 ( A growing TV cover-up: Obnoxious pop-up promos )
...almost any viewer can cite annoying instances where a pop-up ad has upstaged a show's dramatic climax or obscured vital on-screen information.
Viewers hate the detective hero of "Monk" rising from the bottom left screen for eight or nine seconds of vamping, followed by a ghostly but distracting text line that looms for several long minutes to accommodate even the slowest readers: "Monk All New Tonight 9/8c."
The USA network's motto is "Characters Welcome." Well, that "Monk" message adds up to 21 characters, none of them welcome.( . )
( Here's that great Family Guy parody of TV popup ads )
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“If any vegans came over for dinner, I could whip them up a salad, then explain my philosophy on being a carnivore: If God had not intended for us to eat animals, how come He made them out of meat?” - Sarah Palin, "Going Rogue" (pg. 133)
I wonder if any vegans were persuaded by her thesis.
She is aware that humans are made of meat too, right?
Read the COMMENTS from the blog! :)
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Even though I think NO politicians are in it for purely altruistic reasons
(they'd never survive in the "business" that way)
this one makes me smile:
 Dear Christine,
Today, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid released the Senate version of the health insurance reform bill. The bill was merged from the bills passed by the Senate Health Committee and the Senate Finance Committee.
I have posted the new bill, as well as several supporting documents, on my website: http://stabenow.senate.gov/healthcare.
I want to thank you for sharing your thoughts with me throughout this process. Over the next several weeks, we will be working to make improvements and finalize the bill. At the end of this process, I hope to support legislation that stops unfair practices by insurance companies, makes health care affordable for families and small businesses, and protects Medicare for years to come.
As always, please continue to keep me informed about issues of concern to you and your family.
Sincerely,
Debbie Stabenow
United States Senator
A Cellarful of...: awful sinusitis! :( |
Little British boy says:
Oh my goodness, dad, look! They have books on dating.
How to Date? is probably like, "Don't take her to McDonald's!"
--overheard in a Barnes & Noble
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beatles brian epstein paul mccartney john lennon george harrison ringo starr
I love how Eppy's squinting at George ~
as if he's relaying telepathic messages ~
Under the cut is a YouTubed Beatle vid from 1966 ~ the year we saw 'em in person,
from a distance and in back of 'em. ( (We had a great view of Starkey butt ~ but I digress...) )
beatles brian epstein paul mccartney john lennon george harrison ringo starr
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As promised, here is a condensed rundown of what happened on Fri the 13th that shut down my mental facilities/faculties for most of the weekend (as posted on my Facebook):  I'm driving-phobic and night-blind.
On the way to a family birthday party, AT NIGHT, in heavy traffic, car acted like it was totally dying, making VERY loud noises and hesitations, etc.
Lost my way down unfamiliar side streets a couple of times, freaking out all the way.
Other drivers kept getting pissed off at me because I kept doing the wrong things.
Finally made it there. Heart thumping, head busting, hands shaking, I adamantly refused to drive the effer home.
Sister saved my butt (as always) by driving us home and dropping car off at auto shop.
They called this morning and gave me a manageable estimate for repair.*sigh of relief*
But now they say brakes need work (but they don't do brakes). *groan*
I EFFING HATE VEHICLES
eppylover = epic fail. As always. Blah.
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| » Shabbat Shmooze ~ More words of wisdom from Michael Wex |
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Advocate: What do I have to do to be a mentsh and not a shmuck?
Michael Wex: It’s pretty much a matter of considering other people.
The classic formulation is one found in the Talmud, from a rabbi named Hillel: “If there’s something you hate when somebody else does it to you, don’t do it to other people.”
Why did Hillel express this negatively? Why didn’t he just say, “Treat others the way you want them to treat you,” like Jesus did?
The Jewish tradition has a relentlessly realistic view of human character. There’s no idealizing of it, no “If we all try really hard, we’re all going to turn into Eagle Scouts.”
That all ties in with this idea of being a mentsh.
Working with what you hate allows you to respect the other person’s preferences.
From a talk by Michael Wex
http://michaelwex.com/
You can read the whole article by Anna Beth Keim here: "The Mentsh Maker".
Nov. 13th, 2009 @ 11:23 pm
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| » WALRUS AND EGGMAN? Read its description |
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As the lame sellers say: L@@K!
LOL
T-Shirts and a CD
....amongst the old vintage schtuffs
I dug up to sell out of my past life.
Nov. 13th, 2009 @ 01:16 am
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| » Someone else's auction: "BEATLES Transcript Documents Lennon Ringo Epstein Apple" |
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"Collection of unpublished interviews draft material &c"
Fascinating.
Most of this Beatles material for sale is post-Brian rubbish, which, as you know if you know me, I could do without. ;P
But ~ I would KILL to have copies of the pages under Part C~ numbers 2, 3, and 6.
See it while it's still up HERE
...or HERE, until Nov 16...
Seller info : si-qe
Item number: 300364484056
Item location: Dover, Kent, United Kingdom
( Seller's description copied here in LJ-cut: THE RISE & FALL OF THE BEATLES )
...Yeah. Just FYI, just because. *shrugs*
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Nov. 10th, 2009 @ 11:07 pm
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| » An overdue spam ~ warning: many Eppies cause light headedness |
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(In a Mario voice)
I'm-a guess-a lotsa flisters have been a-passin' me by since all this Og-shit started over a year ago ...
'cos, well, I've kinda tended to overdo it with other schtuffs that are utterly uninteresting and/or disturbing to the mainstream of Eppy lovers & Beatle fans.
Sorry 'bout that.
Stressed-out Christine brain-mange. And it continues.
So ~ I'm just digging into my Photobucket and
( schmacking down a buncha Brians )
Enjoy. :)
Okay. If I don't start listing some more eBay now,
I shall totally be, as Elmer Fudd would say,
scwoooow'd!
What do I have up right now?
Nov. 2nd, 2009 @ 04:22 pm
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| » Open-mindedness |
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THIS IS AWESOME, Y'ALL.
...oops, sorry ... a bit of sunday sermon hangover here lol
Nov. 2nd, 2009 @ 01:00 pm
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| » Sunday Sermon ~ BEWARE THE DEMON-FILLED CANDY!!! |
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By the holy authority of the prophetress Kimberly Daniels!
( Read more... )
.....JESUS CHRIST!!! NOT THE REESES!!!
Nov. 1st, 2009 @ 06:08 pm
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| » Shabbat Shmooze ~ Always with the cockamamie pumpkins! |
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Rabbi The Partier VS Rabbi The Party-Pooper
Also:
My fave Halloween-related thingies.
Voltaire ~plus~ THIS EPISODE!
Oct. 31st, 2009 @ 10:12 am
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| » One of Stephy's old faves |
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To prepare 90's-era cartoon luvvers for tomorrow:
KILLER TOFU!
Oct. 30th, 2009 @ 12:14 pm
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