Fun news + Question for the Weekend
I opened up Yahoo this morning and there's the big splash headline:
CANDY BAR said to have TOXIC LEAD LEVELS
Now, lead poisoning is a big deal around these parts, since DC's water has been found guilty lately, as has some of Arlington's... so it was with some fear (
) that I opened the article. Which candy bar could it be killing us all?!? Snickers? Butterfinger?? Not.. good old Hershey???
No.
Chaca Chaca.
That's right, Chaca Chaca.
...yeah, that's what I said.
The answer is-- it's a Mexican candy bar made of apple pulp... and chili powder.....
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Folks, not only am I pretty sure I'm never gonna try this delightful candy bar since it's been found to be toxic, but I daresay if it had been found, conversely, to improve one's health, extend one's natural life, and to make one assume magical pixie powers and demonic super-incubus sexual prowess I would nonetheless abstain since the combination of chili and apple strike me as a bit FOUL.
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QUIZ question of the WEEKEND
What would one assume to be the implications (historical, social, theoretical, psychological, cultural, theological, or otherwise) of claiming to, or setting out to, "party like it's 1999," now that we're in 2004?
I opened up Yahoo this morning and there's the big splash headline:
CANDY BAR said to have TOXIC LEAD LEVELS
Now, lead poisoning is a big deal around these parts, since DC's water has been found guilty lately, as has some of Arlington's... so it was with some fear (
) that I opened the article. Which candy bar could it be killing us all?!? Snickers? Butterfinger?? Not.. good old Hershey???
No.
Chaca Chaca.
That's right, Chaca Chaca.
...yeah, that's what I said.
The answer is-- it's a Mexican candy bar made of apple pulp... and chili powder.....
. . . . . . . .
Folks, not only am I pretty sure I'm never gonna try this delightful candy bar since it's been found to be toxic, but I daresay if it had been found, conversely, to improve one's health, extend one's natural life, and to make one assume magical pixie powers and demonic super-incubus sexual prowess I would nonetheless abstain since the combination of chili and apple strike me as a bit FOUL.
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QUIZ question of the WEEKEND
What would one assume to be the implications (historical, social, theoretical, psychological, cultural, theological, or otherwise) of claiming to, or setting out to, "party like it's 1999," now that we're in 2004?
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tracyramone:
naah i got lots of room here LOL
sugarfish:
Of course there are special effects. But the movie is not about bombarding you with special effects with occasional breaks for a crack at throwing in a love story between spaceship battles. Also, the effects are always in service of the story. Of course, the story does lend itself handily to lots of effects, but the particular effects used are part of Gondry's signature -- nobody else does them like he does. But this movie is such a great collaboration... on top of Gondry's unique talents you've got Kate Winslet, who is a Goddess; Charlie Kaufman who (I'll say it again) is either riding that zeitgeist wave or he IS it; Jim Carey, who wouldn't be my first casting choice for his character by a long shot, does an excellent job -- and he will bring in those audiences, and this one deserves them. Go. Go now. Run, don't walk. Jesus... am I getting paid to rave like this?