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7525. arkymalarky - 4/20/2004 10:47:43 PM Beautifully, thanks for asking. Lost over 30 pounds and his blood sugar has been normal/low--mostly 80s. He read somewhere that "stressors" can cause an onset of diabetes and one of those is an abscessed (sp?) tooth, which he found out he had, and had part of a root canal and antibiotics a few weeks ago, and since a few days after he started the penicillin his blood sugar hasn't been elevated, so we're hopeful that may have caused it. He has the other part of the root canal and a doctor's appointment May 3, so hopefully he'll find out something then.
I'm going to repost in Health, now that I'm on the subject. Since that bit of info was helpful to us, who knows who else might need it one day. 7526. Macnas - 4/21/2004 12:34:00 AM I do think a quiz is long overdue.
A . What have “the Great Gatsby”, “Romeo and Juliet”, and “Oliver Twist” have in common? (other than the fact that they are all books/plays and have been filmed..)
B . Where do these lines come from?
“Riches more than mind can picture,
Wheat and barley, oats and hay,
Clover, beans, and mangel-wurzels
Shall be ours upon that day.
Bright will shine the fields of England,
Purer shall its waters be,
Sweeter yet shall blow its breezes
On the day that sets us free.”
C . With regard to “Barry Lyndon” :
Who wrote the book?
Who directed the film?
Who had the title lead role?
D . In Conrads “Heart Of Darkness”, what was the name of the man who went up the river and found Kurtz?
7527. PelleNilsson - 4/21/2004 2:36:05 AM D. Marlow (half cheating, I have the book)
B. Animals speaking of liberation? I have no clue. 7528. Macnas - 4/21/2004 8:52:12 AM Pelle gets D correct, and I'm wondering why he can't make the connection between his attempt at B, and the correct answer. 7529. KuligintheHooligan - 4/21/2004 9:46:20 AM Animal Farm? 7530. Absensia - 4/21/2004 10:09:34 AM C. Thackeray wtote it. Stanley Kubrick directed it and
Ryan O'Neal was Barry Lyndon.
7531. arkymalarky - 4/21/2004 10:27:58 AM I just saw a new video by Prince, Musicology, that imho is absolutely great. 7532. Macnas - 4/21/2004 4:05:11 PM Vic gets B.
Abs gets C. 7533. Macnas - 4/21/2004 4:07:51 PM So far:
A : unanswered
B : KuligintheHooligan
C : Absensia
D : PelleNilsson
A is kind of tough. 7534. alistairConnor - 4/21/2004 5:44:26 PM Hmmm. Let's see.
- I've read two of them
- Two of them have unhappy endings
- Two of them have been turned into musicals, I haven't heard of a song-and-dance version of Gatsby
- Robert Redford may well have played Romeo, I doubt if he's played Oliver
- I give up. 7535. Macnas - 4/21/2004 7:47:19 PM I reckon it may be too tough. 7536. neato - 4/21/2004 8:03:09 PM nono wait 7537. Magoseph - 4/21/2004 8:23:16 PM Yes, wait, mac. 7538. Macnas - 4/21/2004 8:42:35 PM Righto. 7539. neato - 4/21/2004 8:52:31 PM what about a clue? 7540. Macnas - 4/21/2004 9:09:31 PM A clue?
All these books are famous,
Each one in and of themselves,
On everybodys classics list,
They stand out on the shelves.
But if you leave the lists aside,
and give your full attention,
There is another famous book,
Where all these books are mentioned.
That's not bad for straight off the top of my head now is it? 7541. jayackroyd - 4/21/2004 9:53:18 PM Pynchon comes to mind. Probably incorrectly. 7542. Macnas - 4/21/2004 10:10:05 PM Incorrect, but on the right track, sort of.... 7543. KuligintheHooligan - 4/23/2004 1:49:28 PM In line with some complaints I made a few months back, I just read this today. It's about time.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040423/ap_en_ot/music_spelman_vs__rap_3
ATLANTA - Maybe it was the credit card that rap superstar Nelly swiped through a woman's backside in a recent video. Here at Spelman, the most famous black women's college in the country, a feud has erupted over images of women in rap videos, sparking a petition drive and phone campaigns.
Nelly planned to visit Spelman earlier this month for a charity event enlisting students for a bone marrow registry. But the rapper canceled the appearance after hearing that a protest was in the works because of his videos — especially "Tip Drill," the one with the credit card, which also shows men throwing money between women's legs and women simulating sex acts with each other.
Misogyny in pop music, especially hip-hop, has been around for years. What's new, students say, is an explosion of almost-X-rated videos passed around on the Internet or shown late at night on cable channels like Black Entertainment Television, also known as BET.
Never before, students say, have the portrayals of black women been so hypersexual and explicit.
"It's very harsh. This is something we have to see and listen to on a daily basis," said senior Shanequa Yates. "Nelly just didn't want to come here and face the criticism for the choices he's made."
7544. judithathome - 4/23/2004 11:52:01 PM This is something we have to see and listen to on a daily basis," said senior Shanequa Yates
Oh really? People are forcing you to buy the music and watch the videos, Shanequa?
They don't have to "see and listen to" anything on a daily basis if the choose not to.
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