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Miranda · #61 (**permalink**) 3 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by Cari

Well this makes no sense, I could have SWORN I put you down for that...

Dear fuckface...

xoxoxo,

-Miranda

proUSA · #62 (**permalink**) 2 Weeks Ago

is it too late to nominate myself for most obnoxous?
gonna get that way damn soon.

Traveler · #63 (**permalink**) 2 Weeks Ago

You won't win though...

There are pleanty more obnoxious on here, than you!

(There was me hoping that the spammer and all this OT horseshit about Canada might have led to more nominations!)

Traveler · #64 (**permalink**) 2 Weeks Ago

Well we're nearing the end of the nomination period, so come on folks, this is coming up to your last opportunity to get votes in.

Speakeasy · #65 (**permalink**) 2 Weeks Ago

Until we get more submissions, I will be posting select pages from Herman Melville's Moby Dick in Jive speak.

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Call me Ishmael. Some years ago - neva' mind how long precisely - havin' little o' no bre'd in mah' purse, and nodin' particular t'interest me on sho'e, ah' dought ah' would sail about some little and see da damn boozey part uh de wo'ld. It be a way I gots uh drivin' off de spleen, and regulatin' de circulashun. Wheneva' I find mah'self growin' grim about da damn moud; wheneva' it is some damp, drizzly Novemba' in mah' soul; wheneva' I find mah'self involuntarily pausin' befo'e coffin warecribs, and brin'in' down de rear uh every funeral ah' meet; and especially wheneva' my hypos dig such an downpuh' hand uh me, dat it requires some strong mo'al principle t'prevent me fum deliberately steppin' into de street, and medodically knockin' sucka's's hats off - den, ah' account it high time t'get t'sea as soon as ah' can. 'S coo', bro. Dis be my substitute fo' pistol and ball. Wid some philosophical flourish Cato drows himself downon his swo'd; ah' quietly snatch t'de ship. Jes hang loose, brud. Dere be nodin' surprisin' in dis. If dey but knowed it, mos' all dudes in deir degree, some time o' oder, cherish real nearly de same feelin's towards de ocean wid me.

Dere now be yo' insular city uh de Manhattoes, belted round by wharves as Indian isles by co'al reefs - commerce surrounds it wid ha' surf. Right and left, de streets snatch ya' boozeward. Its 'estreme waaay down-town be de battery, where dat noble mole be wuzhed by waves, and waaay coo'ed by breezes, which some few hours previous were out uh sight uh land. Look at da damn crowds uh booze-gazers dere.

Circumambulate da damn city uh a dredat fine femahnaine ladee Sabbad afternoon. 'S coo', bro. Go fum Co'lears Hook t'Coenties Slip, and fum dence, by Honkyhall no'dward. Whut do ya' see? - Posted likes silent sentinels all around da damn town, stand dousands downon dousands uh mo'tal dudes fixed in ocean reveries. Some leanin' against da damn spiles; some seated downon de pier-haids; some lookin' ova' de bulwarks

Traveler · #66 (**permalink**) 2 Weeks Ago

One thing folks. In the catergory for most meddlesome foreignor, i haven't accepted any of the nominations for Jason Marcel. While he is a Canadian, he does of course have US citizenship which entitles him to whatever opinions about our nation that he wants to hold.

While there has been a surge in folks nominating him since yesterday, he doesn't fit into that catergory.

Speakeasy · #67 (**permalink**) 2 Weeks Ago

Keep 'em coming, folks! I will continue to post complete bullshit until we've reached a sufficient amount of nominations.

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Submaterial discourse in the works of Pynchon
J. Stephen la Fournier
Department of English, Miskatonic University, Arkham, Mass.

1. Consensuses of meaninglessness

“Sexual identity is part of the defining characteristic of narrativity,” says Marx. Debord promotes the use of the dialectic paradigm of context to challenge society. Thus, the subject is interpolated into a neotextual theory that includes truth as a paradox.

The characteristic theme of the works of Pynchon is the role of the observer as writer. In a sense, the subject is contextualised into a capitalist deconceptualism that includes reality as a whole.

Von Ludwig suggests that the works of Pynchon are empowering. It could be said that if the dialectic paradigm of context holds, we have to choose between capitalist deconceptualism and the subsemiotic paradigm of consensus.

2. Tarantino and capitalist predeconstructivist theory

“Sexual identity is responsible for sexism,” says Lacan; however, according to Dietrich, it is not so much sexual identity that is responsible for sexism, but rather the genre, and subsequent fatal flaw, of sexual identity. The closing/opening distinction which is a central theme of Burroughs’s The Ticket that Exploded is also evident in The Soft Machine. However, an abundance of sublimations concerning a mythopoetical totality exist.

“Society is fundamentally dead,” says Foucault. Von Junz states that we have to choose between capitalist deconceptualism and Lyotardist narrative. In a sense, Foucault suggests the use of the dialectic paradigm of context to deconstruct outmoded, sexist perceptions of consciousness.

The main theme of Sargeant’s critique of capitalist deconceptualism is not, in fact, discourse, but neodiscourse. If cultural theory holds, we have to choose between submaterial discourse and Sontagist camp. Thus, the premise of the dialectic paradigm of context suggests that discourse comes from communication.

If one examines capitalist deconceptualism, one is faced with a choice: either reject prematerialist capitalist theory or conclude that narrativity is capable of truth. The primary theme of the works of Rushdie is the economy of neotextual society. It could be said that Foucault promotes the use of capitalist deconceptualism to analyse and modify class.

Buxton implies that we have to choose between cultural pretextual theory and dialectic desituationism. But in The Moor’s Last Sigh, Rushdie examines submaterial discourse; in Midnight’s Children he analyses the postconceptual paradigm of context.

Several constructions concerning the dialectic paradigm of context may be found. In a sense, the fatal flaw, and some would say the economy, of cultural subdialectic theory intrinsic to Rushdie’s The Moor’s Last Sigh emerges again in Satanic Verses, although in a more self-supporting sense.

Debord uses the term ’submaterial discourse’ to denote not theory, but posttheory. It could be said that if capitalist deconceptualism holds, the works of Rushdie are postmodern.

The dialectic paradigm of context holds that discourse is a product of the collective unconscious. Thus, in The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Rushdie reiterates the deconstructivist paradigm of expression; in The Moor’s Last Sigh, however, he examines capitalist deconceptualism.

Derrida uses the term ’submaterial discourse’ to denote a mythopoetical whole. However, any number of narratives concerning the bridge between truth and society exist.

The main theme of Abian’s analysis of pretextual desemanticism is not theory, but subtheory. It could be said that the subject is interpolated into a submaterial discourse that includes culture as a totality.

Miranda · #68 (**permalink**) 2 Weeks Ago

I'll help.

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(CBS) Jon Gosselin says he intends to deliver two powerful words to his estranged wife, Kate Gosselin, at some point: I'm sorry.

Gosselin shed light on his intentions in front of the cameras Sunday night.

This time, reports CBS News Correspondent Whit Johnson Gosselin wasn't on a yacht or in a nightclub with a new girlfriend. A "surprisingly introspective" Gosselin turned up in a very unlikely venue.

"After a summer of parties and paparazzi," Johnson says, "it was the last place you'd expect to find Jon Gosselin -- a synagogue in Manhattan, where celebrity rabbi Shmuley Boteach kicked off the event.

Boteach, who once counseled Michael Jackson, joked, "I guess you all came here to hear my sermon on the Bible reading, right?"

Actually, audience members paid $20 a head to hear a serious Jon Gosselin -- of "Jon & Kate Plus Eight" fame -- dissect his troubled life and marriage.

In a dark suit and without his trademark earrings, Gosselin began by confessing that his celebrity is a mystery to him. "I don't sing, I don't dance, I'm not a Nobel Peace Prize winner. ... I just had eight kids, and I had a show on TLC."

He contended he never wanted the bright lights, saying, "I never asked for it, I never invited anyone. ... The only cameras that ever followed me around were TLC, and that was only three days a week, and that was work. It's a job. And then, all of a sudden, you know, I saw our marriage disintegrating."

And while he didn't vilify Kate, he did revisit a frequently heard complaint: "She always said I was the 'ninth child.' And I felt like the ninth child, because I couldn't get to the point that she could love and respect me."

Later, though -- some frank reflections. First, to Kate: I want to apologize to Kate ... so, when that time comes, I will apologize to her. And I'll apologize to her for openly having relationships in the public eye. And that was a huge mistake."

Then, to their eight kids: "I'm gonna have eight years to prepare, to think about how I'm gonna explain myself, what I did, in eight months. Even though I was a good father, I believe, for eight years, it doesn't matter. Those eight months have tarnished those eight years."
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/...n5494787.shtml

Traveler · #69 (**permalink**) 2 Weeks Ago

See i was just thinking, if we could get Miranda to do the same, we'd get nominations through in record breaking numbers...

Miranda · #70 (**permalink**) 2 Weeks Ago

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(CNN) -- Kirstie Alley has always had a public battle with her weight, but next year, the actress will get real in a new way: in a reality television show on A&E.

The network has ordered 10 half-hour episodes of the as-yet-unnamed series that will open the once-private doors of the Emmy-winning actress's life, A&E announced Tuesday.

The reality series is scheduled to air in 2010 and will be produced by FremantleMedia, the hit-making minds behind "American Idol."

Over the 10 episodes, cameras will trail Alley as she juggles producing a feature film, sticking to a new weight-loss program and raising her two daughters True and Lillie, all while looking for love.

Although it's the first time Alley has laid her personal life bare on reality television, it's not the first time she's exposed her weighty issues to the world. She was a Jenny Craig spokeswoman for three years until 2007, dropping 75 pounds along the way. The actress stripped down to a bikini and a sarong to show off her success on "Oprah" in 2006.

Two years after she left the weight-loss company, Alley had regained the 75 pounds she lost, plus an additional 10. "I just sort of went wild," the actress admitted to People magazine in May.

She also starred in the Showtime mockumentary series "Fat Actress" in 2005, playing a character based on herself (and named "Kirstie Alley").

Alley's frankness caught A&E's attention, said an executive for the network.

"Kirstie is exactly the kind of star A&E is drawn to," Robert Sharenow, A&E's senior vice president for nonfiction and alternative programming, said in a statement.

"She is a multifaceted talent who connects with our audience on so many levels," he added. "Her personal life has been playing out in the media for years, but this will be the first time she'll be opening up her home to reveal her real life for the cameras."

Kirstie Alley reality show coming in 2010 - CNN.com

Damnt, CNN!!!