What you don't see is that the door is only three feet tall, and the inhabitants have hair on the tops of their feet... ;-)

--TwoDragons

Conversation afterward:

"...and then suddenly this vicious human jumped right on top of me! I was TERRIFIED, I tell you!..."

--TwoDragons

Ehn, he had good ones: Schindler's List, Duel, Jaws, Close Encounters, Saving Private Ryan. And he had bad ones: Temple of Doom, War of the Worlds.

Some of what Don said were "clunkers" could easily be disputed--ET is dated but the original (NOT the "remastered" junk!) had a lot of charm and a very powerful message. Last Crusade was cinematographically sumptuous and the storyline had a lot of excellent moments, though admittedly the whole "Holy Grail Obstacle Course" was cheesy enough to cause diarrhea in the lactose intolerant... For that matter, all of the movies he listed could easily be debated on for hours by those familiar with them.

I will wholeheartedly agree with him on War of the Worlds, though, summing it up in two little words: Tom. Cruise.

*shudders morbidly*

However, it's becoming increasingly apparent that fame is pushing him to pull a George Lucas--thereby requiring him to register his inflamed ego as a potentially lethal incendiary device, and to keep it stowed in the cargo area of his personal jet during any flights. Expect him to start pushing plodding CGI-infested plot-deficient "prequels" onto his fan base and retconning his older films any minute now...

--TwoDragons

Forgive me, I'm feeling punchy today, Ted. I'll probably get over it in about 24 hours, once the work-stress-related urge to violently beat the sh*t out of human beings not related to me by birth or marriage starts to fade... ;-)

BTW *SNORT!* @ pld! Thanks, I needed that...

--TwoDragons

It's called "Viewer Participation", Matt. Of course, any sort of cooperative activity is probably foreign to you, unless it involved nudity...

--TwoDragons

Oh look, it's not circumcised...!

;-)

--TwoDragons

...soon to be featured: the Hindenburg slide, followed shortly by the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami water slide. Also be on the lookout for our upcoming 1906 San Francisco Earthquake moonwalk. Brought to you by Morbid Flock of Tasteless Vultures, Inc.

/sarcasm

--TwoDragons

We used to encounter Daddy Long Legs in big clumps like that. My Mom called them "armpits"...*LOL*

--TwoDragons

Ack, I meant "Marc", not "Amrc"...

--TwoDragons

1930: Grant Wood paints "American Gothic"

2007: Amrc Owens photographs "Metrosexual Gothic"

;-)

--TwoDragons

I've done this many times, especially when I was a kid. The only time I had any problems with it was when it wasn't sent because I had insufficient postage. All one penny's worth.

--TwoDragons

Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm......no thanks. ;-)

--TwoDragons

Ack, did I just spell "burd" instead of "bird"?! I need more caffeine...

--TwoDragons

That would also make a neat pattern for a set of windchimes! Cut a large burd out of sturdy tin sheeting, punch four to six holes into the wings, then hang smaller tin birds from light chain or high-test fishing wire strung through the holes. They'd catch the wind and make a lovely tinkly clicking sound.

--TwoDragons

*bursts out into song* IIIIIIIIIIIImmanuel Kan was a real p*ssant, who was very rarely stable. Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar who could think you under the table...

*runs away singing at the top of her lungs...*

--TwoDragons