Strega, the shoes are super cute.
Steph, if you ever get to meet Mel Gibson, promise me you'll say that.
Best overheard of a fellow teacher at the training I was at, "Hey, if a kid wants to learn something, that's not my problem."
Eggs. The living legend needs eggs. Or maybe another milk.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
Natter 48 Contiguous States of Denial
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kat - Dec 06, 2006 6:41:50 pm PST #4905 of 10007
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
bon bon - Dec 06, 2006 6:45:30 pm PST #4906 of 10007
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Man, last night I dreamed that I was at a gala or some similar event requiring formal attire, and I was in a very heated argument with Mel Gibson. I even told him, "Look, you're very handsome in your white tie, but you're still a bigoted asshole."
Probably more constructive than when I turned to the BF at four this morning and asked "why did you give me the hammers?" and "did you give me the cto report?"
Allyson - Dec 06, 2006 6:51:22 pm PST #4907 of 10007
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
awww, Strega. We'll have a belated bday party for you in LA.
Kat - Dec 06, 2006 6:52:56 pm PST #4908 of 10007
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Allyson, did you go to paper source?
Allyson - Dec 06, 2006 6:56:27 pm PST #4909 of 10007
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
I didnt get to go, Kat. Which bummed me out hardcore.
Kat - Dec 06, 2006 6:56:51 pm PST #4910 of 10007
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I'm sorry. that bites.
Strega - Dec 06, 2006 7:20:20 pm PST #4911 of 10007
Man, last night I dreamed that I was at a gala or some similar event requiring formal attire, and I was in a very heated argument with Mel Gibson.
Heh. Today at work two people mentioned having dreams featuring Tom Cruise. Maybe this is some new kind of PR effort they've developed.
Shoes are ordered! And also a pair of pricier but comfier shoes, because I have this superstition that if I get two pairs, at least one of them will fit.
We'll have a belated bday party for you in LA.Ooo. I'm gonna use that as an excuse to get out of whatever my friends are planning.
beth b - Dec 06, 2006 8:11:15 pm PST #4912 of 10007
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
The composer's own life, however, did not fare as well as her first songs. In 1966, as Debbie Reynolds portrayed her in The Singing Nun (a dud Sister Smile reportedly dismissed as "fiction"), Deckers hung up her habit to pursue a full-time singing career under her given name. But when two singles - the controversial birth control anthem "Glory Be to God for the Golden Pill" and the prophetically titled "Sister Smile Is Dead" - went nowhere, Deckers quietly turned to teaching handicapped youngsters in Wavre, Belgium, eventually opening her own school for autistic children.
Sadly, she seemed ill-prepared for life outside the convent. By 1985, then in her 50s, Deckers was overwhelmed by debt, with the Belgian government claiming she owed $63,000 in back taxes. Pushed to desperation when she thought she would lose her school, she swallowed a lethal amount of barbiturates with alcohol, and was joined by her companion of 10 years, Annie Pecher, a physiotherapist and a fellow former nun. Found near their bodies was a poignant note from both, asking for forgiveness and understanding: "We hope God will welcome us. He saw us suffer, so He should show clemency."
Purtell, Tim. "The Singing Nun's story." Entertainment Weekly n149 (Dec 18, 1992 n149): 76(1)
ok , I copied the cite - not as detailed as David's version , but hints...
beth b - Dec 06, 2006 8:14:06 pm PST #4913 of 10007
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
and it looks like there is a play called The Tragic and Horrible Life of the Singing Nun which looks like it goes even further than David's story.
and the straight dope's take [link] which looks like there are a lot of rumors which can't be proven.
meara - Dec 06, 2006 8:55:58 pm PST #4914 of 10007
Um, wow. Singing Nun madness!
As for ANTM, I really had a lack of give-a-shit this season, ESPECIALLY for the top three. I think they're scraping the bottom of the barrel for girls, and then picking the worst ones. Harumph.