Displaying 211 To 240 Of 992 Comments Friday Music Thread – Amazing Voice, How Sweet The Sound Yoko Kanno, Gotta Knock A Little Harder This song is called “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” in Japan, apparently.
» Posted By Haruko Haruhara On March 25, 2011 @ 7:41 pm Atsushi Kimura, St. James Infirmary
» Posted By Haruko Haruhara On March 25, 2011 @ 7:36 pm This is a Japanese singer named Minako Obata
» Posted By Haruko Haruhara On March 25, 2011 @ 7:18 pm Hey, that’s a Canadian … singing a song written by another Canadian. » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On March 25, 2011 @ 7:16 pm I put up my birdfeeder, and Pepe is having his first barbecue tonight … and climbed his first mountain of the year (though it was a little mountain, only 4,100 feet). He gets SO grouchy in the winter! » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On March 23, 2011 @ 5:55 pm
» Posted By Haruko Haruhara On March 23, 2011 @ 5:52 pm I ♥ spring. Today I finally put up the birdfeeder on my new birdfeeder stand I got for Christmas. Do your worst squirrels, I’m ready for you this year! Sakura is also a Japanese TV character.
» Posted By Haruko Haruhara On March 23, 2011 @ 5:18 pm Friday Music Thread – Comedy Tonight Nobody played this, really? This is a song about my upbringing!
» Posted By Haruko Haruhara On March 18, 2011 @ 9:29 pm We’re seeing these guys tomorrow night:
» Posted By Haruko Haruhara On March 18, 2011 @ 8:35 pm I hope you’re OK, WTS. Who started this silly honey badger thing anyway? 8) » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On March 11, 2011 @ 10:27 am One thing about Montana I genuinely get fed up with Yes, I’ve seen both, but not all the episodes. None of them are Whale Rider, though.
» Posted By Haruko Haruhara On March 5, 2011 @ 12:21 pm I’d like to introduce that drongo to these guys: [img]http://i.neoseeker.com/mgv/152409-Kilik%2064/409/51/maoris_display.jpg[/img] » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On March 5, 2011 @ 11:24 am Friday Music Thread – Peace, Love and Taking It To The Man I can’t compete against Great Lardini, so I’m not even going to try:
» Posted By Haruko Haruhara On March 4, 2011 @ 1:16 pm Mike Huckabee: The Craven Christian Here, lemme fix that for you. Yup fills me with revulsion! [img]http://www.superficialdiva.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Natalie-Portman-Oscar-2011.jpg[/img] » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On March 4, 2011 @ 9:44 am Hi, Beachchick! » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On March 4, 2011 @ 11:12 pm The View From Here: An Open Letter to President Obama It’s because they mostly appeal to people’s fear and hate. And that’s easy. Our side has the harder job. We have to play to people’s hopes. » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On March 3, 2011 @ 3:37 pm I can understand and respect the frustration with Obama and the Democrats for not standing up more forcefully for the Progressive agenda. I can understand the lack of patience. It is exasperating. But, I’m bothered by the “I’ll never vote Democratic,” I’ll never support Obama again” rhetoric. Let’s look at a not-so-outrageous scenario. Say it’s Bachmann and Obama in 2012. Bachmann has made a number of shocking statements about taking away women’s right to choose, taking away gay rights, going after immigrants and Muslims, bringing more Christianity into government, and yet she’s doing shockingly well in the polls. Say she has the entire Deep South Electoral College wrapped up — she has Texas and Florida … she’s got 195 Electoral votes in the bag. All she needs is Ohio, Pennsylvania and maybe another swing state to win. The polls in the swing states are close. I don’t believe this is an outrageous premise. I think it could happen. Where will “I will never support Obama again” get you then? That’s why I personally avoid that kind black-and-white rhetoric. Here’s my take on it. Obama isn’t perfect, and we need to keep battling. We will see some victories; we will see some defeats. We got health care reform, but it didn’t go nearly far enough. Obama did sign the repeal of DADT; he eventually did drop the fight against DOMA, but he took his sweet time about it. Longer than he should have. But, I actually feel sometimes we are at war … with a party that has gone utterly insane. I certainly feel as if I’m war to maintain control over my own body, from those who will take that control away from me. Maybe war is too strong of a word, but there are people driving the narrative on the other side of the aisle who scare the bejeesus out of me. I will continue supporting the candidates that provide the buffer against that kind of extremism, warts and all. » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On March 3, 2011 @ 2:56 pm I just want to ask some people, “when did ANY politician EVER give you EVERYTHING you wanted as quickly as you wanted it?” When? That isn’t how it works. » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On March 3, 2011 @ 1:07 pm No, no, no. Whatever positive might come out of a Palin presidency in the long run is not worth the fearsome amount of damage that someone so utterly beholden to religious extremist fanaticism is capable of inflicting on the country in the short run. » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On March 3, 2011 @ 12:39 pm I agree. If you really can’t see the difference between the two parties, then you are seriously not paying attention. The Democrats are definitely imperfect, exasperating and can be every bit as corrupt as the Republicans, but one party is doing its damnedest to impose its narrow religious will upon the entire populace, and to take away the rights of women and gays. And to stir up anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim hate. The differences are as clear as night and day to me. » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On March 3, 2011 @ 12:22 pm My boyfriend has been going around for two days saying, “I’m a high priest Vatican assassin warlock! Boom! Print that people!” 🙄 » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On March 1, 2011 @ 12:52 pm “Younger, browner and more to the left..?” ???? Is there a better way he could have phrased that? » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On March 1, 2011 @ 11:15 am They Should Been (more than) Contenders! All I did was answer a casting call. They wanted women under 5-foot-3 (155 centimetres) and I was about 4-foot-9 or 4-foot-10 at the time (about 145 centimetres), and they said “no acting experience necessary.” So they took one look at me and hired me on the spot and I spent several days in Matamata, running around at night and pretending a dragon was chasing me while wearing fake feet, this poofy wig and ridiculously tight bodice. No one had ANY idea that we were in the Biggest Movie Ever made. Everyone thought it was just going to be a little Kiwi movie. We were all quite gobsmacked … and chuffed … when it came out two years later. » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On March 3, 2011 @ 9:46 pm I was 16 years old and it was quite fun. It was filmed at Matamata. » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On March 3, 2011 @ 11:41 am Questina, I was actually in a big movie. They slapped a big, curly wig on me and made me wear a really tight corset. Yup, I was a hobbit. If you look close, you might see me at the 1:46 mark
» Posted By Haruko Haruhara On March 2, 2011 @ 9:36 pm I think “Saving Private Ryan” should have won. And I think “Apocalypse Now” is the most terrifying, intense film I’ve ever seen, even if it did steal the plot from an 80-year-old Joseph Conrad novel. » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On March 2, 2011 @ 9:15 pm Ordinary People won over Raging Bull? Has anyone even seen Ordinary People? I never have! » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On March 2, 2011 @ 11:05 am Christchurch Earthquake – A First Hand Account We live within four hours of the largest supervolcano in the world. If it goes, you’ll envy us. » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On March 1, 2011 @ 10:58 am Christchurch … parochial? Get out! Thank you for this, HCP and God Bless. You have been through so much. My cousins (Harewood — Go Merlins) are now living in Auckland for the time being because they had to get out of that hell for a while. The aftershocks were particularly terrifying. The death toll is now at 158 and expected to top out at around 240, I guess. Believe it or not, I actually took this as good news because so many of the reports for so many days were putting the death toll in the 350-400 range. And go Wasps! If anyone is interested in sending words of support that will be read by Kiwis. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10708120 » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On March 1, 2011 @ 10:57 am Hah, no one got it. Russell Crowe (Kiwi/Aussie) Errol Flynn never won an Oscar. » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On February 28, 2011 @ 9:53 amComments Posted By Haruko Haruhara
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Anna Paquin (Canadian/Kiwi
Cate Blanchett (Aussie/American)
Geoffrey Rush (Aussie)
Mel Gibson never won an Oscar for acting and I’m not sure the Aussies really claim him as one of their own anyway.
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