►Film Facts ➛ The Princess Bride ღWhen Count Rugen hits Westley over the head, Cary Elwes told Christopher Guest to go ahead and hit him for real. Guest hit him hard enough to shut down production for a day while Elwes went to the hospital.
In the heat of battle, photographer Horace Bristol captured one of the most unique and erotic photos of WWII.
Bristol photographed a young crewman of a US Navy “Dumbo” PBY rescue mission, manning his gun after having stripped naked and jumped into the water of Rabaul Harbor to rescue a badly burned Marine pilot. The Marine was shot down while bombing the Japanese-held fortress of Rabaul.
“…we got a call to pick up an airman who was down in the Bay. The Japanese were shooting at him from the island, and when they saw us they started shooting at us. The man who was shot down was temporarily blinded, so one of our crew stripped off his clothes and jumped in to bring him aboard. He couldn’t have swum very well wearing his boots and clothes. As soon as we could, we took off. We weren’t waiting around for anybody to put on formal clothes. We were being shot at and wanted to get the hell out of there. The naked man got back into his position at his gun in the blister of the plane.”
“And well, there was his butt, and I had a camera. I mean I AM a historian.”
That is the BEST EVER quote about the nature of historians I’ve ever seen
I hate to break it to you, but karma isn’t a synonym for punishment. I know there are a lot of people and bumperstickers that think otherwise, but karma and punishment aren’t synonyms.
Uhh just read a reading from hrhroyaltarot, that whatever might be the circumstances, mm will end up with a wealthy guy. So basically she has, is and will always have a guy by her side taking care of all her whims. Earlier it was her dad, then bfs, then husbands. And we all know it’s the material things and the illusion of popularity that makes her happy. Guess she’ll be getting her eventual karma in next life… Oh well.. Too bad
Well, I’ve read it now. I don’t know why I’m supposed to care about Megsy marrying another sugar daddy after her marriage to Harry ends. She’s never going to be as famous as she wants. She’s married to Harry now and a lot of people don’t care for her. I’m sure people will be shocked by the sudden demise of their marriage, but it really pales in comparison to things that happen in Trumpland.
“Don’t get me wrong, I love Doria and Megan’s relationship. But bringing her to a royal engagement was unnecessary. Doria is not a royal, there’s no reason for her to be there. If Kate had done that, there would be uproar over Carole. Why is Megan such an easy pass from everyone?“ – Submitted by Anonymous
Eh. I agree with Houseplant in that it probably is just a Soho House property.
I see no details to freak out about until there is something more lengthy posted about it instead of a pr ploy to say why Megs isn’t going to talk to Samantha.
First best is falling in love. Second best is being in love. Least best is falling out of love. But any of it is better than never having been in love.
What I really want to know is how the hell did they keep this under wrap for so long. He met her through Soho House. He must have been practically living there for years without anyone knowing.
This is who they are. They are both elitist, louche douchebags.
Part of the reason the Kavanaugh news cycle has been such a flashpoint—part of the reason that so many conservatives have fanatically defended his right to have hypothetically committed the crime he’s been accused of, and that so many women have been spending the last two weeks in a haze of resurfaced trauma—is that it illuminates the centrality of sexual assault in the matrix of male power in America. In high schools, in colleges, at law schools, and in the halls of Washington, men perform for one another and ascend to positions of power. Watching it happen is a deadening reminder, for victims of sexual assault and harassment, that, in many cases, you were about as meaningful as a chess piece, one of a long procession of objects in the lifelong game that men play with other men.
“I think it’s giving courage just to other women to speak about their stories in general. It’s been very triggering for women, triggering for some of us who are not ready to share, so being here today for us is very important, we feel like we’ve created a movement of people who see what’s at stake here and are willing to put it all on the line.”
The engagement ring consists of 14 solitaire diamonds surrounding a 12-carat oval blue Ceylon sapphire set in 18-karat white gold. It was created by jeweler Garrard and cost at the time, 28,000 pounds sterling. Diana’s selection of this ring was unusual. It was neither custom-made nor unique and was, at the time of her engagement to Charles, featured in Garrard’s jewelry collection and available to anyone for purchase.
Don’t lose a woman that has seen your flaws and still loves you.
An increasing number of South Korean women are choosing not to marry, not to have children, and not even to have relationships with men. With the lowest fertility rate in the world, the country’s population will start shrinking unless something changes.
“I have no plans to have children, ever,” says 24-year-old Jang Yun-hwa, as we chat in a hipsterish cafe in the middle of Seoul.
“I don’t want the physical pain of childbirth. And it would be detrimental to my career.”
Like many young adults in South Korea’s hyper-competitive job market, Yun-hwa, a web comic artist, has worked hard to get where she is and isn’t ready to let all that hard graft go to waste.
“Rather than be part of a family, I’d like to be independent and live alone and achieve my dreams,” she says.
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When I put it to her that if she and her contemporaries don’t have children her country’s culture will die, she tells me that it’s time for the male-dominated culture to go.
“Must die,” she says, breaking into English. “Must die!”
Must die.
Must die!
Off topic but I’ve always found it weird how people freak out when they hear that birth rates are dropping. Our population can’t increase exponentially so why are you acting like this is a bad thing? It’s not like there’s a shortage of humans. If we found out the cat population was shrinking I’d be pissed but we could do with less humans
South Korea has a population of 51 million plus and a population density of 507 people per square kilometer. I think South Korea and the rest of the world will be just fine with a decreasing birth rate.
“After battling PPD of my own I spoke to other mothers about their experiences. Since I got the courage to speak about it, I found that others where relieved to find out it’s likewise for a lot of mothers. The Duchess’ initiative (‘Heads together’) made me aware of the ‘communication is key’-part and I felt al lot more normal and not so guilty. I wonder if Kate feels/felt the same with any birth and so she started all this.“ – Submitted by Anonymous
–In 1530, Anne Boleyn briefly adopted this phrase as her motto in response to criticism of her rising influence at court and her status as Queen in all but name
“…Kavanaugh was setting a tone. Embedded in the histrionics were the unmistakable notes of fury and bullying. Kavanaugh shouted over Dianne Feinstein to complain about the “outrage” of not being allowed to testify earlier; when asked about his drinking, by Sheldon Whitehouse, he replied, “I like beer. You like beer? What do you like to drink, Senator?” with a note of aggressive petulance that is hard to square with his preferred self-image of judicious impartiality and pious Sunday churchgoing. Lindsey Graham eagerly took up the angry-man mantle, using his allotted five minutes of questioning to furiously shout at his Democratic colleagues. What we are seeing is a model of American conservative masculinity that has become popular in the past few years, one that is directly tied to the loutish, aggressive frat-boy persona that Kavanaugh is purportedly seeking to dissociate himself from. Gone are the days of a terse John Wayne-style stoicism. Now we have Trump, ranting and raving at his rallies; we have Alex Jones, whose habit of screaming and floridly weeping as he spouts his conspiracy theories is a key part of his appeal to his audience. When Kavanaugh is not crying or shouting, he uses a distinctly adolescent tone that might best be described as “talking back.” He does not respond to senators. He negs them. His response, when he is asked about his drinking, is to flip the question and ask the senators how they like their alcohol; his refusal to say whether he would coöperate with an F.B.I. investigation brings to mind a teen-ager stonewalling his parents. If Kavanaugh is trying to convince the public that he could never have been capable, as a teen-ager, of aggression or peer pressure, this is an odd way to go about it.”
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