Speaking of Christmas
 

Originally posted by Skeks in the city

Anything for you nutcase. The effect is better with a poster, when you're walking by:

http://images.rottentomatoes.com/ima...1951_thumb.jpg

Coals to Newcastle and all that....
 

Concur.

Apostrophe, asterisk, whatever. You try typing coherently after umpteen hours of discovery review.

Da (distracted by the sex talk) ve

ETA: BTW, is there a Paigow of the Day?

Not so jaded
 

This is paraphrased from Franken's book, right? In the chapter on Barbara and how he gets it from her?

AI
 

Totally different show than last week. One amazing performance, one sucky one, 3 so-so ones and 3 decent ones.

The last contestant, Latoya, made me wish I had taped the show so I could listen to her again. I'll have to tape tomorrow. She was impressive from the first notes. It is much more difficult to sing softly but with intensity than to sing loudly and she nailed it. I even called in to vote for her. She is my favorite from the first 3 weeks.

The big Hawaiian guy gave the only sucky performance and I thought the judges were kind to him. The other two guys and the North Carolina girl gave so-so performances. They sounded nice but nothing special. My guess is that the second person to advance will be either Amy (pink hair; Simon thought she sounded like a cabaret singer), Elizabeth (the first one; good stage presence) or Leah (the 17 yr old whose parents were Romanian pop stars). Leah had some pitch problems but the judges liked her and Simon said she had potential.

New York sports question
 

And south of 96th, at that.

[hell, south of 14th for the trendy]

Coals to Newcastle and all that....
 

I am not a grammar expert, but I'm not sure all timmies will be satisfied with your edit. I'm going to step out on a grammar limb and say that it should say "if there was an award". however I think that "if there were awards" would also be correct.

dtb, please correct me if I'm not timmying appropriately. This sort of grammar rule is very hard to google.

[hank, please note all my qualifiers in case I am wrong here.]

Coals to Newcastle and all that....
 

Isn't it subjunctive? Like, "If I were you, I would tie with dtb for the Timmy award."

Uh, just to have the requisite qualifiers, I don't know if I'm right or not -- note the question mark and the use of an example (to make it easier to tell me how it's different/why I'm wrong).

Coals to Newcastle and all that....
 

I don't know at this point. I have completely confused myself. I need to purchase a grammar book apparently. Or not think about this shit after 8:00 at night.

Coals to Newcastle and all that....
 

Maybe you should have some nice, soothing cheesecake? Or do a few sun salutes or whatever those things are called?

clothes made from duck tape
 

The people who make duct tape offer a scholarship for people who go to their proms in duct tape.

Some of the resulting outfits are amazing.

http://www.ducktapeclub.com/contests/prom/archive.asp#

New York sports question
 

For METS tickets, you should buy online -- no outrageous service charges and the team still sells a fair amount of tix.

Good seats aren't that expensive. I think the back rows of the mezzanine are like 12 bucks.

Coals to Newcastle and all that....
 

Here's a link, go nuts. If your eyes don't glaze, you might be Atticus.

I'll try and keep future posts in the indicative mood.

ETA: ltl/fb shoots and scores

Coals to Newcastle and all that....
 

If you were nice, you would.

PS. David Bowie is scowling at me for some reason.

Must Not See Reality TV
 

Rocky" star Sylvester Stallone said Tuesday he's getting back into boxing - this time finding and grooming young fighters to compete in a reality television show.

It would appear that NBC isn't aware that boxing is the new wrestling and nobody cares, unless it involves Tonya Harding.

New York sports question
 

When I say NYC, or the city, I mean Manhattan. If I mean Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, or Staten Island, I say Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, or stinkhole.