Month: October 2004

Friday Meme-thing

Taken from Theron:

Name a CD you own that no one else on your friends list does:

Crap. I was going to say any of the CDs of me performing electronica as “@nubis”, but actually I’ve given a couple of those out.

So… I’ll go with “The Best of James Bond: 30th Anniversary Limited Edition”, which is the two-disc version…which I know is rare (the single-disc version with just the themes is much more common).

Name a book you own that no one else on your friends list does:

An 1893 edition of “The Best Plays of Christopher Marlowe (Mermaid Edition)”, edited by Havelock Ellis. It’s beat up, and has the name of a previous owner (one “D. Elaine Stanberry”) written on the cover, but it’s by my favorite Elizabethan, it’s 111 years old, and that’s pretty damned cool.

Name a movie on DVD/VHS/whatever that on one else on your friends list does:

I’ve got the first season of the UK series “ROBIN OF SHERWOOD” on DVD, which I can watch because I have a multi-region DVD player. Although it occurs to me that Ian might have this…so, barring that, I’ve got a DVD copy of “GARGOYLES” a 1972 made-for-TV horror movie that scared the bejesus out of me when I saw it in re-runs as a kid.

Name a place that you have visited that no one else on your friends list has:

I’ll cop out and say The Hamptons, where I grew up. Not really visiting, I know, but I don’t think anyone on my friends list has been there.

Name a Piece of clothing that no one else on your friends list has:

It’s kinda embarrassing, but I am the proud owner of a “Doctor Who” sweater-vest, festooned with question marks (as worn by the Seventh Doctor–see this picture).

Name an occupation that you’ve had that no one else on your friends list has had:

Local Morning Edition/Weekend Edition host for NPR affiliate. (KANU, 92-93)

Bush’s most annoying “jus’ folks” bit of wisdom from last night? When he responded to Kerry’s statement that Bush had said he wasn’t concerned about Bin Laden with “That must be one of those exaggerations.”

Ahem: From a transcript of a March 13 2003 press conference (available at the friggin’ WHITE HOUSE website, fer chrissakes): http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/03/20020313-8.html

“Q    But don’t you believe that the threat that bin Laden posed won’t truly be eliminated until he is found either dead or alive?

THE PRESIDENT:  Well, as I say, we haven’t heard much from him.  And I wouldn’t necessarily say he’s at the center of any command structure.  And, again, I don’t know where he is.  I  —  I’ll repeat what I said.  I truly am not that concerned about him.  I know he is on the run.  I was concerned about him, when he had taken over a country.  I was concerned about the fact that he was basically running Afghanistan and calling the shots for the Taliban.”

…and naturally, Ma and Pa Kettle in Lower Stumblefuck, Kentucky will think that Bush scored points on that one, because they’ll never be told otherwise.

National Media? Hello? Hello?

Debate Monkey

Bush’s most annoying “jus’ folks” bit of wisdom from last night? When he responded to Kerry’s statement that Bush had said he wasn’t concerned about Bin Laden with “That must be one of those exaggerations.”

Ahem: From a transcript of a March 13 2003 press conference (available at the friggin’ WHITE HOUSE website, fer chrissakes): http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/03/20020313-8.html

“Q    But don’t you believe that the threat that bin Laden posed won’t truly be eliminated until he is found either dead or alive?

THE PRESIDENT:  Well, as I say, we haven’t heard much from him.  And I wouldn’t necessarily say he’s at the center of any command structure.  And, again, I don’t know where he is.  I  —  I’ll repeat what I said.  I truly am not that concerned about him.  I know he is on the run.  I was concerned about him, when he had taken over a country.  I was concerned about the fact that he was basically running Afghanistan and calling the shots for the Taliban.”

…and naturally, Ma and Pa Kettle in Lower Stumblefuck, Kentucky will think that Bush scored points on that one, because they’ll never be told otherwise.

National Media? Hello? Hello?