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[CampsieNP]

Totally agree Sardoni. I love Steve Buscemi. He was so good in Fargo. That was when I started following his career. Boardwalk Empire is a great show.
What a mess prohibition was.

[bateman]

Speaking of Boardwalk Empire, Steve Buscemi, pasty-faced, skinny as a rail, with his thyroid-condition bug-out eyes and snaggled teeth, has to be the homeliest leading man in a successful series since James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano. Plus he's actually got a pretty bad Sylvester the Cat side-of-the-tongue splutter-lisp too. Talk about overcoming some hurdles. He's a classic character actor who has parlayed his acting chops into leading roles. He's one hell of an actor to overcome what in the Hollywood world very well could have been disqualifying handicaps to be considered near the top of the A-list for top-drawer boutique and "passion" projects requiring real acting skill. Other actors get the calls for the massive-budget CG explosion fests written for handsomely craggy Bruce Willis types: Stephen gets the scripts about the real world inhabited by the homely and plain.

Love him in Fargo


http://youtu.be/wCCyll3Psbg

[Nucky Nolan]

Totally agree Sardoni. I love Steve Buscemi. He was so good in Fargo. That was when I started following his career. Boardwalk Empire is a great show.
What a mess prohibition was.

At first, I didn't think that he could pull off the role of Nucky Thompson. I associated him with his past characters and roles. His turn in "The Big Lebowski" would *not* get out of my head. That all changed when I watched the first episode. The person, upon whom Nucky is based, looked more like John Goodman. He was a big guy. He flew under the historical radar for some reason. He was like Big Bill Dwyer and Vanny Higgins (likely role model for the Great Gatsby) in that regard.

[Nucky Nolan]

Gillian Darmody might be the worst of the worst. She entranced and romanced that guy just to murder him with a forced OD of smack so that she could claim that his corpse was that of her dead son. That was the nadir in a series of lows. It was good that her grandson escaped her evil, manipulative clutches.

[Sardondi]

Gillian Darmody might be the worst of the worst. She entranced and romanced that guy just to murder him with a forced OD of smack so that she could claim that his corpse was that of her dead son. That was the nadir in a series of lows. It was good that her grandson escaped her evil, manipulative clutches.

I couldn't figure out what her play was going to be until the syringe appeared. I figured she wanted someone to see him and think it was Jimmy. Wrong. It made my skin crawl. She felt no more remorse than if she'd stepped on a spider. *shudder*

[Nucky Nolan]

I couldn't figure out what her play was going to be until the syringe appeared. I figured she wanted someone to see him and think it was Jimmy. Wrong. It made my skin crawl. She felt no more remorse than if she'd stepped on a spider. *shudder*

That one surprised me. It was so cold and cruel. I thought that she just wanted to be a Roaring Twenties version of a cougar, a somewhat older vamp. Her grandson dodged a bullet! Harrow really showed his soft side with the boy. He turned out to be a great surrogate dad. Word has it that he and his sister will have quite the showdown when he visits his boyhood home. I'll leave it at that to avoid any spoilage.

[Sardondi]

That one surprised me. It was so cold and cruel. I thought that she just wanted to be a Roaring Twenties version of a cougar, a somewhat older vamp. Her grandson dodged a bullet! Harrow really showed his soft side with the boy. He turned out to be a great surrogate dad. Word has it that he and his sister will have quite the showdown when he visits his boyhood home. I'll leave it at that to avoid any spoilage.

POTENTIAL SPOILER TALK - BOARDWALK EMPIRE
I thought Harrow and his sister had been extremely close before the war, and that she had nursed him through his horrific wounds afterwards, although he had distanced himself as soon as he was able. Is there something to be known other than that? Don't worry about spoiling it for me, since I don't get HBO and am not going to. I only saw BE this past weekend because of one of DirecTV's quarterly premium channel promotions. HBO is shown twice a year this way, and it's just about enough for me to keep me up with what's going on. I expect that sometime this coming Spring DiurecTV will have another HBO/Cinemax free weekend which will coincide with Game Of Thrones season premiere, which will consist of showing most or all of last season's episodes, so I'll catch up with it then. Oh, God, I hope it's not a Summer freebie, which would man a True Blood weekend instead. "I've warned you before DarkSlayer: the county belongs to The Brotherhood and Sheriff Billy Bob. So begone or I will unleash Veronique and The Terror!" (I know nothing about the series but I hope what I suspect about it is enough to support my snarcasm.)
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Sign of the coming Apocalypse: KISS's Demon defends Tim Tebow's right to freedom of religious expression - http://news.radio.com/2013/09/13/gene-simmons-tim-tebow-religion-football-interview/

"Dogs and cats, living together..."

[ItsOver]

Sign of the coming Apocalypse: KISS's Demon defends Tim Tebow's right to freedom of religious expression - http://news.radio.com/2013/09/13/gene-simmons-tim-tebow-religion-football-interview/

"Dogs and cats, living together..."

Father Sardondi, please forgive me for I have sinned.  I have to confess that one of my guilty pleasures in a past life was watching the long, tongue devil and his mess of a "reality" show, "Gene Simmons Family Jewels."  I got a few cheap chuckles from watching Simmons cram himself into his daughter's Smart car.  The thing was barely big enough for his tongue.  He does appear to be quite a man of business.

[Sardondi]

Father Sardondi, please forgive me for I have sinned.  I have to confess that one of my guilty pleasures in a past life was watching the long, tongue devil and his mess of a "reality" show, "Gene Simmons Family Jewels."  I got a few cheap chuckles from watching Simmons cram himself into his daughter's Smart car.  The thing was barely big enough for his tongue.  He does appear to be quite a man of business.

I've seen just enough of that show to get a hoot out of how like a typical conservative middle class dad Simmons comes off (well, "typical" as far as the term goes for a millionaire former rock god who has two kids by his common law wife, who happens to be a Playmate of the Year and former movie star herself). "Hey, you kids make sure you're home by 2:00 a.m. from the party with the stripper-hookers your Mom bought for your birthday! And no X!" Yep, straight out of It's A Wonderful Life.. Heh.

[MV/Liberace!]

         Bashar al-Assad and Larry Bird have the same upper lip/moustache.

i always thought assad looked like a weak chinned nazi bureaucrat.  but, yeah, you're totally dead on about the larry bird thing.

[MV/Liberace!]

i'm currently on my fourth trip to morroco, and the same thing that happened last time has happened this time;  my ass is a fountain.  every 45 minutes.  only god knows how i'm not dehydrated at this point.  water is the only thing i can bear to consume.  just the smell of food makes me want to vomit.

i'm aware nobody here wants to read about my ass fountain, but i'm miserable and i want you to be, too.

[Tinfoil Hat]

Boil that water or at least use a purification kit, MV. We need you to return to the states hale and hearty and ready to enjoy Art's new show.

One thing I read from travelogues from the 1920d & 30s is that alcohol can make a fine substitute when the local water seems iffy.

Please be safe. We want you to return to the U.S. in top form, sir!

[ItsOver]

I've seen just enough of that show to get a hoot out of how like a typical conservative middle class dad Simmons comes off (well, "typical" as far as the term goes for a millionaire former rock god who has two kids by his common law wife, who happens to be a Playmate of the Year and former movie star herself). "Hey, you kids make sure you're home by 2:00 a.m. from the party with the stripper-hookers your Mom bought for your birthday! And no X!" Yep, straight out of It's A Wonderful Life.. Heh.

That's it!  Simmons is so dead pan, he almost made it all appear believable.  KISS meets "Leave it to Beaver in Beverly Hills 90210." 

[ItsOver]

... but i'm miserable and i want you to be, too.

Dave?  Dave Noorie?  Is that REALLY you?

[Tinfoil Hat]

Dave?  Dave Noorie?  Is that REALLY you?

I've been utterly miserable for over a decade now. I wouldn't wish that on anyone, even Dave.

[Eddie Coyle]

i always thought assad looked like a weak chinned nazi bureaucrat.  but, yeah, you're totally dead on about the larry bird thing.

       I think bureaucrats of all stripes tend to have that weak-chinned look. I've had too many "superiors" to count who look like they could have played Himmler. Glasses,bad moustaches,looking like they've had ass fountain for decades.

       You current predicament is why the most exotic food I'll eat is a Baconator. My stomach in Morocco...a meeting from Hell.

[Nucky Nolan]

i'm currently on my fourth trip to morroco, and the same thing that happened last time has happened this time;  my ass is a fountain.  every 45 minutes.  only god knows how i'm not dehydrated at this point.  water is the only thing i can bear to consume.  just the smell of food makes me want to vomit.

i'm aware nobody here wants to read about my ass fountain, but i'm miserable and i want you to be, too.

Try ginger ale and/or ginger cookies. Slowly sip the former, and slowly nibble the latter. It helped me when I got knocked on my rear by some unknown bug. Gatorade should replenish some of your lost nutrients, but it probably won't help your nausea. You definitely need to restore your balance of electrolytes, though. If you can't hack the Gatorade, you could try another avenue to replenish your lost vitamins and minerals. Perhaps some chicken soup with crackers might help a bit to restore your strength. I'll spare you the gory details of my latest fun trips to the bathroom.

[Nucky Nolan]

       I think bureaucrats of all stripes tend to have that weak-chinned look. I've had too many "superiors" to count who look like they could have played Himmler. Glasses,bad moustaches,looking like they've had ass fountain for decades.

       You current predicament is why the most exotic food I'll eat is a Baconator. My stomach in Morocco...a meeting from Hell.

Type O Negative (your avatar flag)

[PB the Deplorable]

i'm currently on my fourth trip to morroco, and the same thing that happened last time has happened this time;  my ass is a fountain.  every 45 minutes.  only god knows how i'm not dehydrated at this point.  water is the only thing i can bear to consume.  just the smell of food makes me want to vomit.

i'm aware nobody here wants to read about my ass fountain, but i'm miserable and i want you to be, too.

Since it keeps happening, here's what I recommend.  I don't know what it's like in Morocco, this may be a little overboard but should cover just about everything.

Don't eat or drink anything with unboiled water in it - don't drink from cups or eat off plates that have not been washed in boiling water.  No salads.  No food that hasn't been cooked to the point of killing all bacteria and parasites.  Don't eat anything that has been sitting around. Brush your teeth in boiled water and don't open you mouth in the shower

Drink only bottled fluids with sealed caps - beer, soda, juice.  Tea in clean cups is ok.  Even bottled water is off limits - in too many places the empties are collected, refilled with tap water, re-capped, and re-sold.  Carry your own boiled water in a canteen or bottles.

Eat only fruit you peeled.  Everything else has to be recently thoroughly cooked.

So no cafe's or restaurants unless they are very upscale and have clean kitchens with machine dishwashers, where everyone washes their hands, and understands about cleanliness and about the water.  Even then it just takes one person picking their ass or not washing their hands after the bathroom

Try not to touch anything, and use plenty of sanitizer

So the odds still aren't great, but a person starts to get a feel for what's clean and what may not be.  Plan ahead and carry what you need when you are going to be away from home base for long.  No street food.

Take something like Cipro or Flagyl with you, and take them at the first sign of anything wrong. You might want to get some now.



Sign me,

Sadder and Wiser



Better yet, go somewhere where the food is clean, like Thailand, next time.  Japan, China, Korea, Cambodia, Viet Nam, all good, but still keep an eye out - there are the occasional unclean food carts and what not.  Nepal, India (especially), anything west of that, not so much.  Same goes for south of the border

Much of this isn't limited to outside the US either - I had a bad experience in Berkeley just last year

[PB the Deplorable]

#4 Ohio St is in town to play Cal tomorrow (Sat) in Berkeley (college football). 

The team and some of their fans are staying at the Marriott in the downtown Oakland financial area.  At 3 pm, just as a local reporter from Ohio was setting up for a live-in-front-of-the-hotel report, gun shots rang out, a bystander was shot in the leg, and a suspect ran by.  This is on the main drag in broad daylight

Welcome to Oaktown.  No worries though, Cal never upsets anyone.

[CampsieNP]

i'm currently on my fourth trip to morroco, and the same thing that happened last time has happened this time;  my ass is a fountain.  every 45 minutes.  only god knows how i'm not dehydrated at this point.  water is the only thing i can bear to consume.  just the smell of food makes me want to vomit.

i'm aware nobody here wants to read about my ass fountain, but i'm miserable and i want you to be, too.

Look on the bright side MV. You have been wanting to lose some weight.

[Sardondi]

i'm currently on my fourth trip to morroco, and the same thing that happened last time has happened this time;  my ass is a fountain.  every 45 minutes.  only god knows how i'm not dehydrated at this point.  water is the only thing i can bear to consume.  just the smell of food makes me want to vomit.

i'm aware nobody here wants to read about my ass fountain, but i'm miserable and i want you to be, too.

Well, coming in 20 hours after the fact you're probably either hooked up to an IV or cured. But you're right to recognize dehydration as a serious threat. I hope you've gotten the ass-firehose stopped. If not, remember that the ancients knew best: opium will seal that sucker like a space capsule, plus allow you to catch up on badly needed rest. There is that whole illegality thing in a foreign country, though....

[aldousburbank]

opium will seal that sucker like a space capsule

Beautiful metaphor Sardoni. That's one small puff for man, one giant stop leak for mankind.

[ItsOver]

Try ginger ale and/or ginger cookies. Slowly sip the former, and slowly nibble the latter. It helped me when I got knocked on my rear by some unknown bug. Gatorade should replenish some of your lost nutrients, but it probably won't help your nausea. You definitely need to restore your balance of electrolytes, though. If you can't hack the Gatorade, you could try another avenue to replenish your lost vitamins and minerals. Perhaps some chicken soup with crackers might help a bit to restore your strength. I'll spare you the gory details of my latest fun trips to the bathroom.

Ginger works great for me.  I just go straight for the capsules.  Three 500 mg capsules work wonders.  Chicken soup is another miracle worker, too.  I've found Pho is just as good if not better for dehydration and getting the zing back.  Don't know how many Vietnamese restaurants are in Morocco, though.

[onan]

Diarrhea lasting over a week, applesauce. Has a very high level of pectin. Plus easy to digest requiring the stomach to produce less acid.

If you only have diarrhea and no vomiting chances are your ph is somewhat acidic. If you are having mass exodus from both ends you are most likely still dehydrated but more likely still at appropriate ph levels.

and if you can find it toilet paper with aloe will be your friend.

[HorrorRetro]

I've found Pho is just as good if not better for dehydration and getting the zing back.  Don't know how many Vietnamese restaurants are in Morocco, though.

Pho is also my cure for stomach issues as well as hangovers. 

[Nucky Nolan]

Ginger works great for me.  I just go straight for the capsules.  Three 500 mg capsules work wonders.  Chicken soup is another miracle worker, too.  I've found Pho is just as good if not better for dehydration and getting the zing back.  Don't know how many Vietnamese restaurants are in Morocco, though.

Thanks for the tips. They might come in handy during our next trip to Casablanca.

[sleeplessinca]

My tips : probably a food reaction.  To treat the pain, butter.  I'll let you imagine where to use it to alleviate the acid burn.  A milk wash (same area) can be very soothing as well.  Follow that with a nice protective coat.  Nuff said.

[Renaldo]

Pho is also my cure for stomach issues as well as hangovers. 

Pho is good for what ails ya'.

[MV/Liberace!]

Try ginger ale and/or ginger cookies. Slowly sip the former, and slowly nibble the latter. It helped me when I got knocked on my rear by some unknown bug. Gatorade should replenish some of your lost nutrients, but it probably won't help your nausea. You definitely need to restore your balance of electrolytes, though. If you can't hack the Gatorade, you could try another avenue to replenish your lost vitamins and minerals. Perhaps some chicken soup with crackers might help a bit to restore your strength. I'll spare you the gory details of my latest fun trips to the bathroom.

I went to the emergency room at a modern hospital ER a couple days ago and I am starting to feel better. How much was the cost for the ER treatment in Morocco? A little bit less than 50 American dollars. This would have easily cost $1000 in the USA. Unbelievable. I don't care what Rush Limbaugh says. Our medical system sucks mule shaft.