Graves of a Catholic woman and her Protestant husband, who were not allowed to be buried together.

https://twitter.com/ChirurgeonsAppr/status/429653579939315712/photo/1

Turns out the little weasel is educable.

Don't argue with me. The contemporary United States is far and away the best place to live, ever, for anybody. I don't care if you're retarded or a woman or Jewish or disabled or gay as a daffodil.

(OK, being black has, in various contexts, been problematic in the United States.)

But still! We're the third most-populous nation on the planet!

Thing is, according to this map, the fourth most-populous nation gets by with as much wealth as does our fifth-most impoverished state...

...And being Indonesian sucks.

This has to be seen to be believed..

http://www.indiaagainstislam.com/2014/01/27/afghanistan-then-and-now/

Cathy brings it:

Internet feminists have played a major role in turning online discussion of gender issues into a toxic swamp that naturally attracts trolls.

Rock and roll drum solos have always sucked, but the first sixty seconds of this one are magnificent.

The syncopated piano passage goes on too long and is mixed too loud anyway, but this is still one of the most beautiful songs of the last ten years.

Children of today's diverse media environment will never understand how much teenage fascination was contained in this photograph.

Seahawks by 5. Sorry, Peyton.

(It's really a shame, because Manning seems to represent the strength of maturity.

Amy, whatever happened to the NOAA guy? I can't here a mention of that agency without thinking of the clown you clocked.

Also, I love Cathy Young (above) like crazy, but "toxic" is a word that we shouldn't use anymore.

I wonder what his marriage is like?

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In 'Merica, Teevee people are nicer to kids than in other places.

Get that man an H1-B visa and a desk, stat!

As a rule, admiration for the 'talent' of actors is 100% bogus in all cases. We all all know this, and there's no finer proof than an Oscar ceremoney. A 'great actor' actor is when you like someone's cheekbones, or you feel affinity for the script, or you like the soundtrack and associate it with the person on the screen.

But Phillip Seymour Hoffman was in good movies, and his scenes were always the most interesting ones. So far as I know, he never went to a single publicity or show-business event. We know nothing of his romances or his hobbies or his politics. He just gave us faith that ten dollars for a ticket wouldn't be wasted... And in the context of automated entertainment, that kind of trust is precious. He'll be missed.

(Disclaimer: I never saw his Tom Cruise/Mission Impossible movie, but no harm/no foul. It's OK to collect an easy paycheck when the money will so obviously never be mine.)

Sorry about the all all actor actor. Proofreading, right?

No!

this is still one of the most beautiful songs of the last ten years.

If it were the background music for an actual song, with lyrics and vocals, I'd agree. As a stand-alone piece. . . meh.

Your heart is coal. Never again look me in the eye.

Incredible.

"As a rule, admiration for the 'talent' of actors is 100% bogus in all cases. "

Considering that you hold many people in contempt, I don't put much stock in this.

While I have not worked with actors, I have spoken to a couple dozen - none of them have been so vain and petty as you frequently express. All of them are from the "rank-and-file" category – the actors that make the scenes and story work, not necessarily big stars. In those cases I have been impressed with the number of different things they can do: speak multiple languages, play multiple instruments, handle horses, motorcycles and cars.

I know you can do all these things. Salute!

There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman? -- Woody Allen

Love them, Raddy. Admire them! Watch "Inside the Actor's Studio" on your television, and feel it very deeply. Watch the Oscars, and weep at the magnificent interiors of these blessed performers! It will be fun to talk with you about them the times ahead!

Professional wrestling, too. Do you, for ONE MOMENT, think you could survive 10 minutes in United Wrestling Federation's infamous Circle of Suffering™ with Edgar "Butch Britches" Kirkdork? Of course not! The man's a machine, Raddy... A machine for punishment!

Those guys are professionals, Raddy. They have thousands of skills that you don't even know about!

> An actress I know just learned to
> play the ukelele.

How can we know for sure? It's the ukelele.

The best thing I've read about Woody Allen this weekend.

þ: Gillespie.

Moar and moar.

(Yes, I'm burned out for another 20 years, too. Call me when 'Ronan' is checked out of Betty Ford.)

Right on cue, Crid. Sigh.

Sigh! Sigh!

Pretense! Cues!