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By Jeralyn, Section Media
Posted on Sat Oct 24, 2009 at 07:22:08 PM EST
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"When We Were Beautiful", the new Bon Jovi rockumentary premieres tonight on Showtime, followed by 15 minutes of their Madison Square Garden concert. He's got the best face in rock and roll, so I'll be watching.

HBO is airing Milk, with Sean Penn.

What's on your agenda and minds tonight? This is an open thread, all topics welcome.

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    We will be watching MILK. (5.00 / 1) (#3)
    by Militarytracy on Sat Oct 24, 2009 at 08:03:04 PM EST
    Spouse phoned, Jim will be reassured to know that he waited an hour and a half for a bad haircut :)  Some things change, some things never will I suppose in the war zone.  I could hear people in the background giving my husband a bad time about his hair too.  I don't know why he's standing in line.  I know one of the guys working with him.  The guy used to cut his wife's hair in an inverted bob once she got the pattern set, too many people messed her hair up all the time but special forces are anal retentive about everything. So Jesus..........just have Roger cut your hair.  He couldn't do it worse than what you just got Babe!  And I heard a lot of other people in the background volunteering and they claimed to have clippers too.

    MILK (none / 0) (#6)
    by Zorba on Sat Oct 24, 2009 at 08:35:51 PM EST
    is such a great film.  We were living in San Francisco at the time, in Harvey's district, and we voted for him.  We were there when he was assassinated.  I will never forget it.

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    A great piece of movie-making (none / 0) (#10)
    by Cream City on Sat Oct 24, 2009 at 09:05:55 PM EST
    I agree.  And I was only in SF once, for a few days.  You don't have to have been there then to relate to the movie now -- and Penn's performance is extraordinary.

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    Sean Penn (none / 0) (#11)
    by Zorba on Sat Oct 24, 2009 at 09:23:16 PM EST
    did an outstanding job.  We met Harvey, and Penn did him justice, no question about it.

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    A super movie (none / 0) (#19)
    by Militarytracy on Sun Oct 25, 2009 at 07:08:04 AM EST
    All of his friends worked on it I noticed in the credits.  Such an inspiring person.  I was so touched by the phone calls he got from miserable people who came to have some hope.  So many unaccepted and/or hiding miserable people contemplating suicide or attempting it.

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    I agree. (5.00 / 1) (#18)
    by Fabian on Sun Oct 25, 2009 at 06:41:05 AM EST
    Unless her new roll out includes manufacturing said items in the great state of Cali.  If a bit of fashion news is what leads off - then all of California's budget woes, et cetera must have been solved!

    Here's to childhood! (5.00 / 2) (#21)
    by Fabian on Sun Oct 25, 2009 at 08:46:32 AM EST
    Second grade son wanted to go hear Spooky Stories at one of the metroparks.  After many days of struggling with his academic and domestic obligations, he finally earned his Spooky Stories!  A round of spousal arm twisting got him a driver and a chaperone. (Excusez-moi?  You just had a guys' weekend - whaddya mean you're busy?)

    According to the son, he wasn't scared at all.  According to the spouse, he wanted to leave before the intro was over.   It's fine either way - he wanted it, he got it.

    Boys being boys :) (5.00 / 1) (#24)
    by Militarytracy on Sun Oct 25, 2009 at 01:23:18 PM EST


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    Love it. Fabian's tips for a (none / 0) (#27)
    by oculus on Sun Oct 25, 2009 at 01:53:56 PM EST
    successful marriage.

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    He's good (none / 0) (#28)
    by Fabian on Sun Oct 25, 2009 at 02:49:56 PM EST
    with the kids, but the odds that he does something alone with them voluntarily is small.  It just doesn't occur to him.  That makes it my responsibility to make it occur to him! :P

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    Exactly. Pres. Obama got the message (none / 0) (#29)
    by oculus on Sun Oct 25, 2009 at 02:51:41 PM EST
    and shared it.  Think that will help?  

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    His gaming buddies (5.00 / 1) (#30)
    by Fabian on Sun Oct 25, 2009 at 03:03:37 PM EST
    are a better influence.  Fortunately, there are a few good role models in that group.  

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    This sounds like a fishing expedition (5.00 / 2) (#25)
    by Militarytracy on Sun Oct 25, 2009 at 01:25:56 PM EST
    for reasons to get stoned to me.  Look, we don't care around here if you just want to get stoned :)

    And try the cookie diet (5.00 / 1) (#26)
    by Militarytracy on Sun Oct 25, 2009 at 01:26:16 PM EST


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    Apparently everyone's talking about the (none / 0) (#1)
    by andgarden on Sat Oct 24, 2009 at 08:01:35 PM EST
    "cookie diet." Digby:

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    T]he Cookie Diet. . .has to be one of the best diet scams I've seen in years. I went on the cookie diet myself,many moons ago, back in college. And I lost about 15 pounds very quickly.

    I ate two Chips Ahoys for breakfast, two Chips Ahoys for lunch and three Chips Ahoys for dinner, along with all the TAB I could drink. I had to quit it however, when I fainted in English Lit.

    I wouldn't last a day. If I don't get enough protein, I become very irritable.

    Oops, (none / 0) (#2)
    by andgarden on Sat Oct 24, 2009 at 08:01:59 PM EST
    link.

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    Personally (none / 0) (#15)
    by TeresaInSnow2 on Sun Oct 25, 2009 at 02:00:11 AM EST
    I prefer the eternal earthbound pets scam.

    I wonder if anyone falls for it.

    Personally I think the best sign that you're a true believer is that you subscribe to this service.

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    omg! (none / 0) (#16)
    by Fabian on Sun Oct 25, 2009 at 03:59:18 AM EST
    Can you Rapture your car too?  Blackberry?  ipod?

    Royalty used to have their pets and servants entombed with them to prepare for the afterlife.  What do Christians think of that?

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    When you are raptured you get sucked up to (5.00 / 1) (#20)
    by Militarytracy on Sun Oct 25, 2009 at 07:14:39 AM EST
    heaven as is.  You never have to do this scary dying thing.  Jesus is a great guy if he comes on your shift.  I will watch every Christians dog in their raptured absence but this list of commitments is getting long, so I'm going to have to only commit myself to the largest yearly retainers.

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    Okay. (none / 0) (#31)
    by Fabian on Sun Oct 25, 2009 at 03:13:36 PM EST
    Not that I was interested in the cookie diet, but the inclusion of soy protein rules it right out.  "Incompatible" is the quickest way for me to describe my problem with it.

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    Informative HCR radio program (none / 0) (#4)
    by Manuel on Sat Oct 24, 2009 at 08:04:28 PM EST
    There was an iteresting rerun of This American Life on our local NPR station today about the health care system.  It is worth a listen.  It is disappointing that, in the current debate over HCR, we have largely missed the opportunity to discuss substantive issues.

    Won't be watching Angels (none / 0) (#5)
    by oculus on Sat Oct 24, 2009 at 08:05:11 PM EST
    @ Dodgers.

    Guess not (none / 0) (#7)
    by Zorba on Sat Oct 24, 2009 at 08:38:25 PM EST
    Since the Dodgers blew it (thanks be to The Flying Spaghetti Monster), and the Angels-Yankees game was rained out.  ;-)

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    Blackberry error! (none / 0) (#12)
    by oculus on Sat Oct 24, 2009 at 09:40:23 PM EST


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    Love the McCourt drama! (none / 0) (#22)
    by Fabian on Sun Oct 25, 2009 at 12:05:37 PM EST
    The last time I remember a woman being significant in baseball was Marge Schott.  Let's just say that it came as no surprise that she was from Cincinnati.

    I don't know the personal or professional politics of the McCourts, but it should be an educational story.  I don't know much about how teams are owned or managed.

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    The Padres, which were owned by John and (5.00 / 1) (#23)
    by oculus on Sun Oct 25, 2009 at 12:57:10 PM EST
    Becky Moores, went down the tubes when the owners divorced.  

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    Just finished (none / 0) (#8)
    by dead dancer on Sat Oct 24, 2009 at 08:46:55 PM EST
    watching season 1 of Breaking Bad. Picked it up at my local Costco yesterday.

    Wow. Great stuff.

    Finished Watching Bon Jovi (none / 0) (#14)
    by Jeralyn on Sun Oct 25, 2009 at 01:08:39 AM EST
    It's an interesting look at a big band going on tour and you can see what it takes out of them. It's not all glamour. I recorded it onto dvd so I can convert it on the computer to mp4 and then upload it to my ipod and watch while i'm on the spin bike and treadmill.It was a big project, filming them in Dubai, Berlin, London, and twice in New york. The other band members got a lot of talk time too.

    Now I'm reading The Help. It's a novel about white women and their African-American housekeepers in the 60's. Each chapter is told from one of the women's point of view.

     

      Set during the nascent civil rights movement in Jackson, Miss., where black women were trusted to raise white children but not to polish the household silver. Eugenia Skeeter Phelan is just home from college in 1962, and, anxious to become a writer, is advised to hone her chops by writing about what disturbs you. The budding social activist begins to collect the stories of the black women on whom the country club sets relies and mistrusts enlisting the help of Aibileen, a maid who's raised 17 children, and Aibileen's best friend Minny, who's found herself unemployed more than a few times after mouthing off to her white employers. The book Skeeter puts together based on their stories is scathing and shocking, bringing pride and hope to the black community, while giving Skeeter the courage to break down her personal boundaries and pursue her dreams. Assured and layered, full of heart and history, this one has bestseller written all over it.
     

    It's a page turner and hard to put down. See you all tomorrow.

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