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5114Belushi and I (in an earlier part of my life) were neighbors and co-owned a beacPoet8/18/2001
5113I think the story was that a lot of cocaine was consumed during filming. ThoughWin Smith8/18/2001
5112ROFL That's what I was thinking of when I wrote that post. A very uneven movepicure8/18/2001
5111Not always, though. The Blues Brothers were cool. <i>They'll never gWin Smith8/18/2001
5110LOL! I know exactly what you mean. Sacred missions from God are pretty much byPoet8/18/2001
5109Of course ugliness is in the eye of the beholder. One person's ugliness is epicure8/18/2001
5108People of faith have justified lots of ugliness as God's will. Ugh.Poet8/18/2001
5107Re: moral relativism- There is nothing else, unless you have faith. And then, iepicure8/18/2001
5106I agree in general, though I don't think that one had to be educated, then oPoet8/18/2001
5105The past is much more complicated than that editorial(imo). Really educated freepicure8/18/2001
5104A bonanza day for the NYT. Here's an interesting editorial on the topic of &Poet8/18/2001
5103Well looky here, Bush has done the future of stem cell research a good turn. FrPoet8/18/2001
5102the Underpainter was 50 cents at the library- they have a section where they selepicure8/16/2001
5101I thought "Founding Brothers" was quite good. Relatively short and piWin Smith8/16/2001
5100I have not read Founding Brothers. Is it worth my reading? I am at the moment epicure8/16/2001
5099X, have you read Ellis's "Founding Brothers" ? It got me interesWin Smith8/16/2001
5098I bought the book on tape- Edward Herman narrates it. I have really enjoyed it epicure8/16/2001
5097How odd that W and I are reading the same book. I should say allegedly reading Win Smith8/16/2001
5096Interesting editorial in today's Great Gray Lady: August 16, 2001 Poet8/16/2001
5095No, I don't get to see many non-g-rated current releases these days. Jack NWin Smith8/13/2001
5094Yes. It was a horrible movie and didn't strike me as at all realistic. It epicure8/13/2001
5093That's a lot of movies to see in one weekend. I'm developing a visual oPoet8/13/2001
5092I didn't like the pledge. At all. But I saw some GREAT movies this weekendepicure8/13/2001
5091LOL! Speaking of movies starring Nicholson, we watched "The Pledge" tPoet8/13/2001
5090I thought Chinatown was a great movie. It seems to have been an inspiration to Win Smith8/12/2001
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