Sentences with phrase «of curmudgeons who»

Though he had plenty of stories about the good ol days, it turned out that Cross wasn't one of those curmudgeons who refuse to acknowledge that anything that went down after they turned 30 could be remotely cool.

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Yet, I'm also guilty of acting like a curmudgeon, someone who reacts with a twist in my jaw first and a «no» on my lips.

Maybe quinoa isn't the first thing you think of when you think of a Christmas dessert, but the raspberry flavor will make it a perfect dessert for everyone — even curmudgeons who like to diet on Christmas.

Our glory is in Nick Foles, Jalen Mills, Chris Long, the forgotten collective thrusting the might of a mischaracterized group of snowball throwers, mainline preppies, and South Philly curmudgeons who have been waiting for a moment to remind you why we matter.

Published, presumably, by a gang of dour curmudgeons who hate everything, JNRBM openly welcomes the data that other journals won't touch because it doesn't fit the unspoken rule that all articles must end on a cheery note of promise.

Though the dramatic shifts didn't sit well with some of the devoted audiences — why would Luke Skywalker, the Jedi with truncated training who let his sister's son slip to the Dark Side, be a PTSD - crippled curmudgeon instead of his ebullient former self??

¬ † Supposedly there is an LA Times curmudgeon who is also known for breaking scandalous stories and keeping moguls nervous — Patrick Goldstein, self - appointed hater of all Oscar bloggers, among other things.

However, he is unlucky in that her dad (Jack Black) is a curmudgeon who pops out from windows and in between the slats of fences to warn Zach to stay away or else something bad will happen.

WHY: On paper, «St. Vincent» is a pretty standard coming - of - age flick about a wide - eyed youngster who learns important life lessons, albeit by rather unconventional means, from the crusty curmudgeon that lives next door, all while helping the self - anointed babysitter to become a better person in the process.

Although Payne described Dern as a talkative man off - screen, he said the actor «understood the laconic nature of Woody, [who] can be an ornery [curmudgeon], but with a real sweetness underneath.

Allison Janney knocks it out of the park as LaVona, the distant, violent, chainsmoking, curmudgeon mother who says impossibly horribly things to and about Tonya.

Beautifully shot Bahrani's homeground of North Carolina, the film charts the tentative friendship between two very different social outsiders: Solo (Souleymane Sy Savane), a Senegalese immigrant taxi driver struggling to make something of his life, and William (Red West), an elderly curmudgeon who appears to have given up on life altogether.

Roger Greenberg's life is a one act play: the not - quite Jew, the bundle of neuroses who refuses to be identified with his stint in a mental hospital, who breaks even the Larry David / Woody Allen mold of comedic curmudgeon, as someone not quite of either coastal city, but of both and back, and of course, my favorite, the lone pedestrian in a city of cars.

Whether you're a softie who jumps at any opportunity to tell everyone around you how much you love them, or a curmudgeon who thinks February 14th is a holiday manufactured by Hallmark and the candy industry to make everyone spend money, Valentine's Day gets a rise out of almost everyone.

The curmudgeons who predicted the death of MOOCs may have a chance to celebrate but only momentarily.

Then again, technical editor and resident curmudgeon Don Sherman, who initially had been critical of what he perceived as the RS4's lack of character, thought that the stainless exhaust gave the RS4's «introverted personality a nudge.»

This novel, set in Sweden, tells the story of Ove, who can best be described as a curmudgeon.

This word - of - mouth hit — the # 5 bestselling book of 2016 — features a lonely Swedish curmudgeon who doesn't have much to live for after his wife's death.

All Fall Down By Jennifer Weiner Washington Square • $ 16 • ISBN 9781451617795 Jennifer Weiner, who is ever - popular with readers (and the target of continuing wrath from literary curmudgeon Jonathan Franzen) delivers a timely and heartbreaking tale about a suburban mom who appears to have it all but is secretly struggling with an addiction to prescription painkillers.

But, at the risk of sounding like a curmudgeon, there are far too many people out there who think that because they have a computer and access to the internet, that makes them creative.

«Our biggest goal was to have an old curmudgeon who knew the building walk through... and say, «You wasted all of your money, because I don't see anything you did!

PS: This blog post is really about appreciating nice curmudgeons, not dealing with difficult contrarians, genuinely disrespectful coworkers or abusive bullies who cause workplace issues worthy of a completely separate post.

Those who know better think of a curmudgeon as one who gives it to you straight.