Skip to content
BOL Conferences

Page 64 of 65 1 2 62 63 64 65
Thread Options
#1097324 - 12/15/08 05:15 PM Re: Today's Reason To Drink ~Special K~
Retired DQ Offline
10K Club
Retired DQ
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 40,766
Turnpike Exit 10
<----- doesn't know who Betty Page is... crazy
_________________________
Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - Mark Twain

Return to Top
Chat! - BOL Watercooler
#1097327 - 12/15/08 05:16 PM Re: Today's Reason To Drink Retired DQ
'Lil Freak! Offline
10K Club
'Lil Freak!
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 10,596
The psych ward
^^^
Betty was a classmate of yours
grin
_________________________
No, I didn't lose my mind. It got scared and ran away.

Return to Top
#1097338 - 12/15/08 05:23 PM Re: Today's Reason To Drink 'Lil Freak!
Retired DQ Offline
10K Club
Retired DQ
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 40,766
Turnpike Exit 10
OOOOOOOHHH!!!! you dratted freak! grin mad
_________________________
Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - Mark Twain

Return to Top
#1097358 - 12/15/08 05:41 PM Re: Today's Reason To Drink Retired DQ
'Lil Freak! Offline
10K Club
'Lil Freak!
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 10,596
The psych ward
Luv ya! ♥
_________________________
No, I didn't lose my mind. It got scared and ran away.

Return to Top
#1097367 - 12/15/08 05:52 PM Re: Today's Reason To Drink 'Lil Freak!
Pale Rider Offline
10K Club
Pale Rider
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 34,318
under the Lone Star
http://www.chicagotribune.com/chi-121208-bettie-page-chicago-story,0,3764491.story


Pinup queen Bettie Page died Thursday at age 85, leaving a string of famous nude and cheesecake images.

But when she lived in Chicago in 1961, she spent her time distributing religious literature in Lincoln Park and attending summer school at the Moody Bible Institute, the religious college confirmed.



"I put my other life behind me," she told Playboy in 1998. "I threw all my bikinis in the garbage can. I threw out all my stockings and lingerie and panties, and lace bras. And I went to Bible school."

Moody was the second of three religious colleges Page attended. She told Playboy that she did "street witnessing" and "helped with church services at a home for teenage mothers." Page lived in student housing on LaSalle Street, and took courses in "personal evangelism and Bible synthesis," according to multiple biographies. She also worked for Billy Graham's ministries, according to longtime friend Richard Bann, a consultant for CMG Worldwide, her talent representation since 1995.
_________________________
Societies that do not find work in and of itself "pleasing to God and requisite to Man," tend to be highly corrupt.


Return to Top
#1097388 - 12/15/08 06:09 PM Re: Today's Reason To Drink Retired DQ
~Special K~ Offline
Power Poster
~Special K~
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 3,619
RRFCG PM
Originally Posted By: Devil Queen
<----- doesn't know who Betty Page is... crazy



Since the last post didn't really explain who she was, here ya go!


http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/12/bettie.page.obit/?iref=mpstoryview


LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Legendary pinup queen Bettie Page died of pneumonia at the age of 85 in a Los Angeles, California, hospital Thursday, a week after suffering a heart attack, according to her agent.


Pinup queen Bettie Page was credited with helping to usher in the sexual revolution.

"She captured the imagination of a generation of men and women with her free spirit and unabashed sensuality," said agent Mark Roesler in a written statement. "She is the embodiment of beauty."

Page, said to be one of the most photographed people of the past century, became a recluse in recent decades. Yet, her images continued to be used around the world to market Bettie Page action figures, clothing lines and other merchandise.

"Her popularity as an underground, guilty pleasures phenomenon has continued to soar despite the fact that the reclusive Page disappeared almost a half century ago, leading many to believe that one of the most photographed individuals of the 20th century was already dead." Roesler said.

The Web site, BettiePage.com, logs about 20 million hits a month, Roesler said. A TVGuide.com poll recently placed Bettie Page as the "ultimate sex goddess," outscoring others such as Marilyn Monroe. iReport.com: Share your trubutes to Bettie Page

Page was born to a poor family in Tennessee on April 22, 1923. While her birth certificate spelled her name "Betty," she changed the spelling later in life to "Bettie."

At a time when few women pursued a college education, Page earned a bachelor of arts degree in education from Peabody College in Tennessee in 1944, according to her official biography.

Her teaching career, however, was hampered by her looks, she said.
"I couldn't control my students, especially the boys," she is quoted as saying.

After her modeling career ended, Page returned to Peabody College to work on a master's degree, the bio said. Her Southern drawl and a refusal to sleep with a Hollywood producer hampered her acting career, according to her bio.

"I didn't like his looks," Page said. "I wouldn't have gone to bed with him anyway. He was a creep. He drove off in his big car and scolded me, 'You'll be sorry.' I wasn't."

Page said she regretted not accepting studio boss Jack Warner's offer of another screen-test, but it came while she was trying to save her marriage to her first husband, Billy Neal.

Her modeling breakthrough began after she divorced Neal in 1947 when she met a police officer whose hobby was photography. He suggested the black bangs, which became her trademark, her bio said. Not long after, her images were everywhere, gracing magazine covers and locker pin-ups.

Page wore nothing but a Santa hat in Playboy's January 1955 centerfold. Playboy founder Hugh Hefner said her appearance in his magazine's first year was a milestone.

"She became, in time, an American icon, her winning smile and effervescent personality apparent in every pose," Hefner said.

"A kinky connection was added by Irving Klaw's spanking, fetish and bondage photos, which became part of the Bettie Page mystique," Hefner said. "They were playful parodies that are now perceived as the early inspiration for Madonna's excursions into the realm of sexual perversion."

Perhaps the most memorable photos of Page were her bondage poses, which she said were all pretend.

"I never understood how anyone believed those poses were sexy," she later said. "To be tied up? I don't get it."

"She was a remarkable woman, truly someone that changed the social norms, not only here in this country, but also around the world," Roesler said. "While Jackie Robinson was changing the racial attitudes, Bettie Page was changing our attitudes on sex. She became a James Dean type of 'rebel' figure as she allowed people to be less inhibited and look at sex in a different way."

Saucy photos of Paige in skimpy clothing or none at all helped to lead the way for the sexual revolution of the 1960s.

Page suddenly disappeared from the scene in 1958. It was only decades later revealed that she re-emerged to explain that she underwent a religious conversion and moved to Florida.

Her life took a dark turn starting in 1978 after her third marriage failed, Roesler said.

Page went through "some mental instability, violent mood swings, and serious trouble with the law" and was eventually diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic, according to her bio.

Page reappeared in public in December 2003 for Playboy's 50th anniversary party, where she made a grand entrance with Anna Nicole Smith.

It was the only time in the past 50 years that Page allowed her photograph to be taken, Roesler said.

A private funeral service is planned for Tuesday. Page will buried at Westwood Cemetery in Los Angeles, just a few feet away from Monroe.

Return to Top
#1097391 - 12/15/08 06:12 PM Re: Today's Reason To Drink ~Special K~
Pale Rider Offline
10K Club
Pale Rider
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 34,318
under the Lone Star
Issued by The National Weather Service
Houston/Galveston, TX
11:08 am CST, Mon., Dec. 15, 2008

... FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY. THE ADVISORY AREA COVERS THE AREA GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A COLUMBUS TO CONROE TO LIVINGSTON LINE.

PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST EDGE OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AS THE TEMPERATURE DROPS BELOW THE FREEZING MARK AND PRECIPITATION COVERAGE INCREASES.


hot toddies tonight!
_________________________
Societies that do not find work in and of itself "pleasing to God and requisite to Man," tend to be highly corrupt.


Return to Top
#1097426 - 12/15/08 06:55 PM Re: Today's Reason To Drink Pale Rider
Tigg Offline
Power Poster
Tigg
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 6,389
Looking for My Happy Place....
I really can't stay
I've got to go away
This evening has been
So very nice
My mother will start to worry
And Father will be pacing the floor
Really I'd better scurry
Well, maybe just a half a drink more.........
_________________________
What would you do if you knew you could not fail? ~ Dr. R Schuller

My opinion only.

Return to Top
#1097904 - 12/16/08 04:27 PM Re: Today's Reason To Drink Tigg
Becka Marr Offline
Power Poster
Becka Marr
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 6,152
because I have garlic breath grin
_________________________
To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing. ~Elbert Hubbard

Return to Top
#1097906 - 12/16/08 04:30 PM Re: Today's Reason To Drink Becka Marr
RR Sarah Offline
Power Poster
RR Sarah
Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 2,512
Up North
Because the temp here today is -25 and with windchill -41...
_________________________
Sometimes you have to burn a few bridges to keep the crazies from following you.

Return to Top
#1097908 - 12/16/08 04:31 PM Re: Today's Reason To Drink RR Sarah
'Lil Freak! Offline
10K Club
'Lil Freak!
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 10,596
The psych ward
Because today is National Chocolate Covered Anything Day.
_________________________
No, I didn't lose my mind. It got scared and ran away.

Return to Top
#1097913 - 12/16/08 04:33 PM Re: Today's Reason To Drink 'Lil Freak!
Pale Rider Offline
10K Club
Pale Rider
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 34,318
under the Lone Star
Anything?
_________________________
Societies that do not find work in and of itself "pleasing to God and requisite to Man," tend to be highly corrupt.


Return to Top
#1097985 - 12/16/08 05:17 PM Re: Today's Reason To Drink Pale Rider
TINKerBell Offline
Power Poster
TINKerBell
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 3,261
Tiger's Den!
oooohhhh...the possibilities are endless!!!!
_________________________
The last thing that blew my mind was the wind.

Return to Top
#1098075 - 12/16/08 06:49 PM Re: Today's Reason To Drink TINKerBell
Tigg Offline
Power Poster
Tigg
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 6,389
Looking for My Happy Place....
A toast to DreamCatcher's son coming home!

::clink:: smile
_________________________
What would you do if you knew you could not fail? ~ Dr. R Schuller

My opinion only.

Return to Top
#1098090 - 12/16/08 07:03 PM Re: Today's Reason To Drink Tigg
Snow Bunny Offline
10K Club
Snow Bunny
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 14,141
In the Snow :)
Cause it's snowing out and it's fun to snuggle up by the fire with a nice glass of cabernet, turn on the outside spotlights and watch it come down.
_________________________
The woods are lovely dark & deep & I have promises to keep & miles to go before I sleep and miles to go before I sleep

Return to Top
#1098092 - 12/16/08 07:06 PM Re: Today's Reason To Drink Snow Bunny
TINKerBell Offline
Power Poster
TINKerBell
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 3,261
Tiger's Den!
thanks Tigg...he will be my 'son' as of the 27th of this month!
_________________________
The last thing that blew my mind was the wind.

Return to Top
#1098094 - 12/16/08 07:09 PM Re: Today's Reason To Drink TINKerBell
Snow Bunny Offline
10K Club
Snow Bunny
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 14,141
In the Snow :)
^^^ smile ^^^
_________________________
The woods are lovely dark & deep & I have promises to keep & miles to go before I sleep and miles to go before I sleep

Return to Top
#1098173 - 12/16/08 08:14 PM Re: Today's Reason To Drink Snow Bunny
Pale Rider Offline
10K Club
Pale Rider
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 34,318
under the Lone Star
oh my!!!

the DC and Pooh are one step closer to being hot grandmas!
_________________________
Societies that do not find work in and of itself "pleasing to God and requisite to Man," tend to be highly corrupt.


Return to Top
#1098174 - 12/16/08 08:16 PM Re: Today's Reason To Drink Pale Rider
A_G Offline
10K Club
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 19,008
Ponzi Crawl
_________________________
With the lights out, it's less dangerous.

Return to Top
#1098178 - 12/16/08 08:20 PM Re: Today's Reason To Drink A_G
Pale Rider Offline
10K Club
Pale Rider
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 34,318
under the Lone Star
for never being invited on a crawl
_________________________
Societies that do not find work in and of itself "pleasing to God and requisite to Man," tend to be highly corrupt.


Return to Top
#1101282 - 12/23/08 01:57 PM Re: Today's Reason To Drink Pale Rider
~Special K~ Offline
Power Poster
~Special K~
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 3,619
RRFCG PM
December 23, 2008
Drink and gripe! It's Festivus!

Return to Top
#1101283 - 12/23/08 01:58 PM Re: Today's Reason To Drink ~Special K~
Miscuit Offline
10K Club
Miscuit
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 18,789
TX
cheers!

Return to Top
#1101284 - 12/23/08 01:59 PM Re: Today's Reason To Drink Miscuit
kitten Offline
10K Club
kitten
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 12,579
Not prison
la chiem!!! (sp?)
_________________________
I shall call you Thunder Twonk. ~TfD

Return to Top
#1101301 - 12/23/08 02:37 PM Re: Today's Reason To Drink kitten
Snow Bunny Offline
10K Club
Snow Bunny
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 14,141
In the Snow :)
Nas-drov-yev! (spelling-who know's; phonetically, it's close) smile
_________________________
The woods are lovely dark & deep & I have promises to keep & miles to go before I sleep and miles to go before I sleep

Return to Top
#1101316 - 12/23/08 02:48 PM Re: Today's Reason To Drink Snow Bunny
Pale Rider Offline
10K Club
Pale Rider
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 34,318
under the Lone Star
vasa drovya !!!
_________________________
Societies that do not find work in and of itself "pleasing to God and requisite to Man," tend to be highly corrupt.


Return to Top
Page 64 of 65 1 2 62 63 64 65