That's what I mean... Shallow...Immature...Crocus sativus wrote:Wagner was a philosopher... Götterdämmerung is an epic philosophical school expressed in form of an Opera.
Nietzsche, Hitler and many others looked @ Wagner for that school.
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viking stuff is epic philosophyEndovelico wrote:That's what I mean... Shallow...Immature...Crocus sativus wrote:Wagner was a philosopher... Götterdämmerung is an epic philosophical school expressed in form of an Opera.
Nietzsche, Hitler and many others looked @ Wagner for that school.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragnar%C3%B6k
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"American Pie" -- Don McLean
Listen... I understand it's a tribute to Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper all dying in the plane crash, but the song could've easily been a fitting tribute at the four minute mark. I'd even take five. But nearly nine minutes? Number one on my list of most annoying pub sing-a-long songs - best time to take a piss or a cigarette break outside.
My take: it's a maudlin song of cheap sentimentality, and it's way too long for a pop song.
Listen... I understand it's a tribute to Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper all dying in the plane crash, but the song could've easily been a fitting tribute at the four minute mark. I'd even take five. But nearly nine minutes? Number one on my list of most annoying pub sing-a-long songs - best time to take a piss or a cigarette break outside.
My take: it's a maudlin song of cheap sentimentality, and it's way too long for a pop song.
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Heathen!Azrael wrote:My take: it's a maudlin song of cheap sentimentality, and it's way too long for a pop song.
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nice pick; and I'm going to throw the Eagles and "Hotel California" in the mix.Azrael wrote:"American Pie" -- Don McLean
Listen... I understand it's a tribute to Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper all dying in the plane crash, but the song could've easily been a fitting tribute at the four minute mark. I'd even take five. But nearly nine minutes? Number one on my list of most annoying pub sing-a-long songs - best time to take a piss or a cigarette break outside.
My take: it's a maudlin song of cheap sentimentality, and it's way too long for a pop song.
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+1 to both.NapLajoieonSteroids wrote:nice pick; and I'm going to throw the Eagles and "Hotel California" in the mix.Azrael wrote:"American Pie" -- Don McLean
Listen... I understand it's a tribute to Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper all dying in the plane crash, but the song could've easily been a fitting tribute at the four minute mark. I'd even take five. But nearly nine minutes? Number one on my list of most annoying pub sing-a-long songs - best time to take a piss or a cigarette break outside.
My take: it's a maudlin song of cheap sentimentality, and it's way too long for a pop song.
and while we are at it and im freshly reminded, oliver stone and john lennon.
the former for doing high school levels of depth and the latter for doing primary school levels.
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Sometimes people get older than the level of a particular subject matter without surpassnig that subject matter. It's not the fault of review instructors that there is a lot of remedial education that needs to be done.noddy wrote:+1 to both.NapLajoieonSteroids wrote:nice pick; and I'm going to throw the Eagles and "Hotel California" in the mix.Azrael wrote:"American Pie" -- Don McLean
Listen... I understand it's a tribute to Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper all dying in the plane crash, but the song could've easily been a fitting tribute at the four minute mark. I'd even take five. But nearly nine minutes? Number one on my list of most annoying pub sing-a-long songs - best time to take a piss or a cigarette break outside.
My take: it's a maudlin song of cheap sentimentality, and it's way too long for a pop song.
and while we are at it and im freshly reminded, oliver stone and john lennon.
the former for doing high school levels of depth and the latter for doing primary school levels.
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Seconded re the Eagles and Hotel California.NapLajoieonSteroids wrote:nice pick; and I'm going to throw the Eagles and "Hotel California" in the mix.Azrael wrote:"American Pie" -- Don McLean
Listen... I understand it's a tribute to Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper all dying in the plane crash, but the song could've easily been a fitting tribute at the four minute mark. I'd even take five. But nearly nine minutes? Number one on my list of most annoying pub sing-a-long songs - best time to take a piss or a cigarette break outside.
My take: it's a maudlin song of cheap sentimentality, and it's way too long for a pop song.
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A friend of a friend just won a landmark legal case against the Charlie Rose show, saying that they are able to come in at a low budget because they use Interns to do work that would normally be paid for. This victory is likely to cause a landslide of such cases to come about with people suing organizations for back wages. As this issue affects millions of people, it could be fairly significant.Azrael wrote:Charlie Rose
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Marissa Mayer
According to the media, she's practically a god; but one of the first things she does after taking the helm of Yahoo! was to scrap Yahoo! Babel Fish (formerly AltaVista Babel Fish). That was incredibly stupid. Babel Fish was great. It was one of the best things about Yahoo!, probably the best thing they had after Yahoo! email and Yahoo! Directory. What's next, Marissa? Are you going to sabotage Yahoo! Directory, too?
Edit: it looks like somebody beat her to it. It looks like Yahoo! Directory hasn't had much new material or editing to fix broken links since 2005.
It looks like Open Directory may be becoming a better bet.
According to the media, she's practically a god; but one of the first things she does after taking the helm of Yahoo! was to scrap Yahoo! Babel Fish (formerly AltaVista Babel Fish). That was incredibly stupid. Babel Fish was great. It was one of the best things about Yahoo!, probably the best thing they had after Yahoo! email and Yahoo! Directory. What's next, Marissa? Are you going to sabotage Yahoo! Directory, too?
Edit: it looks like somebody beat her to it. It looks like Yahoo! Directory hasn't had much new material or editing to fix broken links since 2005.
It looks like Open Directory may be becoming a better bet.
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Unfortunately, that sordid practice is becoming more and more commonplace, eg Huffington Post.Enki wrote:A friend of a friend just won a landmark legal case against the Charlie Rose show, saying that they are able to come in at a low budget because they use Interns to do work that would normally be paid for.Azrael wrote:Charlie Rose
I hope so.This victory is likely to cause a landslide of such cases to come about with people suing organizations for back wages. As this issue affects millions of people, it could be fairly significant.
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Julia Roberts
Jennifer Aniston
-- have both made careers out of dim wit and needing more emotional maitenance than a British race car. As Venus-vicarious as crashing cop cars are on Mars, any man foolish enough to lash himself to one of these monu-mental millstones deserves to drown in the inevitable rising ocean of tears, or spend his life chasing the next big emotional realization.
I once thought about a remake of Gone With The Wind. Jennifer Aniston had too narrow a range to play Melanie Wilkes, and the role of Aunt Pittypat would probably send Julia straight down Sunset Boulevard the rest of her days.
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Jennifer Aniston
-- have both made careers out of dim wit and needing more emotional maitenance than a British race car. As Venus-vicarious as crashing cop cars are on Mars, any man foolish enough to lash himself to one of these monu-mental millstones deserves to drown in the inevitable rising ocean of tears, or spend his life chasing the next big emotional realization.
I once thought about a remake of Gone With The Wind. Jennifer Aniston had too narrow a range to play Melanie Wilkes, and the role of Aunt Pittypat would probably send Julia straight down Sunset Boulevard the rest of her days.
Edited for clarity.
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Giving boys names to girls
Stacy, Lesley, Ashley, Courtney, Casey, Lindsay . . . they all used to be boys names.
if you write a letter to "Stacy Smith" starting with "Dear Mrs. Smith", and Stacy turns out to be a he, you might lose a client.
Sometimes you can't find a picture on Google to determine the gender, or it's a picture of the wrong "Stacy Smith".
Stacy, Lesley, Ashley, Courtney, Casey, Lindsay . . . they all used to be boys names.
if you write a letter to "Stacy Smith" starting with "Dear Mrs. Smith", and Stacy turns out to be a he, you might lose a client.
Sometimes you can't find a picture on Google to determine the gender, or it's a picture of the wrong "Stacy Smith".
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Latvia and "austerity"
Latvia's response to the Great Recession and "austerity" in general.
(HT Mark Adomanis aka "the Russia Hand")
(HT Mark Adomanis aka "the Russia Hand")
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the belief in free lunches and square circles.....
gun control laws....
gun control laws....
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Outsourcing, particularly the outsourcing of public safety
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You can assume that anything that ends with a 'wye' or an 'ee' sound is a girly name. That's something the culture has decided. Hard consonants or nasty-sounding fricatives - that will be reserved for the guys.....'>>......Azrael wrote:Giving boys names to girls
Stacy, Lesley, Ashley, Courtney, Casey, Lindsay . . . they all used to be boys names.
if you write a letter to "Stacy Smith" starting with "Dear Mrs. Smith", and Stacy turns out to be a he, you might lose a client.
Sometimes you can't find a picture on Google to determine the gender, or it's a picture of the wrong "Stacy Smith".
She irons her jeans, she's evil.........
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I would have liked to have seen someone try to tell that to Audie Murphy.Miss_Faucie_Fishtits wrote:You can assume that anything that ends with a 'wye' or an 'ee' sound is a girly name. That's something the culture has decided. Hard consonants or nasty-sounding fricatives - that will be reserved for the guys.....'>>......Azrael wrote:Giving boys names to girls
Stacy, Lesley, Ashley, Courtney, Casey, Lindsay . . . they all used to be boys names.
if you write a letter to "Stacy Smith" starting with "Dear Mrs. Smith", and Stacy turns out to be a he, you might lose a client.
Sometimes you can't find a picture on Google to determine the gender, or it's a picture of the wrong "Stacy Smith".
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+1Typhoon wrote:I would have liked to have seen someone try to tell that to Audie Murphy.Miss_Faucie_Fishtits wrote:You can assume that anything that ends with a 'wye' or an 'ee' sound is a girly name. That's something the culture has decided. Hard consonants or nasty-sounding fricatives - that will be reserved for the guys.....'>>......Azrael wrote:Giving boys names to girls
Stacy, Lesley, Ashley, Courtney, Casey, Lindsay . . . they all used to be boys names.
if you write a letter to "Stacy Smith" starting with "Dear Mrs. Smith", and Stacy turns out to be a he, you might lose a client.
Sometimes you can't find a picture on Google to determine the gender, or it's a picture of the wrong "Stacy Smith".
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Freedom House
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"The idea of using the Arab League to name and shame the Russian government never occurred to me." -- Mark Adomanis
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My daughter is named Logan. Incidence is about 2/3 male, most common female usage is in Ireland and has been for a long time.Miss_Faucie_Fishtits wrote:You can assume that anything that ends with a 'wye' or an 'ee' sound is a girly name. That's something the culture has decided. Hard consonants or nasty-sounding fricatives - that will be reserved for the guys.....'>>......Azrael wrote:Giving boys names to girls
Stacy, Lesley, Ashley, Courtney, Casey, Lindsay . . . they all used to be boys names.
if you write a letter to "Stacy Smith" starting with "Dear Mrs. Smith", and Stacy turns out to be a he, you might lose a client.
Sometimes you can't find a picture on Google to determine the gender, or it's a picture of the wrong "Stacy Smith".
One reason we picked it was because of the sexual ambiguity. We figured she will have to be picked off a list of names more than once and deliberately chose a strong given name, plus all the female names in our families are rather old-fashioned.
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