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Posted on 05/05/2004 7:57:51 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
New verse:
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Upon the hearth the fire is red, |
Still round the corner there may wait |
Home is behind, the world ahead, |
That reminds me of some of the trashy SF movies from the early 50s. A few greats, mostly junk. But they all have a certain amount of charm to them. The same thing for the SF magazines.
Interestingly, Star Trek DS9 did an ep once with everyone out of their DS9 personae, and into a setting of one of the famous New York City SF publishing boilerrooms. Quite well done, especially if you can figure out the famous SF personalities they portrayed.
The only decent thing about Star Trek Voyager were the episodes that featured Tom Parris and his whacked-out black&white holodeck simulations of the very worst of 1950s space opera serials. The hokiness was quite authentic, and showed a great mastery of cornball SF.
'Morning!
I wuz pooped from intensive yard work yesterday!
Am at TheHouse now....sister liked the cookies and the basil I brought....headed out back west later this afternoon.
'Tis brimstone.
I tend to disappear towards later in the evening.
Mornin'
Had to get Jr. to church by 7:45. It's youth Sunday. Youth choir sings this morning and their production is tonite (and also tomorrow nite). Came back read the paper on the deck with my coffee. It's a vey nice morning and my yard and deck are once again nice enough to enjoy.
We're going to second service. Then I gots more yard workin' to do.
I'm just freeping a little, got a load of laundry in, watching for cats to let in or out.
Same here. I thought about going to the gym...briefly.
I could do with another cup of coffee on the deck and then a nap, but gotta go.
Hmm....more coffee would be good.
I need something with caffeine. And mind-altering substances.
Church soon. Then we come home and the guests descend. This will be fun.
Good morning! ~smooch~
Up drinkin' coffee here. Gonna do the front room today, so they say...
Morning; coffee and a bit of the paper on the deck, Gypsy has been walked, getting ready to clean up the vehicles, couple of errands and yard stuff. Should be the upper 70's. But first another cuppa coffee.
OT; safe journey & don't forget the coupons :-) Baileys.
Hehehe....had Bailey's on the flight out and I've only got three coupons left...enough for a glass of wine on the way to Chicago.
But the good news is that I should be getting another free ticket and a new book of coupons.
~yawn~
Good morning! Heading out to give the horses their breakfast.
Mornin' all!
Bear, Rose, dinner tonight?
If so, call my cell phone when you get up. Myranda's off work today and I'll be in Temple a little later this morning. Will be checkin' in to see if you're ready to moot after a bit.... gotta finish coffee and shower first. Aunt Cheryl and I are still wakin' up.......
Still sitting around here trying to get started on projects... been running through wedding plans and Dad has been telling me that everything I think of won't work.
ecurbh! I wanna come home!
Dad is thinkin' we will load up the truck with stuff from here to go to the dump, and he may just drive me down there to load our dump stuff. Then he can just go home from the dump and I am not stranded needing picked up.
So I'll be home today. I think.
(((Hair)))
Wish I coulda been there with ya, honey.
Oh oh....
I'm fixin' to get myself in trouble with someone.
But, it never stopped me before....
Just tell 'em it's YOUR WEDDING and it's gonna be done the way YOU want it.
WN has spoken.
That won't work ;~D
Definitely! Even the junky ones are fun to watch/read. I just picked up this one on sale for $1:
An orphan comes by a magical space gun that helps him in a fight to save the local orphanage. Look at the title. Be aware that the cast features John Agar, Anne Francis and Beverly Garland in it. Know that the script was co-written by Lenny Bruce. Read that plot description again. Know that the movie is one of those small-town, feel-good, light comedies about nice decent folk being manipulated by a corrupt politician who not only engages in fraud, but also drives drunk and almost runs over a child. Then you can do as I did as I watching this one; scratch your head a lot.
I like the magazines, too--have some 1950s issues of Amazing, Fantastic Science Fiction, Fate, The First World of If, Other Worlds, Startling Stories, and Wonder Stories. Occasionally they have a good story by a major SF author, but mostly they're just silly entertainment :)
Eek!--guests! Run away. Run away! What's the occasion of the invasion? :)
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