RITA'S CXLVII: Oh, if There’s an Original Thought Out There, I Could Use it Right Now

**Spike-X** · 02-05-2013, 01:21 AM

Originally Posted by the4thpip

You mean with hits like
"Cover me (with a muddy blanket)"
"I'm on fire (should have avoided the brown acid)"
"Born to run (through a meadow naked"
"Queen of the organic food store"?

Growin' Up, Turnin' On, Tunin' In, and Droppin' Out

Lost In The Mud

**the4thpip** · 02-05-2013, 01:23 AM

Originally Posted by Spike-X

Having half a dozen browsers installed won't cause your computer any problems. It's not like anti-virus programs, where you can't have two running at once.

Also: Try SRWare Iron portable. It's a tiny little program that you can run from an USB stick even (if it's a fast one) or that you can just copy onto any computer, even when you don't have admin rights.
It's based on google chrome, but without google's spying. I use SRWare Iron full version at home, and the portable one at some of the schools where I work.

**the4thpip** · 02-05-2013, 01:24 AM

So I have been going back and forth between giddiness and panic attacks as it looks very likely that I will switch to a better paid and more secure job, but it will also mean conquering my phobia of driving and buying a car.

**howyadoin** · 02-05-2013, 01:26 AM

Originally Posted by Spike-X

Lovely.

Thank you, sir. It's been a very creative day.

**howyadoin** · 02-05-2013, 01:44 AM

Originally Posted by the4thpip

According to Patti Smith's book "Just Kids", Janis was quite depressed about the fact that most people declined that offer. Male rock stars could be as ugly as they wanted to be and still get groupies (I'm looking at you, Joe Cocker!), but she spent many nights alone because she was not a busty blonde.

Originally Posted by Spike-X

Being the 60s and all, her somewhat assertive approach may have been a tad intimidating? Especially for a callow youth from Jersey.

I'm guessing that the reason had nothing to do with hair colour or bra size.

**the4thpip** · 02-05-2013, 01:47 AM

Originally Posted by howyadoin

I'm guessing that the reason had nothing to do with hair colour or bra size.

Probably not with Bruce. But on average, why was her experience so different than that of similar male stars?

**the4thpip** · 02-05-2013, 02:22 AM

OMG I just convinced somebody he was wrong with arguments in the comments section of the local newspaper web site.

That is a first for me.

**Paradox** · 02-05-2013, 03:32 AM

the4thpip has me thinking the obvious:

Probably not with Bruce. But on average, why was her experience so different than that of similar male stars?

A reputation for being a crazy violent drunk might work in there somewhere.