Reverse Polarity
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- Meridian or Film Forum
- What song do you want played at your funeral?: 2001 Space Odyssey theme
- Dicks or Vaginas
- What's your biggest grammatical pet peeve?: their/there/they're
- Honey Bucket or Wizards of Ooze
8:53 PM
Reverse Polarity commented on Committee Passes Public Campaign Finance Measure While Willfully Ignoring Problem of Districts.
Reverse Polarity commented on Committee Passes Public Campaign Finance Measure While Willfully Ignoring Problem of Districts.
4:56 PM
Reverse Polarity commented on Seattle Central Community College Confirms That the Egyptian Is Closing at the End of the Month.
Reverse Polarity commented on Seattle Central Community College Confirms That the Egyptian Is Closing at the End of the Month.
Is the upper level still closed? Admittedly I haven't been in there for a while, but the upper level had been closed for a few years. I assume because it couldn't meet fire code or earthquake standards or something. Is the building in need of upgrades and/or renovation?
11:14 AM
Reverse Polarity commented on Edward Snowden Did a Live Q&A This Morning.
Reverse Polarity commented on Edward Snowden Did a Live Q&A This Morning.
Zing!
I have to say I have a lot more respect for Snowden than I do for Bradley Manning. Snowden seems to have put a lot more thought into what he is doing, and is releasing information about a program he believes violates our constitution without giving away thousands of state secrets. He's specific and selective about his whistleblowing. Whereas Manning just indiscriminately dumped all kinds of shit to Wikileaks without any filter.
I have to say I have a lot more respect for Snowden than I do for Bradley Manning. Snowden seems to have put a lot more thought into what he is doing, and is releasing information about a program he believes violates our constitution without giving away thousands of state secrets. He's specific and selective about his whistleblowing. Whereas Manning just indiscriminately dumped all kinds of shit to Wikileaks without any filter.
Jun 13
Reverse Polarity commented on Man of Steel: Superman Gets in a Very Long Fight.
Reverse Polarity commented on Man of Steel: Superman Gets in a Very Long Fight.
@2, yes. You are the only person to like Superman returns.
I watched and wanted to like it. But... it was boring. I barely remember a thing about it now. I think its biggest mistake was trying to play too much homage to Christopher Reeve, which made it seem like a hollow imitation of the real thing.
I haven't seen this yet, obvs, but at least it looks like it is a complete reinterpretation, dumping any pretense of the Reeve series, and with a new star that has enough charisma and presence to make the character his own.
I watched and wanted to like it. But... it was boring. I barely remember a thing about it now. I think its biggest mistake was trying to play too much homage to Christopher Reeve, which made it seem like a hollow imitation of the real thing.
I haven't seen this yet, obvs, but at least it looks like it is a complete reinterpretation, dumping any pretense of the Reeve series, and with a new star that has enough charisma and presence to make the character his own.
Jun 13
Reverse Polarity commented on Let's Take a Trip to the Island of Misfit Movies.
Reverse Polarity commented on Let's Take a Trip to the Island of Misfit Movies.
Terminator 5, the geriatric robot?
I just don't see any way that this can be good.
I just don't see any way that this can be good.
Jun 13
Reverse Polarity commented on She's Baaaaaack.
Reverse Polarity commented on She's Baaaaaack.
This is great news... for comedians everywhere.
Jun 12
Reverse Polarity commented on SLLOTD: Blessed be the Ties that Bind.
Reverse Polarity commented on SLLOTD: Blessed be the Ties that Bind.
@6, Hah!
Well, no, I didn't mean exactly like Car Talk in every detail. I'm assuming that a vast majority of these letters were sent to Dan via email in the last 10 years. (I'm old enough to remember the early years where they were actually letters sent by postal mail.) So he could send a followup back to the same email address. Some of them would languish in no-longer-used email boxes, of course, but I imagine he'd get a response from some of them. Could be entertaining and illuminating.
Well, no, I didn't mean exactly like Car Talk in every detail. I'm assuming that a vast majority of these letters were sent to Dan via email in the last 10 years. (I'm old enough to remember the early years where they were actually letters sent by postal mail.) So he could send a followup back to the same email address. Some of them would languish in no-longer-used email boxes, of course, but I imagine he'd get a response from some of them. Could be entertaining and illuminating.
Jun 12
Reverse Polarity commented on Glenn Beckwatch: America Is Dying (For Real This Time).
Reverse Polarity commented on Glenn Beckwatch: America Is Dying (For Real This Time).
Question of the day: If America dies, to the natives get it back?
Jun 12
Reverse Polarity commented on SLLOTD: Blessed be the Ties that Bind.
Reverse Polarity commented on SLLOTD: Blessed be the Ties that Bind.
God, was this really 8 years ago already? Fuck, where did the time go? I wonder if Monk is still doing lessons and selling hemp rope?
I agree these reruns would be a lot more fun if we had an update. I know Dan isn't a fan of "Car Talk" on NPR, but those guys do a fun thing. They periodically go into their archives, find a past caller, and call them up for an update. Called "stump the chump". They find out if (a) the caller took their advice or not, and (b) if the advice worked. Dan should try something like this.
I agree these reruns would be a lot more fun if we had an update. I know Dan isn't a fan of "Car Talk" on NPR, but those guys do a fun thing. They periodically go into their archives, find a past caller, and call them up for an update. Called "stump the chump". They find out if (a) the caller took their advice or not, and (b) if the advice worked. Dan should try something like this.
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Why insist on having them fix it for district-based elections when we don't currently have it? I know it is a popular idea among the Slog crowd, but the city has repeated voted down district-based elections before. So unless something changes, in all likelihood it will be voted down again this fall.
It would be a waste of time for the council to figure out a fix for a problem that does not exist, and probably won't. If the districting ballot measure passes, they'll have a year or more to come up with a fix. This is not something to lose sleep over.