Comments on: Welcome to the Machine http://fireballsandtsunami.com/wordpress/2005/11/14/welcome-to-the-machine/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:07:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Welcome to the Machine by: sandie http://fireballsandtsunami.com/wordpress/2005/11/14/welcome-to-the-machine/#comment-67 Tue, 15 Nov 2005 20:15:21 +0000 http://fireballsandtsunami.com/wordpress/2005/11/14/welcome-to-the-machine/#comment-67 A pipe log! Super sweet! I had no idea. I am so glad I have Fireballs & Tsunami in my life : ) A pipe log! Super sweet! I had no idea. I am so glad I have Fireballs & Tsunami in my life : )

]]> Comment on Welcome to the Machine by: Jenny http://fireballsandtsunami.com/wordpress/2005/11/14/welcome-to-the-machine/#comment-66 Tue, 15 Nov 2005 18:42:26 +0000 http://fireballsandtsunami.com/wordpress/2005/11/14/welcome-to-the-machine/#comment-66 I was first introduced to <a href="http://www.gettysburgcigarco.net/images/218_churchwarden-pipes-9.jpg" rel="nofollow"target="_blank">churchwarden pipes</a> in Williamsburg, VA, several years ago. I never thought I'd see a reapprearance -- especially in NYC -- but Keens has a collection of, I believe, 90,000 on display in the restaurant's dining room. Apparently, it was a tradition in the 19th century and early 20th century for patrons to check their pipes at the door, because they were too delicate to be kept in pockets, bags, etc. The pipe-log at Keens includes the signatures of Albert Einstein, John Barrymore, Babe Ruth, and Teddy Roosevelt! More information about Keens <a href="http://www.keens.com/history.html"target="_blank">HERE</a> (including Lillie Langtry suing the restaurant for denying her admittance in 1905, the history of checking pipes in the 17th century, etc). Fascinating! I was first introduced to churchwarden pipes in Williamsburg, VA, several years ago. I never thought I’d see a reapprearance — especially in NYC — but Keens has a collection of, I believe, 90,000 on display in the restaurant’s dining room. Apparently, it was a tradition in the 19th century and early 20th century for patrons to check their pipes at the door, because they were too delicate to be kept in pockets, bags, etc. The pipe-log at Keens includes the signatures of Albert Einstein, John Barrymore, Babe Ruth, and Teddy Roosevelt! More information about Keens HERE (including Lillie Langtry suing the restaurant for denying her admittance in 1905, the history of checking pipes in the 17th century, etc). Fascinating!

]]> Comment on Welcome to the Machine by: Jenny http://fireballsandtsunami.com/wordpress/2005/11/14/welcome-to-the-machine/#comment-65 Tue, 15 Nov 2005 18:36:44 +0000 http://fireballsandtsunami.com/wordpress/2005/11/14/welcome-to-the-machine/#comment-65 That's hilarious. Maybe I would buy the FIRST, and only the first season. The episodes that stand out to me are (and my memories of Growing Pains aren't terribly sharp so these might be inaccurate synopses) 1) The dad catches Kirk Cameron smoking so he forces him to smoke like 10 packs of cigarettes in an unventilated room just to teach him a lesson -- child abuse! 2) The episode where Tracey Gold's character is doing aerobics and falls through a hole in the floor and is forced to endure a barrage of fat jokes -- the eating disorder thing was, and remains, incredibly disturbing 3) I think there is an episode in which the parents are out of town (naturally), the kids have a party (naturally), and some expensive or irreplaceable artifact is put in harm's way and in a slow-motion sequences the artifact is rescued from dropping to the floor and shattering. Or maybe that last one is from a Tom Cruise movie? Or ANY 80s party movie, really. Either way, both Tom Cruise and Kirk Cameron are both religious freaks now. I <a href="http://www.wayofthemaster.com/"target="_blank">HAVE</a> <a href="http://www.cinema24horas.com/wallpapers/atores/TomCruise.jpg"target="_blank">PROOF</a>. That’s hilarious. Maybe I would buy the FIRST, and only the first season. The episodes that stand out to me are (and my memories of Growing Pains aren’t terribly sharp so these might be inaccurate synopses) 1) The dad catches Kirk Cameron smoking so he forces him to smoke like 10 packs of cigarettes in an unventilated room just to teach him a lesson — child abuse! 2) The episode where Tracey Gold’s character is doing aerobics and falls through a hole in the floor and is forced to endure a barrage of fat jokes — the eating disorder thing was, and remains, incredibly disturbing 3) I think there is an episode in which the parents are out of town (naturally), the kids have a party (naturally), and some expensive or irreplaceable artifact is put in harm’s way and in a slow-motion sequences the artifact is rescued from dropping to the floor and shattering.

Or maybe that last one is from a Tom Cruise movie? Or ANY 80s party movie, really. Either way, both Tom Cruise and Kirk Cameron are both religious freaks now. I HAVE PROOF.

]]> Comment on Welcome to the Machine by: sandie http://fireballsandtsunami.com/wordpress/2005/11/14/welcome-to-the-machine/#comment-64 Tue, 15 Nov 2005 15:56:34 +0000 http://fireballsandtsunami.com/wordpress/2005/11/14/welcome-to-the-machine/#comment-64 Mmm steak. Mmm wine. Churchwarden pipes... what the? Mmm steak. Mmm wine. Churchwarden pipes… what the?

]]> Comment on Welcome to the Machine by: mike http://fireballsandtsunami.com/wordpress/2005/11/14/welcome-to-the-machine/#comment-63 Tue, 15 Nov 2005 14:54:12 +0000 http://fireballsandtsunami.com/wordpress/2005/11/14/welcome-to-the-machine/#comment-63 Speak for yourself about Growing Pains. I would seriously consider buying that DVD if it had my favorite episode - the one where Mike blows off the annual Seaver family bowling tournament to hang out with his new art-snob girlfriend in the city. It's got one of my favorite bad TV sitcom lines ever: Mike: That's just something from my neo-symbolist period. Friend of Art-Snob GF: Oh, really? And what were you before you were a neo-symbolist? Mike: I was a...a...a Neo-Synephrine! Speak for yourself about Growing Pains. I would seriously consider buying that DVD if it had my favorite episode - the one where Mike blows off the annual Seaver family bowling tournament to hang out with his new art-snob girlfriend in the city. It’s got one of my favorite bad TV sitcom lines ever:

Mike: That’s just something from my neo-symbolist period.
Friend of Art-Snob GF: Oh, really? And what were you before you were a neo-symbolist?
Mike: I was a…a…a Neo-Synephrine!

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