It's about 6PM as I post this, so it is indeed wine-time.
I lived for 11 years in the "Finger Lakes" region of central New York. Many think of that state only in terms of the City...far more of it is rural than otherwise.
We would regularly "do" the wine tours...so many small wineries lining both sides of Cayuga Lake (c. 40 miles long), Seneca Lake (c. 32 miles long), Keuka Lake (c. 20 miles long) and others in that series of long, deep, and relatively narrow remnants of the last ice age. This area produces the absolute best of American white wines...better even than California (reds, ont the other hand, are California's strength...world class).
I met Wily Frank, son of Konstantin Frank, who founded a winery under his own name on the west side of Keuka. He told me, on this quiet early Sunday morning (I was shopping for Christmas gifts for my adult kids) that his Brut champagne had won a gold in a competition held in France...topping the French label Veuve Cliquot (I don't expect their "La Grande Dame" was involved, nor Dom Perignon...probably they were more like "everyday" quality champagnes). This was like 6 or 7 years ago...Wily is no longer with us, but his Konstantin Frank label still enjoys a lofty status among American wine producers. It was that time in my life when we discovered how much fun it was to do wine tastings, even when we weren't quite sure we appreciated many of the nuances some of the more eclectic few were able to identify, using the lingo of the wine "kwanisewer".
Wait....I have discovered a dry spot in the bottom of by glass. Excuse me while I remedy this abberration.
When people talk of New York you do just picture a busy city but didn't appreciate the rural aspect, i have never been to america!! i now don't fly because of my eco ethos so sadly will never see america unless i give in/plant a few trees (which is no answer by the way to offsetting your carbon by the way)
Stutz took the words out of my mouth...sideways on the wine front.
Over in england californian wine is very popular and the brut champagne is very very popular!
I will look out for the Konstantin Frank label, always like a class of red!
hahahahaha..i luv the boston guy also have you noticed a news blackout concerning ron paul who placed second in nevada primary ....if he were to debate romney 1 on 1 he'd destroy him ...romney knows it too
chuck....If Ron Paul were able to effectively debate anyone at all, he'd be a viable candidate. He just is so strident, and chafing, and simplistic, and bit altruistic - all related to style, not content.
Remember, this is MHO, as a person only moderately well informed...a characteristic I may share with a large portion of the electorate.
....and this is also my opinion....I'd love to see him in the race. It's just NOT going to happen.
chaz he's done well in every debate, and has won several. he even won the fox debate held earlier in the year but that was written off as an aberation...hahahahahahaha he's just smarter and braver than the others and real americans know it.
It's you fringe voters who give Ron his bad name, and allow media giants to jump on the bandwagon to radicalize Ron Paul's campaign. Anyone who doesn't whole heartedly support Ron Paul's message is suddenly no longer a conservative or Supporter? You're no different than the next brainwashed zealot of a voter. Let me tell you why Ron Paul will not win, and why his message is skewed.
He wont win because he doesn't realize the power of media and ads, nor has the ability to compromise on his opinions to garner some support among the current republican base (which happens to be not so conservative or right wing). Attack ads are proven to work, and I have yet to see one from his campaign, Ads are largely a tool of ethos, however he tends to use them to define his platform, which is foolhardy, and he fails to see the significance in the evangelical vote. Also, media slip ups like when he was interrogated about his objection to Abe Lincoln, a widely accepted american icon, (which I have no problem with) allow the media to crucify him as Unamarican. His quote pertaining to fascism were spun many times by outlets to further skew his beliefs. His campaign stratagy is really undefined, he doesn't harbor to current mainstream tactics, so of course, he wont get the mainstream vote.
There's also a lot of hypocrisy in his message, and the way he portrays his beliefs is very ill conceived. He flaunts constitutionality as if it's a virtue only he partakes in. If he does what he promises as president, he will only develop more power for the executive branch. It is the supreme court who decides upon the constitutionality of things, not the president. He promises to get rid of things like the IRS, and Income tax, which were initiated both by the president and Congress, and such an action would disregard our system of checks and balances.
I'm a minarchist, so dont get me wrong. I support his campaign, however, I think a lot of the people voting for him dont truly understand what he's all about. The Old Right didn't think they were the only people who upheld or championed the constitution, they simply believed in smaller government, and state defined law, upholding this nation's plural context, and believing the individual to be the ultimate governor. The constitution doesn't define that, it's merely a government philosophy, and because the constitution is an interpretable document, you cannot say philosophy has no governance with it.
banned you are incorrect his biggest fault is that he tells the truth he has stated that his philosophy would disempower the executive branch his enemies include (but are not limited to) powerful parasites like AIPAC, military contractors and the K street lobbying groups which currently run our government for their own purposes....and who have spent years moulding american beliefs..... he wont court a fundamentally corrupt and self serving media or the christian zionist jihad movement..... and he never said he would abolish or change the separation of powers.... he will probably lose, but he will fight the good fight, you don't fight because you can know you can win
Silly little fucker, Conan is. Watching his translucent Irish ass dance around makes me want to barf. He's not funny.
Even HUCKABEE acknowledges that Colbert gave him the Colbert bump that resulted in the Iowa caucus victory. Huckabee owes Colbert so much, that he even asked Colbert to be his running mate! SO THERE! The partnership between Huckabee and Colbert is official. Conan gets horrible ratings so bad that he has to steal shit from Colbert. Colbert owns his ass. Conan never "made" Colbert.
Conan you are not funny, I'm going to cry when Leno leaves cause your sorry ass has to fill some pretty big shoes.
Herr Bum: Your criteria as to comedic value seems a mite skewed. And your use of "suck" as a catch-all denigration is intellectually lazy at best. Might you enlighten us? Who, in your lofty opinion, is worthy of repeated chortles? Keenly awaiting your reply------- Lord Stutz
Last several videos (including this one) have been quite boring.
So, I'll waste a bit of time here, and offer up my own contribution of inane, non-related, verbose blathering:
On one of the satellite channels up here, they've had a "Stanley Kubrick Fest" on. Personally, I think the guy was one of these eccentric, nutjob geniouses, who was so demented, he was brilliant. I can still say this, even though the last film he made before he died was "Eyes Wide Shut" with---GASP!!--Tom I-Have-An-Egg-Plant-For-A-Brain Cruise, and his then-wife Nicole Kidman (who had the good sense to tell him to get lost). It was garbage, and I honestly couldn't tell you what the goddamn point was that he was trying to make. A complete waste of celluloid, as well as my time. Be that as it may, I have to admire his other work, which I think is sheer classic cinema. Like Jack Nicholson said about him: "Everyone in these circles pretty well acknowledges, that he is THE Man". Here are my own top four favourite all-time Stanley Kubrick films that will ensure his lasting legacy, along with corresponding memorable quotes from each film:
1. "A Clockwork Orange" --- (Malcolm McDowell being psychotic enough to repeatedly kick an old man as his friends hold him down, and then rape the mans wife, and all done while he's singing "Singin' In The Rain"; truly demented; I can never listen to that classic song again, without thinking of that scene)
2. "2001: A Space Odyssey" ---- (I think it's the best sci-fi film ever made; Commander Bowman: "Open the pod-bay doors, Hal." HAL 9000 Computer: "I'm sorry, Dave. I can't do that." LOL!)
3. "Dr. Strangelove" ----- (a great Cold War movie, and one of the few to use dark humour to devasting effect, more to satirize, than mock; possibly the best role(s) that Peter Sellers ever played; "If you can't get the President Of The United States on that phone.....you're gonna have to ANSWER to the Coca-Cola Company"....LOL!)
4. "Full Metal Jacket" ---- (It's right up there with "Apocalypse Now", but kind of odd: this is like two movies in one; after the Marine Boot Camp segment and the seguing into 'Nam....it felt like a completely different flick; R. Lee Ermey as Gunnery Sgt. Hartmann truly stole the whole show; "God LOVES the Marine Corps.....because we keep Heaven packed with FRESH SOULS.....he plays His games....we play OURS." LOL!)
Anyways, that's my picks.
Thank you for the priviledge of being able to waste all of your time.
"The deadliest weapon in the world is a marine and his rifle. It is your killer instinct which must be harnessed if you expect to survive in combat. Your rifle is only a tool. It is a hard heart that kills. If your killer instincts are not clean and strong you will hesitate at the moment of truth. You will not kill. You will become dead marines and then you will be in a world of shit because marines are not allowed to die without permission."
Monsieur Canuck: Might I humbly suggest that "The Killing" is the finest of the Kubrickian oeuvre? And Strangelove would not be Strangelove if not for Terry Southern's brilliant screenplay. (You might enjoy Southern's novel "Blue Movie," which imagines what would have happened if Kubrick made the first mainstream porn movie.)
Poster copy from Stan's first film, "Killer's Kiss": "Her lips were the road to sin-smeared violence!"
Canuck... you picked my all time favorite ..Kubrick ,
When Gene Kelly met Malcolm McDowell , he apparently said.. 'why did you choose that song?' Malcolm replied 'it's the first song that came into my head', Gene then replied 'well you ruined that song'
supposely
Malcolm Mcdowell suffered long term damage to his eyes.
You didn't mention Lolita, starring James Mason, Shelley Winters, Sue Lyon, another unforgetable little gem, also with Pete Sellers but only briefly
Dr Strangelove, absolute classic, my favourite of all, yee har !!!! Stutz is right Terry Southern was a master, but a right bastard on set!
Eyes wide shut, Cruise? was ok, but i just loved the idea or reality of a higher society, any ideas... is there one?? apart from the american government?
Stutz, i thought it was paths of glory with Senior douglas, where he took over the directing half way through but done a quick google and 'Flying Padre' was his first short film, made in 1951
"2001: A Space Odyssey" comes in a close second though......
HAL: I'm afraid. I'm afraid, Dave. Dave, my mind is going. I can feel it. I can feel it. My mind is going. There is no question about it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I'm a... fraid. Good afternoon, gentlemen. I am a HAL 9000 computer. I became operational at the H.A.L. plant in Urbana, Illinois on the 12th of January 1992. My instructor was Mr. Langley, and he taught me to sing a song. If you'd like to hear it I can sing it for you.
Dave Bowman: Yes, I'd like to hear it, HAL. Sing it for me.
HAL: It's called "Daisy."
[sings while slowing down]
HAL: Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do. I'm half crazy all for the love of you. It won't be a stylish marriage, I can't afford a carriage. But you'll look sweet upon the seat of a bicycle built for two.
miter i am in a stage where i find all movies boring;....but one part of "a few good men is absolutely stunning.... jack nicholoson on trial isuues the following observation "You can't handle the truth! Son, we live in a world that has walls. And those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago and you curse the Marines. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know: that Santiago's death, while tragic, probably saved lives. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives...You don't want the truth. Because deep down, in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that wall. You need me on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty...we use these words as the backbone to a life spent defending something. You use 'em as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom I provide, then questions the manner in which I provide it! I'd rather you just said thank you and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon and stand a post. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you're entitled to!" .....that my friend is delivery.... ya baby tom you fukin punk i hate you even more
I have no problems with sid. No one has the right to say whether or not anyone else can post on this or any other forum.
If he bugs you just ignore him. I think he's kind of funny myself. However, I'm considered by some to be an asshole so perhaps my sense of humor is different than others........
weinerdog: You don't have the right to say that no one has the right to say whether or not anyone else can post on this or any other forum.
Everyone has the right to say anything they damn well please. I absolutely have the right to tell you that you can not post another post on glumbert.com ever again. You however, have the right to ignore me. Stop trying to take people's rights away.
my objection to haiku is that form always wins out over substance
by Jack Kerouac..... "The American Haiku is not exactly the Japanese Haiku. The Japanese Haiku is strictly disciplined to seventeen syllables but since the language structure is different I don't think American Haikus should worry about syllables rather the absence of all poetic trickery"
oh and by the way... the chinese masters couldn't give a flying fuck about japanese poetry.. they had their own dreary tradition , which they beat to death
Point well taken, Professor Norris! The only reason I used "Chinese" is because Japanese would have been one too many syllables. (Oh, and the Kerouac volume is a thing of beauty.)
I am impressed and awed by your complete and total devotion to your own greatness. Some would say it is the sign of a mad genius! I stand by to humbly witness the feasting upon your ass by your enemies.
`mr weinerdog no offense i hate most things japanese....such as killing whales or dolphins sushi, anime', jap tv, rice, small pickups ginsu knives, chopstix, soy sauce, kobi bryant, and jap pornography.. kobi bryant was named after a japanese reastaurant
For lo, the Lord hath made all things on the earth
to bow down before Him and do His will
the fishes of the sea and beasts of the land
shall do his bidding and be afraid
the man who walks not in the ways of the Lord
will surely perish and his seed with him
felchers
So this is Glumbert? A friend told me to check it out for the vids. Theyre ok but whats with the comments? Looks like One Flew Over the cuckoos nest got a day pass on the internet. WTF?
already been said, i would warn you , like J Nicolson coming in all cocky it soon gets under your skin and you may after taking the medication find it hard to leave, you have been warned
OK - a bunch of losers trying to be FIRST, God botherers, anal fixated morons, repetitive catchphrases, creationists, left wing lunatics, sad middle age women, would be serial killers.
Not Cuckoos nest I s'pose. Wanna enlighten me?
you were probably looking for utube...... that's where all the fashionable people hang out by the way what's a god botherer??? oh one more thing fuck you
i've always said on here it's easy to abuse, never easy to be nice, so what group of people are you from, sounds like you haven't had much love in your life, do you blame yourself or are you one of those people who blames everyone else around them
join in, be constructive, be nice, you never know you might like it, or just carry on abusing like the weak do
Being a person of a kind heart, and always willing to help out a fellow human being in need, I feel I must also volunteer my services to aid "sad middle aged women."
sad middle aged women.................SAD MIDDLE AGED WOMEN...........you better remember who the fuck you are messing with.........no women on this sight are sad, none of us are middle aged, we're fucking right aged. I don't suggest you provoke the women I've met on this sight, myself included, cuz you know why.......no, really do you know why. Let me quote ezekial
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee.
booyah. Excuse me while I go make my daughters breakfast now.
Riz, good job. You are passionate and caring in your striking, offbeat way. Your Glumbert friends are lucky to have you.
Tikfock, why the nastiness? I find it hard to believe that someone would visit this site "once", and have such a negative attitude, sum up one and all as "losers". You're here too, remember. Why is that?
Most everyone here are good people. Not because we have nothing better to do, but because we enjoy it, a little while each day. It seems like we're here a lot, but the posts are spaced apart in real time. Try not to be so judgemental and antagonistic. You'll see a lot more that way.
OK - here we go. Sorry about the typo, in the same way I imagine you want to apologise for the bad grammar "comparison..beween ....to". (Just messing)
I seem to have ruffled a feather or two. The idiots I have identified are the ones who seem obssessed with FIRST and fucking up the threads on the vids. I've scanned a few of them and YOU certainly don't fall into that cateory, and neither do the other two guys who've criticised what I said. What's the "alias" thing? As I said, enlighten me if you like. I don't really care, but I'd be happy to take part if there weren't so many annoying idiots.
First, and of the "first" you mention, there was (pass tense) a "game" some of the "regulars" played, it involved getting the most "first posts" (not comments) in a particular time period, heck I can't even remember who won! urs? Anyway it's over and done with now and the people that do it now, (posting first in the comments) are (I'm assuming) getting a major adrenaline rush from being the very first to post...it is a bit of a rush I admit. It is not easy to do consistently...therefore the "game". Love it or leave it it's really no big deal. Does anyone really give a hoot? Does it ruin the video? Does it waste the mega tera quads of space available? NO to all!
So your perceived "obsession" is no more than that. Now as for this latest (enter your own nasty word here) posting first everywhere, that's, well, annoying to say the least, but does anyone really give a crap? Those posts are easy to skim on by, not to mention the fact that glumbert will just remove the comment and poster permanently! I would say "just ask so and so", but, LOL THEY'RE GONE!
The "alias thing"...titfock.... you absolutely wreak with the alias thing! But I'll give you the benefit of doubt as I enlighten others too...
There are/have/going to be, persons who, after spouting their crap, childishness, off opinions etc.... have created another "name" to hide behind, continue their vitriol, play a part , mock another known name, or more recently, add immature little remarks (see above). When the get booted, they'll come back as an "alias" (eg. sid, sidd, sidartha). The best way is to ignore the fools, but they are fun to mess with! I do it all the time, their little tiny ignorant brains just get frustrated and they pretty much make a fool of themselves with no help!
Since you did not dis on our great canuck of the north, you may be legit. Since he seems to be a favorite for the mental midgets to attempt to pick on, (which he almost ALWAYS blasts with both barrels) and sends them packing, quivering, ashamed, deflated, piss pantsed and flustered! (A few may have gone off to pull their own plug in defeat, as they realize they've dishonored themselves and their wacko cause's they follow!)
So if you're legit, not an alias, welcome to the mad house! As one of the great posters here "skidmarks" has said....
"it soon gets under your skin and you may after taking the medication, find it hard to leave, you have been warned!"
Jesus H.! LOL! I swear if I ever run for political office, I know EXACTLY who the hell I'm gonna hire, as my PR man! Sheeeeee-yit!!
But thank you for the kind words and ringing endorsement!
Awww fuck it...y'know what? I say YOU run for President....I'll run for Prime Minister; and if we each win our respective elections, I'm pretty confident that between the two of us, we'll both get the North American continent fixed up in a jiffy, and 100% again. Right as rain.
Yessiree.
(good answer on the other stuff, btw; took the words right outta muh mouth.....which ain't easy, considering it's flapping most of the time; just ask my wife)
At our first meeting as two National Leaders, you show up in your mini-gun-equipped SUV's....and I'll show up on a snowmobile loaded with beer, hockey sticks and beaver pelts.
With all of that between the two of us, I'm sure we can can work something out.
(A word of warning, though: try as you might otherwise, be prepared for the fact that sticking to just commenting on the videos, as you say, will invariably lead to a different trajectory towards non-related issues....seen it happen a gazillion times)
Not necessarily Stutz! In my neck of the woods, the bestiality boys wear the wellies and shove the yew's (or ram's if they are perverts) hind legs into them. This makes it easier to run away if the beast police arrive on the scene unexpectedly.
Scotland - Where the men are men and the sheep are nervous!
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