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Chick Lit
To keep it fair, I will consult no criticism, refried. Just the texts in question--which are freshest in your mind?— September 28, 2009 9:17 p.m.
Chick Lit
Rant over :) I expect we'll need "A Few Guitars More" playing as the showdown unfolds. Uh, refried? Where are ya? We need ground rules for this type of thing, too. Such as: You HAVE to library-up too, pardner. You cannot have all your Nabokov in your head--unless you prefer to just be 'schooled' :)— September 28, 2009 8:30 p.m.
Chick Lit
Darn! Not allowed to listen to the link right now, as someone is watching the Ken Burns special. Francophile? Not totally, somewhat. One of the reasons? Some French family, bien sur. That is why it is funny when some jackoff tries to show you up as a hoity toit for speaking/being interested in another language. I'm sure that for total jackoffs, that reason is humble enough, and makes it "ok."— September 28, 2009 8:27 p.m.
Wnen The EKG Goes Flatline...Was It Worth It?
AG, you'll have to deal with it. No one at any US court entity calls it anything but DP. Cutting two syllables saves a lot of time, something we need our bureaucracies to do better :) Fishikins, I hope you took your sedative before listening to that.— September 28, 2009 7:52 p.m.
Wnen The EKG Goes Flatline...Was It Worth It?
Sorry--here's the call, nan: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=67f_1251323381— September 28, 2009 5:47 p.m.
Wnen The EKG Goes Flatline...Was It Worth It?
Attention Gravy Seekers: I posted this recipe a while ago on the Reader site, and they awarded me a $25 certificate to a restaurant for it. However, when the envelope arrived, it was open and empty :) Meaning to write them back about this...Anyway, it is a tasty gravy, goes well with mashed, to be sure: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/recipes/2009/aug/28…— September 28, 2009 5:40 p.m.
Wnen The EKG Goes Flatline...Was It Worth It?
#11: PS: La Placa (sorry, I just cannot refer to you as "robbiebear" for some reason--feels like talking to a four-year-old :) Not to hijack the thread in another direction, but I do hope that you reconsider your support of KFC. Can you perhaps separate out the issues from your problems with Peta? They are selling a diseased product produced in the most unsanitary and morally reprehensible of ways. There exist options for eating chicken that are healthier and more environmentally sound. Why don't you buy yourself a free-range carcass and a deep fryer? Experiment with your own sauces? Restaurants conscious of these issues also exist, and will provide you with an awesome coq au vin or chicken cordon bleu, or country fried? :)— September 28, 2009 5:14 p.m.
Wnen The EKG Goes Flatline...Was It Worth It?
"...slinging of mud-scented caca..."--La Placa, my appetite for bubbly au gratin is now tragically impaired :) nan: "you're coming at this from the point of money spent..which is of course your right and a worthy argument in this financial climate" nan, $$$ is far from my first concern. I only threw that in the pot because it is important to consider a topic from all angles, and I did not see the financial raised in La Placa's blog. For 99% of my life, I've been against the DP, but that resolve has wavered after watching a few Court TV trials. Should this thread yield a serious discussion, I'd be grateful for the input. The resolve-wavering happens when I became aware of the facts of cases such as that of Michael King, recently convicted and sentenced to death for the horrific killing of Denise Amber Lee. Listen to her brave 911 call on her captor's cell phone from the back of his car--if you can. It is hard to take. http://deniseamberlee.org/ There are so many other victims, of course. The first case that turned my stomach--and resolve--almost 180 degrees? Jessica Lunsford. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Lunsford Then again, cases like that of Cameron Todd Willingham, very likely wrongly executed(recently rehashed in the New Yorker), takes me back in the other direction. I am very thankful for the work of law students and profs on the Innocence Project--which almost redeems Barry Scheck, who along with so many, shamed themselves during the first OJ trial. http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/09/07/090… http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/will… The one thing I'd like to point out, friends. You are all thoughtful, rational human beings; the kind who should be represented on juries, but maybe can't for trials in which DP is an option? We shouldn't leave such important issues, and trials to folk who are too certain of their views, either...At any rate, convince me to return to my former position, please!— September 28, 2009 5:03 p.m.
Chick Lit
I will order it forthwith, Joe! Believe it or not, a good friend used to build flotation (sensory deprivation) tanks, and when not listening to language tapes on the underwater speakers, I'd pop in Morricone's greatest hits :)— September 28, 2009 4:30 p.m.
Chick Lit
Whoa, nellie. I'd best not be the rattlesnake in this scenario, AG. [bassoon on soundtrack rises: Whahh whahhh whahhhhnnn].— September 28, 2009 3:54 p.m.