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...times" these are for the TV-ad-selling business. In 1999 and 2000 - those halcyon, bounteous days when dot-com pioneers bestrode the land like giants, tossing multi-million-dollar ad buys to networks like parade marshals tossing penny candy to children - NBC was strong and rich and could laugh at itself. Its upfront presentations were like Friars roasts, with Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (of Conan O'Brien fame) ripping mercilessly on the network's programming mistakes. ("'Stark Raving Mad' was a great show - for me to poop on!") The implicit message: a healthy network can afford self-deprecation...
...clothes, there are the drugs - ecstasy, pot, cocaine - in which too many girls indulge. The cycle didn't make sense at first to Lucie - work in a bar for five hours and then go out to more bars and clubs to unwind - but after spending whole nights pretending to laugh at idiotic jokes or feigning understanding of some drunken salaryman's broken English, it didn't hurt to blow off some steam...
...water in speedboats, the Blackmans planted a small evergreen tree in Lucie's memory. Tim said of his daughter's end, "I hope Lucie had a glass of champagne, felt a bit woozy and passed out." They prayed. They cried. And then, for some reason, they started to laugh. Tim says this might be difficult to understand, but "with Lucie, laughter was always present...
...mine who was laid off from the Oxygen network. While she was performing, a news team from Oxygen was filming a story on a woman's search for a new job. Also, Lynn's boyfriend dumped her, and her dog died. "Maybe countrymusic.com is hiring," she said. I laughed the deep, hard laugh of a man who feels really bad for his friend...
...positive side to the Internet, because it can help promote the spread of information and understanding. And there is a negative side, which is when misinformation is spread. So I tell my grandson that he should use the Internet to enrich knowledge, and" - Jiang added with a little laugh - "he should not use it to visit pornographic sites. But my grandson lives far away from me. I cannot tell him what to do. I can only advise him what...