My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips' red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damasked, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground.
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare.
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Besides, everyone knows they taste better after they've had a day or two in the fridge to let the flavors mingle.
Just watched the second of the newest Sherlocks last night. John's wedding, and the eyeball flavored coffee. Yum!
OMG, Ice, I didn't even know you were making a TV reference before. I've heard of Sherlock, but don't know what it's about.
And I just yesterday saw that Bates Motel is a program, not a movie. It's the background of how Norman evolved from when young. The few seconds I saw made me realize what a genius idea it is for a series.
I thought you were the person I was discussing Sherlock with a few months back. Hmm. I wonder who that was, now?
So yes, all the head comments aren't going to make much sense in that case! (Unless you think I'm an actual serial killer and/or cannibal, in which case, bon appetite!)
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And for the record, I'm discussing the British show "Sherlock" (seen in America on Masterpiece Mystery) and not the US show "Elementary", which is also a modernized version of the old Sherlock Holmes stories.
Anyway, in the British version, Sherlock is often seen doing experiments on corpses and parts of corpses, and occasionally someone or another finds the odd head in Sherlock's fridge.
This isn't really a spoiler, should you decide to watch the show. There have been three series (as the Brits call a TV season) consisting of three one-and-a-half hour movies each. The first two seasons were brilliant. Somehow I'm thinking there are problems with the two I've seen of series three. I'm noticing things that don't get explained and which don't have clear explanations, although perhaps I'm either over-analyzing the episodes or I'm just too mentally tired to make the necessary connections. Still, great characters and great performances.
Favorite line so far this season:
Mycroft Holmes: If you seem slow to me, Sherlock, can you imagine what real people are like? I’m living in a world of goldfish.
I remember when this album came out and how friends of mine freaked out that the Stones went "Disco" Now it is a classic.
Ice, I recall someone saying it was Sunday, so they'd watch Sherlock, and I said I'd watch True Detective. Sounds like a great show.
Evi, strange you'd say that, as I caught something about disco in the comments of this song. I'd never heard the complaint before. I love this album.
I saw the Stones' "Some Girls" tour in 1978. They were channeling more reggae at the time than disco.
OTOH, Ray Davies and The Kinks were definitely cashing in on disco around the same time, but more in a mocking sense: Superman. This was also around the time of Chrissie Hynde.
Disco sucks.
That has to be said.
Man, I loooved disco! Totally refused to burn my Saturday Night Fever album (nor any other disco). Don't get me wrong; I love rock and roll but no goddam hippy from rolling stone mag was going to tell me what was cool.
This was a great album (but then I'm an obnoxious and unrepentant Stones fan so I like them all. Okay, the steel wheels fell off sometime around Steel Wheels though I did kind of like at least one track on the last two albums). This band brazenly draws from many different genres. Hilariously purposefully (I hope) phony honky tonk on Faraway Eyes.
Amartel, I love Some Girls album, but I have long regretted the clanginess of it.
Chick, lucky you, in '78! Never got reggae from it though. More like an American country music influence, to me.
One of the greatest album covers evah :)
Sixty, disco was kind of fun, but yeah, what a national embarrassment.
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