Comments for Beauty is Imperfection

Comment on Remembering Icons and Iconography by AlexP

AlexP — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:30:55 +0000

1994, 22nd Street & 2nd Avenue I too had an angry-ish homeless dude tell my father and me EXACTLY the same thing. Four years later a co-worker comes in from lunch and tells me, “a homeless guy just told me he ‘fucked Tony Curtis in the ass’ while I’m waiting in line at the deli!”

Comment on I Wrote A Funny Blog About The Pope … by fran grasse

fran grasse — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 02:47:47 +0000

I found the “for-sale” 2013/02/11. I tried to copy it no luck so I don’t know how to get it to you unless I forward out of my e-mail to you…let me know1 Fran

Comment on How Could We Have Made Valentine’s Day More Special If We’d Had Time? by Jason

Jason — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 06:42:05 +0000

Nothing says it’s sexytime like Bon Iver

Comment on My Cousin Brad’s Music! by Michael Scott

Michael Scott — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 23:55:02 +0000

Catchy and original. Best of luck!

Comment on ‘In God We Trust’ Unconstitutional? by Fran Grasse

Fran Grasse — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 18:52:50 +0000

Ha!

Fran

Comment on Cheers, Vonnegut by An

An — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 10:57:34 +0000

You really ought to revisit Cheers. I find that even great works of art/drama/literature have at least a few visible seams, but that does not make them without value. Cheers obviously had and continues to have a big impact on you and that alone makes it worth further exploration.

Yes, toward then end of Diane’s run, the show falters a bit as it tries to find its way into the future, and yes, the later seasons took the show in an entirely different direction, but for over four seasons, the show managed to be captivating and exciting and hilarious, at times almost magical in its effect, and I think that alone bears it to another level.

I certainly wouldn’t hold Taxi up as any better than Cheers. Both series might have stayed too long at the dance, but in terms of writing quality, I don’t think one stands head and shoulders above the other. The romance of Sam and Diane gives Cheers the edge in my book, as it was more ambitious and ground-breaking than Taxi in that regard, and is still a cultural reference and touchstone for not just television but film relationships that followed.

Comment on Scenes From Our American Sickness by 2shortplanksMark Fowler

2shortplanksMark Fowler — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:41:17 +0000

Maybe it’s just people who are scared of more gun protection slows that are rushing out to buy guns before mo legislation stops them?

Comment on The Aurora, Colo. Shooting by oklahomaviking

oklahomaviking — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 20:11:33 +0000

Hey now…The Second Amendment allows me to keep and bear arms. That’s why I have my own nuclear arsenal I keep in the backyard, just in case the government gets uppity.

Comment on GMO Labels Are OK, IMHO by Eric Rasmussen

Eric Rasmussen — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 18:45:58 +0000

I see your point, Mark, though I see from my can of dark Goya kidney beans here that every ingredient down to the disodium EDTA is listed. (Yo, it preserves colorfastness!)If we can do that to a can of Goya food, I think that adding the three letters “GMO” in more complex items is a sensible compromise.

Comment on GMO Labels Are OK, IMHO by Mark Fowler

Mark Fowler — Wed, 30 May 2012 09:09:27 +0000

Here’s a talking point: if you think labelling for GMO is important, then what about:

- food that has been subjected to ionising radiation (commonly used to preserve grain)
- food that has had pesticides used on it (the organic labelling, as you and I both know means nada)
- food that had had certain hormones fed to it
- country of origin of constituent food parts (eg does the beef in this dish come from somewhere they have mad cows?)

Note: I’m not particularly anti any of that…it’s just if you support labelling, where do you stop?

Me? I’m more concerned with the false labelling on US food. Like Kobe beef that isn’t: http://www.forbes.com/sites/larryolmsted/2012/04/12/foods-biggest-scam-the-great-kobe-beef-li