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Statesboro, oh, Statesboro, how do I hate thee.
Let me count the ways....
1) You're boring.
2) You have no parks.
3) You provided us with some neighbors who might find themselves feeling very... well, hot in the next life.
4) You have no good shopping.
5) You have no good grocery stores.
6) You're very poor.
7) Your university, GSU, is full of disgruntled faculty.
8) Your movie theater - singular - stinks.
9) Your citizens are philistines and hicks. Do I sound elitist? Good!
10) Your downtown is doo-doo.
Need I go on? I've made a variation of this list before, but it is comical how when the weekend comes around, Julia, Gabriel, and I just look at each other and telepathically come to an agreement: Now what?
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An entry for my list of the 500 Greatest Performances of All Time:
John Travolta
as Vincent Vega in Pulp Fiction (1994)
Quick, what do these movies have in common? Look Who's Talking Now, Boris and Natasha, Shout, Eyes of an Angel, Chains of Gold, Look Who's Talking Too, Look Who's Talking, The Experts, Perfect, and Two of a Kind.
Sure, you have probably heard of three of these (I can guess which three, I bet), but what is this other dreck? If you guessed it was the ten movies the one-time superstar Travolta made prior to his landmark turn in Quentin Tarantino's influential masterpiece, give yourself a gold star or two. The very definition of a comeback role. Travolta is outrageously good as the cool, chill, rhythmic, talkative, cuddly hit man. And yes, he can still dance.
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Agatha Christie was born today in 1890. Christie is probably one of those authors everyone has read sometime in their life. Her books are still read, 36 years after her demise. She'll probably be read 200 years from now. My favorite of hers: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. Here's a tough quiz for you, if by chance you're a fan of hers:
http://www.sporcle.com/games/g/agatha_christie_novels
(If you can get more than ten, that's pretty great - you must be a big fan.)
Talk of Christie got me wondering...
Who are the bestselling fiction authors of all time?
There are a few lists out there, but here is one I found to be more or less agreed-upon as the most accurate. Thanks: http://akorra.com/2010/03/04/top-10-best-selling-fiction-authors-of-all-time/
10. J.K. Rowling
9. Leo Tolstoy
8. Gilbert Pattern (never heard of him, but he was American)
7. Dr. Seuss
6. Danielle Steel
5. Enid Blyton (never heard of her either)
4. Georges Simenon
3. Harold Robbins
2. Barbara Cartland (never heard of her either!)
1. Agatha Christie
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NFL picks for the weekend:
New Orleans over Carolina (just can't see the Saints starting 0-2, no matter how effective Cam is)
Cincinnati over Cleveland (bleh!)
Indianapolis over Minnesota (the Who-Cares Bowl)
Houston over Jacksonville
Oakland over Miami (destined to be an ugly one)
New England over Arizona
(upset alert) Tampa Bay over N.Y. Giants
Baltimore over Philadelphia
Dallas over Seattle
Washington over St. Louis
Pittsburgh over N.Y. Jets
San Diego over Tennessee
Detroit over San Francisco (maybe a bit of an upset, but I got a feeling...)
(Monday night) Denver over Atlanta
Season record: 10-6
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