LOEB Meeting 3/8/10: Is Anybody Home? Edition

[SeattleGirl]

:hi:

[SharonRB]

1. I'm here

:hi:

Trying to multi-task.

Ken Starr?

[SeattleGirl]

2. Hi Sharon!

Yep, Ken Starr.

Can't stand the guy, but if wants to take a swipe at the Spawn of Darth Cheney, he can have at it!

:hi:

[SharonRB]

4. I agree.

[Berry Cool]

3. I'm here also.

:hi: Stitching and watching.

Yeah, who woulda thought Ken Starr might be the one to save us from the evil that is Liz Cheney? :shrug:

Ah, Dennis, Dennis. So willing to fall on his sword for a principle. Trouble is, he falls on the sword and it's the rest of us who do the bleeding.

[SeattleGirl]

6. Hi Berry!

I do like Dennis, but I think he's wrong here. Yes, I'd love to see a public option, or better yet universal healthcare, but holy crap, we need something NOW! How many more people have to die because stubborn people with their own personal agendas are standing in the say of getting something done?

:hi:

[Berry Cool]

31. Dennis has made an entire career out of standing stubborn and alone

on his personal agenda. Hang the consequences to others. It's the reason Cleveland went into default in '78.

[Patsy Stone]

38. And yet

they keep re-electing him. :hi:

That producer running up for her Kanye moment was the most exciting part of the show.

[SharonRB]

40. The guy who was trying to give his speech is going to give it

in full on Larry King tonight.

[Patsy Stone]

45. His mother

tried to hold her back with her cane to stop her from going. :rofl:

Worst dresses: Sarah Jessica Parker, Charlize Theron, and Jennifer Lopez. Each one, a nightmare in its own right.

[SharonRB]

52. I definitely agree on the first two

JLo's grew on me, but I'm starting to back off from that. I like the drapey, flowy ones the best. Demi, the young actress from Up in the Air and Rachel McAdams' dresses were gorgeous, especially the fabric on Rachel's.

[Patsy Stone]

59. And Elizabeth Banks

whoever the hell she is, the dress was lovely. Demi looked gorgeous. Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy scared the bejeezus out of me. But the John Hughes tribute was touching.

How many people did JLo sneak in under that (side!) train??

[SharonRB]

63. I forgot about Elizabeth Banks

Yes, that was beautiful.

I agree about Sheedy, Molly wasn't quite as bad. The purple was a good color for her, at least. And that tribute was very nice.

[CBHagman]

79. "Whoever the hell she is."

Dear Pats, that's precisely the sort of thing I was thinking. The announcer would give the name of some young actor or actress and I'd be thinking, "I have no idea who this person is." At least I knew Anna Kendrick was, having just seen Up in the Air yesterday.

And my personal WTF moment was when the Academy had Lauren Bacall and Roger Corman wave from the audience as though they were the accountants from PriceWaterhouseCoopers, or maybe the cameramen. Lauren freaking Bacall (geb. Betty Joan Perske), who made Key Largo and To Have and Have Not and The Big Sleep!



I know they're cutting back on showing any awards not in the major categories, but somehow they found time for the Ben Stiller shtick and the salute to horror movies...and sometimes they're the same thing. :grr:

[Patsy Stone]

83. Agreed!

It didn't only look like they waved from the audience, it looked like they were so far away, the audience had no idea where they were seated. Ben Stiller went on for freakin' evah.

Every year or so, there's a whole crop of people that pop up from shows and movies I've never seen. Last year, it was all the vampire kids.

I Googled Miss Banks; she played Pickles in W.

:hi:

[Berry Cool]

77. Yeah, I'm with you.

[RevCheesehead]

53. No kidding!

I looked at Sarah and wondered "how much did she pay for that sheet?" Gad, that was ug-lee.

[Patsy Stone]

61. It was a silk Chanel pillowcase

with tinfoil flowers on the top. Fugly AND dangerous. :hi:, Rev!

[SharonRB]

65. The thing that befuddles me is

she's got such a great body, why would she want to hide it in that sack?

[Patsy Stone]

73. I don't know.

Did the store not have any mirrors? Also, she kept pulling on that rope/sleeve/noose thing the whole time. It was shapeless but, apparently, uncomfortable nonetheless. I had Valley of the Dolls flashbacks while I was looking at her.

[Berry Cool]

76. Yeah, well, that's just the West Side.

Go figure. Those of us with a different congresscritter don't always stand with 'em.

[SharonRB]

5. Massa is turning into a huge disappointment

I used to really like him, but he's handling this very poorly. He's a loose cannon.

[SeattleGirl]

7. He's as loony as a lot of the Republicans.

:crazy:

[Patsy Stone]

27. Six ways to crazy.

What's tomorrow's excuse? If Sarah Paling can quit -- so can I! :eyes:

[Botany]

8. maybe the guy was just trying to Massa - Bate

Do you need any help w/ the jokes?

[SeattleGirl]

9. snerk

:rofl:

[Botany]

11. I could have dropped seamen or ship's coxswain

But I know the EDVs are too tender.

[SeattleGirl]

10. I got kicked off DU for a minute. Weird.

[Botany]

14. Something has been seen around DU's server

[Berry Cool]

34. I think we all got kicked off.

[SharonRB]

42. Not me.

I must be special.

[SeattleGirl]

50. Of course you are!

[RevCheesehead]

12. At least I don't have to shit Oscars out of my butt this week.

:hi: Hi everyone! Having a bitch of a time trying to connect to DU tonight!

[Botany]

17. Some mental pictures are tough to take

[RevCheesehead]

23. So true....

:hi:

[Botany]

30. And I would have had my way if that stupid squirrel hadn't gotten in the way

:grr:

[RevCheesehead]

41. Squirrelus interruptis?

:rofl:

Those bastards can be crazy at times.

[SeattleGirl]

18. Hehehe! Hi Rev!

Yeah, that would have been painful!

:hi:

[RevCheesehead]

35. James Cameron needs a haircut ASAP.

There, I'm glad I said it.

:hi:

[Patsy Stone]

28. Thank heavens.

:hi:

[RevCheesehead]

46. Amen!

:hi: On second thought, nah, I'm not gonna go there.

[Berry Cool]

36. Hi Rev!

:hi: Same here!

[RevCheesehead]

49. Whew!

Dodged a bullet there, didn't we? :rofl:

:hi:

[GigiMommy]

13. Hi Everybody!!! It took me a while to get in here.

:hi: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[SeattleGirl]

19. Hi Gigi! Hugs to you and Miss Cassie!

I got kicked off for a second myself.

:hi: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[GigiMommy]

24. Hi SG!!!

That was weird.:hi: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Berry Cool]

48. There was a hiccup in the system.

:hi: Still glad you and Miss Cassie could make it!

[GigiMommy]

60. Hi Berry!!!

Thanks!:hi: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Patsy Stone]

15. Ken Starr?

Oy.

Pepperdine University. Home of Battle of the Network Stars.



:hi:

[SharonRB]

16. Welcome back,

Kotter!

[Botany]

21. Even Ken is not good w/ getting lawyers killed by wing nuts.

I wish she would just go away

[Patsy Stone]

32. LOL!

Y'know, I never noticed the resemblance. :hi:

[Botany]

51. Ever see them together at the same time?

[SharonRB]

54. Scary!

[Berry Cool]

43. See, once you get the connection between Liz and Tonya,

it never goes away. :rofl:

I was the first one to notice, I'll have you all know. :-)

[SeattleGirl]

22. Hi Patsy!

Yep, the one and only.

It's just too bad he didn't take an attorney's duty to the justice system as seriously back when he was doing the Clinton witch hunt.

:hi:

[Berry Cool]

39. I remember those shows!

Well, whadda ya know, Ken Starr believes lawyers have to be willing to represent anyone and everyone, or we don't have equality under the law in our justice system. What a concept!!!!

Too bad more people didn't learn it back in 12th-grade civics class!

[WolverineDG]

81. how come linda carter's boobs are smaller when she's wearing a swimsuit

than when she's wearing her Wonder Woman get-up?

dg

[RevCheesehead]

82. That's easy -

WonderWire. (TM)?


:hi:

[GigiMommy]

20. I love Gregory Peck!

:loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

[SeattleGirl]

25. To Kill a Mockingbird is one of my all-time favorite movies.

[SharonRB]

26. I traded in my smart for a new one on Friday

I had no idea I was going to get a new car when I got up that day, but I got an e-mail from the dealer that they were running a special for $2500 off. I asked him to run the numbers and that if I could trade in my old one, pay it off and lower my payment with a new one, I'd think about it. Well, turns out I lowered my payment by $50 a month and have a new car. I've got a white and black one now. The decision was a no-brainer.

[SeattleGirl]

29. Nice!

I'm looking at Honda's CR-V. Not too big, pretty decent gas mileage, and it would work well for hauling wedding cakes around.

[Berry Cool]

44. Well, isn't that cool!

[GigiMommy]

64. Wow, that's great!

:hi: :thumbsup:

[SharonRB]

66. Hi, Gigi

:hi:

[Patsy Stone]

67. Nice!

Congrats! You should drive it in good health. :toast:

[SharonRB]

33. Who else hated SJP's dress

and WTF were those boob flowers on Charlize's dress?

[Berry Cool]

78. I thought SJP looked like a stick rolled in a bolt of cloth

and Charlize's boob flowers made no sense. But if they'd been the same color as the rest of the dress they wouldn't have been so bad.

[Patsy Stone]

80. It reminded me of an MST3K line

from Girlstown, one of the best they ever did.


http://mst3k.wikia.com/wiki/Girls_Town

Mamie Van Doren walks into a restaurant wearing a dress that gathers into a sequined diamond shaped area over her va-jay-jay. Crow says, "It's a tasteful little number that screams, 'Look at THIS!'"

[SharonRB]

37. Henry Gibson got left out, too?

I knew FF and Bea were forgotten. That sucked.

Loved that Babs gave the first female director her award.

[GigiMommy]

68. ...and they forgot the first actor/man that I EVER had a crush on

and I was 2 years old too.



He had a Rolls Royce and lived in Beverly Hills. I had rich taste.

[Patsy Stone]

71. Wow

They did a really bad job on that, huh?! Fire that intern!

:hi:

[GigiMommy]

75. Hi Patsy!!!

:hi: :rofl:

[Patsy Stone]

69. I missed that too.

Poor Henry.

[ralps]

47. Hi SeattleGirl! Hi Everyone! I'm here!

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[SeattleGirl]

55. Hi ralps!

Looks like dancin' kitty is happy to be here too!

:hi:

[Berry Cool]

58. Keith News!!!

FROM A PERSONAL NOTEBOOK:

Belated thanks to all who have posted comments lately with well wishes for my father, who continues to fight his illness, more than two weeks after he lost wakefulness, and more than six months after he was first hospitalized. Your support is of great value to me (and my thanks to MSNBC for its understanding in this time, and, for that matter, MLB.Com, for providing this oasis where I can immerse myself in the game between trips to his bedside). This is, in fact, what baseball is for.

(from The Baseball Nerd blog)

[RevCheesehead]

72. Keith, I'm behind you 100%.

Take all the time you need. Your dad is worth it.

[Patsy Stone]

74. Cool.

Thanks for the news.

Don't worry, Keith. We'll be here when you get back. :hug:

[SharonRB]

56. Sarah lived in Skagway?

:rofl:

[Botany]

57. Oh Rev????????????????

Sarah Palin = God

Care to say something?

[RevCheesehead]

62. She no is ceiling cat.

She is basement cat.

[Botany]

70. Sarah is kinda full of shit

A drive to Whitehorse, Yukon or a Ferry Trip to Juneau, Alaska

So easy to get them confused