"You've got spunk!" "Thank you." "I hate spunk!"
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During my high school years without dates but with regular babysitting commitments, Mary was a gleam of hope. I knew for certain that I would eventually escape a painful home situation.  I imagined that Minneapolis would be a great place to live!

I love watching these shows. The shag carpeting and Rhoda's scarves are like comfort food.
2498222
Maxon is a total freakin jerk!!! But the flip floppi of I love yous and I hate yous I confusing but I love love love this book!!! Bring it on book 3 I'm ready for you!!!
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" "I see what you think of me," said he gravely--"I shall make but a poor figure in your journal tomorrow."
"My journal!"
"Yes, I know exactly what you will say: Friday, went  to the Lower Rooms; wore my sprigged muslin robe with blue trimmings--plain  black shoes--appeared to much advantage; but was strangely harassed by a  queer, half-witted man, who would make me dance with him, and distressed me  by his nonsense."
"Indeed I shall say no such  thing."
"Shall I tell you what you ought to  say?"
"If you please."
"I danced with a very  agreeable young man, introduced by Mr. King; had a great deal of  conversation with him--seems a most extraordinary genius--hope I may know  more of him.  That, madam, is what I wish you to say."  "
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"Northanger Abbey," the  first, shortest, most satiric, and least read of Jane Austen's completed  novels, is a delightful treasure that will make you quite literally laugh  out loud (so beware bringing the book to the airport, as I did, lest you  suffer strange glances for your smothered sniggers).  Following the journey  of the coming-of-age Catherine Morland and her misadventures in Bath to the  "horrid" Abbey, Jane Austen presents us with perhaps her funniest  sociological book, that proves not only that teens will be teens in any  age, but that an overactive imagination is not always a blessing, and that  love is often the result of being loved.  Readers should keep on the  lookout for the commentaries on novels, feminine wiles and homecomings from  Austen herself - a technique subdued in her other novels.  The cast also  includes Jane Austen's wittiest hero, Henry Tilney (a.k.a. "Da  Man"), as well as a female foil more duplicitous than "Sense and  Sensibility's" Lucy Steele.  The Signet Classic edition boasts a good  introduction by Margaret Drabble, perhaps better read after the text as a  commentary.  Best viewed as a comedic parody, "Northanger Abbey"  is a pleasure to read, whether you are a long-standing member of the JASNA,  or just dipping into the boisterous literature of the Regency.
Felicitous  reading! Yours, &c.,
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My coworker has some road rage issues so I could not pass this up. We even had an in depth conversation about how cars should have a scrolling marquee on top so you can tell people how you really feel. Siri technology so it's hands-free of course. The one thing I didn't like was that the curse words are bleeped out. Other than that, it's hilarious!
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I felt like I had to write a review because there are so many negatives on here.  Here is the deal:  Its just for fun. Lighten up! Like the Glamour "don'ts" with a black bar across the offending woman's eyes.  It is just Clinton making fun of trends he sees when he's out and about.  He's not making fun of specific people, just clothes.  And its so funny. I actually laughed out loud when I read the entry on the "I give up" dress, I know many woman with the dress he described, and his imaginary internal dialouge he wrote was probably exactly what they were thinking when they bought the offending dress.

He doesn't give any advice in this book.  He states "100 style mistakes and how to avoid them", I guess his way to avoid them is by...well....not owning them.  So, if advice is what you are after, I suppose you can go through this book, check your closet, and get rid of anything that resembles any of the 100 mistakes.  If you feel like reading something funny and indulging your inner snarky fashionista (a little bit mean girl-style)then read this book.  Not a true style guide, you more than likely don't need to own it. This is a good one to get from the library, or read in the store (sorry amazon!)
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Have you ever been at a family gathering and things turn ugly? Everything is calm and peaceful until one family member who's had too much to drink, uses the gathering to "tell everybody how they really feel"? The drunk (father, mother, uncle, cousin, etc... you choose) begins yelling, cursing in front of small kids and divulging personal information about themselves or someone else. And while everything they speak is the truth, its clearly not the right time or platform for the rage. Shortly after the outburst, other members of the family rush to defuse the tension by moving the drunk family member into another room and a mental note is made amongst everybody not to serve the drunk anymore drinks! That scenario is what comes to mind after listening to Point of No Return. Your favorite cousin, in this case Keyshia, comes to the party, has too much to drink and needs to be physically removed from the room to calm down.

Some of these drunken freestyles are actually great ideas but all of them need revisions. Lets talk about what works and it will be brief. "Next Time (Won't Give My Heart Away)" is good. Of course it could have been better in a few ways but considering its a freestyle, its one of the standouts. "Heat of Passion" isn't the best lyrically but the chorus works. Keyshia and Faith Evans are killing the background vocals, so much so that if you changed the lyrics, it could easily be a gospel song. I repeat it just to hear them harmonize. But Keyshia ruins this track with a "stank ass pu**y" outburst at the end. So inappropriate and honestly, offensive. I actually shook my head the first time i heard it.

We are assaulted again by drunken Keyshia on another groovy track "New Nu". Her tone, tempo and delivery from 1:53 - 2:22 is PERFECT! Its the old-soul, raspy voiced Keyshia we all know and love! But she ruins this cut with the "and the d*ck don't feel the same" line. Damn. The rest of the songs are sadly a waste of her voice. "Believer" is the most polished of all the tracks which makes sense considering its the one of the few Keyshia didn't freestyle. Everything else is really not her best work. A lot of anger and bitterness, a lot of cussing, a lot of rappers I don't care for who make no substantial contribution to the songs, a lot of the bass heavy beats that begin to sounds similar after a few listens. I agree with the other reviewer who said they tried to force themselves to like the album. I tried as well because I like Keyshia so much. But like the lyrics in Next Time, "I like her voice, but I caint"

I like to factor in that Keyshia is going through a nasty divorce and just needed to vent which is understandable. It can be therapeutic for the artist but I believe Keyshia may have needed more time to heal before going in to record. Im also aware that this is Keyshia's last album under Interscope and when questioned about her relationship with the label in a recent interview, she rolled her eyed as a response. Not a good sign. Maybe she's saving her better work for a future project?

I give her 2 stars for the effort of freestyling (its not easy people) and for Heat of Passion, New Nu and Next Time. Besides those, Keyshia should have been pulled away from the mic in the studio just like that drunk uncle was pulled away from the family dinner.
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This guy is a f***ing sap.
He is a grown man who still thinks people hate him because of discrimination he faced as a child due to the colour of his hair.
Self-indulgent tripe.

I can only hope this made him eventually feel better about himself so nobody ever has to sit through a sequel.
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Thank you for the laughter.  Anyone who has the ability to laugh out loud at themselves and their quirks is okay by me.  Thanks for sharing your humanness....is that a word?  I am not sure, but it should be.
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Stated with a bunch of meaningless jumble and noisy "music".  Shut it off and dumped it!  Not enough to "Hate",  only dislike.
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Oh how I wish you didn't make the tiniest of noises as that second hand rotates around the clock. You look good but you're driving me crazy! It's to the donation pile with you and the sooner the better!
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sometimes the words stupid and idiot are used....although I still show them, these words often make me cringe when they come up in my elementary classes.
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thank you spin master for systematically raiding my wallet and making my kid squeal with delight. But please for the love of all that is holy no new pups for a while K?  My kids bed is starting to look like an episode of hoarders.
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Every one of us has encountered horrible customer service. We've each had those experiences where we'd like to just grab some executive by the shirt collar and scream, "Do you have any idea what you're doing? Don't you want me to be your customer??"
Hal Becker has been down that same road of lousy service, but he's said something about it. "Lip Service" is a monument to lousy customer service, written by a man who has enjoyed a career as an award-winning salesman, sales trainer, business owner, and professional speaker. What a bully platform! And Becker uses it.
I'd like to say Becker pulls no punches in this book, but that's not quite true. Many of his examples make it obvious, without identifying the company, who he's talking about. Other references are more obscure. As an angry customer myself, on too many occasions, I'd like to be much more aggressive in naming names, dates, and specifics. I can just imagine this author sitting in a law library in his attorney's office while his legal advisors read the original manuscript. "No, you can't say that. You're asking for a heavy lawsuit" "That's bordering on libel; I can't let you say that." And Becker's protesting against his attorney's protective advice.  "But, I wanna . . . ."  The "Don't" prevailed, but quite a bit of really juicy stuff still crept in.
Becker's consultant hat is on in this book. He tells the story (while the reader cheers), then provides a response of what should have been done. Again the reader will shout "Right on!"  So, it's a fun read from this perspective, like enjoying one of those hard-hitting investigative television news shows.
But this book has even more value as a customer service textbook. Everyone in a role of serving customers, especially in those high-contact retail environments, should read this book. Customer service is more than lip service, and Lip Service makes that clear.
You'll get a kick out of the writing style in this book. In the fifty humorous stories, Becker sounds like a combination of an impatient New Yorker, Seinfeld, and Mr. Everyman. The book closes with strong, instructive interviews with ten (profitable, naturally) companies that do customer service the right way.
Hal Becker is speaking for us. Have fun with this book, then give it to your favorite customer service specialist who needs some serious help.
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My favorite from this one had to be the fat guy's comment -- "I'd be a rich man if I had a dime for every hour i've spent auditing Pentagon departments" -- what - he doesn't make more than $0.10 per hour?  In 1987?  Give me a break.  Yes, these are great page turners.  But the dialog is absolutely horrendous.

Shakespeare, he is not.
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Would you believe that people actually like me even more in this hat than they already did?  One gentleman informed me that I look like a douchebag; I retorted that that I was aware of that fact, but that I love this hat and could care less.  And he shook my hand and said that he respected that.  Buy this hat ONLY if you can wear it confidently.  You're in for a lot of "Hey McFly!" jokes.  Just give 'em a shaky "Griff.  Guys.  How's it goin'?" and they'll leave you alone.
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I love to hate the nasty characters! The author's writing keeps me interested in the story and I laugh out loud at times. For instance, Win, the successful entrepreneur, is "standing in tall cotton." I can literally see him feeling so proud of himself. He's made it, so to speak, in his eyes. This horrendous man makes a living by photographing children and selling the pictures. When he arrives home, he "gives a nod to God, somewhere up beyond the roof of his garage and says, 'Thank you. I'm truly blessed'." What irony!! The thing is--there are truly people like this in society. So believable.
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Bought this because it was a classic I'd never read.

Yuck! What a bunch of self-absorbed, whiney twits populate this book! "Me! Me! Me! I want! My desire! Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! I can't be denied ANYTHING! You don't love me enough!"

Was that the author's intent? To show the worst of the moneyed English classes? If so the book is a resounding success at showing the absurd, and decidedly repulsive, side of unlimited egos lusting for power, each other and self-aggrandizement.

The narrator Lockwood was the only (semi) sane one of the lot. (Okay, the loyal housekeeper was OK.)

But this is great literature? I would have tossed this halfway through except for being on a trans-Atlantic flight with limited alternatives for constructively (This was constructive?) spending my time.

All I can say is, yes, I read it. What a bunch of losers!