna! Sheesh, they are really racking it up with this stupidity.
As it SHOULD be. I think I will see the film.
Terry C, Footloose & Fancyfree | Homepage | 01.10.09 - 1:58 pm | #
It's great. I would see it again.
That business is toxic...and every bit as sleazy as it seems.
I used to know Buddy Lee before he died. He ran one of the largest booking agencies in Nashville after he retired from that biz. Google him if you don't know who he is. We always called him the biggest name in show business, which was really man because he weighed like 300 pounds.
Off to the Titans game in the rain. Followed by a Predators game. I'm going to sportsed-out after today. Later...
Southern Beale:
Buddy Lee, IIRC, was one of the former husbands (there were many) of a famous woman wrestler who died last year, Lillian Ellison, better known in the business as The Fabulous Moolah.
NTodd
The Sunrise pic from JFK is beautiful.
I am fine, thanks for the hugs, all is good, and we will see you in DC.
In the meantime, do something totally evil and illegal, just like I would do!
You know what I thought was funniest about The Wrestler? The camaraderie backstage, and the way Rourke encouraged the younger ones, etc. Comedic in a pathetic way, but still.
Daddy-O
I confess: pro wrestling used to be a guilty pleasure of mine (yes, I KNOW it's all fake).
But about ten years ago, it got SO sleazy that I stopped watching.
Man, somebody should come up with a website that catalogs all your favorite actresses and when they are naked in film.
NTodd, Sociopath | Homepage | 01.10.09 - 1:56 pm | #
Nobody would go there.
i was able to help the newlywed neighbor with his snowblower today.
saw him struggling and recognized it as a teachable moment. kids.
I confess: pro wrestling used to be a guilty pleasure of mine (yes, I KNOW it's all fake).
We used to watch it on Saturday afternoons during the 70s... from out of Sacramento, Hank Renner announcing.
Pat Patterson, Moondog Mayne, Kaiser Wilhelm... funny stuff!
You know what I thought was funniest about The Wrestler? The camaraderie backstage, and the way Rourke encouraged the younger ones, etc. Comedic in a pathetic way, but still.
Daddy-O
Lots of camaraderie - and lots of back-stabbing, too.
As there is in any profession.
Pat Patterson, Moondog Mayne, Kaiser Wilhelm... funny stuff!
dave™©
Pat Patterson, who's really a French Canadian, and has worked for the WWE for years.
Openly gay, BTW.
saw him struggling and recognized it as a teachable moment. kids.
So he didn't invest in an electric start and "cruise control"? I miss my Old Reliable...
Woo-hoo! One medical payment from being (personally) debt-free. This calls for blowing even more money!
I wish at this time to reaffirm my absolute disavowal of those you have embraced those rituals. I assert that you have been mislead and consquently urge you to consider the light of day. The cutting stone, the burning ceremony are not the way of humanity. Please come back to the light.
I had a push-button starter and power treads on my snowblower back in my Adirondack days. And a rather long driveway.
Those two things kinda went together back then.
I wish at this time to reaffirm my absolute disavowal
There's pills for that.
Oops, NToddspa is anxious to get motoring, so we have to go--it's his birthday trip, after all! After Hoover Dam, Ericka and I do a little hedonistic, consumerist shopping by ourselves, then Dad got us all tix for Zoomanity. l8rh9rz.
. INTRODUCTION
An extensive complaint seeking federal prosecution of American officials who ordered, authorized, approved or committed war crimes is currently being prepared. While the complaint is in preparation, the Steering Committee of the Justice Robert H. Jackson Conference is issuing this preliminary memorandum setting forth several of the points to be presented more extensively in the complaint itself
http://www.opednews.com/articles...090109-
803.html
Woo-hoo! One medical payment from being (personally) debt-free.
Congrats! A huge accomplishment these days
I grew up watching the American Wrestling Association.
Vern Gagne and Wally Karbo!
I grew up watching the American Wrestling Association.
Vern Gagne and Wally Karbo!
AndyMN
Nick Bockwinkle, Ray Stevens, Billy Robinson...
Woo-hoo! One medical payment from being (personally) debt-free.
It's a wonderful feeling. Like a weight lifted. We actually paid the last of two loan payments this month.
That frees up around a grand/month.
Peasant Party -- if you're here:
I'm so sorry to hear about your troubles. Boy, there is some shit flying in this country, and we're sure not exempt from it.
re: CSPA: as far as I know it's only available by cable. It *might* be on the cheapest tier of cable, if you wanted to check.
Hang in there and good luck to you both.
http://www.georgewbush.org/
Commander Codpiece on the homepage! I for one am glad I will not be called upon to prepare the library exhibits for the Worst. President. Ever. The mental contortions required to make this presidency look good would make a sane person very much not so.
This country is so hung up on the plight of rich people these days.
Fuck rich people.
Hokey smokes - Hank Renner with Moondog Mayne, circa 1978!
Pat Patterson, who's really a French Canadian, and has worked for the WWE for years.
Openly gay, BTW.
The same guy? How old is he???
V4V: Got boots?
Man, somebody should come up with a website that catalogs all your favorite actresses and when they are naked in film.
--
The ones who consented, right?
May a wingerpeepingtom....
Gromit -- no, but I know which ones I'm buying. I'm going to check a couple of other local stores, but unless I find some hella deal, I'm all set.
Thanks for your input. I did see some Keens that were, well, keen, but none in my size 
Alex Rodriguez makes about twenty thousand dollars per at bat.
There is no entertainer worth that much.
Oops - got punked. This is a satire site.
"So he didn't invest in an electric start and "cruise control"?"
actually he overbought. odd for an accountant, i thought. plus he didn't clean the car off first, had the wrong hat and a bad attitude. his rows sucked, too. tyro.
once the rugrats come, and they will, he'll cherish these moments of being out of the house on saturday and take his time and do a better job. i didn't want to be heavy handed, more of an example for this guy.
it was the choke. like i said, clueless.
(Conference call. Yippee!)
Gromit - from below
(took a brief break from the internet to bake cookies)
We've had about 2 months worth of snow in a couple of weeks, so it's a big avalanche year. Wet snow on top of dry too; the worst combo.
But we lose a couple of people every year, sadly.
Kate Hudson looks weird now too.
I've seen ads for the new movie she has with Ann Hathaway.
Also totally expression-less.
Pat Patterson, who's really a French Canadian, and has worked for the WWE for years.
Openly gay, BTW.
Lots of French Canadians with Irish names. GWPDA prolly knows why. I am not the official historian here, so I won't tell you. 
The same guy? How old is he???
dave™©
Same guy. He's 67 now.
Wikipedia said he retired from the WWE a couple of years ago but still works for them as a "consultant."
Same guy. He's 67 now.
Wow. He used to have a couple of car dealerships in the Sacto area...
I've seen ads for the new movie she has with Ann Hathaway.
Also totally expression-less.
HoneyBearKellyGoGiants
Those commercials make my skin crawl.
Heaven preserve me from this "bridezilla" bullshit.
I've seen ads for the new movie she has with Ann Hathaway.
Is that the two-brides-from-hell movie that sounds and looks so awful?
Has there ever been an even good movie made about a wedding? The several I can recall were some of the worst ones. I was even subjected to My Big Fat Greek Wedding, which set something of a record for awfulness.
I know why, cuz lots of Irish people died on the boats over, and they tried to change their kids names to french when they were adopted, but the little girl said:
NO! We've got to keep our Irish names!!
It's a fact.
NO! We've got to keep our Irish names!!
It's a fact.
annie
a heritage moment! or something.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J...h?
v=JXyfPJKWqig
It's a fact.
Anyone test the new Windowz? Should I bother??
That asshole Roger Clemens demanded twenty five million to pitch half a season. And he got it.
It's all out of whack.
I wouldn’t exist if you hadn’t decided to persist.
--
You already existed before I breathed a word.
Liar.
Damn - teevee actually showing commercials for the "Plan B" pill.
I'm surprised the anti-choice/anti-woman crowd isn't pissing and moaning.
(They probably are, somewhere)
Andrew McCarthy only the original "Father of the Bride".
La Liz never looked lovelier.
Lots of French Canadians with Irish names. GWPDA prolly knows why. I am not the official historian here, so I won't tell you.
Ali
Some were orphans taken in by French Canadian families. Some might be half French origin, some might just speak only French if they live in a French speaking milieu.
La Bolduc, one of the most famous French Canadian singer from the first half of the last century was named Mary Travers before she got married.
Yes, a heritage moment. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o...h?
v=oZwlr0RtuH8
Andrew McCarthy only the original "Father of the Bride".
La Liz never looked lovelier.
HoneyBearKellyGoGiants
OMG...wasn't she exquisite?????
Brian Mulroney! Patrick Roy!
only the original "Father of the Bride".
Um. I'm agreed that Liz Taylor was beautiful, Spenser Tracy, though.
Spencer Tracy, though.
Anthony McCarthy
A man who definitely ruined his looks and health with alcohol.
Tralfaz,
You're on the North Fork, right?
bo
not quite on the fork; about 2/3 of the way out in north central suffolk
Dick the Bruiser !!
Brian Mulroney!
The man who makes Mitt Romney look less like a manikin.
the wife and i have watched this new couple with wry amusement. the day they moved in, the smile on the young bride's face...you could see her dreams of breeding, almost smell the fecundity. nice tits, but wide hips and lots of junk in the trunk. wasn't gonna be any backyard sunbathing for me to gawk at...sigh.
i wondered, maybe it was too many keggers at college that widened her seat...discarded that theory when i found out they were both accountants. dorm food, obviously.
still, they keep to themselves pretty much as all suburbanites do. they've made some rooky mistakes...waiting a bit too long with the crabgrass killer in the spring for instance, but i think they have the basic suburban instincts that will serve them well.
I think Elizabeth Taylor looked spectacular in Butterfield 8.
A man who definitely ruined his looks and health with alcohol.
Terry C, Footloose & Fancyfree
He was only 67 at his death, but he looked like he was in his 80's at least.
I think Elizabeth Taylor looked spectacular in Butterfield 8.
footloose
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, too.
Getting things wrong in a socially acceptable way:
http://www.openleft.com/showDiar...0?
diaryId=10830
He was only 67 at his death, but he looked like he was in his 80's at least.
MP
When they made "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner", the studio wouldn't insure him.
He was only 67 at his death, but he looked like he was in his 80's at least.
MP
Probably conflicted because he cheated with an Episcopalian all those years.
Young Liz Taylor just oozed sexy.
jdw | 01.10.09 - 2:25 pm |
what makes you think it's ok to talk about your neighbour's body like that?
but wide hips and lots of junk in the trunk. wasn't gonna be any backyard sunbathing for me to gawk at...sigh.
Hey, she could look like Ann Coulter.
That's enough to make you throw up.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, too.
Terry C, Footloose & Fancyfree
Agreed, though Jessica Lange was the most brilliant Maggie I've seen. I could believe her being Maggie.
what makes you think it's ok to talk about your neighbour's body like that?
Ali
So the woman has hips...la de da.
Does every female have to be size 6?
it was the choke. like i said, clueless.
jdw | 01.10.09 - 2:16 pm | #
It's kinda heartwarming to hear these tales of adaption to the burbs. Well not.
Agreed, though Jessica Lange was the most brilliant Maggie I've seen. I could believe her being Maggie.
Anthony McCarthy
Another example of bad plastic surgery.
What has Jessica DONE to herself??? She looks terrible.
billy b wish you were here now
amazingly tight/fast live metal in the basement
/sniff
Actually La Liz was never lovelier than she was in this movie.
A Place In The Sun.
Tell mama.
Tell mama all.
He was only 67 at his death, but he looked like he was in his 80's at least.
MP
Probably conflicted because he cheated with an Episcopalian all those years.
footloose
I think the drinking was due in a large part to his Catholic guilt.
Loveless marriage, but he wouldn't divorce her.
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!
A Place In The Sun.
Tell mama.
Tell mama all.
HoneyBearKellyGoGiants
There is one scene with her and Monty Clift together.
And I can't decide which of them is more beautiful.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, too.
Terry C, Footloose & Fancyfree
Oh yeah right. I think she even looked pretty good when she made some of those early movies with Burton like Sandpipers (?) For the times, she and Natalie Wood both kind of adapted to the free style fashion of the day.
Aficionados of the video game "Tetris" describe the manipulation of its geometric shapes as mind-bending, time-expending and utterly absorbing. But an inoculation against the mental anguish of war memories?
A study published in the latest issue of the online journal PLoS One found that research subjects who played "Tetris" immediately after witnessing a traumatic event were less likely than those who did not play "Tetris" to experience disturbing, intrusive memories.
http://
seattletimes.nwsource.com...7_tetris10.html
Blockhead syndrome.
-
You know what middle aged actress impresses me with her looks?
Karen Allen, in the awful new Indiana Jones movie.
She looks like a real person, probably because she's been away from Hollywood for a long time.
http://weblogs.variety.com/
photo...ianajones_4.jpg
Always liked Karen Allen.
Very natural.
A Place In The Sun.
Omigod. Like one of the best movies ever...I always cry.
What's all this about Atrios being arrested in Korea for blogging about the economy? And why was he using the name 'Park'?
footloose:
Every time I watch "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof", I can't help thinking "What kind of kid would she and Paul Newman have made?"
Not that Paul would ever cheat on Joanne.
"Why go out for hamburger when you have steak at home?"
A Place In The Sun.
Tell mama.
Tell mama all.
HoneyBearKellyGoGiants
oh yes
The cutting stone is a block of black, glassy balsamic rock. Folks have taken chips off of it, but it exists large and vile. My intention is to destroy it.
I have to say I'm tired of seeing Marisa Tomei naked in every film she does. I guess if you've got it, flaunt it.
I am willing to take that risk.
What's all this about Atrios being arrested in Korea for blogging about the economy? And why was he using the name 'Park'?
It's the start of a new franchise, as Eschaton goes international.
Karen Allen is 57.
"Why go out for hamburger when you have steak at home?"
Gratuitous populism?
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I was trying to watch "The Golden Compass" yesterday but just couldn't get past how inhuman Nicole Kidman looks.
BBC 7 has been airing His Dark Materials in a radio dramatization. Listened to the last bit this morning. They omitted the part where the knife breaks because Will thinks of Lyra rather than his mom at the end. Kinda misses the point.
I must not be watching the right Marisa Torme films.
Or I'm watching them on non premium cable channels. That's must be it.
I have tofu at home. Also when I go out.
Karen Allen is 57.
57 saucy.
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How many days in a row do I have to post this poetry?
Homage to My Hips
these hips are big hips.
they need space to
move around in.
they don't fit into little
petty places. these hips
are free hips.
they don't like to be held back.
these hips have never been enslaved,
they go where they want to go
they do what they want to do.
these hips are mighty hips.
these hips are magic hips.
i have known them
to put a spell on a man and
spin him like a top
Lucille Clifton
Karen Allen is 57.
Hell, you and I are 55. WTF.
Are Incog and Le Jackel related?
Watching budget hearings on Cspan (cause I'm just wild like that). Judd Gregg doesn't think people will spend $ from tax cuts productively. They'll just save it. (So much for letting the people do what they want w/their $, right Judd.) He thinks it would be better if the gov't spent money on infrastructure like broadband, fiber optics, bridges and roads. Seems like this republican has seen the light. Looks like waving goodbye to his buddy Sununu had a bracing effect on Judd. Tell me why we need to include all that dough for tax cuts to bring along republicans.
Another example of bad plastic surgery.
Speaking of which, it looks like George Hamilton, and Lisa Riina share the same surgeon.
Before The Devil Knows You're Dead - nice little film, lots of naked Tomei, but in exchange you have to watch Phillip Seymore Hoffman defiling her.
i hope he noticed that i did the drive and walk for the elderly lady next door. this may even perplex him. but there is nothing better in the burbs then a nice mix elderly neighbors. always home, always vigilant. he should have noted the cat in her front window, as they have their own cats in the same place. when they vacation they'll want the old lady to feed their cats and she'll be damn good at it, so it's best to snowblow her drive without compaint.
that's the code.
ET in "The Sandpiper"
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/taylor...ics2/
2ltlsp.jpg
I see what you mean, footloose.
Just got back from the store.
Slid thru every stop, and fishtailed all over the place. Fun times.
It seems everyone has their Hummer out. Grrrrr.
Debra Winger still looks good too.
She was in the other Ann Hathaway movie "Rachel Getting Married".
Ruh-roh...Zapette's planning a spring break vacation.
She wants to go somewhere just as cold as Minnesota. Hmmm.
ET in "The Sandpiper"
IIRC, that was pretty racy stuff at the time.
Liz kept falling out of her top...
Tell me why we need to include all that dough for tax cuts to bring along republicans.
Habitual simpering accommodationism.
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Speaking of which, it looks like George Hamilton, and Lisa Riina share the same surgeon.
res ipsa loquitur
George and that shitty tan of his!
Jeff Sessions up now. Unreachable so don't even bother. He's very disappointed with our political leaders. Look in the mirror, dumbass.
George Hamilton, and Lisa Riina
Ack! Warn us first, why doncha?
If we're gonna go somewhere just as cold, dammit, it should be Iceland.
She wants to go somewhere just as cold as Minnesota. Hmmm.
So sorry.
billy b wish you were here now
amazingly tight/fast live metal in the basement
/sniff
ErinPDX, snow month | Homepage | 01.10.09 - 2:31 pm |
What, no Journey?!
I'd let Philip Seymour Hoffman "defile" me.
George and that shitty tan of his!
Terry C, Footloose & Fancyfree
He talks about how cool Liz is/was when they were dating a few years back in his new memoir.
I see what you mean, footloose.
Terry C
She even looked good in chiseled wood.
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Speaking of which, it looks like George Hamilton, and Lisa Riina share the same surgeon.
Lisa Rinna thinks she finally went too far w/plastic surgery when she had cheek implants. Sistah, look at your lips. She went off the rails well before the cheek implants.
She wants to go somewhere just as cold as Minnesota. Hmmm.
I don't think you can actually visit Bush's compassion. It's more of a metaphor.
If they would have spent that $85 billion they spent on those gimmick checks last year on jobs we might not be doing as bad as we are.
If we're gonna go somewhere just as cold, dammit, it should be Iceland.
AndyMN | Homepage | 01.10.09 - 2:43 pm
Iceland's not as cold as would think it would be, being that far north. Jet stream moderates it.
What about northern Sweden or Norway for cold? You could try out the Ice Hotel.
http://www.icehotel.com/
La Liz was lovely in "A Place in the Sun" but by "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" was just a different kind of lovely, which is to say, smoking hot!
I'd let Philip Seymour Hoffman "defile" me.
Not in that film - he's a scumbucket. Hence the defiling.
He talks about how cool Liz is/was when they were dating a few years back in his new memoir.
footloose
Oh, I don't doubt that George has some stories to tell.
La Liz was lovely in "A Place in the Sun" but by "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" was just a different kind of lovely, which is to say, smoking hot!
res ipsa loquitur
"Raintree County"
Seems like this republican has seen the light. Looks like waving goodbye to his buddy Sununu had a bracing effect on Judd. Tell me why we need to include all that dough for tax cuts to bring along republicans.
Paul Hodes and Carol Shea Porter are interested!
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2009/01/
the_friday_line_10_for_2010.html?wprss=thefix
The last Republican standing is Sen. Judd Gregg and Democrats are gunning for him in the form of Hodes, who, after two terms in Congress, is likely to make the race. Hodes, who is well regarded among Washington campaign sharps, might have to get past fellow Rep. Carol Shea Porter in the primary but if he does he will be an even-money bet to beat Gregg in 2010.
The weird thing about Kidman is that she carved her face at the height of her beauty, as though she was trying to get ahead of whatever "horrors" she thought were to come.
One of you Bostonian Atriots go and do my grocery shopping for me, as I don't want to go out on the cold.
OK?
Thanks!
She even looked good in chiseled wood.
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QuentinCompson, Negatory
Jeff Sessions up now
He's made "stoopid" an art form.
Hooraaaaay for Sheldon Whitehouse. It's not just the economy, stupid. It's healthcare, stupid. Yes Sheldon!
The weird thing about Kidman is that she carved her face at the height of her beauty, as though she was trying to get ahead of whatever "horrors" she thought were to come.
res ipsa loquitur
The eyebrows get me....she looks as though she is permanently surprised.
Snow started almost an hour ago (eastern LI). There's now a confectionery sugar covering on everything.
Tralfaz | 01.10.09 - 1:41 pm | #
Snow pretty much non-stop since 7:00PM last night. Approaching a foot in Chicago.
Here's the link to the Hodes story:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com...ml?
wprss=thefix
I guess those botox injections in the forehead are to keep the wrinkly down.
But Kidman looks like she's in pain when she tries to lift her eyebrow.
Or like her face is going to break or something.
They can just do the cute Audrey Hepburn bangs instead.
The weird thing about Kidman is that she carved her face at the height of her beauty, as though she was trying to get ahead of whatever "horrors" she thought were to come.
res ipsa loquitur
It would be ironic if she ends up looking like the author of Mrs. Dalloway. (where she wore that fake nose)
Oh, I don't know. Life is complicated. Orgasms are simple. I might let the "scumbucket" Hoffman "defile" me, too.
One of you Bostonian Atriots go and do my grocery shopping for me, as I don't want to go out on the cold.
And pull myself away from a cspan committee hearing on the budget?
Sheldon Whitehouse has more brains in his left earlobe than Jeff Sessions has in his whole damn family.
Oh, I don't know. Life is complicated. Orgasms are simple. I might let the "scumbucket" Hoffman "defile" me, too. res ipsa loquitur
Even a Republican? Please say you have standards!
Shared Humanity
We aren't going to get a foot, are we?
{{{{{Aaagggghhhh}}}}}
I thought his name was "Jeff Schesshions".
Kidman should not have gone under the surgeon's knife. She was naturally beautiful.
She looks sharp and forbidding now, IMO.
She looks sharp and forbidding now, IMO.
MP
And reminds me of Laura Bush.
RE: "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof". Liz in that role did for slips what some male star in the 30s did for tank top undershirts.
Anyway, a remembrance.
An old GF had this simple white nylon slip.
Wearing that, she looked hotter than any Victoria's Secret model in a few square inches of sheer black lace.
I suppose it had more to do with who was wearing the slip than the slip itself. But still and all.
Rowr!
Kidman should not have gone under the surgeon's knife. She was naturally beautiful.
I liked her in Flirting, sort of a sequel to The Year My Voice Broke.
Duncan, isn't it time to do a thorough explanation AGAIN about the Social Security system? The drumbeat is starting again. This week, someone 20 years younger than I am was insisting that her generation was paying for my generation's retirement, etc., which isn't true, if I understand it correctly. Can someone put the facts on the table, please?
what some male star in the 30s did for tank top undershirts.
Clark Gable from It Happened One Night
Even a Republican? Please say you have standards!
I'm ashamed to tell you I've "had" one Republican.
Hopefully, he has is no longer inflicting himself on anyone .. male, female, Republican, Democrat, human, non-human.
The man had issues. And shame. Oh, did he have shame.
And pull myself away from a cspan committee hearing on the budget?
WHY DINT U TELL ME?????
Kidman should not have gone under the surgeon's knife. She was naturally beautiful.
I can't understand the blonde hair. She's a natural redhead right? Why would you swap gorgeous red curls for straight whiteblonde hair? Don't get her at all.
Buckeye
lol
they can do whatever you want tho
now switched to PF is there anybody out there
"I'm ashamed to tell you I've "had" one Republican."
((gasp))
Mr. Sunshine?
The facts on SS are - FDR enabled it, so the GOP hates it, it helps keep poor people from living in refrigerator boxes and eating cat food, mostly, so the GOP hates it, and it's set up in such a way to make it very very difficult (though not impossible) to steal without the public noticing immediately, so the GOP hates it.
I just put up some new birds at the blog: http://peripateticphotos.blogspot.com/
Burrowning owl, Anna's and a Say's, I think. (I'm still learning...)
MP, if you're still here, we're heading to Willcox, AZ, next weekend to see the Sandhill cranes. We saw them in Nebraska a few years ago and have been planning to see them again. It's just awesome to see and to hear them.
When is "Duncan" going to make the definitive comment about the Gaza/Israeli war?
"Duncan", why won't you do what I want you to do?
oh fuck, the cats like speck.
wasn't the albacore enough?
Mr. Sunshine?
Unfortunate huh. And the poor guy is so pale he really should be Mr. Moonshine.
BIOFUELS!
Fotunately, Hoffman in real life is a Dem - did an interesting little campaign documentary in 2000.
Any of you ever see this show called "shimmy" on fit TV?
WOW
Michigan State kicking Kansas' ass in bb, 58-50, 2nd, with 7.5 minutes left to go.
GO SPARTANS
Would you look at this story?
http://www.punxsutawneyspirit.co...nt/view/164024/
After leaving the South to return to Fort Indiantown Gap for their 10-day break, the troops — who hail from Punxsutawney, Brookville, Johnstown and elsewhere — learned they would have to finance their own trips home. To the rescue came the Groundhog Club’s Inner Circle, which sought donations from the community for a goal of $5,000.
The community rallied for the cause, and, along with residents in Johnstown, raised $18,000 for the troops, said Inner Circle member Keith Shields, who, along with Inner Circle President Bill Cooper brought Punxsutawney Phil to see the troops off, as well.
How do you make that red faced angry emoticon? Dammit!
Even with her whacked-out face, Kidman will still probably make a lovely old broad.
I think she was at her most jaw-droppingly beautiful in that series of Chanel ads.
BTW, Haloscan: YOU are not jaw-droppingly beautiful.
BIOFUELS!
Better start emailing Atrios.
Football game doesn't start until 4:30 so I'm watching them grill steaks on Food Network.
footloose, THANK YOU! I could not remember his name, and that was going to bug the hell out of me for the rest of the day.
The troops went on to enjoy a delicious dinner of roast groundhog.
"shimmy"
I'm partial to Namaste Yoga myself.
I watch it for the articles.
I watch it for the articles. Noam Sane
That's something of a stretch.
Why is there a playoff game that starts at 8pm?
I need an NFL nap.
BBL.
wow...obama and biden sent the wife and i an inauguration invitation.
elegant font, heavy card stock suitable for framing, and they even got our names right despite being different...one hell of a database they got.
of course, there are no particulars so it's snail mail spam, but good pr nonetheless.
I'm cooking up some veg delights, JeffCO. Can you make it for din-din?
Why is there a playoff game that starts at 8pm?
They've got to compete with the other wise stellar Saturday night lineup?
Yeah, the Carolina blowout of Arizona starts at 8:15.
wow...obama and biden sent the wife and i an inauguration invitation.
elegant font, heavy card stock suitable for framing, and they even got our names right despite being different...one hell of a database they got.
of course, there are no particulars so it's snail mail spam, but good pr nonetheless.
jdw
They sent out 1 MILLION of them. I saw a story on TV of the printing shop in NY that made them. Save it.
The troops went on to enjoy a delicious dinner of roast groundhog.
JeffCO | 01.10.09 - 3:01 pm | #
Wouldn't be the first people I've known to feed their family that way.
Not a laughing matter.
I'm cooking up some veg delights, JeffCO. Can you make it for din-din? res ipsa
If that slacker shawk would get to work on inventing a damn teleporter I could.
Football game doesn't start until 4:30
That gives me an hour and a half to get off my ass and go buy some beer.
Well, the belly dancers have left fit TV, time to change the channel.
I have a veggie lasagna all put together; I'll put it in the oven before Audrey goes to work.
"They sent out 1 MILLION of them. I saw a story on TV of the printing shop in NY that made them. Save it."
will do...too nice to throw out. must have come from the volunteer database, we figure.
I got one -- it "invited" me to buy Obama inaugural "collectibles".
meh
Bah
whatever
The brush-clearing suggests the inaugural itself won't be programmatic, bureaucratic or factoid-laden but more broadly gauged and reaching at something higher. Will he reach for poetry? I hope so, if poetry is defined as no wasted words on the way to the thought and the thought is worthy and true.
Which dophin-shaman said this piece of drivel today?
"meh
Bah
whatever"
yes, it does have a certain little orphan annie decoder ring 'don't forget to drink your ovaltine' quality to it.
I hope so, if poetry is defined as no wasted words on the way to the thought and the thought is worthy and true.
Peggy Noonan is telling Obama & CO how to write/deliver a speech? That's rich. I was looking a while back for one of her classic pieces, about post-9/11 anxiety. I couldn't find it, but some run on drivel about 'curling up in a favorite chair with an old blanket and a pint of Hagen Daz strawberry' sticks in my mind, unfortunately. "no wasted words" indeed.
yes, it does have a certain little orphan annie decoder ring 'don't forget to drink your ovaltine' quality to it.
I was invited to the local event next Saturday night, and provided I feel well enough, I'm going. It's only a mile from my house, cost includes bands and hors d'oeuvres.
$ 40/single, $ 70/couple. Not too bad.
I'm friends with some local politicians, so it should be all right.
"The man had issues. And shame. Oh, did he have shame."
res, via a friend of a friend sort of thing, I know one of the local highpriced dominatrixes.
She was quite forthcoming about the fact that practically all her customers who want the perviest treatments are ALL GOP, including some local names (which, ethical person that she is, would not mention) in the state and local political scene.
She has almost no "liberal" clients, nor any well known Democrats.
And, according to the other dommes she knows, it's pretty much the same with them.
Conservatives are the most perverted folks. In that they consider their kinks to be perverted and disgusting and shameful.
Whereas, I assume that most liberal types think their kinks are just fun and pleasurable.
Funny how it's never the liberal Democrat atheists who are found dead, tied up and wearing the two wetsuits with a dildo up their ass.
I imagine it's because they have a partner involved.
"OK, you've had your fun, now it's MY turn!"
I couldn't find it, but some run on drivel about 'curling up in a favorite chair with an old blanket and a pint of Hagen Daz strawberry' sticks in my mind, unfortunately.
Seems to me that my circle of friends were mad as hell, crying, smoking weed to calm ourselves, and drinking strong cocktails, and discussing the situation.
Hagen Daz would not have come into play, nor would an old blanket, other than that Noonan is an old blanket. Her prose is so forced, anyway.
"Peggy Noonan is telling Obama & CO how to write/deliver a speech? That's rich. "
i hope obama remembers to include reagan's foot.
I was looking a while back for one of her classic pieces,
The The only Peggy Noonan "classic" that matters: November 4, 2004:
I do not know what the Democratic Party spent, in toto, on the 2004 election, but what they seem to have gotten for it is Barack Obama. Let us savor.
Vicki
We should stay in touch that day, and celebrate together. Call from the party.
" what they seem to have gotten for it is Barack Obama. Let us savor."
savor indeedy!
Chris,
He was not a sub. He was very guilty about his desires, which tended to run to the "Wham! Bam! Thank you, Ma'am!" type of thing.
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