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Re: Right Now I'm........... (part deux) - potthole - 11-22-2009
I just watched that for the first time ever on Friday, actually. Very good movie.
Re: Right Now I'm........... (part deux) - plungerhand - 11-23-2009
Be it ever so humble... Just spent 11 1/2 hours pulling a car hauler with my tractor on it.. It rained from Tn to Fl... Nothing like a long drive to do some life contemplating.
Re: Right Now I'm........... (part deux) - Titan! - 11-23-2009
30 pages into the new Stephen King novel, and really digging it.
Re: Right Now I'm........... (part deux) - krystal - 11-23-2009
Titan! Wrote:30 pages into the new Stephen King novel, and really digging it.
Will it be like all of his other books and rapidly become boring?
Re: Right Now I'm........... (part deux) - Biff - 11-23-2009
krystal Wrote:Titan! Wrote:30 pages into the new Stephen King novel, and really digging it.
Will it be like all of his other books and rapidly become boring?
Winner!
Re: Right Now I'm........... (part deux) - krystal - 11-23-2009
I'm glad someone agrees with me. Stephen King is too descriptive and too all-encompassing, which causes his stories to become disjointed and hard to concentrate on. He should come up with ideas and let someone else write the actual books.
Re: Right Now I'm........... (part deux) - Mark the Valet - 11-23-2009
Wait a minute, lemme get this straight. Your beef with Stephen King, who is an author and relies on his ability to describe things in his stories, is too descriptive?
Re: Right Now I'm........... (part deux) - Biff - 11-23-2009
Mark the Valet Wrote:Wait a minute, lemme get this straight. Your beef with Stephen King, who is an author and relies on his ability to describe things in his stories, is too descriptive?
Way way way way way too descriptive.
Re: Right Now I'm........... (part deux) - Mark the Valet - 11-23-2009
It's just a weird beef to have with a guy who is a storyteller is all. I'm not a huge fan of his either, but I've read 7 or 8 of his books and I never thought: "Hey, this guy is being too overly descriptive in trying to make me visualize this world and scenarios that he's creating with words!"
Re: Right Now I'm........... (part deux) - krystal - 11-23-2009
When descriptions get in the way of the story, it's too descriptive. I don't need to know how green the grass is, the exact shapes of the blades, or how blue the sky is and the exact shapes of clouds to read a story. The excess imagery makes it disjointed, making it more difficult for me to imagine it. There should be an actual reason for the description as opposed to just putting words on paper. Pointless drivel should be edited out.
Re: Right Now I'm........... (part deux) - peachs - 11-23-2009
having a hazelnut coffee, and a chocolate brownie clif bar
Re: Right Now I'm........... (part deux) - potthole - 11-23-2009
If you want to talk about a book being too descriptive, check out The Sum of All Fears by Tom Clancy. He has an entire chapter to describe how a nuke goes off. Not about what happens when it goes off, but how it goes off. You know, "Circuit A sends a current to Circuit B, which trips this switch, which sends a current to..."
Re: Right Now I'm........... (part deux) - 0rz0ski - 11-23-2009
I'm pretty sure that Tolkien and Melville trump Clancy over description.
Right now I'm glad to be back from the allergists. It's always fun when the nurse walks in during the middle of the 15 minute '60 prick test' and says "Whoa! Uh, doctor, you need to confirm these samples [of allergens on my back] now...she's really reacting." And then the doctor tells you he won't do a different test on me because I'd go into anaphylactic shock. Go, my retarded body.
Re: Right Now I'm........... (part deux) - krystal - 11-24-2009
Never, EVER read Atonement. The movie included almost everything in the book and was much easier to deal with.
Oh, and for some reason (morbid curiosity, really) I want to see a pic of the crazy folk with extra baby-making parts. I hope I don't throw up after seeing it.
Re: Right Now I'm........... (part deux) - Queenie - 11-24-2009
Just won a chance to go to Daytona with the guys!! WOOHOOOO!!!
Re: Right Now I'm........... (part deux) - Biff - 11-24-2009
You were FAST! I hope you win!
Re: Right Now I'm........... (part deux) - Queenie - 11-24-2009
Thanks Biff! But tell me, how retarded did I sound?? Did you hear me say "Queenie rules!" That was a little . . . uh . . crazy! I was excited!!
Re: Right Now I'm........... (part deux) - Biff - 11-24-2009
Queenie Wrote:Thanks Biff! But tell me, how retarded did I sound?? Did you hear me say "Queenie rules!" That was a little . . . uh . . crazy! I was excited!!
I didn't hear anything until the end actually because I was concentrating on something else. I heard "Janice" and assumed it was you. I came here and confirmed it. All I remember is that it was answered very quickly.
Re: Right Now I'm........... (part deux) - Queenie - 11-24-2009
It was kind of funny. I had the answer (55) in my head and like I had a delayed reaction to saying "Michael Waltrip" . . . okay, you need to say your name and the answer now, Janice . . . do it now . . . DO IT NOW!!!!
Re: Right Now I'm........... (part deux) - Titan! - 11-24-2009
Headed to China to have lunch with Stephen King.
Re: Right Now I'm........... (part deux) - Queenie - 11-24-2009
Getting so excited about the birth of my 1st granddaughter, Layla Anne!!! She'll be here by next Tuesday at the latest (so the Dr. says).
Re: Right Now I'm........... (part deux) - Titan! - 11-24-2009
Titan! Wrote:Headed to China to have lunch with Stephen King.
Actually I meant lunch in Tokyo,
They had a new sushi that I hadn't had before, with strawberries, cooked salmon, avacado, and "crab stick"
It was pretty good.
And damn man, I am loving Under the Dome
Re: Right Now I'm........... (part deux) - 0rz0ski - 11-30-2009
It's 9am, and I'm ready to throw my badge at my manager and drink until I lose consciousness.
Re: Right Now I'm........... (part deux) - Queenie - 11-30-2009
Anxiously waiting on the drawing for Daytona . . . ya'll keep your fingers crossed please!!!
OMG . . . fuck you Chuck!!! :twisted:
Re: Right Now I'm........... (part deux) - potthole - 11-30-2009
Completed my two newest additions to my collection of baseball memorbillia...
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A framed article about pitching, written by Hall of Fame pitcher Warren Spahn, taken from a 1955 issue of Collier's magazine.
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A framed article from a 1957 issue of Life magazine, about some big fights that took place in some games.
I found both articles in an antique store on Friday, and got them framed over the weekend.
Re: Right Now I'm........... (part deux) - plumpenut - 11-30-2009
very nice! :thumbup: I thought I was the only big baseball nerd on here.
Im watching the saints roll again. :thumbdown:
Re: Right Now I'm........... (part deux) - potthole - 12-01-2009
Biff is a bit of a baseball nerd too.
Re: Right Now I'm........... (part deux) - Biff - 12-01-2009
potthole Wrote:Biff is a bit of a baseball nerd too.
I don't do the collectible thing but I love baseball almost as much as I love my kids.
Re: Right Now I'm........... (part deux) - krystal - 12-01-2009
I'm not into baseball (or any sport, really), but I do love the framed old newspapers/magazines. But that's strictly from a girly-decorating standpoint.
Re: Right Now I'm........... (part deux) - krystal - 12-01-2009
Today is Super-Lame Day on the interwebs.
Re: Right Now I'm........... (part deux) - plungerhand - 12-03-2009
krystal Wrote:Today is Super-Lame Day on the interwebs.
I don't think it's just today, er yesterday.. or the day before...seems to be a trend. ghost town...
Re: Right Now I'm........... (part deux) - Biff - 12-03-2009
...listening to "Rust in Peace".
Re: Right Now I'm........... (part deux) - Queenie - 12-03-2009
So tickled after the birth of my first grandbaby yesterday:
Layla Anne - 7 lbs, 8 1/2 oz, 21 in.
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Re: Right Now I'm........... (part deux) - potthole - 12-03-2009
Home after my last day at the old job.
Re: Right Now I'm........... (part deux) - Queenie - 12-04-2009
potthole Wrote:Home after my last day at the old job.
WOOT WOOT!! I'm sure you are excited!! :yipee:
Re: Right Now I'm........... (part deux) - sunshyne - 12-04-2009
Queenie Wrote:So tickled after the birth of my first grandbaby yesterday:
Layla Anne - 7 lbs, 8 1/2 oz, 21 in.
She's beautiful!! congrats!
Re: Right Now I'm........... (part deux) - Biff - 12-04-2009
.....realizing that growing a beard just makes me look like a chubby GI Joe.
Re: Right Now I'm........... (part deux) - potthole - 12-04-2009
Got to play with my new snowblower for the first time. I picked it up on sale in the spring, and it's been sitting around all summer long, just begging me to fire it up.
Re: Right Now I'm........... (part deux) - Queenie - 12-04-2009
Just stay off the roof. We don't need another episode like we had with Howie last year!!
Re: Right Now I'm........... (part deux) - potthole - 12-04-2009
No worries about that. I've got an ice rake that'll reach up there, in the event the snow starts to get too deep.