Sweet. Would you mind if I emailed you the first scene to get your impressions?
My food is problematic.
River ,'The Message'
The Minearverse 3: The Network Is a Harsh Mistress
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
PatK - Aug 18, 2004 4:51:12 am PDT #1649 of 10001
"I so wanna storm out on you right now, but if I stand up, I'll fall." --Jaye
tiggy - Aug 18, 2004 4:57:31 am PDT #1650 of 10001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
sure. profile addy is good.
joe boucher - Aug 18, 2004 1:31:40 pm PDT #1651 of 10001
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
In honor of Judy in "Are You Now or Have You Ever Been," here's an excerpt from Slate's coverage of the new Dairy Queen drink, which it refers to as "The Tragic MooLatte":
A friend recently alerted Chatterbox that Dairy Queen is marketing a new frozen drink called the MooLatte. Isn't that, he observed, er, kind of in poor taste? What he meant was that "MooLatte" sounds a lot like "mulatto," which is a word, not in much use nowadays, that describes a person whose father is white and mother is black or (less common in bygone days) the other way around. The "tragic mulatto," typically a beautiful woman who passes for white and thrives for a time in white society, only to be cast out after her pitiable taint becomes known, was a stock character in literature and popular culture well into the 20th century.
It gets better in "Tragic MooLatte Revisited: The Houston Press quizzes Dairy Queen" in which the Houston Press reporter proposes the High Yellow Butterscotch Sundae and the Octoroonie (eight mixed flavors) to the befuddled DQ rep. "Malisow's ensuing Ali G-style interview, as related in the Aug. 12 Houston Press, was so extraordinary that I felt compelled to ask both Connelly and Malisow whether any of it was made up. They assured me it was genuine."
Allyson - Aug 18, 2004 1:33:55 pm PDT #1652 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
We're all talking about that in detail in Natter.
DCJensen - Aug 18, 2004 3:24:39 pm PDT #1653 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
I haven't caught up in natter, but basically I don't understand what the problem is. The old term is so obscure and the new drink so removed that it's like saying you can't call a flying device a "kite" because it sounds too much like "kike" which I'm told is an old slur on jews.
DavidS - Aug 18, 2004 3:27:18 pm PDT #1654 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The old term is so obscure and the new drink so removed that it's like saying you can't call a flying device a "kite" because it sounds too much like "kike" which I'm told is an old slur on jews.
"Mulatto" is not particularly obscure.
DCJensen - Aug 18, 2004 3:30:43 pm PDT #1655 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
To me it is.
amych - Aug 18, 2004 3:31:35 pm PDT #1656 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
"Mulatto" is not particularly obscure.
Nor is "kike", for that matter.
sumi - Aug 18, 2004 3:32:47 pm PDT #1657 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
And "kite" is a word that has been around for a long time -- whereas Moolatta is obviously a play on something -- if you didn't know it was playing on "coolatta" (if that is what it is) then mulatta is a very obvious choice.
DCJensen - Aug 18, 2004 3:34:35 pm PDT #1658 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
Clarification; I have read, in the past the word and it's connotations. I have, however, never in concious memory ever heard it said out loud or in a context that was newer than 30 or 40 years in the past.
In fact there are many supposed derogatory terms I've had to take people's word for because I've apparently led a sheltered life.