I'm sorry if this is a bit nitpicky. But could the posters at this fine site consider standardizing the fonts across posts and make the text larger? It's a bit hard to read at the moment.
Althouse has this on a thread: If there's a "café" or "semi-café," you can talk about anything, and this is the best way to communicate with me. This will — at least for now — become the equivalent of emailing me. I can't handle email right now.
This is exactly what I told her via Meade in an email when all the brouhaha erupted -- to open up her Cafe posts to comments which I said will keep her good commenters happy and she need not monitor it because it is an open thread. I knew the email model was not sustainable then and she is coming to the same realization now. Some of us are smarter than she is in some aspects.
As far as I know, Duchovny's checking in for sex addiction treatment didn't send Tea running for the hills. I believe they have a child or two.
Tea's X-files appearance was one of my favorite episodes. Although, her Skully wasn't nearly as hot as Gillian's Skully. What? Just saying. Women can recognize these things, too.
Lem, perhaps there is standardization as far as the "look" of the site... as opposed to the content? Different bloggers have different styles and I don't think anyone wants to impose, or curtail, their styles. Too bad blogger doesn't let you have threads within threads... or something like that.
Karen, love the avatar picture. Much stronger as a black and white than the color picture (but don't take offense...I don't usually even like my own color pictures, LOL).
Is the b/w version there in the folder? I only see the color version.
Lem, perhaps there is standardization as far as the "look" of the site... as opposed to the content? Different bloggers have different styles and I don't think anyone wants to impose, or curtail, their styles.
That's actually a good point. I wasn't thinking--but should've--that a Chips post would be laid out the way it is as part of the Chips experience.
I mentioned my previous comment for the record to show that I gave her a suggestion with good intentions that was workable -- many of us I am sure wanted to save Ann the embarrassment, the recent incarnation of Meade notwithstanding. Anyway, that is my last comment on it. Have a good blog life.
If you want to see a great detective series from Ireland, rent "The Fall" starring Gillian Anderson who is superb as Dec Superintendent Stella Gibson. Set in Belfast Northern Island in the present day it is an engrossing psychological police procedural mixing sex, crime, murder, social issues and a dash of the troubles.
1000% better than some of the schlock on TV today.
My mother-in-law lives about a mile from the truth. I've been there. Not as impressive as you'd think, and certainly not all that revealing. Mostly these days it's just a bunch of dirt since they took down the playground.
Gillian Anderson-Klotz is (or,was I guess) a hugely attractive woman.
She still is, at least on TV. She was on Hannibal this last season as Hannibal Lecter's psychiatrist, and still looked really good. Also? She may be playing a cannibal psychiatrist on the show, too! Woohoo! I love me some (fictional) cannibal action!
"The Fall" sounds like a shanty Irish ripoff of The Wire. We are watching The Wire on HBO Go. Missed it back when it aired. Finished season 3 last night w/ the demise of B&B. This is certainly in the top 3 of all time. Hell, Dennis Lehane wrote one of the episodes. Of course it's the one w/ the Irish wake of a detective. So many great characters, but Bubbles and Omar are my favorites so far. McNulty is too shanty Irish for me and I don't give a fuck about his soap opera life, it's just a distraction. There are many actors from Homicide[best series on network tv IMO] and OZ.
They were great! The character that hit me the hardest was Snoop, that dead-cold female killer for one of the gangs. I couldn't figure how she gave such a unique chilling performance.
I looked her up -- she was played by Felicia Pearson, whose real nickname is Snoop. She was a premature crack baby. At the age of 14 she was convicted of second-degree murder and served six and a half years.
creeley, Is she the tomboy w/ corn rows. Because she just came onto the scene as a Marlow underling @ the end of season 3, where we just left off. If she is, THANKS A LOT MOFO!!! How does Sixth Sense end? I'm just bustin' balls in case you don't know me.
As I have often said, "The Wire" is the best show ever made for television. You should know Spinelli that it was written by several great mystery novelists including Dennis Lehane. The great George Pelecanos who is one of the best mystery writers you could find today with his tales about Washington DC. Also the great Richard Price the author of "Clockers" and "The Wanderers" and a bunch of great movies.
However the reason why I enjoyed "The Fall" so much is it showed how a modern bureaucratic system has been thinly overlaid the murderous state of Northern Island due to the troubles.
One of the characters is an IRA bomber who was in an English prison but gets caught with the cops because he beats his wife and is a common criminal. It is very, very interesting.
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Season 8ish? I could probably throw 9 in there depending on my mood...
Loved the show, though. X-phile here, although I haven't revisited it in awhile.
You were talking about the show, right? And movies?
BECAUSE, THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE...
Just ask the NSA...
Although, I want to believe that they are not collecting metadata for nefarious government experiments...
Necessity is the mother of taking chances--Mark Twain
Words to live by.
Gillian Anderson is better looking than Elisabeth Moss.
She's also the better actor but I have no idea which one makes more money or which one is better at sex.
Or is better at pretending to be better at sex, now that I think about it.
David Duchovny used to be hot. Then Californication happened... and perhaps his sex addiction. Are they the same?
I'm sorry if this is a bit nitpicky. But could the posters at this fine site consider standardizing the fonts across posts and make the text larger? It's a bit hard to read at the moment.
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Gillian Anderson-Klotz is (or,was I guess) a hugely attractive woman.
Duchovny is married to Tea Leoni, isn't he? She was hot, back when.
She had a funny show for a minute one season.
And I agree with pants. Fonts and I'd go further and ask for a standardization of style.
Thanks Gus.
If you click on the comments instead of the heading, the font size is bigger and easier to read.
Gillian Anderson is better looking than Elisabeth Moss.
That is true.
Ha ha, la la la...
Althouse has this on a thread: If there's a "café" or "semi-café," you can talk about anything, and this is the best way to communicate with me. This will — at least for now — become the equivalent of emailing me. I can't handle email right now.
This is exactly what I told her via Meade in an email when all the brouhaha erupted -- to open up her Cafe posts to comments which I said will keep her good commenters happy and she need not monitor it because it is an open thread. I knew the email model was not sustainable then and she is coming to the same realization now. Some of us are smarter than she is in some aspects.
We are discussing standardizing.
The problem with standardization is that, as I see it, it implies the making of impositions.
I welcome your suggestions.
As far as I know, Duchovny's checking in for sex addiction treatment didn't send Tea running for the hills. I believe they have a child or two.
Tea's X-files appearance was one of my favorite episodes. Although, her Skully wasn't nearly as hot as Gillian's Skully. What? Just saying. Women can recognize these things, too.
Lem, perhaps there is standardization as far as the "look" of the site... as opposed to the content? Different bloggers have different styles and I don't think anyone wants to impose, or curtail, their styles. Too bad blogger doesn't let you have threads within threads... or something like that.
Standardize means to change.
It's power-crazed busybodies at work.
Karen, love the avatar picture. Much stronger as a black and white than the color picture (but don't take offense...I don't usually even like my own color pictures, LOL).
Is the b/w version there in the folder? I only see the color version.
Lem, perhaps there is standardization as far as the "look" of the site... as opposed to the content? Different bloggers have different styles and I don't think anyone wants to impose, or curtail, their styles.
That's actually a good point. I wasn't thinking--but should've--that a Chips post would be laid out the way it is as part of the Chips experience.
I was too busy thinking of myself.
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CEO - thanks! No offense at all, lol. The b/w version is just in the 'Gallery' ... I've been lazy and haven't organized.
I cant find an ASCII blog generator... yet.
There is an ASCII middle finger.
I thought I mention it, before I got it facing me.
Never got into the X-Files, although my sister never missed it.
Something to do with paranoia, I suppose.
I mentioned my previous comment for the record to show that I gave her a suggestion with good intentions that was workable -- many of us I am sure wanted to save Ann the embarrassment, the recent incarnation of Meade notwithstanding. Anyway, that is my last comment on it. Have a good blog life.
In the Lefties Define Insanity As Doing the Same Thing Over And Over And Expecting A Different Result Dept:
The Peacock has picked Diane Lane (poor girl) to star as Hillary! just in time for the '16 primaries.
Yeah, that first woman POTUS series with Geena Davis was such a help to her in '08, right?
Duchovny and Anderson had superb chemistry and this blooper reel shows that quite well. That's what made the show a success as much as anything else.
If you want to see a great detective series from Ireland, rent "The Fall" starring Gillian Anderson who is superb as Dec Superintendent Stella Gibson. Set in Belfast Northern Island in the present day it is an engrossing psychological police procedural mixing sex, crime, murder, social issues and a dash of the troubles.
1000% better than some of the schlock on TV today.
The sitcom Tea Leoni had was good.
She was superb, as was Cloris Leachman, in Spanglish. Adam Sandler, not so much.
Ooo. I'll have to check that series out. Thanks, Trooper.
It's on Netflicks and you will love it Karen. Anderson plays a tough sexy woman who is in charge of her life.
The juxtaposition of normal life for the old soldiers of the IRA and the coppers is very interesting and combine to help a psycho run free.
I think it is a six episode series and they are filming the sequel which will air this fall.
Hey, I got bored and wrote a poem.
WASTED TALENT
We climbed hills in search of mountains
We swam rivers in search of the sea.
We tore flesh from the heart of youth
And traded it for dull-edged swords.
We devoured the forest.
But came away with nothing but the silvery taste of hardship thick on our tongues.
We barked at lights grown dim and watched stars fade.
We dismantled our rose-colored glass-blowing machine.
We drank the saccharine blood of over-promise
And lay amongst the fallen leaves of long-lost accolades.
We clothed ourselves in second-hand souls
Sang dirges for Cadillacs, and dreamt every dream we knew.
And then we let go.
We were once.
We were fleeting.
We were gone.
The saccharine blood of over promise?
Yikes.
My mother-in-law lives about a mile from the truth. I've been there. Not as impressive as you'd think, and certainly not all that revealing. Mostly these days it's just a bunch of dirt since they took down the playground.
Gillian Anderson-Klotz is (or,was I guess) a hugely attractive woman.
She still is, at least on TV. She was on Hannibal this last season as Hannibal Lecter's psychiatrist, and still looked really good. Also? She may be playing a cannibal psychiatrist on the show, too! Woohoo! I love me some (fictional) cannibal action!
There's only one glaring problem with attractive female cannibals.
Yup. That.
I cant find an ASCII blog generator... yet.
LOL
"The Fall" sounds like a shanty Irish ripoff of The Wire. We are watching The Wire on HBO Go. Missed it back when it aired. Finished season 3 last night w/ the demise of B&B. This is certainly in the top 3 of all time. Hell, Dennis Lehane wrote one of the episodes. Of course it's the one w/ the Irish wake of a detective. So many great characters, but Bubbles and Omar are my favorites so far. McNulty is too shanty Irish for me and I don't give a fuck about his soap opera life, it's just a distraction. There are many actors from Homicide[best series on network tv IMO] and OZ.
AllenS, You need to upgrade from dial-up.
There's only one glaring problem with attractive female cannibals.
Yup. That.
I did say that I like them fictional!
The X-Files was fun while it lasted, but the episodes are all a blur to me now.
The only one I remember was that black-and-white Cher episode with the disfigured kid. And the boffo "Walking in Memphis" concert bit.
Bubbles and Omar are my favorites so far.
They were great! The character that hit me the hardest was Snoop, that dead-cold female killer for one of the gangs. I couldn't figure how she gave such a unique chilling performance.
I looked her up -- she was played by Felicia Pearson, whose real nickname is Snoop. She was a premature crack baby. At the age of 14 she was convicted of second-degree murder and served six and a half years.
creeley, Is she the tomboy w/ corn rows. Because she just came onto the scene as a Marlow underling @ the end of season 3, where we just left off. If she is, THANKS A LOT MOFO!!! How does Sixth Sense end? I'm just bustin' balls in case you don't know me.
As I have often said, "The Wire" is the best show ever made for television. You should know Spinelli that it was written by several great mystery novelists including Dennis Lehane. The great George Pelecanos who is one of the best mystery writers you could find today with his tales about Washington DC. Also the great Richard Price the author of "Clockers" and "The Wanderers" and a bunch of great movies.
However the reason why I enjoyed "The Fall" so much is it showed how a modern bureaucratic system has been thinly overlaid the murderous state of Northern Island due to the troubles.
One of the characters is an IRA bomber who was in an English prison but gets caught with the cops because he beats his wife and is a common criminal. It is very, very interesting.
Ack!
Scully. Scully. Scully.
Now you're in my phone - frigger...
Trooper, I trust you on tv shows, and I lust for Anderson, so I'm sold.
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