Birdy wrote:can't distinguish juvenile fiction from adult

Sounds like most of my customers.

I'd think twice before questioning GoogleMaps data, especially in regards to a location as hot as Manhattan. Not only are the maps and information supplied by (at least ) two independent sources at a time - many of which our own government rely on - but the data is continuously fact-checked by the w...

Happy birthday, dude!

The newest generation of netbooks, generation 3, is the first that I would consider to be a viable computer. I'm talking about ASUS here, as they're the only company making netbooks that I'd even think of taking a look at. The nicest things about gen 3 (the EEE 1000 series) would be the fact that th...

No one single event, nor any grouping of events, is why I single out 1969. It was merely the last year of a long decade that began much as it ended, and ended much as it began. I would say the same about 1979, 1989, or, especially, 1999. Those who paid attention to the last decade of the 1900s will ...

it is that the old chestnut about America having the best (of anything) in the world is nothing but a head-in-the-sand lie Now that I have internet again I was going to come into this thread and make some sarcastic comment about politicians. Instead, you hit on something I care about. According to ...

No well-wishes from anybody, please, this is a vent, straight up: The outgoing roommates have led to our landlord banishing pets from the flat. I am not sure if this is without a deposit or no pets period. He's pissed off, and rightly so. However, we're both animal lovers and a wonderful dog was in ...

I'm getting the impression that you think I was trying to insinuate something with my post. I wasn't. I was merely curious if the film's obsession with pop culture and its distinctly American (in)humanity was difficult for someone not from, you know, America. Me, I'll take Nick Hornby's book Slam as...

I watched the 2007 film " Juno " What did you think of this film? I am curious as a) not many people around here will have seen it and b) you are not from the United States. While being from an English-speaking former-colonial nation isn't a requirement for 'getting' or 'enjoying' the fil...

You're both wrong. There is no right way to drink Jameson, or, for that matter, any other half-breed whiskey. http://farm1.static.flickr.com/10/11749143_e1b51157b1.jpg or http://farm1.static.flickr.com/105/283368706_d5af1e275e.jpg or http://www.laphroaigcollector.com/afb/30052006(017).jpg As for my ...

Evil Dead 2 - 1st, 2am. Whoa! Not enough I can say about TCM airing this one. Outlaw Josey Wales - 6th, 8pm. Clint Eastwood gets the prime time slot over John Wayne? I can just hear it now, "Not on my TCM!!!" Network - 11th, 4:15am. Really? 4:15am? Perhaps the most useless timeslot on tel...

My mother's beloved little shih'tzu, Sadie , at eight months old, is about to bravely go where most humans fear to - the dentist. On Thursday, she's having all those pesky little shih'tzu puppy teeth removed. You know, the ones that linger around after the adult teeth have started to move in. It's a...

The problem here, and I am sure you will agree, isn't about what criteria the station goes by to determine what is or is not essential, or whether they need a new programming lineup, new staff, or some new gimmick. The problem, as is easily seen by any member of this forum or TCM's, is with us. Virt...

I have a lovely table centrepiece an original that is quite ornate. We've kept it out of the way of our clumsy second child only for the cat to take a leap too far and pull the whole thing on top of himself and breaking it smithereens. He'd better not expect any treats tonight. Knowing what little ...

Seven Samurai is one of the ten, if not five, best films ever made. Anyone who says otherwise is wrong. 01. Citizen Kane 02. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly or Once Upon a Time in the West (take your pick) 03. 2001 or Dr. Strangelove (again, take your pick) 04. Blade Runner 05. Ikiru or Ran or 01. ...