Word: offhanded
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...offhand, the two don’t seem a natural fit. In fact, it is hard to imagine the over-the-top cross-dressing Pudding actors fitting into the fast-talking, rough-and-tumble world of the Old Frontier West. But the cast, crew, and creative team of the Pudding make this unlikely combination work with a kitschy and reliable formula all their own—one of talent, energy, and characteristically Pudding ridiculousness...
...Cake’s offhand cultural awareness and deadpan irony have once again become a theme on Cake’s new album, Pressure Chief, the fifth of their career. In concert at the Orpheum October 7th, McCrea debuted “No Phone,” the second track off the new disc, to an audience filled with adoration for his trademark mordant social rants. “No Phone,” along with various other tracks off the new album, denounce technology and urban culture with a blander-than-usual strain of Cake’s signature...
...July through September is when people can normally waive the fee,” Keaney said. “If somebody were to request it retroactively, I am sure we would do it, but I don’t recall offhand if it has happened...
...Ariane was lying? Would I have the guts to stand up to them and say I believed her? I was particularly nervous about Melina, a blonde, perfectly-attired lawyer and mother of an infant—a driving force behind the gourmet lunches. At one point, Melina made an offhand comment about one of the witnesses being “full of shit” that seemed to mark her as my future nemesis...
Though it was an offhand comment, the idea that Bush might favor some kind of "contract" for gay couples--presumably a type of state recognition--is astonishing when you look back at the brief history of the gay-marriage debate. As recently as 1993, when the Hawaii Supreme Court issued the first appellate-court ruling in favor of gay marriage (a ruling that never took effect because Hawaiians voted to amend their constitution), even domestic partnerships were still considered radical. Only a few liberal municipalities offered them--Berkeley and West Hollywood in California, for example--and they didn't cover...