Posted on 01/20/2003 6:04:36 PM PST by gitmo
OMG! Where are all the people who march to some unknown drummer going to get air time?
The show formerly known as Art Bell can't survive with sNoory's used car salesman style. I find even his reading of commercials offensive.
Now, I can't even depend on Art Bell to find some guest that can attempt to spin a good story on some water not freezing...
Wait! I don't have to lose sleep over it! I'll just put sNoory on to get to sleep!
Ain't that the damn truth? These days, anything served in a v-shaped glass is called a "martini." Bars find they can get away with adding a buck or two to the price of some vile concoction just by calling it a "martini," such is the panache of the name these days. Sour apple "martinis," Mexican "martinis" (don't ask), and as God is my witness, chocolate "martinis" -- the mind reels, and the stomach recoils.
Judge Robert Bork wrote a treatise on martinis in National Review several years back. He was even more restrictive than you in the definition of a martini. Vodka, to the Judge, was unacceptable. He also held the "martini on the rocks" in contempt; he would gaze upon what he referred to (as I recall) "a diluting mess," and mutter "oh, the horror."
I applaud Judge Bork's strict constructionism on the subject, but with one exception: he was (and presumably remains) a staunch advocate of the lemon twist, saying one should add an olive to the concoction only if one is "under the impression that a martini is some sort of salad." On this point, alas, the good judge and I part company.
I have looked on-line before without success; I don't believe it was archived by National Review. As I recall, it was one of a series of essays by various conservatives along the lines of "how to get over the election," the election in question being (I think) 1998's. One of these days, I'll get down to the public lie-berry and make myself a hard copy.
During the opening credits of the movie: "Fargo", a disclaimer states that Fargo's story is a "true story" based on an actual kidnapping and murder:
"THIS IS A TRUE STORY. The events depicted in this film took place in Minnesota in 1987. At the request of the survivors, the names have been changed. Out of respect for the dead, the rest has been told exactly as it occurred."
"Although the film is named Fargo, the location of the initial scene in North Dakota, most of the film's action is set in Minnesota (the towns of Brainerd and Minneapolis) and on the road to and from Fargo, during approximately a week of time in late January and early February. "
http://www.brainerddispatch.com/fargo/
LOL! (you're on a role today man)
Movie fans eager to see how Brainerd is depicted in the movie "Fargo" might want to keep in mind that there is a difference between "true" and "movie true."
Inquiries to Brainerd Police Chief Frank Ball and to The Brainerd Daily Dispatch began trickling in after the movie was released. Callers are asking whether the multiple murders depicted in the movie actually occurred there.
The Dispatch and Ball have fielded the question from newspapers and news organizations across the nation. For the record, the answer is "no."
"Fargo" co-producer Ethan Coen told The Dispatch that the murders in the movie did not occur in Brainerd or in Minnesota, but that they did occur.
Coen, whose movies with his brother Joel have featured offbeat and occasionally dark humor, was true to form when asked when and where the murders took place. "I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you," he said.
The source of the confusion appears to be a statement in the beginning of "Fargo" indicating that the story in the movie is true. Coen, while admitting that the statement could have been more clear, said the story was largely true.
"Most people don't care," Coen said about the precise location of the murders. "It doesn't claim to be a documentary."
Ball's quotes in a New York Times article - in which he stressed that the story was not true and that Brainerd was an upscale, professional and beautiful place - prompted Coen to fax a letter to him.
Ball described the missive as a "nasty letter" in which Coen criticized his comments.
In the note, which Coen says was intended to be tongue-in-cheek, the former St. Louis Park resident expressed disappointment that Ball would take the side of the New York press and impugn the accuracy of the movie without having seen it.
The letter, Ball said, mentioned the obvious point that he is not a woman and not pregnant, as the police chief was portrayed in the film. The note mentioned the film's murders and noted that while accurate reporting of such facts is part of Ball's job it is not part of Coen's.
Ball said Coen also took a shot at the city's rather unattractive logo, offering to let the city use the one designed for the movie.
Ball did not reply to the letter.
Coen said Brainerd was chosen for the film because of the city's connection to Paul Bunyan lore. A Paul Bunyan statue is featured prominently in the film.
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So wait a minute --- here we have the coen brothers admitting (see bold above) that the murders didn't even take place in Minnesota, but according to your post, the opening credits say that it did take place in Minnesota ???
Hmmm --- sounds like the "truth" from a typical hollyweird liberal... Heck, anything to make money, right ???
And anyone who says that there isn't a deep frost up here, has no clue what they are talking about --- with little snow cover, the frost levels are deeper than normal. This area has had cold temps (heck 25 below predicted for tonight), and most of the lakes around here have about 2 feet of ice ...
Usually when we got alot of snow early on in the winter, that's when the frost line is more shallow --- the snow insulates the ground. A few years back, when we had quite a bit of snow in November, the builders loved it --- because the ground was easier to work with --- this year, the ground is frozen solid.
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