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the rationalist
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Bachmann is less of a worry than Perry. Perry is the real threat.

My one semester with a roommate, my roomie stole some of my stuff, and there was an issue of "sexual confusion," so to speak. Not my confusion, and I moved out of the room shortly thereafter.

What?
"18th-century Scottish national poet Robert Burns, who just happens to be his dad's great-uncle"

Sleep Attack, same here. In the Lufkin/Nacogdoches hub (ha), we've lost good supermarkets, some hardware stores, all the fabric stores, at least one pet store I can think of, and who knows how many mom&pop operations. They also put away a couple of other retailers in the same class as they, though the names escape

Choices are limited in rural areas.
Lufkin once had a Randall's, Albertson's, HEB, Brookshire's (local chain), and few smaller markets/chains as well, and then Walmart opened a supercenter.
Randall's and Albertson's went, Brookshire's is more overpriced than ever (it used to be the game in town and really reamed the

If the sole thing you value is money, then there's nothing wrong with unrestrained capitalism and the damage it does. And you will have no trouble with what Walmart does when it moves into a community and destroys more than it creates.

You won't find them at Walmart. Try Dollar General.

I get grocery items (like barbecue sauce, cans of beans, boxes of couscous) at Walmart and then drive to Kroger to buy meat, fruit, vegetables, bread, and dairy.
I used to get everything at Walmart, but the less processed food is, the lower its quality is if it comes from Walmart. I don't know if it's Walmart's

39 Steps, Secret Agent, Sabotage, Rebecca, Saboteur, Spellbound, Notorious, Rear Window, To Catch a Thief, The Trouble with Harry, Marnie, Frenzy, Family Plot, Juno and the Paycock, and a couple more of the really old ones. Blackmail. The Man Who Knew Too Much.

the soundtrack
It ought to be period-correct. You can't do better than Duke Ellington et al.

Sounds like somebody needs Totes.

Stone Cold, do you know Nacogdoches?

The Muppet Christmas Carol, when Michael Caine is singing (badly) about all the things he's missed because he chose money instead of love.

The English Patient.

And then she married Tyrone Power—there's a thesis in there somewhere.

A surprising cast, too.

Noises Off does good physical comedy.

curry
"inform her about the Congressman's sinister motives—use Amy as a way to curb favor with women voters."

What about
what she did with Tony Bennett—musically. Anything else, I don't want to know.
Isn't that due out in the fall?