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Hell, for nine bucks each we can get Atticus wasted and hear all the religious arcana we can stand.

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Now THAT sounds like an entertaining night out.

J-Man Film Festival
 

I'm thinking this would be a great one day 3-film marathon:

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aV

Speaking of Christmas
 

Her facial features are sort of odd. Some people would like that I'm sure, but I'm not one of them. Her eyes are far apart and her forehead is big, giving her a sort of alien-like look. But to each his/her own. My guess is that she doesn't care what I think.

I think she got famous off of her rack.

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never mind.

catch up
 

Confidential to Sebby:

You were a dork before you used a Simpsons analogy.

Reality TV
 

Who wants to tell me about the reality tv that I missed last night? I heard that the finale of MBFOF was not very funny (Randy's family got really mad at her or something?). What about The Inferno? And did The Littlest Groom pick a little woman or a full-sized one? And is Average Joe Hawaii over yet or what?

Dish, please.

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I don't recall that it takes $18 of malt liquor to get him wasted, but I would be in favor of additional field research.

Speaking of Analogies
 

If Miami Beach were Dorian Gray, Philadelphia is the Picture.

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Accept.

As for the New Yorker review, I think it's a Protestant/Catholic thing. Retro-Catholics like Gibson are disposed to think that the modern Protestant mind has overly santized the Passion story, so it seemed like Jesus floated through (or, rather, above) the grime and pain and misery of daily life, like some beatified ghost untouched by his surroundings. This particular version of the Passion story is designed to remind us that life in the first century Empire was nasty, brutish, and short, and that is the life that Jesus was born into. Frankly, I think it's an excellent (though subtle) reminder to Protestant wingnuts that the purpose of Jesus's birth was not to fix the date in history when God was most active and life was most perfect. In a sense, that's anti-fundamentalist while being fully retro-Catholic. (Not that they're going to give up on the gay marriage thing, but still.)

That said, I was filled with rage by the depiction of first century Jewish men with long hair. Oh, and the scene in the previews in which Pilate's wife gives some linens to Mary. Yeah, that's true to the Bible, or history, whichever. Total fucking pandering to folk traditions and the modern mind and a sell-out from the supposedly Titanic-like efforts for Biblical realism. Don't even get me started about how wrong the crucifixion scene was --- too tall, wrong design, nails in the wrong place. There's pretty good evidence of what Roman executions were like, and this is dead dead DEAD wrong. Ah, well.

Speaking of Christmas
 

I'm no doubt whiffing, but I'm guessing that many more models live in NYC than in Pittsburg or wherever roauoauoauaoaol is.

Cop it while it's hot...
 

Can I jump on the hipster bandwagon and confess that I have a copy as well, and I think the concept is awesome. Some of the tracks are meh, but many of them are just perfect. I'm actually the opposite from TM's friends--have always been into the Beatles, not so much into Jay Z. It works both ways--I might have to do some more buying. And EMI is stupid, they should reach an agreement w/ Danger Mouse and distribute the damn thing and make tons of money.

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Give me a break. We all saw Spartacus.

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Obviously, getting you drunk to hear a good rant would be a waste of good booze.

Reality TV
 

spoiler

MBFOF was not funny, but the groom guy ended up looking pretty good at the end. The family stormed off, but then a producer talked them back. That guy was smooth. Suddenly I can see how reality tv comes about. The family at first kept saying it was terrible and its not about the money, but then they seemed to come around when they got the money, except for the mom, who was still pissed off. I respect that.

The Littlest Groom narrowed down to three little people and one very short but technically normal height woman, and finalized on the skateboarding little person.

No idea on the Inferno.

-balt(generally, don't watch reality tv, but got stuck last night)assoc

Sport's Guy
 

Here:http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2...simmons/040224

My favorite excerpts:

"So when TNT is showing commercials, NBA TV could air the live Jumbotron footage that fans are watching. Believe me, if you didn't attend Sunday's game, you missed a ton of good stuff. For instance ...



A.) Governor Schwarzenegger's cameo, when he spoke to the crowd and heroically attempted to shatter the Unintentional Comedy Scale as we know it. The mere sound of Arnold's voice provoked scattered giggles throughout the stadium, especially when he urged out-of-towners, "Welcome to Coddy-fornia!" and "We vant you to come hee-ah ober and ober ag-ane!" People were in various states of shock as they watched the latest episode of California's ongoing sitcom, "My God, I Can't Believe He's Our Governor."


B.) Jack Nicholson getting the loudest ovation -- wearing sunglasses, holding a drink and looking like there was a 40-percent chance he had no idea where he was.


C.) They stayed on Nick Carter and Paris Hilton for about five seconds too long -- it's like the cameraman was trying to decide who was more in the bag. By the way, I can't imagine what those two would talk about other than "Where are we going tonight?" and "Are you ready to leave yet?" and "Did you remember to buy condoms?"


D.) The only celebrity who was booed? Poor Dr. Phil, who was sitting with his son. Ouch. The booing would have been worse, but half the crowd couldn't decide whether it was him or Jeffrey Tambor.


E.) Star Jones's boyfriend proposed to her after the third quarter. It was the perfect match ... I'm talking about her and the Jumbotron.


F.) They showed Elliott Gould and identified him, but refused to acknowledge the guy sitting next to him: Chris Noth. That has to be the lowest point in Mr. Big's career, right? Not only does he get snubbed, he gets snubbed for Elliott Gould. I would have started drinking. Heavily."

Reality TV
 

ETA: Oh, and the BFOF is married in real life.

ETA: Edit, quote, whatever.

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Or bad booze, as the case may be.

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I'm still trying to figure out if the lady who gave away towels was married to the exercise guru.

Vodafone/Kodachrome
 

Stop watching Manchester United games then. They're overrated anywas.

Along the same lines, I was watching ESPN News the other night, and they kept flashing the score Spurs 96, Wolves 94 or something. And every time, I thought, that must be a record for goals in a Premier League game.

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I'm sorry; I don't watch movies in English. Was that the one with all the visible wristwatches?

Speaking of Christmas
 

I'm not planning on seeing it. I've read the book.

Besides, it's in some dead-ass language that nobody speaks and has no subtitles. Any film that carries so much hubris with it should be boycotted on that basis alone.

Speaking of Young Guns
 

Is she the one from Popular Mechanics for Kids?

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I have this strange fear that I'm going to wake up in the middle of the night tonight and suddenly understand what the hell you just said.

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I was actually hoping that might happen with yesterday's Dryer/Atkins joke, but, alas (?), no.

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I think paigow would say it was the inside joke of the day, which, if you got it, you'd realize was also the bilmore of the day- but I'm not sure B. was allowed to win the BOTD.

Speaking of Christmas
 

What's up with teh suicidal Mel Gibson though...is working the meida hard ot get interest up in that lame ass film...why is he airing his dirty laundry in public about how the movie "saved" him from killing himself?

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Pilate - old dead judgmental guy
Pilates - (also dead I think) European exercise guy.

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I have this strange hope that I'm going to wake up in the middle of the night tonight and you'll be there to explain this to me.


Hmmmm..... thirty lashes or watching you stretch...... tough choice.

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You remember, its the one with Tony Curtis in skirt, but no wig; the one where he's not shy around men.

Coals to Newcastle and all that....
 

but....

it's one "c" and two "m"s. Please make a note of it.

Coals to Newcastle and all that....
 

And only three dots when it's not the end of a sentence.



New Board low, for those keeping track.

Coals to Newcastle and all that....
 

I miss the dryer thread.

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You are correct, sir.

(A wasted pick in the death pool.)

"Touch Base"
 

What does this mean? I hate when people say this. "I want to touch base with you regarding the Penske Account." What???!!!! If you want to play baseball just depose me for crying out loud.

Sometimes I forget these things have other meanings than the gutter one.

Speaking of Christmas
 

What's the name of the club?

Coals to Newcastle and all that....
 

I'm still here! No more Snuggle please. Blech.

Who wants to get fluffed?

"Touch Base"
 

Overheard in an elevator today: "Have a good one!" (Mercifully, this wasn't said to me.)

Another trite phrase that I hate, hate, hate: "Did you reach out to Smithers on the matter we discussed earlier?"

That one almost makes my skin crawl -- it sounds so smarmy.

Coals to Newcastle and all that....
 

At this point even a dryer lint thread would seem entertaining...

Reality TV
 

Only one I can report on is that Littlest Groom picked a little babe, and they were very cute together, and they didn't even get a cruise line to sponsor the final surprise trip ("we're sending you on a mediteranean cruise. Congratulations.") Cheapestly done reality show ever.