Mooching off others

The end of the semester is in sight. Tomorrow is the last day of classes and then I just have to survive finals! Maybe next week I'll have time to share some deep, philosophical thoughts -- or at least a good rant. In the meantime, I'm still mooching off the (unbeknownst) kindness of others. Today's victim: Newmark's Door.

Specifically I'm stealing another "best of" list. Today it is the AFI's 100 Best Movie Quotes. #1 is predictable -- Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn. -- but some of the others are a bit less obvious. I am, though, troubled by #98 -- Nobody puts Baby in a corner. Now I've heard lots of folks make fun of that line, but I never knew anyone who thought it was a great movie quote. The biggest disappointment, however, is that my all time favorite movie line didn't make the cut: Silent Bob's only line from Clerks -- You know, there's a million fine looking women in the world, dude. But they don't all bring you lasagna at work. Most of 'em just cheat on you.

Also of interest, ... Book-A-Minute. I'm pretty sure this is a sarcastic response to the desire to boil classics down into CliffsNotes or the cell phone text thing that I ranted about earlier. Anyway, at Book-A-Minute, you can get the true "nuts and bolts" of many classic novels. For instance, The Sun Also Rises:

Stock Hemingway Narrating Character: It was in Europe after the war. We were depressed. We drank a lot. We were still depressed.

THE END

Or how about The Collected Works of Jane Austen:

Female Lead: I secretly love Male Lead. He must never know.

Male Lead: I secretly love Female Lead. She must never know.

(They find out.)

THE END

Yes, Greek reader, they do Gatsby and it's a hoot.

Okay, I'll try to get back into blogging soon.