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Jury: a group of twelve men who, having lied to the judge about their hearing, health and business engagements, have failed to fool him. H.L. Mencken

Jimmy Carter, on the outcome of his efforts as a Georgia state legislator to repeal a law that let people cast votes on behalf of recently deceased relatives: ...Come the next election, I failed to carry A single district with a cemetery. -- Jimmy Carter, Always a Reckoning

Made you read & respond, dint it.

James Franco and Seth Rogen Get 'Naked and Afraid' By E. Alex Jung vulture.com BFFs and co-stars of the upcoming film The Interview, James Franco and Seth Rogen got naked and afraid on Franco's Instagram. The two cavorted around the woods sans clothes, looking dirty, and doing "sword fights" (you know what that is). On one of the photos Franco wrote, "See if me and seth can make it, NAKED and AFRAID!!!! Wtf?! You'll see........" suggesting that they might be filming an episode of the Discovery channel's Naked and Afraid (think Survivor meets Dating Naked), which puts two strangers, "one man and one woman," together in the middle of nowhere without any food, supplies, or clothes. They seemed to have bent their gender rule for Franco and Rogen, who just love each other's bodies so very much. http://www.vulture.com/2014/10/james-franco-and-seth-rogen-get-naked-and-afraid.html

"As the 32-year-old "Neighbors" star and Franco have done several times in the past -- remember their spoof on Kanye West's "Bound 2" music video, starring Rogen as Kim Kardashian? -- the comedic duo may just be at it again."

James Franco shares nude photos of himself with Seth Rogen on Instagram James Franco and Seth Rogen aren't waiting to get hacked in order to share nude photos. The longtime friends and collaborators pose side by side wearing only messenger bags in a photo Franco posted on Instagram on Friday. "Boom boom, NAKED and Afraid," the 36-year-old "Spring Breakers" star captioned the image, which blurs out their privates. "Me and Seth, in the bush, naked, together. For reals." Another nudie snapshot shows the men dancing in the wilderness. Cont. at http://m.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/james-franco-posts-nude-photo-seth-rogen-article-1.1964102

You know, I think Oppenheimer did say or write something rather similar. Let me investigate.

http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6017/the-art-of-comics-no-1-r-crumb

http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/4933/the-art-of-fiction-no-13-dorothy-parker

Wonder how much his click rate would go up if he added an option to just read the transcript?

Thank you! Now I really have to rent it & watch again.

Shucks, 'twarnt nothing. Oz, again, so many thanks for giving us this place to make a community together. Pits, poops, and all! I have always meant to go roam around and make more of the network's other sites too. Now I must.

Hear it for dah bears! http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/croatian-brown-bears-wildlife-sanctuary-are-six-year-same-sex-relationship170614

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/11139446/Can-life-in-a-nursing-home-be-made-uplifting-and-purposeful.html

Found this transcript of an interesting Diane Rehm Show discussion of the novel. (Contains spoilers!) http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2013-08-21/readers-review-prime-miss-jean-brodie-muriel-spark/transcript

Perfect! One time on the Boston Pops show Arthur Fiedler conducted a Concerto for Typewriter and Orchestra. It, and he, were a delight.

I only know the movie; never read the novel, just from laziness. Rent the movie! A young(ish) Maggie Smith plays Jean. She is divine.

OK, not really overtly gay-themed, but anyway. Coming across this bit of dialog on IMDB Quotes reminds me -- time to watch this one yet again! Jean Brodie: [after Miss Mackay has read a supposedly incriminating letter, written by Sandy and Jenny] There's very little for me to say, Miss Mackay in the face of your extraordinary prejudice and hostility. Miss Mackay: Miss Brodie, I am not asking you to say anything. I am asking... demanding... that you put your signature, your own signature, on a letter of resignation which I have prepared for you. Jean Brodie: I will not resign. Miss Mackay: If you will not resign, you will force me to dismiss you. Jean Brodie: I will not resign and you will not dismiss me, Miss Mackay. You will not use the excuse of that pathetic, that humorous document to blackmail me! Mr. Lowther, you are a witness to this. Miss Mackay has made totally unsupported accusations against my name and yours. If she has one authentic shred of evidence, just one, let her bring it forth! Otherwise, if one more word of this outrageous calumny reaches my ears, I shall sue! I shall take Miss Mackay to the public courts and I shall sue the trustees of Marcia Blaine, if they support her. I will not stand quietly by and allow myself to be crucified by a woman whose fetid frustration has overcome her judgment! If scandal is to your taste, Miss Mackay, I shall give you a feast! Miss Mackay: Miss Brodie! Jean Brodie: I am a teacher! I am a teacher, first, last, always! Do you imagine that for one instant I will let that be taken from me without a fight? I have dedicated, sacrificed my life to this profession. And I will not stand by like an inky little slacker and watch you rob me of it and for what? For what reason? For jealousy! Because I have the gift of claiming girls for my own. It is true I am a strong influence on my girls. I am proud of it! I influence them to be aware of all the possibilities of life... of beauty, honor, courage. I do not, Miss Mackay, influence them to look for slime where it does not exist! I am going. When my class convenes, my pupils will find me composed and prepared to reveal to them the succession of the Stuarts. And on Sunday, I will go to Cramond to visit Mr. Lowther. We are accustomed, bachelor and spinster, to spend our Sundays together in sailing and walking the beaches and in the pursuit of music. Mr. Lowther is teaching me to play the mandolin. Good day, Miss Mackay.

You're right -- just expressing a wish!