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Live from New York...It's Saturday Night!
I think it's worth googling the "when robots attack" Sam Waterston (you know him, the actor) skit. It's like a life insurance commercial, with elderly folk sitting around reasonably over coffee, but then the robot scenario intrudes and limbs go flying. I agree. You really never know when robots ARE going to attack, so why not buy a little peace of mind? You are surely right, and I've seen where in films they forget something glaringly obvious. Why does this happen, when film is so costly? Maybe they didn't catch it until later and couldn't edit it out, and just figured oh well, stupid viewers will expect ends to start tying up, despite trashing the premise of the film.— April 27, 2009 6:01 p.m.
George W. Bush Today
I believe you (and Maher) are right on that, Josh, though it may be more complex with him than being a 'fake Christian.' They all say whatever it takes to get elected. We'd have to be mighty naive to boo hoo over that solid, round, brown fact.— April 27, 2009 3:03 p.m.
Police Officer Shootings
"This kind of mentality can create more crime , because people got to eat." Hey SpliffAdamz, why not smoke the *legal* stuff, then? It's much better, and you don't have a bloody drug war on your conscience, including that of sorry, desperate drug mules. I'm glad to hear more of your views, because it seemed like "Amerikkkan" was rhyming too closely with "Farrakhan." "In prison they make furniture , computers , even equipment for the military. Why you think amerikkka is always selling weapons and not buying them , it's because they got a cheap work force in prison." You are goading me into researching stats on how many goods, and what type, are really prison-manufactured. Guess I'd better put that spliff down and start googling.:)— April 27, 2009 2:46 p.m.
Celebrity Idiots -- The Jamie Fox and Hulk Hogan Edition
PS: Sorry ovod, I hate myspace. This is the only place I've been writing in besides private emails. Maybe Josh will "friend" you.— April 27, 2009 1:45 p.m.
Celebrity Idiots -- The Jamie Fox and Hulk Hogan Edition
"If SDaniels married ovod, he'd be able to stay in this fine, sunny city " Naw, if I leave my man, it'll be to live in blissful interspecies sin with some kind of crazy online avatar named "thunder lips." Seriously, "thunder lips?" That sounds like video cassette entertainment.— April 27, 2009 1:44 p.m.
From Preps to Pros
Lallaw wrote: "...and think Milton's "Paradise Lost" was a porn flick made in the 80's staring some chick from Baywatch." I should have thought of this line. I agree with lallaw's point about creating a well-rounded human being. Learning for learning's sake should be instilled from the start, though obviously at some point a generously liberal education needs to give way to focus on a trade or avocation. I started out in private school, where money was never discussed, then was plucked up and put down into public school, where I seriously don't remember learning a single thing. The formative years won out, and I ended up studying in a field where "money" is a semiotic construct to trace across literary histories. Clearly, my own education was also unbalanced. So is my check book. I understand that this kind of attitude can be seen as smug and privileged, or at the least unrealistic, but it is disturbing to see how babies arrive with a mission to learn non-stop, whatever hours of the day they are not sleeping, then turn into monosyllabic automatons glued to some screen or another, to eventually emerge regretful about their education--in a lazy kind of way--or worse, to say they "couldn't wait to get out of school and just make money." My online college students think they have already purchased their degree. Many believe that a five-sentence paragraph worthy of a 10-year old grade-schooler, tossed out on their lunch hour, should be enough to earn an "A." Some write nasty little notes displaying the problems they have brought upon themselves--including the attention span of a gnat, and the complete unwillingness (and in many many cases, sheer inability) to even read over assignment instructions. Speaking of ten-plus-year olds, I know a little girl who thinks fame and fortune vis. the Disney channel sitcom brats (who appear to live in hotels with room service, and sass off at the 80s-like absent parental units when they show to be the butt of a one-liner) will just fall into her pretty little lap, and she'll do a softshoe right into a silver palace with roses and the Jonas brothers singing. Nabokov was unfortunately right on with his vulgar portrait of Lolita. That was set in 50s America. I will say that at the least there is a large portion of free education to be taken by those who pursue it--including those persons sexed female. Academic merit will still be rewarded with more educational opportunities, at the least. The rest of it is up to us. Develop networking skills, develop the flexibility to articulate your overall "skill sets" (as they like to call them in psych and in business schools; I think of kids sitting around stacking blocks), within whatever the current economy brings. I guess I'm wishing for a balance of some kind. My regret is that I didn't get a Renaissance education with street smarts included.— April 27, 2009 1:27 p.m.
Live from New York...It's Saturday Night!
Knock. Knock. Knock. Landshark! Forgot to bring up what was funniest to me, possibly ever! Not a character but a skit: Sam Waterston doing the "life insurance" bit because you "never know" when you might be attacked by killer robots. Ok, what is it? It's been way too long since I've seen Groundhog Day, though I swear it's the kind of thing I'd notice. Does it have to do with Andie McDowell's character?— April 27, 2009 12:31 p.m.
From Preps to Pros
I'm only a year younger, but pretty sure that "basket-weaving" joke precedes both of our births.— April 27, 2009 1:47 a.m.
Lots of Copies, Lots of Flavors
Well, did you want the picture because you are a reporter?— April 27, 2009 1:45 a.m.
Live from New York...It's Saturday Night!
Rushmore: Yes! I bought and still love that soundtrack. It was practically a character in that film--hell, I'd say it was. Fair enough assessment on all scores--except: 1. The trinity of Siskel/Ebert/Roper needs to take its "protagonist to root by" and jump off a holy cliff. That's what's so totally wrong with most industry film. 2. I'd say there's more to Toonces than a supportive fan base of cat-crazy females. Brief digression to be polite: (Not all cat lovers love all things "cat.") Toonces was the distillation of all of those moments that lie behind your love of SNL, that "hey, these people really just sit around and dream up land sharks!" kind of realization. It is supremely stupid, irrelevant, and lovable for that reason. Groundhog Day rocked! Bill Murray has more than two notes in his kazoo! I love the way you described his world-weariness, i.e. meal ticket.— April 27, 2009 1:33 a.m.