Well, a gathering is brie, mellow song stylings; shindig, dip, less mellow song stylings, perhaps a large amount of malt beverage, and hootenanny, well, it's chock full of hoot, just a little bit of nanny.

Oz ,'Beneath You'


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.


Dana - Aug 12, 2009 8:16:57 am PDT #3431 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

We just watched Compulsion a couple days ago. Dean Stockwell played the Loeb character. Basically the only thing they changed is the names.


Kathy A - Aug 12, 2009 8:25:13 am PDT #3432 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Dean Stockwell played the Loeb character.

This reminds me--I was listening to the commentaries on the last set of BSG dvds over the weekend, and on one of them, Ronald Moore quotes Stockwell saying how he, Liz Taylor, Mickey Rooney, and someone else I can't remember right now are the last actors from that era still standing. I don't know how true that is, but it does bring home how damn long he's been in the business.


tommyrot - Aug 12, 2009 8:28:54 am PDT #3433 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.

Good kitty!

Cat Saves Man from Burning Home

With most “pet saves family from fire” stories, it’s easy to assume that the pet woke someone up because it wanted OUT of the house. In this case, the cat came in from outside, and it didn’t even live there!

Engineer Andrew Williams was asleep when the fire broke out at his bungalow in Bracknell in Berkshire.

As black smoke filled the property, his neighbour’s cat Hugo came through a cat-flap and raised the alarm by clawing at the father-of-two’s face.

Rescuers said that the fire could have killed Mr Williams if he had not been awoken by Hugo. A smoke detector had been moved during work on the bungalow.

Hugo had been in the house before, and was in fact a regular visitor. He was not in the habit of clawing Mr. Williams’ face.


aurelia - Aug 12, 2009 8:29:07 am PDT #3434 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Hitchcock's "Rope" is also notable for the way it was shot/edited. It looks like the entire movie was done in one take.


tommyrot - Aug 12, 2009 8:30:20 am PDT #3435 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.

Yeah. If you watch real close you can figure out where the edits are.


Vortex - Aug 12, 2009 8:31:33 am PDT #3436 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

I don't know how true that is, but it does bring home how damn long he's been in the business

yeah, he's one of those guys that started looking old when he was 30, and stayed the same.


Trudy Booth - Aug 12, 2009 8:35:05 am PDT #3437 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Either that or he's really Al.


Juliebird - Aug 12, 2009 8:47:32 am PDT #3438 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

Nora, I've only seen him once and don't remember his name or where his office is. Time for drugs and naps.


tommyrot - Aug 12, 2009 8:56:50 am PDT #3439 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.

Why can't it be drug and nap time at work?


msbelle - Aug 12, 2009 9:03:10 am PDT #3440 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

because you don't work in an opium den?

annoying man at work is being super annoying today with a heaping side of passive aggressive posing as jovial joking. He can't take my joy though, I just keep working around him and it's pretty obvious to all others involved that he is being a hinderance.