Althouse: "I was overwhelmed by a sudden access of lava-like agony, accompanied by the vertiginous sensation that there was no there there."

৯ নভেম্বর, ২০০৭

"I was overwhelmed by a sudden access of lava-like agony, accompanied by the vertiginous sensation that there was no there there."

That's Christopher Hitchens describing.... guess what?

১৩টি মন্তব্য:

AllenS বলেছেন...: I'm going to comment before I click the link: Mexican food?; ৯/১১/০৭, ৫:৩৬ AM
AllenS বলেছেন...: Good, God! What was the man thinking? Why would any man do this?; ৯/১১/০৭, ৫:৫১ AM
Ron বলেছেন...: "There's no there there"? Dorothy Parker is on his mind at that moment? Yikes!

Plus, we should apply (ahem) the phrase "sandpaper handjob" in our political discussions here, i.e., "Hillary gave Obama a sandpaper handjob about health care in last nights debate," or "Rudy gave McCain a sandpaper handjob on waterboarding yesterday."; ৯/১১/০৭, ৬:২২ AM
Paco Wové বলেছেন...: Hmmm.... waterboarding? Anal sex?; ৯/১১/০৭, ৭:২০ AM
Simon বলেছেন...: Interesting that the avowed atheist, in his moment of pain and horror, turns instinctively to...

"...surely you can't be serious about putting … Oh Jesus."; ৯/১১/০৭, ৭:৩৮ AM
Simon বলেছেন...: Ron - I really think it would be for the best if we did not.; ৯/১১/০৭, ৭:৩৯ AM
DaLawGiver বলেছেন...: Hmmm.... waterboarding? Anal sex?

Given a choice I would prefer waterboarding.; ৯/১১/০৭, ৮:৪৫ AM
Trooper York বলেছেন...: A dinner date with Maxine.; ৯/১১/০৭, ১১:০৪ AM
Ruth Anne Adams বলেছেন...: If he thinks that's bad, just wait 'til he gets to Purgatory. [God willing.]; ৯/১১/০৭, ১১:৩৪ AM
নামহীন বলেছেন...: That was a hell of a thing.
--Tony Shalhoub in Galaxy Quest (1999); ৯/১১/০৭, ১১:৫২ AM
stoqboy বলেছেন...: There is no there there - Gertrude Stein.; ৯/১১/০৭, ১২:৫২ PM
Trooper York বলেছেন...: [having his belly hair waxed]
Andy Stitzer: [yells] Yooooooooow, Kelly Clarkson!
Andy Stitzer: [yells] Yoooooooooow,
I hate you.
Andy Stitzer: [yells] Yoooooooooow,
Blow me.
Andy Stitzer: [yells] Yoooooooooow,
You suck. Ok that's enough. I have to go home and post some comments on Althouse.
(The 40 Year Old Virgin, 2005); ৯/১১/০৭, ২:২৬ PM
blake বলেছেন...: Fun fact:

Steve Carrell was actually being waxed for that scene and the subsequence scene of him walking down the street in his blood-flecked shirt is not a special effect.

Talk about suffering for your art.; ৯/১১/০৭, ৪:০৩ PM