Dear Donna,

I just wanted you to know — if you didn’t already — that Quentin Tarantino is talking about a remake of your favorite (and mine) Faster, Pussycat, Kill! Kill!. And according to the New York Post his choice to reprise Tura Satana’s part is none other than Tera Patrick.

I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen a Tera Patrick movie (though I think I once had a copy of Leg Show with her in it, doing some kind of bondage/mistress pictorial.) But I do think it’s cool that the Q continues to channel his inner Roger Corman.

This is Ms. Satana:

From Passgo’s Flickr.

I got this as an email and just assumed the list had been making the rounds. The fact that it was written by patients makes it even better. Too bad someone with anxiety issues had to put a stop to it!

The top ten of festive songs poking fun at psychiatric problems was published in a magazine for patients using mental health facilities.

The list - entitled Christmas Carols for the Mentally Disturbed - describes psychiatric conditions and suggests songs to suit the illness.

For multiple personality disorder there is We Three Kings Disorientated Are; paranoia is coupled with Santa Claus Is Coming To Town To Get Me; narcissism - Hark The Herald Angels Sing About Me.

The magazine, called Marooned, is produced by the Cromwell House mental health facility in Eccles, Salford.

Issued four times a year, it is put together by an editorial board made up of patients, with staff on hand should they need advice.

The winter edition was distributed in Salford’s psychiatric clinics and drop-in centres but after a formal complaint from the daughter of a mental health patient, the magazine has been withdrawn.

Source

It’s hard buying gifts for people. I’ve already decided what I want for xmas, but what to buy for my fellow MR’s? Since giftcards to Liquor Mart are a little out of my range, I’m thinking of another group activity that can bring us all together … maybe a board game?

“Is the Pope Catholic!?! - The Catholic Nostalgia game. The objective is to become the Pope, starting as an altar boy, and advancing by answering questions that require a Catholic background to appreciate.”

I wonder what would happen if we mixed it up a little, say, with this ol’ chestnut:

Exciting! Ha! My friend and I tried to play this one as young ‘uns. Sadly, all we had was a case of warm Narragansett Beer.

I don’t remember this game at all:

“The game where you create what your opponents draw or charade. Situations occur in a barroom, bedroom, dating or outdoors. Definitely an adult game!”

Paul’s Last Minute Gift Giving Additions:

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I wonder what Australian slang for whore is?

Laughing Santa gets the old heave ho ho ho

CANBERRA (Reuters) - A Santa in an Australian department store said on Wednesday he has been fired for saying “ho ho ho” and singing Christmas songs to children.

Employment company Westaff, which supplies stores with red-robed, white-bearded Father Christmases, had earlier asked its Santas to say “ha ha ha” because the word “ho,” which is American slang for whore, could offend women, media reported.

In the latest incident, the Cairns Post newspaper said 70-year-old John Oakes was fired on Monday for saying “ho ho ho” and for singing the Christmas song Jingle Bells.

“They’re trying to kill the spirit of Christmas,” said Oakes, a retired entertainer who has been a Santa for three years.

Westaff spokesman Bert Jansz told the paper Oakes had been dismissed because of his attitude, and not for his ho ho ho-ing.

“Retired entertainer.”