The resolution failed, 403 to 3, but only after members nearly came to blows when a GOP newcomer suggested a veteran Democratic military hawk was a coward.

Jean Schmit. She seems to be making insulting veterans a signature. Of course she said it was a message from another vet.

Don't get me wrong...I can see how it could be humorous, without feeling like you spit on the flag. If I wasn't me, I'd find myself funny for it. Ironically, my psychologist once predicted, when I was quite depressed that I might find myself in a position to have a lot of knowledge about someplace I'd never been, but I think the example she gave was Venice. I think neither of us really guessed how..."low-rent" my taste is. Aside from the fake "hometown pride" and the "OMG! Love him. He wrote 'Kaddish' which will give him a pass in my heart even though "Envy" was not to be envied, Dialogue's Bitch has to love a fellow Dialogue's Bitch. Directors that can capture people talking and make it look like not-Crossfire are increasingly rare. ETA: Yeah, Jen. Season six is full of that. Except Bayliss sleeps with somebody cause he came back wrong and...oops, wrong Season Six. Sort of.

So who's Dr. Teeth based on?

Dr. John, I guess.

And Animal?

Every drummer ever? With an extra dose of Keith Moon and John Bonham.

I give up, Gus. Not least of all because I seem to have missed where you present substantiation of your points.

Oh, Erika, I was thinking about you the other day - I was killing time while watching tv doing that amazon turk thing. I really don't quite get the point - you look at a bunch of crappy pictures of building exteriors and check off ticky boxes, and apparently that's worth some tiny amount of money to someone. Anyway, one of the options was Baltimore and I got a real kick out of some of the shots. Cool way to see some bits of a city that don't make it into the tourist books, that's for sure.

How to Refuse Alien Abduction A pdf, so I can't copy the more... interesting parts and post them.

It's very interesting. It starts with a list of the various alien races, including the Mantises (which I've never heard of before), who apparantly look like Zorak.

The thing is from a Christian perspective. Basicly, you can call on God to help you resist alien abduction.

eta: The site where that pdf came from: [link]

Did you ever think that the UFO phenomona and spirituality were interlinked? Who is the Commander and Chief of the Positive Aliens?

Although I think that site loses a lot of credibility, as they use the <blink> tag....

Ok, ita. Keep sending money to netflix. Feel good about it.

My mom doesn't drive and she loves movies, as do many of her friends. For $20 a month, she gets films delivered to her door, including obscure foreign and classic films she could never have seen otherwise. She has friends over to share films on a regular basis, and because she knows what's coming, instead of depending on what might be on the shelf at the rental store when she walks in, she can invite folks over in advance. These once a week movie nights are one of her favorite social things she does since my dad died, so I think Netflix rocks.

Gus, try picking on Sony instead.

And a belated Happy Birthday! to DX.

Thanks, aurelia.

Though come to think of it, Rolf the Dog is already based on Waits.

Seriously?

Yep. 70s Tom Waits, though.

Nope, he can't possibly be. Rowlf first appeared on the Jimmy Dean Show (yes, the sausage guy used to be a singer) back in the early sixties, ten years before Waits's first album came out. Waits was only 14 when Rowlf started pounding away on his piano.