Posts by acole

I'm leaning toward making up a couple of canvas bags or other storage divisions to separate navy from black throughout the wardrobe, and maybe even marking the linings of jackets and trousers. I've wasted far too much time running around...

Quote: No. I like closely spaced pinstripes. I actually think they are more modern than 1980s. Interesting. I don't really know where I got this idea. I'm more of a chalk-stripe guy, anyway, I think.

Quote: We are going for a drink or 2. We are both 25 and live in the metro Detroit area. Yeah, but where? Sports bar, dive, dance club, swanky hotel? You could need anything from brass knuckles to a conspicuously...

A lot could depend on your complexion: are you the type to wear a lot of warm colors--yellows and golds and that sort of thing? If you are, there would probably be some synergy with those amber stripes. If you have a fair/cool complexion...

Obviously, if your date is blind, the answer is "anything you want". Hey, someone had to say it... Seriously, give us a venue...picnic by the fishin' hole, or opening night at the opera?

It's in my Netflix queue now, and I've picked up the Highsmith novels to read sometime, after I make it thru SR Donaldson's new Thomas Covenant tome...

Quote: i saw 'purple noon' first and loved it. then i went to see 'ripley' because a friend of mine had read the book, was a big minghella fan, and she said he stayed true to the novel where 'purple noon' had not. i haven't...

Quote: I was mightily disappointed by Heat. Pacino was annoyingly overacting throughout (although DeNiro was terrific). Overacted? Ya think? Well, OK. I did notice that, but I guess I made allowances... ...

Good luck getting these guys to divulge their sources. I could swear I've bought from closetchix but I can't find a record of it anywhere. My dark olive HF Canterbury from lovedesignersclothes was just as described--it isn't my...

Some favorites not yet mentioned: The Big Lebowski (obviously) -- for many reasons--it's as quotable as Python, and Jeff Bridges is almost frighteningly natural in the lead role. He has an elusive diffidence in most other films I've...