twohearts's Comments (97)

“Our Mutual Friend is my favorite Dickens. I have a set of Dickens, but I am always reading my favorites over and over: Our Mutual Friend, Bleak House, Great Expectations and sometimes Ollie and Davey. What others are your favorites? If I were choosing between Martin Chuzzlewit, Barnaby Rudge, Dombey and Son, and Nicholas Nickleby, which would you recommend?”

“The only thing that blows my mind is the $140,000 part! With that kind of money
I could gas up the old motorhome and still have enough over to party on for the rest
of the month!”

“As a pianist who can no longer play due to a severe injury of the left wrist, I feel for you and Phil. When you have devoted years to perfecting your art, when you have that emotional connection to it, it becomes a part of you. Losing that ability leaves an aching place in your heart. This is not just about the loss of a commercial product, but rather the loss of an important facet of a person's life. Whether one like's Phil's music or not, a bit of empathy for the man would be nice to see on these pages.”

“It is a sad fact of aging that many of the physical activities that were a person's passions in life become more difficult or impossible to do anymore. Athletes come to this realization early in life, but the same is true for many, many other passions. It is something that I have not seen much talked about in the media. Perhaps that will change as the baby boomers discover this tragic change in their own lives. I am sorry for you, and I am sorry for Phil Collins that you cannot do what you love.”

“"But - other countries DO think it is condoned by Shari'a law"

Who told you that? There is absolutely nothing at all whatsoever in Islam that could in any way be interpreted as condoning female genital cutting.”

“The 33-year-old school teacher from the area of Harlingen, Texas, died yesterday after first seeking treatment for a chronic respiratory condition on April 14, said Leo Lopez, an epidemiologist at the Cameron County Department of Health and Human Services in Texas. The teacher returned to the hospital on April 19 with more severe symptoms, he said.

Exacerbated by Flu

“She already had a respiratory condition -- it was exacerbated by the flu,” Lopez said in a telephone interview yesterday. He said the woman hadn’t traveled recently and the flu was probably “home-grown,” contracted in the U.S. Cameron County is located in south Texas along the U.S. border with Mexico. ( http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aAx7pxo9nykY&refer=home )

I have asthma and I think we were all thrown under the bus for the recovery. They had no idea what this would do and Mexico was being less than honest with the numbers. They should have shut the border. Im sick of the "regular flu..." ministry of information paroters spreading the lines.

Why not tell us the truth then deal with the panic instead of dealing with the panic before telling the truth?”

“But - some people really ARE bisexual. And sometimes women & men say that when they're on their way to saying, Oh I am gay.

Certainly not Ann Heche...what a fraud!”

“I was wondering about the timing too. We must belong to a different club.”

“You are a lesbian - bi-sexual? what is that? you swing both ways? Do not blame any of your depressed state of mind on any political figure or anyone for that matter. Changes do take time and homosexuality will never be accepted in some religious groups, etc We have so many other issues right now in America that take precedence over a "gay bishop" giving a speech and it isn't covered on HBO??? just like the moaning and groaning over Obama chosing Warren to speak at his inauguration. The gay community is really starting to piss me off!”

“A very little Stevie goes a long way.”

“I'm not sure about that. I need to watch it again because I was multi tasking at the time. Springsteen and Bono are also classics but you are right that they shouldn't have gotten more time than Stevie Wonder.”

“Seeger, Springsteen and Bono, what a night.”

“I thought it was pretty good. Not great, the sound was bad, but I liked what they were trying to do. They needed four hours not two.”

“I meant - there was TOO much Springsteen & Bono, and not enough of our classics like Stevie!”

“Everyone keeps mentioning the George Harrison "He's So Fine" lawsuit. That was a revenge lawsuit generated and filed against Harrison by his former manager Allen Kline of ABKCO. You know that name on the back of the original "Let It Be" album "Apple Records, an ABKCO company"?

Allen Kline was the same guy that ripped off the Rolling Stones. Allen Kline was the same guy that took 100% of the royalties from "Bittersweet Symphony". This guy was a pirate in the music industry. Look him up in Wikipedia. He started out claiming to get musicians more money from their record companies and in all honesty he did do that because the record companies were incredibly corrupt and did not pay the artists fairly. So some kudos must go to him for that, but he was a bit of a bad guy as well. He did take advantage of the artists he represented. He owns the Rolling Stones up to 1971. That's what kind of pirate he is.

So when the Beatles realized the kinds of backroom, against their interests dealings Allen Kline tried to do, the Beatles fired him. In order to exact revenge Allen Kline specifically went out and bought the rights to the song "He's So Fine" in order to get revenge against Harrison and make at least one of his former client's life miserable. The He's So Fine law suit is garbage and the Judge who decided it was seriously wrong. Bad law.”