... This curious cognitive dissonance is an old story. A century ago, the German sociologist Werner Sombart famously asked: Why is there no socialismin America? There are many answers to this question. Some... us, thanks to Charles Dickens's depiction of its workings in Oliver Twist . When Noah Claypole famously sneers at little Oliver, calling him "Work'us" ("Workhouse"), he is implying, for 1838,...
... us and the guests KFC one day, the final noteworthy occurrence in Bermuda was the party we threw for about 40 of H’s island friends, as well as KatherineZeta-Jones and Mike Douglas, who famously reside on the island and made an appearance. CZ’s parents and smoking hot niece also came along. The two actors still look pretty good in real life, and were genial and accommodating, taking pictures ...
→ For the November/December challenge: MRS. ZABINI A "famouslybeautiful witch" who "married seven times." Each of her wealthy husbands died a mysterious death, leaving her a lot of gold. Blaise Zabini's mother. - HPL Remember there's no sign up necessary. Just post your work to the comm and it'll be added to a masterlist to be posted next month as the new challenge is ...
...hailed by fans and critics as one of the greatest albums of all time, the group’s next challenge was to keep an audience without turning into their own tribute band. In doing so, they camefamously close to dissolving completely. Tales of Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood — the laptop-prodding axis of the group — sitting in one room while the others wondered if they would even be needed that day have...
... never read President Roosevelt’s State of the Union address from January 1941 it is an excellent read. It is also known as the Four Freedoms Speech (you can read/listen to it here ). It is most famously known for President Roosevelt’s discussion of his view of the four freedoms that all people posses. 1. Freedom of Speech, 2. Freedom to worship God, 3. Freedom from want, and 4. Freedom from ...
... of little bloop singles that fall in front of Ellsbury because he plays too deep or takes bad routes don't make SportsCenter's Top Ten. (That reminds me of one of my favorite digs on famously flashy Yankee shortstop Derek Jeter: nobody makes routine plays look more difficult than Derek Jeter.)*** I'm rambling. The entire reason I wrote this post is this article . Here's the gist: recording ...
... month. Hiethee hence for a range of treats to come throughout December. Today’s rec is for Gentleman’s Relish by executrix , which features the new pairing on the block, Bunter/Saint-George. Obscenity, famously, is oft considered to be that which has a tendency deprave and corrupt. I tell you, I’m never going to read about Bunter having his hands full of S-G as he dresses him in the...
... helm, the ultimatefemale corporate Superwoman boss? We’ll know the world has changed when the planned sequel to Wall Street has as its star not Gordon, but that mean mother of all bosses Greta Gekko. As he famously said in Wall Street: ‘Read Sun-tzu, The Art Of War. Every battle is won before it is ever fought.’ And alas in the boardroom, that’s never been more true than it is today for women....
... ). His portrayal of Michael Scott has managed, even more deftly than Ricky Gervais in the British original, to remain plausible and likable even while exploring the depths of human oafishness. The show famously allows its actorsroom to improvise, and almost weekly you can spot something great or true that must be a Carell, rather than a script, creation. A deluded boss like Michael ...
... head, denying that any such thought would ever cross her mind with a jaunty jingling sound from the bells on her costume. “Um… really?” The guard faltered, evidently confused by having the most famously unpredictable and dangerous criminal in all of Gotham seem to cooperate with his instructions. “Uh, that’s good, that’s good…” Joker sidled a foot or two closer to where the guard was standing ...
