So Mo Ryan made an off-hand suggestion on Twitter that we spend less time thinking about "Conveyer Belt of Love" (a real show, as Fienberg explains ) and more time thinking of the best TV lines of the year. Thus, a Twitter meme was started, but I figured why let the tweeps have all the fun? So fire away with any and every funny or deep or memorable line from the last year. It's a free-for-all,...
In reply to Blog for November 27, 2009 [See ADDENDUM] : I did a little write-up on Dubai World, following some of their links and "assets". Looks like mark to market could really be zero on some of their grandiose plans, unless they can convince others to throw good money after bad to bring projects to completion-- then mark to market might be 20%. Just my humble opinion.... Check it out,...
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The Afghani Wasteland: Psychopaths Will Rule The Land That Perpetually Sucks December 2nd, 2009 Posted By Erik Wong. Roaring Republican: “The United States and Russia do not intend to, and cannot, create the future government of Afghanistan. It is up to the Afghans themselves to determine their future.” – Joint US/Russia release on Afghanistan – November 13th 2001 The comedian Sam Kinison had...
... interest in watching. "Charlie Hoover" (1991): "Wow, they're really going for a Sam Kinison feel on that imp from hell character, that's a little tasteless." "And Sam Kinison as the imp from hell!" "Okay..." It seems Sam Kinison didn't die until 1992. The non-Sam-Kinison actor, Tim Matheson, went on to play the vice-president on...
... enough quick cuts to make you throw up before the one-minute mark, trendy saturated colors, and Sam Kinison . The ’80s should have clamped down on Bon Jovi like a bear trap: But Bon Jovi didn’t tank in the ’90s. No, you know what they did? They released an album in 1992, just as grunge was building momentum and their name recognition was enough to sell two million copies of Keep the Faith...
... at least enjoy the show. I like that idea. So naturally people like Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Sam Kinison, Bill Hicks, et al, had a great influence on me. Repo Man is a movie that makes me happy every time I watch it, as do most horror movies. I couldn’t name all of the writers that have influenced me. How did you start writing your novel? Where did the idea evolve? This is where the...
... leisure and social benefits , among others. Reading this, I thought immediately of that old Sam Kinison skit about the dog psychiatrist. A dog owner brings his pooch to a local shrink. The dog, it seems, has been acting out of late. The doc takes the leash, calmly walks the pooch into the next room and proceeds to beat him about the head and shoulders furiously, all the while screaming,...
