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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
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I just rented the movie Idiocracy, thought it was hysterical, until I just saw this transcript.
The movie's plot wasn't that great but the premise was essentially about how stupid the human race is becoming as a result of smart people have fewer kids. In 500 years we end up laughing at and picking on anyone that sounds the slightest bit intelligent, while no one can tie their shoes.
Reading this, and then catching the snippets on YouTube, I thought I was watching that movie again (Al Gore = Luke Wilson's character).
It really bummed me out... a majority in "OK" voted this senator in?
wow.
I wonder how different the boards would be on here if people had to stand by their name.
Forget the Creme Eggs, ... yeck.
Look for the lovely purple bag of Cadbury mini-eggs... and try NOT to eat 50 of 'em.
I love this time of year... and they'll be 50% off on Monday! ;-)
Who will fill his shoes? I can't think of anyone who thinks as far outside the box as Kurt Vonnegut did. We need someone like that, now more than ever.
I'm almost surprised how sad I am at his passing. Usually when I hear someone famous had passed away I think "well, they led a good life", or some such thing. I rarely get sad.
But Kurt? Whenever I heard the latest crazy story from the world stage I had always imagined that he was out there somewhere turning up an eyebrow, and that gave me comfort. He represented that off-beat, penetrating, and truthful point of view.
And I am deeply saddened that he's gone.
Aw, Kurt... here's to ya...
that'll stop him.
Make the rule applicable to everyone so it's fair... chances are he'll be the only one to pay up.
plus... if done right, you could make a joke out of it so it doesn't hurt his feelings tho his behavior will stop.
And... you'll have cash for drinks after the games.
As soon as Romney got into office as our governor he tried to close down psychiatric hospitals all over the state. The first one he had in his crosshairs was the Fernald school.
Since I can't post links here, please just web search for yourself: Romney & Fernald.
No one in the media has talked about this, tho it's the first thing I think of when I think of Romney.
The Bar Sinister, Pride and Prejudice Continues
by Linda Berdoll
HILARIOUS, written in Jane Austin style prose, but with a very modern bent.
I think these dark thoughts are a byproduct of evolution. Parents have the 'what's-the-danger-right-now' machine going on in the backs of their brains so they would be prepared if the terrible thing did happen, right there, on the spot.
Isn't that what post-partum depression really is too? the what-if-something-bad machine gone on overdrive?
If you didn't have the dark thoughts you wouldn't be prepared, you wouldn't be able to protect your children properly. So, recognize the thoughts as the warnings they are, and then hug your kid again.
Just 'cuz these older guys are thinking they'll be able to find younger women to breed with, that doesn't mean they'll be successful. It just means that they're starting to realize that they might've started shooting blanks at the age of 35 and perhaps they should've considered the family way before then. ... oops.
Pity these fellas (if you have the time). I do believe a lot of men in the u.s. need a change in their lifestyles, focusing more on things like accountability and responsibility and personal contribution to the world at large, and pretty-much not just wasting oxygen and buying gadgets like many of 'em are now.
Younger women, unless they have severe father issues, prefer men their own age.
And women in the u.s. are very fortunate 'cuz all we need to do is decide to go the sperm donor route to have a kid - if we never found that good, responsible, accountable fella to be a dad.
I heard this connection w/ plastics and estrogen receptors a few years ago. Ever since I've tried to microwave my food in ceramic containers and not plastic, even transferring frozen dinners to ceramic for the heating process, figuring from what I know 'bout materials science, the heat will cause more plastic to be transferred to my food.
Plastic is everywhere.
And I know now 'bout canned food too, it'll be tough giving up my spaghettios. sux.
How much feedback do they need before this bad plastic is considered toxic and taken out of production? fercrissakes. I'm sure it'll be shown to effect men's hormonally caused cancers as well - testicular cancer, etc.
I saw this film at a sneak preview on Tuesday and I loved it. I'm a Jane fan, love the books - old (P&P,Persuasion,etc) and new (Bridget, Bar Sinister, etc).
I can tell historical fiction when I see it, and I know she never married and died kind of young, I knew how this was going to end. The fun in this movie is seeing how the writers offered up ideas on where she got her own story inspirations. The plot twists, the shady behavior of some characters, the silliness, the two sidedness of some people, - all probably completely made up, but they were all a complete nod to Jane's style. Plus, the story goes just a bit beyond the veil that Jane would not have allowed in her books.
This movie is for her fans. We know it's make believe. It's a salute to her, and I'm all for that.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
Salon headlines in your mailbox
