stevengharms

word here: To needlessly remake a movie and, in doing so, demean the enjoyment of the original, raise contempt for its content, and raise ire against those that quickened the bastard spawn second version

Example: here

Jon Stewart is pretty popular these days.

The Daily Show is massively popular as is Jon’s and TDS’ book, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Book): A Citizen’s Guide to Democracy Inaction.

It all makes me wonder about Craig Kilborn who hosted the show back in the day. I wonder if he rues leaving TDS to host the late-late show on CBS (is that thing still on?).

He’s sorta the Shelley Long (to whom I wish the best as she recovers from her difficult time) to Jon’s Kirstie Alley (to whom I wish the best as she recovers from her difficult time).

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My father and I, both being single men, are consistently trying to unearth the secrets of what makes the relationship work.

I suggested for criteria:

• physical
• intellectual
• “team spirit” / collaborativity
• spiritual

I shall expand upon these here:

Physical - do you have a chemical high / attraction. We’re talking about the coarse, do you want to touch, undress, etc. this person.

Intellectual - Does this person say things that make your mind hum in a blissful fashion?

Team Spirit - Can you negotiate with this person? Can you tell her that she can’t get her nails done because of….? Does he have to spend all Sunday watching the games?

Spiritual - Do you and this person share a similar view about humankind, its place in the universe? Do you want to do yoga together or go to church? Do you have a similarly allied view of humanity at its core?

I propose that for each of these you can have a 1, a .75, a .5, or a .25.

I don’t know what the sum of these fields would signify (besides a total).

Patrick suggested these other areas:

World Experience: Has the person had a job, lived away from their parents, studied abroad? Alternatively, is the person too ‘world view’, too tolerant, etc.

Socio-Economic: Let’s be honest. Money matters. If you grow up in an environment where you’ve never learned to save, delay gratification, or put in a day’s work you’re going to have a hard time understanding when your partner wants to.

Cache’: Does the person make you feel snazzy about yourself as someone “who got this fine catch” when you think of being seen with this person or saying “that’s my date over there” or “that’s my date over there, the one that helps burn victims walk”. Does the person have arm-candy factor, do you think “damn, we look good together”

Clutter Factor: How much crap is a person willing to tolerate for how long

AEsthetics: Do you and this person agree aesthetically / stylistically. If she’s a sherpa outfit Burning Man regalia 365 days a year, Mr. Armani is going to have a hard time ironing out the delta. Likewise if she’s way into Asian furniture but he doesn’t care much about design at all (and thus won’t appreciate what she spends her time investigating) then you may have problems

From Mice I got:

Family Proximity / Bond Factor Whew, this one is hard to explain but it describes a match between: did the other have siblings? Are their parents together. Did they know both their parents? Do they have an understanding of their parents as people who date one another (even if married).

From John I got:

Mercury Factor: What is the liklihood of one of the parties doing something mercurial like …. let’s go to Vegas, now!

While talking to John I thought of:

OK OK, no matter how i address this one I’m going to have people hate me and ruin dating chances, but dammit, let’s be honest here.

Physical Attractiveness: How important is it that your partner maintain that hot bod? Now, I realize bodies change as one ages, has children etc. But if you went from being a guy who hit the gym somewhat regularly to joe Beer-gut - is she supposed to deal? Likewise after your kids are you never going to try to lose some of the extra weight?

So here’s a rough stab at some key compatibilty indicators.

If anyone has any other categories to add, I’d love to hear them, or if anyone wants to rename my criteria, etc. that would be great.

I’m california bound.

The great benefit is that due to my layover here in Austin I get to have a breakfast of Matt’s Famous El Rancho breakfast burritos.

My sister’s graduation went really well, it was a short yay ceremony full of pomp and circumstance and followed by a luncheon at Z-Tejas.

Much thanks to all those who accommodated me in this trip and suffered some level of inconvenience to come and see me.

Those of you who visit often will see that I have had in my “reading” box for a while Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson. You will also see that I have added my friend’s pug’s picture recently.

The two mix’d in a way today that was most ill for the former.

Perhaps his owner will have the luck to scoop up chapter 1 and start reading this well-written tale?

I don’t hold it against him though. You can’t curse a cur for being a cur.

And it is always a surprise when my uttterance of “son of a bitch” is both truthful and exclamatory.

Well it’s August first and I am sitting in San Jos?’s Mineta airport.

Most people are surprised when they come and see the airport of “The Silicon Valley” because it is still of that 1960s ranches and orchards vintage of Old San Jose (more on this idea coming). I mean, you can almost imagine well dressed stewardesses escorting Haley Mills down the silver push-up staircase (like in the original “Parent Trap”).

No, most expect something along the lines of the EEro Saarinen-esque SFO - which they do not get.

In any case I’m sittting here. I’ve decided that the goal is not simply to fly but the goal should be to fly no-stress. As such, I leave early, play my iPod all the way through ticketing / search / harassment / screening / unloading of gear and shoes / more screening / etc.

Curse you, Osama.

It’ll be my first trip since the segregation of our land:

It’s going to be a lot of fun: Mexican Martini, Sonic, Whataburger, more Tex-Mex than you can shake a stick at. I’m pretty excited.

My de-compression into Jesusland will be helped by the fact that Austin is rather United States of Canada-philic, so I can ease into things before heading mecca of oil interest Washington D.C. Houston.

Cynicism and bitterness aside, the main purpose of my visit is to witness my sister’s graduation. With that, for my parents I should say project: “kids” is officially done: stamped, sealed, and verified by the registrar of The University of Texas.

Mountain View was cold last night too - it dropped down into the mid-thirties. I hope this is going to help the snow situation for when I return.

The visa is stamped, Jesusland here I come!