Filed under: On This Day in Old Timey Days | Tags: joan of arc, leonard cohen, neil young, pyre, robot music, trans
:: May 30 . 1431 ::
Joan of Arc was burned at the stake.
The most notable result of this was Leonard Cohen’s song “Joan of Arc”. Hear it and be warm.
:: May 30 . 1997 ::
Neil Young canceled his European tour because he had cut his finger while slicing a ham sandwich.
Maybe he was remembering his personally regrettable but amazing album, Trans.
Fuck, I love “We R In Control”. Listen and control the flow of heat.
Listening to people explain how a movie has changed them is generally painful and uninteresting.
If this situation should happen to you, interject some of your own thoughts and begin to divulge how your world view has been shaped by a few movies and emphasize greatly how much everyone should see these works.
Suggestions for Movies to Ponder
- Wikipedia List of Films Considered the Worst (…)
- IMDB Bottom 100 (…)
- Rotten Tomatoes Worst of the Worst (…)
“I think perhaps The Waterboy is perfectly analogous to the way in which I was able to overcome anger issues and learn to resolve problems in a humane manner. I learned much of my dear respect for women from seeing Pretty Woman when I was twelve. Julia Robert’s character just opened my eyes to the true strength of a woman’s inner being. And I don’t know where I’d be today without the strong social message of Porky’s II.”
In theory, high-waisted pants can be remotely attractive.
In practice, they result in a syndrome I like to call Boobs, Belt, Butt. Simply stated, all that is visible to me when I view a woman wearing high pants is this tiny middle region consisting of squished-in boobs a belt and butt, with other appendages somewhere in the nether regions.
The female form is beautiful for the gradual curve of the waist into the hips. With these fabric monstrosities, their is no room for grey area. There is only a sharp horizontal line bisecting the midsection in an ill-conceived apparel war.
Also, they remind me of moms.
Furthermore, they accentuate the aptly but terribly named area of a woman, the gunt.
In conclusion:
