I just saw No Country For Old Men. It is a powerful and sobering statement on the role of chance in our lives. The Coen Brothers are at their best. The acting is superb.
But dagnabbit, I have had it with movies that depict motels in the American Southwest as killing fields. My goodness, you'd think that no one ever gets a decent night's sleep in motels anywhere near the border, with the gunfire spraying from room to room, usually after the check-in guy has been dispatched.
It's too bad because I used to love family vacations, barreling into motel rooms (oftentimes with my stuffed bear Sam) in sleepy towns, after eight hours in the car. All that has been ruined by the terrifying image of motels in movies like No Country. (Hotels are generally spared the bloodletting.)
Or maybe Southwestern motels are slaughterhouses. Truth be told, I've stayed in plenty of motels, but never in that part of the country. There was only one way to find out...
I called back with one other question...
So what do you think? Is it safe?
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Posted Feb 18th 2008 12:00AM by Mo Rocca
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31. Aw JG....
An "uncut" extra w/ bonus deleted scenes! Hurry gals before it's yanked!!!!
thanks for the Buffet - now if only I knew how to make one!:)
DameBuddyBoo at 12:28AM on Feb 19th 2008
32. Well, Mo & Roccats, this brings back really fond memories of family vacations in the wood panel Valare station wagon, and then in subsequent years, the wood panel Caravan...
Remember the flickering greenish-blue glow of the tv as we all (and by all, I mean sisters, brothers, parents, & dogs if we could get away with it!) crammed onto the beds in our pj's & stayed up way too late?
And we knew we had really hit pay-dirt if there was a Denny's (or a Sambo's or Bob's Big Boy, but especially Denny's) within walking distance of the motel. This would be before the free continental breakfast became a staple. My family has some classic video footage of all the sibs running in "slow mo" to the Denny's next door with Dad humming the theme to Chariots of Fire on a vacation to a family reunion in Ohio.
And stay tuned! If I can find it, I'll scan a pic of the sign posted inside the motel room that my friend & I stayed at in Hiawatha, KS, a couple years ago. No joke; there really is a Hiawatha, KS.
Captain Obvious at 1:31AM on Feb 19th 2008
33. Oh, and hey Mo! I am sorry to see that you are feeling so badly.
Have you ever heard of Airborne? I don't know how the nurses feel about Airborne (I am interested to hear, though), but I am a teacher & lots of teachers swear by Airborne. And if you're running low on dinero due to your recent Ped Egg purchase, you can get "Walborne" at Walgreen's. Do they even have Walgreen's in NY?
Anyway, feel better. I know what you're going through kinda: I have been battling strep (compliments of a student) & its evil lingering effects for a couple weeks.
BTW, I still think you're darned cute even with a cold.
Captain Obvious at 1:30AM on Feb 19th 2008
34. Dame Buddy-Boo,
Thanks. But in the interest of full disclosure, those photos are almost 20years old.
I guess what I love so much about 180, besides Mo and the humor and camaraderie, is the fact that it is a fantasy island where I am not bound by physical realities.
Those reflect how I feel inside.
Hmmm, I guess Will isn't the only one having a mid-life crisis around here.
Now, back to my usual smart@$$ self.
JG
John Giza at 9:10AM on Feb 19th 2008
35. John Giza - why must you torture me so.....PUT BACK THE VIDEO!!
Gabrielle at 11:18AM on Feb 19th 2008
36. 999,
The Director's Cut is a much better presentation.
And less shamelessly self stroking and gratuitous.
JG
John Giza at 2:27PM on Feb 19th 2008
37. And besides,
the wife said she'd cut off my
Christmas ornaments if I put it back up.
JG
John Giza at 2:31PM on Feb 19th 2008
38. *snip snip snip*
Karen at 2:32PM on Feb 19th 2008
39. Ooops! Sorry!
Gabrielle at 2:44PM on Feb 19th 2008
40. For What?
Oh No,
You didn't crash the helicopter did you?
That's alright, Andrea can probably make another one out of some fiberglass, paperclips and rubber bands.
JG:)
John Giza at 3:25PM on Feb 19th 2008
41. No - didn't want to be the cause of you singing falsetto! The helicopter is okey - dokey, but I am having difficulty learning to park it!
Gabrielle at 3:31PM on Feb 19th 2008
42. No Problemo (and some Spanish might come in handy)
Just look for the middle-aged, mid-life crisis guy on the roof waving one hand frantically and drinking Bartles and Jaymes with the other.
That would be Will.
And that would be the Ranch.
Worse case scenario: auto-rotation.
JG
John Giza at 4:07PM on Feb 19th 2008
43. Ah JG.....
A MLC can be taken one of two ways!
choice#1....
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=BzOSscke9z4
OR....choice#2.....
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=oLz5wrgBD5g&feature=related
I promply adjusted my goggles and chose the latter;)
DameBuddyBoo-yah at 6:00PM on Feb 20th 2008
44. I LOVE AOL :) :) :)
choice #1 is....
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz0Sscke9z4
ooooopps!
DameBuddyBoo-yah at 6:04PM on Feb 20th 2008