ON LINE DEFINITION: A worthless contemptable person or one who constantly masturbates.
ON THE STREET: A British slacker who beats off in a burned out sub-let in London to the beat of the "Clash" .....all the while shooting heroin like Sid Vicious.
IN A SENTENCE: "Bullocks ya Wanker......you know I was so bored once, I fucked a dog..." (Sid Vicious from "Sid And Nancy" (1986)
(Read BartCop Entertainment and learn a useless new word each Tuesday)
Beth Quinn: President offers noogies instead of health care (recordonline.com)
When George Bush ran for president the first time out, he told an aide, "I never met a poor person before. I wouldn't know what to say to one." He apparently decided against trying. He's managed to make it through nearly seven years in office without having a conversation with a poor person - unless it was for a photo op, of course.
Jim Hightower: THE ACTING GENERAL (jimhightower.com)
After his September report to congress, in which he claimed that "progress" was being made and that our troops should stay in Iraq's civil war for the foreseeable future, Petraeus was hailed in the media as some combination of John Wayne and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. But wait - the Wayne and Smith characters were actors and so is David Petraeus. ... Though he's a general, he'd never even seen combat until he went to Iraq - and he wasn't very good at the actual military side of generaling.
Diane Anderson-Minshall: Ian Harvie Is One Busy Comic (curvemag.com)
Q: You have a ton of lesbian fans. Why do you think you're so popular?
A: Um, thanks for saying that I'm popular, I don't know how true that is, but you're the editor of the wildly popular Curve magazine, you maybe know better than me. So, I'll take that, if it is true.
Rick Bentley: 'Family Guy' continues to push the television envelope (McClatchy Newspapers; Posted on popmatters.com)
Q: The Federal Communications Commission is often the subject of your DVD commentaries. Have you had any feedback from them?
A: "Not really. I mean, we did have a letter of inquiry from the FCC regarding the FCC episode, but the feedback that we got back from them was that they actually thought it was funny, which surprised the hell out of me and gives me a little bit of hope."
Roger Ebert: El Topo (A Great Movie)
A man in black rides the desert vastness of Mexico with a naked child in front of him on the saddle. Three hee-hawing gunmen appear from out of hiding, laughing that they have been sent to kill him. The man carefully places the child behind him on the saddle.
Robert Wuhl, eminent actor, writer and now historian (who knew?), makes his
way to the HBO podium as a special guest professor to regale viewers with some
of the stories that made up America...and the stories that America simply made
up! Filmed in front of a classroom of enthusiastic college students, the Emmy®-
winning star of HBO's Arli$$ delivers an imaginative, irreverent comedic "lecture"
that playfully examines some of the facts, myths, and myths-that-became-facts
that have permeated American history. Mixing current pop culture with historical
events, Wuhl explores the legitimacy of some quintessential American icons and
exposes some little-known truths.
Today's Trivia Question
Q: Real or Not Real? Which of the following American food pop-culture icons were not real: Chef Boyardee, Betty Crocker or Little Debbie?
Q: From which country did the croissant originate?
A: Austria. The pastry is the shape of a crescent in memory of the emblem on the Ottoman flag. It was brought to France 100 years later by Marie Antoinette.
Sally P wrote:
Stories of how the bread was created are modern culinary legends. It is supposed that the shape represents the Islamic crescent as found on the Ottoman flag.
While some claim that it was invented in Poland to celebrate the defeat of a Muslim invasion at the decisive Battle of Tours by the Franks in 732, it is more likely that it, like the bagel, was invented in 1683 to celebrate the victory of Jan III Sobieski and his Polish army over the Turkish forces in the Battle of Vienna. According to this theory bakers working at night heard the undermining tunneling operation of the Turks and gave the alarm: this version is supported by the fact that in French, croissants are referred to as Viennoiserie. Other theories include tales linking croissants with the kifli and the siege of Buda in 1686, and those detailing Marie Antoinette's hankering after a Viennese specialty. According to Alan Davidson, editor of the Oxford Companion to Food, no printed recipe for the present-day croissant appears in any French recipe book before the early 20th century; the earliest French reference to a croissant he found was among the "fantasy or luxury breads" in Payen's Des substances alimentaires, 1853.
Sally P
Buzzcook asked:
Have you ever made Croissants?
Part of the trick is to not let the butter melt as you roll it into the
dough. What you do is roll the dough out then fold it several times,
but at regular intervals toss the thing into the refrigerator to keep
the butter semi-solid.
I can't imagine how those guys in Vienna did that without modern
refrigeration and with the Islamic armies storming the city walls.
PS I would have said Ronnie as well
And that brings us back to the Sunday question -
Sunday's Answer - Part 2
Chipshot wrote:
Marty,
Reagan was 69 years, 11 months, 14 days old when inaugurated in 1981.
W. H. Harrison was 68 years, 23 days, according to his bio.
But then, this information came from the White House "official" website, so it may have been "redacted," much like every other aspect of Republican history.
CBS begins the night with a FRESH'NCIS', followed by a FRESH'The Unit', then a FRESH'Cane'.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave are Jennifer Lopez and Alan Greenspan.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Tim Daly, Nia Long, and Ron Pearson.
NBC starts the night with a FRESH'The Singing Bee', followed by a FRESH'Biggest Loser', then a FRESH'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'.
Scheduled on a FRESHLeno are Jaime Pressly, Brady Barr, and Blue Man Group.
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are Mark Wahlberg, Michael Strahan, and Black Lips.
Scheduled on a FRESHCarson Daly are Brian Welch and Ryan Shaw.
ABC opens the night with a FRESH'Cavemen', followed by a FRESH'Carpoolers', then a FRESH'Dancing With The Stars', followed by a FRESH'Boston Legal'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Sarah Silverman, Balthazar Getty, the third eliminated celebrity from "Dancing with the Stars", and Justice.
The CW offers a FRESH'Beauty & The Geek', followed by a FRESH'Reaper'.
Faux has a FRESH'Bones', followed by a FRESH'House'.
MY has a FRESH'The Academy', followed by a recycled 'Jail', and another recycled 'Jail'.
A&E has 'CSI: The 2nd One', 'Dog The Bounty Hunter', another 'Dog The Bounty Hunter', still another 'Dog The Bounty Hunter', yet another 'Dog The Bounty Hunter', 'Criss Angel', and another 'Criss Angel'.
AMC offers the movie 'Sister Act', followed by the movie 'Scent Of A Woman', then the movie 'Sea Of Love'.
BBC -
[12:00 PM] Cash in the Attic - Episode 10;
[1:00 PM] Everything Must Go - Episode 22;
[1:30 PM] Everything Must Go - Episode 23;
[2:00 PM] The Weakest Link - Episode 13;
[3:00 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 1;
[3:30 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 2;
[4:00 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 8;
[4:30 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 1;
[5:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 2 D-Place;
[6:00 PM] My Family - Ep. 3 Parisian Beauty;
[6:30 PM] My Family - Ep. 4 Trust Never Sleeps;
[7:00 PM] BBC World News America;
[8:00 PM] Torchwood - Ep 5 Small Worlds;
[9:00 PM] Ultimate Force - Ep 3 Natural Selection;
[10:00 PM] World News Today;
[11:00 PM] Torchwood - Ep 5 Small Worlds;
[12:00 AM] Ultimate Force - Ep 3 Natural Selection;
[1:00 AM] Coupling - Episode 2 - Night Lines;
[1:40 AM] The Catherine Tate Show - Episode 3;
[2:00 AM] The Weakest Link - Episode 14;
[3:00 AM] Hollyoaks - Episode 27;
[3:30 AM] Changing Rooms - Ep. 2 Disney;
[4:00 AM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 19 Shepton 20;
[4:30 AM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 20 Lichfield;
[5:00 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 33 Hamilton;
[5:30 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 34 Porter;
[6:00 AM] BBC World News. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'Top Chef', another 'Top Chef', 'Queer Eye', and another 'Queer Eye'.
Comedy Central has 'Scrubs', another 'Scrubs', last night's 'Jon Stewart', last night's 'Colbert Report', 'Mind Of Mencia', 'South Park', and 'Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJon Stewart is Tiki Barber.
Scheduled on a FRESHColbert Report is Stephen Colbert.
FX the movie 'Wrong Turn', followed by the movie 'White Noise', then a FRESH'Damages'.
History has 'Modern Marvels', another 'Modern Marvels', 'The Universe', and 'Mega Disasters'.
IFC -
[06:00 AM] Reel Paradise;
[08:00 AM] Shattered Glass;
[09:40 AM] Mansfield Park;
[11:35 AM] Reel Paradise;
[01:35 PM] Media Lab Results;
[01:45 PM] Shattered Glass;
[03:30 PM] Mansfield Park;
[05:30 PM] Reel Paradise;
[07:30 PM] The Battle of Shaker Heights;
[09:00 PM] Melinda and Melinda;
[10:45 PM] Lucia, Lucia;
[12:45 AM] Action Indies: Extraordinary Location Scouts;
[01:15 AM] The Trouble with Men and Women;
[02:30 AM] Melinda and Melinda;
[04:15 AM] Lucia, Lucia. (ALL TIMES EDT)
SciFi has 'Dead Like Me', 'Eureka', another 'Eureka', and 'ECW'.
Sundance -
[05:45 AM] Very Annie Mary;
[07:30 AM] September 30, 1955;
[09:15 AM] Sabah;
[10:45 AM] Winning;
[11:45 AM] Ginger and Cinnamon;
[01:30 PM] Derailroaded: Inside the Mind of Larry "Wild Man" Fischer;
[03:00 PM] Conversations on a Sunday Afternoon;
[04:30 PM] Sabah;
[06:00 PM] Gipsy Kings, Natasha Bedingfield & Iron Maiden;
[07:00 PM] Ginger and Cinnamon;
[09:00 PM] Eat;
[09:35 PM] We Feed the World;
[11:20 PM] Eat;
[12:00 AM] The Motel;
[01:30 AM] Waterborne;
[03:00 AM] Episode 7;
[04:00 AM] A Tout de Suite;
[05:35 AM] Winning. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bryan Adams will headline concerts for peace in the West Bank and Israel next week, with his performances relayed by satellite to London, Ottawa and Washington.
The New York-based One Voice peace movement said the concerts were aimed at bolstering its campaign to collect one million signatures of ordinary Israelis and Palestinians demanding that their leaders sit down and finalize an agreement on a Palestinian state living at peace with Israel.
The head of One Voice's Ramallah office, Fathi Darwish, said Adams would launch the West Bank event at a football stadium in the ancient town of Jericho, then head to Tel Aviv to perform.
Some celebrities associated with the group planned on sending a message to the concerts via videolink, organizers said. One Voice's Hollywood supporters include Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston, Rhea Perlman, Danny de Vito and Jason Alexander.
The American contemporary artist, Spencer Tunick, is photographed during an interview in Miami Beach, Florida on Saturday Oct. 6, 2007. Tunick is widely celebrated for his elaborately posed installations of multiple nude figures within interestingly select public settings. His temporary site-specific installations have taken place across the globe.
Photo by Cristobal Herrera
Maybe Sting should start writing more instrumentals.
The school teacher-turned-rock star topped Blender's list of the worst lyricists, thanks to lines that betray "mountainous pomposity (and) cloying spirituality," the music magazine said.
The survey, contained in the November issue that hits newsstands next week, placed Rush drummer Neil Peart at No. 2, Creed frontman Scott Stapp at No. 3, Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher at No. 4, and soft-rocker Dan Fogelberg at No. 5.
Blender assailed Sting for such alleged sins as name-dropping Russian novelist Vladimir Nabokov in the Police tune "Don't Stand So Close to Me," quoting a Volvo bumper sticker ("If You Love Someone Set Them Free"), and co-opting the works of Chaucer, St. Augustine and Shakespeare.
Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne are doing some housecleaning.
The 58-year-old rocker and his wife are selling art, furniture and collectibles from their homes in Malibu, Beverly Hills and England.
The Nov. 30 auction will also feature items from their MTV reality show, "The Osbournes," including son Jack Osbourne's black leather bed and a cast-iron crucifix that adorned Ozzy's den in various episodes.
A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Foundation.
Looking high and low, Robbin Thorp can no longer find a species of bumblebee that just five years ago was plentiful in northwestern California and southwestern Oregon.
Thorp, an emeritus professor of entomology from the University of California at Davis, found one solitary worker last year along a remote mountain trail in the Siskiyou Mountains, but hasn't been able to locate any this year.
He fears that the species - Franklin's bumblebee - has gone extinct before anyone could even propose it for the endangered species list. To make matters worse, two other bumblebee species - one on the East coast, one on the West - have gone from common to rare.
Amid the uproar over global warming and mysterious disappearances of honeybee colonies, concern over the plight of the lowly bumblebee has been confined to scientists laboring in obscurity.
Cuban Leonardo Tamayo, the only surviving guerrilla from Ernesto "Che" Guevara's revolution, attends a ceremony in La Higuera, some 80 km (50 miles) from Vallegrande, October 8, 2007. The bearded image Guevara has become a pop icon splashed on mugs, T-shirts and even bikinis 40 years after his death, and this Bolivian town is out to cash in on the marketing frenzy. In central Bolivia, where Guevara battled the army before he was captured and killed, tour operators offer a chance to retrace his final steps on the "Che Trail."
Photo by David Mercado
One of the rarest gems in the world, a flawless blue diamond, has sold for US$7.98 million (3.91 million pounds) at a Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong, making it the most expensive gemstone in the world, per carat, sold at auction.
After intense bidding, the 6.04 carat, internally flawless blue diamond fetched $HK61.9 million (3.91 million pounds), or US$1.32 million per carat. The price smashed a 20-year-old record held by the "Hancock Red" -- a red diamond, which fetched US$926,000 per carat at the time, Sotheby's said.
Sotheby's said the buyer was "Moussaieff Jewellers" in London which has a reputation for acquiring extremely rare and costly gemstones. The seller was a private Asian collector.
Other coloured diamonds with pink and red hues can be mined in multiple locations across the globe including Brazil, India and Australia, but "blues" are mostly found at just one site on earth -- the Premier Mine in South Africa.
A corset made from cans is on display during an exhibition by artist Nikos Floros in Athens October 8, 2007. Opera Sculptured Costumes exhibition displays garments made from recyclable materials and is held on the occasion of the year dedicated to the great lyrical artist Maria Callas.
Photo by Yiorgos Karahalis
An Oregon man won the annual pumpkin weigh-off here, presenting a gigantic gourd that came it at 1,524 pounds. Thad Starr, of Pleasant Hill, Ore., set a contest record with the pumpkin. He'll get $6 a pound, bringing his winnings to $9,144.
About 80 contestants competed for the first-place prize, according to festival officials.
The top five pumpkins at the Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival will remain on display throughout the week.
The 2006 winner weighed in at 1,223 pounds, officials said.
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Stories of how the bread was created are modern culinary legends. It is supposed that the shape represents the Islamic crescent as found on the Ottoman flag.
