July 27, 2013
— CDR M
What a shocker. DC is the most dishonest place in the United States according to a Coca-Cola experiment. They even stole the bike of the co-founder of Honest Tea during the experiment.
Animal House
- Washington, D.C. was the least honest location in the experiment with 80 percent of participants paying for their beverage.
- Overall, women are more honest than men (95% vs. 91%)—the same percentages in both our 2012 and 2013 tests.
- Unlike last year where redheads were most honest, in 2013 blonds were the most honest (95%) and followed by brunettes (93%) and then redheads (92%).
- The longer your hair, the more honest you are. People with short hair were 91% honest, vs. people with medium and long hair (93% and 94% honest, respectively).
- People in groups (96% honest) tend to be more honest than people on their own (91% honest).
Man time flies. Tomorrow is the 35 year anniversary of the release of Animal House. So here's an update on the stars of that movie and where are they now.
Nuke Map 2.0
I know you guys like maps and things that go 'splodey. Naturally, I think you morons will be entertained with this. NukeMap2. In 3D. Pretty good selection of nukes and you choose the location. You can change your viewing angles and locations too.
Lois Lerner
Lois Lerner's Ace In The Hole. It's a frustrating analysis of reality. I don't think this administration shares the same definition of justice as the rest of us do.
DIY Arms
The Syrian rebels are throwing everything at Assad's forces. The Syrian trebuchet: rebel fighters resort to roman style weapons. Man, a few of these I wouldn't get anywhere near them.
Sexy Ewoks
2nd look at Ewoks?
h/t SSWG
Aviation Stuff
70 years ago today, the first 'hurricane hunter' flew into the eye of a hurricane. All because of a bet.
In the summer of 1943, he was training a group of British fighter pilots who derided the AT-6 Texan as being slow and frail. Fully loaded, the single-engine, two-seat plane weighed less than three tons and cruised at about 145 mph.Their complaining got louder when a hurricane threatened Texas, and Bryan Airfield's base commanders wanted the AT-6s flown to safer ground. Tired of the Brits' ribbing, Duckworth bet them that he could fly a Texan into the hurricane and return safely.
His intent was to show that both the plane and instrument flying techniques were sound, according to Air Force historical accounts. That morning, he found O'Hair, the only navigator left on the base, and asked him to fly along. O'Hair was hesitant, but went out of respect for Duckworth's skill.
Without seeking permission from the top, because base commanders would no doubt deem the mission extremely dangerous, Duckworth and O'Hair flew into the hurricane just as it was hitting Galveston.
At altitudes ranging from 4,000 to 9,000 feet, they were pounded by severe updrafts and downdrafts. But then the plane unexpectedly broke into the eye and the turbulence stopped, allowing them to circle and observe the countryside below.
For winning the bet, Duckworth got his highball from the British pilots. He also got into trouble with his superiors for taking the unauthorized flights.
"His superiors finally decided it was better to give him a medal rather than a reprimand," Dorst said.
Now, some of you were talking about some low flying by some other planes last night. This is a few years old, but here's a Spanish F-18 flying really, really low.
h/t
Movie Stuff
Well, this puts the cost of movie theater snacks into perspective. Movie theater popcorn costs more than filet mignon. Of course, LIVs respond with what's filet mignon?
What the hell? Evidently, Sharknado is coming to a theater near you August 2nd. It looked awful on a 52" screen. I can only imagine how bad it'll look on a theater screen. Ette's if you go, you can wear the Sharkini.
Cat Video
Bonus cat content: 10 ways to make cats even better.
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Posted by: The Political Hat at July 27, 2013 06:02 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at July 27, 2013 06:03 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Splunge at July 27, 2013 06:04 PM (bKA83)
Posted by: t-bird at July 27, 2013 06:05 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Zombie Belushi at July 27, 2013 06:05 PM (Aif/5)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at July 27, 2013 06:06 PM (d7tB2)
Posted by: rickl at July 27, 2013 06:07 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: CarolT at July 27, 2013 06:08 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at July 27, 2013 06:08 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at July 27, 2013 06:09 PM (CA2NO)
Me too. Farley and Belushi were special partly because they completely committed themselves to their comedy. There aren't many like that. Sam Kinison, too. All dead. Maybe it carries too high a cost?
Posted by: Splunge at July 27, 2013 06:09 PM (bKA83)
Posted by: t-bird at July 27, 2013 06:10 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Baldy at July 27, 2013 06:11 PM (tyDFN)
Seems that if it weren't for horror movies like ITMOM and "1408", we'd have forgotten about how fucking creepy The Carpenters were.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re-6eOhrejE
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at July 27, 2013 06:11 PM (d7tB2)
Posted by: rickl at July 27, 2013 06:14 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: A Bowl of Petunias at July 27, 2013 06:14 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at July 27, 2013 06:14 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: eman at July 27, 2013 06:16 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: Splunge
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Too early to tell...
Posted by: Achmed at July 27, 2013 06:16 PM (aDwsi)
John Candy too
Too true. And all fat. I started to form a theory about the really great comedians being fat, but then I remembered Richard Pryor. His SNL appearance still stands out as one of the funniest things I've ever seen.
Posted by: Splunge at July 27, 2013 06:17 PM (bKA83)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 27, 2013 06:17 PM (lBT6p)
Not before they breed anthrax to is peak ripeness.
Posted by: Fritz at July 27, 2013 06:17 PM (bWoh5)
Posted by: DAve at July 27, 2013 06:17 PM (albkL)
Posted by: Baldy at July 27, 2013 06:17 PM (tyDFN)
Posted by: rickl at July 27, 2013 06:17 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: eman at July 27, 2013 06:19 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 27, 2013 06:19 PM (JMmQ9)
I should be clear- the show is from 1995, so the whale exploded almost 20 years ago.
It blowed up good. Real good!
Posted by: The Farm Report at July 27, 2013 06:19 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: A Bowl of Petunias at July 27, 2013 06:20 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 27, 2013 06:20 PM (lBT6p)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at July 27, 2013 06:21 PM (HVff2)
She wasn't creepy ... wrong word. Word I was looking for was "haunting"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjFoQxjgbrs
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at July 27, 2013 06:21 PM (d7tB2)
This is probably the same whale about which Dave Barry once wrote "I am probably not guilty of understatement when I say that what follows, on the videotape, is the most wonderful event in the history of the universe"
http://tinyurl.com/a8a6zx9
Posted by: Splunge at July 27, 2013 06:22 PM (bKA83)
Posted by: armorers of magrathea, at July 27, 2013 06:22 PM (Jsiw/)
Posted by: rickl at July 27, 2013 06:23 PM (sdi6R)
Holy Shith!
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 27, 2013 06:23 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Thrawn at July 27, 2013 06:23 PM (KiyII)
Posted by: CDR M at July 27, 2013 06:23 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 27, 2013 06:23 PM (lBT6p)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at July 27, 2013 06:24 PM (HVff2)
A friend of mine just accused me of creating this business concept.
http://xkcd.com/1207/
It's like she's met me!
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at July 27, 2013 06:24 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: professor henry higgins-touré at July 27, 2013 06:24 PM (BQ10H)
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence at July 27, 2013 06:24 PM (Z7Gst)
Posted by: eman at July 27, 2013 06:24 PM (AO9UG)
I musta missed when you shared it then!
Posted by: CDR M at July 27, 2013 06:24 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 27, 2013 06:25 PM (lBT6p)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 27, 2013 06:27 PM (lBT6p)
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 27, 2013 06:27 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: eman at July 27, 2013 06:27 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: some dick suffering from touré syndrome at July 27, 2013 06:27 PM (BQ10H)
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How do MH!
We gotta do a nickname thing here.
Mike Hammer is "MH", and he's old as hell, and you HAVE to be "MH" because I can't spell Miss Anthropomorphic Humanities after 87 eleven scotches.
You are now officially dubbed, "MH, III"
...because that is better than "MH, Junior."
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 27, 2013 06:27 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 27, 2013 06:28 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 27, 2013 06:28 PM (Wk9TK)
Any respectable second-strike system has a flying-whale-blubber detector.
Posted by: Splunge at July 27, 2013 06:28 PM (bKA83)
Posted by: Bob in houston at July 27, 2013 06:28 PM (b7AU3)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 27, 2013 06:29 PM (lBT6p)
Posted by: Filner at July 27, 2013 06:30 PM (tXGg/)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 27, 2013 06:30 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 27, 2013 06:30 PM (lBT6p)
Heh. I'm going to have a little talk with him and give him one last warning.
Posted by: CDR M at July 27, 2013 06:30 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: rickl at July 27, 2013 06:30 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 27, 2013 06:31 PM (lBT6p)
Posted by: eman at July 27, 2013 06:31 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: CarolT at July 27, 2013 06:32 PM (z4WKX)
That's hot.
Posted by: Radio Shack at July 27, 2013 06:32 PM (bKA83)
Posted by: Filner at July 27, 2013 06:32 PM (tXGg/)
Posted by: Boris Yeltsen at July 27, 2013 06:32 PM (KiyII)
When I was overseas my child bride kept me up on all the new music. She said a group called Teh Carpenters was really good. Having been a carpenter all through high school, I was pretty sure that was sketchy.
Posted by: EROWMER at July 27, 2013 06:32 PM (OONaw)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at July 27, 2013 06:32 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Ripley at July 27, 2013 06:32 PM (Aif/5)
how you doin'?
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 27, 2013 06:33 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Fritz at July 27, 2013 06:33 PM (bWoh5)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 27, 2013 10:31 PM (lBT6p)
kt = kilo-ton http://www.thefreedictionary.com/kt
Posted by: cthulhu at July 27, 2013 06:34 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 27, 2013 06:34 PM (lBT6p)
That's wild.
(Cue Rod Serling)
Posted by: Craig Poe at July 27, 2013 06:35 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: eman at July 27, 2013 06:35 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: CarolT at July 27, 2013 06:35 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Fritz
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YOU try draggin this bigass thing behind you through this sludge.
Posted by: The Slug at July 27, 2013 06:35 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: mindful webworker, being here, doing this at July 27, 2013 06:36 PM (U13jb)
Posted by: eman at July 27, 2013 06:36 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 27, 2013 06:36 PM (lBT6p)
Posted by: mindful webworker, being here, doing this at July 27, 2013 06:36 PM (U13jb)
Posted by: t-bird at July 27, 2013 06:37 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Paris Hilton at July 27, 2013 06:37 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: CarolT at July 27, 2013 06:38 PM (z4WKX)
93 Cars going wild. Planes going wild. Trains going wild. Buses going wild.
That's wild.
(Cue Rod Serling)
Posted by: Craig Poe at July 27, 2013 10:35 PM (BVkEs)
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That's retarded sir.
Posted by: Rachel Genitals at July 27, 2013 06:38 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 27, 2013 10:36 PM (lBT6p)
If Huma had any wrath, we would be having this discussion. I just wanna know who is paying the dowry...
Posted by: underground vulgarian at July 27, 2013 06:39 PM (TI6nB)
Posted by: Ripley at July 27, 2013 10:32 PM (Aif/5)
When using the prefix "Mega-", the M is always capitalized.
Posted by: The More You Know at July 27, 2013 06:39 PM (un8zR)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 27, 2013 06:39 PM (lBT6p)
Posted by: underground vulgarian at July 27, 2013 06:39 PM (TI6nB)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 27, 2013 06:39 PM (Wk9TK)
Also, spiders. And the middle class.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at July 27, 2013 06:40 PM (d7tB2)
Posted by: Blacksheep at July 27, 2013 06:41 PM (bS6uW)
It's 10:45PM. Do you know where your Moron is tonight?
Posted by: TR, burned the chicken but not out of scotch at July 27, 2013 06:41 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: eman at July 27, 2013 06:42 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at July 27, 2013 06:43 PM (e8kgV)
Boner-rays set to full power, Captain.
So, as someone with no knowledge of these things, are these hot women in brief costumes actual attendees, or are they paid models salted throughout to draw in the rubes?
Posted by: pep at July 27, 2013 06:43 PM (6TB1Z)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 27, 2013 06:43 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: CDR M at July 27, 2013 06:43 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2013 06:43 PM (UWXeN)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 27, 2013 06:44 PM (lBT6p)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 27, 2013 06:44 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Kalneva at July 27, 2013 06:44 PM (0sqBw)
Posted by: Ripley at July 27, 2013 06:44 PM (Aif/5)
Posted by: Steve at July 27, 2013 06:44 PM (9ccSk)
Now that is a taut navel. Very nice.
Posted by: pep at July 27, 2013 06:44 PM (6TB1Z)
Like a slug dong in molasses,
That's how our day, it passes,
Yet we sing these words, so crassless,
To our beloved slug's tits and asses ...
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 27, 2013 10:39 PM (Wk9TK)
Oh, man.......LOL.....
Posted by: cthulhu at July 27, 2013 06:45 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Lauren at July 27, 2013 06:45 PM (ELdpj)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 27, 2013 06:45 PM (lBT6p)
Posted by: Filner at July 27, 2013 06:45 PM (tXGg/)
Posted by: Blacksheep at July 27, 2013 06:45 PM (bS6uW)
It's still Ramadan. Wait 'til Dhu'l Hijja
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at July 27, 2013 06:45 PM (d7tB2)
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 27, 2013 06:46 PM (Vk2pI)
I had such a massive Karen Allen crush. Animal House, Raiders, Starman. She epitomized "Attainable Hottie" in my frenzied adolescent mind.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at July 27, 2013 06:46 PM (6rcHp)
My friend the bartender refused to serve two customers who ordered (I shit you not!) Macallan-18-year-old Rusty Nails.
He told them his ancestors who come and kill him.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 27, 2013 06:46 PM (gqgiP)
Posted by: rickl at July 27, 2013 06:47 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Kalneva at July 27, 2013 10:44 PM (0sqBw)
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The middle class.
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at July 27, 2013 06:47 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Kalneva at July 27, 2013 06:47 PM (0sqBw)
Posted by: Kalneva at July 27, 2013 10:44 PM (0sqBw)
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The middle class.
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at July 27, 2013 06:47 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Filner at July 27, 2013 06:48 PM (tXGg/)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at July 27, 2013 06:48 PM (d7tB2)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 27, 2013 06:48 PM (lBT6p)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 27, 2013 06:49 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 27, 2013 06:49 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2013 06:50 PM (UWXeN)
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2013 06:50 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Tobacco Road
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TR - That's Mr. old as hell to you, pal....
Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 27, 2013 06:50 PM (aDwsi)
He told them his ancestors who come and kill him.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 27, 2013 10:46 PM (gqgiP)
Good for him - all you need to enjoy that is a glass, then maybe an ice cube or two, or alternately a splash of cold water if you want to open it up a bit. Why you'd want to add Drambuie to something approaching perfection is a mystery to me.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN says The More You Know... at July 27, 2013 06:51 PM (un8zR)
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2013 06:51 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 27, 2013 06:51 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: mindful webworker, armed with teeth at July 27, 2013 06:51 PM (U13jb)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2013 10:50 PM (UWXeN)
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Funny that. You would think that he would have learned a little something in Seminary.
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at July 27, 2013 06:51 PM (jucos)
Forecaster is predicting dry weather tomorrow so might stand a chance of finding the water leaks in the GT500.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 27, 2013 06:52 PM (lBT6p)
Posted by: BignJames at July 27, 2013 06:52 PM (ZNQKl)
Posted by: Megan McCain at July 27, 2013 06:52 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2013 10:44 PM (8lmkt)
Wait, what? I don't see anything on the news.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 27, 2013 06:52 PM (T1005)
Posted by: rickl at July 27, 2013 06:53 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 27, 2013 06:53 PM (Wk9TK)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2013 06:53 PM (UWXeN)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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**bows**
As you wish, Mr. Old As Hell.
You do see the conundrum I was in.
No?
Posted by: TR, burned the chicken but not out of scotch at July 27, 2013 06:53 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Kalneva at July 27, 2013 06:54 PM (0sqBw)
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2013 06:54 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Blacksheep at July 27, 2013 06:54 PM (bS6uW)
Posted by: CarolT at July 27, 2013 06:55 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Adam at July 27, 2013 06:55 PM (Aif/5)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at July 27, 2013 06:55 PM (BXLPR)
http://is.gd/sSg7Is
A Marigny homeowner has been booked with attempted second-degree murder after he shot a 14-year-old boy in the head early Friday, police said. The homeowner's friends and neighbors said the owner believed the teen was an intruder. The teenager remains hospitalized in critical condition, police said.
Posted by: Jose at July 27, 2013 06:55 PM (zc/sw)
I'm getting the impression that our dear Mr. Tutu is putting from the rough himself.
Posted by: tcn at July 27, 2013 06:55 PM (RnmNY)
Posted by: t-bird at July 27, 2013 06:55 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 27, 2013 06:55 PM (Wk9TK)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN says The More You Know... at July 27, 2013 06:56 PM (un8zR)
Posted by: Kalneva at July 27, 2013 10:54 PM (0sqBw)
Awesome!!!! I remember when they had solar in the ladies rooms and you could use a hairdryer. That was a big deal in my day.
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2013 06:57 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at July 27, 2013 06:57 PM (BQ10H)
Posted by: roseanne barr at July 27, 2013 06:57 PM (aPWAh)
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2013 10:50 PM (8lmkt)
"Raging" is not always correct, and certainly unkind in your specific case.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN says The More You Know... at July 27, 2013 06:57 PM (un8zR)
Posted by: Blacksheep at July 27, 2013 06:58 PM (bS6uW)
Posted by: Logicus at July 27, 2013 06:58 PM (xpGLI)
Posted by: t-bird at July 27, 2013 06:58 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 27, 2013 06:58 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Kalneva at July 27, 2013 06:58 PM (0sqBw)
http://www.jjcale.com/
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2013 06:59 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 27, 2013 06:59 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 27, 2013 06:59 PM (lBT6p)
Posted by: t-bird at July 27, 2013 07:00 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at July 27, 2013 07:00 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: mindful webworker, armed with teeth at July 27, 2013 07:00 PM (U13jb)
Posted by: Marcy Furtive at July 27, 2013 07:00 PM (2mSdf)
I probably won't regret it.
Posted by: TR, burned the chicken but not out of scotch at July 27, 2013 07:01 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: rickl at July 27, 2013 07:01 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at July 27, 2013 07:01 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: t-bird at July 27, 2013 07:01 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Blacksheep at July 27, 2013 07:02 PM (bS6uW)
"One More From the Road" is one of the greatest live albums ever, and made more impressive because the Skynyrd boys could pull of everything they did in the studio on stage and improvise to boot. No tricks, no sleight of hand, just flat-out ability.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN says The More You Know... at July 27, 2013 07:02 PM (un8zR)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 27, 2013 07:02 PM (lBT6p)
Posted by: Toure at July 27, 2013 07:02 PM (bKA83)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2013 07:03 PM (UWXeN)
No?
Posted by: TR
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Yup. Just chapping you when the opportunity was presented.
God knows, Vic takes a constant beating.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 27, 2013 07:03 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 27, 2013 07:04 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at July 27, 2013 07:04 PM (HVff2)
God knows, Vic takes a constant beating.
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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I've no clue of his age, but as long as he's alive, you are a youngster here.
Posted by: TR, burned the chicken but not out of scotch at July 27, 2013 07:04 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Blacksheep at July 27, 2013 07:05 PM (bS6uW)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 27, 2013 07:05 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Molly K. at July 27, 2013 07:05 PM (T4Irr)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 27, 2013 07:05 PM (Wk9TK)
http://www.jjcale.com/
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2013 10:59 PM (8lmkt)
Well, that's sad. He was truly gifted.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 27, 2013 07:06 PM (T1005)
Pretty good guess Helen, but see that big thing that looks sort of like a giant bat? That used to be an angel.
Posted by: [/i] [/s] [/u] [/b] An Observation at July 27, 2013 07:06 PM (ylhEn)
Posted by: t-bird at July 27, 2013 07:06 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at July 27, 2013 07:06 PM (V1ZIU)
Posted by: whatmeworry? at July 27, 2013 07:07 PM (Q3WfW)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 27, 2013 07:07 PM (Wk9TK)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 27, 2013 07:08 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Jones in CO at July 27, 2013 07:09 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Kalneva at July 27, 2013 07:09 PM (0sqBw)
Posted by: Molly K. at July 27, 2013 07:09 PM (T4Irr)
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2013 07:10 PM (8lmkt)
Sen. Robert Byrd at her confirmation hearings to become President Clinton's ambassador to the Vatican blew Lindy Boggs a kiss.
http://tinyurl.com/matv6pd
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 27, 2013 07:10 PM (lBT6p)
Posted by: t-bird at July 27, 2013 07:10 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at July 27, 2013 07:11 PM (V1ZIU)
Road Warrior.
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2013 07:11 PM (8lmkt)
Must be the wrong kind of windopane.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 27, 2013 07:12 PM (tg2kY)
Posted by: TR, burned the chicken but not out of scotch at July 27, 2013 07:12 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: whatmeworry? at July 27, 2013 07:12 PM (Q3WfW)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 27, 2013 07:12 PM (JMmQ9)
119 The South African Nobel peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu says he will never worship a 'homophobic God' and would rather go to hell than find himself in a 'homophobic heaven'.
So he's a practitioner of the make crap up doctrine? Lovely.
Posted by: puddleglum at July 27, 2013 07:13 PM (EuscL)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at July 27, 2013 07:13 PM (d7tB2)
Posted by: RWC at July 27, 2013 07:13 PM (8FeS+)
Posted by: Blacksheep at July 27, 2013 07:13 PM (bS6uW)
Posted by: Filner at July 27, 2013 07:13 PM (tXGg/)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2013 07:13 PM (UWXeN)
Posted by: Kentucky Kid at July 27, 2013 07:14 PM (4Vt8I)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 27, 2013 07:14 PM (JMmQ9)
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Fake bile, bought from the back of comic books.
And boogers.
Posted by: TR, burned the chicken but not out of scotch at July 27, 2013 07:14 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: whatmeworry? at July 27, 2013 07:14 PM (Q3WfW)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 27, 2013 07:14 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at July 27, 2013 07:15 PM (d7tB2)
It is the only movie I ever actually bought. Still got the dvd (is that what they're called?). My other fave is The Man Who Would Be King. I could watch that shit all day.
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2013 07:15 PM (8lmkt)
John Carpenter's The Thing.
Posted by: The Third Horseman Of The Apocalypse at July 27, 2013 07:15 PM (uLzrM)
Posted by: rufus touré firefly at July 27, 2013 07:15 PM (BQ10H)
Star Trek II : The Wrath of Khan because you have human drama, naval action, and just some general awesome sauce.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 27, 2013 07:16 PM (lBT6p)
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2013 07:16 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Blacksheep at July 27, 2013 07:17 PM (bS6uW)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 27, 2013 07:17 PM (Wk9TK)
Posted by: whatmeworry? at July 27, 2013 07:17 PM (Q3WfW)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 27, 2013 11:14 PM
Seconded. Good choice.
Posted by: otho at July 27, 2013 07:17 PM (9gNQd)
I've gone through 11 copies of that album on 8-track (remember: lawn), 8 copies on cassette, 3 on vinyl (I still have a functioning turntable, but find a needle these days...), and I think this is my second copy on CD.
Being interred here in Michigan, everyone says that Bob Seger's Live Bullet is the finest live album in all the land. Whilst it's a fine album, it's a "tour compilation", whereas Skynyrd's double-live album was recorded in one shot at the Fox Theater in Atlanta.
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 27, 2013 11:12 PM (JMmQ9)
8-track? Your recommendation about your lawn and the keeping off it have been duly noted. I was in 6th grade when CDs started crowding cassettes out of the market, and I was born at the end of the 1970s.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN says The More You Know... at July 27, 2013 07:17 PM (un8zR)
Posted by: Gropp at July 27, 2013 07:17 PM (ZtlkE)
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence at July 27, 2013 07:17 PM (Z7Gst)
Posted by: Molly K. at July 27, 2013 07:17 PM (T4Irr)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at July 27, 2013 07:18 PM (d7tB2)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 27, 2013 07:18 PM (Wk9TK)
Posted by: whatmeworry? at July 27, 2013 07:18 PM (Q3WfW)
The devil, it seems, has a sense of irony
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at July 27, 2013 07:19 PM (d7tB2)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 27, 2013 07:19 PM (lBT6p)
Posted by: The Third Horseman Of The Apocalypse at July 27, 2013 07:19 PM (uLzrM)
Posted by: Blacksheep at July 27, 2013 07:19 PM (bS6uW)
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Mr. Connery, Mr Caine, and Mr. Plummer.
What is not to like.
Posted by: TR, burned the chicken but not out of scotch at July 27, 2013 07:20 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN says The More You Know... at July 27, 2013 07:21 PM (un8zR)
Posted by: Kalneva at July 27, 2013 07:21 PM (0sqBw)
Posted by: Kentucky Kid at July 27, 2013 11:14 PM (4Vt8I)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WUeOEkl270 -- I love the look at about 0:57 -- "WTF is he playing?!?"
Posted by: cthulhu at July 27, 2013 07:21 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2013 07:22 PM (UWXeN)
What is not to like.
Posted by: TR, burned the chicken but not out of scotch at July 27, 2013 11:20 PM (4Mv1T)
I know, right? My favorite part was when they were playing polo ponies with the enemy guy's head.
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2013 07:22 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: puddleglum at July 27, 2013 07:22 PM (EuscL)
Posted by: RWC at July 27, 2013 07:22 PM (8FeS+)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 27, 2013 07:23 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Waterhouse at July 27, 2013 07:23 PM (fjHPw)
Posted by: Molly K. at July 27, 2013 11:17 PM (T4Irr)
That's one of those movies, much like "Die Hard" or "Major League" that you end up watching every time you come upon them while flipping channels.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN says The More You Know... at July 27, 2013 07:23 PM (un8zR)
Posted by: Blacksheep at July 27, 2013 07:23 PM (bS6uW)
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2013 07:24 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: CDR M at July 27, 2013 11:21 PM (dKV5k)
BIG +1 to that. Ashamed I forgot it.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN says The More You Know... at July 27, 2013 07:24 PM (un8zR)
The lawyers here can correct me on this. It was my understanding that to be charged with attempted murder a person had to shoot at someone and miss - that the correct charge for hitting but not killing someone was felony criminal assault.
Posted by: [/i] [/s] [/u] [/b] An Observation at July 27, 2013 07:24 PM (ylhEn)
Posted by: rickl at July 27, 2013 07:24 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: RWC
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I have no idea if that was true, but it made me laugh like hell.
Bravo.
Posted by: TR, burned the chicken but not out of scotch at July 27, 2013 07:24 PM (4Mv1T)
Bwahahahahahaha!!! Picks self up off the floor, chortles over to the fridge for another beer.
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2013 07:26 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 27, 2013 07:26 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: peruvia peasant at July 27, 2013 07:26 PM (BQ10H)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN says The More You Know... at July 27, 2013 07:26 PM (un8zR)
It was either that one or Once Upon A Time In The West. Same director as TGTB&TU but with Charles Bronson, Jason Robards, and Henry Fonda playing a bad guy. Probably the scariest bad guy ever.
Posted by: puddleglum at July 27, 2013 07:27 PM (EuscL)
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2013 07:27 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: CDR M at July 27, 2013 07:28 PM (dKV5k)
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Always depends on one's motivation.
Trying to get laid?
Trying to impress Horde?
Trying to impress spouse?
You see where this goes.
Posted by: TR, burned the chicken but not out of scotch at July 27, 2013 07:28 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: RWC at July 27, 2013 07:28 PM (8FeS+)
Road Warrior.
birm
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2013 07:28 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: puddleglum at July 27, 2013 07:28 PM (EuscL)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 27, 2013 07:28 PM (T1005)
Posted by: CDR M at July 27, 2013 11:28 PM (dKV5k)
Still too difficult. Where does "The Quiet Man" fit in?
Posted by: StPatrick_TN says The More You Know... at July 27, 2013 07:29 PM (un8zR)
Posted by: Thrawn at July 27, 2013 07:29 PM (KiyII)
Posted by: CDR M at July 27, 2013 07:29 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: RWC at July 27, 2013 07:30 PM (8FeS+)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at July 27, 2013 07:30 PM (d7tB2)
I've probably seen it 20 times. It never gets old.
Posted by: huerfano at July 27, 2013 07:30 PM (bAGA/)
Posted by: dwagyak at July 27, 2013 07:30 PM (GXFea)
Wish y'all would quit this crap about nuking DC. Do any of you realize how much of our history we'd lose?
Stop and think what is there.
I realize that for most it's macabre humor, but it just bugs the shit out of me.
Posted by: irongrampa at July 27, 2013 07:31 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 27, 2013 07:31 PM (lBT6p)
Posted by: TR, burned the chicken but not out of scotch at July 27, 2013 07:31 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at July 27, 2013 11:30 PM (d7tB2)
Caligula?
Posted by: StPatrick_TN says The More You Know... at July 27, 2013 07:31 PM (un8zR)
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2013 07:31 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: RWC at July 27, 2013 07:32 PM (8FeS+)
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence at July 27, 2013 07:32 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Because Fuck You. Seriously. at July 27, 2013 07:32 PM (zusBE)
Wish y'all would quit this crap about nuking DC. Do any of you realize how much of our history we'd lose?
Stop and think what is there.
I realize that for most it's macabre humor, but it just bugs the shit out of me.
Posted by: irongrampa at July 27, 2013 11:31 PM (SAMxH)
That's a very valid point. I vote for a neutron bomb. Seconds?
Posted by: StPatrick_TN says The More You Know... at July 27, 2013 07:33 PM (un8zR)
Posted by: RWC at July 27, 2013 07:33 PM (8FeS+)
Posted by: Tuna at July 27, 2013 07:33 PM (M/TDA)
Posted by: TR, burned the chicken but not out of scotch at July 27, 2013 07:33 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN says The More You Know... at July 27, 2013 11:31 PM
Was thinking the same. That or "Boogie Nights".
Posted by: otho at July 27, 2013 07:33 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 27, 2013 07:33 PM (lBT6p)
Posted by: Blacksheep at July 27, 2013 07:33 PM (bS6uW)
I would almost pay you money for that nic . . . so awesome!!!
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2013 07:33 PM (8lmkt)
Okay, how about we nuke it from orbit. Just to be sure.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at July 27, 2013 07:34 PM (d7tB2)
it is obvious to all with good hearts and hazed eyes that they are suffering lasses...
what say ye horde?
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence at July 27, 2013 07:35 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN says The More You Know... at July 27, 2013 11:33 PM (un8zR)
Or an EMP? That would wipe out all the snoopy shit they been storing up and still leave the hard copies of shit that we hope becomes relevant again at some point.
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2013 07:35 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN says The More You Know... at July 27, 2013 07:35 PM (un8zR)
Posted by: Filner at July 27, 2013 07:36 PM (tXGg/)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at July 27, 2013 07:36 PM (d7tB2)
The only way to save our history may well be the removal of those who use it as a hostage...
Not one of the bastards in one of the parties in that swamp consider the history in that city to be the supreme of the will of the SCOAMF.
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence at July 27, 2013 07:37 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at July 27, 2013 07:37 PM (d7tB2)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 27, 2013 07:37 PM (JMmQ9)
I think Ft Detrick has the secret cookie batter...
further you can blockade DC fairly easily.
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence at July 27, 2013 07:38 PM (LRFds)
I would almost pay you money for that nic . . . so awesome!!!
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2013 11:33 PM (8lmkt)
Total sock, actually. Don't know why my tag keeps changing when I'm on this computer. Maybe I should just roll with it.
Posted by: The Obsidian Owl at July 27, 2013 07:38 PM (zusBE)
Posted by: dwagyak at July 27, 2013 11:30 PM (GXFea)
The miracles of modern medicine.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 27, 2013 07:38 PM (tg2kY)
Posted by: rickl at July 27, 2013 07:38 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Molly K. at July 27, 2013 07:38 PM (T4Irr)
Posted by: t-bird at July 27, 2013 07:39 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2013 11:35 PM (8lmkt)
We're working on an improved-model Hurricane that only kills leftists. Katrina 2.0 should be much more controllable and specific than V1.0. EMPs would inconvenience those we do not wish to inconvenience.
Posted by: VRWC, as imagined by editors of FireDogLake at July 27, 2013 07:40 PM (un8zR)
Posted by: Tuna at July 27, 2013 07:40 PM (M/TDA)
oh, yeah, sidal nudity and what did he call his dog? it was hilarious!
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2013 07:40 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2013 07:41 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Tuna at July 27, 2013 11:40 PM (M/TDA)
Even I am trying to distance myself at this point. Perlman needs to stop trying to wear his ass like it's a hat.
Posted by: Hellboy at July 27, 2013 07:42 PM (zusBE)
Wish y'all would quit this crap about nuking DC. Do any of you realize how much of our history we'd lose?
Stop and think what is there.
I realize that for most it's macabre humor, but it just bugs the shit out of me.
Posted by: irongrampa at July 27, 2013 11:31 PM (SAMxH)
That's a very valid point. I vote for a neutron bomb. Seconds?
Posted by: StPatrick_TN says The More You Know... at July 27, 2013 11:33 PM (un8zR)
If we got rid of the worthless shits currently infesting Washington, we could start working on another 200+ years of amazing history, rather than living out the 1930s over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over.... Sure, there'd be serious collateral damage -- but you really wouldn't have fully done the job right if you didn't flatten the cabinet-level agencies, too.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 27, 2013 07:43 PM (T1005)
Posted by: TR, burned the chicken but not out of scotch at July 27, 2013 11:42 PM (4Mv1T)
sometimes people get an odd notion in their head and go irl. they usually come back, as long as Ace didn't call 'em a racist or anything like that.
oh, jeez, forgive me, i am fully off the fuckin' rails now.
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2013 07:43 PM (8lmkt)
"Major Stossel has been shot. Round up the usual suspects"
It's all funny movie dialog until you realize that we are the usual suspects
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 27, 2013 11:37 PM (JMmQ9)
I am forced to admit that I haven't ever seen it, which is sad considering all the dreck I have watched.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at July 27, 2013 07:43 PM (un8zR)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 27, 2013 07:43 PM (lBT6p)
The stupid condo complex behind my house had another fire this evening. This time accompanied by loud booms. Which I am assuming was a propane tank for a grill going splodey.
I feel badly for the people who lost their condos (looked like at least 3 units) but at the same time, at some point, how many fires can one condo complex have before the city says "WTF, do something about this"
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at July 27, 2013 07:43 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Blacksheep at July 27, 2013 07:43 PM (bS6uW)
Posted by: RWC at July 27, 2013 07:44 PM (8FeS+)
Posted by: rickl at July 27, 2013 07:44 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Peaches
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No more than me sweetheart. Scotch since 4PM. And this one is the last.
Posted by: TR, burned the chicken but not out of scotch at July 27, 2013 07:45 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Blacksheep at July 27, 2013 07:45 PM (bS6uW)
Posted by: CDR M at July 27, 2013 07:46 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at July 27, 2013 07:46 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 27, 2013 11:43 PM (T1005)
Cut-Jib-Newsletter, as we do around here. I'm leaving to continue my drinking, but while reading a book (or rather, an e-book - seriously, you guys, have you seen how many fantastic works of literature are now free for download? I can't keep up!)
StPTN OUT!
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at July 27, 2013 07:46 PM (un8zR)
Posted by: RWC at July 27, 2013 07:47 PM (8FeS+)
Posted by: Blacksheep at July 27, 2013 07:47 PM (bS6uW)
Posted by: TR, burned the chicken but not out of scotch at July 27, 2013 07:47 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: t-bird at July 27, 2013 07:47 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at July 27, 2013 07:48 PM (BQ10H)
Posted by: Molly K. at July 27, 2013 07:48 PM (T4Irr)
Posted by: Kentucky Kid at July 27, 2013 07:48 PM (4Vt8I)
Posted by: rickl at July 27, 2013 07:48 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: CDR M at July 27, 2013 07:49 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: Arbalest at July 27, 2013 07:49 PM (FlRtG)
Posted by: rickl at July 27, 2013 07:49 PM (sdi6R)
the Tsar Bomba could one shot DC but it has a lot of bitter beer aftertaste but a "Tsarina Bomba" of say 500 MT of non salted neutron fun....
yes it'd raise a lot of hell but it goes down like a smooth amberbock
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence at July 27, 2013 07:49 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at July 27, 2013 07:49 PM (d7tB2)
Posted by: t-bird at July 27, 2013 07:50 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Molly K. at July 27, 2013 11:48 PM (T4Irr)
Y'all have to quit makin' me fall off my chair laughing . . . several times now, I have come perilously close to spilling precious beer.
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2013 07:50 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 27, 2013 07:50 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: California Witch at July 27, 2013 07:50 PM (Xcvk0)
It is confusing to watch because the viewer is given no more information than than Jack Nicholson's character - private detective J.J. Gittes - gets - which is not much.
It is only after watching the whole thing that the movie begins to make sense; just as it does to the confused P.I..
The movie does a great job of building a sense of horror at how powerless J.J. Gittes is at stopping the stomach churning - miserable events that occur.
Polanski himself is perfectly cast in the movie as essentially a human cockroach. I consider this to be both Nicholson's and Faye Dunnaway's best acting work.
If you haven't seen this you owe it to yourself to watch it - just remember it all eventually makes sense if you pay attention.
Posted by: [/i] [/s] [/u] [/b] An Observation at July 27, 2013 07:51 PM (ylhEn)
Posted by: Tuna at July 27, 2013 07:51 PM (M/TDA)
well, it would be an awkward location for a meth lab, they never strike me as particularly energetic sorts and the condo where the fire started was on the 4th floor. But, I suppose it is possible.
Now if the house a couple blocks over explodes, definitely it will be because of that. I believe they are using a new signal to mean a fresh batch, they leave their porch light on. Amazing the sorts that crawl out of the woodwork to visit that place when the porch light is on in the day time.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at July 27, 2013 07:51 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: t-bird at July 27, 2013 07:51 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 27, 2013 07:52 PM (lBT6p)
Posted by: Waterhouse at July 27, 2013 07:53 PM (fjHPw)
Posted by: Vlad the Upholsterer at July 27, 2013 07:53 PM (bT0Px)
when Michael Caine is beating Steve Martin's feet with the crop? ah, shit, I don't know if anyone has ever filmed a funnier scene. absolute comedy perfection.
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2013 07:54 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 27, 2013 07:54 PM (lBT6p)
Posted by: CarolT at July 27, 2013 07:55 PM (z4WKX)
and yet no one has mentioned the finest movie ever made? Need I remind
you of Casablanca?
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Yeah..., a surprising absence of classical films. I kinda figured people might go with the whole package, cinematography, acting, direction, etc., rather than entertainment value or impact.
The question was originally posed on the premise that the person to whom you were recommending the film had seen few, if any films.
My standard for the *one* film would probably be Dr. Zhivago.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 27, 2013 07:55 PM (aDwsi)
When my wife and I started dating, we came back from a CU game to find her apartment building on fire. As we were milling about waiting for an update I saw an acquaintance from the E-school at the management office. I made the mistake of asking him how it was going. Not so good -- he and his buddies had thrown away some not-as-out-as-suspected coals from the BBQ which burned through their trash can and started the deck and then the building on fire.
No damage to her unit, but she was strongly advised to and did throw everything 'soft' (clothes, bedding, couches) away because the firefighting released asbestos throughout the whole building. Renters insurance would have been cool...
Posted by: Fritz (Not Fritz) at July 27, 2013 07:55 PM (U0t2o)
eh....I was watching "Cromwell" in the mood to ruminate on the precise removal of the splinter from the eye of the people.
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence at July 27, 2013 07:56 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 27, 2013 07:56 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: lou's a girl at July 27, 2013 07:57 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: RWC at July 27, 2013 07:57 PM (8FeS+)
Behind the (Mayor's)Green Door is a hit at Peruvia's Bar Mitzvahs from what I've heard y'rhunner
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence at July 27, 2013 07:57 PM (LRFds)
my crops were coming in a bit undernourished so I spread about 90 tonnes of Bieber all around my farm and my yield has seldom been better...
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence at July 27, 2013 07:59 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 27, 2013 07:59 PM (lBT6p)
Posted by: speedster1 at July 27, 2013 07:59 PM (yeM7r)
when Michael Caine is beating Steve Martin's feet with the crop? ah, shit, I don't know if anyone has ever filmed a funnier scene. absolute comedy perfection.
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2013 11:54 PM
You should check out the original from 1963, with David Niven and Marlon Brando
Posted by: otho at July 27, 2013 08:00 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: California Witch at July 27, 2013 08:01 PM (Xcvk0)
what makes us different?
We got the film without the laugh track....
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence at July 27, 2013 08:01 PM (LRFds)
" the jerk. Now that still makes me laugh.
oh, yeah, sidal nudity and what did he call his dog? it was hilarious!"
That would be a good example of a timeless AND moron worthy movie.
'Mom and Dad, I will send some extra money next week because my
girlfriend promised me a ****job'
Posted by: spc at July 27, 2013 08:01 PM (WDovF)
Posted by: RWC at July 27, 2013 08:01 PM (8FeS+)
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'Wizards' the animation thingie?
Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 27, 2013 08:01 PM (aDwsi)
"Ken, this is God"
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 27, 2013 08:02 PM (lBT6p)
Posted by: RWC at July 27, 2013 11:59 PM
Saw Wizards at the movies when it came out. Weird flick.
Posted by: otho at July 27, 2013 08:02 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Molly K. at July 27, 2013 08:04 PM (T4Irr)
Posted by: RWC at July 27, 2013 08:06 PM (8FeS+)
Posted by: CarolT at July 27, 2013 11:55 PM (z4WKX)
Be very good if you could get him down to Mass General, Carol. Prayers continue. This is going on far too long, my heart aches for you and, especially, Paul. So hard for someone to even find the will to keep fighting after what he's been through for so long. Let him know he has love comin' at him. Even if it is moron-love. {{{{{}}}}}
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2013 08:07 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Tuna at July 27, 2013 08:07 PM (M/TDA)
Posted by: RWC at July 27, 2013 08:07 PM (8FeS+)
wonder what he'll fuck up before he goes?
Posted by: navycopjoe at July 28, 2013 12:05 AM (V75zy)
if he's not careful, the fuckin' place will tip over . . .
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2013 08:08 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Enby at July 27, 2013 08:09 PM (jC3qa)
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2013 08:09 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: RWC at July 27, 2013 08:10 PM (8FeS+)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 27, 2013 08:10 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Waterhouse at July 27, 2013 08:10 PM (fjHPw)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 28, 2013 12:01 AM (aDwsi)
Yeah. Posted by: RWC
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Ah. I recall the last scene where the good wizard (name escapes me, Avatar?) pulls a pistol out of his sleeve and says "Let me show you a trick mother never taught you.." and plugs his evil brother. Geeze..., saw it once..., what ..., 35 years ago?..., and remeber that line.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 27, 2013 08:11 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: RWC at July 27, 2013 08:12 PM (8FeS+)
How 'bout It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
I'm also quite partial to The Court Jester starring Danny Kaye.
Posted by: Lewis at July 27, 2013 08:12 PM (UB1pV)
Posted by: Arbalest at July 27, 2013 08:12 PM (FlRtG)
Posted by: RWC at July 27, 2013 08:14 PM (8FeS+)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 27, 2013 08:14 PM (XIxXP)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 27, 2013 08:15 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Tuna at July 27, 2013 08:15 PM (M/TDA)
Posted by: NCwoof at July 27, 2013 08:16 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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Hold it..., there was the lissome blonde girlie that went with me to see it...
Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 27, 2013 08:16 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Sister Sestina at July 27, 2013 08:17 PM (1wI7y)
Posted by: pilot141 at July 27, 2013 08:17 PM (nPwzA)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 27, 2013 08:20 PM (aDwsi)
Love the Body Heat, Casablanca, Dr. Zhivago, suggestions.
I think Steve Martin's funniest picture was The Man with Two Brains - I loved Kathleen Turner lampooning her Body Heat character - you need to see Body Heat first though.
Posted by: [/i] [/s] [/u] [/b] An Observation at July 27, 2013 08:23 PM (ylhEn)
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 27, 2013 08:23 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Gingy at July 27, 2013 08:23 PM (aH+zP)
Posted by: mindful webworker, armed with teeth at July 27, 2013 08:25 PM (U13jb)
Posted by: RWC at July 27, 2013 08:28 PM (8FeS+)
Posted by: NCwoof at July 28, 2013 12:16 AM (aUQgu)
The originals were published, and were meant to be published -- to be known far and wide, read and understood by everyday men and women. To be sure, there are pieces of parchment in a museum in Washington....but those are mere props -- in fact, when it comes to the Declaration of Independence, the version most commonly reproduced as "the original" was actually created in 1823. http://tinyurl.com/lba49zv
Posted by: cthulhu at July 27, 2013 08:30 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Molly K. at July 27, 2013 08:31 PM (T4Irr)
Also - The Right Stuff I particularly enjoyed the real Chuck Yeager's cameo in the movie.
Posted by: [/i] [/s] [/u] [/b] An Observation at July 27, 2013 08:33 PM (ylhEn)
Posted by: mindful webworker, armed with teeth at July 28, 2013 12:25 AM (U13jb)
De nada, de nada -- 'tis another thing meant to be shared.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 27, 2013 08:33 PM (T1005)
Posted by: pilot141 at July 27, 2013 08:33 PM (nPwzA)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 27, 2013 08:35 PM (lBT6p)
Au Contraire Mon Frer...
http://tinyurl.com/lweka7x
Smokey and the Bandit II Bieber Cameo Little Enos and Big Enos Burdette Spread the Bieber
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence at July 27, 2013 08:36 PM (LRFds)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cZqRzHnI8s
Posted by: epobirs at July 28, 2013 12:29 AM (kcfmt)
I remember that I've seen Wizards, but I don't remember much from it IYKWIMAITYD.....'cept maybe for those odd ostritch-like beasties with riders who looked like they were wearing wetsuits ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wizards_poster.jpg ).
Posted by: cthulhu at July 27, 2013 08:37 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Tuna at July 27, 2013 08:38 PM (M/TDA)
Posted by: RWC at July 27, 2013 08:38 PM (8FeS+)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujQ-nMc0WGE
They killed Fritz!
Posted by: epobirs at July 27, 2013 08:42 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: RWC at July 27, 2013 08:43 PM (8FeS+)
Posted by: Tuna at July 27, 2013 08:45 PM (M/TDA)
The look of most of the stuff was heavily drawn from Vaughn Bode, who old time National Lampoon readers will remember.
Posted by: epobirs at July 27, 2013 08:49 PM (kcfmt)
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Mr. Connery, Mr Caine, and Mr. Plummer.
What is not to like.
Posted by: TR, burned the chicken but not out of scotch at July 27, 2013 11:20 PM (4Mv1T)
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Hands down favorite. Wonder if His Arrogance has seen it.
Posted by: gracepmc at July 27, 2013 08:51 PM (rznx3)
It's a euphemism for bovine waste products. The singer would have to be in his thirties to have even appeared as an embryo in a 1980 flick.
Posted by: epobirs at July 27, 2013 08:53 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Yep at July 27, 2013 08:54 PM (6sqK6)
The look of most of the stuff was heavily drawn from Vaughn Bode, who old time National Lampoon readers will remember.
Posted by: epobirs at July 28, 2013 12:49 AM (kcfmt)
Something about that period of time had me losing braincells as fast as I was filling them up. Wonder what that was....? Let's see, it came out in 1977, I didn't see a lot of first-run movies, and I started college in 1979.....
Posted by: cthulhu at July 27, 2013 08:55 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Berserker at July 27, 2013 08:56 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 27, 2013 09:00 PM (lBT6p)
15 failed attempts - Hitler was Germany's judgement.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at July 27, 2013 09:02 PM (KliKe)
Anna, how did you happen upon it? Fascinating to me to realize Special Forces preceded the more modern name.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at July 27, 2013 09:05 PM (KliKe)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 28, 2013 01:00 AM (lBT6p)
I wasn't too worried about the geopolitical aspects....I was 16 at the time, and there were approachable young ladies at college as well as a wide variety of intoxicants....
Posted by: cthulhu at July 27, 2013 09:06 PM (T1005)
Posted by: RWC at July 27, 2013 09:10 PM (8FeS+)
It's all there: power, dynasty, loyalty, revenge, treachery, ambition, cunning, tradition, mysticism, love, hate, life, death, and cannoli.
Posted by: Jones in CO at July 27, 2013 09:12 PM (8sCoq)
Nothing I see makes me think that is going to happen.
The United States of America is dead.
Posted by: cm9000 at July 27, 2013 09:13 PM (vfB2N)
Posted by: Ma Bell at July 27, 2013 09:18 PM (RLdcX)
Posted by: cm9000 at July 28, 2013 01:13 AM (vfB2N)
Nothing is over! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no! And it ain't over now!
Evening roonz and roonettez! Funny that we managed to get more comments in a shorter amount of time with OSP's suggestion/challenge.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 27, 2013 09:19 PM (yh0zB)
It's all there: power, dynasty, loyalty, revenge, treachery, ambition, cunning, tradition, mysticism, love, hate, life, death, and cannoli.
Posted by: Jones in CO at July 28, 2013 01:12 AM (8sCoq)
You know, I never watched that entire movie in one sitting. I have seen it all, just never all at once. I don't know, just seems so frigging depressing. I'm all Italian, and they just seem like fucking animals to me.
Posted by: Berserker at July 27, 2013 09:23 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 27, 2013 09:24 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: [/i] [/b] [/u] [/s] An Observation at July 27, 2013 09:25 PM (ylhEn)
Posted by: RWC at July 27, 2013 09:26 PM (8FeS+)
Posted by: An Observation at July 28, 2013 01:25 AM (ylhEn)
Hell yeah. My only complaint was that they should have kept Dina Meyer's alive, and killed off Denise Richards. By the end of the movie I was praying she would get some bug part through the forehead.
Posted by: Berserker at July 27, 2013 09:29 PM (FMbng)
It's all there: power, dynasty, loyalty, revenge, treachery, ambition, cunning, tradition, mysticism, love, hate, life, death, and cannoli.
Posted by: Jones in CO at July 28, 2013 01:12 AM (8sCoq)
Problem is, you really need all of 'em.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 27, 2013 09:30 PM (T1005)
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 27, 2013 09:32 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: An Observation at July 28, 2013 01:25 AM (ylhEn)
This was the only redeeming part of the movie.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 27, 2013 09:32 PM (yh0zB)
They view "whiteness" the same way Hitler viewed "Jewishness."
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 28, 2013 01:24 AM (Vk2pI)
Yes they are saboteurs, but what they are at war with is not "whiteness" but goodness. The Left is in perpetual war with all that is good and in favor of all that is evil.
Posted by: cm9000 at July 27, 2013 09:32 PM (vfB2N)
Posted by: cm9000 at July 28, 2013 01:13 AM (vfB2N)
**********
Actually the bold and decisive action by many can start with just a few. The link below is to a good Reuters Special Report on How The Muslim Brotherhood Lost Egypt. Notable is that current revolt that ousted Mursi was brought to a head essentially by 3 guys and then some help. Not the same but interesting.
US not dead yet.
http://tinyurl.com/pfyyx6x
Posted by: gracepmc at July 27, 2013 09:34 PM (rznx3)
Posted by: GatorGirl at July 27, 2013 09:35 PM (sIYKC)
Posted by: RWC at July 27, 2013 09:37 PM (8FeS+)
Posted by: Kentucky Kid at July 27, 2013 09:41 PM (4Vt8I)
Posted by: Cowboy at July 27, 2013 09:44 PM (m5TOl)
Starship Troopers was a horrible movie. A thousand ways to die stupidly is what I called it. Better to read the book. And if you find the bit-torrent find the six episode OVA series from Japan from 1988 by Bandai/Emotion. Just the music should be played at Gitmo.
There were about 42 separate attempts on that German madman.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 27, 2013 09:45 PM (lBT6p)
US not dead yet.
Posted by: gracepmc at July 28, 2013 01:34 AM (rznx3)
Yes this has occurred at times. Let us pray this can still pertain for our beloved country.
Posted by: cm9000 at July 27, 2013 09:48 PM (vfB2N)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at July 27, 2013 09:51 PM (yoh1c)
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 27, 2013 09:54 PM (Vk2pI)
My one movie would be The Godfather.
It's all there:
power, dynasty, loyalty, revenge, treachery, ambition, cunning,
tradition, mysticism, love, hate, life, death, and cannoli.
Posted by: Jones in CO at July 28, 2013 01:12 AM (8sCoq)
There are some tremendously good parts of the series. One is where they're all preparing for TSHTF, and the capos are preparing and serving meals.....which leads to a humorous anecdote.
I learned from my dad that you always have drinks and snacks for a crew when they're working on your stuff. When it's an all-day thing, you get some donuts or bagels in the morning, some fruit for the day, a cooler with sodas and waters....not prime rib or anything, but an unmistakable signal that they are within your realm and have your favor.
So we had this project that was redoing a patio -- remove old concrete, put in some new concrete in one section, load in a metric crapload of baserock across most of it, compact the base, sand the area, and put in pavers. Supposed to take a few days.
So the foreman shows up with his crew -- as arranged -- for day one, we have donuts and beverages. At the end of the day, he says, "see you tomorrow." They show up for day two -- we have donuts, fruit, and beverages, stuff gets done, foreman says, "see you tomorrow." Day three, they show up, have donuts and beverages, about 10 o'clock I get an irate phone call from the OWNER: "Where the fuck are my guys?"
I explain that they're working like busy-little-beavers in my backyard, just as I'd expected them to be. He says, "plan was to yank them off your job to get a start on another project." I replied, "well, they've already got a half-day in here...."
For those of you not familiar with construction, a fairly common practice is to have several teams of guys. Let's say you were doing projects that averaged 7 days long. You'd take the top 10% of your guys -- the guys that could do your 7-day projects in four days -- and put them on Day 1 for each project. Then you maybe skip a day, or put the guys who don't make the cut in for the next few days, maybe skip another day, and as deadlines approach, you then you see whether the schlubs can finish on day 7 or 8, or how pissed the homeowner is, or whether you need to yank your top guys back in to bail out the project. That way, you can have the maximum number of "active" projects going on, making you money.
Problem is when the homeowner seduces your top guys into actually finishing his 7-day job in four days by amply supplying them with goodies. By the time I ended the call with the owner, I was set up to where I just couldn't stop laughing afterward.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 27, 2013 09:54 PM (T1005)
Posted by: [/i] [/s] [/u] [/b] An Observation at July 27, 2013 09:58 PM (ylhEn)
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 28, 2013 01:24 AM (Vk2pI)
I tried to tell people that since I was in high school. No one cares.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 28, 2013 01:51 AM (yoh1c)
Some care, but not enough to make any difference at this time.
Posted by: cm9000 at July 27, 2013 09:59 PM (vfB2N)
Posted by: Kentucky Kid at July 27, 2013 10:04 PM (4Vt8I)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 27, 2013 10:06 PM (Wk9TK)
Posted by: Zakn at July 27, 2013 10:09 PM (N6437)
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 28, 2013 01:24 AM (Vk2pI)
I tried to tell people that since I was in high school. No one cares.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 28, 2013 01:51 AM (yoh1c)
People care. They just don't get the ramifications.
My godkids? Waldorf. My sister's kids -- private (don't know specific)....and she teaches in public schools. There's a Kumon next to the supermarket closest to me. Everybody knows public education is crap, and does the best they can with their own kids while thinking, "it's too much work to clear out the whole cesspool....my kids will do fine."
And not enough people think of that horrible day when they're t-boned in an intersection by a DUI illegal immigrant, everything goes to nothing, and they open their eyes to look up into the face of a public-school graduate. You need them to think logically, clearly, and quickly to figure out the right way to save your bacon.....and they didn't go to Waldorf, public school, or Kumon. And you let that shit fester because you'd gotten your own family out.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 27, 2013 10:10 PM (T1005)
Posted by: CDR M at July 27, 2013 11:49 PM (dKV5k)
ha, was thinking the same thing. nice ONT.
Posted by: rich@gmu at July 27, 2013 10:11 PM (KHiTY)
Posted by: Kentucky Kid at July 28, 2013 02:04 AM (4Vt8I)
I've always thought Clapton was vastly over-rated, this sounds like confirmation.
Posted by: cm9000 at July 27, 2013 10:12 PM (vfB2N)
Posted by: Tuna at July 27, 2013 11:51 PM (M/TDA)
...yeah, reckless driving and drunk (or high) driving can you know be bad for your health.
Posted by: rich@gmu at July 27, 2013 10:15 PM (KHiTY)
Please understand that young men - in their essence - are all about a thousand ways to die stupidly - its a miracle any of us survive long enough to grow old.
And yes, the book is a classic - it well deserved its Hugo.
Posted by: [/i] [/s] [/u] [/b] An Observation at July 27, 2013 10:18 PM (ylhEn)
Posted by: rich@gmu at July 28, 2013 02:15 AM (KHiTY)
Right, and if you don't die you might be arrested and have to give money to lawyers, which is a fate worse than than death.
Posted by: cm9000 at July 27, 2013 10:20 PM (vfB2N)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s][/u] at July 27, 2013 10:21 PM (qyfb5)
catalog, there's no doubt the music they shared cemented his "Clapton is
God" status and defined the second half of his career.
Posted by: Kentucky Kid at July 28, 2013 02:04 AM (4Vt8I)
I've always thought Clapton was vastly over-rated, this sounds like confirmation.
Posted by: cm9000 at July 28, 2013 02:12 AM (vfB2N)
Clapton's pretty damned good.....but the clip I posted earlier is "what it's all about" with him and Cale. Cale has some crappy almost-guitar (is it a Casio?); he has a hitch in his getalong when he walks; he's playing with fingers, not a pick; he's propping himself up on what looks like a barstool; and there's some business about who will take the song.....and then he goes off in this totally unexplored direction onstage to the point where Clapton's just gawking. There's an interview somewhere where Clapton had made a huge commercial success off of one of Cale's songs, and had just heard Cale play it a completely different way (and not how Cale had played it previously)....and the interviewer asks, "what do you think about the difference between your version and his?" and Clapton replies, "I hadn't known that it was supposed to sound like that."
Posted by: cthulhu at July 27, 2013 10:24 PM (T1005)
That said, I'm getting a little sick of this Sharknado business. It was stupid fun the night it aired, but I think that the hype is forced at this point. I certainly wouldn't go see it in a theater.
Posted by: Leroy LeRoy at July 27, 2013 10:25 PM (aezR7)
Posted by: epobirs at July 27, 2013 10:28 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: RWC at July 27, 2013 10:30 PM (8FeS+)
Posted by: RWC at July 27, 2013 10:31 PM (8FeS+)
Posted by: Leroy LeRoy at July 28, 2013 02:25 AM (aezR7)
I agree with you, the relentless cultural and interpersonal pressure to view and to opine on Sharknado has brought me to a state of ennui or something.
Posted by: cm9000 at July 27, 2013 10:31 PM (vfB2N)
Also there was Damnation Alley, also a better book than a movie - but given the movie, that ain't hard.
I have a strange delusion that there was another, better version of that movie starring Darren McGavin. This is, of course, wrong, and when I verify that I forget about it, and then later I start thinking "wasn't there a better version of that movie?"
Either it's a delusion or more prove that I come from an alternate universe, where old movies are better.Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s][/u] at July 27, 2013 10:40 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: [/i] [/s] [/u] [/b] An Observation at July 27, 2013 10:41 PM (ylhEn)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 28, 2013 02:10 AM (T1005)
And the "industry" is embedded in corrupt government and resists reform or abolition and gets away with all manner of feather-bedding, lies, and bribery.
Decent people honestly have too much on their minds most of the time. It's not abominable of them, it's just something indecent people can take advantage of.
Just reliving the first time I became aware there's no bottom to the rabbit hole.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile at July 28, 2013 02:21 AM (qyfb5)
I'm childless. Some might say I have no skin in the game. But I've lived through the decline of public education in California, and the thought of opening my eyes after some calamity to have some clueless stranger watch me needlessly die is something I can't readily drink away. The concept that pedagogy (degrees in "Education") is more important than subject-matter knowledge (degrees in STEM) is a pernicious lie from credential-worshiping hypocrites. The idea that kids should indebt themselves for life before they can fully understand indebtedness ("student loans") and without discharge in bankruptcy is an abomination. I could go on and on and on. It's not just bad, it's not just "pending" -- it is a growing, poison-exuding, resource-draining, mass of evil.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 27, 2013 10:41 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Leroy LeRoy at July 27, 2013 10:44 PM (aezR7)
Maybe Lone Ranger would have worked out better if they'd just titled it 'Capt. Jack Sparrow is Reincarnated As A Weird Indian in 19th Century American Southwest and Reminds All White People In The Audience They Were Born Evil, Even If None of Their Ancestors Lived in the US at the Time Of the Movie Setting.'
Posted by: epobirs at July 27, 2013 10:45 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Kentucky Kid at July 27, 2013 10:45 PM (4Vt8I)
Posted by: epobirs at July 28, 2013 02:28 AM (kcfmt)
Bakshi sneaks in a little more nuance than that -- otherwise, the confrontation scene would have ended with a "mommy-love spell" instead of a pistol. The overall theme is the conflict between "pursue the best means to further your ends" v. "spend your efforts to determine the right ends, then use means available and appropriate."
Posted by: cthulhu at July 27, 2013 10:51 PM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 28, 2013 02:41 AM (T1005)
Leftists are fond of holding this against you, especially those that "defend the right to choose."
Posted by: cm9000 at July 27, 2013 10:53 PM (vfB2N)
Posted by: Berserker at July 27, 2013 10:56 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Kentucky Kid at July 27, 2013 10:56 PM (4Vt8I)
Yes Clapton is damn good at the guitar but I've never thought that his song writing was all that great. Yes he made some great songs but to most people two of his best wasn't his. But that has been going on forever.
In the link I posted I believe Neil young was quoted saying that Hendrix and JJ was two guitarist that he loved. How much moredifferent can the styles be?
Posted by: Kentucky Kid at July 28, 2013 02:45 AM (4Vt8I)
Some day, we could debate all up one side and down the other, we could talk influences and cover versions, we could delve into melody and lyricism.....but, tonight, we mark the passing of a master. On some other day, I could chase this stuff like a greyhound chasing a stuffed rabbit -- but today.....
Posted by: cthulhu at July 27, 2013 11:01 PM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 28, 2013 02:41 AM (T1005)
Leftists are fond of holding this against you, especially those that "defend the right to choose."
Posted by: cm9000 at July 28, 2013 02:53 AM (vfB2N)
Yeah, they're really good at saying, "you didn't build that" on one hand, and "you have no skin in the game for choosing" on the other. In fact, that may be the defining characteristic -- where authority and responsibility are seen as two signs of the same coin on the right, they are totally divorced on the left. It'd be nice if we started with the same reality: "If you didn't make the choice, you cannot take the blame; if you didn't pay the freight, you cannot take the credit."
Posted by: cthulhu at July 27, 2013 11:06 PM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 28, 2013 03:01 AM (T1005)
who died??
Posted by: Berserker at July 27, 2013 11:15 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 28, 2013 03:01 AM (T1005)
who died??
Posted by: Berserker at July 28, 2013 03:15 AM (FMbng)
JJ Cale.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 27, 2013 11:17 PM (T1005)
Posted by: SFGoth at July 27, 2013 11:25 PM (Qaj1g)
And I'm thinking -- y'know, there is a certain amount of coolness to that.
So, I'm wondering if we can get enough nerds together to have a copy of "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" in every hotel room, with a brass cannon on the front cover and TANSTAAFL on the back.....
Posted by: cthulhu at July 27, 2013 11:26 PM (T1005)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 27, 2013 11:28 PM (Wk9TK)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 28, 2013 03:06 AM (T1005)
Our faces will turn blue while we wait for the Left to take accountability for their destructive works.
Posted by: cm9000 at July 27, 2013 11:29 PM (vfB2N)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 27, 2013 11:30 PM (Wk9TK)
Posted by: SFGoth at July 27, 2013 11:32 PM (Qaj1g)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 27, 2013 11:32 PM (Wk9TK)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 27, 2013 11:34 PM (Wk9TK)
Posted by: SFGoth at July 28, 2013 03:25 AM (Qaj1g)
I'm a huge fan of Gerry Rafferty....who, evidently, drank himself to death -- so there's that.
But, anyway, try https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXW-sL5gzHQ -- "you've gotta grow, you've gotta learn from your mistakes....you've got to die a little every day just tryin' to stay awake."
Posted by: cthulhu at July 27, 2013 11:34 PM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 28, 2013 03:06 AM (T1005)
Our faces will turn blue while we wait for the Left to take accountability for their destructive works.
Posted by: cm9000 at July 28, 2013 03:29 AM (vfB2N)
Mine won't -- I intend to be elsewhere.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 27, 2013 11:35 PM (T1005)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 27, 2013 11:37 PM (Wk9TK)
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 27, 2013 11:38 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 27, 2013 11:43 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 27, 2013 11:46 PM (Wk9TK)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 27, 2013 11:48 PM (Wk9TK)
Posted by: SFGoth at July 27, 2013 11:50 PM (Qaj1g)
And here I thought they were dead because they were far more committed to drugs than anything else.
Posted by: Cameron at July 27, 2013 11:53 PM (g63Ex)
Posted by: Tom In Korea at July 28, 2013 12:09 AM (oJkTX)
Posted by: SFGoth at July 28, 2013 03:50 AM (Qaj1g)
Dive into https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2BavhwpIJg -- or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGB59HuKu-I
Posted by: cthulhu at July 28, 2013 12:10 AM (T1005)
This is an English country dance duet performing "Bonny at Morn". I learned to play it yesterday and am halfway through writing lyrics. (It's in AABB format but I'm playing it AAB with B being the chorus.) I wrote the lyrics to track the feel of the flute, obviously to be sung by a soprano. It's a haunting piece.
Posted by: SFGoth at July 28, 2013 12:18 AM (Qaj1g)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 28, 2013 12:20 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 28, 2013 12:22 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 28, 2013 04:20 AM (yh0zB)
If it was anything like my years in college, it was mostly "oh, my, isn't she a trim little bit." Consideration of long-term career prospects was decidedly secondary.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 28, 2013 12:48 AM (T1005)
Posted by: SFGoth at July 28, 2013 12:59 AM (Qaj1g)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 28, 2013 04:20 AM (yh0zB)
homework this morning? but what the hell you've probably gone to bed.
Posted by: rich@gmu at July 28, 2013 02:02 AM (KHiTY)
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Posted by: The littl shyning man at July 28, 2013 06:58 AM (ndp2I)
who knew that social media would be so useful in kinetic unfriending?
Posted by: rich@gmu at July 28, 2013 03:03 AM (KHiTY)
from the times...
*****Mr. Obama said the countryÂ’s struggle over race would not be eased until the political process in Washington began addressing the fear of many people that financial stability is unattainable.
“Racial tensions won’t get better; they may get worse, because people will feel as if they’ve got to compete with some other group to get scraps from a shrinking pot,”*****
*****Without a shift in Washington to encourage growth over “damaging” austerity, he added, not only would the middle class shrink, but in turn, contentious issues like trade, climate change and immigration could become harder to address.****
sigh...
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Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at July 27, 2013 06:00 PM (HVff2)