Don't underestimate the power of denial. People see and believe what they want to see and believe. Also, many marriages are sexless.
Hec, didn't Tipton claim a war injury or something had left him incapable of doing things in that way?
Xander: Just once I'd like to run into a cult of bunny worshippers. Anya: Great. Thank you very much for those nightmares.
'Sleeper'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
P.M. Marc - Jan 24, 2006 11:33:47 am PST #9862 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Betsy HP - Jan 24, 2006 11:45:15 am PST #9863 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
How very Hemingway.
Betsy HP - Jan 24, 2006 11:46:22 am PST #9864 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Wikipedia (salt at will)
He told each of his wives that he had been in a grave car accident that had left him with unhealed ribs, genital disfigurement and sterility.
Steph L. - Feb 03, 2006 6:16:41 am PST #9865 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I'm currently reading The Land of Laughs, by Jonathan Carroll. I'm enjoying it, and reading along I'm getting more and more of an X-Files feel (or maybe a David Lynch feel -- just a sort of Things Are Not As They Seen vibe to it), and then -- the DOG TALKS ?!? That's exactly the point where I fell asleep last night, and I woke up at 3 a.m. and had to re-read that passage to make sure I hadn't dreamed it.
Now I need the rest of the day to fly by so I can go home and keep reading.
erikaj - Feb 03, 2006 6:21:11 am PST #9866 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Does anyone know of a really good Calamity Jane bio? Because watching the fictional one on Deadwood has got me curious, and I don't wanna read a bunch of cocksuckers.
Fred Pete - Feb 03, 2006 6:25:47 am PST #9867 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
Can't recommend any bios, but Doris Day made a movie based on her life, called (not surprisingly) Calamity Jane. It's a pleasant enough musical with a few great moments (like "Secret Love"). And lesbian subtext.
Hayden - Feb 03, 2006 6:27:31 am PST #9868 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
There was an article on Slate or Salon a few months ago discussing a bio about Calamity Jane. You could try searching archives at both.
Strega - Feb 03, 2006 7:16:51 am PST #9869 of 10002
The Land of Laughs is one of my favorite Carroll books. Talking dogs are sort of his trademark. And yeah, there is a Lynchian feel. You never know whether the next thing that happens will be lovely and magical, or nightmarish. Or a little bit of both.
erikaj - Feb 03, 2006 7:47:27 am PST #9870 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Right, Fred...I remember now, from Celluloid Closet. Stupid brain...trying to picture Doris Day spitting, drunk, belligerent and cursing. At least I amuse myself, right?
Fred Pete - Feb 03, 2006 7:55:41 am PST #9871 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
It's a fun movie. But like all Hollywood product, not something I'd rely on for the truth about its subject.