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Late night Insomnia Open Thread

by Soonergrunt|  August 7, 20131:21 am| 128 Comments

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Well, hell.

What’s keeping you all up?

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  1. 1.

    ? Martin

    August 7, 2013 at 1:23 am

    It’s 10 PM. I’m not a 9 year old.

  2. 2.

    Little Boots

    August 7, 2013 at 1:25 am

    john.

    no, doug.

    no, john.

    I don’t know.

  3. 3.

    YellowJournalism

    August 7, 2013 at 1:26 am

    My house is too quiet with no kids in it. And the heat. It’s 81 in my house. I’d rather be cold and snuggle under a ton of blankets, at least until winter when I decide I would rather be too warm while sitting in front of a cool fan.

  4. 4.

    Little Boots

    August 7, 2013 at 1:28 am

    and again, cause I feel like it.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4KUmm0XsLY

  5. 5.

    Comrade Mary

    August 7, 2013 at 1:36 am

    Deadlines and guilt.

  6. 6.

    Lee

    August 7, 2013 at 1:36 am

    Waiting for my teenager to come home.

    She is out past curfew.

  7. 7.

    JordanRules

    August 7, 2013 at 1:38 am

    This grey matter between me ears is usually the culprit.

    Oh and thanks Betty C. for that incredible thread of human everything earlier.

  8. 8.

    spudgun

    August 7, 2013 at 1:38 am

    Indigestion. And the DVR. And the thought that I have to go to work tomorrow at a job I loathe.

  9. 9.

    Little Boots

    August 7, 2013 at 1:38 am

    @Lee:

    if nothing else,

    it is a good place to wait.

    don’t have kids. does any teenager actually come home for curfew? I never did.

  10. 10.

    Little Boots

    August 7, 2013 at 1:41 am

    @spudgun:

    right there with you, buddy.

  11. 11.

    Greg

    August 7, 2013 at 1:41 am

    Because I hate sleeping and wish I never had to. Every minute I sleep is just wasted time that could be better used for reading or learning or listening to music or just enjoying the beautiful night sky.

  12. 12.

    Little Boots

    August 7, 2013 at 1:43 am

    @Greg:

    that’s crazy.

    but if you do have a song to post …

  13. 13.

    The prophet Nostradumbass

    August 7, 2013 at 1:45 am

    I happen to be watching Rachel Maddow on the DVR, though it’s only 10:45 PM here, so it’s not exactly that late.

  14. 14.

    Little Boots

    August 7, 2013 at 1:48 am

    and now, because everyone is ignoring me, you have earned my prom song.

    yeah it really was:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd_Fdly3rX8

  15. 15.

    spudgun

    August 7, 2013 at 1:50 am

    @YellowJournalism: I wish I could send you some of our weather – where I live right now we’re experiencing a VERY strange cold snap (when it’s usually in the 90s during the day and not much cooler at night because my old apartment just stores up that damn heat). I’ve actually been sleeping with the blankets on the last few nights!

  16. 16.

    spudgun

    August 7, 2013 at 1:50 am

    @Little Boots: Yeah, I don’t sleep very well during the week – I think I only sleep well on Friday and Saturday nights. Sundays are the WORST…

  17. 17.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    August 7, 2013 at 1:51 am

    @Little Boots: What did we do to deserve that, Little Boots?

  18. 18.

    Yatsuno

    August 7, 2013 at 1:51 am

    Shouldn’t be up, as I have to get up massively early tomorrow. Yet here we are…

  19. 19.

    spudgun

    August 7, 2013 at 1:51 am

    @The prophet Nostradumbass: Ah, fellow West Coaster…

  20. 20.

    Little Boots

    August 7, 2013 at 1:52 am

    @spudgun:

    I actually appreciate the internets ad times like this.

    it’s pretty good for insomnia, no joke.

  21. 21.

    spudgun

    August 7, 2013 at 1:52 am

    @Little Boots: Patience!! My computer is slow, it takes me a while to post responses.

  22. 22.

    Little Boots

    August 7, 2013 at 1:53 am

    @BillinGlendaleCA:

    the lack of attention.

    like Glenn Close, I WILL NOT BE IGNORED!!!!

  23. 23.

    Little Boots

    August 7, 2013 at 1:54 am

    @spudgun:

    what is this word you speak of?

  24. 24.

    Felonius Monk

    August 7, 2013 at 1:54 am

    Cigarettes, whiskey, and wild, wild women. (Don’t I wish.)

  25. 25.

    Kac90b

    August 7, 2013 at 1:55 am

    Burned hell out of hand, so this is a test. Sorry.

  26. 26.

    Mary G

    August 7, 2013 at 1:55 am

    HBM is watching Star Trek on Netflix and I am doing some boring work I have been procrastinating on forever and beating myself up about, because good example?

  27. 27.

    Kac90b

    August 7, 2013 at 1:56 am

    Too tired to comment. Morning coming.

  28. 28.

    Little Boots

    August 7, 2013 at 1:56 am

    oh, somebody post a damn song.

  29. 29.

    Little Boots

    August 7, 2013 at 1:57 am

    cause we’ve all seen what I will post, if need be.

  30. 30.

    spudgun

    August 7, 2013 at 1:57 am

    @Little Boots: Hmm, internwebs keep me up even later, so unfortunately it doesn’t work for me. I usually end up falling asleep in front of the TV watching Adult Swim.

  31. 31.

    spudgun

    August 7, 2013 at 1:58 am

    @Little Boots: Hah! :)

  32. 32.

    Little Boots

    August 7, 2013 at 1:59 am

    okay a little livelier, but still …

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9nE2spOw_o

  33. 33.

    Steeplejack

    August 7, 2013 at 2:02 am

    @Little Boots:

    Here’s what’s in my YouTube tab now: Bitter Sweet, “Heaven.”

  34. 34.

    spudgun

    August 7, 2013 at 2:03 am

    @Little Boots: Ok. I’ve been on a big 80s kick lately, so…does anyone remember Matt Bianco?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU4H87kjl90
    (apologies, the picture quality is terrible)

    or: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDzagmJbwtY

  35. 35.

    johnny aquitard

    August 7, 2013 at 2:05 am

    Eight-year-old daughter sleeps so soundly she doesn’t awaken when she has to pee. We got this alarm sensor thing that’s supposed to awaken her when she starts to wet the bed. It doesn’t always awaken her but it does wakes me or Ms. A up. Tonight it woke me up, I took the little girl to the bathroom, then got her dry undies and she went back to sleep. And now I’m totally awake now and can’t sleep.

    Damn I hate that frikkin’ alarm.

  36. 36.

    Jebediah

    August 7, 2013 at 2:06 am

    I’m partially still up because I just saw the Higg’s Bosons Mate thread and am now really, really glad I didn’t see it till after seeing that a very wonderful individual went and grabbed him…
    and I am going to finish this bowl and watch some tube before wasting several minutes sleeping.

  37. 37.

    spudgun

    August 7, 2013 at 2:06 am

    @Kac90b: Ouch! That sucks, so sorry!

  38. 38.

    Little Boots

    August 7, 2013 at 2:06 am

    I KNEW steeplejack would come through.

    so awesome.

  39. 39.

    Eljai

    August 7, 2013 at 2:08 am

    @spudgun: Basia!

  40. 40.

    Little Boots

    August 7, 2013 at 2:09 am

    and damn, spudgun, the eighties.

    wait, that’s nostalgia now, isn’t it?

    oh, god.

  41. 41.

    spudgun

    August 7, 2013 at 2:10 am

    @Eljai: Right?! So fabulous…

  42. 42.

    Steeplejack

    August 7, 2013 at 2:13 am

    @spudgun:

    I loved Matt Bianco. Another good one: “Yeh-Yeh!” Their (first) singer, Basia, had a good solo career too.

  43. 43.

    spudgun

    August 7, 2013 at 2:16 am

    @Steeplejack: Hurrah, someone else who knows Matt Bianco! As for Basia, absolutely, I have “Time and Tide”, which was her first album – she’s an amazing vocalist.

  44. 44.

    Steeplejack

    August 7, 2013 at 2:16 am

    Keeping it mellow for the late-night vibe, and in light of some of the threads earlier tonight . . . William De Vaughan, “Be Thankful for What You Got.”

  45. 45.

    Suzanne

    August 7, 2013 at 2:17 am

    Earlier, I invited Mr. Suzanne to get on me by saying, “Please proceed, Governor”.

    I hang out here too much.

  46. 46.

    Little Boots

    August 7, 2013 at 2:18 am

    I have no business doing this, but you people have to understand.

    okay, I’m just being crazy, but:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTKi6V6qCBk

  47. 47.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    August 7, 2013 at 2:19 am

    They’re predicting drizzle tonight and tomorrow night, figures, I washed my car today.

  48. 48.

    Steeplejack

    August 7, 2013 at 2:19 am

    @spudgun:

    There were some good jazz-inflected groups on the fringe in the ’80s. Matt Bianco always makes me think of Swing Out Sister. “Twilight World.”

  49. 49.

    Steeplejack

    August 7, 2013 at 2:20 am

    Nicky Holland, “Lady Killer.”

  50. 50.

    Little Boots

    August 7, 2013 at 2:20 am

    @Suzanne:

    now that’s twisted.

  51. 51.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    August 7, 2013 at 2:21 am

    @Little Boots: You want crazy?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sww3CHaTfQI

  52. 52.

    Little Boots

    August 7, 2013 at 2:23 am

    @BillinGlendaleCA:

    that is crazy, but kind of in a good way.

  53. 53.

    johnny aquitard

    August 7, 2013 at 2:24 am

    And another thing, since I’m wide awake now… what the hell is it with the mobile site/regular site switch not working? I hate positively hate fucking mobile sites. Especially the balloon-juice mobile site. And I can’t switch it to the regular site. I’m using an iPad and when I click the mobile Off switch at the bottom of the page, and it reloads, and…nothing happens.

    This is recent behavior, although I have had this problem before on this site. And BTW, only on this site.

    Also,since I’m tired and sleepless and cranky, why isn’t the commenting form remembering my username and email address? It’s not a biggie to retype it in but that tells me something is mucked up with the site.

  54. 54.

    Steeplejack

    August 7, 2013 at 2:24 am

    Kool and the Gang, “Summer Madness.” Used in the greatest LeBron James Nike commercial ever.

  55. 55.

    Little Boots

    August 7, 2013 at 2:25 am

    now this we should all fear, but I didn’t until it was too late:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZgIk2b68gQ

  56. 56.

    johnny aquitard

    August 7, 2013 at 2:28 am

    P.S. This borked site also tells me ‘error blah blah blah’ when I submit my comments and I have to hit Cancel to close the commenting window, but when I refresh I see my comment was posted.

  57. 57.

    Felonius Monk

    August 7, 2013 at 2:28 am

    This kind of sums it up from a musical perspective, that is.

  58. 58.

    spudgun

    August 7, 2013 at 2:29 am

    @Steeplejack: Wow, totally forgot about Swing Out Sister – they were excellent also. SOS for some reason, though, reminds me of the Blow Monkeys: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gqYd9gP_9g

  59. 59.

    johnny aquitard

    August 7, 2013 at 2:30 am

    What it says is “comment publication failed. Blah blah blah…”, not ‘error…’

    And yet it publishes the comment.

  60. 60.

    Little Boots

    August 7, 2013 at 2:31 am

    @johnny aquitard:

    considering some of the music, that IS fair warning.

  61. 61.

    spudgun

    August 7, 2013 at 2:31 am

    @Steeplejack: That’s a great song – wow, why have I never heard of her?

  62. 62.

    Steeplejack

    August 7, 2013 at 2:31 am

    @Little Boots:

    Only a little shot of Teena Marie can neutralize the toxins contained in that video.

  63. 63.

    ruemara

    August 7, 2013 at 2:32 am

    @Mary G: Glad you’re on this thread, because I want to send blessings and hugs out to you both

    I’m up, because I really have no idea what to do. I can do a hard job, a busy job, but the mindless boredom of my new posting is painful. I’m done in 2 hours, on average and then I’m itching for things to do. And after 2 decades in advertising, running machines, crafting ads, editing video, brainstorming ideas and writing them-sorting the mail, applying postage and making copies is not exactly challenging. But I’m all out of drive to apply for anything, since I’m a rejection lightning rod. Why? I don’t know. I may have 10 months to get another job, I may have 5. Unfortunately, I’m just out of ideas and energy. Which means I’m up.

  64. 64.

    Suzanne

    August 7, 2013 at 2:32 am

    @johnny aquitard: The iPad site sucks panda ass.

  65. 65.

    spudgun

    August 7, 2013 at 2:32 am

    @Little Boots: Wow, this should be a bannable offense! For shame!

  66. 66.

    spudgun

    August 7, 2013 at 2:33 am

    @Little Boots: Dude, you’re KILLING me…

  67. 67.

    Steeplejack

    August 7, 2013 at 2:34 am

    @spudgun:

    She only did one or two albums that I ever heard of. But they were excellent, if you like that style.

  68. 68.

    Felonius Monk

    August 7, 2013 at 2:34 am

    And if you’d like a good bedtime story, try this.

  69. 69.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    August 7, 2013 at 2:35 am

    Hmmm, the President isn’t staying in Beverly Hills this time, he’s in Woodland Hills tonight.

  70. 70.

    spudgun

    August 7, 2013 at 2:36 am

    @Suzanne: Panda ass…that’s pretty specific.

  71. 71.

    Little Boots

    August 7, 2013 at 2:37 am

    so, um, nobody’s turning huh,

    well, fine.

  72. 72.

    Steeplejack

    August 7, 2013 at 2:37 am

    @Steeplejack:

    Another way to go with that same riff that Teena Marie starts with: Jesse Johnson, “(I Wanna) Be Your Man.”

  73. 73.

    Little Boots

    August 7, 2013 at 2:39 am

    good. I meant that to happen.
    um, not happen.

  74. 74.

    spudgun

    August 7, 2013 at 2:39 am

    @ruemara: Job purgatory…I share your pain. I wish I had good advice, but I’m in the same boat.

    *sigh*

  75. 75.

    Suzanne

    August 7, 2013 at 2:40 am

    @spudgun: Panda ass: giant, furry, and oh-so-stylish.

  76. 76.

    Steeplejack

    August 7, 2013 at 2:42 am

    @spudgun:

    Nice. I would have gone Style Council.

  77. 77.

    spudgun

    August 7, 2013 at 2:42 am

    @Suzanne: Beautiful. :)

  78. 78.

    Little Boots

    August 7, 2013 at 2:44 am

    I think I might be a bad man.

  79. 79.

    Felonius Monk

    August 7, 2013 at 2:44 am

    @Felonius Monk: Actually here’s the complete “Bozos“

  80. 80.

    Batocchio

    August 7, 2013 at 2:45 am

    West coast here. It’s not even midnight!

  81. 81.

    spudgun

    August 7, 2013 at 2:46 am

    @Steeplejack: Yes, I did too, but my boss, who used to play sax in a ska band in the 80s, is so anti-Style Council (“how could Paul Weller do that after The Jam?!?!? sellout!”) that I’ve been trained not to bring up their name in any conversation.

    *guilty secret: I like Style Council.*

  82. 82.

    Little Boots

    August 7, 2013 at 2:46 am

    @Batocchio:

    well everyone wake up.

    cause it’s getting kinda lively here.

  83. 83.

    Little Boots

    August 7, 2013 at 2:51 am

    oh damn, it’s getting all serious now.

    sorry, guys.

  84. 84.

    Steeplejack

    August 7, 2013 at 2:52 am

    @spudgun:

    I am narrow-minded about narrow-minded people.

    Two summer songs suitable for late night:

    Chris Rea, “On the Beach.”

    Pieces of a Dream, “Warm Weather.”

  85. 85.

    wasabi gasp

    August 7, 2013 at 2:53 am

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQpTEaPFHXQ

  86. 86.

    Little Boots

    August 7, 2013 at 2:54 am

    @Steeplejack:

    oh good,

    yay steeplejack.

  87. 87.

    Steeplejack

    August 7, 2013 at 2:56 am

    Pat Metheny, “Are You Going with Me?”

    I might be lights out pretty soon. This music is unraveling me, and the housecat is giving me the “I’m tired of sleeping on the desk, I want to sleep on the bed” look.

  88. 88.

    wasabi gasp

    August 7, 2013 at 2:57 am

    Got this thing here, too
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpgsErJyAlY

  89. 89.

    Steeplejack

    August 7, 2013 at 2:59 am

    @wasabi gasp:

    Good one, but, sorry, I already got on the “Westbound No. 9.”

  90. 90.

    Little Boots

    August 7, 2013 at 3:02 am

    @Steeplejack:

    oh god.

  91. 91.

    spudgun

    August 7, 2013 at 3:02 am

    @Steeplejack: Well, with two degrees in music, I am trained to be open-minded about all genres, so, yeah…he’s kind of an idiot.

    Here’s my final shoutout of the evening to the 80s, and so off to bed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-8qE1dF8Dc

  92. 92.

    Little Boots

    August 7, 2013 at 3:05 am

    no tina?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI1EN6GCGc0

  93. 93.

    spudgun

    August 7, 2013 at 3:07 am

    @wasabi gasp: This and the previous one you posted are terrific – thank you! Old school soul…I LOVE IT!

    And now I’m off.

  94. 94.

    Steeplejack

    August 7, 2013 at 3:09 am

    Okay, I’ve got to nip this right here or I’ll be up until the break of day.

    Deidre Wilson Tabac, “I Can’t Keep from Crying Sometimes.”

    The first time I heard this song was when someone substituted it as the audio for this clip from the old movie I Am Cuba. It worked very well, and now the “real” music sounds fake to me. Go figure. And of course the mash-up video was forced off YouTube. Grr!

    Okay, last one: the Lovin’ Spoonful, “Coconut Grove” (with a nice video).

  95. 95.

    Felonius Monk

    August 7, 2013 at 3:09 am

    It’s time to “Take My Drunken Ass Home“

  96. 96.

    Keith P

    August 7, 2013 at 3:10 am

    Been sleeping most of the day (took the day off work to deal with tonsillitis…entire damn office has been coming to work sick, and it finally got to me). Now I’m just waiting for my clonidine to kick in so I can go back to sleep (where I get to be a Viking!)

  97. 97.

    Steeplejack

    August 7, 2013 at 3:14 am

    A final one for the threads of turmoil and gratitude earlier: Mikey Spice, “Alli Alli Ho.”

  98. 98.

    wasabi gasp

    August 7, 2013 at 3:18 am

    @Little Boots: Tina, you say
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z4l0Edpjog

  99. 99.

    Steeplejack

    August 7, 2013 at 3:19 am

    @spudgun:

    O.V. Wright, “A Nickel and a Nail.”

  100. 100.

    Jason

    August 7, 2013 at 3:26 am

    I’m shocked that no one’s brought up tonight’s Colbert. I think I’ve watched it five times. It was one of the most brilliant things he’s ever done!

  101. 101.

    joel hanes

    August 7, 2013 at 3:27 am

    Still at work.
    About twelve hours straight, now.

    ’bout time to give it up.

  102. 102.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    August 7, 2013 at 3:31 am

    @Jason: Watched Leno with the O-Man tonight. I’ll catch TDS and Colbert rerun in 30 minutes. Sounds like something to look forward to then.

    ETA: I’m really not looking forward to the return of Jon Stewart.

  103. 103.

    joel hanes

    August 7, 2013 at 3:32 am

    @Mary G:

    Is there any way that a person in CA can contribute to your mitzvah with HBM ?

  104. 104.

    Steeplejack (tablet)

    August 7, 2013 at 3:33 am

    @Jason:

    Colbchella ’013! It was one of his best shows ever. I alerted my friend who always watches it early the next evening.

  105. 105.

    seaboogie

    August 7, 2013 at 3:46 am

    @Mary G: Good on ya, Mary G, and HBM too. Everybody just trying to get through another night…

    Surveyed this joint and said to myself, “Wow, it looks like a really depressed person lives here!”, and finally got a couple of loads of laundry and the dishes done, laid a humane mouse-trap loaded with really good peanut butter, and hoping to free the adorable little beasties into the great out-of-doors very soon.

    Keep passing the open windows, you two – and me and everyone else who knows what that means…

  106. 106.

    hamletta

    August 7, 2013 at 3:52 am

    People piss me right the fuck off!

    Also, C-I-L-L my lan-lawd.

    I’m moving back to Maryland, where the Obamacare is real, and crabs!

  107. 107.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    August 7, 2013 at 3:56 am

    Waiting for the rebroadcast of TDS and Colbert. Leno did a really good interview of the President.

  108. 108.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    August 7, 2013 at 3:59 am

    @hamletta: A tad bit pissed at my lan-lawd too. The folk next door moved out and they’re doing work on the place to rent it out. Put a bunch of shit in the trash can, which I have to take out to the street. It’s f-ing heavy. AND, went to wash my car and the sprayer on the hose was broken, and the spare missing. It’s my hose and sprayer. Fuckers!!!

  109. 109.

    wasabi gasp

    August 7, 2013 at 4:03 am

    John needs some boots
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3x-vCNSFSTc

  110. 110.

    Another Holocene Human

    August 7, 2013 at 4:07 am

    Everything keeps me up, fuck it.

    My ADD is a bear. If I’m laid back I can sleep but not focus, if I focus it’s norepinephrine time and sleep is a distant memory. I can’t square this circle….

  111. 111.

    Another Holocene Human

    August 7, 2013 at 4:10 am

    @Mary G: You are a hero, and nobody who hasn’t done it really knows. I missed everything but the aftermatch. Smooches, kiddo.

  112. 112.

    seaboogie

    August 7, 2013 at 4:23 am

    @hamletta: Well, I guess if you have crabs you are going to need Obamacare, or at least some ointment of some sort! Or maybe tartar sauce…

  113. 113.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    August 7, 2013 at 4:26 am

    @seaboogie: The wife and I had crabs this past weekend, butter not tartar sauce.

  114. 114.

    hamletta

    August 7, 2013 at 4:41 am

    @seaboogie:
    I appreciate your concern, but you obviously don’t know how to eat crabs.

  115. 115.

    wasabi gasp

    August 7, 2013 at 4:42 am

    It’s kinda late to be doin’ that fucky chicken.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gZN-3BSBks

  116. 116.

    seaboogie

    August 7, 2013 at 4:50 am

    @hamletta: kind of aioli girl myself….and I got me some crab tools now – for the west coast dungeness. I find if you put the work in on the front end, then you can sit back and enjoy some wine and the sweet fruits of your labor after. Plus my star sign is Cancer, so when I feel crabby, it’s legit.

  117. 117.

    hamletta

    August 7, 2013 at 4:57 am

    @seaboogie:
    You are obviously a horrible guy who is fooling no-one.

    You should probably give up right now.

    You will never get laid because you are a horrible person who lies.

  118. 118.

    seaboogie

    August 7, 2013 at 5:02 am

    @hamletta: Well…I am a woman – and what exactly is your problem? I thought that we were having a repartee about crustaceans…

  119. 119.

    Crissa

    August 7, 2013 at 5:15 am

    I’m sorting bills and stupid bits of paper to find the one that says I have the right to sell my old car.

  120. 120.

    raven

    August 7, 2013 at 5:21 am

    I had to move to the couch since my bride was flipping all over! Then Lil Bit came out and scratched and cried for an hour or so.

  121. 121.

    NotMax

    August 7, 2013 at 5:33 am

    @hamletta

    For very special occasions, have a killer recipe for a crab and asparagus white sauce lasagna.

  122. 122.

    seaboogie

    August 7, 2013 at 5:47 am

    @NotMax: Biting my tongue really hard right now….

  123. 123.

    NotMax

    August 7, 2013 at 6:00 am

    Really odd, rarely shown Fred MacMurray movie on TCM Wednesday at 8 p.m. (Eastern).

    From 1945, it’s “Murder, He Says” (94 minutes running time).

    The film’s rustic glow-in-the-dark granny is just the tip of the strangeness iceberg.

  124. 124.

    seaboogie

    August 7, 2013 at 6:00 am

    @hamletta: Hamletta, You clearly misunderstood me through whatever the filter of your current experience is. But that you responded to me as you did was seriously one of the most entertaining things of my day besides this:

    Today I went to the hardware store to purchase a humane mousetrap. I got involved in a conversation with a fellow pest-eradicating traveler who – in the course of conversation – asked me if I had any grandchildren. !!!!!!! That was an absolute first.

    So today I was asked if this (I like to think) still rather comely woman of 52 years has any grandkids (which I don’t), and also got called a douchebag guy who will never get laid. Gonna mark this day down on my calender with a great big WTF?!?

  125. 125.

    Betty Cracker

    August 7, 2013 at 7:39 am

    @seaboogie: Don’t take it to heart. I have a cousin who was a great-grandfather before he was 50. (That branch of the family resides in Alabama.)

  126. 126.

    Lee

    August 7, 2013 at 8:30 am

    @Little Boots:

    Normally yes. Or at least really close (within 10 minutes) of curfew.

    She was already in trouble for something but my wife let her go out tonight anyway. So now she is in more trouble.

  127. 127.

    kindness

    August 7, 2013 at 10:56 am

    Slept like a baby.

  128. 128.

    Jason

    August 7, 2013 at 10:56 am

    @BillinGlendaleCA:

    I think it’s pretty universal; I haven’t spoken to one person that would shed a tear if Jon Stewart didn’t return. Not that I don’t think that he’s terrific, but I do tire of the “both sides do it” ethos that he brings. Oliver is much more hard hitting and just as funny.

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