Posts by hemp lover

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Odd And Unusual Words And Expressions Used Locally Or Regionally

by The wanderer in

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odd and unusual words and expressions used locally or regionallysome time ago, i was sending a personal message to a friend in a different country .

and using the term bubba to address him.

now in the southeastern united states .

hemp lover

Earl: "I'm fixin' to Erma, hold y'er horses!"

As a transplanted Texan, I love "fixin". I texted Crumpet yesterday to tell her I was fixin' to start drinkin'. (Is 'texted' a word?)

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Why 6 Billion People Deserve to Die in Armageddon

by Leolaia in

jehovah is such a righteous, merciful, loving god -- slow to anger, overflowing with loving kindness and blessing.

yet it somehow bothers many of you that he will shortly execute his judgment on mankind and wipe out 99.9% of the world's population, as if that somehow is supposed to conflict with his loving qualities.

personally, i have no idea why many of you feel this way.

hemp lover

I never really looked at the pictures closely but it did always appear that most "bad people" seemed to wear bandanas too. Did anyone else notice that?

Yep, bandanas and headbands, the skinny kind tied around the forehead. So maybe they're being destroyed for bad fashion sense?

Leolaia - you rock!

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Movie recommendations - films of the books

by Crumpet in

this week i watched two movies based on books i've read in the last few years.. the first was the night listener by armistad maupin - a very good book - a thriller, with lots of twists and turns and enticingly written about a gay broadcaster who becomes friends by telephone with a fan, a boy who was horribly abused by both mother and father.

when i heard they were making a movie i thought fantastic.

so i finally got the movie in the post.

hemp lover

I really want to see Perfume, more now that you've recommended it.

I read the short story that Brokeback Mountain was based on after I had seen the film and I think they perfectly captured the sparse writing style of Annie Proulx. Both the movie and the short story tore me up, but I think the movie got to me more for some reason that I still haven't figured out. I wanted Heath Ledger to win Best Actor, because he built the character so beautifully from only the written word. Phillip Seymour Hoffman (who won instead) is one of my favorite actors, but he was doing an impression and I'm tired of actors being rewarded for imitation.

There's a movie coming out this year that I'm very excited about. It's the first film adaptation of anything David Foster Wallace has written, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, and I'm really looking forward to seeing how they manage to turn this into a movie. The book is exactly what the title implies: hilarious, sick, twisted, brilliant first person narratives by various fictional men. I think John Krasinski from "The Office" is writing the script and directing.

And the book that absolutely sucked as a movie: Running with Scissors. How they managed to make that book boring is beyond me, but they did it. Annette Bening, Alec Baldwin, Gwyneth Paltrow, Evan Rachel Wood, and it still sucked. And that's just sad and wasteful.

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Does A School Yard Bully Attitude Take Over This Discussion Board?

by The wanderer in

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does a school yard bully attitude take over this discussion board?growing up, i can recall such times when a rival would want to pick a fight .

with me and when we met, he would bring along two of his friends and i .

sometimes, i would knock their block off and sometimes, it was the other.

hemp lover

(Naturally, anyone with the slightest "respect" for the power and complexity of language would object violently when they see words being raped of context, beauty, and meaning by salesmen-- be they politicians, evangelizers, bureaucrats, advertisers, or any other form of pornographer.)

LOL and Ouch...what if you didn't bother to get a degree? Is advertising still pornography?

Wanderer,
Do you work in the ad world or did you just get a degree? I can't figure out what kind of job you'd have, unless you're a proofreader. You know, like the guy who makes me go back and add an accent to the "a" in "mas" when we're telling people what they get for "$1 Mas".

Betterdaze -

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Lets freestyle: Smile - its infectious!

by Crumpet in

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i just went out for a walk and here's how it was:.

the wind in my hair reminded me of texas.

turned on a smile which became quite infectious.

hemp lover

What is it about you, Miz C,

That makes men want to show you the big D?

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Homeless person living behind my apartments...my heart hurts for him.

by FreedomFrog in

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we're basically in the quiet part of the suburbs.

it's not run down much and it's concidered a nice neighborhood.

i haven't seen any homeless people around here.

hemp lover

I understand how you feel. I think most homeless people are that way due to an addiction, but I have a "there but for the grace of 'God' go I" moment when I see them. A lot of people these days are one or two catastrophes away from losing everything.

I never hand over my cash because I have no desire to feed someone's addiction, but I do buy a meal on occasion. Take him some food now and then, even if you just drive through somewhere for a cheeseburger. He probably gets tired of fish. ;-)

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Crazy in Dallas Pics... A little at a time...

by Sparkplug in

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p2 or pleaser2000.

we have p2, with my kids, myself and arrowstar to start!.

hemp lover

Hey.................was LittleToe doing interviews on the bed or something....................

He was luring people in to sit on his vibrating seat cushion. Love the shot of Brigid enjoying the ride - beautiful.

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Best Fake Headlines. Ever.

by hemp lover in

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evangelical scientists refute gravity with new "intelligent falling" theory.

rest of u2 perfectly fine with africans starving.

cases of glitter lung on the rise among elementary school art teachers.

hemp lover

Crumpet, remember how I was teasing you about being a movie star on the board? I think you should cut and paste my original post into a new thread with the exact same headline and see how many replies you get.

Just for shits and giggles. But I'm not bitter. I embrace my invisibility, because it means I get to watch people when they think no one is looking. And that's very entertaining.

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Best Fake Headlines. Ever.

by hemp lover in

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evangelical scientists refute gravity with new "intelligent falling" theory.

rest of u2 perfectly fine with africans starving.

cases of glitter lung on the rise among elementary school art teachers.

hemp lover

Evangelical Scientists Refute Gravity with New "Intelligent Falling" Theory

Rest of U2 Perfectly Fine with Africans Starving

Cases of Glitter Lung on the Rise Among Elementary School Art Teachers

Study: Watching Fewer than Four Hours of TV a Day Impairs Ability to Ridicule Pop Culture

Protest One Person Short of Success

Report: U.S. Foreign Policy Hurting American Students' Chances of Getting Laid Abroad

Scientology Losing Ground to New Fictionology

Rumsfeld Makes Surprise Visit to Wife's Vagina

And my personal favorites:

CIA Realizes It's Been Using Black Highlighters All These Years

Fritolaysia Cuts Off Chiplomatic Relations with Snakistan

(all of the above courtesy of The Onion)

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Have you ever had a really bad haircut? (rant)

by restrangled in

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went to a salon today with picture in hand.

i spent 2/1/2 hours suffering in the chair, (foiling and cut).

i wound up with about 6 to 7 inches lopped off and came out looking like a big haired, bubble headed 80's special.

hemp lover

(((R)))

I am so feeling your pain. When my mom died, I decided to get my hair cut before the funeral. I went in with long layers, asked for a trim and came out looking like the lead singer of an 80s hair band with short curly bangs (my hair's naturally wavy) and everything else long. How you say?...... mullet!

And then I had to drive 1,000 miles to see people I hadn't seen for 20 years who weren't going to speak to me anyway. Oh, and I was a little sad too, what with the dead mom and all. It was horrible. I'd be crying hysterically about missing my mom and then accidentally walk by a mirror. My daughter helped me though. She figured out how to pin it up so it actually looked slightly cute for the big day at the KH. Didn't get my hair cut for a year and a half after that - until two weeks ago, as a matter of fact.

Just keep pinning it up and doing the ponytail thing. It's gonna suck to be you for a while, but it will get better. It always does.