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[10 Feb 2011|07:10pm] |
I hope this is allowed, if not just let me know.
I've created a new community for Steve Buscemi fans - because the existing one seems rather dead and I don't believe there is no active fandom around LJ. Please join and tell all your friends. I'm also looking for affiliates. :)
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| Two Gentlemen of Lebowski |
[24 Jan 2011|09:06pm] |
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All quoted from The Most Excellent Comedie and Tragical Romance
of Two Gentlemen of Lebowski, by Adam Bertocci.
WALTER:
Thy tale is the stuff of dreams, and yet a waking dream of will.
I had those words under a spreading tree in Jerusalem.
THE KNAVE:
An I were dreaming afore, I care not, but do I dream anew?
What manner of beast bringest thou to our nightly sport?
WALTER:
Marry, 'tis the remnant of a previous life's nightly sport. That
I was once a married man, thou knowest well; that the Lady Cynthia was
a great lover of dogs, thou know'st in lesser degree; and the cur
abandon'd has a tendency to dine upon chair-leg and oaken table, most
retrograde to my lady's desire.
THE KNAVE
Thou speakest in riddles.
WALTER
It hath been my charge to attend this cur ere my Lady Cynthia return
ashore from a voyage to the islands, commanded by Sir Martin of Ackerman.
THE KNAVE
Thou bringest a cur to ninepins?
WALTER
I bring naught to ninepins. The dog is not attired by my hand to play at
sport, nor do I fetch it ale, nor shall he throw thy bowl- turn in thy
stead.
THE KNAVE
Why, this is lunatics! This is mad as a mad dog! Were I a cuck-old of
such horn, and an untamed shrew bade me mind her animal passions on
maiden voyages, whilst men of lesser virtue did swim in foreign waters
and seek the isle within the brook, marry,I would cry out 'Go hang!' and
leave the cur to fall where he may. Can she not board the beast with
some gentle farmer or country shepherdess?
WALTER
I pray thee, speak not of rites of marriage; for here a man calleth
vinegar the wine he hath not himself imbibed.
The cur is one of consequence, admired
In circles of husbandry, with well-noted Documentation of his qualities;
And if 'twere spook'd, it might lose hide and hair.
The cur hath parchments--
THE KNAVE
Hark, now bowls Jack Smoke.
WALTER
Thou cross'st the line!
JACK SMOKE
Your pardon, noble sir?
WALTER
Thou cross'st the line, Jack Smoke, O cavalier, As clearly demarcated in
our rules, In tumbling past the throw. 'Tis aplay most foul.
JACK SMOKE
But see the pins struck down in fair play's course!
Knave, mark mine eight of nine pins; mark it eight.
WALTER
Not eight but l'oeuf; you'll mark it nought, O Knave, And so we carry on
to the next frame.
JACK SMOKE
Peace, Sir Walter!
WALTER
Smokey, this be not the foul jungles of the darkest East Orient.
This be ninepins. We are bound by laws.
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THE KNAVE
Thou markest that Jack Smoke hath woes of mind.
WALTER
Faith, beyond pacifism?
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| Follow Up |
[16 Jun 2010|10:32pm] |
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Like  nemomac, I'm also into quoting Lebowski and seeing if people get it. Walter constantly talks about Jewish history and we really could learn alot. Besides talking about the Rambam (as the Dude's car gets torched), he quotes Theodor Herzl. In school I got alot of miles with a Jewish girl by quoting "If you will it, it is no dream." I also included it in a toast when I was in Israel. It's funny when they thought a guy who grew up in a corn field was well read in the history of the World Zionist movement. Quite the contrary, they just got LEBOWSKIED!
"4000 years of beautiful tradition from Moses to Sandy Koufax!"...
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| Quoting the Dude |
[14 Jun 2010|03:51pm] |
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One thing I do to amuse myself is quote TBL in situation where it is absolutely not warranted. If someone gets the quote it is hillarious, but if it goes over everyone's head it is still pretty funny.
The other day I participated in a 100 person online seminar for work. I help with online teaching technology and the company we contract for software was showing off the new version of their webinar tool. Since I have been working with the previous version for a year now, I pretty much know how it works...
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Alan S: Multiple windows approach is a strong argument for using
two monitors to participate in an Elluminate based webinar.
Patricia T: Great !
Me (Adam): I personally prefer to use dual-screen for Elluminate, but not all
of our students here have that option.
Gary D: @Adam I have a laptop that also has an external monitor...
Me (Adam): @Gary, yeah, that's my home setup too
Moderator (Heather C): The nice thing is Adam, is that a
student/participant can alter their own view through the view- layout
options.
Me: I know the show, Walter
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Come on! Of course I know that people can change the settings! But changing the settings doesn't magically make a second monitor appear on your desk. Too bad the Lebowski quote didn't get any laughs.
All but one man died there at Bitter Creek...
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| Preferred Nomenclature |
[08 Nov 2009|03:06pm] |
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I’m at Sea right now and I was explaining to my watch team the characteristics of a Chinese Ship. I said something along the lines of how you didn’t want to see that ship fast inbound towards you. The helmsman (the guy who measures the amount of watch time left in episodes of “Sanford and Son”) said “Sur, who really cares if a Chinaman is inbound, they’s nice people…”
My reply in a completely straight face was: “Sailor!, Chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature, Asian American... please!”
Nobody on the bridge got it, so everyone was quite for about an hour. I was laughing uncontrollably on the inside. I’m glad I have a blog to tell about it...
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| Is this your homework, Larry? |
[05 Nov 2009|03:48pm] |
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Don't Forget Your Homework, Especially at the Crime Scene
Two teenage boys from Woonsocket have been charged with breaking and entering after skipping class on Monday and breaking into a home within a half-mile from Woonsocket High School.
The two fifteen year old boys stole some game systems from 52 Hillsdale Ave before heading back to school, according to Lt. Eugene Jalette.
Two officers from Woonsocket who responded to the break in noticed a homework assignment at the scene. It was found next to the basement window, right near where the youths broke in. The homework didn't belong to anyone who lived at the home, but the name on it was familiar to the officers.
At the end of the day, the policemen recovered the stolen items and arrested the two boys, releasing them to the custody of their parents. They are also investigating whether the boys are involved in other recent break-ins in the area.
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