It's very warm here today--still in the high 80s and with no breeze to speak of, which means it's close to 80 in my apartment.
Do not want.
Man, just ascend already.
Willow ,'Chosen'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
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.
Lee - Sep 26, 2009 3:52:51 pm PDT #11095 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
tommyrot - Sep 26, 2009 3:59:01 pm PDT #11096 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
This is cool - every issue of Life magazine from 1936 to 1972 has been put online by Google....
I'm excited to announce that starting today, visitors to Google Books will be able to search and browse even more magazines on Google Books. We've partnered with Life Inc. to digitize LIFE Magazine's entire run as a weekly: over 1,860 issues, covering the years from 1936 to 1972. Most of us are familiar with the term "American Century," but chances are few of us have been able to read Henry Luce's defining editorial in its original context, a 1941 issue of LIFE. You'll be able to find and read Leonard McCombe’s iconic cover and photo essay on a Texas Cowboy and Richard Meryman's famous last interview with Marilyn Monroe. You can find a 1968 cover story on Georgia O'Keeffe (which you may want to read if you're visiting the Whitney Museum anytime soon).
Google Life magazines: [link]
The March 28, 1960 issue of Life with Kennedy and Humphrey on the cover, at my parents' farm: [link] (I've linked to the picture before)
DavidS - Sep 26, 2009 4:28:23 pm PDT #11097 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
This is cool - every issue of Life magazine from 1936 to 1972 has been put online by Google....
Cool beans! There's a piece on Francoise Sagan that I've always wanted to read, as well as a classic "Here Are the Beats of San Francisco!"
tommyrot - Sep 26, 2009 4:32:48 pm PDT #11098 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
What issue is the Beat article in?
tommyrot - Sep 26, 2009 4:39:19 pm PDT #11099 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Weird - I guess they're afraid of people downloading the whole thing at once.
I got this error:
We're sorry... but your computer or network may be sending automated queries. To protect our users, we can't process your request right now.
Bastards. I just paged through about 6 issues, looking for car ads....
DavidS - Sep 26, 2009 4:44:17 pm PDT #11100 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
What issue is the Beat article in?
Nov. '59
sj - Sep 26, 2009 4:44:21 pm PDT #11101 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Happy Birthday, Matilda!!! Poor thing. I still can't stand people singing happy birthday to me.
Dana - Sep 26, 2009 4:44:44 pm PDT #11102 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
It took two people to write that song.
Vortex - Sep 26, 2009 4:52:11 pm PDT #11103 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I hate singing Happy Birthday. It always sounds like a funeral dirge, people sing very slowly and often off key.
Calli - Sep 26, 2009 4:54:52 pm PDT #11104 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
A friend of mine from West Virginia use to sing what he swore was a genuine West Virginian version of Happy Birthday, to the tune of the Volga boat song:
It's your birthday *stomp*
It's your birthday *stomp*
People dying, children crying
It's your birthday *stomp*
I doubt WV really gets the blame, but it does make a change from the usual version.