Random musical jumps and other stuff
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yendiGotta love moving from "Joxer the Mighty" to this song. Randomness knows no limits!
You know what's frustrating? Starting a good book (in this case, the latest Scott Nicholson novel, The Manor, which is another haunted house novel,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
dixie!), getting just enough into it to be hooked, only to have a book that's one you've been looking forward to for ages arrive in the mail (the latest Pratchett, Going Postal). Looks like I've got lots of reading to do this week.
The Baseball playoffs start today! And my Mets are somehow not in them. Who'd have thunk it?
As always, I'll be rooting against teams (Yankees and Braves) more than rooting for anyone.
It's the moment you've been waiting for: Caffeinated Beer!
Oh, wait, it's from Amheuser-Busch. That would make if caffeinated piss!
(And yes, I know there are other caffeinated beers on the market.)
Oh, hey -- Steve Ballmer says that iPod users are all thieves. Coming from Microsoft, that's rich.
As for today's poll, here's a tough one:
[Poll #361358]
Legally, of course, if you haven't seen all of these movies at least once, you can't call yourself a movie fan (although you may be forgiven on the Dark Passage front if you can prove ownership of at least three others on DVD). And at least sixteen states have statues on file that consider shooting anyone who says, "but I thought Harrison Ford played Linus" to be a mercy killing .
You know what's frustrating? Starting a good book (in this case, the latest Scott Nicholson novel, The Manor, which is another haunted house novel,
dixie!), getting just enough into it to be hooked, only to have a book that's one you've been looking forward to for ages arrive in the mail (the latest Pratchett, Going Postal). Looks like I've got lots of reading to do this week.The Baseball playoffs start today! And my Mets are somehow not in them. Who'd have thunk it?
As always, I'll be rooting against teams (Yankees and Braves) more than rooting for anyone.
It's the moment you've been waiting for: Caffeinated Beer!
Oh, wait, it's from Amheuser-Busch. That would make if caffeinated piss!
(And yes, I know there are other caffeinated beers on the market.)
Oh, hey -- Steve Ballmer says that iPod users are all thieves. Coming from Microsoft, that's rich.
As for today's poll, here's a tough one:
[Poll #361358]
Legally, of course, if you haven't seen all of these movies at least once, you can't call yourself a movie fan (although you may be forgiven on the Dark Passage front if you can prove ownership of at least three others on DVD). And at least sixteen states have statues on file that consider shooting anyone who says, "but I thought Harrison Ford played Linus" to be a mercy killing .
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Date: 2004-10-05 07:32 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-10-05 07:39 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-10-05 07:42 am (UTC)Also, it seems very wrong that a story about caffeinated beer doesn't mention the Drew Carey show.
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Date: 2004-10-05 07:46 am (UTC)Since I only watched three episodes of The Drew Carey Show, I don't get the reference.
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Date: 2004-10-05 07:49 am (UTC)It's like 'Top 100 films' lists - how do you get the list down to a hundred?
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Date: 2004-10-05 09:24 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-10-05 07:55 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-10-05 09:56 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-10-05 07:43 am (UTC)People who own ipods are generally people who love music and have huge music collections, and want to keep it all in one tiny place.
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Date: 2004-10-05 07:47 am (UTC)And iPod owners are also not very likely to have a different approach than iRiver or Sony Digital Walkman owners.
Re: Bogie
Date: 2004-10-05 08:05 am (UTC)Re: Bogie
Date: 2004-10-05 09:23 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-10-05 08:30 am (UTC)No shit, Sherlock!
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Date: 2004-10-05 09:19 am (UTC)I still would have voted for Rick Blaine, but I think High Sierra is better Bogart than Dark Passage. And I've always had a soft spot for We're No Angels, especially around Christmas.
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Date: 2004-10-05 09:23 am (UTC)I also think that, great as he is, Bogie's best moments in WNA were as a part of an ensemble.
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Date: 2004-10-05 01:02 pm (UTC)He roams through the countryside;
He never needs a place to hide.
With Gabby as his sidekick
Fighting with her little stick,
Righting wrongs and singing songs,
Being mighty all day long
He's Joxer . . . he's Joxer the Mighty!
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Date: 2004-10-06 05:34 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-10-06 08:30 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-10-05 04:04 pm (UTC)I love them! Any good recommendations?
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Date: 2004-10-06 05:39 am (UTC)The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Harrow House books (Douglas Clegg)
The House Next Door (Anne Rivers Siddons, too lazy to get up and see if the house is given an actual address)
666 (Jay Anson, ditto)
The House of Usher (Poe)
The Shining (King)
Hell House (Matheson)
House of Leaves (Danielewski)
great, thanks.
Date: 2004-10-06 04:38 am (UTC)Re: great, thanks.
Date: 2004-10-06 05:34 am (UTC)Re: great, thanks.
Date: 2004-10-23 10:30 am (UTC)