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Thursday, September 3, 2009 05:25 AM

The Family

Everybody has had their role to play, and has been at them for years. They aren't going to change quickly, or possibly ever. The LW should think of her situation as that she has moved to a foreign land. Their are some things about this foreign place that she really likes (the husband), but there are many other things that she does not. One cannot expect to change everyone else in this new foreign place, instead one adapts or moves. Talking with the MIL, while theoretically a good idea, is more likely to cause the LW more trouble in the long run than benefit, unless the LW plans the conversation extraordinarily well and already knows what buttons to push. The LW needs to speak in terms the MIL gets and is comfortable with. The LW says she wants to move, and maybe that would be best, it is impossible to tell from what we have been given. Moving to a new country is often hard, and there times when one simply cannot stand it. And fleeing may not be as easy as the LW things, even considering the aunt, because of the husband. He stayed all those years, why? He may have wanted to leave, but he didn't. He'll be moving to a foreign land with this move, and colorado seems like it is far far away from where they are now. Wouldn't it be better to move an hour away, thereby giving the LW space from the crazy in-Laws but without potentially causing issues to the husband and possibly reducing the retribution of the in-laws. There still would be lots of retribution, but less, and potentially easier for the husband to deal with. If that doesn't work, say after a year or so, then it is time to flee.

Saturday, October 17, 2009 07:16 AM

No worries

I'm looking forward to the opening up of the northwest passage, and getting cheaper goods.

At what point does the obvious become obvious to the blind. By and large, the negative consequences of climate change have generally exceeded predictions, so yes it is true that the predictions are off. They are usually too conservative.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 06:37 PM

You don't like Pixar films, remember?

While you seem to like this film, which is unusual, your title is uniformative. In general Pixar films leave you 'cold'. So you like this film more than others that you stated you don't like. Okay.

Thursday, November 12, 2009 07:52 AM

Just a Movie Review

It's the title with the problem. If the SZ hadn't compared FMF favorably with Pixar films, or had liked Pixar films in general, then I wouldn't have a problem. However from the SZ perspective, Pixar are films are something like a Straw Man (they look good but they are really crap). Presumably it is easier to be intellectually honest in a movie review, than in almost all of the other content at Salon.

Thursday, November 12, 2009 06:16 PM

Titles and Trolls

Certainly if the editors at Salon changed the title, it is hard to be critical of the reviewer, my mistake there. The rest of the review is just a review and no harm done. As for the comments on my 'trollishness', the reason I read Salon is its focus on both substance and writing. The content is frequently to the point, without being unnecessarily abrasive. The title of this review is misleading with respect to the reviewer's body of work, which seems like a mistake to me.

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