Maybe so. I am not a real movie buff so you may be right. I didn't think that Clint Eastwood's character dying made for such a traditional happy ending though. In my day, if he had been victorious over the gang and survived and everyone else lived happily ever after, would have been a traditional happy ending.

On second thought, you're absolutely right about that. The traditional happy ending usually doesn't involve a firing squad LOL.

I'll repeat what Sprite asked. What is a Loe?

You don't want to know. Trust me. The less you know about the loes, the better. Walk away, and count yourself lucky for it.

Shawshank Redemption

How? That movie has a textbook traditional happy ending.

Gran Torino

But under its own circumstances, wasn't this ending a fairly happy resolution? Same with Sling Blade, really. In both movies, the crisis resolved itself in arguably the best realistic way.

Come to think of it...those two movies are really similar thematically, too, right down to the ending.

http://images3.static-bluray.com/reviews/1689_5.jpg

sniff, sniff..... Great movie, though.

I love this response , http://www.buzzfeed.com/summeranne/abercrombie-fitch-ads-re-imagined-as-attractive-fat , it is ten times better than the whole exploitation of the homeless thing!

So a Buzzfeed bit on overweight people shilling for A&F is better than actually clothing people? Admittedly I do detect a bit of unseemly pandering in both the Buzzfeed link you provided and the 'A&F for the Homeless' campaign, but to take meaningful offense here on behalf of the homeless sort of depends on a homeless person giving a fuck about the politics of fashion douchebaggery, and whether or not they've become a pawn within it. More than likely, your average overpass resident will wait until he has clothes on his back, a steady paycheck, and a roof over his head before worrying about whether he's become an internet meme among hipsters and college kids. Only then, with the aid of a smartphone and a wifi connection, might he mildly resent the ironic origins behind the designer shirt that actually kept him warm and dry at the time it was given. Though I think it's more likely that he'll strongly resent the mall-peddler who openly disdains the less-attractive, the poor and the overweight, and is dumb enough to express it publicly.

Now, if we take a bunch of .jpgs and start a Tumblr of homeless dudes in A&F gear, I agree that's a little weird. But to subtly but steadily, one consumer at a time, poke this dickhead in the ribs, and help somebody in the process? I fail to be outraged by that.

This headline says everything you need to know about Yahoo, and more importantly, illustrates what Yahoo knows about itself:

Yahoo on Tumblr Acquisition Deal: 'We won't screw it up."

This is what it's come to for Yahoo, your grandmother's email and search engine provider. They know that we all know theyr'e in the straw-grasping business lately, so when they finally buy something of value and relevance, they immediately go into pre-emptive damage control, because they have to.

It speaks volumes that Yahoo didn't have a Tumblr of their own until they fucking bought the interface, yet nobody should be surprised by that fact. And yes, they'll ruin it, because they have the reverse midas touch, with a trail of carcasses to show for it. So enjoy Tumblr while it exists in its current form. Soon it will be bombarded with ads, merged into some half-assed social networking scheme, censored heavily, and eventually die a slow death. And the funny thing is, the demise will be completely unforeseen by its owner/perps when it happens.

The good news is, there's plenty of minds out there inventing the next outpost on the frontier. Tomorrow's Tumblr is just getting its legs under it out there, somewhere.

Or does it say somewhere in the constitution that you're allowed a certain amount of drinks before you get behind the wheel of a car?

Sadly, no. :( I looked and everything.

I read somewhere that when they lowered the limits from .10 to .08, there was very little effect afterward in terms of lives saved or accidents prevented. That said, I think having it at the .05 might sway certian drivers from drinking so much and/or getting out onto the road after doing so.

I've seen it suggested, and I wholeheartedly agree, that to really move the needle in terms of drunk driving, they need to provide incentives to not drive drunk. Potential punishment only goes so far, and whether it's .08, .05, or .01, people are going to roll the dice and drive anyway, since all they're trying to do is avoid trouble (and will almost always get away with it).

We can talk all we want about how safety of others should be reason enough, but the reality is that it's not enough. The girl that parked at the bar doesn't want to leave her car on the street to get ticketed. The guy doesn't want to leave his car in a bad neighborhood. Taxis are expensive. People don't want the embarrassment of showing up at home without the car ("I'm that drunk guy, apparently...") only to have to catch a ride the next morning to go get it.

There are things they can do that will help. The city can choose to waive parking tickets for those that choose to leave their cars instead of drive home in them. Restaurant and bar associations can pool resources and join forces with taxi companies to offer "safe ride home" discounts. Tow trucks in certain places have already teamed up with alcoholic beverage companies to provide free tows home, and it seems like it's in Budweiser's interest to see that alcohol doesn't get demonized in society any more than it already has. I'm sure other ideas could be put forward as well, but the fringe benefit of these things might be that it wouldn't be so uncool to choose not to drive home. Sure, roll your eyes...but this is America we're talking about LOL. We'll sacrifice a lot as a people to not self-identify as losers and outsiders. Familiar with the phrases "can't handle his liquor" or "lightweight"? This is what I'm talking about, at least in part.

When a city wants a once-vibrant neighborhood redeveloped, what do they do? Do they lay guilt trips on developers and tell them that it's in the best interest of the city to develop in a certain place? Or do they offer tax breaks, regulatory incentives, and other treats to entice them? It's something to think about.

Like most things that offend, its not what was said but how it was said, and the underlying worldview that was exposed. I hope enough AF clothes get donated to clothe every homeless person from coast to coast LOL.

All he had to say was that their marketing vision has always been consistent with what's in the stores now. There are a hundred ways to spin it to not openly offend plus-size shoppers, and he chose none of them.

I may have to modify my statement if a "Mediator" is different or has different powers than a "Moderator". If a mediator's jobs and powers are less than those of a moderator.

It's more or less the same thing. I think we've spent enough time on this flap by now, don't you?

And one more thing...I've got this moist, smelly pile of liquid crap on block and this isn't his thread so how does that work that he continues to see anything I do? I thought blocking scum like him made my posts invisible to him? Oh well, doesn't matter.


For what it's worth, the block option doesn't really work that way. They can't contact you, but they're still visible in the forum.

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