Comments | dexterjerome: August

dexterjerome

August

Jul 27, 2004 11:40

August! comes soon. I hope to:

• Go to the beach.

• Scratch my pop-culture reading itch:

- 'LuLu' by LuLu Roman
- 'The Girl From Peyton Place' by George Metalious and June O'Shea
- 'The Million Dollar Mermaid' by Esther Williams (All those snide comments on Amazon just make me want to read it more ( Read more... )

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phyllisgabor July 27 2004, 17:48:40 UTC

Whoever wrote that blurb for the calendar deserves a medal. "Nuns frolicking in the surf like peguins?" GENIUS!

Nuns also get to hang out with celebrities--check out this photo:

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my candelabra blazing makes money that's amazing dexterjerome July 28 2004, 15:41:00 UTC

That picture is boggling my brain! I wonder if they got to sing along to an opulent Liberace tune? INCREDIBLE.

I like the faux-fancy cardboard backdrop, too.

Have you ever seen Liberace's cookbook? There's a copy at the public library here. He takes you on a tour of his (~18?) formal dining rooms. I was at an antique store recently and I swear I saw the rococo-style console television from his TV dining room, or at least one EXACTLY like it.

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Re: my candelabra blazing makes money that's amazing phyllisgabor July 28 2004, 20:43:48 UTC

Oh, I'm dying to find a copy of his cookbook. I have the ornate coffee table book that was published right before he died, and I love it.

I tried to read his autobiography once, but it was SO BORING! And full of lies, of course. For better or for worse I think Scott Thorson's book reveals Lee as he truly lived.

annaclaire July 27 2004, 18:09:36 UTC

i saw this really interesting chat show on the catholic cable network where they interviewed nuns who are like, our age.

dexterjerome July 28 2004, 15:43:19 UTC

It's so hard to imagine -- the average age of nuns is 65 years old, but there must be young nuns, too. What do they think about?

soapfan July 27 2004, 19:45:04 UTC

Oh my god, Esther Williams spills all the dirt. She has no qualms about discussing her sex life, or the size of her lover's penis. Delicious! One of the few tell-alls that really delivers!

dexterjerome July 28 2004, 15:47:52 UTC

I like the vicious Amazon reviews, especially "Esther Williams has a very high opinion of herself." The hallmark of a good autobiography!

It sounds GREAT.

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holy holy holy dexterjerome July 28 2004, 15:54:09 UTC

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dexterjerome July 28 2004, 16:02:49 UTC

Oh, and. Look at this. I think I need a print of that.

But that's not all.

I think I need this German-nun-medicine t-shirt:

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