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  Name Actors/Actresses & Singers Who You Think Really Are Not That Good

  by minimus in

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  some people rave about certain celebs as being so great and in reality, what's so great about them?.

  i think harrison ford is a good actor but not great.

  same goes for tom cruise.. patty labelle, i've seen a few times live.

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  Ha ha - too true, flipper. I didn't mean to imply that guys like Clapton and Hendrix aren't talented artists in their own right, just not my cup of tea. When I hear the term "guitar god", I tend to think of guys like Eddie Van Halen and The Edge and some of the absolutely INSANE riffs they've kicked out over the years. Maybe I'm just a young punk with a severe lack of taste, but compared to songs like "Eruption" and "The Electric Co.", some of that late-60s era stuff seems... I dunno, is "tame" the right word? ;-P

  On the other hand, I LOVE the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and Pink Floyd, so for me it's kind of a mixed bag I suppose...
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  THE NINE INCH NAILS...

  by dontplaceliterature in

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  ...have a lot of appropriate lyrics given my current situation.

  i coincidentally have been listening to a lot of their tracks lately, and started noticing that i identified with a lot of them.

  "every day is exactly the same".

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  agonus

  "Into the Void" is in pretty heavy rotation on my Rhapsody queue.
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  Rutherford v. the WT on Investigating Truth Claims

  by Ding in

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  "... there are some who who point out that the organization has had to make adjustments before, and so they argue, 'this shows that we have to make up our own mind on what to believe.

  ' this is independent thinking.

  why is it so dangerous?

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  agonus

  Possibly, though I think for most dubs it's another case of "Yes, but this applies to THEM, not US, because We Have The Truth TM !"
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  Do you still experience the joy of discovery in the "old-fashioned" way?

  by compound complex in

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  overwhelmed by the abundance of information, images, music, movies and merchandise available online, i was thinking back to my first discovering a brahms' symphony on vinyl, played on a raspy second-hand phonograph; a prized book on a dusty corner shelf at the neighborhood bookstore; the perfect shirt in a thrift store.. how about you?.

  coco.

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  agonus

  Little Golden Books are the best!
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  Do you still experience the joy of discovery in the "old-fashioned" way?

  by compound complex in

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  overwhelmed by the abundance of information, images, music, movies and merchandise available online, i was thinking back to my first discovering a brahms' symphony on vinyl, played on a raspy second-hand phonograph; a prized book on a dusty corner shelf at the neighborhood bookstore; the perfect shirt in a thrift store.. how about you?.

  coco.

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  agonus

  I also get a big kick out of used games stores that still sell stuff like Atari 2600, Intellivision, etc.
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  Name Actors/Actresses & Singers Who You Think Really Are Not That Good

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  some people rave about certain celebs as being so great and in reality, what's so great about them?.

  i think harrison ford is a good actor but not great.

  same goes for tom cruise.. patty labelle, i've seen a few times live.

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  agonus

  I agree "The King's Speech" was overrated. Good, but overrated. Fincher and Aronovsky lost for Best Director to Tom Hooper? Are you friggin' kidding me?
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  Name Actors/Actresses & Singers Who You Think Really Are Not That Good

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  some people rave about certain celebs as being so great and in reality, what's so great about them?.

  i think harrison ford is a good actor but not great.

  same goes for tom cruise.. patty labelle, i've seen a few times live.

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  agonus

  I was never all that crazy about George Clooney, esp. in his ER days, but he's slowly starting to grow on me.

  Never much cared for Madonna, though I liked her in Evita.

  I respect Bob Dylan as an artist, but still not sure if I'm onboard with the "rock god"/"genius" status. Same goes for Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton. Actually there are a few artists from that era I still think are overrated.

  Rene Zellweger was pretty cute but I never quite got the multiple-Oscar-nominations thing even when she hit her stride. I think Russell Crowe is pretty much finished in that respect as well.

  One celeb I think has a lot of potential is Jeremy Renner. I'm anticipating what he does next.
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  How do you feel about not seeing your dead loved ones again?

  by highdose in

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  it always felt rather unatural the thought of seeing people who had been dead for years.

  how would they come to terms with the huge passage of time that had passed?

  how would they be able to cope with the fact that their family had probably hugely changed since they had died.

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  agonus

  I'm actually with Shelby on this one. I can't say with 100% certainty I won't see them again, in some form, any more than I can say with 100% certainty that I will.

  For the time being, I'm content with that uncertainty.
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  Do you still experience the joy of discovery in the "old-fashioned" way?

  by compound complex in

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  overwhelmed by the abundance of information, images, music, movies and merchandise available online, i was thinking back to my first discovering a brahms' symphony on vinyl, played on a raspy second-hand phonograph; a prized book on a dusty corner shelf at the neighborhood bookstore; the perfect shirt in a thrift store.. how about you?.

  coco.

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  agonus

  Jaded though I may be, I have my moments. For me the greatest thrill is anything that induces that warm wave of nostalgia. For example, I was at Borders the other day enjoying their going-out-of-business sale and my eye happened to fall upon a classic children's story that brought me back to those halcyon days of pre-kindergarten. I immediately said aloud "SWIMMY! I love Swimmy!" not quite loudly enough to embarrass myself. Who knew a silly story about a little fish could conjure such strong emotions? :)
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  How many people watched "The Princess and the Frog?"

  by garyneal in

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  how many christians?.

  how many jehovah's witnesses?.

  what do you all think of it?.

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  agonus

  One message I took away from the movie (and maybe I'm missing the boat on this one, who knows) is that Tiana and Naveen were both willing to give up their dreams for love of the other and things ended up turning out OK.

  A noble sentiment, certainly. But perhaps a fairy tale as well ;-P