noel knows about eyewitness testimony
Noel is right about the unreliability of memory. As a trial lawyer, the most unreliable evidence I have to deal with is always eyewitness testimony.

thanks for the reference to the ellison
I really enjoyed that old Harlan Ellison interview. He has always, consistently been angry about stupidity. The interviewer didn't get to ask any good questions, but he did not need to.

Barton springs
My grandfather grew up near Austin. We have a photo of him standing on the ice when Barton Springs froze over one winter (reportedly a rare event, despite the perpetual frigidity of the spring).

I recall selling blood plasma for beer money in the early 80's. They still weren't sure what it was or how it spread, but they knew it was primarily found in 3 different populations. So the screening required me to verify that:
1. I am not Haitian.
2. I am not homosexual.
3. I do not use drugs intravenously.

But is it puppetcraft when it is 100% CGI based on a character that was originally a puppet? Like, for a duel?

Good point. Thanks.

summary of discussion so far
"Genre labels are useful for communicating about my musical tastes. If you disagree with my musical tastes, then I will call you a bad name and belittle your tastes until one of us gets tired of posting here."

My kids talk about indie, but I have no idea what that means. When I listen to the Pillows, am I listening to indie? If a song gets FM airplay, does that disqualify it from being "indie," even if it was considered indie right up until the first time it was used to sell cars?

Punk lost a lot of steam for me, when I realized Joey Ramone was bitter and disappointed because the Ramones did not make more money. That is, he complained that they were not more popular. Doesn't that fly in the face pf the punk aesthetic?

Yeah, gag me with a spoon!

Like Dumbo. Intoxication "humor" followed by "black" crows.

Is that a Seinfeld reference? I never watched Seinfeld.

There was a MASH episode where Winchester and Hot Lips got ill from eating canned bird. Was it pheasant?

Not backpacking, but suitable for car-camping.

The Houston Chronicle says this movie has a "kick-butt car chase." I wonder if it is better than the climactic car chase in "Driving Miss Daisy"? I hope they used hand-held cameras.

Studebaker Hawk? So that's Hudson Hawk's brother?

Sometimes Christian symbolism is subtle. Sometimes it is not.

That would certainly explain why Demi went for Ashton instead of Bruce.

Is that the t-shirt you found outside the girls locker room, and almost certainly touched a girl's SKIN?

I'm sorry to tell you, we did everything we could . . . but the role will be played by Donald Trump's hair. Donald Trump will also appear in those scenes.