From commentor IlsaLund: This is Clary, AKA Miss Pants. She was originally adopted as a kitten by a neighbor. The neighbor died suddenly and Clary was trapped in her apartment for four days before being freed. No one wanted her and I’d already said no because we had two 17 yr olds at the time …
Archives for January 2011
What the Fuck, India? — Enthiran Trailer
This trailer is so bananas, I feel like I need to share it with as many people as possible: Apparently, it’s the most expensive movie ever made in India. It’s definitely the most balls-out insane movie trailer I’ve ever seen. (H/T TK at Pajiba!) [cross-posted(ish) here at Angry Black Lady Chronicles]
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Wholly Outsourced Snark
This letter to today’s Times nailed it, IMHO. Mr Samuel Reifler of Rhinebeck, N.Y. (one of my favorite town names, for some reason) writes: The bizarre behavior of Gil Meche, who gave up $12 million because he “felt bad” about taking money he had not earned, is a slap in the face to those toilers …
An Update
I wrote yesterday that the Democratic co-sponsor of the latest anti-choice bill was “not talking”. He has since responded to a question from Talking Points Memo, so I wanted to update. Here’s the response: The No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, H.R. 3, will eliminate the need for numerous separate annual abortion-funding prohibitions (called riders) …
Sunday Evening Open Thread
Thanks to all who participated down-thread. Next Sunday is some big noisy quasi-religious observance for sports fans, I’m told, so how about we schedule the discussion of NIXONLAND, chapter 3, “The Stench”, for Monday evening, Feb 7, at 9pm EST? Or is that too early / too late / the wrong day? Incidentally, I was …
Nixonland I: Hell in LA / The Orthogonian
The past isn’t dead; it isn’t even past. — Faulkner Here begins the first virtual meeting of the BJ Book Group. Today’s topic: the preface and first two chapters of Rick Perlstein’s Nixonland. What do y’all think? One thing: I hadn’t realized how much Nixon used the “popular media” successfully. I know everyone remembers the …
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Open Thread
I’m spending my day shampooing the carpets. Joy.