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I’ve been to several Chinatown restaurants that have beautiful aquariums (not the tanks where you pick out your dinner). Recently my father and stepmother took us to their favorite diner on LI where they had a bunch of FAKE aquariums–just tv screens with fish swimming around. At least you don’t have to clean the tank and keep a calendar of when to feed the fish, and you don’t have to check to make sure the fish are dead before you flush them!
I differ on King’s Speech. It’s about the idiocy of the British monarchy. How many years was that future king smoking as a cure for stuttering? Not to mention Edward’s nazi sympathies, which were downplayed.
Slopey- watched that movie again the other night. I haven’t seen so many people chewing up the scenery since a gang of termites ate a house. But I do love the movie because it brings up so many questions and no great answers.
I just looked up the dimensions of that size tank, Legion.
That could probably work. What I read said that each fish needs 10 gallons. And the chart said that the tank size
would be appx. 4 feet long by 19 inches high and 19 inches deep. It is very relaxing watching fish. I remember visiting the Bloomberg office in Princeton once. It made a big impression on me. Interspersed with large computer screens (for writers) were fish tanks of equal size. It had a remarkably soothing effect in the office.
Sorry, CGar, got confused. Thougth that was you commenting on me, not dibs commenting on you, in which case that should be your line. Reference is early scene in A Few Good Men (Cruise and Moore dealing with Gitmo) in which Cruise objects at a hearing in a military court, gets overruled, then Moore stands up and “strenuously” objects, as if that ought to carry more weight with the judge.
I had a friend tell me, wide-eyed, to see that movie. He said that it was an illustration of the fact that to become really great at something, the top of your field, you have to be a freak. (I think he is working something out).
The King’s Speech is a white person’s feelgood movie. It’s all about therapy, which only white people believe in, and the main character is a really sensitive King, which appeals to white people’s silly idealism.
If you are a white person, you may find yourself nodding your head during the movie as if it somehow validated your entire world view, even though it doesn’t.
I’ve been to several Chinatown restaurants that have beautiful aquariums (not the tanks where you pick out your dinner). Recently my father and stepmother took us to their favorite diner on LI where they had a bunch of FAKE aquariums–just tv screens with fish swimming around. At least you don’t have to clean the tank and keep a calendar of when to feed the fish, and you don’t have to check to make sure the fish are dead before you flush them!
I would love to get a fish talk but calming effect? Not for my cats, sadly. even sadder for the fish too.
lol legion. I have that movie just because but I can’t believe I’m going to like it so keep putting it at the bottom of the stack.
I differ on King’s Speech. It’s about the idiocy of the British monarchy. How many years was that future king smoking as a cure for stuttering? Not to mention Edward’s nazi sympathies, which were downplayed.
Slopey- watched that movie again the other night. I haven’t seen so many people chewing up the scenery since a gang of termites ate a house. But I do love the movie because it brings up so many questions and no great answers.
I just looked up the dimensions of that size tank, Legion.
That could probably work. What I read said that each fish needs 10 gallons. And the chart said that the tank size
would be appx. 4 feet long by 19 inches high and 19 inches deep. It is very relaxing watching fish. I remember visiting the Bloomberg office in Princeton once. It made a big impression on me. Interspersed with large computer screens (for writers) were fish tanks of equal size. It had a remarkably soothing effect in the office.
Sorry, CGar, got confused. Thougth that was you commenting on me, not dibs commenting on you, in which case that should be your line. Reference is early scene in A Few Good Men (Cruise and Moore dealing with Gitmo) in which Cruise objects at a hearing in a military court, gets overruled, then Moore stands up and “strenuously” objects, as if that ought to carry more weight with the judge.
Legion,
I had a friend tell me, wide-eyed, to see that movie. He said that it was an illustration of the fact that to become really great at something, the top of your field, you have to be a freak. (I think he is working something out).
“Tomorrow’s review:
The King’s Speech”
Screw that. I’ll do the review right now.
The King’s Speech is a white person’s feelgood movie. It’s all about therapy, which only white people believe in, and the main character is a really sensitive King, which appeals to white people’s silly idealism.
If you are a white person, you may find yourself nodding your head during the movie as if it somehow validated your entire world view, even though it doesn’t.
The end.