June 17th, 2008 at 10:10 pm (Cyd Charisse, Fred Astaire)
Sad news today. Cyd Charisse has passed away at the age of 87. Read the AFP article HERE.
Fred Astaire only made two films with Cyd but the impression these two films made on me were significant. The Bandwagon - arguably Fred Astaire’s best film - and Silk Stockings are filled with humor, great music and, of course, wonderful dancing. Cyd was one of Fred’s best partners and he was generous enough to let her show it. When she danced with Gene Kelly it always seemed that all Gene wanted to do was lift her and carry her around. Fred let her keep her feet on the ground and actually dance.
And, wow, could she dance. I have no problem understanding what Fred meant when he said, “When you dance with Cyd Charisse, you’ve been danced with.”
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June 6th, 2008 at 7:24 am (Birthdays)
So, it’s my birthday and I got up at 6:00.
This is very odd for me. I hate mornings and I normally sleep as long as possible - I don’t have to be at work until 7:30 - but I didn’t feel like sleeping anymore.
When I got on the scale it told me that I have lost 11 pounds in the past three weeks.
So far, it’s been a decent birthday. 
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June 2nd, 2008 at 9:52 pm (Hot Linking, Self-indulgent culture)
I just checked my stats for my website - I haven’t done it in a long time - and found that for the past few months my hits have been up substantially. One reason was that Lost post I made (tip: If you want people to read your blog, just type the world Lost. Lost Lost Lost Lost) but another was the fact that there are STILL idiots out there who don’t realize or don’t care that hotlinking is just not kosher.
I guess I shouldn’t be too surprised. There were two main culprits, one being a message board. I didn’t read the thread too closely but it seemed to be about The Big Lebowski but it was also bashing women and stating that they shouldn’t be anywhere near a computer. Seems to me that it should be bandwidth and image stealing assholes who shouldn’t be allowed near a computer.
Learn to right-click, idiots. Hot linking is for thieves and losers.
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