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I have never seen a James Bond movie. Maybe a few minutes here and there, but never more than that. I also have never watched more than a few minutes of Gone with the Wind, The Sound of Music, or Barbarella.

I should really watch Barbarella.

rainbows and love guns

As my dad always says (correctly), it takes something really funny to make you laugh out loud when you're sitting at home by yourself. This qualifies.



Thanks to avphibes for the link!

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I must have picked up something foul in the grocery store. My hands smell like perfume. I hate perfumes, colognes, aftershaves, and all that shit. I had to get some toilet paper--maybe I picked up the wrong kind for a second. (BTW, am I the only person who finds scented toilet paper unspeakably weird? And what about scented toilet-paper holders? You know, the cylinder that you put the rolls on? I had to buy one of those a while back (mine inexplicably disappeared) and almost couldn't find any unscented ones in K-Mart.)

Speaking of toilet paper, I have finally found a brand that I like better than any other. I used to buy any kind of name brand (none of the cheap stuff for me) and could never decide which I liked best. Butt now that's all over. White Cloud, baby, White Cloud. Of course, they don't carry it at Stop & Shop, so I'm stuck with Angel Soft today. Snarl.

On tomorrow's show: my toothpaste and razor preferences.

to Johanna, the Stevie Nicks artist

I hope this doesn't seem too weird, but I imagine that you probably get a lot of this kind of thing in your line of work, so I'm just going to ask. Would you be willing to draw an illustration of me getting Stevie Nicks in "the dog"? I've had a huge crush on Ms. Nicks since her debut album with Lindsay Buckingham. (Have you SEEN that album cover?! It makes me throb.) Anyway, since I have no chance at this Faerie Queene in real life, I'm hoping that you'll seriously consider this request. Obviously I don't have a picture that you can draw from, but I figure I can send you a lovely Polaroid of myself and a few bucks for you to pick up a Hustler with. The magazine, I mean, not an actual Hustler. (But who am I to judge? What you do with your fees is your business.) Any response would be appreciated; if you're not interested in doing it yourself, perhaps you could tell me where to go to find someone else to do it. Or just tell me where to go! HA HA!

thanks very much,
Eddie Sanchez

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Copyediting question: in a magazine article about celebrity lawsuits, the author refers to "Lorenzo Lamas and playmate Shauna Sand." They're married (for the time being), and she's a former Playboy model. Shouldn't "playmate" be capitalized? Even if you don't really want to, otherwise it's misleading. I can't find anything in the NYT stylebook. I already marked it once and they haven't fixed it.

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Another one: isn't it a bad break to hyphenate a contraction--well, like this:

The quick brown fox could-
n't run fast enough.

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Do you remember when you first got a VCR? It was AWESOME, man! You could record Letterman and watch it later! And VIDEOS! I used to record music videos! And remember those big-ass rigs that you had in school--the ones with the big levers and buttons and shit? You know, on the cart with the monster television! And you always wanted to be the one to go get the cart from the a/v room, and you had to be careful, because if that big-ass TV came off there it'd crush yer goddamn head!