LoeffelholzThe United States, With LovePosts: 8,998Quartermasters
edited March 2009
I hate my day job. I hate it. And I'm getting too old to hate what I do.
When I'm not working for someone else, I'm a writer. It's what I really do. I live it, I breathe it, I dream it when I sleep. Literally. And the project(s) I've got cooking right now has me very excited.
But tomorrow morning, I have to be at work at 5:00 AM ...and it's not what I'm supposed to be doing.
I'm working hard on changing that.
P.S. Good thread, Sweepy {[]
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"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
3. since enrolling in my forensics class, I can't help but stare at people's heads to try and figure out if they have a depressed post-bregma (dip in the top of the skull)
) ) )
My favorite so far!
Hilly...you old devil!
LoeffelholzThe United States, With LovePosts: 8,998Quartermasters
3. since enrolling in my forensics class, I can't help but stare at people's heads to try and figure out if they have a depressed post-bregma (dip in the top of the skull)
)
I believe, with the right eyes, you might be able to deduce such a thing via simple AJB forensic post analysis
...Post-Bregmatic posts? )
[feels the top of his skull]
Check out my Amazon author page!Mark Loeffelholz
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
I've certainly got many more of my own...talk about the tip of an iceberg...
But I won't do it alone...
Check out my Amazon author page!Mark Loeffelholz
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
C'mon...let's see some guts...I've spilled a couple of good ones...courage, people! B-)
Check out my Amazon author page!Mark Loeffelholz
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
I have a confession similar to this that will probably shock, horrify and stun several members here. It may in fact result in entire perceptions of me changing. My question to you is; are any of you ready for a truly shocking confession? :v
"He’s a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine. And when they start not smiling back—that’s an earthquake. and then you get yourself a couple of spots on your hat, and you’re finished. Nobody dast blame this man. A salesman is got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory." Death of a Salesman
I have a confession similar to this that will probably shock, horrify and stun several members here. It may in fact result in entire perceptions of me changing. My question to you is; are any of you ready for a truly shocking confession? :v
You mean to say that A View to a Kill is really your favourite film of all time? Well I never.
1- On Her Majesty's Secret Service 2- Casino Royale 3- Licence To Kill 4- Goldeneye 5- From Russia With Love
You mean to say that A View to a Kill is really your favourite film of all time? Well I never.
Actually, it's worse. Much worse. ;%
"He’s a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine. And when they start not smiling back—that’s an earthquake. and then you get yourself a couple of spots on your hat, and you’re finished. Nobody dast blame this man. A salesman is got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory." Death of a Salesman
I’ve slept with more women than I ever admitted to my wife. When I first met her I didn’t want to scare her off. And now we’ve already been together for too many years for me to confess...
A guy hit me with his car once, and when he got out he attacked me for ‘touching his car’, I took him down and slammed his face into the road. I was arrested and taken to court, but wasn’t convicted on my incredibly weak defence of “I guess he must have slipped...”
When I was younger I did marihuana several times but felt nothing. I live in the Netherlands, so it was no big deal. As it turns out I physically lack the enzyme required that turns the THC into the feeling of being high. Wich incidentally, is also why I am allergic to peanuts.
I love Canada.
I never touched alcohol until I was seventeen. As a matter of fact, I was very much against it. But at that time I was in a wheelchair after having been in a coma from being hit by a car (not the incident above). It was a screwdriver (Wodka and orange juice), as the bartender didn’t know how to make a Wodka-Martini.
But my worst confession of all: it was only recently that I realised that there is no Martini in a Wodka-Martini...:#
aside from the things I already posted, here's one more!
I'm a firm believer in Ghosts and the paranormal (UFOs I find suspect, however). Nothing can be said to sway me from this, but I'm totally open to listening to people try. It's really quite amusing sometimes. I'm not gonna fight any opposing opinions, however. I swear I won't be mean
~Pendragon -{
Hey! Observer! You trying to get yourself Killed?
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Sweepy the CatHalifax, West Yorkshire, EnglaPosts: 986MI6 Agent
aside from the things I already posted, here's one more!
I'm a firm believer in Ghosts and the paranormal (UFOs I find suspect, however). Nothing can be said to sway me from this, but I'm totally open to listening to people try. It's really quite amusing sometimes. I'm not gonna fight any opposing opinions, however. I swear I won't be mean
~Pendragon -{
Never believed in ghosts although everyone who has ever been in my house claims to have seen one! (Maybe I am one ))
But my worst confession of all: it was only recently that I realised that there is no Martini in a Wodka-Martini...:#
Well that's not strickly true....there is 'vermouth' in a Vodka Martini (and Martini happen's to be a brand that makes Vermouth) but it's the amount....
If you want a dry Martini, then you use very little Vermouth, in fact, some (who like a very dry Martini )just like the martini glass swirled with vermouth, and any remaining tipped out.
However, if I remember rightly, from my bartending days, the normal measure for a dry Vodka Martini is
1 1/2 Vodka
3/4 Vermouth. -{
She's worth whatever chaos she brings to the table and you know it. ~ Mark Anthony
Sweepy the CatHalifax, West Yorkshire, EnglaPosts: 986MI6 Agent
Speaking of Martinis I have another confession to make:
I have never, EVER, had a Martini in my 8 years of being a Bond fan!
I know you'll recount how I'm only 14 but it's very ironic that a Bond fan who's had beer, wine and various spirits has never had a Martini.
NightshooterIn bed with SolitairePosts: 2,917MI6 Agent
To begin, let me just say that when I was younger, I read numerous series; including the Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, Goosebumbs, several Enid Blyton series (such as The Famous Five, The Five Find-Outers and Dog, Wishing Chair and St. Clare's) as well as Teen Power Inc. (an Australian series) but one of my absolute favourite series were The Baby-sitters Club books.
I *loved them to bits; I read close to a hundred BSC novels (including super specials and mysteries) and I can recite all of the names, siblings, likes and dliskes of all the members, as well as many of the supporting characters. For example, I've never forgotten that Claudia loves Nancy Drew (as did I ) and junk food, yet her superb complexion was never affected. Mallory has seven brothers and sisters (aged 10, 10, 10, 9, 8, 7 & 5) and Logan is unique in that he is a male sitter. )
My favourite member was traditionally Mary Anne, although I later adopted Stacy as my joint favourite as she is so cool. For some reason, I never quite loved Dawn, and I liked her replacement (Abby) as much, if not more than her, although I liked all the members. I also think that Mary Anne and Logan made the perfect couple, and I was quite disappointed when they broke up, although they got together again. Apparently there is a spinoff series called Baby-sitters Club: Friends Forever, which I never read, in which one of the books saw Mary Anne and Logan break off for good. Thank goodness I never read that book when I was younger. )
I originally started reading my sister's BSC books, and ended up collecting a huge number. My mother got rid of them, which in retrospect was a little regrettable as it would have been nice to give them to my niece when she gets older. Anyway, that is my most shameful secret. Please, be kind.
*Alex, it would have been so easy to use adore, however I resisted. Hopefully the phase I used instead is less 'embarassing.' :v
"He’s a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine. And when they start not smiling back—that’s an earthquake. and then you get yourself a couple of spots on your hat, and you’re finished. Nobody dast blame this man. A salesman is got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory." Death of a Salesman
When I was out of reading material on the island with no book stores in sight, I turned to my mom's romance novels. One in particular I never forgot was called Love Me Marietta by Jennifer Wilde.
Played out like a graphic Errol Flynn adventure. It was awesome!
Main heroine sold into slavery to pirates, escapes, fights off cannibals in the jungles, returns to London, survives the bubonic plague, etc.
Never judge a book by it's cover. Because the book RULES.
It seems you've shocked the board into silence, DS! )
) Come on guys! I just bared my soul and revealed my deepest secret. Surely you can at least comment on my post; I don't mind if that means mocking it. :v
"He’s a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine. And when they start not smiling back—that’s an earthquake. and then you get yourself a couple of spots on your hat, and you’re finished. Nobody dast blame this man. A salesman is got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory." Death of a Salesman
LoeffelholzThe United States, With LovePosts: 8,998Quartermasters
It seems you've shocked the board into silence, DS! )
) Come on guys! I just bared my soul and revealed my deepest secret. Surely you can at least comment on my post; I don't mind if that means mocking it. :v
You'll get no mocking from me, my friend I'll never knock anyone for enjoying what they read...especially if it's Fleming (hint, hint) {:)
And don't worry, because I'm about to take all heat off of you with my next one.
I really, really, enjoy the film Titanic.
Okay, everyone, get back on your chairs, it's not that big of a deal...but the fact is, I think the film looks great, the performances are effective (particularly those of the exquisite Kate Winslet ( :x ) and Gloria Stuart, as Rose at the opposite ends of life. The actors who play Captain Smith and the ship's architect are magnificent. John Warner is scene-chewingly delightful as the evil henchman.
Now, I'll gladly concede that the romantic stuff with Leo gets a bit squishy...and his apparently omniscient certainty that Rose would survive strains credulity...and the subplot with Billy Zane as the evil, abusive husband is gratuitous...
But, more importantly, it's one of those scripts that taught me to write scripts. As an example trotted out during a workshop I took, Titanic's script---from a structural point of view---is nearly perfect. Despite its respective length, the three acts of the film are perfectly placed...and two specific and important story events, which happen nearly simultaneously---Rose and Jack making love, followed immediately by the ship striking the iceberg---occur at the exact midpoint of the film. I admire that, unlike other film versions of this story, Titanic addresses the ragged and disturbing aftermath of the sinking: death by freezing in the North Atlantic on a dark April night.
And then there is the not insignificant fact that I find the end of the film---were the camera takes us on a photographic journey through Rose's long, and adventure-filled life---very satisfying in an emotional sense.
It's very chic to utterly dismiss this movie---along with, say, the Star Wars prequel trilogy---as not being worth the miles of film it used (all copies of which should be burned, apparently, to restore balance to civilization), but IMRO the film's reputation actually suffers because of its outrageous box office success. If it had merely turned a tidy profit, I think it would be better regarded by many.
Is it a flawless, perfect film? No. But I enjoy it.
So there
Check out my Amazon author page!Mark Loeffelholz
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
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When I'm not working for someone else, I'm a writer. It's what I really do. I live it, I breathe it, I dream it when I sleep. Literally. And the project(s) I've got cooking right now has me very excited.
But tomorrow morning, I have to be at work at 5:00 AM
I'm working hard on changing that.
P.S. Good thread, Sweepy {[]
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
My favorite so far!
I believe, with the right eyes, you might be able to deduce such a thing via simple AJB forensic post analysis
...Post-Bregmatic posts?
[feels the top of his skull]
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
Andre Agassi has a REALLY depressed post-bregma..
http://img.timeinc.net/time/2008/time_100_2008/andre_agassi.jpg check it!
~Pendragon -{
mountainburdphotography.wordpress.com
I enjoy watching Dawson's Creek... a lot.
What a fab thread.I'm learning so much about my fellow AJB'ers. I'll have to think carefully what I contribute to this thread.
You make it sound like you have a bit of a chequered past then Lady Rose? Afraid you're goin to shock us?
Roger Moore 1927-2017
No ... I'm just saving them for my memoirs
:v B-)
I've certainly got many more of my own...talk about the tip of an iceberg...
But I won't do it alone...
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
Is that one of your confessions as well?
Ba dum bum! I'm here all week!
Oh!
My God, what a tough room
C'mon...let's see some guts...I've spilled a couple of good ones...courage, people! B-)
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
You mean to say that A View to a Kill is really your favourite film of all time? Well I never.
Roger Moore 1927-2017
A guy hit me with his car once, and when he got out he attacked me for ‘touching his car’, I took him down and slammed his face into the road. I was arrested and taken to court, but wasn’t convicted on my incredibly weak defence of “I guess he must have slipped...”
When I was younger I did marihuana several times but felt nothing. I live in the Netherlands, so it was no big deal. As it turns out I physically lack the enzyme required that turns the THC into the feeling of being high. Wich incidentally, is also why I am allergic to peanuts.
I love Canada.
I never touched alcohol until I was seventeen. As a matter of fact, I was very much against it. But at that time I was in a wheelchair after having been in a coma from being hit by a car (not the incident above). It was a screwdriver (Wodka and orange juice), as the bartender didn’t know how to make a Wodka-Martini.
But my worst confession of all: it was only recently that I realised that there is no Martini in a Wodka-Martini...:#
I'm a firm believer in Ghosts and the paranormal (UFOs I find suspect, however). Nothing can be said to sway me from this, but I'm totally open to listening to people try. It's really quite amusing sometimes. I'm not gonna fight any opposing opinions, however. I swear I won't be mean
~Pendragon -{
mountainburdphotography.wordpress.com
Never believed in ghosts although everyone who has ever been in my house claims to have seen one! (Maybe I am one
http://apbateman.com
Well that's not strickly true....there is 'vermouth' in a Vodka Martini (and Martini happen's to be a brand that makes Vermouth) but it's the amount....
If you want a dry Martini, then you use very little Vermouth, in fact, some (who like a very dry Martini )just like the martini glass swirled with vermouth, and any remaining tipped out.
However, if I remember rightly, from my bartending days, the normal measure for a dry Vodka Martini is
1 1/2 Vodka
3/4 Vermouth. -{
I have never, EVER, had a Martini in my 8 years of being a Bond fan!
I know you'll recount how I'm only 14 but it's very ironic that a Bond fan who's had beer, wine and various spirits has never had a Martini.
Spit it out already.
To begin, let me just say that when I was younger, I read numerous series; including the Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, Goosebumbs, several Enid Blyton series (such as The Famous Five, The Five Find-Outers and Dog, Wishing Chair and St. Clare's) as well as Teen Power Inc. (an Australian series) but one of my absolute favourite series were The Baby-sitters Club books.
I *loved them to bits; I read close to a hundred BSC novels (including super specials and mysteries) and I can recite all of the names, siblings, likes and dliskes of all the members, as well as many of the supporting characters. For example, I've never forgotten that Claudia loves Nancy Drew (as did I
My favourite member was traditionally Mary Anne, although I later adopted Stacy as my joint favourite as she is so cool. For some reason, I never quite loved Dawn, and I liked her replacement (Abby) as much, if not more than her, although I liked all the members. I also think that Mary Anne and Logan made the perfect couple,
I originally started reading my sister's BSC books, and ended up collecting a huge number. My mother got rid of them, which in retrospect was a little regrettable as it would have been nice to give them to my niece when she gets older.
*Alex, it would have been so easy to use adore, however I resisted. Hopefully the phase I used instead is less 'embarassing.' :v
Roger Moore 1927-2017
Played out like a graphic Errol Flynn adventure. It was awesome!
Main heroine sold into slavery to pirates, escapes, fights off cannibals in the jungles, returns to London, survives the bubonic plague, etc.
Never judge a book by it's cover. Because the book RULES.
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n23/n117165.jpg
You'll get no mocking from me, my friend
And don't worry, because I'm about to take all heat off of you with my next one.
I really, really, enjoy the film Titanic.
Okay, everyone, get back on your chairs, it's not that big of a deal...but the fact is, I think the film looks great, the performances are effective (particularly those of the exquisite Kate Winslet ( :x ) and Gloria Stuart, as Rose at the opposite ends of life. The actors who play Captain Smith and the ship's architect are magnificent. John Warner is scene-chewingly delightful as the evil henchman.
Now, I'll gladly concede that the romantic stuff with Leo gets a bit squishy...and his apparently omniscient certainty that Rose would survive strains credulity...and the subplot with Billy Zane as the evil, abusive husband is gratuitous...
But, more importantly, it's one of those scripts that taught me to write scripts. As an example trotted out during a workshop I took, Titanic's script---from a structural point of view---is nearly perfect. Despite its respective length, the three acts of the film are perfectly placed...and two specific and important story events, which happen nearly simultaneously---Rose and Jack making love, followed immediately by the ship striking the iceberg---occur at the exact midpoint of the film. I admire that, unlike other film versions of this story, Titanic addresses the ragged and disturbing aftermath of the sinking: death by freezing in the North Atlantic on a dark April night.
And then there is the not insignificant fact that I find the end of the film---were the camera takes us on a photographic journey through Rose's long, and adventure-filled life---very satisfying in an emotional sense.
It's very chic to utterly dismiss this movie---along with, say, the Star Wars prequel trilogy---as not being worth the miles of film it used (all copies of which should be burned, apparently, to restore balance to civilization), but IMRO the film's reputation actually suffers because of its outrageous box office success. If it had merely turned a tidy profit, I think it would be better regarded by many.
Is it a flawless, perfect film? No. But I enjoy it.
So there
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM