Raq, your 'revolutionary' assignment put me in mind of Colin McKenzie, the subject of Peter Jackson's Forgotten Silver. A film I highly recommend. Jackson tells a compelling story about this cinematic visionary who revolutionized celluloid. Except, he didn't. Sam Neill and Leonard Maltin lend gravitas. I loved it.
Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.
Lilah ,'Destiny'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
beekaytee - Jun 23, 2009 5:46:33 am PDT #13593 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
SailAweigh - Jun 23, 2009 5:53:19 am PDT #13594 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Happy Birthday, Teppy!
dcp - Jun 23, 2009 5:58:57 am PDT #13595 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Raq, how about George Eastman or Edwin Land?
WindSparrow - Jun 23, 2009 6:24:47 am PDT #13596 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Happiest of happy birthdays to you, Teppy!
What about J.R.R. Tolkien, for a revolutionary?
Barb - Jun 23, 2009 6:25:29 am PDT #13597 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
The guys who created the Spaghetti Monster.
Typo Boy - Jun 23, 2009 6:30:23 am PDT #13598 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I've been having hip trouble, sharp pain, so when I sit down I've been standing up very slowly. At a party the other day, some guy saw me getting off a couch slowly, and "helped" me up without asking, which left me in agony for hours.
Volans - Jun 23, 2009 6:31:17 am PDT #13599 of 30000
move out and draw fire
What about J.R.R. Tolkien, for a revolutionary?
A couple people suggested this, but I think Tolkein would despise being called a revoltuionary.
I wanted to suggest Gary Gygax, but it's not the kind of crowd where I can do that. George Eastman, OTOH, just about right!
beth b - Jun 23, 2009 6:32:53 am PDT #13600 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Happy birthday Teppy!
And by now you would think that anybody works a service job knows that if someone needs some sort of asisstance -- you ask first. Like the people that helped omnis. Partly because you can hurt someone and partly because it is rude assume
Happy birthday, Teppy!
DavidS - Jun 23, 2009 6:33:41 am PDT #13601 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
What about J.R.R. Tolkien, for a revolutionary?
More like a reactionary.
His response to the modern world was to go back in time and espouse some very old values. (Including racial superiority.)
Vortex - Jun 23, 2009 6:35:22 am PDT #13602 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
If I may ask, when/how is it appropriate to offer assistance to someone with crutches or mobility issues? If I someone that seems to have some issues, I usually offer an offhand "need a hand?" (wow, say that three times fast). I say it in the same way that I would to a mother struggling with a child or a person with a bunch of packages. I mostly get a "no thanks", but occasionally, I get a very frosty response. Is that me or them?