auramac | 8/21/2006, 7:36 pm EST
Who can be surprised? He’s an idiot- of course he sucks. It’s like a plague, the crap being released- Paris Hilton- Justin Timberlake, too is a machine. Any decent producer nowadays can make a gas attack into a numerical entry on Billboard magazine, as long as there’s a video featuring half-naked dancers available.
Monday, August 21, 2006
Sunday, August 20, 2006
My last Tera posting
I am saddened and in shock. I kept thinking and hoping those newer and better meds would keep coming. Her impact and the depth of the loss is amazing considering most of us have never met her- and knew her only through her incredibly insightful and powerful writing.
”Nothing improves without change.”
Ah, yes- but the world is a lesser place now, for sure.
— Posted on Sun Aug 20 at 12:33 pm by auramac
”Nothing improves without change.”
Ah, yes- but the world is a lesser place now, for sure.
— Posted on Sun Aug 20 at 12:33 pm by auramac
Saturday, August 19, 2006
Tera
Sucks, really sucks (e-mail from Bambi of Mac360) -
To Mac360 readers:
We lost a very good friend today-- Tera Jean Patricks.
This afternoon, I received a phone call from her parents. Tera was staying
at their home near Los Angeles. She passed away early this morning following
a long bout with cancer.
Tera was 46.
To Mac360 readers:
We lost a very good friend today-- Tera Jean Patricks.
This afternoon, I received a phone call from her parents. Tera was staying
at their home near Los Angeles. She passed away early this morning following
a long bout with cancer.
Tera was 46.
Gibson blogs
More idiotic postings on AOL- here's one and my response:
I think people should learn to forgive and forget. Hasn't everyone said things they have not meant. I know there are not perfect people in the world. Mel Gibson has apolgized. Why don't people accept this and leave him alone?
Posted at 9:54PM on Aug 19th 2006 by Mauve
Brainiac- of course Gibson apologized. What was he gonna say- "I had a few drinks but also meant what I said?" Do you not get that there was immediate damage control attempted by him and his "people" after the incident? Does the concept of saying "I'm sorry" and not meaning it, just to save your butt- escape you?! You never in your life said "I'm sorry"- just because you got caught? Also- it was Gibson and his people who asked the Jews for help- now his agent is saying it is "inappropriate" for the rabbi to discuss this in public? Oh, I get it- it was appropriate for Gibson to have his spin- now they want it to die down, so any talk is inappropriate while he works so very hard on his recovery- at home!
Posted at 1:04AM on Aug 20th 2006 by auramac
I think people should learn to forgive and forget. Hasn't everyone said things they have not meant. I know there are not perfect people in the world. Mel Gibson has apolgized. Why don't people accept this and leave him alone?
Posted at 9:54PM on Aug 19th 2006 by Mauve
Brainiac- of course Gibson apologized. What was he gonna say- "I had a few drinks but also meant what I said?" Do you not get that there was immediate damage control attempted by him and his "people" after the incident? Does the concept of saying "I'm sorry" and not meaning it, just to save your butt- escape you?! You never in your life said "I'm sorry"- just because you got caught? Also- it was Gibson and his people who asked the Jews for help- now his agent is saying it is "inappropriate" for the rabbi to discuss this in public? Oh, I get it- it was appropriate for Gibson to have his spin- now they want it to die down, so any talk is inappropriate while he works so very hard on his recovery- at home!
Posted at 1:04AM on Aug 20th 2006 by auramac
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Frank Frazetta
Before he painted, Frazetta did some comics- cartoons, even Playboy- type stuff. (Yep- there's "Frazetta porn" out there!)
There've been many good and great sci-fi artists over the years, but Frazetta really stands out. And I notice more and more lately that you can't find a single Frazetta cover in the SF section of any bookstore! I'm glad I still have a few, but I might have to search e-Bay to replace those I lost over the years. One of my favorites of the Tarzan books, other than the first and "The Return of Tarzan," was "Tarzan and the Lion Man," great Frazetta cover- you can't find the book at all now! I guess I just assumed they'd always be there! Frazetta covers, Edgar Rice Burroughs on Ace Books (they had Frazetta- not Ballantine Books).
Yeah, looking at a Frazetta cover, you knew this book was no Johnny Weissmuller movie! (Though I liked Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan movies- the books were much better, though.)
There've been many good and great sci-fi artists over the years, but Frazetta really stands out. And I notice more and more lately that you can't find a single Frazetta cover in the SF section of any bookstore! I'm glad I still have a few, but I might have to search e-Bay to replace those I lost over the years. One of my favorites of the Tarzan books, other than the first and "The Return of Tarzan," was "Tarzan and the Lion Man," great Frazetta cover- you can't find the book at all now! I guess I just assumed they'd always be there! Frazetta covers, Edgar Rice Burroughs on Ace Books (they had Frazetta- not Ballantine Books).
Yeah, looking at a Frazetta cover, you knew this book was no Johnny Weissmuller movie! (Though I liked Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan movies- the books were much better, though.)
Monday, August 14, 2006
Stones posting reply
On Yahoo, a tired piece knocking the Stones and implying Jagger's larynghitis means they 're old farts. The usual gang od idiots piped in saying they're washed up, etc. My response:
I saw the Stones live recently, and though you can see their ages in their faces, they did not move, sound, or play like old men. In fact, they were incredible. If only the album were as good. No, they don't write like they used to- but they still rock. The author of this article does not have the qualifications to be a writer unless it's for some high school's newletter, and the snots who critique this group mostly on the basis of their age apparently have nothing better to do- there is no credibility, insight, or substance going on here. Hope y'all die before you get old- it's not gonna be a pretty sight.
I saw the Stones live recently, and though you can see their ages in their faces, they did not move, sound, or play like old men. In fact, they were incredible. If only the album were as good. No, they don't write like they used to- but they still rock. The author of this article does not have the qualifications to be a writer unless it's for some high school's newletter, and the snots who critique this group mostly on the basis of their age apparently have nothing better to do- there is no credibility, insight, or substance going on here. Hope y'all die before you get old- it's not gonna be a pretty sight.
Friday, August 11, 2006
Death
I added the following entry to "Tera Talks" website. Apparently, she is running out of time, and believes she will soon "cease to exist," nothing more:
I may never have the satisfaction of "knowing," because for me- seeing is Believing. Blind Faith was a musical group. Then again, from what I can see- the world is flat. And lately, it looks like hell. But it's not flat. I know nothing. We see how much the world is a better place because of those who just Know 72 virgins are waiting for them.. No, I don't think we're Supposed to know. I'd like to think we're here for a reason (to Be Here Now). Deep down, though- I sometimes feel something (Real? Or programming?) I can't quite grasp- like the concept of infinity. Which exists. Or God.
I may never have the satisfaction of "knowing," because for me- seeing is Believing. Blind Faith was a musical group. Then again, from what I can see- the world is flat. And lately, it looks like hell. But it's not flat. I know nothing. We see how much the world is a better place because of those who just Know 72 virgins are waiting for them.. No, I don't think we're Supposed to know. I'd like to think we're here for a reason (to Be Here Now). Deep down, though- I sometimes feel something (Real? Or programming?) I can't quite grasp- like the concept of infinity. Which exists. Or God.
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