Word: resistable
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Still, even if one is inclined to resist change for the sake of change, one must resist the instinct to oppose all change. Some new things are definite improvements on the old. Pampers are better than diapers. Ballpoint pens are better than fountain pens, and cheaper too. LP records are better than the old 78s that could play only about one-fifth of the Fifth Symphony and cracked if you even looked at them too hard. (But now that we have thrown away all the 78s, do we really have to throw away all the LPs and invest in digital...
...Author Barry Hannah, 43, persists in making rude noises. Captain Maximus, his sixth book and second collection of stories, is full of spite, rage, booze and unregenerate boorishness. Not one of Hannah's two-fisted protagonists or narrators would perform well at a dinner party or charity bazaar. They resist gentrification. They hang around in scuzzy bars, wallowing in anarchic musings: "I thought of my books, my children, and the fact that almost everybody sells used cars or dies early. I used to get so angry about this issue that I would drag policemen out of their cars...
...good as “One Thing.” One of the best parts about it is that the JT cameo implies that there’s a new album on the way. And it also suggests that Snoop Dogg’s done trying to resist his place in the 2k5 landscape, embracing the clown shoes and teaming up with the greatest pop singer alive for a cheesy celebration of life. Snoop Dogg in cheesy celebration of life shockah...
...interviewer pontificating: "Even in your most twisted, deranged ... uhh ... sick drawings, there is definitely a deeper significance that goes beyond the crude sadistic surface level." Though there are just 164 images at the Whitechapel, it takes some time to get round the show, because you just can't resist reading hilarious dialogue like this. "A Chronicle of Modern Times" covers a good stretch of Crumb's career, from his early formative years to his recent autobiographical work. If it all gets too much, there's a chance to drop out, or at least drop off, in a chill-out zone...
...live to be about 90, I've decided to confront it. This is not just my story. It's true for many women. And I want to socially inoculate as many girls, and boys too, as possible to let them know it doesn't have to be this way. Resist...