This Fucking Guy

Prof_Rockwell

Shared on Wed, 03/18/2009 - 11:56

 

Is my new Hero (yes, Hero, not hero). Kurt Vonnegut truly is an American treasure. I strongly urge all you old farts around here to pick up and read Timequake. It's the perfect blend of fiction, auto-biography and cranky-old-man observations about life, wrapped in a sci-fi story-line that holds a mirror up to alot of the absurdities of life.

 

This Fucking Guy, Too

And I'm talking about Gregory House, not Hugh Laurie. I'd say he's an American treasure too, if it weren't for the fact that Hugh is British. My girl got me hooked on this show, and even though it's the same tired recipe every week (patient comes in with inexplicable condition, team works on multiple solutions, they find one that works 35 minutes in, 10 minutes later there is another complication that renders that solution worthless, House figures out what is really wrong during a totally unrelated conversation, saves the day in the last 5 minutes. Rinse. Repeat.) I love his cantakerous banter and Lisa Edelstein's righteous pistons.

MEEEEEOW!!

 

Final Thought

Happy Birthday Queen Latifah!

Keep it saucy for another 39 years, aight?

Comments

FlairFan's picture
Submitted by FlairFan on Sun, 04/12/2009 - 16:57
Re: Kurt Vonnegut... you oughta read his short story "Harrison Bergeron" (it's even online! http://instruct.westvalley.edu/lafave/hb.html) Talk about eerie... just try and not think about the Clinton era and "political correctness" when reading it... and this was written in 1961!!!!!
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Submitted by TKBosss on Wed, 03/25/2009 - 10:14
I actually really liked Hugh Laurie when he was on a British Sitcom "Blackadder" with Rowan Atkinson (aka Mr. Bean). The third series was the best, where Hugh played the idiot Prince Regent. It's hilarious!!!! One of the best shows ever.
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Submitted by Prof_Rockwell on Wed, 03/25/2009 - 10:30
Oh snap! I used to watch the Black Adder on PBS back in the day, never knew Hugh was in that. May have to revisit.

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