tmdiva
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2003 5:40 pm Post subject: AI Addendum
I forgot to mention that I think the reason the judges were so complimentary of Julia DeMato is that she seems to have lost about 15 lbs since her semifinal round. Much less back fat/love handles, it seemed to me.
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Not_Bob
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2003 5:42 pm Post subject: Re: IRONY?
notcasesensitive wrote:
PLF might not call it irony, but I was sent an "ironic" link today with a picture of a couple of demonstrators holding a "Lesbians Against Bush" sign.
NTTAWWT. Just seems like it would hamper the old sex life.
n(plannign to catch Sorority Life and Frat Life tonight...)cs
Perhaps the demonstrators prefer the Brazillian look. Would that make them some variety of lipstick lesbians? I may be speculating, but I'm guessing (based upon their other fashion and personal grooming choices) that most of the lesbians I saw at the recent Indigo Girls concert were, um, pro-bush.
And, apropos of nothing, I apologize to Mango Lassi for piling on.
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MangoLassi
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2003 5:46 pm Post subject: Re: IRONY?
Not_Bob wrote:
And, apropos of nothing, I apologize to Mango Lassi for piling on.
Not a problem--I saw it as civilized discourse.
And, to answer Thurgreed, I will practice my quoting/formatting skills. (Also, what *is* an assjack?)
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Tyrone_Slothrop
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2003 5:49 pm Post subject: CD settlement
If you made a claim in the CD price-fixing class action, you're going to receive $12.60.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...549EST0196.DTL
Thanks to Penske for posting the link to make a claim on the FB.
[edited because it was Penske]
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robustpuppy
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2003 9:46 pm Post subject: Re: Misunderstanding
Quote:
"str8_outa_covina
This (and other Mango postings) screams of Lady Val. Sock Alert!! Sock Alert!! How many teddy bears live on your bed, Mango? Hint: writing that you're not capable of painlessly following all conversations is an admission (and in California, a statement against interest), and therefore admissible. Nevertheless, I'll try to type slowly so that you can keep up.
str(bring on Piston Hurricane)8
Str8, you couldn't be more off base. Mango's postings scream "Lady Val" about as loudly as Thurgreed's posts scream "Penske." Lady Val, whether real or sock puppet, was a simpering, sycophantic tw*t (choose your vowel) whose vocabulary and writing style suggested that "Are You There God, It's Me Margaret?" was sitting unfinished on her nightstand, beside the bubble yum wrappers and condoms pilfered from her brother's bureau. Her attempts to communicate with the FB denizens were pathetically adolescent in a junior high school cafeteria kind of way, in that she attempted to win over the people that she thought were part of the "cool" crowd by telling "wild" stories of toe debauchery and seeking their sage advice about her profound ethical quandary. And the finest riposte she could muster when rightfully and righteously flamed was some version of "Oh yeah, at least I have a boyfriend, beeyotch."
And I write all this firmly believing that Lady Val was a sock. A brilliant sock.
Nothing about Mango's posts suggests that she was Lady Val. Her posts are declarative, confident, and slightly snarky. She has opinions of her own, and she knows a little somethin' somethin' about fashion.
Plus, would PLF crave Lady Val?
But this brings me to an interesting thought. The hallmark of Lady Val was that she had no sense of irony. PLF loves irony. Was PLF Lady Val? Is he also Mango? If so, that would be brilliant. Narcissistic and twisted, but brilliant.
But what the fuck do I know? I'm almost as bad as sock busting as you are, Str8.
RP
P.S. I only edited because the quotes were messed up. I am not OCD. I am not OCD ...
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Penske_Account
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2003 9:50 pm Post subject: Re: CD settlement
Tyrone_Slothrop wrote:
If you made a claim in the CD price-fixing class action, you're going to receive $12.60.
Thanks to Penske, or Bilmore, or whoever it was that posted the link to make a claim on the FB.
You are welcome. Email me and I'll give you my P.O. Box to send the money order for $2.52 (my commission).
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MangoLassi
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2003 10:05 pm Post subject: A Nice Glass of Wine . . .
robustpuppy wrote:
Nothing about Mango's posts suggest that she was Lady Val. Her posts are declarative, confident, and slightly snarky. She has opinions of her own, and she knows a little somethin' somethin' about fashion.
Plus, would PLF crave Lady Val?
But this brings me to an interesting thought. The hallmark of Lady Val was that she had no sense of irony. PLF loves irony. Was PLF Lady Val? Is he also Mango? If so, that would be brilliant. Narcissistic and twisted, but brilliant.
Having spent the morning being bashed (not that I didn't deserve a bit o' cuffing), RP's kind words were even more welcome than the friendly glass I'm going to pour myself as soon as I get home. In fact, my bitchslappin' was a small price to pay for RP's tribute.
Being craved by PLF may be a fine thing, too, although we're not acquainted . . . PLF, I aim to please. (And to be Karen Walker.)
[edited to fix a tag--DT]
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coup_d'skek
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Location: magic blingdom
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 12:01 am Post subject: Books for the depressed
barely_legal wrote:
I read I Know This Much is True right after the bar exam. I loved it, but I would never recommend it to someone who is even mildly depressed because it's the most depressing thing I've ever read.
I can tell from the title I'd never recommend that book to anyone.
Recs for the depressed:
Schopenhauer
Epictetus
Aurelius
the Budo Shoshinshu
Thom Jones
Denis Johnson
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coup_d'skek
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Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 12:05 am Post subject: Helmets only encourage the grommets
MangoLassi wrote:
I've always thought helmets should be mandatory in professional cycling.
But not amateur skiing, snowboarding, blading, or skating, it encourages the grommits to try even crazier stunts than otherwise.
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coup_d'skek
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Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 12:18 am Post subject: X2: Lady Deathstrike, Logan et al.
Kelly Hu looks as in character as Hugh Jackman did. Stil I don't go for her pimping her role as Lady Deathstrike by buying ads on other sites.
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MangoLassi
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Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 12:23 am Post subject: Re: Helmets only encourage the grommets
MangoLassi wrote:
I've always thought helmets should be mandatory in professional cycling.
coupdskek wrote:
But not amateur skiing, snowboarding, blading, or skating, it encourages the grommits to try even crazier stunts than otherwise.
Speaking as one recovering from a (stupid) (amateur) road cycling head injury, I beg to differ re the wisdom of helmets. The kooks will try insane stunts regardless. Remember, they're all 18-25-year-old guys on beer & testosterone speedballs with whom the concept of death has never registered.
You will never again find me without a helmet when cycling, skiing or snowboarding. Looking breezy isn't worth the months of vomiting and depression I've just got over, let alone the far worse fate I miraculously avoided.
[edited to fix the quote codes -- Not_Bob]
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robustpuppy
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Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 12:33 am Post subject: Thurgreed's Rules of English Usage
ThurgreedMarshall wrote:
If you are arguing that my sentence implied that I was referring to the full spectrum and thus didn't need the word, "full," I wouldn't argue with you.
You’d find a way.
Quote:
"Very memorable" sounds stupid.
Do you read the posts aloud to yourself?
Quote:
Do you remember it? Yes. I remember it a lot.
A more apt translation would be "I remember it well."
Quote:
Can something have a bigger impact on your memory than other things? Yez.
You contradict yourself, grasshopper. In your earlier post, you compared (inaptly) memorable to unique and perfect, saying that like the latter two words, it ought not be modified. But here you admit that there is a continuum (dare I say a spectrum?) of memorableness. That is why “more” is an acceptable modifier. “Very” is equally acceptable. Like more, it indicates a greater degree. Dtb did not say “more memorable” because she was not comparing that book to another memorable book. By writing “very memorable,” she effectively conveyed that the book had a bigger impact on her memory than other non-memorable and merely memorable books.
Compare: Slave has a very purple sweater. Slave’s sweater is more purple than his chest. (It made more sense when I used “fuzzy” instead of “purple,” but one doesn’t say more fuzzy, one says fuzzier, so I changed it.)
Quote:
Now, to move on to the bigger issue here. You are pointing out my inconsistencies. I have rules and try to impose them on others but am myself, deeply flawed.
There’s a bigger issue here? I was just playing usage queen to your diction jester. I wasn’t delving into your psyche, Mr. It’s All About Me. Did your therapist cut your session off early this week? But while we’re on the topic, I will note that you've got yourself a convenient little set up with that “I fully admit to being flawed" shtick. You can just trot it out whenever anybody turns your criticism around on you, and spare yourself the trouble of worrying about any inconsistencies worth addressing (not all of them are, of course). Oh, and the ego. You're not just flawed. You're deeply flawed.
Now I'm just being snarky. I’ll admit I work that shtick myself. Deeply flawed looks good on me, and my habit of readily admitting to my own full spectrum of flaws is so charming it could break your heart. So when I'm critical, people understand. Especially the jokers on the train who think that it's OK to stand in front of the doors as long as they suck their guts in when people try to board or disembark, or the idiots who stand on the left of the escalator. When I give them a dirty look, or bark "please move to the right" they don't think I'm a bitch, because they know that I'm much harder on myself than I am on them.
And the gut sucking guys in the doorways? They're thinking that I have a nice rack and a perfect waist/hip ratio.
Quote:
I do not bitch and moan about every single grammatical error.
Well, there are only so many hours in the day, and you've got so much bitching and moaning to do about other things. And then there's that pesky lawyering that has to get done, and so many breasts to think about, and a man's gotta sleep, too.
So with that, my puppies and I bid you goodnight. I mean the actual canine puppies, not the happy orbs I carry around in my shirt. Those puppies think you're too judgmental, despite your deeply sexy flaws.
R (insomniac whose SO is out of town) P
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coup_d'skek
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Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 12:36 am Post subject: Re: Helmets only encourage the grommets
MangoLassi wrote:
The kooks will try insane stunts regardless. Remember, they're all 18-25-year-old guys on beer & testosterone speedballs with whom the concept of death has never registered.
Speak for yourself. It's the sub 16 year olds you should be afraid of. Watch for flying objects when walking by sidewalks below 12+ step flights of stairs. Helmets seem popular with the most crazed.
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EvenOdds
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Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 12:39 am Post subject: Random Musings
Random thoughts while watching tv, I mean working.
Da Ali G Show: It was off the hook this week. The fashion stuff was brilliant. (Hate to admit it, but Thurgreed was right in his praise.)
American Idol: A little surprised by who was eliminated, but not surprised by the bottom 3. She was too much in the middle to get much notice. Kim L is on the block though if she doesn't step up.
Nike basketball ad featuring the guards: I love this ad and I cannot get the stupid song out of my head. According to the SO, I "sing" it when I am doing stuff.
Penske, the commission is mine. I posted it on the infirm FB, so stop trying to take credit for what I do (all the time).
Even(oh, and it looks like we're not moving.)Odds
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coup_d'skek
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Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 12:39 am Post subject: Re: Thurgreed's Rules of English Usage
robustpuppy wrote:
I was just playing usage queen to your diction jester.
Nice line.
robustpuppy wrote:
Well, there are only so many hours in the day
And you claim to be an insomniac.
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Leagleaze
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Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 12:42 am Post subject:
You know, TM, I was concerned. Concerned about whether you would find a new sparring partner, though admittedly our sparring was rare. I see now my concern was unwarranted.
What a relief
I will note however that I was not very concerned.
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Tyrone_Slothrop
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Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 12:43 am Post subject: Re: CD settlement
Penske_Account wrote:
Tyrone_Slothrop wrote:
If you made a claim in the CD price-fixing class action, you're going to receive $12.60.
Thanks to Penske, or Bilmore, or whoever it was that posted the link to make a claim on the FB.
You are welcome. Email me and I'll give you my P.O. Box to send the money order for $2.52 (my commission).
My plan was to buy another disk and let you listen to it. You can either come to SF, or give me a call and I'll hold the phone next to the stereo. No collect calls, please.
Same offer goes for you, EO.
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MangoLassi
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Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 12:43 am Post subject: Re: Helmets only encourage the grommets
coupdskek wrote:
MangoLassi wrote:
The kooks will try insane stunts regardless. Remember, they're all 18-25-year-old guys on beer & testosterone speedballs with whom the concept of death has never registered.
Speak for yourself.
Yep, speaking for myself, that's pretty much my policy. Here, for example, I'm neither (1) male, (2) sub-25 y.o., nor (3) on a testosterone spike. (You'll notice I'm conspicuously silent re beer.)
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Tyrone_Slothrop
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Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 12:56 am Post subject:
Quote:
RP: Especially the jokers on the train who think that it's OK to stand in front of the doors as long as they suck their guts in when people try to board or disembark.
Hey, if you want to give me your seat, stand where you want, but otherwise I'm going to lean against the partition so I can read my book. So pipe down.
Quote:
RP: And the gut sucking guys in the doorways? They're thinking that I have a nice rack and a perfect waist/hip ratio.
That was you?
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tmdiva
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Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 1:10 am Post subject: Bye bye Vanessa
Well, Vanessa was robbed, but only by a couple of weeks. She definitely wasn't going to be in the top five in any case.
I'm just really really bummed that I'm going to have to hear Julia DeMato (not to mention Charles Grigsby and Corey Clark) again. Bleah.
tm
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str8_outa_covina
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Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 1:17 am Post subject:
That's what the mute button is for tmdiva, or (gasp) seeing what's on other channels.
I'm shocked and stunned, but only in the sense that my prediction was wrong (i.e. it wasn't Charles or Julia), and I agree with tmdiva that she was no way no how a top 5er. . But there's 10 more of these weeks, which draws it out into May sweeps. Will we stay with it? Fox has won 6 rating weeks in a row, btw.
Speaking of great TV moments and my former home state, did anyone see Sports Center last night where Jim Calhoun absolutely went off on an (off-screen) young female reporter, because she was asking questions that were inappropriate for her age and gender. She asked what he was going to do to prepare the team for the NCAAs after the 'Nova loss, and he said something to the effect of (and not in a nice way): "You know, you ask a lot of those kinda questions. You're too young to be asking those kinda (bleeping) questions. These older guys, they can ask those questions."
To the young lady's eternal credit, she didn't back down and kept at him to give her an answer. It was really a remarkable exchange involving one of the foremost leaders in all of women's sports.
str(go you Huskies)8
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Tyrone_Slothrop
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Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 1:29 am Post subject:
Do you mean Geno Auriemma?
Calhoun is the coach of the men's team.
[edited 'cause I can't spell]
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EvenOdds
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Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 1:55 am Post subject:
str8_outa_covina wrote:
Speaking of great TV moments and my former home state, did anyone see Sports Center last night where Jim Calhoun absolutely went off on an (off-screen) young female reporter, because she was asking questions that were inappropriate for her age and gender. She asked what he was going to do to prepare the team for the NCAAs after the 'Nova loss, and he said something to the effect of (and not in a nice way): "You know, you ask a lot of those kinda questions. You're too young to be asking those kinda (bleeping) questions. These older guys, they can ask those questions."
To the young lady's eternal credit, she didn't back down and kept at him to give her an answer. It was really a remarkable exchange involving one of the foremost leaders in all of women's sports.
Of course, I saw it.
That was awesome -- and I thought he handled himself well in the face of some really stupid questions, like how can they recover from their first loss in 70 games in time for the tournament and how will the freshmen who have never lost respond.
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Jack_Manfred
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Location: Los Angeles
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 3:35 am Post subject:
sebastian_dangerfield wrote:
The Clash lacked the balls of real punk .... The Clash was punk for the radio - smarter, enlightened "thinking man's" rebellion..... The Clash was for American white kids who didn't even know what the hell they were singing about...
SD is talking out of his ass here. Until "Rock the Casbah," The Clash had a helluva time getting radio play. CBS wouldn't even release The Clash in the U.S. because it was certain that it wouldn't get radio airplay. That's the reason that the album became the best selling import of all time. Granted, Sandanista may be a sprawling mess, and Combat Rock is garbage, but the Clash (1) deserve to be in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, (2) made some great records, and (3) inspired a lot of the bands you love.
Lost in all of the Sex Pistols v. The Clash discussion has been any credit given to The Jam or The Buzzcocks.... and that's just plain wrong. This Is The Modern World and Singles Going Steady still stand the test of time. They're every bit as influential as The Sex Pistols and the songs are good.
Onto other topics... I like both the "Personal Jesus" and the "Hurt" covers that Johnny Cash did. The video for "Hurt" is actually moving. It's got a lot of clips of Cash from back in the day, and to see them intercut with (a) a lot of Christ imagery and (b) footage of a feeble Cash really works.
Warren Zevon is dying of inoperable lung cancer. It's a shame. He did a great set on Letterman late lasy year. Zevon has a good attitude about his mortality, which is all you can hope for, I suppose.
In a related story, George Miller, the comic and Letterman fixture, died recently at 61 after a battle with leukemia.
paigow_princess wrote:
Morrissey sucks. Elvis Costello sucks.
Paigow you ignorant slut. The Smiths were a great band. They were the great British band of the 80's. What's interesting now is that Morrissey's biggest fans aren't pale Brits or Goths...they're Mexicans. Morrissey had a huge show with Los Jaguares in Los Angeles last year. Weird, huh?
Elvis Costello recorded My Aim Is True, This Year's Model, and Armed Forces in the span of about 18 months. That's one of the most amazing bursts of creativity in modern music. It's patently unfair to blame Elvis Costello for wanky British new wave bands like Kajagoogoo.
Oh, and thanks to Leagl, Slave, and MR for bringing the board back.
Jack Manfred
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Pretty_Little_Flower
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Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 9:36 am Post subject: Re: A Nice Glass of Wine . . .
MangoLassi wrote:
robustpuppy wrote:
The hallmark of Lady Val was that she had no sense of irony. PLF loves irony. Was PLF Lady Val? Is he also Mango? If so, that would be brilliant. Narcissistic and twisted, but brilliant.
Being craved by PLF may be a fine thing, too, although we're not acquainted . . . PLF, I aim to please. (And to be Karen Walker.)
[edited to fix a tag--DT]
Puppy, you have hit the nail on the head with your twisted but brilliant narcissist theory. I am all of those things. Your socking speculation, however, is unfounded. My feet are bare.
Mango Lassi, I still crave you, your little spat with Thurgreed notwithstanding. That you aim to please is admirable. A necessary (if not sufficient) trait. Continue to wear your bike helmet. I got over the whole "not wearing my helmet today" thing when I was mountain biking and found my friend lying in the trail with an unseemly amount of blood pouring down his face. Fortunately, dirt is a little more forgiving than asphalt. He was fine (except for the scalp stitches, dislocated shoulder, cracked ribs, and messed up back). When we got to the hospital, the doctor said: "You were riding without a helmet, huh? Bikers who ride without helmets are some of our best organ donors."
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Pretty_Little_Flower
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Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 9:49 am Post subject: Cure? No. Smiths? No. "Joy" Division. Now tha
Jack_Manfred wrote:
SD is talking out of his ass here.
* * * * *
Paigow you ignorant slut. The Smiths were a great band. They were the great British band of the 80's. What's interesting now is that Morrissey's biggest fans aren't pale Brits or Goths...they're Mexicans. Morrissey had a huge show with Los Jaguares in Los Angeles last year. Weird, huh?
SD may or may not be talking out his ass, but the thread started with SD querying why it is such blasphemy to admit that you don't think the Clash are the greatest fucking band in the whole fucking world. He was goaded into more vitriolic skewering, but I think his original pont is a good one. The Clash were good songwriters, a lot of what they did was ahead of their time, but they were never my cup of tea. And, whether you think the Sex Pistols were brilliant revolutionaries or Malcom McLaren's junkie clown puppets, I have never heard a Clash song that has the same visceral impact of any of the better five or six songs on Never Mind The Bollocks.
I will not weigh in on the Morrissey/Elvis Costello debate other than to say:
1. I agree with Paigow.
2. The Mexican Morrissey cult is weird weird weird. I read that article in Spin about it.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalison . . . " Oh, Jesus, take me now.
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bold_n_brazen
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Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 10:12 am Post subject: All American Girl
Did anybody watch All American Girl last night? Mr. Brazen was taking a flying lesson and I got sucked into this show after AI.
But I still can't figure out the point....
Bn'B
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Not_Bob
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Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 10:40 am Post subject: The angels wanna wear my red shoes
Pretty_Little_Flower wrote:
I will not weigh in on the Morrissey/Elvis Costello debate other than to say:
1. I agree with Paigow.
2. The Mexican Morrissey cult is weird weird weird. I read that article in Spin about it.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalison . . . " Oh, Jesus, take me now.
There's a fun little teen movie called "Get Over It" that has been all over cable the last few weeks. In the audition scene, the Eurotrash bad guy completes his theft of our hero's girl by singing "Alison" to her. (Her name is Alison, natch.) Each of the 458 times I have seen that scene while channel surfing, I think of PLF.
I do not understand the Flower's disdain for Elvis. Maybe one can hear "Alison" too often. Heck, when playing "Born to Run," I skip the title track (and repeat "Thunder Road," but that's a different story). But "Watching the Detectives"? "What's So Funny Bout Peace Love and Understanding"? "Every Day I Write the Book"?
Jesus, Flower, what did you listen to in 1983? Asia?
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greatwhitenorthchick
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Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 10:57 am Post subject: Gift Ideas for One-Year old
What does one get the one-year old that has everything? I've already knitted him two sweaters in his short life, so am not going to give him another one yet. This kid is drowning in toys, so I don't really want to get him another one. He loves the three stooges, so I was thinking of getting him a video of that, but he is already laughing too much at other's misfortune (like when he burst out laughing at the kid in his playgroup who slipped and fell), so I think his mom would be annoyed at me for encouraging that behavior (and his mom is one of my best friends). I'm kind of stumped. His birthday is two Saturdays from now. Maybe I should get something for the parents? A contribution to a 529 plan? Should I ask the lawyers with kids board? Any ideas would be much appreciated.
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ThurgreedMarshall
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Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 11:05 am Post subject: Robust Puppy's brilliance
robustpuppy wrote:
Lapdog: [Blah, blah, blah - dtb was right and you were wrong about "very memorable". Here's why: blah, blah, blah. Why am I so consumed with this point that I would draft a ten page post about it after midnight? Your guess is as good as mine. I'm sure you have some ideas.]
I will note that you've got yourself a convenient little set up with that “I fully admit to being flawed" shtick. You can just trot it out whenever anybody turns your criticism around on you, and spare yourself the trouble of worrying about any inconsistencies worth addressing (not all of them are, of course). Oh, and the ego. You're not just flawed. You're deeply flawed.
This part of your post was brilliant. It's one of those I'll damn him if he does, damn him if he doesn't responses. Clearly I'm not an authority on anything. But I express my opinions on many things. If I act like I'm an expert on all things and am walking perfection, I have a huge ego. If I admit that I'm full of shit (which most posters already know, you colossal twit), then I have a huge ego.
But you know what? I couldn't care less if you think I have a huge ego, you've already made it all about me by taking so much time posting about me when you should be drinking, fucking, sleeping eating or otherwise living what surely amounts to an empty life. Don't give me that "I'm an insomniac whose SO is out of town, so I figured I would post about some stupid little issue that everyone besides me has read and moved past." If I went home and spent my nights in front of the computer then I could criticize everything. You're right. But I have things to do.
Dtb's (who I mess with often on this board and by email and at lunch) "very memorable" hurt my ears. In the context in which it was used, it sounded horrible. My opinion? No shit. I used it as an example to point out a trend of modifying words that shouldn't be modified. It may have been grammatically correct and I conceded that point on this board and to her when she sent me the email she always sends when I'm being me. That doesn't change the fact that I didn't like it.
So. What's up your tight little asshole? Well, I think you need more attention than me. The funny thing is, you want it from me. (Uh, oh. All about me again?)
ThurgreedMarshall
