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i designate Pike or Fish to swim in with the Catch of the Day with this one
Goody! Now when we do a search on your comments, we won't get back articles with the word "fish" in them. And--your uniqueness will be more emphasized--though 'sexybetta' would have been fun, too--this one is best :)— October 6, 2009 11:37 p.m.
Johnny Law
It is--you should watch the whole thing. Very intense. If you're gonna watch that, and then get "A Child Called It" tomorrow, take two happy pills first :)— October 6, 2009 11:28 p.m.
The Fetishist
Oops, wrong title. I meant "Once Upon a Time in Mexico."— October 6, 2009 11:21 p.m.
The Fetishist
re: El Mariachi--looks like a fun romp through Mexico City! I love the title piece for the soundtrack--if it is. Spaghetti Western music set to a club beat, with classical guitar fingering. Nice! The McDonald's guy--wow. I watched his "reply" vid, and wonder if he was acting. Badly, if so. "Vera, bring me some aspirin! I'm having a heart attack. F-- you!" :)— October 6, 2009 11:19 p.m.
i designate Pike or Fish to swim in with the Catch of the Day with this one
I thought you meant "cuddle," and liked the pun on "cuttle." I think "cuddlefish" is perfect, and you should go for it!— October 6, 2009 11:09 p.m.
Johnny Law
re: #22: Yeah, well, 'whatever works!' (TM) :) Btw, I have had that phrase trademarked, and will sue the azz off anyone trying to use it. If you want to use it, buy my book and CDs, and attend my seminar series to reach Level I or II Happiness Facilitator. Then you will be officially authorized to institute your own "Whatever Works!" seminars :)— October 6, 2009 11:01 p.m.
Johnny Law
"A Child Called It:" A classic first person narrative on child abuse, and the mystery of why one child might be scapegoated and treated like an animal, and the others treated well. Take your happy pill before reading this one! "Words are weapons if you allow them to be." Exactly. I would remark that you have not kept the racial and sexual epithets to your close circle, and that one of the first posts I ever saw from you gave a link to "F*** N*****s!" Lately, you've kept them to yourself or your circle, so that's a start. Remember, it isn't about censorship and your rights, it is about recognizing the power of words, and wielding it carefully. Lecture over :) Sorry to hear about your ridiculous situation with the pool cue. Standing up for someone else's honor can get you in trouble bigtime, unfort...— October 6, 2009 10:56 p.m.
Johnny Law
re: #16: As for the gay slurs,you have to understand that I'm very old school. Growing up,regardless of what had happened to you or no matter how sensitive you were,you learned that only you give power to certain words." Pete, you and I will likely never agree on this matter. The problem is that you as an individual do not control the power of language, you can only choose to use it as you wish. You already have that right, but why choose to hurt others with words that have long, complicated histories with those who are gay or belong to a so-called minority group? You cannot, through repetition, empty or defuse these words of the power they hold, and you'll only look ignorant of that power and that history when you insist on using them. Instead, you could choose to be even more creative with your speech--think about how lazy reliance on these words limit our speech and writing, rather than exploring the cornucopia of language available to us? Why not take up the cause of protesting the dying out of our own language, through repetition and reduction of our vocabularies, and the illiteracy these phenomena encourage? :) I'll start with this example: I'm not just a hypochondriac or constant bitcher and moaner, I'm a valetudinarian!— October 6, 2009 10:18 p.m.
Johnny Law
I just wrote a long response to this John Bradshaw stuff, and it got lost! I know it would only piss AG off, but I have to say: Although I had a bunch of these motivational self-help guys on video when I was a teen, and though my mother learned from them when I showed her, at least how screwed up her own relationships were, it does really burn me how so many shysters there are in this particular "field," and how they take advantage of the desperate, 'co-dependent' sheeplike public. Bradshaw I once saw go OFF--that guy is full of self-important anger, and a phony, in my opinion. I think he even fell off the wagon at some point and it was kept hushed, because he is making a lot of $$$ off the sheep who follow his ‘teachings.’ I thought his stuff was so asinine: a stage empty but for a mobile with different shapes hanging from it, and when he touches one, they all swing and bump into each other. Ooohhh, ahhhhh, the family structure, in which all parts are affected by the movement of one! So deep. Remember Terry Cole Whittaker? My mother, aunt and grandmother gave hard-earned and ill-afforded dollars to her "cause." After the big nasty divorce-- and losing all her money to another shyster—Whittaker, and all the money her and her militant "Think Positive!" church made, just disappeared. Years later I heard she had gone into hiding—had become a bitter, angry hermit living somewhere on a rural ranch. She was going to make a comeback, but haven't heard anything more about it. Many of these guys wouldn't know a real psychological concept if it bit them in the rear, and do not possess real credentials or even degrees ("Hi, Dr. Phil!) as they counsel fat people with their own fat selves. One of the worst is that John Gray, he of “Men are from Mars, women are from Venus” infamy. They break down relationships into horrid little false categories, and impart homy folksy wisdom to us about our proper roles as “men” and “women.” Then you have the Huna and the NLP shysters, and then the ones who teach us that we are just like Greek gods and goddesses, or astrological signs, or-- ahhgggg, stop me!— October 6, 2009 9:59 p.m.
The Fetishist
Wow! That is a motley crew! How's the acting? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Moon_Junction Two Moon Junction is a 1988 American English language erotic thriller and romance film directed by Zalman King, starring Sherilyn Fenn and Richard Tyson. The screenplay is written by Zalman King. The original music score is composed by Jonathan Elias. The film has cameo appearances from Louise Fletcher, Juanita Moore, and in their final film appearances, Burl Ives and Hervé Villechaize. It also marked the theatrical film debut of Milla Jovovich.— October 6, 2009 9:06 p.m.