Monday, December 31, 2007
End of Year Clean Up
Because I had some spare time this afternoon, I've updated the Invisible Blogroll to reflect those links which have not been updated for more than a year.
It's rather disappointing that most of my blogging friends have folded up their tents and disappeared from the Internet, but who knows...maybe they'll be back again one of the days.
I sincerely hope that if that is the case, if they do decide to start writing again, they will let me know.
In the meanwhile, I'll keep on blogging. After all, I've never been one to quit doing something just because it was no longer popular.
(0) comments
Because I had some spare time this afternoon, I've updated the Invisible Blogroll to reflect those links which have not been updated for more than a year.
It's rather disappointing that most of my blogging friends have folded up their tents and disappeared from the Internet, but who knows...maybe they'll be back again one of the days.
I sincerely hope that if that is the case, if they do decide to start writing again, they will let me know.
In the meanwhile, I'll keep on blogging. After all, I've never been one to quit doing something just because it was no longer popular.
Thursday, December 20, 2007
The Movie Quote Contest V: The Final Frontier
Some of you may have been wondering why my posting has become even less frequent than normal the past month or so. The answer is not particularly surprising, especially for long time readers. Ever since classes ended, I have been spending most of my time in the library trying to get papers written before classes start in February...or more vitally, before next Monday when I'm going on a short vacation someplace nice and warm with my girlfriend.
But just because I'm going out of my mind writing papers doesn't mean I can't share the experience.
I suppose you know where I'm going with this.
Yes, that's right. The holiday movie quote contest is back. Just in time for the solstice. And this time...it's personal.
Again, the format remains unchanged from previous years. 50 movies. 50 quotes. See how many you can identify without resorting to outside resources.
Don't just copy and paste into Google. We'll all know and you won't be able to get rid of the shame. At least not easily.
If you think you recognize a quote, you can post your answer in the comments section below.
Answers will be posted after the New Year.
1. “A strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?”
2. “Would ya just watch the hair?!? Ya know, I work on my hair a long time and you hit it. He hits my hair.”
3. “The embryo did split in two, but it didn't split equally. All the purity and strength went into Julius. All the crap that was left over went into what you see in the mirror every morning.”
4. “Did you feed them after midnight?”
5. “It's been six weeks since Saddam Hussein was killed by a pack of wild boars and the world is still glad to be rid of him.”
6. “Life's a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death!”
7. “Finally Chef Gusteau has found his rightful place in history alongside another equally famous chef - Monsieur Boyardee.”
8. “Master betrayed us. Wicked. Tricksy, False. We ought to wring his filthy little neck. Kill him! Kill him! Kill them both! And then we take the precious, and we be the master!”
9. “May I take the pleasure of introducing Mr. J. Widdecombe Billows, the inventor of the Billows Feeding Machine, a practical device which automatically feeds your men while at work? Don't stop for lunch: be ahead of your competitor.”
10. “No! No, they cannot watch the show from backstage. That's it! That's what's been missing from the show! That's what we need! More frogs and dogs and bears and chickens and... and whatever!”
11. “You know, you're quite famous in London, Colonel. They call you Concentration Camp Ehrhardt.”
12. “Is Danny not son of Sikander?”
“No Billy, he’s a man like you and me. He can break wind at both ends simultaneous, which I’m willing to bet is more than any god can do.”
13. “You think I'd be here if I thought it was a mistake? Taking a chance on 20 years in Leavenworth for making dates with the company commander's wife?”
14. “Let them see what kind of a person I am. I'm not even going to swat that fly. I hope they are watching... they'll see. They'll see and they'll know, and they'll say, ‘Why, she wouldn't even harm a fly...’”
15. “From now on the essence of this hotel will be speed. If a customer asks you for a three-minute egg, give it to him in two minutes. If he asks you for a two-minute egg, give it to him in one minute. If he asks you for a one-minute egg, give him the chicken and let him work it out for himself!”
16. “I met him fifteen years ago. I was told there was nothing left. No reason, no conscience, no understanding in even the most rudimentary sense of life or death, good or evil, right or wrong.”
17. “Sorry, Death, you lose! It was Professor Plum!”
18. “You bring the crowns and heads of conquered kings to my city steps. You insult my queen. You threaten my people with slavery and death! Oh, I've chosen my words carefully, Persian. Perhaps you should have done the same!”
19. “There are things on your boat that no one has ever seen. These shells, the music box and the reflecting glass. Well, if not from dry land, then where? Where?”
20. “I read where you were shot 5 times in the tabloids.”
“It's not true. He didn't come anywhere near my tabloids.”
21. “Come and see Herbie Stempel get thrown to the Columbia lions! Watch Charles Van Doren eat his first kosher meal.”
22. “Fact is, your looking at the source of the modern age. The microchip, lasers, space flight all reverse engineered by studying him. NBE1, that’s what we call him.”
23. “Isn't it funny? You hear a phone ringing and it could be anybody. But a ringing phone has to be answered, doesn't it?”
24. “Get on that stool and put the rope around your neck. I have a different system, my friend. I don't shoot the rope, I shoot the legs from under the stool.”
25. Well, dat's da foist thing ya gotta learn - headlines don't sell papes.”
26. “How much courage does it take to walk out on your kid?”
27. “He has gastric cancer, but doesn't yet know it...He just drifts through life. In fact, he's barely alive.”
28. “I'm like Cat here, a no-name slob. We belong to nobody, and nobody belongs to us. We don't even belong to each other.”
29. “Me? I've had so many names. Old names that only the wind and the trees can pronounce. I am the mountain, the forest and the earth. I am. . .I am a faun. Your most humble servant, Your Highness.”
30. “But where in New York can one find a woman with grace, elegance, taste and culture? A woman suitable for a king.”
Queens!
31. “This is the scroll of the Buddhist Palm. It's priceless. But as it's fate, I'll let you have it for $10.”
32. “Well, this is what we Normans like - good food, good company, and a beautiful woman to flatter me.”
33. “All right, maybe we got the same jaw, but the same jaw don’t mean the same blood. I know a woman who looks like a bullfrog but that don't mean she's the damn thing's mother.”
34. “I seen me a stripper with one breast. And I seen me a stripper with twelve toes. I've even seen me a stripper with no brains at all, but I ain't never seen a one-legged stripper. And I've been to Morocco.”
35. “Kane will be a dead man in half an hour and nobody's gonna do anything about it. And when he dies, this town dies too.”
36. “As long as the roots are not severed, all is well. And all will be well in the garden. “
37. Mick, give him your wallet.
What for?
He's got a knife.
That’s not a knife.
38. “The horse is too small, the jockey too big, the trainer too old, and I'm too dumb to know the difference.”
39. “If you just learn a single trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view...Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”
40. “First I'll access the secret military spy satellite that is in geosynchronous orbit over the midwest. Then I'll ID the limo by the vanity plate "MR. BIGGG" and get his approximate position. Then I'll reposition the transmission dish on the remote truck to 17.32 degrees east, hit WESTAR 4 over the Atlantic, bounce the signal back into the aerosphere up to COMSAT 6, beam it back to SATCOM 2 transmitter number 137 and down on the dish on the back of Mr. Big's limo... It's almost too easy.”
41. “I apologize for leaving without saying goodbye, but I seem to have outstayed my welcome in Colorado. The truly extraordinary is not permitted in science and industry. Perhaps you'll find more luck in your field, where people are happy to be mystified.”
42. “I am Torgo, I take care of the place while the Master is away.”
43. “The Korova milkbar sold milk-plus, milk plus vellocet or synthemesc or drencrom, which is what we were drinking. This would sharpen you up and make you ready for a bit of the old ultraviolence.”
44. “You see, this is my life! It always will be! Nothing else! Just us, the cameras, and those wonderful people out there in the dark...”
45. “I'm going out on the road to find out what it's like to be poor and needy and then I'm going to make a picture about it.”
46. “If you think I'm going to Delhi with you, or anyplace else after all the trouble you've gotten me into, think again, buster! I'm going home to Missouri where they never feed you snakes before ripping your heart out and lowering you into hot pits!”
47. “So that was Mrs. Lundegaard on the floor in there. And I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper. And those three people in Brainerd. And for what? For a little bit of money.”
48. You hear what I said, Miss Kubelik? I absolutely adore you.
Shut up and deal.
49. “When I was growing up, they would say you could become cops or criminals. But what I'm saying is this. When you're facing a loaded gun, what's the difference?”
50. “So let it be written, so let it be done.”
(1) comments
Some of you may have been wondering why my posting has become even less frequent than normal the past month or so. The answer is not particularly surprising, especially for long time readers. Ever since classes ended, I have been spending most of my time in the library trying to get papers written before classes start in February...or more vitally, before next Monday when I'm going on a short vacation someplace nice and warm with my girlfriend.
But just because I'm going out of my mind writing papers doesn't mean I can't share the experience.
I suppose you know where I'm going with this.
Yes, that's right. The holiday movie quote contest is back. Just in time for the solstice. And this time...it's personal.
Again, the format remains unchanged from previous years. 50 movies. 50 quotes. See how many you can identify without resorting to outside resources.
Don't just copy and paste into Google. We'll all know and you won't be able to get rid of the shame. At least not easily.
If you think you recognize a quote, you can post your answer in the comments section below.
Answers will be posted after the New Year.
1. “A strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?”
2. “Would ya just watch the hair?!? Ya know, I work on my hair a long time and you hit it. He hits my hair.”
3. “The embryo did split in two, but it didn't split equally. All the purity and strength went into Julius. All the crap that was left over went into what you see in the mirror every morning.”
4. “Did you feed them after midnight?”
5. “It's been six weeks since Saddam Hussein was killed by a pack of wild boars and the world is still glad to be rid of him.”
6. “Life's a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death!”
7. “Finally Chef Gusteau has found his rightful place in history alongside another equally famous chef - Monsieur Boyardee.”
8. “Master betrayed us. Wicked. Tricksy, False. We ought to wring his filthy little neck. Kill him! Kill him! Kill them both! And then we take the precious, and we be the master!”
9. “May I take the pleasure of introducing Mr. J. Widdecombe Billows, the inventor of the Billows Feeding Machine, a practical device which automatically feeds your men while at work? Don't stop for lunch: be ahead of your competitor.”
10. “No! No, they cannot watch the show from backstage. That's it! That's what's been missing from the show! That's what we need! More frogs and dogs and bears and chickens and... and whatever!”
11. “You know, you're quite famous in London, Colonel. They call you Concentration Camp Ehrhardt.”
12. “Is Danny not son of Sikander?”
“No Billy, he’s a man like you and me. He can break wind at both ends simultaneous, which I’m willing to bet is more than any god can do.”
13. “You think I'd be here if I thought it was a mistake? Taking a chance on 20 years in Leavenworth for making dates with the company commander's wife?”
14. “Let them see what kind of a person I am. I'm not even going to swat that fly. I hope they are watching... they'll see. They'll see and they'll know, and they'll say, ‘Why, she wouldn't even harm a fly...’”
15. “From now on the essence of this hotel will be speed. If a customer asks you for a three-minute egg, give it to him in two minutes. If he asks you for a two-minute egg, give it to him in one minute. If he asks you for a one-minute egg, give him the chicken and let him work it out for himself!”
16. “I met him fifteen years ago. I was told there was nothing left. No reason, no conscience, no understanding in even the most rudimentary sense of life or death, good or evil, right or wrong.”
17. “Sorry, Death, you lose! It was Professor Plum!”
18. “You bring the crowns and heads of conquered kings to my city steps. You insult my queen. You threaten my people with slavery and death! Oh, I've chosen my words carefully, Persian. Perhaps you should have done the same!”
19. “There are things on your boat that no one has ever seen. These shells, the music box and the reflecting glass. Well, if not from dry land, then where? Where?”
20. “I read where you were shot 5 times in the tabloids.”
“It's not true. He didn't come anywhere near my tabloids.”
21. “Come and see Herbie Stempel get thrown to the Columbia lions! Watch Charles Van Doren eat his first kosher meal.”
22. “Fact is, your looking at the source of the modern age. The microchip, lasers, space flight all reverse engineered by studying him. NBE1, that’s what we call him.”
23. “Isn't it funny? You hear a phone ringing and it could be anybody. But a ringing phone has to be answered, doesn't it?”
24. “Get on that stool and put the rope around your neck. I have a different system, my friend. I don't shoot the rope, I shoot the legs from under the stool.”
25. Well, dat's da foist thing ya gotta learn - headlines don't sell papes.”
26. “How much courage does it take to walk out on your kid?”
27. “He has gastric cancer, but doesn't yet know it...He just drifts through life. In fact, he's barely alive.”
28. “I'm like Cat here, a no-name slob. We belong to nobody, and nobody belongs to us. We don't even belong to each other.”
29. “Me? I've had so many names. Old names that only the wind and the trees can pronounce. I am the mountain, the forest and the earth. I am. . .I am a faun. Your most humble servant, Your Highness.”
30. “But where in New York can one find a woman with grace, elegance, taste and culture? A woman suitable for a king.”
Queens!
31. “This is the scroll of the Buddhist Palm. It's priceless. But as it's fate, I'll let you have it for $10.”
32. “Well, this is what we Normans like - good food, good company, and a beautiful woman to flatter me.”
33. “All right, maybe we got the same jaw, but the same jaw don’t mean the same blood. I know a woman who looks like a bullfrog but that don't mean she's the damn thing's mother.”
34. “I seen me a stripper with one breast. And I seen me a stripper with twelve toes. I've even seen me a stripper with no brains at all, but I ain't never seen a one-legged stripper. And I've been to Morocco.”
35. “Kane will be a dead man in half an hour and nobody's gonna do anything about it. And when he dies, this town dies too.”
36. “As long as the roots are not severed, all is well. And all will be well in the garden. “
37. Mick, give him your wallet.
What for?
He's got a knife.
That’s not a knife.
38. “The horse is too small, the jockey too big, the trainer too old, and I'm too dumb to know the difference.”
39. “If you just learn a single trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view...Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”
40. “First I'll access the secret military spy satellite that is in geosynchronous orbit over the midwest. Then I'll ID the limo by the vanity plate "MR. BIGGG" and get his approximate position. Then I'll reposition the transmission dish on the remote truck to 17.32 degrees east, hit WESTAR 4 over the Atlantic, bounce the signal back into the aerosphere up to COMSAT 6, beam it back to SATCOM 2 transmitter number 137 and down on the dish on the back of Mr. Big's limo... It's almost too easy.”
41. “I apologize for leaving without saying goodbye, but I seem to have outstayed my welcome in Colorado. The truly extraordinary is not permitted in science and industry. Perhaps you'll find more luck in your field, where people are happy to be mystified.”
42. “I am Torgo, I take care of the place while the Master is away.”
43. “The Korova milkbar sold milk-plus, milk plus vellocet or synthemesc or drencrom, which is what we were drinking. This would sharpen you up and make you ready for a bit of the old ultraviolence.”
44. “You see, this is my life! It always will be! Nothing else! Just us, the cameras, and those wonderful people out there in the dark...”
45. “I'm going out on the road to find out what it's like to be poor and needy and then I'm going to make a picture about it.”
46. “If you think I'm going to Delhi with you, or anyplace else after all the trouble you've gotten me into, think again, buster! I'm going home to Missouri where they never feed you snakes before ripping your heart out and lowering you into hot pits!”
47. “So that was Mrs. Lundegaard on the floor in there. And I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper. And those three people in Brainerd. And for what? For a little bit of money.”
48. You hear what I said, Miss Kubelik? I absolutely adore you.
Shut up and deal.
49. “When I was growing up, they would say you could become cops or criminals. But what I'm saying is this. When you're facing a loaded gun, what's the difference?”
50. “So let it be written, so let it be done.”
Friday, December 07, 2007
2 Live Who?
Every Wednesday, I sit in on the undergraduate American history lecture course. I'm taking a generals field with the professor and I figure it's a good way to gauge what he finds most important.
(Ideally I would sit in on Monday's lecture as well, but I have program seminar then.)
This Wednesday's lecture was on culture wars of the 1980s. As is typical from this professor, there was a heavy emphasis on the Supreme Court. (Ah, Judge Bork. Your failure to get appointed robbed us all of Swedish-Chef themed judicial humor.) But, as an unexpected bonus, there were also the following comments regarding the rap music that's been destroying America's morals and warping young minds...
"We start off class today with a song by NWA, a typical Old Ivy standard."
(The song in question? "Express Yourself"---Straight Outta Compton, indeed!)
"How many people here remember 2 Live Crew?"
(A few people raise their hands)
Well, that's too bad. Too bad that you actually remember them.
"2 Live Crew is basically A Tribe Called Quest with Tourette's Syndrome."
(He's right you know. They really are.)
I wonder if my Underwood students were fans of 2 Live Crew. I have a feeling they probably found them too tame for their tastes.
Things are getting hectic around here with the end of the semester, but stay tuned...the annual holiday movie quote contest will be back soon. And this time...it's personal.
(0) comments
Every Wednesday, I sit in on the undergraduate American history lecture course. I'm taking a generals field with the professor and I figure it's a good way to gauge what he finds most important.
(Ideally I would sit in on Monday's lecture as well, but I have program seminar then.)
This Wednesday's lecture was on culture wars of the 1980s. As is typical from this professor, there was a heavy emphasis on the Supreme Court. (Ah, Judge Bork. Your failure to get appointed robbed us all of Swedish-Chef themed judicial humor.) But, as an unexpected bonus, there were also the following comments regarding the rap music that's been destroying America's morals and warping young minds...
"We start off class today with a song by NWA, a typical Old Ivy standard."
(The song in question? "Express Yourself"---Straight Outta Compton, indeed!)
"How many people here remember 2 Live Crew?"
(A few people raise their hands)
Well, that's too bad. Too bad that you actually remember them.
"2 Live Crew is basically A Tribe Called Quest with Tourette's Syndrome."
(He's right you know. They really are.)
I wonder if my Underwood students were fans of 2 Live Crew. I have a feeling they probably found them too tame for their tastes.
Things are getting hectic around here with the end of the semester, but stay tuned...the annual holiday movie quote contest will be back soon. And this time...it's personal.
