Haines His Way

No, I meant the first time, when seated upstairs, amidst all the plastic surgery and people answering their cell phones whilst dining.

Actually the hoi polloi is the common people, the herd, the great unwashed, the masses.

Did you mean hoity-toity...?

No, I meant the first time, when seated upstairs, amidst all the plastic surgery and people answering their cell phones whilst dining.

Oh yes, that was charming.
You made some rather interesting and loud comments. (With which I agreed.) Some colorful words (not cameltoe - but starting with the same letter) were brought into play.  
Now I know why they seated us behind plants on the second visit!

Still looking for a gift for that special someone... or even for yourself... Very appropriate for this time of year...

-Courtesy of today's Washington Post:

Slacker Tracker

By Jeff Turrentine
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, December 30, 2004; Page H03

Are we sure this is a good idea? If the problem is weakness about New Year's resolutions, is the answer really to rely on a logbook in which we must resolve to track -- daily and in great detail -- our progress toward fulfilling all those other resolutions we're in danger of breaking?

On the one hand, it's kind of cruel. On the other, it's kind of cool, this slim, spiral-bound enforcer of follow-through. Divided into three main sections, the resolution tracker allows you to chronicle your progress, calculate a reward strategy, and -- of greatest utility to slackers -- justify your lapses, even going so far as to provide a checklist of handy emotional excuses. (Hey, you were probably just feeling "unloved," "manic" or "overwhelmed" on that particular day. Check, check and check.)

Available at Coffee and the Works (1627 Connecticut Ave. NW), Politics & Prose (5015 Connecticut Ave. NW) and at both Washington locations of Pulp. Also available online at www.knockknock.biz.

-Yes, you can click on the above image. And there are some other fun items available from Knock Knock.

I love seafood and garlic!

Btw, speaking of food, has anybody tried grilling frozen french fries?  I was just in the mood for fries (i just typed that 3 times, first i typed friends, then friens) with the ribs I made.  So I took out my George Foreman type grill.  And put some seasonings.  And they were so good!

...And just remember that in a pinch, an iron - no steam necessary - is perfect for reheating some leftover pizza!  It's ergonomically shaped for the process too!



-Reminds of that cookbook that was out a few years ago, something along the lines of "The Coffee Maker Cookbook".  The author had come up with a bunch of recipes/meals that could be prepared in a Mr. Coffee.  Quite a fun read.  I never tried any of the recipes/methods on my own.

...Never...

I have seen DRAWN TOGETHER. It follows SOUTH PARK...a truly funny and smart cartoon show.  

I found DRAWN TOGETHER, of which I've seen about three episodes, to be rather smarmy and sleazy, filled mostly cheap, gratitious, and easy sex jokes and smutty humour.  And this is coming from a guy who has no problem with low-brow or off-colour humour at all.  But this show, while there may be a laugh here or there, I found somewhat offensive and I felt like I wanted to take a bath after watching it.

I stand corrected DR CP.....that is what happens when you get your vocabulary from Three Stooges shorts.  And I will be looking forward to your precis etc about the Ibsen plays that I, too, had not heard of, but they sound fascinating.

THE AQUA TEEN FORCE consists of French Fries, a Shake, and a Meatball and I don't find them funny....I can't understand a word the Meatball says.  But I do like SeaLab 2021 - so sometimes I get stuck watching AQUA TEEN FORCE.

As for DRAWN TOGETHER.....it's another show I don't think is very funny.  The concept is.....yes....but the execution is something else.  I laugh at SOUTH PARK and its crude humor, but DT just seems to belabor the point that it is being "shocking" and isn't really nearly as clever.  IMHO....

And one less egg to fry.

I watched a bit of POINT BLANK last night on TCM.  You know, when Angie Dickinson had a real part and a director, she was okay.  And I have to say, she is one stunner of a gal!

Anybody ever meet her or work with her?  Who wrote that jazzy theme for POLICE WOMAN....Pepper Anderson took no guff from nobody!

Actually the hoi polloi is the common people...

I'll let JRand slide, but you're a pro:

"the hoi polloi" is rendundant! "Hoi polloi" is Greek for "the common people".

der Brucer

More specifically doesn't it mean the impression made when a lady is wearing a too-tight-pair of slacks?

I do agree about Beverly Hills, and I do hate driving there,

You are so sweet to have never told me that!

Looks familiar - maybe it's the hat!

Welcome back RLP

NOW IT CAN BE TOLD!

Top Scientists Warn: Sea Gods Angry  

Washington, DC - Pointing to the devastating weekend Indian Ocean tsunami that left over 24,000 dead, an international blue ribbon committee of climatologists and ecoscientists today issued a stark warning that man-made pollutants have increasingly "make water spirits angry."

The blunt conclusion prefaced a 2300 page meta-analysis of hundreds of scientific studies and computer models detailing links between human industrial activity and wrathful eco-deities. Entitled "Fire Bad: Fire Very Bad," the report warns that the planet faces additional catastrophies unless drastic regulatory action is taken to appease Earthen-furies.

"Unclean money devils anger sacred water spirit Tai-Waku," explained Martin Knudson of Scripps Oceanic Institute. "He now call angry to son the whale, 'make slap with anger-tails! Bring vengeance-surf to villagers!'"  

While most empirical evidence supports the theory of wrathful whale-tail slappings, some scientists are exploring alternative hypotheses for the weekend tsunami. Ecobiologist Jane Geary of UC Santa Cruz points to mounting evidence that the ocean spirit-world may have been driven to gastrointestinal rage by gas-guzzling SUVs.

"Thunder-wagon make smoke cloud of greenhouse gas," explained Geary. "hungry Tai-Waku eat smoke from thunder-wagon, pass giant wind with mighty fury."
Peter Novak, chief science officer of the Sierra Club, dismissed Geary's "Divine Fart" theory, arguing it was more likely that SUVs had triggered the tsunami via a spirit underword sexual encounter.

"Wheels of thunder-wagons wake up Big Earth Spirit-Mother, make to crazy tingle in hairy child-place. She now go to water lair of Tai-Waku, make big angry love on tectonic plate," said Novak. "Big Earth Spirit-Mother say, 'if ocean rocking, don't come a-knocking.'"

Although they disagree on the precise causes of the wrathful spirit world, scientists were largely unanimous in recommending immediate global regulatory action.

Remedial steps suggested in the report include ratification of the Kyoto treaty, elimination of automobiles, volcanic altars for virgin sacrifices, creation of a sustainable urine-based economy, and improved faculty dental benefits.

"If not act now, it too late," said report editor Paul Erlich of Stanford University.

Erlich, whose 1978 best seller "Ice Time Come Soon" is widely credited with saving millions of lives by warning of the massive age of glaciation that threatened Earth during the 1980s, said inaction might anger the spirit world further.

"Me not know when Tai-Waku make wrath again," said Erlich. "Me need more grant money."

der Brucer