Brandon, Geshwind & MON
Ovum
I don't believe you've been properly introduced to MWS. As the self-appointed
Welcome Lady, let me take this opportunity to blah, blah, blah.
Well! Now that we've got that out of the way, here's a brief personality
profile thingy to fill out. Please answer each question to the best of your
ability. Guesses will not help your score, but will not count against you. Use
a #2 pencil and fill in each circle completely. Scores will be mailed to you in
three to six weeks.
1. Quote your favorite line of dialog from THE BIG LEBOWSKI.
2. You have a script with three holes punched in it along the left-hand side.
You have three brads. (A) what is a brad, and (B) where does the third brad go?
3. Your script has a protagonist who is a "flawed hero." Which physical
handicap does your hero possess:
A. webbed toes
B. a haircut like the guy in the '80s music video by A Flock of Seagulls
C. a glass eye that forcibly ejects from its socket when the hero gets tense
4. Who would win in a fight: the Coen brothers or the Wachowski brothers?
5. Carrot Top would be perfect in a film about: __________ (fill in the blank)
Thank you!
Lois
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A blank page is God showing you how hard it is to be God.
MONDay
"Ovum" <ov...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20031014151649...@mb-m17.aol.com...
> Gentlemen,
>
> I don't believe you've been properly introduced to MWS
Really? I was introduced around 2 years ago... Hmm. Must be my
memory.
> 1. Quote your favorite line of dialog from THE BIG LEBOWSKI.
Use the force, Luke.
> 2. You have a script with three holes punched in it along the left-hand
side.
> You have three brads. (A) what is a brad, and (B) where does the third
brad go?
a) Brad is a name of a famous actor. Hi surname is Pitt.
Screenwriters sometimes keep their brads in pitts.
b) Arizona.
> 3. Your script has a protagonist who is a "flawed hero." Which physical
> handicap does your hero possess:
Two heads. Always a bad flaw.
Oh, sorry, I didn't know it was multiple guess. Hold on...
> A. webbed toes
>
> B. a haircut like the guy in the '80s music video by A Flock of Seagulls
>
> C. a glass eye that forcibly ejects from its socket when the hero gets
tense
D. Two heads. I'm not falling for *that* old trick question!
> 4. Who would win in a fight: the Coen brothers or the Wachowski brothers?
James Mason, but only if he's still got that old cheeky
bicycle.
> 5. Carrot Top would be perfect in a film about: __________ (fill in the
blank)
Duvet Laundry Women.
MON.
"Did I pass Miss, did I? did I?!"
David M. Geshwind
Ovum <ov...@aol.com> wrote in article
<20031014151649...@mb-m17.aol.com>...
> Gentlemen,
>
> I don't believe you've been properly introduced to MWS. As the
self-appointed
> Welcome Lady, let me take this opportunity to blah, blah, blah.
>
> Well! Now that we've got that out of the way, here's a brief personality
> profile thingy to fill out. Please answer each question to the best of
your
> ability. Guesses will not help your score, but will not count against
you. Use
> a #2 pencil and fill in each circle completely. Scores will be mailed to
you in
> three to six weeks.
>
> 1. Quote your favorite line of dialog from THE BIG LEBOWSKI.
>
Gee, thanks for the autograph, Mr. Seleck, but you've let yourself go a
little, haven't you?
> 2. You have a script with three holes punched in it along the left-hand
side.
> You have three brads. (A) what is a brad, and (B) where does the third
brad go?
>
A. Brad is the guy on West Wing who (some say) can't pronounce fotre.
B. You know where to put the cork?
> 3. Your script has a protagonist who is a "flawed hero." Which physical
> handicap does your hero possess:
>
A to catch B (C optional).
> A. webbed toes
>
> B. a haircut like the guy in the '80s music video by A Flock of Seagulls
>
> C. a glass eye that forcibly ejects from its socket when the hero gets
tense
>
> 4. Who would win in a fight: the Coen brothers or the Wachowski brothers?
>
Depends on what kind of fight.
> 5. Carrot Top would be perfect in a film about: __________ (fill in the
blank)
>
The biopic of Yahoo Serious.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Lois
>
-- dmg
David M. Geshwind
"The Emoticon is Explicit ;-> "
WRabkin
>blank)
about... twenty seconds long.
Brandon J. Van Every
> Gentlemen,
>
> I don't believe you've been properly introduced to MWS. As the
> self-appointed Welcome Lady, let me take this opportunity to blah,
> blah, blah.
Thank you for the welcome!
> 1. Quote your favorite line of dialog from THE BIG LEBOWSKI.
Haven't seen it.
> 2. You have a script with three holes punched in it along the
> left-hand side. You have three brads. (A) what is a brad, and (B)
> where does the third brad go?
I had thought they were some kind of long metal fastener, but wasn't sure,
so I shamelessly used an online dictionary and then Googled for it. I
provide the answer at http://www.oscars.org/nicholl/faqs.html . If there is
an inside joke about where the third brad goes, I don't know it. Whether to
use a third brad or not seems to be a matter of personal choice. If I had
my own personal joke about it, I'd say, "No... it's here, in my pocket."
> 3. Your script has a protagonist who is a "flawed hero." Which
> physical handicap does your hero possess:
>
> A. webbed toes
>
> B. a haircut like the guy in the '80s music video by A Flock of
> Seagulls
>
> C. a glass eye that forcibly ejects from its socket when the hero
> gets tense
D. an inability to pen convincing psychodrama
> 4. Who would win in a fight: the Coen brothers or the Wachowski
> brothers?
Being a fairly well trained martial artist, and judging the Wachowski
brothers' martial prowess by what they put on screen, I would put my money
on anyone but them. I choose the Coens, whose work I'm utterly unfamiliar
with. But as Google is my confessor, I now see that... I picked correctly.
> 5. Carrot Top would be perfect in a film about: __________ (fill in
> the blank)
AT&T. (The technical term for such an analysis is "damning with faint
praise.")
> Thank you!
>
> Lois
No problemo!
--
Cheers, www.indiegamedesign.com
Brandon Van Every Seattle, WA
Taking risk where others will not.
Brandon J. Van Every
No no, he's excruciating in that one already.
Ovum
Yeah, but his commercials are 30 seconds long. Will trimming his exposure by a
mere 10 seconds be enough to dull the pain?
Ovum
>>Ovum wrote:
>> 1. Quote your favorite line of dialog from THE BIG LEBOWSKI.
>
>Use the force, Luke.
Correct!
>> (B) where does the third brad go?
>
>b) Arizona.
Bzzt! We were looking for "Where I used to put my nose ring."
>> 5. Carrot Top would be perfect in a film about: __________ (fill in the
>blank)
>
>Duvet Laundry Women.
"Duvet Laundry Women"? What's that?
>MON.
>"Did I pass Miss, did I? did I?!"
It's up to Ken Wheat. Or Geoff. Do you surf? It might help your final score.
Ovum
>> 1. Quote your favorite line of dialog from THE BIG LEBOWSKI.
>
>Gee, thanks for the autograph, Mr. Seleck, but you've let yourself go a
>little, haven't you?
Hmm. That one's gonna have to be decided by the judges. Jaybee? Candidate
Brooks? Jay Browning?
>A. Brad is the guy on West Wing who (some say) can't pronounce fotre.
Oh, you were *so close*! We would have given this to you, but MC disallows
spelling errors on MWS applications. C'est domage!
>> 4. Who would win in a fight: the Coen brothers or the Wachowski brothers?
>>
>
>Depends on what kind of fight.
The correct answer was: "The Olsen Twins." Sorry.
>> 5. Carrot Top would be perfect in a film about: __________ (fill in the
>blank)
>>
>
>The biopic of Yahoo Serious.
YES! What a comeback! Way to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat!
Well done!
^5
Ovum
>> 1. Quote your favorite line of dialog from THE BIG LEBOWSKI.
>
>Haven't seen it.
Good man!
Oops! I mean: gasp!
>I had thought they were some kind of long metal fastener, but wasn't sure,
>so I shamelessly used an online dictionary and then Googled for it. I
>provide the answer at http://www.oscars.org/nicholl/faqs.html .
Extra credit points for going to the Nicholl site!
>D. an inability to pen convincing psychodrama
Instead of picking one of the choices provided, you made up your own. Nice!
Shows independence, initiative and imagination.
>> 4. Who would win in a fight: the Coen brothers or the Wachowski
>> brothers?
>
>Being a fairly well trained martial artist
Coolness! What discipline?
>> 5. Carrot Top would be perfect in a film about: __________ (fill in
>> the blank)
>
>AT&T.
Bzzt! We were looking for: "Carrot Top would be perfect in the role of the
larval-stage alien that bursts from a victim's abdominal cavity in the upcoming
ALIEN V."
Thanks for playing!
David M. Geshwind
> David M. Geshwind writes:
>
> >> 5. Carrot Top would be perfect in a film about: __________ (fill in
the
> >blank)
> >>
> >
> >The biopic of Yahoo Serious.
>
> YES! What a comeback! Way to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat!
>
> Well done!
>
> ^5
>
> Lois
>
WHEW !!!
Thanks
-- dmg
Brandon J. Van Every
> Brandon J. Van Every writes:
>
>>> 4. Who would win in a fight: the Coen brothers or the Wachowski
>>> brothers?
>>
>> Being a fairly well trained martial artist
>
> Coolness! What discipline?
I've studied a number over the years. Lately I'm mostly a Russian style
fighter, a good representation of which would be www.russianmartialart.com .
Unlike the guys on the webpage I'm not some superhuman Spetsnaz operative
though, I'm just a Seattle yuppie on the skids. Ryabko, the fat guy in the
left corner, taught my teacher. Russian style could be best glossed as
"fighting like a rag doll." You can also see smidgeons of Wing Chun popping
out of me every once in awhile, especially if thrown into a phone booth.
>>> 5. Carrot Top would be perfect in a film about: __________ (fill in
>>> the blank)
>>
>> AT&T.
>
> Bzzt! We were looking for: "Carrot Top would be perfect in the role
> of the larval-stage alien that bursts from a victim's abdominal
> cavity in the upcoming ALIEN V."
Like I said, AT&T. Envision the Death Star logo with a shock of hair.
MC
ov...@aol.com (Ovum) wrote:
> >A. Brad is the guy on West Wing who (some say) can't pronounce fotre.
>
> Oh, you were *so close*! We would have given this to you, but MC disallows
> spelling errors on MWS applications. C'est domage!
dommage
MONDay
> MONDay writes:
> "Duvet Laundry Women"? What's that?
Bzzt! Wrong answer! ;-)
> >MON.
> >"Did I pass Miss, did I? did I?!"
>
> It's up to Ken Wheat. Or Geoff. Do you surf? It might help your final
score.
Well, I could tell you a little story about my one and only
encounter with surfing, deep water, black rocks and a
"friend", but suffice to say, NO, I do not.
It was a good idea at the time.
MON.
Brevity
wrote:
Isn't the idiom, "Quelle domage," meaning, "What a shame?"
I usually say "Quelle fromage" just to be different.
I'm sure any errors in French spelling will be corrected.
-Bob
(email by request)
David M. Geshwind
MC <cop...@AMZAPca.inter.net> wrote in article
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I Appeal on Four Grounds:
FIRST: tester's own spelling error nullifies applicant's error. Sometimes
two wrongs DO make it right.
SECOND: clearly this is a twisted finger "typo" rather than a misspelling.
That is to say, it demonstrates my state of nervousness regarding the all
important test, not my lack of knowledge or care.
THIRD: are you sure you didn't miss my own (perhaps too oblique) attempt at
humor by having the word in question "mispronounced in print" by the
misspelling? Note I avoided the "obvious" by not spelling it fortay.
FOURTH: I appeal to your sense of the absurd.
-- dmg
David M. Geshwind
"the emoticon is implicit"
Jay Browning
<ov...@aol.com> wrote:
> Bill Rabkin writes:
>
> >>5. Carrot Top would be perfect in a film about: __________ (fill in the
> >>blank)
> >
> >about... twenty seconds long.
>
> Yeah, but his commercials are 30 seconds long. Will trimming his exposure by a
> mere 10 seconds be enough to dull the pain?
no, but a bottle of Jose would
Jacques E. Bouchard
news:ucvqovordi0goh62f...@4ax.com:
> Isn't the idiom, "Quelle domage," meaning, "What a shame?"
>
> I usually say "Quelle fromage" just to be different.
>
> I'm sure any errors in French spelling will be corrected.
I charge $350/hr for consultation (2 hrs minimum).
jaybee
Brevity
<jacques_e_bo...@yahoo.ca> wrote:
The Czech is in the mail.
-Bob
(email by request)
MC
Brevity <bre...@nomail.com> wrote:
> >> Oh, you were *so close*! We would have given this to you, but MC disallows
> >> spelling errors on MWS applications. C'est domage!
***
> >dommage
***
>
> Isn't the idiom, "Quelle domage," meaning, "What a shame?"
>
> I usually say "Quelle fromage" just to be different.
>
> I'm sure any errors in French spelling will be corrected.
Wilford Brimley
Dan Aykroyd
Katharine Hepburn
Martin Scorsese
dommage
*** See above
MC
"David M. Geshwind" <acaesq...@mindspring.com> wrote:
> > > Oh, you were *so close*! We would have given this to you, but MC
> disallows
> > > spelling errors on MWS applications. C'est domage!
> >
> > dommage
> >
>
> I Appeal on Four Grounds:
>
> FIRST: tester's own spelling error nullifies applicant's error. Sometimes
> two wrongs DO make it right.
>
> SECOND: clearly this is a twisted finger "typo" rather than a misspelling.
> That is to say, it demonstrates my state of nervousness regarding the all
> important test, not my lack of knowledge or care.
>
> THIRD: are you sure you didn't miss my own (perhaps too oblique) attempt at
> humor by having the word in question "mispronounced in print" by the
> misspelling? Note I avoided the "obvious" by not spelling it fortay.
>
> FOURTH: I appeal to your sense of the absurd.
Count yourself damned lucky you included #4.
Ovum
>dommage
Zut alors! Vous voulez que j'ecrit correctment en deux langues?! Sans faire
visite aux Web sites de translation? Vous etes un homme tres difficile!
Ovum
>> Yeah, but his commercials are 30 seconds long. Will trimming his exposure
>by a
>> mere 10 seconds be enough to dull the pain?
>
>no, but a bottle of Jose would
I give C*rrot Top a hard time, but I actually <whispering> like his
commercials! He's pretty funny, plus he looks like he works out.
Ovum
>I've studied a number over the years. Lately I'm mostly a Russian style
>fighter, a good representation of which would be www.russianmartialart.com .
>Unlike the guys on the webpage I'm not some superhuman Spetsnaz operative
>though, I'm just a Seattle yuppie on the skids. Ryabko, the fat guy in the
>left corner, taught my teacher. Russian style could be best glossed as
>"fighting like a rag doll."
Interesting! I tried to check out the Web site but it loaded too slowly on my
five-year-old PC (120 in computer years). What's the family tree of Russian
martial arts? Is it something that migrated west from Asia back when karate was
developed, or is this a 20th-century phenomenon?
Brevity
wrote:
Thanks to all four of you.
-Bob
(email by request)
MC
ov...@aol.com (Ovum) wrote:
> >dommage
>
> Zut alors! Vous voulez que j'ecrit correctment en deux langues?! Sans faire
> visite aux Web sites de translation? Vous etes un homme tres difficile!
No I just want you to pay me hommage. Homage. Hommage.
Fromage.
Jay Browning
<ov...@aol.com> wrote:
> Jay Browning writes:
>
> >> Yeah, but his commercials are 30 seconds long. Will trimming his exposure
> >by a
> >> mere 10 seconds be enough to dull the pain?
> >
> >no, but a bottle of Jose would
>
> I give C*rrot Top a hard time, but I actually <whispering> like his
> commercials! He's pretty funny, plus he looks like he works out.
so now the truth comes out. We finally know who Lois wouldn't toss out
of the bed for eating crackers. it's Carrot Top
Brandon J. Van Every
A bold claim, that you appeal to someone else's sense of the absurd.
> Count yourself damned lucky you included #4.
Count yourself damned, Lucky. You included! #4?
--
Cheers, www.indiegamedesign.com
Brandon Van Every Seattle, WA
Taking Risk where others will not.
Under fences, over barbed wire, into pastures strewn with cow pies, into cow
pies...
Brandon J. Van Every
> Brandon J. Van Every writes:
>
>> I've studied a number over the years. Lately I'm mostly a Russian
>> style fighter, a good representation of which would be
>> www.russianmartialart.com . Unlike the guys on the webpage I'm not
>> some superhuman Spetsnaz operative though, I'm just a Seattle yuppie
>> on the skids. Ryabko, the fat guy in the left corner, taught my
>> teacher. Russian style could be best glossed as "fighting like a
>> rag doll."
>
> Interesting! I tried to check out the Web site but it loaded too
> slowly on my five-year-old PC (120 in computer years). What's the
> family tree of Russian martial arts? Is it something that migrated
> west from Asia back when karate was developed, or is this a
> 20th-century phenomenon?
Fighting is very old. All people in the world have same arms, same legs,
same joints. What makes fighting different? The mind. Fighting in Russia
is definitely not something that migrated there recently, let alone from
Japan. Karate in Japan, BTW, came from China. The emphasis upon
flexibility above all other martial principles is what distinguishes Russian
fighting from that of other nations. For instance, I don't know of any
other fighting system that doesn't have a notion of stances and indeed
deliberately eschews them.
http://www.russianmartialart.com/main.php?page=history gives a history which
I think is probably pretty reasonable, it doesn't make any outrageous or
implausible claims. So I'll just quote it since you're having trouble
accessing the site:
[quote]
History
The Russian style of martial art dates back to the 10th century.
Throughout the history of this huge country, Russia had to repel invaders
from the north, south, east, and west. All attackers brought their distinct
styles of combat and weaponry. The battles took place on different terrain,
during freezing winters and sweltering summer heat alike, with the Russians
often greatly outnumbered by the enemy forces. As a result of these factors,
the Russian warriors acquired a style that combined strong spirit with
extremely innovative and versatile tactics that were at the same time
practical, deadly, and effective against any type of enemy under any
circumstances. The style was natural and free while having no strict rules,
rigid structure or limitations (except for moral ones). All tactics were
based on instinctive reactions, individual strengths and characteristics,
specifically designed for fast learning.
When the Communists came to power in 1917, they suppressed all national
traditions. Those practicing the centuries-old style of martial art were
severely punished. However, the authorities quickly realized the viability
and potency of the Russian martial art and thus reserved it for the elite
units of Spetsnaz.
Since the collapse of the Soviet system, many other Russian fighting styles
have re-emerged through training, competition, and media publicity. Among
others, the styles include: Sambo (a wrestling style), Slaviano-Goretskaya
Borba (StormWarrior Style), military style of A. Kadochnikov, plus a variety
of folk styles (e.g. Busa, Skobar, Forest Warrior, Kozachiy Sploch, fist
fighting by Gruntovsky).
[/quote]
Further notes: unlike Chinese or especially Japanese martial artists,
Russians don't basically care about the details of their history. They
don't track lineages, and it's worth noting that they spent the better part
of the 20th century erasing and reprogramming their history. :-) So it's
even more difficult to tell what is real and what is mythology in Russian
fighting history, but at least it's a more obviously honest problem, rather
than claiming monk so-and-so was the progenitor of this-and-that style.
I once read a website that claimed Sambo was taught to the army and police
so that they could embrace and have national pride in a style that wasn't
quite as good as what the elite forces had. Systema was kept secret from
almost everybody, it was a very closed system. Sambo has some similiarities
to Systema - as just about any full-body grappling style would when adopted
for combat - but IIUC Sambo is closer in historical root to Judo. IIRC,
Stalin wanted a Judo for competition that wasn't Japanese. So they threw
out chokes and added leg locks. Hey presto, Sambo! If this strikes any
Sambo practitioners as an odd history, I'm happy to hear other versions.
My teacher, Victor Sirotin, was a very talented fighter at various
traditional martial arts and boxing, and got pointed at Ryabko somehow. I'm
not sure if this was before or after 1991. Eventually he found his way to
Seattle and decided to teach some things here in a low key way, spending
most of his time as an art instructor and sculptor, at which he is very
talented. I trained with him for 3 years and have been doing my own thing
since then. I might go back to train more at some point, but time and money
are still factors.
I'd like to put this stuff on film or in a game somehow. I started working
on that with some friends of mine, trying to work out how to become a
fighting troupe. But one of 'em moved to Las Vegas, and my own financial
circumstances haven't been conducive. I will probably get back on that
horse though. Being always disappointed by what I see on the American
martial arts screen, and having the technical potential to implement what's
necessary on a computer, I think I will probably tackle it in the next few
years. But it's a huge undertaking. Right now I'm more interested in
selling small games to become profitable. But hey, if any of you happen to
be or know stunt fighters in Seattle, I'd be interested in talking in
person.
Ovum
Brandon J. Van Every
> Brandon, is this some form of Krav Maga, the Israeli combat system?
No, not even remotely close. Krav Maga is a fighting system invented by
Israelis, in Israel. I don't know the origins of their style. It's
probably rather effective at its purpose, but I know little about it. Some
Googling could probably scare up more information.