[AGL] Film and Xmas

Forrest Gunter fpgunter at hotmail.com
Thu Dec 15 06:33:03 EST 2005


Sirrah:  As to your first point: an obvious example of the presence of a 
Reticularian influence.
As to the second point: I heard a pretty smart feller say, rather defiantly, 
"Wellsir," he said, "I may be a Gringo, but at least I don't believe in 
magic!"                            Skepticus


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>I just got this dish thing and it came with three months of movies. There 
>are something like 12 movie channels and last night I thought to myself I 
>willwatch a movie. I have not rented a movie since my kids were 6 and then 
>only once. Anyway with 12 channels there wasn't a movie I wanted to watch. 
>I watched bits of 12 of them and nothing grabbed me so in desperation I 
>read a book.
>
>Holidays comes from the term "Happy Holy Day."  Duh!
>
>A pal's Mom told a great story about the three wise men. It would get the 
>Pentecostals up in arms.
>
>The wise guys saw a star; and took off to see where it was pointing. That 
>is the weak part of the story but in those days there wasn't much ambient 
>light. These wise guys were from India and they got there late, by two or 
>three years and they showed up at Herod's house. Mistake? Well he was the 
>king, right? Oh and their names are never really recorded unless herod has 
>a record of the visitors?
>
>They spilled the beans and good Ole Herod decided that all the boy childs 
>should be offed. The wise guys split and poked around until they found old 
>Jesse and his dad and then what? What happened to all that stuff they 
>brought, that Myrrh and Francense and the gold? Mary and Joe used it to set 
>up a business? Carpenter shop making groovy furniture?
>
>Now I read somewhere else that Joseph, of where ever it was, was a "techt" 
>which means he designed buildings and was quite wealthy. He got to stay in 
>the special apartment over the stable. He had to pay his taxes of which he 
>had a bunch and that was why he showed up. Mary in this research (?) was 
>from Ireland and came by boat to Palestine.
>
>So as a good Episcopalian, I am doomed to hell, for thinking that this 
>stuff might actually be on the money. And who were these Mathew, John, Mark 
>and Luke? They were on the scene? No, they were Jesse's guys later and 
>heard the story. They needed some good tale to tell and so they worked on 
>it, waited for awhile and wrote all the stuff down. And as usual no one got 
>the story straight just sort of. They embellished it of course to wow the 
>natives.
>
>And Dec. 25th,  is an arbitrary day chosen by the Roman emperor in 
>Constantinople. He just said it is, and it was. "Make it so Mr. Scott."
>
>I really like the "Dia de Virgin Guadalupe." it is actually very nice and 
>oh so religious.The Mexicans and Latinos have it correct. Religion is 
>wonderful when it is practiced for the religion and the feeling of grace 
>that it imparts on the participants. One gets a union from all the people 
>who are worshipping together and there is a power that comes from it that 
>enters your body, your soul, your spirit. A feeling that is so hard to get 
>from the gringos. They don't seem to get it. A lot of them are just there 
>for the being there and being seen.
>
>Our society has a large missing element. That of the mystic. The magic that 
>once was. I saw in a film awhile back, a long while back; Merlin telling 
>Arthur that there used to be Dragons but people started to forget and 
>started no believing in them so they all died. An interesting idea.
>
>If we stopped believing in George Bush would he just disappear
>
>
>Charlie Loving
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>
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>>From: "Wayne Johnson" <cadaobh at shentel.net>
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>>I know Dian.  Vulcan Video is one of the few cultural resources available 
>>to
>>film lovers in Austin.  Very fortunate to have such an establishment in
>>town.  We loved it when we lived there.  Nothing like it around here.
>>
>>Funny how Carrey was in "just about everything" a few years back.
>>Now............
>>
>>I can still remember the "shock" of seeing Kaufman for the first time, 
>>doing
>>his "Lotka" stand-up comedy routine.  I was caught, hook, line and 
>>sinker!!!
>>It was an incredible performance.  He was....for a while...truly gifted.
>>Then...boing...something went wrong.  Especially around the time of the
>>wrestling schtick. Ugly.
>>
>>Meanwhile, I still crave...........Fred Allen, Jack Benny, Shelly Berman,
>>Bob Newhart, Jonathon Winters, Buddy Hackett, Sid Ceasar (sp?) and the
>>younger Woody Allen. Not to forget Steve Allen.  What IS it with these 
>>Allen
>>people?................timing?
>>
>>wgJ
>>   -----Original Message-----
>>   From: austin-ghetto-list-bounces at pairlist.net
>>[mailto:austin-ghetto-list-bounces at pairlist.net]On Behalf Of Michael
>>Eisenstadt
>>   Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 4:18 PM
>>   To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s
>>   Subject: Re: [AGL] how many cables, Mario?
>>
>>
>>   I haven't seen The Mask. I agree that Carrey was great in the
>>   Andy Kaufman bio pic. Andy is said to have been borderline
>>   autistic and again Carrey's strange deficit of normal affect
>>   made him the perfect casting choice. In an interview I heard
>>   Carrey say that to prepare for the film he made himself over
>>   into Andy by watching films of him over and over and over.
>>
>>   "Mickey Mouse will save the day." - Andy Kaufman
>>
>>   Dian Donnell, a subscriber, owns Vulcan Video
>>   (misspelled Dian, sorry).
>>
>>     ----- Original Message -----
>>     From: Wayne Johnson
>>     To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s
>>     Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 2:07 PM
>>     Subject: RE: [AGL] how many cables, Mario?
>>
>>
>>     First of all, I ain't Diane.  I'm Mildred.
>>
>>     Secondly, I believe that there were no "special effects" in The Mask.
>>All that was done by Carrey hisself.
>>
>>     Thirdly, best Carrey flick was when he channeled Andy Kaufman.
>>
>>     Yours in love with large metal antennas and Lon Chaney Senior.
>>
>>     Mildred Pierce
>>       -----Original Message-----
>>       From: austin-ghetto-list-bounces at pairlist.net
>>[mailto:austin-ghetto-list-bounces at pairlist.net]On Behalf Of Michael
>>Eisenstadt
>>       Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 11:49 AM
>>       To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s
>>       Subject: Re: [AGL] how many cables, Mario?
>>
>>
>>       It would be interesting to have Jim Carrey drop
>>       by. Actually eye am the cable guy here.
>>
>>       He was, I thought, very good in the Truman Story.
>>       Great casting, like Keith Dullea as a kind of zomby
>>       in 2001. Lacking normal human qualities, Carrey
>>       was the perfect casting choice for such a fantasy.
>>
>>       And I know it's not your personal fault, Diane, seeing
>>       as you only rent them out, but why haven't there been
>>       any good movies recently?
>>
>>       ----- Original Message -----
>>         From: Wayne Johnson
>>         To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s
>>         Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 9:58 AM
>>         Subject: Re: [AGL] how many cables, Mario?
>>
>>
>>         Sounds like a job
>>
>>         for
>>
>>         the
>>
>>
>>         Cable Guy!
>>           ----- Original Message -----
>>           From: Michael Eisenstadt
>>           To: austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net ; byron at byronmarshall.com
>>           Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 10:55 AM
>>           Subject: [AGL] how many cables, Mario?
>>
>>
>>           I counted and find i have 13 different functioning cables going
>>           to the back of the computer (I am including the power cable in
>>           the counting)
>>
>>
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