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13791. wabbit - 2/11/2005 6:17:28 PM My name peaked at 82 in the 1920's and hasn't made the top 1000 since the 1960's, when it was 464. 13792. Ms. No - 2/11/2005 6:20:48 PM I'm amazed that they have my name at all --- spelled the way I spell it!!!!
13793. thoughtful - 2/11/2005 6:41:37 PM That's a cool website...it's amazing the fashions in names. Shows that some religious names are really building quickly in popularity like faith while other biblical names are in decline like ruth.
I was thinking of people I know and about their birth vintage and sure enough the popularity at that time was evident...I know 3 different people with granddaughters named emma and it's one of the fast growing names now.
Mother's name has lost popularity over the decades to the point it no longer registers...marguerite.
13794. Magoseph - 2/11/2005 6:57:33 PM My first name is not in the top 1,000 names in any decade, so they say. 13795. thoughtful - 2/11/2005 7:04:06 PM Arthur Miller died. 13796. Magoseph - 2/11/2005 7:09:49 PM Talking about writing, Arthur Miller said: “It is my art. I am better at it than I ever was. And I will do it as long as I can. When you reach a certain age you can slough off what is unnecessary and concentrate on what is. And why not?"
I never was talented in anything of note, but now I am developing the art of getting rid of whatever bothers me.
13797. thoughtful - 2/11/2005 7:15:15 PM He apparently was anti bush up to the end, which is not surprising. But his play the crucible should be required reading for all who want to vote republican. Born out of the Mccarthy era, it is SO apt today. 13798. Magoseph - 2/11/2005 7:31:24 PM He manifested great courage when he appeared before the House Committee on Un-American Activities 13799. Linnea - 2/11/2005 7:35:06 PM I end up with stacks of partially read New Yorkers around the house which I don't get around to reading but can't bring myself to throw away.
Reminds me of my mom, who used to stack them up in the basement. When she retired in the early 1990's, she finally read through a couple of decades' worth and then got rid of them. 13800. Linnea - 2/11/2005 7:40:35 PM Re: name popularity - I named my daughter after my grandmother (born ca. 1880), and only found out later that her name is one of the top 10 for the 1990's. Being Java-less, I can't check out my own given name (which is not Linnea), but I'm sure it was big in the 50's and 60's. There were always at least one or two others in my class in elementary school. 13801. judithathome - 2/11/2005 7:43:00 PM I linked to a story about Miller's death in News... 13802. wonkers2 - 2/11/2005 8:05:41 PM Miller was a great one. Tremendous playwright. Stood up for his beliefs.
And, Cap'n Dirty sez, "Was married to Marilyn Monroe!" 13803. Magoseph - 2/11/2005 9:08:20 PM Here is a little tidbit from a NYT review of the movie "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", Cap'n.
Says one bug-eyed fellow to another as the Misses Russell and Monroe do a languid parade up the gangplank of the Le Havre-bound Ile de France: "If this ship hit an iceberg and sank, which one would you save?" To which his admiring companion gurgles: "Those girls couldn't drown." 13804. Magoseph - 2/11/2005 9:08:42 PM Toys 13805. thoughtful - 2/11/2005 9:33:43 PM hahahah very funny.
I remember seeing Niagara on tcm and robert whatsisface or someone was doing the preview and mentioned about the long scene of marilyn walking and man could she walk.
She was a far better walker than an actress. Nevertheless, a good flick if you haven't seen it.
13806. Magoseph - 2/12/2005 12:50:30 AM I have seen it on TMC too, thoughtful, and I remember the walk when Cotten followed her--she really was gorgeous in that tight suit she wore. The scene that sticks most in my mind is the one in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, when she sings "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend,” all in pink in rather an elaborate production. She was a remarkable sight, the slimmer and the most beautiful I had ever seen her. Hve you seen this movie? 13807. Magoseph - 2/12/2005 12:54:05 AM I walked three miles this afternoon and I’m about to fall in bed, so exhausted am I—this was after doing a stint on the mill-going to bed now to watch Hable con Ella…again. 13808. woden - 2/12/2005 1:54:40 AM Re: the New Yorker
My parents subscribed to the New Yorker from the beginning of their married life until circa 1994, a couple of years after Tina Brown took over. They hung in there for a while but eventually became completely disgusted with the magazine. My father hated that the policy of avoiding politics had been abandoned; and my mother felt that the editorial quality had declined sharply. I think the last straw was the appearance of the word "fuck" in an article about baseball - this symbolized the complete break with the magazine's tradition. My mother thought it was disgusting that the owners were not content with the magazine turning a modest profit and wanted it to have "market share."
I read the magazine as a child, at first just the cartoons and later I would read the stories and articles. I remember that the color ads were usually for very posh merchandise such as Rolex watches. Towards the back of the magazine you'd find smaller ads for things like a cat toilet-training system. The inner page was always a Lord & Taylor advertisement with a black and white sketch.
I read two biographies of Harold Ross and found them to be extremely entertaining. One is by James Thurber, and there was another I enjoyed much more called Ross and the New Yorker. I loved reading his outrageous profanities -- though he was oddly prudish about what could appear in his sophisticated magazine, he was flagrantly vulgar in his speech. I also liked the anecdote about the office 'Jesus', having had bosses that did the same thing.
I have tried to read it since then, and occasionally see a good article, but I do miss what used to be. There is already a magazine called Vanity Fair for highbrow celebrity fawning and plenty of political magazines, but I don't think there are any magazines today that have the same type of material as the old New Yorker. 13809. Magoseph - 2/12/2005 3:42:53 PM http://www.gawker.com/news/spy_tbrown.jpg
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13810. thoughtful - 2/12/2005 4:52:38 PM Mags, yes I have seen that scene in gentlemen prefer blondes...she was truly extraordinary looking woman. What a sad life tho. I remember seeing pics of her in the city in her 'everyday' clothes and she really looked different. People didn't bother her then.
I remember some of the pre-tina new yorker and remember my frustration at the length of the 'good' articles as being too short and the length of the 'dull' articles being too long in the post-tina mag.
Regardless, I find I enjoy the hertzberg commentary and have found their investigative reporting by hersch and stuff to be even more valuable as we've watched the quality of newspaper journalism deteriorate. I mean when they get woodward to roll over and play dead for the bushies, pay right wingers to schill for the admin, and issue press passes to rwing non-journalists to trash dems while asking the president questions, who can you count on?
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