A Friendly Correction for those Man-Haters who Delve to be Single

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Pro-Tip: If I give you a list of people who could do X for you, and tell you one is someone I've worked with extensively and trust to do a good job but the other is likely cheaper, pick the one I trust to do a good job.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

I am having trouble believing that you believe what you're saying. Are you intentionally trying to avoid saying that the effect The Godfather had was to glorify the mafia and criminal behavior? Because I'm fairly certain that you know that it did, as did Scarface, Goodfellas, The King of New York, etc. All of these movies show the deleterious effects of criminal activity. All of these movies glorify gangsters and crime.

TM

Except New jack City. Everyone wanted Nino Brown to die. As Scotty says: "I wanna shoot you so bad, my dick's hard!"

[Sidd Finch]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

Pro-Tip: If I give you a list of people who could do X for you, and tell you one is someone I've worked with extensively and trust to do a good job but the other is likely cheaper, pick the one I trust to do a good job.

Well, thanks for trying to send me some work, anyway.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

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TM

[taxwonk]

Originally Posted by Sidd Finch

If it's done with a strap-on, it's not really an "examination."

That reminds me, how is Velvet?

[taxwonk]

Originally Posted by Sidd Finch

...if I ever read the books, ....

Book. One singular sensation.

[Sidd Finch]

Originally Posted by taxwonk

Book. One singular sensation.

Are his other mafia-related books -- The Last Don, for example -- set in different worlds with different characters than The Godfather? I didn't realize.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Sidd Finch

Well, thanks for trying to send me some work, anyway.

Your loss is Hank's gain.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Sidd Finch

Are his other mafia-related books -- The Last Don, for example -- set in different worlds with different characters than The Godfather? I didn't realize.

He did write at least one sequel, but it was not part of the movies. The Godfather is an interesting read (although pure pulp) to "see" the scenes likely left out, but sort of explaining some things that were in- Sonny's gooma as an example

[taxwonk]

Originally Posted by Sidd Finch

Are his other mafia-related books -- The Last Don, for example -- set in different worlds with different characters than The Godfather? I didn't realize.

Yes. There was a "prequel" published in 2012, thirteen years after the writer's death. That was written by a different author, though, someone named Ed Falco. It purports to be based on a screenplay written but never published by Puzo during his lifetime. I'm inclined to think that if Puzo couldn't (or wouldn't) get it published, there was probably a good reason.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

I am having trouble believing that you believe what you're saying. Are you intentionally trying to avoid saying that the effect The Godfather had was to glorify the mafia and criminal behavior? Because I'm fairly certain that you know that it did, as did Scarface, Goodfellas, The King of New York, etc. All of these movies show the deleterious effects of criminal activity. All of these movies glorify gangsters and crime.

I agree it has that effect on some viewers, but if I worried too much about that, it would kill my enjoyment of movies and all art. The Catcher in the Rye had the effect of millions of idiots thinking Salinger thought Caulfield was a hero, and it’s probably the most popular book on death row. We don’t need to let the world be run by people who think Lolita "glorified" pedophilia.

[tmdiva]

Soooooo. Coffee with Carrie Brownstein is an item in my kids' school auction. How much should I bid?

tm

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally Posted by tmdiva

Soooooo. Coffee with Carrie Brownstein is an item in my kids' school auction. How much should I bid?

A million billion dollars.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

Coach K has gone out in two of the last three tourneys in the first round to a fifteen seed and a fourteen seed with blue chip talent second only to Kentucky. Yes, they won in 2010 (in the easiest walk to a championship game maybe in the history or basketball), but I think him going into Mercer's locker room was a way for him to flip a huge, glaring negative into a positive for him. He changed the story from losing to fucking Mercer to how humble and what a gentleman he is. It's bullshit.

(I assume I do not need to disclose the fact that I fucking despise Coach K and revel in his first round losses.)

TM

Not sure if I have said this before, but in case not:

A long time ago, before Coach K became "Coach K" and Duke became what it is now, Coach K was exceptionally decent to me at some inconvenience to him, something probably no one else noticed or cared about. Since then, I have seen him say and do things I disagree with, and suspect that his position could have the same corrosive effect on his soul that Article III has on that of many federal judges, but he still gets the benefit of the doubt from me.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally Posted by tmdiva

Soooooo. Coffee with Carrie Brownstein is an item in my kids' school auction. How much should I bid?

tm

Whatever amount you would otherwise donate to the school.