ION, I had "How To Marry A Millionaire" tivoed because I love Lauren Bacall. Decided to check it out to avoid the Shrub. I couldn't watch more than 10 minutes of it. I know that it was a product of its time, but watching three women sit on a balcony waxing poetic about getting married being "the only thing" just made me shudder. And I was slightly ashamed of Lauren Bacall -- she knew better!
I love that movie. But I love vintage pieces like that and
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
, although I can certainly see how it would drive you crazy given the subject matter. My favorite thing about both of them is how the women are supposed to be cute young things and they all seem about 35 to me.
If you are thinking about voting for Giuliani for President, please remember: The very last thing you want to do is to give this person more power.
Calvin Trillin wrote this about Guiliani:
So Rudy is the person of the year.
We join the world in offering a cheer
To him--a man, some thought, was sent by heaven
To guide us through the shock of 9/11.
At certain times, it now must be conceded,
A paranoid control freak's just what's needed.
And two of my friend's co-workers from two different counties weren't able to vote at all this morning because the machines weren't working.
Jesus. Well, maybe my voting after work isn't such a bad idea. Maybe the kinks at my district will be worked out by 6 if we have those stupid machines. I really hate the state for caving to this.
Instead, I look at him and think "You look like a monkey on my tv, and I feel like an actual monkey is insulted by comparison. I think you are a liar and completely selfish, and I think you make decisions based on what will work for you, and not for our country. And I think you invoke religions, and "family" feelings in such a transperantly fake way that I can't understand how you fool anyone into thinking that you have the best interests of our country at heart."
I love you, Sophia. You have summed up why I cannot watch him on tv or listen to his voice. It gives me physical pain.
Oh, this could get ugly.
ugh! Why does it have to be so hard?
I didn't have to wait at all at my polling place & I got there right about 8. And there was a very cute young cop sitting with the poll workers. That was nice.
No voting here today. Just received the LLBean Christmas catalog in the mail - it's Sept. 12!!!
If you are thinking about voting for Giuliani for President, please remember: The very last thing you want to do is to give this person more power. Seriously. Trust us on this one.
Wrod.
Yeah, all the dislike for the first few amendments, disregard for seperation of powers, and megalomania of the current guy but VERY VERY
VERY
smart.
Just don't to it, America.
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And, using Audrey Hepburn as your model for skinny pants is not a good idea. For one thing, she was legendarily skinny. If you do not look like Audrey Hepburn (and really, who does?), you will not look like that in skinny pants. It would be like having Barbra Streisand hawking voice lessons. You have to realize that freak-o-nature ingredients, in addition to the liberal application of money, went into that particular success.
And malnourished for a good chunk of her childhood! Not to take a single thing away from her elegance or her grace, but this is not a body you actually want to HAVE, the woman was sickly for years having been half-starved during the war.
I really don't know why everyone doesn't vote the way they do it in Somerville -- paper Scantron ballot. It's counted by a machine, but there's a paper backup that you've written yourself.
