Miscellany
Things that have entertained me this week:
…In keeping with the precepts of Scientology, Cruise, who condemns modern psychiatry and mind-altering prescriptions of any kind, said Shields should have used ‘vitamins and exercise’ instead. ‘I care about Brooke Shields because I think she is an incredibly talented women, [but] look at where her career has gone,’ he said.
Shields, who is enjoying a career resurgence, both on Broadway and as the author of a book about postnatal depression, retorted that Cruise, ‘should stick to saving the world from aliens and let women suffering the condition decide what treatment options are best for them’. She then offered Cruise and Holmes two tickets – one adult for him, one child for her – to her London production of Chicago.
[Stephen Fry] said: ‘It’s now very common to hear people say, “I’m rather offended by that”, as if that gives them certain rights. It’s no more than a whine. It has no meaning, it has no purpose, it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. “I’m offended by that.” Well, so fucking what?’
The Bucks County man who pleaded guilty to growing marijuana plants on Springfield Township property owned by a former police chief has been sentenced to a work-release term requiring him to perform community service as a translator for Spanish-speaking people.
Whenever a story is set in a distant time and place and dramatized, as this one is, we usually call it historical fiction. But Kathleen Ann Milner’s story of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn has an interesting claim on historical accuracy. Milner believes she was Boleyn in a past life. She details the evidence for her belief in the second half of this fascinating book, and makes a convincing enough case that the story presented in the first half appears in a whole new light.
Thought by some to be the first ever translation: Gilgamesh! It’s a story! A Musical! A very slow flash animation! A scary book! An upcoming movie starring… wait for it… Peter O’Toole and Omar Sharif! (I guess doing commercials for off-track betting in France weren’t everything he’d hoped.)
Now, what’s the silliest thing you’ve seen in the news this week?
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- Money was spent on this study.
Jello Biafra should have been working the booth.
Beatles sold off for trial wardrobe?
...and that’s without looking at anything at Yahoo!
— Gord Fynes Jun 10, 12:43am # - Hoots of the week:
Quite possibly the funniest image ever;
Paul Wells telling it like it is …if only because I hope it makes the martini olives shoot right out of Russell Smith’s chronically elevated nose.
— george v Jun 11, 12:40am # - Ananova is always good for this kind of thing. It sent me to this one, which is not unconnected with the previous comment.
— Nick S. Jun 11, 10:00am # - One adult ticket… one child’s… that cracked me up.
— Emma Jun 12, 6:27am # - happiness. yuk. – given that we’re searching for it anyway, what is the difference between a happy scientologist and a happy buddhist? that’s what i want to know.
( i say humour for one, any more thoughts?)
none of them in mulhouse. nor even a miserable lookalike.
— ruth Jun 12, 8:31pm # - sorry that wasn’t what you asked and neither, exactly, is this but thought you might like it:
In French orchestras did you know that the violins are called ‘dessus’ which IMPLIES (it is never spoken out loud) that the basses are called ‘dessous’. Now, am I mad or does this mean UNDIES? (Oh translator goddess)
— ruth Jun 13, 10:00am # - Dessous does indeed mean undies, and underbelly and… oh, all sorts of undertonal subversion.
— gail Jun 13, 11:28am # - I love Stephen’s quote…
— roggey Jun 13, 3:58pm # - Any and everything by Mr. Bush.
— Jack Lobaugh Jul 17, 10:58am #
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