'Out Of Gas'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Next time, use a strand of uncooked spaghetti to light it.
Wait, does this work for real?? I must try this. We had all kinds of shenanigans trying to light the candle inside our jack-o-lantern this year.
When M told me this morning that Kim Jong-il had died, my first thought (as it always is when I hear about the death of world leaders/statesmen) was "Thank god it wasn't Nelson Mandela." I'm gonna have a hard time when that day comes.
This may be wrong, but I have to share it. (Sorry.) In my job I am in close contact with a certain public affairs/news show. We have monthly meetings that include what will be on in the coming weeks/months. For like six months this year, those meetings included someone saying that the Nelson Mandela profile show was ready to be re-run if he should die. It became a running joke. Which, not something to joke about!
For like six months this year, those meetings included someone saying that the Nelson Mandela profile show was ready to be re-run if he should die. It became a running joke. Which, not something to joke about!
I've never encountered any news organization that didn't have a Celebrity Deathwatch list. My department puts together "just in case" clip reels every couple of months.
That was one of my assignments in a newswriting class many years ago.
As a contrast - when Reggie White was big back in the 90s, if you went to games you saw an interesting thing. At the end of the game, he and other religious Christian players would kneel in a large prayer circle on the field. Usually was about 30 guys.
Isn't there some Promise Keepers-esque fringe sect that's very big on recruiting NFL players sort of the way Scientology tries to collect Hollywood celebrities?
I've never encountered any news organization that didn't have a Celebrity Deathwatch list. My department puts together "just in case" clip reels every couple of months.
Oh, of course -- and I'm sure they have other things available for rerunning in case of Major Leader Death, but Mandela is the only one who ever came up.
probably. Probably operating on the Clay Davis "I'll take anybody's money if he's just giving it away!" principle.
Wouldn't surprise me. Bleh.
It is 70 degrees in New Orleans today. I am glad my days of 20 degree weather are behind me (for the time being, anyway.) Also? FORTY DEGREES IS COLD.