I'm going to start the latest Harry Potter book. To feed my soul.

I looked at The Half-Blood Prince, and then the three virgin mysteries I have in my "to read" pile.

I figure if I jump into the J.K. Rowling I stand a better chance at sleeping tonight than if I were to begin reading a Michael Connelly or a T. Jeff Parker.

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1 depends on how far you get.... HBP gets kinda creepy.....

Posted by: caltechgirl at September 29, 2005 07:43 PM (Eb5t4)

2 p. 324. That's when I put it down--at 3:30 in the morning. No wonder I stay away from fiction. I should probably give it up entirely in favor of something wholesome, like crack cocaine.

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3 First, read Atlas shrugged. Then read The True Believer.

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4 Ah. I see you want to get me to think. I'm against that

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. . . to wish him a happy 12th birthday. His voice is changing. No one warned me.

If my family is going to swap cute little boys out of their homes and exchange them for young men, I'd like adequate notice, please. The same thing happened with my little cousins, who now tower over me, wear baggy jeans, and listen to rap music.

I demand warning.

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. . . on the questions: "is our culture broken? And, if so, where does it hurt?"

And she's spot on.

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it looks like I'll be home tonight. Most likely, I'll be polishing the chapter I'm working on in Ye Olde Murder Mystery.

But if I finish early, I might watch TV. Anything in particular I should catch?

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. . . is panache.

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. . . everyone's really proud of me for watching two (2) hours of television last night.

My husband sometimes reads during commercials. But for the most part I think the commercials are better: they're written very tightly, as they must be. How else do you tell a story in 30 seconds? Some of them are awfully clever.

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Fascinating! It's like a restoration comedy: pure artifice. Very stylized. Yet interesting: they've created their own little world.

I wonder if Ally McBeal led the way for this?

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It's a bit tough to suspend one's disbelief. I'd say it's beyond "cheesy." It's pretty lame.

Of course, if Geena plays this right, she'll never be Thelma in anyone's mind ever again. So there's that.

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1 And Donald Sutherland as the eeeeevil Republican is delicious. He's so lovely that I can't even get mad that his character is a cartoon.

Posted by: Attila Girl at September 28, 2005 12:33 PM (Kti1Q)

2 Listen, I didn't watch it, but I wrote about it anyway. It was better that way, totally accuracy-free, like the major media.

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3 Accurate--but hardly fake.

Posted by: Attila Girl at September 29, 2005 12:13 AM (Kti1Q)

4 John Fund's column on September 27 in the Wall Street Journal gives Secretary Rice the respect she deserves and praises americansforrice.com for seizing the opportunity to create some political excitement............that means that the reporters from the mainstream finally got the story straight about us. CNN/Headline news has been reporting about our ad buy in New Hampshire on WMUR ABC/TV, which attracted AP and NBC as well. Radio interviews with our New Hampshire state chair Shari Demers have been one after another. This makes up for all the NO SHOWS by so-called reporters in Arizona and Tennessee who failed to come to our booth with hundreds of people gathering to see our ad, donate money, and walk away with pride knowing they have helped to get our message out to the nation. Too many people have confused us with a website that expresses only opinion and news. We are a politica action committee, meaning we drive and fly to set up our Condi for President booth at events across the nation. After 6 months, it is sure nice to finally have ABC news, Good Morning American ABC, and CNN reporting the news about us, the grassroots group promoting Secretary Rice for President. We have heard rumors that Hillary is pissed our TV ad on New Hampshire took all the buzz about a women becoming a real president in 2008. Well, she had her chance to be honest and put an ad on the program. I guess she is going to wait to admit she is running for president after the people in New York fall again into the gullible land of LA LA as she says she is not running in 2008.

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5 Well, the difference is that the Condi movement is real--driven by others--and the Hillary possibility is driven by her and her husband (and their jumbo-size egos).

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6 Don't fall for the magician's misdirection. The dirty trick here is the opportunity to put nasty words in characters' mouths who are called "Republicans" on the show. Remember Rob Reiner's "American President?" He was the first to cross this line. Before that, they would have had to come up with a fake party name, like..."America First Party" or some such. Now, "Republicans" can say "Let's screw these MF's like we always do...That's what we Republicans do...They're too stupid to know we're screwing them!" Them Lefties are sure clever, huh? What was the "non-political" script in the ads they ran just prior to the premiere? "NEW ADMINISTRATION...NEW POLITICS....NEW HOPE!!!!!" Maybe Martin Sheen and Sean Penn can pop up as Republican senators now and again. And Ed Asner can be Dick Cheney wearing a Halliburton jacket...

Posted by: Darrell at September 30, 2005 09:33 PM (3JV30)

7 That's why I started watching the West Wing a year or two ago: it seemed that the current crop of writers had repented of this demonization of the GOP.

Posted by: Attila Girl at October 01, 2005 04:35 PM (Kti1Q)

8 I'll trust your judgement about "The West Wing"...So wonderful of you to watch so I won't have to. Maybe Al Gore can take some more "Butch" lessons from Naomi Wolf and be the new Vice President on Geena's show. "Maybe you can stop shaving your legs and underarms, Al." "Something."

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this is why I quit college. (Well, that and a dumb boy problem.)

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They want to do one on my sinuses, as part of a Grand Project that might enable me to breathe through my nose.

Will it be icky?

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Goldstein would be easier to read without all those big words.

Let's make him cut 'em out.

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My favorite version of "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows"? This one.

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I assume everyone is aware that the music for "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" is actually part of Chopin's "Fantasie Impromptu." Though, truth be told, it's not my favorite part. The beginning of that composition is really sexy to me.

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. . . people who could take naps. I guess I assumed that the ability to fall asleep during the day translated into an ability to fall asleep at night. This turned out to be untrue.

Live and learn.

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Wind Rider has that panoramic shot everyone's been looking for, and reminds us what 100,000 gathered near the Washington Monument really looks like.

h/t Goldstein.

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. . . Freddie.

I've thought about trying to see "Queen" when they play SoCal, but I know it wouldn't be the same; it might just make me very, very sad.

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You're a doll.

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And, speaking of music, riddle me this:

If you could only collect the albums/CDs of two musical artists or groups, which two would they be?

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1 1) Outkast 2) Charlie Daniel's Band

Posted by: Chris Short at September 25, 2005 04:14 AM (0OCQY)

2 Sonia Dada Stevie Ray Vaughan

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3 Paul McCartney Chopin Aren't I such a nerd?

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4 Hey. I use "Fantasie Impromptu" as my ringtone.

Posted by: Attila Girl at September 25, 2005 02:12 PM (Kti1Q)

5 George Strait(hey, I'm a Texan) Sarah Evans

Posted by: jesusland joe at September 25, 2005 06:15 PM (rUyw4)

6 Webb Pierce and Pat Benatar

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7 T-Ride Spike Jones

Posted by: Walter E. Wallis at September 26, 2005 07:23 AM (wDJE+)

8 1) Replacements/Paul Westerberg 2) Elvis Costello

Posted by: Zarba at September 26, 2005 07:48 AM (jpRBC)

9 frank zappa miles davis

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10 Don't know if two could keep me happy forever, but if in addition to Webb and Pat I could have Andy Williams and Rose Maddox I'd be set for life.

Posted by: Jim at September 26, 2005 12:29 PM (SuE7Z)

11 1. Kate Bush 2. Tori Amos 3. Sarah McLachlan (if I can sneak in a 3rd artist)

Posted by: Robert Floyd Benningfield Jr. at September 26, 2005 02:21 PM (iHzvy)

12 Smokie Grateful Dead

Posted by: Kathy K at September 26, 2005 06:45 PM (xpvV5)

13 1. Mike Oldfield 2. Swing Out Sister

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14 oh yeah, btw... you still owe me a couple cds

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15 Jimi Hendrix, Mozart

Posted by: Bohemian at September 27, 2005 11:37 AM (M7kiy)

16 Chet Atkins Nat King Cole and if videos were allowed: Sarah Evans Shania Twain

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. . . to two singer/songwriters?" my friend Lorna earnestly asked her crush Elaine. "I like Bowie a lot, but doesn't a steady diet of him and Joni Mitchell get dull?"

This was in the late 70s. Elaine responded, "I'm afraid to listen to anyone else. If I decided I liked them, I might be tempted to buy their albums. And, above all, I'm cheap. I can't afford a new artist or group."

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at Staples Center tonight.

They played guitar and sang pretty songs.

We were in the balcony, with all the drunk people. But it was still fun.

Okay, bye.

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