and I went to see Troy with and her husband … outside of some really pleasing nakedness by the male cast members there was just a tons of suckiness. 1. “inspired by the illiad” – should really be – we liked the names of the characters and locations and then wrote a new movie with them in it. 2. Eric Bana – he was bad in the hulk and while he did manage at least one expression in this movie – he is still mostly a sort of decorative block of wood 3. Paris – I mean I knew he [...]
May 302004
I am sure it won’t be the first time some of you have seen these … and some of them are certainly more true than others …. Things You May Have to Believe to be a Republican 1. Being a drug addict is a moral failing and a crime, unless you’re a conservative radio host. Then it’s an illness and you need our prayers for your recovery. 2. The United States should get out of the United Nations, and our highest national priority is enforcing U.N. resolutions against Iraq. 3. Government should relax regulation of Big Business and Big Money [...]
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May 132004
I am listening to “I Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound: The Best of Tom Paxton” this morning – and it is amazing to me how many of these songs – basically the best of his early years – are so damn applicable today … 1. I Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound What Did You Learn in School Today What did you learn in school today, Dear little boy of mine? What did you learn in school today, Dear little boy of mine? I learned that Washington never told a lie. I learned that soldiers seldom die. [...]
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Feb 132004
reprinted without permission http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2004/02/13/notes021304.DTL&nl=fix Oh my God but we are one terrified nation. Fear is in. Fear is the new black. Spritz it on your face and neck, walk around the world all quivering and tremulous, waiting to be crushed by some dark massive throbbing wall of evil at any moment. Fear is everywhere. Classrooms, water coolers, truck commercials. Fear is our government’s raison d’etre, the calling card of the GOP. It will be the prime motivator in this year’s presidential election, as Karl Rove will command that Dubya beat the drum of fear loud and hard and nonstop, smirking [...]
Meme: BBC 200 Books list
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Jan 232004
Gakked from I’ve read the bolded ones … 1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien 2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen 3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman 4. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams 5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling 6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee 7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne 8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell 9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis 10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë 11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller 12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë 13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks 14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier 15. The [...]
