WordWolf

For those of us who don't know the contents of the servers (me and all the posters), can you tell us a little more of what we can reasonably expect during this time? Will it be maybe an hour totally affecting the board? 30 minutes? 12 hours? Will it knock out posting only, or will we be unable to read threads as well? Will the documents and editorials from the Main Page still be accessible? Will it affect all forums at once, or roll thru them one-at-a-time allowing us to hop thru the ones that arent being worked on right this second? I'm certainly not complaining, I'd just like to know ahead of time and possibly plan accordingly.

They could have saved themselves the trouble of copywriting that. Nobody would use it who wasn't being indoctrinated it was the greatest poetry since Walt Whitman or something.

"Boy-how'd you like to feel like she looks?" "Have you got any stewed prunes?" "Yes, sir." "Well, give them some black coffee-that will sober them up!" "Yes, sir." (I'm thinking karmicdebt was right on George's quote.)

Picking up from Mel Gibson... Hamlet Glenn Close Mars Attacks!

I agree. However, I bet the actual articles are still LOADED with them. If not, this could really take the fun out of the twi-speak drinking game....

To those of you still on the twi payroll.... I left a note for you on the "way corps to real life" thread.

To any of you currently on the twi payroll.... This is just a friendly reminder of your future. http://www.greasespotcafe.com/waydale/editorial/waypay.htm A) twi has no retirement fund for employees whatsoever. B) twi does not pay into Social Security for its employees. (How it manages that without breaking the law is beyond me.) C) twi does not pay enough for you to put in $10 per paycheck into an individual retirement fund. D) twi does not have a 401(k) program. E) twi has a standard operating procedure of dropping people who are no longer of any use to them (like mrs wierwi11e) F) if you think twi will make an exception for you, please reread the previous line G) twi does not have any kind of job training program ======= What all of this means when you put it together: Financially, twi currently makes no effort to give you backup or a reserve of any kind. Sooner or later, it will cut you loose, probably later. Once twi cuts you loose, you will be unemployed with few job skills-if any, with no retirement fund and no money in Social Security. So, you will work fulltime until you die. From a financial self-preservation point of view, your best bet is to acquire job skills outside of twi, and work outside of twi. At least that way you have a chance to actually retire. A number of people in the "prevailing household" won't have that option.

Sharon, just as I couldn't link back thru the same movie, you can't link back thru the same actor (Rip Torn). Please link from "Men in Black" thru a DIFFERENT actor.

Defending Your Life Rip Torn Men In Black

Sounds vaguely familiar....but I don't have it yet.

As Research Geek pointed out once, a lot of people sent in studies and things that were used BY lcm, who made it look as if it was all HIS ideas and so on. Never admit you have any sources-that was the lesson he was taught by vpw, and he remembered it.

What would a bright stage-light have to do with a devil, anyway?

I've never heard that ANY kind of light can cause eye cancer. (Except excessive sunlight, now that we have a thinner ozone layer.) vpw used to claim the lights filming pfal in the EARLY 70s cause PERMANENT DAMAGE to his eyes. What kind of lights were these-industrial lasers?? This was less than a month of filming. Does anyone remember the film being washed out due to blindingly white light? Me neither. Was film of such low quality that they needed floodlights just to get the normal room-light on the resultant film? Not since movies added SOUND was it THAT severe. vpw WAS exposed to a carcinogen (cancer-causing agent) all the time. He chain-smoked all the time. He also DRANK all the time, which did not ensure a healthy immune system to filter out the cancerous substances. ==== Is it possible that eyes that are cancer-infected due to exposure to carcinogens can be more sensitive to bright-but not harmful- light levels? Now, THAT I can believe. I'd guess that he got his cancer, and MAY have felt pain with the bright lights because he had damaged eyes. It's also possible (since I dont have firsthand accounts from witnesses) that the lights never hurt him, and that story was completely added like his "miraculous snowstorms." Improbable? No, just the type of spin control he regularly engaged in. "Yes, my eye was destroyed. It wasnt my fault-it was the price I paid to bring you pfal, the greatest revelation of God to his people since Paul dictated from his prison cell, and I would gladly do it again for you all and lose my OTHER eye because that's how much I looooove you, keeeds..... *lights another cigarette* "

While we're waiting... " A battleship in 'La Traviata'! "

If you need to recover after seeing this, see the BBC version.

It was a family-member almost exactly 10 years younger than me. I did, however, love retelling that story to you, more than once. The surreal part is how spot-on the imitation was, considering who said it. ===== Steve!, Miyagi met with his old flame on Okinawa. She was forbidden to marry Miyagi long ago-she was promised to Sato, Miyagi's best friend. Faced with possibly fighting his best friend to the death for her, Miyagi left Okinawa years ago. She now told him that she NEVER married (rather than marry someone she didnt love.) Miyagi replied HE never married EITHER. I STILL say he lied thru his teeth. Under the circumstances, it didn't hurt her, and made her feel a lot better. (A separate discussion would be if the Categorical Imperative would make this a bad thing regardless.)

I saw that coming when I realized they sacrificed the very recognizable description of Zaphod Beeblebrox in exchange for adding a cheap visual joke. He's supposed to have two matching heads above his necks, and a third arm which he had added to help improve his ski-boxing. The BBC version (of books 1 & 2) was produced on a shoestring budget, and, IMHO, is superior to what little I've seen of the current thing.

*waits for pawnbroker* I wonder how Marcus is doing-I called him "Daniel-san" once...... My usual complaint about Karate Kid II was that it was soooo predictable. Every scene on Okinawa was interrupted by Sato's "Miyagiiii!" Someone walked by and guessed it seconds before the ONE time it was interrupted by the storm, when Sato was trapped under the log. I myself guessed the entire end-scene when the dance-performance began. I was interrupted by the events as I finished explaining them. My usual complaint about the trilogy was that they kept contradicting each other. Movie 1, Miyagi's lamenting the death of his wife, and Daniel sees her obituary. The secret to the Miyagi family karate: the Crane technique. "If do right, no can defend." There is NO move that has no counter. Of course, in the end, he wins by using the Crane. Movie 2, Miyagi says he never married. [My answer: he lied thru his teeth.] The secret to the Miyagi family karate: the Drum technique. Daniel attempts the Crane against Sato's student, who uses the counter and hits him. Daniel wins by using the Drum technique. Movie 3, early on, Miyagi announces he will teach Daniel the secret to the Miyagi family karate: the katas. (The forms, or demonstrations.) Daniel seems to have completely forgotten the Drum technique in this movie, and gets beat down in the arena. Daniel wins by using Kata in the arena. When we heard they were making "the Next Karate Kid", someone did their impression of Miyagi contradicting the previous movies for me... "*miyagi voice* You my first student!" It was such a good impression I have to mentally separate it from the actual movie.

*still swinging* Johnny Mnemonic ?

*wild guess* the Experts?

*wild guess* Mad Dog and Glory?

Boogie Nights William H. Macy Mystery Men

Amy Yasbeck the Mask Cameron Diaz

Did he get it?

Spy Hard Barry Bostwick the Rocky Horror Picture Show