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Drumming is my Madness
Can we ban strollers from crowded events? How about an age limit for stroller riders?— July 28, 2008 7:05 p.m.
Bale out on Bail, and a Former Bad Boy is Bad Again
In England, where this story took place, there is something called "Forth Degree Assault." This is where you verbally assault someone, and they "feel distress." THIS is what he was arrested for, arguing with his family. Oldman is an awesome actor. Loved him ever since the white Rastafarian in "True Romance."— July 28, 2008 7:02 p.m.
Cop Shooting at Gay Pride
You can't say, "Well, he must have done something." That is not what the system is about. Imagine that you have been accused of something that you did not do. You were totally innocent, but your new worry is people on your jury thinking, "Well, he must have done something. Let's stick it to him, just to be sure."— July 28, 2008 6:57 p.m.
A Gathering of Geeks at Comic Con
There are several "Comedians of Comedy" dvds out, including their reality series of their travels around the country. All worth seeing. Katie Segal was a singer before she got on "Married With Children." She has a great voice. Not my type of music, but I respect her talent. I have issues with somebody a) acting like signing things is a "job" and b) that they charge so much. As if once you stop doing a real job, you are entitled not to go back to doing one. Lou Ferrigno is the worst about that. He won't even talk to you unless you buy his book. Dita Von Deese was the best. She would pose with you, even if you did not purchase one of her photos... so, I did. The Mystery Science Theater 3000 just did a bastardized version of their thing at Stone Brewery last month. The movie was 300. Man, it was bad. It was like a bunch of kids in the living room that were bored. I wonder if the concept is dated, like The Far Side comic strip.— July 28, 2008 6:51 p.m.
100 Best Movie Villians
King Kong? A "sweat" creature? Are you filming Kong Back Mountain? Anyway, Man is the villain in King Kong. The ape was just being himself. He was humongous and kidnapped, so the environment suffered for it. Scorpius from the SciFi series, Farscape. That creature from the remake of "The Thing" that made the scientists break down and turn upon each other. Nosferatu was silent, and it's silence really cranks up the suspense. You can rent it. I own it, but I could never tolerate your smuggery in my home. If you want to include real-life characters, then you can talk about anybody that has mass-murdered, tortured, done scientific experiments upon, lied about a need for war to avoid the need to justify his actions or just exterminated people. Individuals that steal are looked upon as much more evil than corporations that take their tax breaks under the agreement that they will remain in a business in a town that needs it for survival, only to relocate out of the country the following year, leaving a financial husk. We should limit this to fictitious characters. Real people are too evil.— July 20, 2008 8:22 p.m.
Commercials, Logos, and who Tony Gwynn Counts on.
Why is it that people want to give rich people things, but not poor people? A few years ago, people became fed up with being led to the theaters in time to watch commercials. So, now show times reflect after commercials and before the trailers. That's fair, but I think if twenty minutes of commercials came on to punish me for getting there early to get a good seat, that I would still get fed up. I go to the movies, for one reason, to escape that.— July 20, 2008 8:02 p.m.
The N Word
For years now, people have craved control and power. Even if it is a stupid, ridiculous display, most people seem to want to prove they cannot be told to do anything. That is what most of us have in common (a definite lack of emotional maturity is the result of a huge lack in personal responsibility). How this manifests comes in a large variety, but I believe when someone says, "I can say it, but you cannot," that this is one of those silly displays of power. I have heard the arguement, "Well, we are taking the word back, and taking the negative power out of it," but if someone is still not allowed to say it, and if someone is understood to be offended by it, has any power shifted? As much as I liked Whoopi's original character monologues, I heard playback on The View where she tried to shame Tina Fey and her partner over the title of their then new movie, "Baby's Mama." Whoopi never said it, but she strongly insinuated through repetition that it was racist to use the term, EVEN THOUGH the term was so overused by people, society and the media, that it had all but died out by the time the movie came out. In the real world, there should not be two sets of rules. Unfortunately, if I thought about it, I am sure that I could come up with a list of examples where they exist.— July 20, 2008 7:57 p.m.
Crowd Control
In this day and age, people are all about displays of power, even if they are senseless displays of power. One of those displays is that nobody is not going to tell me what to do EVER! Unless you can hit their time or their pocket book, they have an FU attitude, and will probably brag about it later. P.S. The one thing that will convince you that you do not want to be surrounded by a group of women is... a group of women. bockabockabockabock....— July 6, 2008 6:05 p.m.
More Craziness in the News
You know, if people on cell phones were such mass-a$$holes, there wouldn't be a need for this law. Logically, a conversation on a cell phone should not cause any more problems than many of the other things we do on the road, but over and over and over and over again, I find that someone doing 15 mph below the speed limit is a either a woman talking or a guy trying to dial. Mono-tasking morons!— July 6, 2008 5:53 p.m.
Coffee & Cops
I think the entire country, at the exact same moment, pulled out their calculators, and figured out how much $4.85 per day came out to per year. For something they could make for a dollar a week at home.— July 6, 2008 5:49 p.m.