General Malaise
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General Malaise
Footballguy
I'd rather read the Bible. Seriously.mr. furley said:
Thorn
Footballguy
Are you out of your ####### mind?
McJose
Footballguy
Oh yeah? Belle and Sebastian suck!
kevzilla
Footballguy
Celph Titled
Footballguy
Yeah.Maybe I didn't get it. Should I try watching it again? I found myself doing the ol'
quite a bit.
McJose
Footballguy
You have to take it for what it is...when it was made etc. It comes off as a bit cartoonish these days. Of course the book is much better.Yeah.Maybe I didn't get it. Should I try watching it again? I found myself doing the ol'
General Malaise
Footballguy
Where are you guys finding these pearls of wisdom?Didn't Wimer author some curious statements related to
? I seem to recall the same sort of discarded chattel vibe then that I'm picking up now with regards to Coffee.
General Malaise
Footballguy
I've seen it a few times....once in HS - I didn't get it then. Once in college for a course I was taking - I began to appreciate it then. And finally, once in an old theater in Portland, stoned out of my mind and with a pitcher of micro-brew. I LOVED it. It's also my dad's favorite movie. And book. Book is fantasitc. But I think it took me some time to mature into a Kubrick fan. Some pretty memorable scenes for sure...."I'm singing in the rain" will never sound the same to me ever again.You have to take it for what it is...when it was made etc. It comes off as a bit cartoonish these days. Of course the book is much better.Yeah.Maybe I didn't get it. Should I try watching it again? I found myself doing the ol'
General Malaise
Footballguy
I like asking my lady if she wants to do the "Ole In out In Out" once in a while.Yeah.Maybe I didn't get it. Should I try watching it again? I found myself doing the ol'
Celph Titled
Footballguy
I like a lot of Kubrick, but I just found this silly in a bad way. And I loved Good Burger.Also, I am thinking about getting a Kindle. With the copious amount of books that are online, begging to beI've seen it a few times....once in HS - I didn't get it then. Once in college for a course I was taking - I began to appreciate it then. And finally, once in an old theater in Portland, stoned out of my mind and with a pitcher of micro-brew. I LOVED it. It's also my dad's favorite movie. And book. Book is fantasitc. But I think it took me some time to mature into a Kubrick fan. Some pretty memorable scenes for sure...."I'm singing in the rain" will never sound the same to me ever again.You have to take it for what it is...when it was made etc. It comes off as a bit cartoonish these days. Of course the book is much better.Yeah.Maybe I didn't get it. Should I try watching it again? I found myself doing the ol'
, it only makes sense. I'll try giving the book a try.
Celph Titled
Footballguy
We just arch our eyebrows at each other. When I arch an eyebrow, it's hard to miss.I like asking my lady if she wants to do the "Ole In out In Out" once in a while.Yeah.Maybe I didn't get it. Should I try watching it again? I found myself doing the ol'
McJose
Footballguy
We just arch our eyebrows at each other. When I arch an eyebrow, it's hard to miss.I like asking my lady if she wants to do the "Ole In out In Out" once in a while.Yeah.Maybe I didn't get it. Should I try watching it again? I found myself doing the ol'
Does it knock your ball cap off?
General Malaise
Footballguy
I HATED that movie she was in....the one in the 80's....where she used that REALLY annoying voice.
CGRdrJoe
Footballguy
You're thinking of Jennifer Tilly hth
General Malaise
Footballguy
Josie Maran
Footballguy
This guy knows what I'm talking about.
General Malaise
Footballguy
What did Fred used to have as an avatar? I can't remember.....course I can't remember much anymore, as Fred can attest.
Encyclopedia Brown
Footballguy
Aren't there two Tilly actresses?Combined they were in "The Big Chill", that awful "Chinatown" sequel where they played the daughter of Faye Dunaway, "Bound", and then one of them became poker players.I can't tell who is who.General Malaise said:
General Malaise
Footballguy
Meg Tilly I think is the other one. I don't know much about her at all. Jennifer Tilly has the obnoxious voice, but is also buxom, lush and full of curves. She's the one who plays poker. I've watched "Bound" more times than I care to admit.
McJose
Footballguy
Please don't say "Something Wild".
Mr. Pickles
Footballguy
Celph Titled
Footballguy
I just started Infinite Jest. It might be awhile before I get to anything else, but I will keep it in mind.I do not wear "ball caps." Apparently none of you have ever suffered the indignation of going into a sporting goods store, asking for "the largest size they have", and WA LA (hi Smoo!), you're wearing a makeshift Oakland Athletics yarmulke. Because if you had, you'd know it hurts.
The baby has started grabbing on to my face and my "neck meat." She hasn't found my eyebrows yet, but it's only a matter of time.
I agree with MisfitBlondes re: the BFred avatar.
Jennifer Tilly still looks pretty good. She's dating a professional poker player, Phil Laak, and consequently she plays a lot of tournament events, and various other TV events because of her name. Unfortunately, she doesn't seem to be very good:
McJose
Footballguy
Aunt Beru
Footballguy
I think you'd regret missing Arcade Fire at the Greek. Figure out a way to do it.CONUNDRUM:
Me and the missus have tickets for Belle and Sebastian on October 3, Sunday, down in Los Angeles. It's about a six-hour drive for us, but we both dearly love them, so it should be a lot of fun. And it'll be a nice chance to get away for the day. The plan was to go down on the day of, and then drive part of the way back that night, and then come home the following day and take a half-day from work. My mom has already agreed to watch the baby, so we're all set.
Then comes the announcement today that RKade Fire is playing locally, at the Greek Theatre...on October 2. The Greek is a beautiful outdoor venue (link to those hippies Phish playing it here), and AF played here their last time around and it was epic. Honestly, it's way too small for them given their current stature, but apparently they are huge fans of the place, so there you have it.
Anyway, I mention this to my wife this morning, and she just completely shoots down the idea of going. She says she doesn't want to get a babysitter for both days of the weekend, which is reasonable, but there are plenty of people we know that would be willing to do it.
So do I:
a) skip it
b) try to work the angle of finding someone else to watch her, even though she's already shot it down
c) just ask if I can go and she can stay home with the baby
d) Bring the baby along, since it'll be outdoors and probably fairly manageable if we sit up high enough
YSR
Footballguy
You just made me IMDB Working Girl. HOW THE EFF did this anything about this movie get nominated? Melanie Griffith for Best Actress? Sigourney Weaver and Joan Cusack for Best Supporting Actress? BEST PICTURE?I honestly feel like my head is going to explode.
ETA:
One of these things is not like the other:
1989 Best Actress Nominees:
Jodie Foster - The Accused (won)
Meryl Streep - A Cry in the Dark
Sigourney Weaver - Gorillas in the Mist
Glenn Close - Dangerous Liaisons
Melanie Griffith - Working Girl
1989 Best Picture Nominees:
Rain Main (won)
Dangerous Liaisons
Mississippi Burning
The Accidental Tourist
Working Girl
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YSR
Footballguy
VeryI think you'd regret missing Arcade Fire at the Greek. Figure out a way to do it.CONUNDRUM:
Me and the missus have tickets for Belle and Sebastian on October 3, Sunday, down in Los Angeles. It's about a six-hour drive for us, but we both dearly love them, so it should be a lot of fun. And it'll be a nice chance to get away for the day. The plan was to go down on the day of, and then drive part of the way back that night, and then come home the following day and take a half-day from work. My mom has already agreed to watch the baby, so we're all set.
Then comes the announcement today that RKade Fire is playing locally, at the Greek Theatre...on October 2. The Greek is a beautiful outdoor venue (link to those hippies Phish playing it here), and AF played here their last time around and it was epic. Honestly, it's way too small for them given their current stature, but apparently they are huge fans of the place, so there you have it.
Anyway, I mention this to my wife this morning, and she just completely shoots down the idea of going. She says she doesn't want to get a babysitter for both days of the weekend, which is reasonable, but there are plenty of people we know that would be willing to do it.
So do I:
a) skip it
b) try to work the angle of finding someone else to watch her, even though she's already shot it down
c) just ask if I can go and she can stay home with the baby
d) Bring the baby along, since it'll be outdoors and probably fairly manageable if we sit up high enough
bostonfred
Footballguy
Yeah, I changed my avatar to shiny's on the anniversary of his death. When I did it, I was going to keep it up for a month. It was weird to see it at first, but it was strangely cathartic. It's been way over a month now, and I knew I should probably change it back, but it's one of those things that I just didn't want to do, like cleaning out a couple dozen PMs from him at LABS. They actually gave me a bigger PM inbox instead, which was appreciated.
krista4
Footballguy
Jesus, that's pretty awful.You just made me IMDB Working Girl. HOW THE EFF did this anything about this movie get nominated? Melanie Griffith for Best Actress? Sigourney Weaver and Joan Cusack for Best Supporting Actress? BEST PICTURE?I honestly feel like my head is going to explode.
ETA:
One of these things is not like the other:
1989 Best Actress Nominees:
Jodie Foster - The Accused (won)
Meryl Streep - A Cry in the Dark
Sigourney Weaver - Gorillas in the Mist
Glenn Close - Dangerous Liaisons
Melanie Griffith - Working Girl
1989 Best Picture Nominees:
Rain Main (won)
Dangerous Liaisons
Mississippi Burning
The Accidental Tourist
Working Girl
Bob Sacamano
Footballguy
Why you gotta be like that? You're the one who asked the question. If you aren't looking for an honest answer, don't ask next time. I'm not trying to be an ### (although I know it often happens effortlessly). I'm just saying your husband isn't the only one who doesn't know this movie. It didn't even ring a bell to me by name.So I looked ut up on imdb. I remember seeing trailers for it, but I'm certain I never saw the movie. To be fair, I was 14 when it came out. And without knowing anything about it at all, it looks an awful damn lot like a chick flick. And I'd just as soon punch out an eardrum as listen to Melanie Griffith speak.
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jplvr
Footballguy
Naturally Alabama football message boards are filled with JeebusGuys, so my contention that Glen Coffee showing up to training camp supposedly ready to play only to leave because he wanted to begin his ministry was a "flake out" is not being well received. I'm not sure how to change that run-on sentence, but what say you? My argument is "if he wanted to become a Buddhist monk, I wouldn't be alone in that thought." Apparently you can't flake out for Jesus.
Celph Titled
Footballguy
I agree with you. I think it's fine to retire, especially from football, but doing it post-draft and post-free agency leaves your team in a bad spot (Barry Sanders> hi).
Encyclopedia Brown
Footballguy
Palmer passed away not too long ago.It is uncertain whether the cause was an addiction to love or a bad case of lovin' you.
Giant Wooden Badger
the Beav
Seems like a flake out to me. If that's what he wanted to do, why spend the off-season in the Bay area working out and putting on good weight?
kevzilla
Footballguy
I think that death was simply irresistible.
McJose
Footballguy
At least he found the stairway to heaven.
General Malaise
Footballguy
Encyclopedia Brown
Footballguy
I thought maybe it was that feeling he got when he looked to the east.
Dungeon Master
Footballguy
TRE -> I am heading to DeMori's tonight. I will look for you.
Dungeon Master
Footballguy
TRE -> I am not at DeMori's. I am at Duke's. See you soon, GB.
Tremendous Upside
Footballguy
Meat raffle in effect?
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
Don't be that guy.
Dungeon Master
Footballguy
No, but I won a hunny on pull tabs.
McJose
Footballguy
What guy? The guy that reads?
Dungeon Master
Footballguy
Also won a stuffed tiger on the claw machine.Pretty big night.
Tremendous Upside
Footballguy
Sounds epic
Samuel L Bronkowitz
Footballguy
This is what has taken over the drunk thread?
Mr. Pickles
Footballguy
I think he means the guy that says the book is much better than the film. There are some cases where the film is better. I thought Silence of the Lambs was one instance, although every other book by Thomas Harris was better than the crap movie. Another one was The English Patient. I know that most people hate it, but I actually liked it. The book was completely unreadable, and I truly mean that. Impossibly terrible. Ontaatje has this fascination with describing the winds of the Sahara (which have their own names) with great detail.I'd tried to subject myself to Pride and Prejudice on a few occasions, you know, to better understand the female mind, but I've only made about 1/4 of the way through on two attempts. It's insufferable the way Jane Austen writes. She spends so much time telling you about gossip and peoples' standing in society. The A&E miniseries was actually quite good.Anyone read Tim Crochets book prologue yet?
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
The "the book was way better" guy. Look, I know you're a fairly intelligent guy so I'll give you a pass this time, but typically when people say this in conversation it's pretty obvious they're saying "HEY LOOK AT ME I READ BOOKS".Plus, when has the book ever not been better than the movie?
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