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« Reply #120 on: October 26, 2005, 09:19:47 PM »
“The choir of children sing their song.  They've practiced all year long.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.”

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« Reply #121 on: October 26, 2005, 10:17:57 PM »
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Just in time for Halloween: Rockwell's "Somebody's Watching Me"!

http://pdl.stream.aol.com/aol/us/aolmusic/musicpartner/universal/rockwell/rockwell_somebodyswatchingme_00602498819227_dl.mov


He rocks. Well.

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« Reply #122 on: October 27, 2005, 11:31:57 AM »
Not cool but Halloween timely:

Hanging Mistaken for Halloween Decoration

(10-27) 10:55 PDT Frederica, Del. (AP) --

The apparent suicide of a woman found hanging from a tree went unreported for hours because passers-by thought the body was a Halloween decoration, authorities said.

The 42-year-old woman used rope to hang herself across the street from some homes on a moderately busy road late Tuesday or early Wednesday, state police said.

The body, suspended about 15 feet above the ground, could be easily seen from passing vehicles.

State police spokesman Cpl. Jeff Oldham and neighbors said people noticed the body at breakfast time Wednesday but dismissed it as a holiday prank. Authorities were called to the scene more than three hours later.

"They thought it was a Halloween decoration," Fay Glanden, wife of Mayor William Glanden, told The (Wilmington) News Journal.

"It looked like something somebody would have rigged up," she said.
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« Reply #123 on: October 27, 2005, 10:55:37 PM »
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"They thought it was a Halloween decoration," Fay Glanden, wife of Mayor William Glanden, told The (Wilmington) News Journal.

"It looked like something somebody would have rigged up," she said.


Do the Germans have a word for something like this -- so sad, yet so comical?
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« Reply #124 on: October 28, 2005, 10:06:52 AM »
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"They thought it was a Halloween decoration," Fay Glanden, wife of Mayor William Glanden, told The (Wilmington) News Journal.

"It looked like something somebody would have rigged up," she said.


Do the Germans have a word for something like this -- so sad, yet so comical?


'Schadenfreude' means finding joy in others' pain (especially if the other is a famous/high-ranking person).

So maybe this is 'Freudenschade'?
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« Reply #125 on: October 28, 2005, 11:36:09 PM »
...just about anyone you can name from the 60s or before:

http://www.biwa.ne.jp/%7Epresley/celeb/

(Be sure to check out the shot with Wayne Cochran...must be seen to be believed.)
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« Reply #126 on: October 29, 2005, 10:59:46 AM »
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...just about anyone you can name from the 60s or before:

http://www.biwa.ne.jp/%7Epresley/celeb/

(Be sure to check out the shot with Wayne Cochran...must be seen to be believed.)

http://www.biwa.ne.jp/%7Epresley/celeb/EdByrnes.jpg

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« Reply #127 on: October 29, 2005, 11:34:42 AM »
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...just about anyone you can name from the 60s or before:

http://www.biwa.ne.jp/%7Epresley/celeb/

(Be sure to check out the shot with Wayne Cochran...must be seen to be believed.)


Hard to top this one:

“The choir of children sing their song.  They've practiced all year long.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.”

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« Reply #128 on: October 30, 2005, 10:15:20 AM »
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Hard to top this one:

http://www.biwa.ne.jp/%7Epresley/celeb/GlenCampbell.jpg


is that Elvis, or Mick Jagger in the movie Performance? LOL!
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« Reply #129 on: November 04, 2005, 07:25:27 AM »
It's finally here: the TV series of "Boondocks" premieres Sunday nite:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/11/04/DDG2JFI1FR1.DTL
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« Reply #130 on: November 04, 2005, 10:53:38 AM »
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It's finally here: the TV series of "Boondocks" premieres Sunday nite:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/11/04/DDG2JFI1FR1.DTL


Talk about your crappy time-slots though...Sundays at 11? What, was the Monday 2am slot taken?
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« Reply #131 on: November 04, 2005, 11:09:29 AM »
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It's finally here: the TV series of "Boondocks" premieres Sunday nite:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/11/04/DDG2JFI1FR1.DTL


Talk about your crappy time-slots though...Sundays at 11? What, was the Monday 2am slot taken?


well, that's when Cartoon Network's "Adult Swim" block begins -- to them it's a prime slot.  But it does make me consider getting TiVo...
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« Reply #132 on: November 07, 2005, 12:27:46 PM »
So did anybody watch The Boondocks last nite? I completely forgot, dammit.  Interesting review by Dana Stevens on slate.com:

http://www.slate.com/id/2129517/?nav=fo
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« Reply #133 on: November 07, 2005, 01:25:53 PM »
I taped it but haven't watched yet. Maybe after I get home from the improv show tonight- although I'm usually pretty tired after that. So, probably watch it Tuesday.

I don't know when adultswim plans on rerunning them- but yer welcome to borrow said tape when I'm done, RGMike!
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« Reply #134 on: November 07, 2005, 02:22:22 PM »
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So did anybody watch The Boondocks last nite? I completely forgot, dammit.  Interesting review by Dana Stevens on slate.com:

http://www.slate.com/id/2129517/?nav=fo

Yeah, I stayed up (too late) and enjoyed it, but still can't get over the  n-word stuff.  It break my heart to see my students use this word, in the same week as Rosa Parks passes on.

Oh well...I would have to say that the way Aaron McGruder uses it is about as OK as I can take.  Maybe Chris Rock too...

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