More Rain, More Work... (Day 322 - 9.18.2015)
Another rainy day in Des Moines means that it's another day to go head's down and work on a number of projects.
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The vlog starts up in a similar way that we've been accustomed to over the past couple of days: Lots of good sleep but then my voice box still hurting slightly from some post nasal drip.
Despite starting off with some sunshine that quickly gave way to rain clouds and before I knew it I was staring at huge raindrops again. I continued to work on my personal projects as well as work projects making sure that the captions that are being generated are accurate.
I had intended to go out for lunch but then I looked at how things were piecing together and I decided that it'd be easier to go to Buffalo Wild Wings an hour later than I was expecting to have lunch and enjoy their happy hour and a couple of appetizers.
I went over there, worked for a bit and then continued to watch ClintusGames' live stream of Destiny and the Taken King raid.
When I finished at BWW, it was raining even harder. Actually I'd call it torrential downpour at that point.
I came back to the hotel, figured out a weird configuration so I could watch the ASU football game on my room's TV and when the game was clearly out of reach I ended the vlog so I could do some editing and start the upload.
Annotation linked episodes:
Yesterday: A Rainy Day So I Worked in the Hotel Room... (Day 321 - 9.17.2015)
Similar: Yes, I Did Go To The Corn Palace!!! (Day 187 - 5.6.2015)
Like the intro and outro music? They’re an original pair of pieces from my buddy Martyn Jackson. Definitely go like his Facebook page and if you have a need for some custom music for your project don’t be afraid to commission him to do so.
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Adults arrested after video of girls fighting in Bend, Oregon goes viral
In the video, Sierra Brown, the mother of a 12-year-old girl, can be seen encouraging the girl during the fight, at one point yelling at her to grab her by the neck! and smash her in the face! Brown and her boyfriend, Charles James Durand, are also shown in the video confronting the other girl, a 13-year-old, after the fight.
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City Council 9:9:19
CITY OF EUREKA SPRINGS
COUNCIL MEETING
Monday, September 9, 2019
6 p.m.
AGENDA
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL, ESTABLISH QUORUM
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: August 26, 2019
COMMISSION, COMMITTEE, AUTHORITY REPORTS AND EXPIRED TERMS:
Planning – Pos. 3 – vacant – expires 7/1/20
CAPC
Hospital
Parks
HDC
Cemetery
PUBLIC COMMENTS -- 3 minutes for each citizen
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
1. Ordinance No. 2282 Parking meter rate for special events – 3rd reading
2. Ordinance No. 2283 Entertainment Districts – 3rd reading
NEW BUSINESS:
1. Discussion of removing requirement for insurance from the Tram tours – Ms. Schneider and Mr. Thomas
2. Resolution to waive bidding for shuttle for Parks
3. Ordinance for animal law changes re: animals on unoccupied property – Ms. Greene and Ms. Harman
4. Update on Auditorium – Ms. Greene and Ms. Harman
5. Update on the Street plan – Mr. Meyer and Mr. McClung
6. Summary of Food Truck survey results – Mayor Berry
7. Ordinance for Food Trucks at special events – Ms. Greene and Ms. Schneider
8. Discussion of the Hospital – Ms. Greene and Mr. McClung
9. Discussion of delivery of rental cars in Eureka – Ms. Greene and Ms. Schneider
AGENDA SETTING
CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS
MAYOR’S COMMENTS
ADJOURNMENT
04-09-2015, Stomach and Colon Issues
A science-based medical discussion about Stomach and Colon Issues. Learn about celiac disease, crohn's disease, and diet tips for good colon health.
Dr. Rick Holm, the Prairie Doc, talks about issues specific to the stomach and colon with Tim Ridgway, MD, of Sanford School of Medicine of The University of South Dakota in Sioux Falls, SD, and Cristina Hill-Jensen, MD, of Avera Medical Group Gastroenterology in Sioux Falls, SD.
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NYSTV - The Secret Nation of Baal and Magic on the Midnight Ride - Multi - Language
This is the Midnight Ride with David Carrico on NYSTV with Jon Pounders talking about the true occult origins of the US.
See whoever controls the narrative has spin control over the status quo. They decide what's moral or immoral. What's sane and insane. What's possible and not possible. And they especially decide the heros and the villians.
You won't find this information on TV or in your history books. Very informative as always. Check out NYSTV, relevant talk. Not distractions like the rest of the media.
I'm still trying to get these out as fast as possible, and there are a few errors on the subtitles towards the end in some languages. Sorry about that and I'll try to fix them as soon as I can.
Afrikaans
አማርኛ
العربية
Azərbaycanca / آذربايجان
Boarisch
Беларуская
Български
বাংলা
བོད་ཡིག / Bod skad
Bosanski
Català
Нохчийн
Sinugboanong Binisaya
ᏣᎳᎩ (supposed to be Burmese but it doesn't show...)
Corsu
Nehiyaw
Česky
словѣньскъ / slověnĭskŭ
Cymraeg
Dansk
Deutsch
Ελληνικά
Esperanto
Español
Eesti
Euskara
فارسی
Suomi
Võro
Français
Frysk
Gàidhlig
Galego
Avañe'ẽ
ગુજરાતી
هَوُسَ
Hawai`i
עברית
हिन्दी
Hrvatski
Krèyol ayisyen
Magyar
Հայերեն
Bahasa Indonesia
Igbo
Ido
Íslenska
Italiano
日本語
Basa Jawa
ქართული
Қазақша
ភាសាខ្មែរ
ಕನ್ನಡ
한국어
Kurdî / كوردی
Коми
Kırgızca / Кыргызча
Latina
Lëtzebuergesch
ລາວ / Pha xa lao
Lazuri / ლაზური
Lietuvių
Latviešu
Malagasy
官話/官话
Māori
Македонски
മലയാളം
Монгол
Moldovenească
मराठी
Bahasa Melayu
bil-Malti
Myanmasa
नेपाली
Nederlands
Norsk (bokmål / riksmål)
Diné bizaad
Chi-Chewa
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ / पंजाबी / پنجابي
Norfuk
Polski
پښتو
Português
Romani / रोमानी
Kirundi
Română
Русский
संस्कृतम्
Sicilianu
सिनधि
Srpskohrvatski / Српскохрватски
සිංහල
Slovenčina
Slovenščina
Gagana Samoa
chiShona
Soomaaliga
Shqip
Српски
Sesotho
Basa Sunda
Svenska
Kiswahili
தமிழ்
తెలుగు
Тоҷикӣ
ไทย / Phasa Thai
Tagalog
Lea Faka-Tonga
Türkçe
Reo Mā`ohi
Українська
اردو
Ўзбек
Việtnam
Хальмг
isiXhosa
ייִדיש
Yorùbá
中文
isiZulu
中文(台灣)
tokipona
Live from Disrupt SF 2019 Day 2
Live from Disrupt SF 2019 Day 2
I Saw the Light
I Saw the Light is the story of the legendary country western singer Hank Williams (Tom Hiddleston), who in his brief life created one of the greatest bodies of work in American music. The film chronicles his meteoric rise to fame and its ultimately tragic effect on his health and personal life. Also starring Elizabeth Olsen, Bradley Whitford, David Krumholtz and Cherry Jones.
You Bet Your Life: Secret Word - Door / Heart / Water
Julius Henry Groucho Marx (October 2, 1890 -- August 19, 1977) was an American comedian and film and television star. He is known as a master of quick wit and widely considered one of the best comedians of the modern era. His rapid-fire, often impromptu delivery of innuendo-laden patter earned him many admirers and imitators. He made 13 feature films with his siblings the Marx Brothers, of whom he was the third-born. He also had a successful solo career, most notably as the host of the radio and television game show You Bet Your Life. His distinctive appearance, carried over from his days in vaudeville, included quirks such as an exaggerated stooped posture, glasses, cigar, and a thick greasepaint mustache and eyebrows. These exaggerated features resulted in the creation of one of the world's most ubiquitous and recognizable novelty disguises, known as Groucho glasses, a one-piece mask consisting of horn-rimmed glasses, large plastic nose, bushy eyebrows and mustache.
Groucho Marx was, and is, the most recognizable and well-known of the Marx Brothers. Groucho-like characters and references have appeared in popular culture both during and after his life, some aimed at audiences who may never have seen a Marx Brothers movie. Groucho's trademark eye glasses, nose, mustache, and cigar have become icons of comedy—glasses with fake noses and mustaches (referred to as Groucho glasses, nose-glasses, and other names) are sold by novelty and costume shops around the world.
Nat Perrin, close friend of Groucho Marx and writer of several Marx Brothers films, inspired John Astin's portrayal of Gomez Addams on the 1960s TV series The Addams Family with similarly thick mustache, eyebrows, sardonic remarks, backward logic, and ever-present cigar (pulled from his breast pocket already lit).
Alan Alda often vamped in the manner of Groucho on M*A*S*H. In one episode, Yankee Doodle Doctor, Hawkeye and Trapper put on a Marx Brothers act at the 4077, with Hawkeye playing Groucho and Trapper playing Harpo. In three other episodes, a character appeared who was named Captain Calvin Spalding (played by Loudon Wainwright III). Groucho's character in Animal Crackers was Captain Geoffrey T. Spaulding.
On many occasions, on the 1970s television sitcom All In The Family, Michael Stivic (Rob Reiner), would briefly imitate Groucho Marx and his mannerisms.
Two albums by British rock band Queen, A Night at the Opera (1975) and A Day at the Races (1976), are named after Marx Brothers films. In March 1977, Groucho invited Queen to visit him in his Los Angeles home; there they performed '39 a capella. A long-running ad campaign for Vlasic Pickles features an animated stork that imitates Groucho's mannerisms and voice. On the famous Hollywood Sign in California, one of the Os is dedicated to Groucho. Alice Cooper contributed over $27,000 to remodel the sign, in memory of his friend.
In 1982, Gabe Kaplan portrayed Marx in the film Groucho, in a one-man stage production. He also imitated Marx occasionally on his previous TV sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter.
Actor Frank Ferrante has performed as Groucho Marx on stage for more than two decades. He continues to tour under rights granted by the Marx family in a one-man show entitled An Evening With Groucho in theaters throughout the United States and Canada with piano accompanist Jim Furmston. In the late 1980s Ferrante starred as Groucho in the off-Broadway and London show Groucho: A Life in Revue penned by Groucho's son Arthur. Ferrante portrayed the comedian from age 15 to 85. The show was later filmed for PBS in 2001. Woody Allen's 1996 musical Everyone Says I Love You, in addition to being named for one of Groucho's signature songs, ends with a Groucho-themed New Year's Eve party in Paris, which some of the stars, including Allen and Goldie Hawn, attend in full Groucho costume. The highlight of the scene is an ensemble song-and-dance performance of Hooray for Captain Spaulding—done entirely in French.
In the last of the Tintin comics, Tintin and the Picaros, a balloon shaped like the face of Groucho could be seen in the Annual Carnival.
In the Italian horror comic Dylan Dog, the protagonist's sidekick is a Groucho impersonator whose character became his permanent personality.
The BBC remade the radio sitcom Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel, with contemporary actors playing the parts of the original cast. The series was repeated on digital radio station BBC7. Scottish playwright Louise Oliver wrote a play named Waiting For Groucho about Chico and Harpo waiting for Groucho to turn up for the filming of their last project together. This was performed by Glasgow theatre company Rhymes with Purple Productions at the Edinburgh Fringe and in Glasgow and Hamilton in 2007-08. Groucho was played by Scottish actor Frodo McDaniel.
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Spartacus
Director Stanley Kubrick tells the tale of Spartacus (Kirk Douglas), the bold gladiator slave and Varinia (Jean Simmons), the woman who believed in his cause. Challenged by the power-hungry General Crassus (Laurence Olivier), Spartacus is forced to face his convictions and the power of Imperial Rome at its glorious height. The inspirational true account of man's eternal struggle for freedom, Spartacus combines history with spectacle to create a moving drama of love and commitment.
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The Real Men in Black - Black Helicopters - Satanism - Jeff Rense and Jim Keith - Multi - Language
Men in Black instances straddle the lines between mysticism and science. Occultism and UFOs. Material reality and fantasy. Partaking of all, defined by none. Since ancient times, these mysterious beings have stalked the planet and in recent years, they have tried to silence witnesses of UFO sightings with threats of harassment and even worse.
Who are these strange beings garbed all in black?
Are they Government agents?
Aliens?
Creatures from another dimension?
Casebook by Jim Keith
This was a radio broadcast of a show called Sightings Radio with Jeff Rense.
rense.com
His guest is Jim Keith and they ddiscuss topics ranging from Nicotine found in the blood of cattle mutilations, lips removed from cattle, the actual documents that created AIDS, not just a paper trail, blood and it's relation to the Mothman, Implants of Whitley Streiber and how he (whitley) thinks he might be mind controlled, The Monatak Project, Cathy Obrien, Satanism and how it is involved with UFOs and how recently, abductees are taken to fancy hotels instead of space ships.
Free Truth Productions
Truth and Freedom go hand in hand...
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Languages:
Afrikaans
አማርኛ
العربية
Azərbaycanca / آذربايجان
Boarisch
Беларуская
Български
বাংলা
བོད་ཡིག / Bod skad
Bosanski
Català
Нохчийн
Sinugboanong Binisaya
ᏣᎳᎩ (Burmese) but there It doesn't load correctly)
Corsu
Nehiyaw
Česky
словѣньскъ / slověnĭskŭ
Cymraeg
Dansk
Deutsch
Ελληνικά
Esperanto
Español
Eesti
Euskara
فارسی
Suomi
Võro
Français
Frysk
Gàidhlig
Galego
Avañe'ẽ
ગુજરાતી
هَوُسَ
Hawai`i
עברית
हिन्दी
Hrvatski
Krèyol ayisyen
Magyar
Հայերեն
Bahasa Indonesia
Igbo
Ido
Íslenska
Italiano
日本語
Basa Jawa
ქართული
Қазақша
ភាសាខ្មែរ
ಕನ್ನಡ
한국어
Kurdî / كوردی
Коми
Kırgızca / Кыргызча
Latina
Lëtzebuergesch
ລາວ / Pha xa lao
Lazuri / ლაზური
Lietuvių
Latviešu
Malagasy
官話/官话
Māori
Македонски
മലയാളം
Монгол
Moldovenească
मराठी
Bahasa Melayu
bil-Malti
Myanmasa
नेपाली
Nederlands
Norsk (bokmål / riksmål)
Diné bizaad
Chi-Chewa
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ / पंजाबी / پنجابي
Norfuk
Polski
پښتو
Português
Romani / रोमानी
Kirundi
Română
Русский
संस्कृतम्
Sicilianu
सिनधि
Srpskohrvatski / Српскохрватски
සිංහල
Slovenčina
Slovenščina
Gagana Samoa
chiShona
Soomaaliga
Shqip
Српски
Sesotho
Basa Sunda
Svenska
Kiswahili
தமிழ்
తెలుగు
Тоҷикӣ
ไทย / Phasa Thai
Tagalog
Lea Faka-Tonga
Türkçe
Reo Mā`ohi
Українська
اردو
Ўзбек
Việtnam
Хальмг
isiXhosa
ייִדיש
Yorùbá
中文
isiZulu
中文(台灣)
tokipona
Armenian: Սեւազգեստ տղամարդիկ
Indonesian: laki-laki di baju hitam
Igbo: ndị ikom ojii
Icelandic: menn í svörtu
Italian: uomini in nero
Hebrew: גברים בשחור
Japanese: 黒い服装の男
Javanese: wong ing ireng
Georgian: კაცი შავებში
Kazakh: қара адамдар
Khmer: បុរសឆុតខ្មៅ
Kannada: ಕಪ್ಪು ಪುರುಷರು
Korean: 맨 인 블랙
Latin: men in black
Lao: ຜູ້ຊາຍໃນສີດໍາ
Lithuanian: vyrai juodais drabužiais
Latvian: vīri melnā
Malagasy: lehilahy mainty hoditra
Maori: he mangu nga tane
Macedonian: човек во црно
Malayalam: കറുത്തവർഗ്ഗക്കാർ
Mongolian: хар эрчүүд
Marathi: काळा मध्ये पुरुष
Malay: lelaki dalam hitam
Maltese: irġiel bl-iswed
Myanmar (Burmese): အနက်ရောင်ယောက်ျား
Nepali: पुरुषमा कालो
Dutch: men in black
Norwegian: menn i svart
Chichewa: amuna akuda
Punjabi: ਕਾਲਾ ਲੋਕ
Polish: facet w czerni
Portuguese: homens de Preto
Romanian: bărbați în negru
Russian: люди в черном
Sinhala: කළු මිනිසුන්
Slovak: muži v čiernom
Slovenian: možje v črnem
Somali: ragga madow
Albanian: burra në të zeza
Serbian: људи у црном
Sesotho: banna ba batsho
Sundanese: lalaki hideung
Swedish: men in black
Swahili: watu katika nyeusi
Tamil: கருப்பு உள்ள ஆண்கள்
Telugu: నల్ల జాతీయులు
Tajik: мардон дар сиёҳ
Thai: ผู้ชายในชุดดำ
Filipino: mga lalaki sa itim
Turkish: siyah Giyen Adamlar
Ukrainian: люди в чорному
Urdu: آدمی سیاہ میں
Uzbek: qora tanli kishilar
Vietnamese: đàn ông mặc đồ đen
Yiddish: מענטשן אין שוואַרץ
Yoruba: awọn ọkunrin dudu
Chinese: 黑衣人
Chinese (Simplified): 黑衣人
Chinese (Traditional): 黑衣人
Zulu: amadoda amnyama
Live By Night
Taking fatherly advice is not in Joe Coughlin’s nature. Instead, the WWI vet is a self proclaimed anti-establishment outlaw, despite being the son of the Boston Police Deputy Superintendent. Joe’s not all bad, though; in fact, he’s not really bad enough for the life he’s chosen. Unlike the gangsters he refuses to work for, he has a sense of justice and an open heart, and both work against him, leaving him vulnerable time and again—in business and in love. Driven by a need to right the wrongs committed against him and those close to him, Joe heads down a risky path that goes against his upbringing and his own moral code. Leaving the cold Boston winter behind, he and his reckless crew turn up the heat in Tampa. And while revenge may taste sweeter than the molasses that infuses every drop of illegal rum he runs, Joe will learn that it comes at a price.
Words at War: Who Dare To Live / Here Is Your War / To All Hands
USS Ancon (AGC-4) was an ocean liner acquired by the United States Navy during World War II and converted to a combined headquarters and communications command ship.
Ancon anchored off Fedhala, French Morocco on November 8 and began lowering her boats at 0533. The first troops were debarked an hour later. During the course of the assault, men on the ship witnessed the sinking of four other transports, and Ancon sent out boats to rescue their survivors. On November 12 the transport headed out and, three days later, put into Casablanca harbor. She got underway on the 15th with a convoy bound for Norfolk.
After a brief pause there, Ancon traveled to Brooklyn, New York for voyage repairs. A brief period of sea trials preceded the ship's loading cargo and troops for transportation to Algeria. She sailed on January 14, 1943 as a member of the Naval Transport Service. The ship reached Oran on the 26th and spent five days discharging her cargo before heading back toward New York City, where she arrived on February 13. On that day, the vessel was reassigned to the Atlantic Fleet Amphibious Forces. On the 16th, Ancon entered the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, to undergo conversion to a combined headquarters and communications command ship. She was redesignated AGC-4 on February 26.
Following the completion of the yard work on April 21, Ancon held trials and exercises in the Chesapeake Bay through May and into early June when she was designated the flagship of the Commander of the Atlantic Fleet Amphibious Forces. The ship got underway for Oran on June 8 with Task Force (TF) 85. The ship had been selected to participate in the invasion of Sicily, and her preparations continued after her arrival at Oran on June 22.
Carrying Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk, Commander, TF 85, and Lieutenant General Omar Bradley on board, Ancon sailed on July 5 for the waters off Sicily. She reached the transport area off Scoglitti on the 10th and lowered her boats early that morning. Despite enemy fire, the ship remained off Scoglitti providing communications services through the 12th and then got underway to return to North Africa. At the end of a fortnight there, she shifted to Mostaganem, Algeria, on July 29. In mid-August, the vessel moved to Algiers. During her periods in port, she prepared for the upcoming invasion of mainland Italy for which she had been designated flagship for the Commander of the 8th Fleet Amphibious Forces in Northwest African Waters.
On September 6, Ancon got underway for Salerno. During the operation, the ship carried Lieutenant General Mark Wayne Clark who commanded the 5th Army. At 0330 on September 9, the first wave of Allied troops hit the beach. Thereafter, she remained in the transport area, undergoing nearly continuous enemy air harassment, until she moved to Palermo, Sicily, to pick up ammunition to replenish her sister ships. She returned to the area off Salerno on the 15th but, the next day, arrived back in Palermo.
After two weeks in that Sicilian port, Ancon shaped a course for Algiers. She reached that port on October 2 and spent almost six weeks undergoing repairs and replenishment. In mid-November, she set sail for the United Kingdom and, on November 25, arrived in Devonport, England, where she was designated the flagship of the 11th Amphibious Force. An extended period of repairs and preparations for the impending invasion of France kept Ancon occupied through the winter and much of the spring participating in numerous training exercises with other Allied warships. On May 25, King George VI of the United Kingdom and Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery visited the ship.
The preparations culminated on June 5, when Ancon got underway for Baie de la Seine, France. She served as flagship for the assault forces that landed on Omaha Beach in Normandy. Throughout the invasion, the ship provided instructions for forces both afloat and ashore. She transferred various units of the Army command to headquarters ashore and made her small boats available to other ships to carry personnel and materials to the beachhead. On June 27, she got underway to return to England and, the next day, arrived at Portland.
Ancon remained in British waters through late September, when she sailed in a convoy bound for the East Coast of the United States. She reached Charleston, South Carolina on October 9 and was then assigned to the Amphibious Training Command. At the completion of repairs at the Charleston Navy Yard on December 21, the ship got underway for sea trials. Five days later, she shaped a course for the Pacific. On the last day of 1944, the ship transited the Panama Canal and joined the Pacific Fleet. She continued on to San Diego, California, where she arrived on January 9, 1945.
The Music Man
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Auburn Coach Wife Kristi Malzahn Agrees with Match & eHarmony: Men are Jerks
My advice is this: Settle! That's right. Don't worry about passion or intense connection. Don't nix a guy based on his annoying habit of yelling Bravo! in movie theaters. Overlook his halitosis or abysmal sense of aesthetics. Because if you want to have the infrastructure in place to have a family, settling is the way to go. Based on my observations, in fact, settling will probably make you happier in the long run, since many of those who marry with great expectations become more disillusioned with each passing year. (It's hard to maintain that level of zing when the conversation morphs into discussions about who's changing the diapers or balancing the checkbook.)
Obviously, I wasn't always an advocate of settling. In fact, it took not settling to make me realize that settling is the better option, and even though settling is a rampant phenomenon, talking about it in a positive light makes people profoundly uncomfortable. Whenever I make the case for settling, people look at me with creased brows of disapproval or frowns of disappointment, the way a child might look at an older sibling who just informed her that Jerry's Kids aren't going to walk, even if you send them money. It's not only politically incorrect to get behind settling, it's downright un-American. Our culture tells us to keep our eyes on the prize (while our mothers, who know better, tell us not to be so picky), and the theme of holding out for true love (whatever that is—look at the divorce rate) permeates our collective mentality.
Even situation comedies, starting in the 1970s with The Mary Tyler Moore Show and going all the way to Friends, feature endearing single women in the dating trenches, and there's supposed to be something romantic and even heroic about their search for true love. Of course, the crucial difference is that, whereas the earlier series begins after Mary has been jilted by her fiancé, the more modern-day Friends opens as Rachel Green leaves her nice-guy orthodontist fiancé at the altar simply because she isn't feeling it. But either way, in episode after episode, as both women continue to be unlucky in love, settling starts to look pretty darn appealing. Mary is supposed to be contentedly independent and fulfilled by her newsroom family, but in fact her life seems lonely. Are we to assume that at the end of the series, Mary, by then in her late 30s, found her soul mate after the lights in the newsroom went out and her work family was disbanded? If her experience was anything like mine or that of my single friends, it's unlikely.
And while Rachel and her supposed soul mate, Ross, finally get together (for the umpteenth time) in the finale of Friends, do we feel confident that she'll be happier with Ross than she would have been had she settled down with Barry, the orthodontist, 10 years earlier? She and Ross have passion but have never had long-term stability, and the fireworks she experiences with him but not with Barry might actually turn out to be a liability, given how many times their relationship has already gone up in flames. It's equally questionable whether Sex and the City's Carrie Bradshaw, who cheated on her kindhearted and generous boyfriend, Aidan, only to end up with the more exciting but self-absorbed Mr. Big, will be better off in the framework of marriage and family. (Some time after the breakup, when Carrie ran into Aidan on the street, he was carrying his infant in a Baby Björn. Can anyone imagine Mr. Big walking around with a Björn?)