艳照门事件应证了电影《无极》里的故事：
《无极》里面满神对倾城（张柏芝）说：“你永远都得不到真爱，就算得到也会马上失去！”这一句害死了张柏芝，她以前一直喜欢霆锋，却一直得不到霆锋的爱，几经波折得到后，竟被艳照门事件给毁了，尽管他们现在还没离婚，但问题的存在不可能当没发生过，霆锋如果是个正常的男人都会无法忍受，分开都是迟早的事了！
《无极》里面无欢（谢霆锋）对倾城（张柏芝）说：“你毁了我做一个好人的机会！”霆锋现在本来已经收性做个好爸爸，好丈夫，这次被这件事一逼，看吧，以后不一定再有什么好事出来呢！
《无极》里面倾城（张柏芝）对百万将士说：“你们想看我脱衣服吗？”现在全球几亿人都看到她脱衣服了！
《无极》真是牛啊！难怪陈凯歌会说“你们要等到5年后才能看懂我的电影！”
宋祖德：张东健在《无极》中的一句：“跟着你，有肉吃！”果然……肉价飞涨！！
Sideways is not only a wonderful movie, but also a wonderful lesson in wine:
Maya: You know, can I ask you a personal question, Miles?
Miles Raymond: Sure.
Maya: Why are you so in to Pinot?
Miles Raymond: [laughs softly]
Maya: I mean, it’s like a thing with you.
Miles Raymond: [continues laughing softly]
Miles Raymond: Uh, I don’t know, I don’t know. Um, it’s a hard grape to grow, as you know. Right? It’s uh, it’s thin-skinned, temperamental, ripens early. It’s, you know, it’s not a survivor like Cabernet, which can just grow anywhere and uh, thrive even when it’s neglected. No, Pinot needs constant care and attention. You know? And in fact it can only grow in these really specific, little, tucked away corners of the world. And, and only the most patient and nurturing of growers can do it, really. Only somebody who really takes the time to understand Pinot’s potential can then coax it into its fullest expression. Then, I mean, oh its flavors, they’re just the most haunting and brilliant and thrilling and subtle and… ancient on the planet.Miles Raymond: What about you?
Maya: What about me?
Miles Raymond: I don’t know. Why are you into wine?
Maya: Oh I… I think I… I originally got in to wine through my ex-husband.
Miles Raymond: Ah.
Maya: You know, he had this big, sort of show-off cellar, you know.
Miles Raymond: Right.
Maya: But then I discovered that I had a really sharp palate.
Miles Raymond: Uh-huh.
Maya: And the more I drank, the more I liked what it made me think about.
Miles Raymond: Like what?
Maya: Like what a fraud he was.
[Miles laughs softly]
Maya: No, I- I like to think about the life of wine.
Miles Raymond: Yeah.
Maya: How it’s a living thing. I like to think about what was going on the year the grapes were growing; how the sun was shining; if it rained. I like to think about all the people who tended and picked the grapes. And if it’s an old wine, how many of them must be dead by now. I like how wine continues to evolve, like if I opened a bottle of wine today it would taste different than if I’d opened it on any other day, because a bottle of wine is actually alive. And it’s constantly evolving and gaining complexity. That is, until it peaks, like your ‘61. And then it begins its steady, inevitable decline.
Miles Raymond: Hmm.
Maya: And it tastes so fucking good.
So, why do I like food that’s bitter and liquor that burns? Hmm.
In 1931, someone posted a $5,000 prize for proving that the Earth is spherical. Within the posted terms, the challenge turned out to be no easy cake. A solid proof outside of the challenge, though, lies with Foucualt’s pendulum and gyroscope demonstrations.
Quizno’s has the most delicious subs. It turns out the secret recipes are calories of up to 1900 fused with fat of up to 100g per sub. I wonder how much grease is in the truck food on Oxford St.
There are some strange people in the legal profession.
Per ATL post:
During law school, DB developed a reputation “as a racist, sexist jerkoff who always flaunted the fact that he was wealthy.” Here’s why:
His first words upon meeting his law school roommates: “Hi, I’m DB. I’m independently wealthy.” In a class discussion about price discrimination and consumer choice, he said: “Sometimes when I’m in a real hurry, I am forced to fly coach.” At a law firm reception, he said to the attorneys, “Don’t you miss the good old days when there were no girls at a place like this, except for hookers and strippers?” This charming lad then made his way to 125 Broad Street, where he joined GP (general practice; S&C-speak for “Corporate”) at Sullivan. Now, S&C pays well — in addition to generous base salaries and year-end bonuses, they pay supplemental bonuses to senior associates. But DB was unimpressed:
“My allowance used to be bigger than whatever I earn from this place. I feel so poor now that I’m working.” DB continued to run his mouth at SullCrom. Some gems from his time at the firm:
DB was fat when he started, then lost a lot of weight. He was obsessed with working out and spent hours every day in the gym. This led him to conclude that fat people “had no reason to live.” In a crowded elevator, DB expressed the view that FIG (financial institutions group) at S&C is home to “all fat and ugly” lawyers. When confronted about this remark by partners, he noted (correctly) that fat and ugly are not protected classes under the Constitution. DB went to a diversity event and declared that racism does not exist. DB showed up drunk to a fundraiser for a domestic violence assistance center and yelled: “Where my battered women at?!” On “bring your kid to work” day, DB struck up a conversation with a five-year-old. Speaking very loudly and slowly, “as if the kid was retarded,” he pointed to a colleague a few feet away and said: “You’re lucky he’s not your daddy, because then you’d have male-pattern baldness.” A summer associate asked DB about hanging out. DB: “Yo man, you’re not my friend. You’re nothing to me. You are nothing but $60 for lunch and $80 for dinner.”
Per someone who commented:
DB was more than a legend at CLS … he was THE legend (at least for our JD class):
1. At on-campus interviews, he interviewed with 6 different Skadden offices and spent every spare moment in their hospitality suite, “because Skadden is the best law firm and clearly where I belong.”
2. After dropping ~80 lbs. over 1L summer, he made a point of loudly mocking overweight people at every law school social event.
3. A junior partner saw DB double-fisting at a firm’s cocktail event for 1Ls and said, “maybe you want to slow down a little there.” DB’s response (with his nametag on!) was, “i’ll drink as much as i f-ing want to … it’s not like you’re going to give any of the 1Ls summer jobs anyway.”
4. In a 130-person contracts class , DB asked a 15 minutes long “hypothetical” question about whether an agreement with “someone’s” rich uncle under which that “someone” could not get “around 4 million dollars” unless that “someone” went to law school was enforceable.
5. Despite his obvious charm and savvy, DB did not get a summer offer from any of the firms he interviewed with on-campus. Career Svcs. had to pull strings and eventually landed him a summer job at a firm’s foreign office.
6. In the CLS Law Revue show, he was given a (repeated) shout-out during a song listing things students hated. Another student with a similar name was so concerned that people would think the reference was about him (instead of DB) that an announcement had to be made clarifying who the song was about.
7. DB told a female partner at S+C that he thought that a firm event at the ballet was “an excellent idea, since it reinforced traditional gender roles.”
FYI, no one is quite sure how/why he was hired at S+C.
Right-wing slogan in New Hampshire:
Save a Tree. Eat a Beaver.
