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In the New Yorker...
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on August 20, 2013, 11:16:13 am ---I even LOLed a couple of times! Is it just when you're in the right mood that many of the cartoons seem funny, or is it something they do at the magazine?
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Yeah, some weeks the cartoon editor says, "Know what? Let's use funny ones this week!" :laugh:
I actually feel that way sometimes, but about the written content. Some issues I find half a dozen pieces that look really enticing. Other issues, everything looks meh or "duty." Most, of course, are in between.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on August 21, 2013, 01:27:11 am ---I actually feel that way sometimes, but about the written content. Some issues I find half a dozen pieces that look really enticing. Other issues, everything looks meh or "duty." Most, of course, are in between.
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Yup, I feel exactly the same way. Some weeks it seems there is nothing that I'm really interested in, others like I need to read the entire magazine from cover to cover.
Jeff Wrangler:
At lunch today I really enjoyed Ben McGrath's Aug. 12 and 19 story about women's professional softball. :D
Makes me want to run right out to see A League of Their Own, which I've never seen. :-\
Bull Durham, too. ...
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on August 21, 2013, 01:24:34 pm ---Makes me want to run right out to see A League of Their Own, which I've never seen. :-\
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I saw just yesterday that that was airing on some cable channel late at night. I was on my way to record a different show and thought about recording it, but didn't. I saw it when it came out, and didn't feel compelled to see it again. Maybe I'll read the article and change my mind.
--- Quote ---Bull Durham, too. ...
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That I've seen, probably three times. Which means it's really good -- the only movie I've seen more than three times is, well, the one I saw 22 times.
I've said it before, but Kevin Costner is always enjoyable in light romantic comedies (less so in dramas).
But of course, BD isn't about women's professional softball.
southendmd:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on August 21, 2013, 01:24:34 pm ---Makes me want to run right out to see A League of Their Own, which I've never seen. :-\
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I can highly recommend this film as a fun evening's entertainment. A great film by Penny Marshall, with Geena Davis, Rosie O'Donnell (!), Tom Hanks, and Madonna, in a supporting role. She plays "All the Way May" LOL. With a bizarre cameo by Jon Lovitz.
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