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A sampling of San Diego's vanity license plates
The best story about personalized plates didn't make it in here. It was written about in a small story in the Reader a few years back, about someone with a plate that said AIDS NEG or some such thing, took their car up to San Fran. A guy there was upset that his plates, which were similar, were yanked by the DMV. When the DMV saw this guy all over the news, they promplty pulled his plates, too. I tried talking to a guy that was on my high school basketball team, that someone told me has a Redskin plate. But he never called me back (he played a year or two with them). And, the Pistola line seems a bit of a non-sequitar, but I was mentioning in the story about how the NBA had the Washington Bullets change their name, because "bullets" aren't such a positive thing, yet the DMV doesn't seem to mind that (although they have a problem with certain numbers being gang related). That section hit the cutting room floor. I'm waiting for all the letters to come into the Reader that say "Cop cars don't have personalized license plates you idiot!"— February 25, 2009 5:03 p.m.
Potpourri
Hey Aunt...your bill for 16 cents should've been sent back to them, with you paying in all pennies (although, that might be more postage too, huh?) In high school, my buddy worked at the movie theatres that used to be in UTC. He was taking two weeks off for a vacation, but clocked in for something. HIs boss said "Oh, we don't need you today." He clocked right back out. And he was issued a check, from Mann Theatres, for one cent. We thought it was so funny, we kept it for a while. As a joke, he signed/endorsed it to me, and I took it with a few other checks to my credit union. The teller messed up, though...and gave me a dollar for it. I guess she was just never used to seeing such a small check either!— February 25, 2009 4:42 p.m.
Oscar Re-Cap
Well, not sure if it was todays U-T, it may have been the LA Times...but they talk about how much he loves Cuba and always claims other countries (like US), should be more like them. And, they point out all the autrocities that Castro did to homosexuals. Actors can be such idiots. But Penn himself said it best a few years ago. He said he's not very smart, and really doesn't know much about politics. Not sure why if he feels that way, he keeps pontificating on the subject.— February 25, 2009 4:36 p.m.
Greatest Sports Movies Ever
Okay...I'm dropping Garp from my list, and adding Cinderella Man. Aunt mentioned it in her list, and I loved that movie so much. I'm also going to nix Tin Cup. It got close to the hole, but didn't fall in. I'm replacing that with arguably the best baseball movie ever made -- The Natural. Wilfred Brimley as a baseball coach, brilliant casting. When he's shaving, and Redford says he wants to play, and he looks up at him in the mirror...and you aren't sure if he'll let him play, he says, "In all my years of coaching, I ain't ever seen a player as good as you. Suit up!" Awesome! (I know, the music can get cheesy)— February 25, 2009 4:34 p.m.
My top sports movies
Nice blog, Auntie. I love that line about Iowa, as well. But, as much as I love Ray Liota (so amazing in Goodfellas and Copland), he was just a bit too creepy as Shoeless Joe Jackson. Major League was only mildly funny, which is a shame. Great cast and good material to work from. It coulda been a contender (said in my best Brando, semi-boxing On the Waterfront, voice!) A League of Their Own was good. Regarding White Men Can't Jump...Rosie's character was supposed to be a bit annoying, now that I think about it. Cinderella Man. I plumb forgot this gem. I cried my eyes out when he goes into the bar and begs his friends and co-workers for money, so he can get his kids back. Eight Men Out -- Always wanted to see it, never got a chance to. That story of the Black Sox is so interesting to me. Mr. 3000 looked funny, but it got crap reviews, so I didn't bother.— February 25, 2009 4:30 p.m.
Greatest Sports Movies Ever
Nice post, cardig. Chariots of Fire also had music that bugged me, too! And, you say Paul Newman should get a sympathy Oscar because of Ledger. Well, I hate to admit Ledger did earn it. And, Newman DID get a sympathy Oscar, when he did the OTHER pool movie, The Color of Money. He so didn't deserve the gold statue for that overrated film. And, The Hustler is an amazing film, but pool isn't a sport (neither is bowling...although, King Pin was very funny). Slapshot, speaking of Newman, never did much for me. But I was like 9 when I saw it on HBO, so...maybe I should give it another c hance. Hoosiers was great. My senior year, our basketball coach told us if we beat Madison (the team ranked #3, right behind us), he would take us to see it instead of practice. That was a fun day. Then a few days later, we beat Morse, the #1 ranked team. And, it was our great guard, Scott Cummings, who had a Hoosiers plate (he was from Indian), that scored the winning basket. Bang the Drum Slowly was great. Nice work from DeNiro (as always), and Michael Moriarity.— February 25, 2009 4:24 p.m.
Oscar Re-Cap
I don't think his line about "not seeing The Reader," was a slap in the face, in the sense that he is saying he didn't see it, because it didn't deserve to be there. I think that joke needed to be used for one of the films (since people talked about the blockbusters like Batman and Iron Man NOT getting nominated)...and that movie lent itself best to the joke (as the others worked well with the cheesy set premise...how could you do cheesy sets with The Reader?) I loved the past winners also...would've been better if some read their lines with more ease. I can't wait for you to see Vicky, and agree with me, that it's one of the most overrated movies ever. Very minor Woody Allen picture, that had it been written by a firm time screenwriter, would've never been made. I ended up winning a pool, but it was only $75 bucks. I got 17 out of the 24 correct. But I lost a big bet to my racquetball partner, who got 18 out of the 24 right. What bothers me so much about that is, most years we just do the biggest six categories....and he missed, by picking Rourke to win the Oscar. So had we done that format, I would've beat him (damn, I'm full of excuses).— February 25, 2009 1:20 a.m.
The Dog Blog -- Furry Tales
Okay anti...about one in every three of your posts makes me laugh uncontrollably. In this one, it was the comment about the "ambrosia". Awesome. You rule. But, to try and man myself up a bit, I did todays blog about sports films!— February 25, 2009 1:14 a.m.
Oscar Re-Cap
My point, I guess towel...is that for Penn to praise Obama so much and knock people so harshly that voted AGAINST his opinion on gay marriage, was a conflict of interest. He should've withheld such praise for Obama. Someone called my voice mail, and left a message about how much they hated the Oscars. I'm not sure why they didn't post here, they had interesting things to say. One of which was: "it's a shame they didn't show clips of the actors performances. I haven't seen many of the movies, and would've liked to have seen the quick clip that shows their acting brilliance. Not to mention what a thrill that would've been for people like Melissa Leo and Richard Jenkins, who haven't been nominated before the way Streep and Penn have."— February 24, 2009 3:59 p.m.
Furious George -- Chimps Gone Wild!
I obviously think some men do this, too. But it's got to be more common among women. I can't tell you the amount of women I dated that have cats. That alone, should tell you something. But, it's how they talk about their cats. Whether that is how smart the cat is, or how "lovable"...when I witness the cat doing nothing "lovable" to this person, just acting on instinct (eating, mating, going over to be pet for a few minutes and leaving, etc).— February 24, 2009 9:28 a.m.