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onager

(9,356 posts)
34. Speaking of excellent trash...
Thu May 14, 2015, 07:08 AM
May 2015

I recently picked up this nifty paperback - "Exposed: The Secret Life of Jodi Arias" by Jane Velez-Mitchell.

On-Topic Part - the peek inside Mormonism is fascinating, especially the Church-approved mating rituals. The church has "Single Adult Wards" for people aged 18 to 30, whose members are expected to pair off like Noah's critters.

For those approaching age 30 and still unyoked, the process seems to become a sad and frantic game of musical chairs. If you hit 30 and are still unmarried, you get booted into a general "Family Ward" and are on your own.

There's a great scene in the book about a guy coming on to Jodi Arias. He poked her panty line and discovered a thong, commenting: "That doesn't feel like magic underwear." Jodi responded: "They aren't magic underwear. But there's magic in them."



http://www.amazon.com/Exposed-Secret-Life-Jodi-Arias/dp/0062339001

Thanks for the "Grace & Frankie" tip. Sounds like fun!

I can also highly recommend "the lowest-rated show in ABC network history" - The Assets. About the 1980's hunt for CIA turncoat Aldrich Ames. The people who nailed Ames were mostly female CIA employees, and their thankless job was nothing like the usual James Bond/Jason Bourne spy fantasy. Which is probably why it failed. But being weird, I watched all 8 hours at one sitting and was fascinated.

Those CIA women had to fight the entrenched old-boy network, of which Ames was a fully vested member. (And a legacy - his father was a CIA bigwig.) They were constantly undercut and stonewalled by their own bosses. It's an incredible story.

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Awesome. trotsky May 2015 #1
It's OK to disrespect Atheists and Scientology. Both are fake. PeaceNikki May 2015 #2
Oh and Mormons. trotsky May 2015 #3
And Fundamentalist Assholes. onager May 2015 #13
! beam me up scottie May 2015 #5
I did! PeaceNikki May 2015 #6
"Taking back Astronomy"? beam me up scottie May 2015 #4
Wonkette commenters are great. PeaceNikki May 2015 #7
Atheists make the best smart asses. beam me up scottie May 2015 #10
I grew up in an evangelical church so I bloomed late. PeaceNikki May 2015 #11
Growing up you get lots of practice. AlbertCat May 2015 #29
No doubt! beam me up scottie May 2015 #31
"Taking back Astronomy"? AlbertCat May 2015 #33
I stopped watching at F4lconF16 May 2015 #8
You missed the part where the dufus says, "all science points to creation" PeaceNikki May 2015 #9
Living proof there is no "intelligent design" mountain grammy May 2015 #12
Douchebags on display. progressoid May 2015 #14
It's sad that TLC started out as The Learning Channel kdmorris May 2015 #15
And there's a lesson for us about American TV... onager May 2015 #17
Indeed kdmorris May 2015 #18
Gads. And I have missed the Discovery Channel Curmudgeoness May 2015 #21
It's nothing but Pawn Stars and clones of Pawn Stars these days. (nt) jeff47 May 2015 #37
It should be nil desperandum May 2015 #35
Well, usually I blame the parents - mr blur May 2015 #16
So my wife watches that horrible Duggar show. Goblinmonger May 2015 #19
I am guilty of having a taste for crappy TV, too. PeaceNikki May 2015 #20
Your recliner awaits for the "Snapped" marathon. BYOB... onager May 2015 #23
OOooh, I will have to check it out. PeaceNikki May 2015 #24
Speaking of excellent trash... onager May 2015 #34
To quote Ben, "That's really amazing". Curmudgeoness May 2015 #22
The circular logic is dizzying!! PeaceNikki May 2015 #26
The proof that it is wholly untrue Curmudgeoness May 2015 #28
more malarkian gobbledegook RussBLib May 2015 #25
He opens, I'm going to come across as, say I'm an atheist, alright? edgineered May 2015 #27
ZzzzzzZZZZZzzzzzZZZZZZzzzz AlbertCat May 2015 #30
I'm disappointed in this article Lordquinton May 2015 #32
I would like to see the lab-book of this "scientist". DetlefK May 2015 #36
Round and round it goes Major Nikon May 2015 #38
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