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Irma Thorax

Published Letters: 80
Editor's Choice: 3

Monday, October 8, 2007 08:45 PM
Original article: TV Daily

Best years behind?

Even though the best years of this series are probably behind it (teenagers and young adults have much more unpredictable lives and much more unpredictable things to say), the best years of the participants' lives are probably unfolding as this doc was filmed.

I predict it will start getting more interesting again as they get older and throw off some of the shackles of obligation and conventionality (or not, as it were). The older people get, the less they seem to care what anyone thinks of them. And the less tolerance they have for BS. And the more they become again like their childhood (real?) selves, for better or worse. I look forward to the Golden Years, and hope Apted has a solid plan for continuing the series once he's gone.

Thursday, October 11, 2007 02:43 AM

Enough with eating our own

Like there's not nearly enough genuine corruption to go after right now in an administration that is 1000 times worse than Clinton Redux could ever, ever be.

Fine. Vote for Nader, then. You know he'll be running. See where that gets you.

Saturday, October 13, 2007 01:03 AM

The "foregone conclusion" trope

The Clinton team has tried to project her candidacy as an imperial effort, a foregone conclusion, even though the Democratic primary remains a closely contested battle in early voting states.

No, the media does this. You guys are the ones putting the snotty spin on a competent, thorough and serious campaign, pushing your "foregone conclusion" narrative so you can gleefully knock her down at the first hint of bad news you can make stick.

In Iowa last week, she undertook a four-day, 10-city bus tour without once making herself available for a general press pool, even as she boasted of her open "conversations" on the stump.

I don't blame her for ignoring the press. Why let them get it wrong when she can talk to real people who can draw their own conclusions?

Wednesday, November 28, 2007 08:59 PM

Pretend Cut & Paste Thread

A dramatic and daring bank robbery took place in Kenora on May 10, 1973. An unknown man entered the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce heavily armed and wearing a 'dead man's switch', a device utilising a clothespin, wires, battery and dynamite, where the user holds the clothespin in the mouth, exerting force on the clothespin. Should the user release the clothespin, two wires attached to both sides of the pin complete an electrical circuit, sending current from the battery, detonating the explosives. After robbing the bank, the robber exited the CIBC, and was preparing to enter a city vehicle driven by undercover police officer Don Milliard. A sniper positioned across the street from the bank shot the robber, initiating the sequence of events required to detonate the explosive. Recently, Kenora Police submitted DNA samples from the robber's remains to identify him, but the suspect was never positively identified. He has since been referred to as "Oliver Town", because he was found all-over town.

Wednesday, December 12, 2007 12:35 PM
Original article: Live large and prosper

"Don't hate me because I'm skinny"

Anonymous Size 2, you attempt to equate what you've endured as a thin person with the bigotry against fat people that shows itself so beautifully in this very comment stream. Let me ask you one thing: If you could, would you trade with a fat woman? No? I thought so. Yet a lot of (maybe most) fat women, no matter how much they try to love themselves as they are and ignore the hateful messages they deal with daily, would trade with you in a New York minute.

Friday, January 18, 2008 01:43 PM
Original article: TV or not TV?

Not TV

Indoor plumbing doesn't generally rot your brain.

Sunday, February 17, 2008 01:38 PM
Original article: That's the way love goes

The last two letters...

...completely miss the point. If the measure of devotion is what your man does on Valentine's Day, you're truly swimming in the shallow end of the love pool.

Thursday, May 8, 2008 02:00 PM
Original article: Clinton writes to Obama

Who are you talking to?

Don't get too excited: It's not that kind of letter.

Who were you addressing when you wrote this? Do you realize that people who still want to vote for Hillary are reading this? Are you really so ready to write us off? Do you really think you can win without us? Do you really think the only people you need to address are those who've drunk your Kool Aid?

Monday, June 1, 2009 12:23 AM

Coming in second

Livingston Taylor once said he would rather have his life than James's because he still got to sing for a living, had a nice life and a great family, but didn't have to deal with the albatross of fame. Hillary Clinton came in second in the primaries and now gets to travel the world doing great work without the hassles of the top job. Adam Lambert will likely follow the path of so many other Idol also-rans and do better than the winner.

Winning is overrated.

Thursday, September 3, 2009 11:51 PM

Something's Got to Give...

... Terms of Endearment, Annie Hall. Basically any rom-com containing Diane Keaton and/or Jack Nicholson.

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