1. "I call shotgun" (getting into a car)
   "I call nine millimeter."
   Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles |  aviran
   (if you aren't watching this, you really should give it a try)
2. Now you got an explosive device stuck to the back of your head.
   Blade II | korupt_kitten
3. Hey Earl, we all just decided you have super-attractive hair. Hooray for you!
   Waitress | tabin
4. Tenth grade biology. Brachial artery... pumps 30 liters of blood a minute. There's only five in the human body. I'm sorry.
   Cellular | no one got this piece of Jason Statham-as-a-bad-guy goodness (okay, so the plot was a little...still Jason Statham)
5. You don't need your mouth to pee.
   The Transporter | blunt_force_mama

And, now, thanks to wikipedia, I have a handy list of solutions via McGyver.

List of Problems solved by McGyver.

Henceforth, Monday Movie Quotes will have a new feature. The first quote in every list will be from a television show.

1. "I call shotgun" (getting into a car)
   "I call nine millimeter."
2. Now you got an explosive device stuck to the back of your head.
3. Hey Earl, we all just decided you have super-attractive hair. Hooray for you!
4. Tenth grade biology. Brachial artery... pumps 30 liters of blood a minute. There's only five in the human body. I'm sorry.
5. You don't need your mouth to pee.

Same thing I am doing right now. But, frankly, I think it is the very possibility of failure that makes certain things worth doing.

Oddly enough, a boss once gave me a paper weight from Red Envelope inscribed with this same question. I would say it has been about four years. In all that time, my answer has not changed one bit.
   

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When I first saw the headline of the article, I thought it might be a joke. However, after reading it is clearly not.

She was an agent for the Office of Strategic Services (the forerunner of the CIA), it has widely been reported that there were about 13,000 people working for the OSS, which was founded by FDR during WWII. But with release of the new records it indicates that there were 24,000 people working for the OSS.

The article states:

The OSS files offer details about other agents, including Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg, major league catcher Moe Berg, historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. and film actor Sterling Hayden.

Other notables identified in the files include John Hemingway, son of author Ernest Hemingway; Kermit Roosevelt, son of President Theodore Roosevelt; and Miles Copeland, father of Stewart Copeland, drummer for the band The Police.

You can read the full article here.

That's what Bill and Ted advocated, "Be excellent to each other." If you look, there is some variant of that in most major religions. Even in kindergarten we are taught to play well with others.

I've never heard a version of this that went on to say, "unless you don't like their [looks-religion-national orgin-politics-sense of humor...ad nauseam].

Orson Bean, who was blacklisted in Hollywood in the 1950's, recently had this to say, "These days, the left doesn't just disagree with right-wingers - they hate them. People actually shudder when I tell them I'm a Republican. I should have to carry a bell and yell, 'unclean.' It doesn't bother me, though. I've been on both ends. Being hated is like voodoo. It only works if you feel hated. And I just won't. I know it will pass." 

Jon Voight has been experiencing some serious backlash for stating his views, including calls to blacklist him in Hollywood. (Sorry, not going to link to that post, I think anyone who starts out saying Voight is, "obviously entitled to say and write whatever he wants," doesn't really mean it. Particularly when he is calling to blacklist someone for their political views.

When Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks made her statement in England against Bush, my personal opinion was that I wished she had made it here in the U.S. rather than abroad, but it was her choice, not mine. I did understand why the Chicks received backlash from some of their fans, even though I thought it was overkill (if you feel that strongly about some else's political views, then by all means don't support them by purchasing their products, though, destroying product you've already purchased is just a waste of your money. But threatening to kill them? I call that terrorism.). 

I've experienced that hate myself (though much more mildly), though, for saying I was a Libertarian or a Constitutionalist. I've experienced it here on Xanga, because of my politics (the people I genuinely care about, they may not like my politics, but they still seem to like me, for the most part. Fortunately for me I seem to have only lost one or two people I care about it by opening up on some of my political views.) and because I have friends whose SOs do not like me. Surely, most of those people are just Internet Trolls who want to upset people, but a few seem seriously hardcore in their hatred.

When I was in San Francisco, I avoided politics most of the time. Because otherwise kind and respectful people, would spew hatred if you didn't lean as far to the left as they did (and back in Texas, several people think I am a radical leftist, I just laugh). There were times when the venom in their voices actually frightened me (and for those of you who don't know a lot about me, I'm pretty pragmatic when it comes to fear. My dogs and I were threatened by a, likely crazy, homeless man, my response was to purchase a 900,000 volt stun gun. Some blogger here on xanga once threatened to rob my home, I reported them to the police. I don't really get scared—except for the ghost haunting the house I am currently in—I get prepared.)

Now, I know from living in red states as well as blue states there are people like that on all sides of the political spectrum. So, this isn't a blast the left post. It is a be excellent to each other post. I prefer to agree to disagree, not just scream louder (metaphorically speaking on the blogosphere) thinking if you just say it a little louder it will suddenly make sense to the other person. That is counterproductive, all you do is alienate the other person.

Perhaps, that is what some prefer? To only surround themselves with people who think exactly like themselves. If that works for them. More power to them.

For me? I would find that incredibly boring. I like people who will challenge me and also listen to me. I can think of one great blogger here in particular. She has disagreed with several of my opinions, but that hasn't stopped her from exchanging ideas with me and finding areas of common ground or being my friend.

I think it is great that so many people are so passionate about their political beliefs. We need that if we are ever going to engender real change. Just you know, be excellent to each other. And, party on dudes.

No, however, it is true that "what doesn't kill me, hath made a serious tactical error.*"

*Taken from The Habits of Highly Effective Pirates.

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I do so enjoy the farmer's market, but it occurred to me today, that aside from the farmers' kids, I was possibly one of the youngest people out there, and I am hardly that young anymore.

So, one of my good friends (and an amazingly talented graphic designer) has relocated to the UK (from Sweden, which she relocated to from the US). She's getting married on Labor Day weekend, though there, it's just called Saturday.

I'm flying into London and she and I are going to bum around there for a couple of days (do the walking ghost tour), then to her home in Shirley (we were on Skype discussing the travel plans, she says she isn't even sure Shirley is on the map, which then caused us both to degrade into "Stop calling me Shirley" jokes, we are going to have so much goofy fun!) where I'll stay for a few days (take a quick trip over to Stratford while she works one day, you know to geek out over the home of Shakespeare) then transfer to the hotel for the two nights before as well as the night of the wedding. Then the next day, I fly out of Manchester and back to the US.

To help me prepare I've been watching The Tudors, MI:5, and Coupling. I'm such a nerd.

1. "...don't speak Latin in front of the books." (Giles speaking to Xander after Xander says reading a book never hurt anything, then he reads a Latin passage from the book and the book ignites)
   Buffy the Vampire Slayer (the tv show) | X_naomi_X was first
    
2. It's easy to tell the difference between right and wrong. What's hard is choosing the wrong that's more right. 
   The Siege |  Tom was first
   
3. It's go go, not cry cry.
   Grindhouse | Tom was first
    
4. Just wait 'til Mom finds out that you tried to take over the world again! 
   Spy Kids 2 | Tom was closest (I do love my Robert Rodriguez movies)
    
5. You need to speak English or French. Frenglish is not a language.
   D.E.B.S. |  notagoose didn't actually get it, however she had the best comment regarding it