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PURPLE GENE'S WEIRD WORD OF THE WEEK
BOOFER
"BOOFER"
ON LINE DEFINITION: Any mean female who is also ugly.
ON THE STREET: A "Beezy" (bitchy girl)...a "Bootch" (a mean girl)...a "Hutch" (female)..."Hurt" (ugly ass female ni**a) who is not "Crackin'" (Fine female).
IN A SENTENCE: This B.F.O. (Brother from Oakland) was cruisin' the H20 (West Berkeley) in his black "Bucket" (beat up car) when a broke ass "Boofer" bust up his "Bangin'" "Boo" high with her "Booty Crack Corn" ....."Jay Chrizzle" (Jesus Christ) what a "Bag Hoe".
(Read BartCop Entertainment and learn a useless new word each Tuesday)
Recommended Reading
from Bruce
E.J. Dionne, Jr.: The Liberal Moment (chronicle.com)
Partisans of the left are prone to extended bouts of doubt, introspection, and self-criticism that are nonetheless rooted in a view that the ultimate triumph of their cause is inevitable, that history is on their side.
Jim Hightower: BUSH'S NEW ORLEANS TAP DANCE (jimhightower.com)
Like a frat boy in love with Mardi Gras, George W just can't get enough of New Orleans. Last month, he made his 15th trip to the Crescent City in the past two years!
Beth Quinn: Life interrupted, the small moments gone (recordonline.com)
Their families miss them. Of course they do. Their children, their parents, their lovers. For those families, [9-111] marks the anniversary of a searing loss. We grieve with them, but we grieve for ourselves, too, for our own losses, for those we loved whose lives were interrupted too soon, too unexpectedly. Sometimes, when I think of my own losses - my father, especially - I don't think so much about what I miss. Instead, I think of what he's missed by dying too young.
Maxton Walker: Never mind the Buzzcocks - download lectures instead (guardian.co.uk)
A Dutch physics lecturer at the US university MIT has a become an unlikely global star, thanks to Apple's 'iTunes university', where his hugely entertaining free lectures have become a permanent fixture in the site's top 10 video downloads.
Germaine Greer: 'Even serious artists can be reduced to feeble fakery by a religious commission' (guardian.co.uk)
The Church of England is no stranger to bad art.
Neal Justin: A stop-and-chat with the 'King of Curmudgeons' (popmatters.com)
Going 12 rounds with Mike Tyson? No sweat. Fighting Rosie O'Donnell for the last slice of chocolate mousse? Piece of cake. Approaching Larry David at a cocktail party? Now, that's scary.
Roger Ebert: Answer Man
Q. My sister heard about a movie called "Corpus Christi," in which Jesus is depicted as being gay. Is there such a movie? That would be sad.
A. It would be sad if it was a bad movie, not if it was a good one. A movie's quality is separate from its subject.
Reader Comment
'Marry Our Daughter'
Hi Marty,
I'm having "the big one!" I love your links (in between articles and jokes) but this one (marry our daughter) is too much.
My feelings aside, I am concerned that you could find yourself in legal trouble for having this information on your site. (I know that the, "Right-wing" would LOVE to bring you, AWA all liberal-slant sites down...) Selling underage brides is akin to child-endangerment wouldn't you think?
I am just trying to protect that which we value, kiddo.
Sally P
Thanks, Sally!
I'm hoping that 'marry our daughter' is a satire site, like Landover Baptist.
OTOH, I've been wrong before.
Purple Gene Comments
Selected Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Sunny and cool with a nice breeze.
2004 Super Bowl Appeal
Janet Jackson
A federal appeals court on Tuesday will consider whether a notorious "wardrobe malfunction" that bared singer Janet Jackson's breast during a televised 2004 Super Bowl halftime show was indecent, or merely a fleeting and accidental glitch that shouldn't be punished.
The case is the second recent test of the U.S. federal government's powers to regulate broadcast indecency. Last June, a federal appeals court in New York invalidated the government's policy on fleeting profanities uttered over the airwaves.
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia will hear arguments about the Feb. 1, 2004 halftime show when 90 million Americans watched singer Justin Timberlake pull off part of Janet Jackson's bustier, briefly exposing one of her breasts. The episode was later explained as a problem with her costume.
The FCC fined CBS Corp. US$550,000. CBS challenged the fine, claiming "fleeting, isolated or unintended" images should not automatically be considered indecent. The agency noted it has long held that "even relatively fleeting references may be found indecent where other factors contribute to a finding of patent offensiveness."
Janet Jackson
Songwriters Hall of Fame
Nashville
Hank Williams Jr. and bluegrass duo Flatt & Scruggs will be among this year's five new inductees into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, the hall announced Monday.
The two acts, along with country tunesmiths Bob DiPiero and Mac McAnally and gospel singer Dottie Rambo, will be inducted on Oct. 14.
Flatt & Scruggs first hooked up as part of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys in 1945. Three years later, they left Monroe to start their own act. They joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1956 and expanded their audience in 1962 when they recorded the theme song to "The Beverly Hillbillies" TV show.
Their instrumental "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" was used in the film "Bonnie & Clyde," and they were among the first bluegrass groups to perform at Carnegie Hall.
Nashville
Visits Oprah
Dave Letterman
David Letterman says the birth of his son, Harry, has made a "huge difference" in his life - but the 3-year-old doesn't always get daddy's sense of humor.
"Mommy has to tell him a lot that I'm just teasing," Letterman said Monday on the season premiere of "The Oprah Winfrey Show."
It was a rare appearance for Letterman, host of CBS' "Late Show With David Letterman," on someone else's show. Winfrey asked if he's "interview-phobic."
"It's just that you know, when you have your own show, you have plenty of time to talk about whatever you want to talk about anyway," Letterman said.
Dave Letterman
Producing Oscars Telecast
Gil Cates
Gil Cates will produce next year's Academy Awards, marking the 14th time he'll have done so - adding to his growing record. He passed the previous most-prolific producer, Howard W. Koch, with eight shows, in 1998.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the Cates appointment Monday.
Oscar telecasts produced by Cates have resulted in 99 Emmy nominations and 25 awards, including a 1991 Emmy for Cates for producing the 63rd edition of the Academy Awards.
It will be up to Cates to choose this year's host. Ellen DeGeneres hosted last year's show, her first such stint. Previous Cates-selected hosts include Steve Martin, Jon Stewart, Chris Rock and Billy Crystal.
Gil Cates
Honorees Announced
National Book Foundation
Joan Didion, the author and essayist best known for her memoir, "The Year of Magical Thinking," will receive an honorary National Book Award medal this fall for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.
Terry Gross, who has interviewed Didion and countless other authors as host of National Public Radio's "Fresh Air" program, won the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community.
The honors were announced Monday by the National Book Foundation, a nonprofit organization that presents the National Book Awards, now in their 58th year.
National Book Foundation
Memorabilia To Auction
Maria Callas
A collection of Maria Callas memorabilia from her husband's estate, including letters, photographs and musical scores, will be auctioned later this year.
The collection includes 63 love letters from Callas to industrialist Giovanni Battista Meneghini, who was married to the soprano during her rise to operatic fame, Sotheby's Milan said Monday.
Meneghini married Callas in 1949. She left him for Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis a decade later.
Letters from friends including Leonard Bernstein and Franco Zeffirelli; 300 musical scores, many including handwritten notes by Callas; concert gowns; and photos of Callas onstage and in the company of dignitaries such as President Kennedy will also be sold.
Maria Callas
Attempting A Comeback
`Smellovision'
Megan Dickerson always loved the rich colors and melodic scores of the film "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory." But she also longed to experience the sweet scents of chocolate and schnozberries.
A self-proclaimed multisensory artist, Dickerson is now trying to revive "Smellovision."
She's staged outdoor showings of "Willy Wonka" for hundreds of people and used oscillating fans and artificially scented oils to distribute aromas of blueberry pie and banana taffy during the film. With help from local art houses and the Boston Children's Museum, she plans to bring other films for sniffing to theaters this fall.
Smellovision never quite caught on, though it dates back to the late 1950s, when a signal from a "smell track" on the film activated a tubing system to transmit odors to each seat. Aroma-Rama, a similar application, piped odors into the theater through the ventilator system.
`Smellovision'
Classy Ex-Husbands
Pamela Anderson
Police in Las Vegas have cited musician Kid Rock for misdemeanor battery in connection with a weekend scuffle between him and rocker Tommy Lee at the MTV Video Music Awards in Las Vegas.
Both musicians are former husbands of model and actress Pamela Anderson. The two men got into a fight while singer Alicia Keys was performing during the two-hour show on Sunday.
Las Vegas police said on Monday that Rock, whose real name is Robert Ritchie, had been cited for misdemeanor battery but initially declined to provide further details.
Pamela Anderson
Internet Emmy Commentary
Joan Rivers
Joan Rivers will be missing from the red carpet scene at this year's Emmy Awards show Sunday night, but she'll still be cracking wise about it - on the Web.
Rivers, 74, and her daughter, Melissa, will blog about the telecast's most memorable moments and fashion hits and misses on emmyswithjoan.com, which will be a special section of the Web site VH1Eyecandy.com, VH1 announced Monday.
The Rivers' commentary will be seen in an online video and heard in two video podcasts wrapping up the red-carpet and awards show portions of the night, VH1 said.
Joan Rivers
Nowak Should Be Admired
Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin said a former astronaut charged with attempted kidnapping should be "admired" - but not excused - for her resolve in allegedly confronting a romantic rival, according to a published report.
Lisa Nowak was arrested in February after police said the married mother of three had driven nearly 1,000 miles to Orlando, Fla.
"Astronauts are not superhuman. They lead ordinary lives and have varied personalities," Aldrin said in comments published on Time magazine's Web site.
"I think Nowak should be admired for traveling across the country at night and not getting out of her car to put in gas or go to the restroom. It is not excusable, but it is understandable for an achiever to fall into a trap."
Buzz Aldrin
Arab TV Request
Kuwait
Kuwait asked an Arab television channel on Monday not to broadcast a controversial series because of fears that it would insult Shi'ite Muslims living in the mainly-Sunni state.
Newspapers said the series, a drama titled "Sins come at a cost," would address a type of temporary marriage common among Shi'ites.
It is being produced by a local firm and was to be shown by satellite network Middle East Broadcasting Corp (MBC) during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan that starts this month.
Kuwait
Exhumed To Solve Mystery
Viking Queen
Archaeologists exhumed the body of a Viking queen on Monday, hoping to solve a riddle about whether a woman buried with her 1,200 years ago was a servant killed to be a companion into the afterlife.
As a less gruesome alternative, the two women in the grass-covered Oseberg mound in south Norway might be a royal mother and daughter who died of the same disease and were buried together in 834.
The women and the 22-metre (70 ft) longboat, with its curling oak prow still intact, were unearthed in 1904 in the 5-metre high mound, surrounded by cornfields, in one of the archaeological sensations of the 20th century.
The longboat, known as the Oseberg ship, is in a museum in Oslo but the bones were reburied in 1948 and have since lain undisturbed. About 200 people, including schoolchildren, watched the exhumation.
Viking Queen
Distorts Record
Department of Veterans Affairs
The Department of Veterans Affairs repeatedly understated wait times for injured veterans seeking medical care and in many serious cases forced them to wait more than 30 days, counter to department policy, an internal investigation shows.
The review by the VA inspector general's office, released Monday, examined 700 outpatient appointments for primary and specialty care scheduled in October 2006 at 10 VA medical centers.
Of the veterans kept waiting more than 30 days, 27 percent of them had more serious service-connected disabilities, such as amputees and those with chronic problems including frequent panic attacks. Under VHA policy, such veterans must be scheduled for care within 30 days of their desired appointment date.
In addition, despite warnings by the IG in 2005 to more accurately report wait times, department officials last year also may have understated the number of veterans on their electronic waiting lists by more than 53,000.
Department of Veterans Affairs
Liberals & Conservatives Differ
Brain Function
The brain neurons of liberals and conservatives fire differently when confronted with tough choices, suggesting that some political divides may be hard-wired, according a study released Sunday.
Dozens of previous studies have established a strong link between political persuasion and certain personality traits.
Conservatives tend to crave order and structure in their lives, and are more consistent in the way they make decisions. Liberals, by contrast, show a higher tolerance for ambiguity and complexity, and adapt more easily to unexpected circumstances.
The affinity between political views and "cognitive style" has also been shown to be heritable, handed down from parents to children, said the study, published in the British journal Nature Neuroscience.
Brain Function
In Memory
Jane Wyman
Jane Wyman, an Academy Award winner for her performance as the deaf rape victim in "Johnny Belinda," star of the long-running TV series "Falcon Crest" and Ronald Reagan's first wife, died Monday morning at 93.
Wyman's film career spanned from the 1930s, including "Gold Diggers of 1937," to 1969's "How to Commit Marriage," co-starring Bob Hope and Jackie Gleason. From 1981 to 1990 she played Angela Channing, a Napa Valley winery owner who maintained her power with a steely will on CBS' "Falcon Crest."
The couple divorced in 1948, the year she won the Oscar for "Johnny Belinda." Reagan reportedly cracked to a friend: "Maybe I should name Johnny Belinda as co-respondent."
Wyman escaped B-pictures by persuading Jack Warner to loan her to Paramount for "The Lost Weekend." The film won the Academy Award for 1945 and led to another loanout - to MGM for "The Yearling." De-glamourized as a backwoods wife and mother, the actress received her first Oscar nomination.
Her first entry into television came with "The Jane Wyman Show," an anthology series that appeared on NBC from 1955 to 1958. She introduced the shows, half of them starring herself, half with other actors. She quit the show after three years, saying that "putting on a miniature movie once a week" was exhausting.
In 1952 Wyman married Fred Karger, a studio music director. They divorced, later remarried and divorced the second time in 1965. She remained single thereafter. While not working, she devoted much of her time to benefits and telethons for the Arthritis Foundation.
After Reagan became president in 1981, his former wife gave few interviews and responded to questions about him with a stony look. When "Falcon Crest" ended, she withdrew from public view. She saw a few intimates and devoted much time to painting.
Jane Wyman
In Memory
Anita Roddick
Anita Roddick, founder of the international Body Shop cosmetics chain, died Monday night after suffering a major brain hemorrhage, her family said. She was 64.
The business woman was lauded as the "Queen of Green" for trailblazing business practices that sought to be environmentally friendly and won her renown in her native England and around the world.
Roddick opened her first Body Shop outlet in 1976 in Brighton, southern England, before fair trade and eco-friendly businesses were fashionable.
The Body Shop opposed product testing on animals and tried to encourage development by purchasing materials from small communities in the Third World. It also invested in a wind farm in Wales as part of its campaign to support renewable energy, and it set up its own human rights award.
In recognition of Roddick's contribution to business and charity, Queen Elizabeth II made her a dame, the female equivalent of a knight, in 2003.
Anita Roddick
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