Day: June 6, 2009

Possible inspiration for “Potato Moon” contributors

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Tom Galloway sent in this rather bizarre item from the San Francisco Chronicle, noting potato_moonpossibilities for our little project:

“Actress Jennie Garth (Beverly Hills 90210) has an unusual way of spicing up her marriage to “Twilight” actor Peter Facinelli — she makes him pretend to be his vampire character.

Facinelli plays Dr. Cullen, the father of Robert Pattinson’s character, in the original film and in upcoming sequel “New Moon.”

And the actor admits his wife is so fond of the fang-toothed doctor she makes him constantly roleplay to keep their eight-year marriage steamy.

He tells the New York Daily News, “She has me dress up like all the time. She says, ‘Put the doctor’s coat on!’ I’m like, ‘Again?'” “

POTATO MOON, Part 50: “In Which the White Rabbit Makes an Appearance,” by Alex of Anaheim

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As Alesse entered her trance, her cerulean orbs faded into clear crystal, which always unnerved Woeisme since it made her aunt’s eyes look like hard boiled eggs with small rotten parts at the center. Too gross for words.

Images stuttered through Alesse’s brain, like an old film strip that had fallen off the take-up sprocket and the frames didn’t line up on the screen and the projectionist had to rethread the film through the projector while the high school students started talking about girls and boys and football and those weird Sullen kids who played with their food and only went outside when it was raining. Or so the old stories went. That was back when Bela went to Foforks High and tripped over things that weren’t there. That was when Alesse realized she was directing her thoughts in the wrong direction and felt nostalgic for the good old days when she could dress Bela up like a fairy princess even though Bela preferred jeans.

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Even the right wing Republicans must be getting embarrassed…

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…about the so-called spokesmen for their party.

At a time when Obama is going around the mid-East trying to sow seeds of diplomacy, former VP-Cheney–more visible in the past two months than he was in the entirety of the past two terms–continues to defend torture while trying to rewrite history.  And then there are the horrific criticisms of Sonia Sotomayor that are setting a new low even for the pundits (just when you thought such a thing could not be possible.)   We’ve got Liddy declaring, and I quote:  “Let’s hope that the key conferences aren’t when she’s menstruating or something, or just before she’s going to menstruate. That would really be bad. Lord knows what we would get then.”  I don’t know whether simply to be appalled at the attitude, or fascinated that he didn’t seem to feel this was an issue with Condy Rice as Secretary of State, since one would think that a PMS-ing SoS in a delicate nuclear arms discussion is far more dangerous than a single cramping judge.

And then there’s Limbaugh, jumping on her comment, “I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life,” and declaring that the sentiment makes her a racist.  I think she could have found better ways to phrase it, but I don’t see that as a racist sentiment so much as it is a commentary on respective social strata and the resultant ability to render judgment on relevant cases, particularly considering the hardscrabble nature of her own upbringing.  I’m not entirely sure I agree, but it’s a point worth discussing rather than just shouting, “Racist!” in an attempt to shut her down and keep her off the bench.  Besides, you should judge a person’s worth by the entirety of their body of work–and Sotomayor’s is incredibly impressive–rather than a couple of comments that others have taken out of context and flogged relentlessly to further their own agenda.

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