tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post115280007657560519..comments2023-10-31T11:37:50.028-04:00Comments on on life & other inconveniences: Post rating: CP-SW-AC-VC-Hetero-SD-NO49-NA-FOS-WWBT-UUs-RE-VTA**Sandra Ruttanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06109584805469336742noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1152852844395079482006-07-14T00:54:00.000-04:002006-07-14T00:54:00.000-04:00That is a really great picture! I love the way you...That is a really great picture! I love the way your hair looks. That is definitely YOU, girlfriend!<BR/><BR/>I hope you choose to keep this one as your profile pix!Bonnie S. Calhounhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11769607640246518804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1152849222785491182006-07-13T23:53:00.000-04:002006-07-13T23:53:00.000-04:00Lisa, I once paid to have my hair straightened! L...Lisa, I once paid to have my hair straightened! LOL!<BR/><BR/>Gabriele, you are fortunate your hair takes the curls, if you wan them. I have a friend whose hair is so straight, no perm will hold.<BR/><BR/>And your points on book burnings are interesting. I doubt we'll see a rating system on books here, but I think you make a good point that people who've experienced strong censorship in the past are more protective of their freedoms.Sandra Ruttanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06109584805469336742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1152839882632136122006-07-13T21:18:00.000-04:002006-07-13T21:18:00.000-04:00Lisa,and the next thing is someone's going to burn...Lisa,<BR/>and the next thing is someone's going to burn books. I think one of the reasons Germany has very little censorship (except Nazi propaganda and child porn, everything goes) lies in our history that saw too many books go up in flames.Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1152839762728427482006-07-13T21:16:00.000-04:002006-07-13T21:16:00.000-04:00Sandra,my curls are the result of some hairdresser...Sandra,<BR/>my curls are the result of some hairdresser tricks. :) But I have the luck that my hair takes perms easily, keeps them long, and looks natural.Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1152839477035098982006-07-13T21:11:00.000-04:002006-07-13T21:11:00.000-04:00Hmm. I once paid $100 to get curls like that...As ...Hmm. I once paid $100 to get curls like that...<BR/><BR/>As for ratings systems, what's the point in a world where community watchdogs already want to ban Catcher in the Rye and Huckleberry Finn? Anything that isn't a cat book or a how-to crochet guide is going to be banned if we start down that road.Lisa Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16273391238820872246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1152838999925697752006-07-13T21:03:00.000-04:002006-07-13T21:03:00.000-04:00Bill, ha ha!Fourty_Two, very interesting way of lo...Bill, ha ha!<BR/><BR/>Fourty_Two, very interesting way of looking at it! Some of the books on the banning lists are startling, actually.<BR/><BR/>Gabriele, don't you have curly hair too? Why do I think that?<BR/><BR/>Uh, yeah Ivan, I'm a wee bit younger!<BR/><BR/>Daniel, interesting perspective. Well, if it would help sales...<BR/><BR/>SW, that's hilarious! I keep waiting for someone to really be shocked by me. The closest I've come is when my sister read one short story, the one that's in the next issue of Crimespree, and she found it a bit distasteful. I said it was only meant as a big mindfuck...<BR/><BR/>Oh, Andrea, I think I could get behind rating clothing! How about XU - extremely uncomfortable. And RU - rides up. Huh, Sandra could maybe blog on fashion after all!Sandra Ruttanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06109584805469336742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1152836592363960662006-07-13T20:23:00.000-04:002006-07-13T20:23:00.000-04:00Sandra, love your hair! :) Mine is stick staight ...Sandra, love your hair! :) Mine is stick staight and we won't even talk about the grey. I gave up hair dye for henna but now I usually wait months to color it and it fades so I'm grey a lot of the time. Someday I'm just gonna walk into an expensive hair salon and say give me color and a real cut. :) Well maybe when I win the lottery. I once had red hair in college when I used peroxide on it. :)<BR/><BR/>As for rating books...pulease! No way. People don't need to be carded to buy a book. Next they will be rating clothing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07592231080156766441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1152835395371064872006-07-13T20:03:00.000-04:002006-07-13T20:03:00.000-04:00Sandra, you're beautiful! No, I'm not being sarcas...Sandra, you're beautiful! No, I'm not being sarcastic. And you're not showing your buck teeth-sses anyway. :-)<BR/><BR/>I don't think a rating system would work out too well for books; however, I often include a verbal warning for anyone reading mine. They never listen to me, either.<BR/><BR/>The conversation goes something like this:<BR/><BR/>Sweet female relative: Oh, I'd love to read your book!<BR/>Me: I really don't think you'd enjoy it. It's violent.<BR/>SFR: Oh, it's can't be too bad!<BR/>Me: Yes it can. Please don't read it. You really won't like it.<BR/>SFR: But you're such a sweet person! I'll enjoy it. I really will.<BR/>Me: No, you won't. It's really, really violent. I mean it. Cruel and violent. Did I mention there is a lot of violence?<BR/>SFR: Don't worry, dear, I'm sure it's just lovely.<BR/>[SFR reads book; sees me at family gathering]<BR/>SFR: Well. Your book. Was. Er. Interesting. It was so...<BR/>Me: Violent?<BR/>SFR: YES. I didn't know you were such a FREAK. I couldn't even get past chapter 25. Ugh!<BR/>Me: {sigh)s.w. vaughnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102544611773720262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1152834964283931742006-07-13T19:56:00.000-04:002006-07-13T19:56:00.000-04:00I'm not so sure that a rating system would be a ba...I'm not so sure that a rating system would be a bad thing. Yes, it would cost money, but I have no idea how much, so I can't comment on that.<BR/><BR/>But American Psycho was banned and I'm sure Bret Easton Ellis has done pretty well out of it.<BR/><BR/>As far as I can tell, having an 'adult' rating on a book might actually increase sales. It's not like there's a lot of under-18s reading anyway.<BR/><BR/>Nice pic. Nothing wrong with curly hair: I have it all over. :)Daniel Hatadihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00453583064175651509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1152832688676928822006-07-13T19:18:00.000-04:002006-07-13T19:18:00.000-04:00Nice pic.I think I would have liked Joni Mitchell,...Nice pic.<BR/>I think I would have liked Joni Mitchell, but then you are younger.ivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05662075375182633162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1152832382835069982006-07-13T19:13:00.000-04:002006-07-13T19:13:00.000-04:00You have lovely hair, both the curls and the colou...You have lovely hair, both the curls and the colour. Shall we swap?<BR/><BR/>I'm glad my parents never checked or censored my reading. But they were always open for questions, even the tricky ones after I found Goethe's erotic poems way too early. :)Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1152817133330212902006-07-13T14:58:00.000-04:002006-07-13T14:58:00.000-04:00Sand Wich.Share Wear. (But not ware).Soft Whistle....Sand Wich.<BR/>Share Wear. (But not ware).<BR/>Soft Whistle.<BR/>Soylent gWeen.<BR/><BR/>I'm very distracted today.Bill Cameronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04796321136771189464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1152811542198900522006-07-13T13:25:00.000-04:002006-07-13T13:25:00.000-04:00James, I absolutely love it when you rant on my bl...James, I absolutely love it when you rant on my blog. And you're damn right!<BR/><BR/>JT, this post was not inspired by any events occurring this morning. Seriously! And what, you think I'm blonde? (Ducking.)<BR/><BR/>Brett, thanks. I'm so afraid I'll walk past someone I should know and not recognize them!!!Sandra Ruttanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06109584805469336742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1152809594828051272006-07-13T12:53:00.000-04:002006-07-13T12:53:00.000-04:00I would have never recognized you...that's not tru...I would have never recognized you...that's not true, but fun to say. Good pic.<BR/><BR/>Love the smile, too.Brett Battleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03786471378650235415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1152809483407154042006-07-13T12:51:00.001-04:002006-07-13T12:51:00.001-04:00Bee-utiful! Love the curls. The red always suprise...Bee-utiful! Love the curls. The red always suprises me, but it shouldn't. You're a fiery soul, it's fitting!<BR/>Great post today. We don't need any more censorship... we've had enough today already:)JT Ellisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034115593738265631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1152809465865441082006-07-13T12:51:00.000-04:002006-07-13T12:51:00.000-04:00That's a great photo, Sandra. Now at least I have ...That's a great photo, Sandra. Now at least I have a slim chance of being able to hide at Harrogate;}#<BR/><BR/>When it comes to censorship or certification, I can quite easily get a rant worked up. A few years ago my boss was driving back from a meeting, stuck behind a lorry that was transporting a JCB digger. On a bend in a town, the bucket arm of the digger swung out and took a pedestrian's face off. She died. My boss saw it all. He had to go to court as a witness and describe it all several months later.<BR/><BR/>There's no censorship in real life. No signpost saying 'you may want to look away now'.'<BR/><BR/>However hard people try, it's impossible to protect everyone from everything all the time. I happen to think that we shouldn't even start; that the protection of children is the responsibility of their parents, and the protection of adults is their own responsibility. <BR/><BR/>Sure, it's useful to have some idea of what might be in a book, or a movie or TV show - generally speaking you can get that from the advertising. But as soon as you start having official bodies set up by the state to decide what falls into what category, you distance individuals from their own responsibilities just a little bit, and before long you end up in a nanny state.<BR/><BR/>Nothing is ever quite as simple as that, obviously, but I don't want to take over your blog when I could be ranting about this over at my own place.JamesOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09332376784689207703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1152809052821780262006-07-13T12:44:00.000-04:002006-07-13T12:44:00.000-04:00Oh, yeah Flood, all the time! That's the thing - ...Oh, yeah Flood, all the time! That's the thing - your hair can look great, go out and it's windy and poof! Rat's nest. And near impossible to get the tangles out. Drives me mad!Sandra Ruttanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06109584805469336742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1152808485549083092006-07-13T12:34:00.000-04:002006-07-13T12:34:00.000-04:00Great pic of you. I am also of the curly-haired va...Great pic of you. I am also of the curly-haired variety, and most days I love it, until I run out of conditioner and have to detangle.<BR/><BR/>Ever find stuff in your hair? Is it that thick? I lose pencils, bobby-pins and often find twigs after a walk in the forest.Floodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14341265651121116197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1152807536050179632006-07-13T12:18:00.000-04:002006-07-13T12:18:00.000-04:00Okay, Patti - I've heard of that. It is strange. ...Okay, Patti - I've heard of that. It is strange. I think I'd be startled if my hair suddenly went straight.<BR/><BR/>But angelic? Tee hee! I edited the tarnished, lopsided halo from the photo!<BR/><BR/>James, thanks.<BR/><BR/>Now Bill, I'm still trying to figure out what you thought SW meant! Sexy Woman? That's the only thing that comes to mind...Sandra Ruttanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06109584805469336742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1152807364246017202006-07-13T12:16:00.000-04:002006-07-13T12:16:00.000-04:00The bad thing is when suddenly hair goes from one ...The bad thing is when suddenly hair goes from one to the other, which can happen apparently. And you have no idea how to deal with it.<BR/>A lovely picture. How can such an angelic looking woman want to kill people?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1152806786323522352006-07-13T12:06:00.000-04:002006-07-13T12:06:00.000-04:00Oh, I like the picture. Very nice, Sandra.Oh, I like the picture. Very nice, Sandra.James Goodmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08807865320537867045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1152805405833476032006-07-13T11:43:00.000-04:002006-07-13T11:43:00.000-04:00My my fucking God! You said "fuck!" If only I'd kn...My my fucking God! You said "fuck!" If only I'd known what SW meant beforehand! And I thought AC meant you came with air conditioning.<BR/><BR/>I generally don't like generalizations, but one generalization I think generally holds is that most people don't like their own hair. Straight? You want it curly. Curly? You want it straight. Brown? You want it blond. Blond? You want it more blond. Or whatever. Perhaps I am off on this, but doesn't it kinda sorta seem true? On those rare occasions when someone says, "I love my hair," doesn't the whole room gasp and stare?<BR/><BR/>Clearly you are lovely, Sandra, and you have hair I know many would kill for. (There's a thriller plot!) Unfortunately, our glasses aren't exactly the same. Mine are rimless along the bottom. But otherwise...[cue Twilight Zone music].Bill Cameronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04796321136771189464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1152804615672589202006-07-13T11:30:00.000-04:002006-07-13T11:30:00.000-04:00Erik, you figured it out!Anne, yes, you have to ha...Erik, you figured it out!<BR/><BR/>Anne, yes, you have to have hair like ours to understand... I was surprised my hairdresser suggested almost blonde highlights, but I like it.Sandra Ruttanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06109584805469336742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1152804174215611382006-07-13T11:22:00.000-04:002006-07-13T11:22:00.000-04:00Samdra,I really, really like this picture. It has ...Samdra,<BR/>I really, really like this picture. It has just showed me the "other" reason to visit Calgary.Erik Ivan Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05564245949077955844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1152803953037102662006-07-13T11:19:00.000-04:002006-07-13T11:19:00.000-04:00awww, very nice photo, sandra!!!!i would tell you ...awww, very nice photo, sandra!!!!<BR/><BR/>i would tell you i love your hair, but that would be really weird because it looks almost exactly like mine other than the highlights!<BR/><BR/> i hate my curly hair. people who don't have curly hair don't know how awful it is. <BR/><BR/>very nice photo, sandra. lovely face; lovely hair. cool highlights!anne frasierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13044828332429421657noreply@blogger.com