I saw and loved the Riches too. The accents bugged but not as much as I thought they would from the review in the local paper (which also loved the show). I wonder if Di Di not already being married has something to do with how long her mom was in jail? Like she would have been married off if her mother was around but they waited because she wasn't. Or, more likely, it's just plot contrivance. How old is she supposed to be anyway? 15?
Here is your cup of coffee. Brewed from the finest Colombian lighter fluid.
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Natter Five-O: Book 'Em, Danno.
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.
lisah - Mar 13, 2007 6:57:51 am PDT #6787 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
Tom Scola - Mar 13, 2007 6:57:59 am PDT #6788 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
A children’s book that included the word “scrotum” was recently the subject of great controversy in school libraries nationwide. A Google search has discovered several more questionable titles and excerpts from other works intended for readers twelve and under.
flea - Mar 13, 2007 7:01:46 am PDT #6789 of 10001
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Tom, I read this in the print copy and I was laughing out loud. mr. flea couldn't make it past the first one...
tommyrot - Mar 13, 2007 7:02:40 am PDT #6790 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I love retro-futurist stuff.
This is a rare glimpse of how Moscow might have evolved, if communists had not come to power in 1917...
These amazing visions appeared in Russia at the turn of the century, in 1900 - probably one of the very first truly "Futuristic / Urban" series of images ever published (issued by the Joint Stock Publishing Company "Einem")
Of course, I disagree that all this stuff would have come about if there was no revolution....
Daisy Jane - Mar 13, 2007 7:07:34 am PDT #6791 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
lisah, I think it's more that Wayne is different. I think that's part of the whole setup for the show and why he is able to pull off being Doug. Somewhere he feels like he deserves it. He's too big for small time cons, married to royalty, and his daughter is not marrying some in-bred hick.
tommyrot - Mar 13, 2007 7:09:33 am PDT #6792 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Oh for the good old days of air travel, when the stewardesses wore miniskirts and hot-pants....
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sumi - Mar 13, 2007 7:10:22 am PDT #6793 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Do you think that Wayne is more a long-con guy rather than a grifter? (Did you expect to see Sawyer somewhere -- he would have fit right in.)
lisah - Mar 13, 2007 7:10:32 am PDT #6794 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
DJ, I think you're right. Can't wait to get more of the backstory! Also, the um...fore?story?
Does anyone know how many eps the Riches gets this season?
sumi - Mar 13, 2007 7:11:10 am PDT #6795 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
I think that it's 13 episodes. I hope we get to see all of them. ( Thief was supposed to be 13 too, right?)
sj - Mar 13, 2007 7:19:42 am PDT #6796 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Nobody watched the Riches?
It's on my DVR. I was writing a paper last night and haven't had a chance to watch it yet.