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Posted on 03/05/2005 11:51:13 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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Bleach manga or anime? The anime's pretty fast-paced. At least compared to the manga.
For Beck, I just didn't like the vulgarity right off the bat and the story didn't seize me.
No kiddin!? There was a commercial here on TV that showed a couple going to the game with their young son, when the sox won in 1918. Then it showed him going with his sons, then the sons as they aged, then those men taking their sons, and the Sox kept losing. Then this year they had these young men as VEY old men FINALLY getting that World Series win. It was vey cute.
That don't sound good!
That's what I thought.
The closest I've come to Hollywood stardom is Marl's cousin, who ran the all-night bump shop to fix up cars wrecked in filming "The Blues Brothers". Didn't make it on-screen, but his name is in the credits, somewhere.
I still think that movie holds the record for automotive mayhem.
Rutroh... apparently that woman that found the finger in the chili at Wendy's has a history of lawsuits against various fast food chains.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1380222/posts?page=56
I still wanna know if Wendy's returned the property to her after they investigation. They should have given her the finger. :-)
going to bed now.
I Gave Her A Ring by Steven Fromholz
A chip of a diamond in ten-carat gold,
I hocked all my dreams. All my secrets I sold.
I brought all the love this poor boy could bring her.
I gave her a ring.
She gave me "the finger".
We had talked to the preacher and to her mom and dad.
We talked of the future; Oh, the plans that we had.
I sang all the love songs this poor boy could sing.
Must not of liked what she heard 'cause she gave me "the bird"
When I gave her my ring.
I gave her a ring.
She gave me "the finger".
I said, "Babe, that's the wrong one,"
When she showed me the long one.
The look in her eyes said I need not linger.
I heard the fat lady sing when I gave her my ring
And she gave me "the finger".
She flipped off our love.
There ain't nothin' crueler.
So I carried that ring
On back to the jeweler.
He said, "This ring is like love, son. There's no guarantee.
Like when you gave it to her, I'm gonna give it to you
When you give it to me."
I heard the fat lady sing when I gave her my ring
And she gave me "the finger".
I have very few brushes with greatness. I saw Mr. Howell in a giftshop in Canada once... whoo hoo... Cristie Brinkley and her husband whatizname showed up to tour my ship on a day when I was off duty and wasn't there... George H.W. Bush was on my ship on the patrol exactly before I signed on board. [sigh] Dammit.
The most famous person I've ever actually met and shook hands with was Colin Powell. Quite apart from the reception he usually gets on FR, I actually really like the man. He has a certain presence in person that is remarkable. Say what you like, but he's a heavy hitter, and I shook his hand and saluted.
Heh... 'zactly.
My mother once insulted Robin Cook, the writer of medical thrillers, to his face at a hotel. Closest I've come to greatness. Except, of course, my own inate qualities.
Oh, Rose and I walked past Roger Zelazny in the hallway during Armadillocon here in Austin, the year he was guest of honor.
Two of them are Camillus, one is Ontario. All three have the very desireable safety feature of a metal backing that also protects the tip of the blade, and you, from unintended contact. Camillus still makes this knife, as can be seen here, with the somewhat cheaper, and riskier, all-leather sheath.
The leather is the big loser after all these years, drying out and becoming almost white. Still, there was enough acid left to leave little spots of rust on the steel. Plus the usual green mildew around the brass parts.
I picked the knives up mostly as a military collectible. The real challenge is restoring the leather. So far, lots of saddle soap seems to be doing the trick. After that, I'll work in a preservative wax.
Damn... I used to have one of those, or something darn close to it, that was USCG issue at the time. Traded it to a Marine buddy at the time for a knife that turned out to be kinda crummy.
Dang it.
Sigh... Zelazny...
I rec'd the Amber books for my 12 year old brother. Dad's going to re-read to check them over. Hope he thinks the bother's ready.
I don't even know who Bart Starr is/was.
Heh... almost forgot about the time I found out that my hangout in Astoria was also the big hangout for the crew filming "Short Circuit", including Steven Spielberg. But as usual... I had no clue at the time.
Just like how Jennifer Lopez was hangin' out at the Sunset Grill in Gig Harbor for some weeks filming one of her disaster movies with wazzizname... and apparently I was there the whole time and never got clued in.
[sigh] Just call me clueless. :-)
I was 12 or 13 at the time.
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