Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
I'm not that funny.

Exactly. Particularly now that you are in the "non-single" category and the competition is much stiffer.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by bilmore
That "after" picture of her doesn't do justice to the ravages of time she has suffered.

And illness -- rheumatoid arthritis for which she has taken looks-ravaging steroids.

I do, however, agree with dtb that KT lies about her age -- and who can blame her? To wit: she would have been about 26 when filming Body Heat (1981), which I don't buy bc she seemed too worldly to be under 30, and only 31 when filming Peggy Sue (1986), where she definitely looked late 30s. That is not to say she didn't look good at the time.

I'd put her at 55 right now.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
Exactly. Particularly now that you are in the "non-single" category and the competition is much stiffer.

Relationship status bears little relation to turgidity.

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
http://money.cnn.com/2003/09/24/tech...ex.htm?cnn=yes

favorite quote:

"The rulemaking process requires an agency to fairly apprise interested parties of all significant subjects and issues involved, so that they can participate in the process," the court paper said. The FTC has signed up some 50 million phone numbers for the list, which was due to take effect Oct. 1."

Sounds to me like at least 50 million interested parties were apprised of the subjects and issues, and have now in fact participated in the process. I wonder what volume of response & participation such rule making usually gets?

Seriously, the telemarketing industry is fucked. There has been a nationwide plebiscite on their business, and around 50 million households (or 41%, per the 2000 census) have essentially said "I so hope that your entire industry goes out of business and falls off the face of the planet that I am willing to make personal efforts and register with the government to see that it happens." Not good.

I'll admit, I have lost sleep worrying about all of those telemarketers losing their parasitic jobs.

You are weak. Fuck them. Why should you feel badly that someone will no longer be paying people to annoy the hell out of you and try to sucker you out of your money daily.

I guess I get a little while longer to engage in my personal war of aggression against telemarketing, trying single-handedly to make their lives so miserable that every single one in the world quits. If I can no longer torment telemarketers on the phone, I might have to start taking my frustrations out on opposing counsel or something.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
And illness -- rheumatoid arthritis for which she has taken looks-ravaging steroids.

Yeah, she definitely had that look.

In fairness, I will say that she was wonderful in Tallulah. She played that ravaged, raspy-voiced alky queen to perfection. All by herself, for two hours.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
Relationship status bears little relation to turgidity.

Strongly disagree. Go stand next to your sister.

(Wait. Please don't tell me if you still disagree. I don't want to know that.)

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
I guess I get a little while longer to engage in my personal war of aggression against telemarketing, trying single-handedly to make their lives so miserable that every single one in the world quits. If I can no longer torment telemarketers on the phone, I might have to start taking my frustrations out on opposing counsel or something.

My new response to telemarketers at dinnertime:

"Remember that list you killed? Can't you FUCKING take a HINT?!"

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
Exactly. Particularly now that you are in the "non-single" category and the competition is much stiffer.

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
Relationship status bears little relation to turgidity.

Exactly.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by bilmore
Yeah, she definitely had that look.

In fairness, I will say that she was wonderful in Tallulah. She played that ravaged, raspy-voiced alky queen to perfection. All by herself, for two hours.

You mean while she has lost her looks she gained some acting ability? That would be a worthwhile trade. She remains the only co-star Michael Douglas has ever been able to out-act.

[Anne Elk]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Anyone watch this show regularly? ... Just wondering if I should add it to Tivo or if it was a fluke.

Add it to Tivo. Every episode I've seen is great. Phone sex with Ivana Trump (they call a service in Germany and have an EU translator do the translation), Hot Granny Sex with Carrie Fisher, the Dolly Parton special. Good stuff!

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
You are probably right about KT's age, but my mom is 59 and she looks better than KT.

She's actually really striking in person, and has a fabulously throaty, sexy voice. The 30-something alpha businessmen a table over from me at lunch one day turned into blushing, bumbling schoolboys as they tried to flirt with her (she was dining alone).

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
favorite quote:

"The rulemaking process requires an agency to fairly apprise interested parties of all significant subjects and issues involved, so that they can participate in the process," the court paper said. The FTC has signed up some 50 million phone numbers for the list, which was due to take effect Oct. 1."

link to ruling

[ETA:] The quote BRC likes comes shortly before the judge rejected the argument that notice was inadequate. That's good reporting.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Seriously, the telemarketing industry is fucked. There has been a nationwide plebiscite on their business, and around 50 million households (or 41%, per the 2000 census) have essentially said "I so hope that your entire industry goes out of business and falls off the face of the planet that I am willing to make personal efforts and register with the government to see that it happens." Not good.

Can someone tell me why this suit was brought in the Western District of Oklahoma? Maybe someone did a survey and found that people in Oklahoma City really like being bothered during dinner.

Paula Poundstone says that after 5 p.m., she answers the phone, "This better not be MCI."

[Atticus Grinch]

Re: Darryl Hannah: I've never been able to feel the same about her since I found out she's missing a fingertip and wears a prosthetic finger. I think this makes me a bad person. YMMV.

Re: Graham Norton: He'll be hysterically funny for the first twelve or so episodes you'll Tivo. Then he will start becoming what one of my catty Southern* belle friends calls "too much." You'll see.

Re: Names for gay SOs: I've always advocated for "a man/woman I've been seeing." It has a polite, elegant "none of your fucking business" tone to it, because it doesn't say "a woman I've been seeing (naked)" or "a man I've been seeing (perfectly framed between my upraised legs)."

Re: Irregardless: Bitches, please.

Re: the Re: line: I'd like to thank my FB friends for keeping it intact. As it will doubtless be a topic of eternal periodic concern, let's see if we can carry it through to 50,000.

*Actually, Delaware, but she's a social climber, God love her.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
I've always advocated for "a man/woman I've been seeing."

Well, you ARE in California. That would raise eyebrows here.