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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
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Folks, give Mr Lonelyhearts a break. Maybe it's "fake," maybe not. Besides, if the husband here were narrating a novel, he'd be known as "unreliable."
In short, just because he claimed to go down on one or more dykes in a lesbian bar doesn't mean he really did.
Still, perhaps Cary could give his readers some idea of what extent (if at all) he attempts to verify the legitimacy of requests for advice.
Hell, either way, this is a column I read for its entertainment value more than anything. It may as well be called, "Since You Asked for Schadenfreude..."
Juan Cole's piece was far more informative. It should have been the lead story.
Anyone else catch this author's appearance Tuesday night on The Daily Show? He clearly bristled at Jon Stewart's (gentle) mockery of the entire notion that this "sport" is anything but a middle finger flipped at rationality.
1. Cary, please, no more Mark Morford-style run-on rants. It's tedious and precious and dull as can be.
2. Who says these were great parents? Obviously Mom has already decided that her offspring's problems are genetic. Convenient rationale. I'll bet the kids have a different take on their upbringing.
BBC is a broadcast operation in Britain.
Just because it appears on cable in the US doesn't make it "cable news."
At least know what you're dissing before making your snarky comments.
Video Dog:
What else might be the meaning of your subhead:
"A cabbie gets on the BBC to talk technology, proving what you already suspected about cable news"
...other than "here's an example of cable news"?
If this wasn't your intent, then "...proving what you already suspected about shag carpeting" would work just as well, as would, "...about diet sodas," "...comfy armchairs," and any other non-sequitur.
Either you were "proving" a shortcoming of cable news, or you weren't. The subhead says you were, and my response was that the channel in question was broadcast, not cable, in Britain.
In any event, didn't Norman Minnow and Marshall McLuhan pretty well sum-up the state of television generally, including news, sometime about 40 years ago? I realize that VD, as it were, is essentially a little fluff to go along with the theoretically more serious content here, but jeez, suggesting that television--broadcast or cable--appeals most often to the lowest common denominator isn't exactly taking you out on a limb.
Cary's advice is excellent.
There MUST be a city or county health clinic or public hospital available to you. Go there. See an MD and request a prescription for an antidepressant. Zoloft has worked wonders for chronically depressed friends. Yes, it's $1 a day, but that's cheap for the relief it (or another SSRI) brings.
Once you are on more solid emotional ground, then you can proceed to understanding how you got where you are, and how not to be there from now on.
The same simmering discontent has been building in me for the last few years. Worst left-lane drivers in the US? Washington State. Rudest airline attendants in North America? Air Canada. Rudest sales help in Europe? Germans. Most arrogant professionals? MDs.
In short, Cary is sadly accurate. Make your own list--the conclusion is inevitably the same.
Are we to expect doctors, Germans, and the drivers of Washington to wake up tomorrow and realize they're assholes? That's like Bush supporters and homophobes suddenly coming to their senses. Miracles don't happen. We either adjust to it, flashing wry grimaces to other club members when possible, and live with it. Or don't, and head to the roof with the AK-47.
For the time being, I'd rather live with it than end up in prison. And that, my fellow club members, is about the only deterrent stopping me.
...she's the one who gave her dead husband's boat to Desmond. Different hair style, same gal.
And who, perchance, was her dead husband, David? Ring any bells?
However, I agree with the consensus that the finale was too clever by half. Why would Desmond cooperate in not pushing the button when clearly he knew that there *were* consequences for doing so, et al.
Unfortunately for us viewers, and as any quick read of Season-1 interviews with the show's creators will reveal, "Lost" surprised everyone by its popularity, and there was never any long-term plot schematic. In fact, in answer to the question, "Will they ever be rescued," the answer was, "No, then the show would be over."
Finally, I strongly disagree that Season 1 was "too" slow. Overall, the story arcs and character development that we now appreciate so much were bloody conveyed in that season!
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
