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...crazy person who didn't learn the lesson of his own movie," he says. "You want overlap so if this one bombs, you're already on production as a safety net. But I'm trying to see if I have the courage to sit in that empty space and ponder...
...affection for them had deeper psychological roots. Maybe I saw them as my allies. The movie is like the play date from hell, the kind where a crew of children reduce your home to rubble and conduct endless bouts of loud war on the living-room floor while you ponder the propriety of opening a bottle of wine. On occasions like that, another set of parents, no matter how irritating, can be as welcome as Optimus Prime rising from the dead...
...might be a good time to ponder that great philosophical question: does any of it really matter? In the grand scheme of things, will your sense of well-being be affected by the fact that you failed this exam (meaning, got a B minus) many years...
...pork and ash was a totally acceptable spice. "All these things like hoecakes and this Southern kind of baking - I wish there was more of that," says Kurlansky of the U.S.'s disappearing dishes. "In the West, they had sourdough pancakes. Some of the local alcohols" - he stops to ponder the various homebrews of yesteryear and concludes, "We don't make enough booze in this country." Indeed, the Arkansan art of producing cherry bounce (cherry-infused whiskey) needs to return. (See pictures of urban farming...
Meanwhile, the shrinking party that Specter abandoned is left to ponder why its moderates are fleeing - not only in the Senate but also across the country. The latest Washington Post/ABC News poll shows only 21% of registered voters now identify themselves as Republican. There is always the possibility that Democrats will overreach. Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell warns, "There won't automatically be an ability to restrain the excess that is typically associated with big majorities and single-party rule." Obstructionism will not work anymore - which could mean it's time for Republicans to look for a governing agenda...