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a refreshing delight supreme
Uses it to speak to Natalie Wood while he sleeps
King's Mountain Loop? That's a great hike on a nice day
Keep original type for novel Bond (military guy, cynical, hedonist, social climber who has been trained as master infiltrator and assassin)--UK reactivates '00' "License to Kill" section to do just that--21st cent. gov't assassins--sorta like Tom Tykwer's The International with a much bigger budget
Certainly true that the Bond novels are male wish-fulfillment fantasies (and a very specific male, too, that basically no longer existed when the movies started coming out); always thought that an updated, more realistic Bond would be an interesting proposition, but I'm mostly alone in that feeling
The first 105 or so pages of White Noise may be my favorite american fiction writing of the 80s
Maybe Manfred can get the Hall to make a new 'Cap Anson' wing for these guys--don't believe they put asterisks on plaques
Bees may be in a legit relegation fight this season--need to take what points they can from the Sunderlands, Leeds, Wolves and Burnleys
Ugh, EPL just showing "Coverage Will Begin Shortly" for me--pretty annoyed because there's no other reason to have Peacock Premium
That's alotta Knausgård
Any blue Mancunians would have flinched reading "Manchester's Bryan Mbeumo"--but not sure about the amount of readership overlap
One night wear->wash->Ebay
Not a conspiracist-type but that sounds like Meta is taking data from other sources, not just FB interactions, unless you liked someone's post that featured a song by Suicide at some point.
Hey be thankful they haven't started referring to Clemente as 'Bobby' yet
The 2025 Rays -- Suddenly Seymours
"...We have to show that at this age? Like, they’re going to ask questions...” Yeah we 'show that' at that age so we they don't grow up to be another generation of adults who feel so uncomfortable with people different from themselves that they can't even explain their existence to children
Happy birthday and keep on bringing happiness to others who don't even know you, which as I get older is more important (and more difficult to achieve) than I ever realized before
Beavers provide an environment for so many other creatures to thrive
Fantastic Planet and The Shining gave me nightmares for years
I'd have trouble scoring after that as well
Clemens' assistant has started writing his acceptance speech
That goes a long way in explaining a few sexual encounters I had in the '90s and early oughts
It was probably his childhood love of silent films that helped Dane Dunning's memorable performance of teeth-gnashing righteous indignation in The Graduate
'Oh, great, a harmonica. As if this guy wasn't annoying enough.' Replacing [harmonica] with whatever fits the situation.
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts
Didn't realize the ninth crusade started in the florida panhandle, but it kinda tracks
Jeff Pearlman discussing (mostly) Moneyball (film not book): www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFkM...
Maybe only my experience but the weird thing for me is that younger people (early to mid-20s) who work in the same office I do seem to have expectations that older people would know about pop culture trends that they are interested in? When I was that age I would assume anyone 40+ would have no clue
Tomorrow: which character from 'Two-Lane Blacktop' is Clayton Kershaw most reminiscent of?
Think it's a testament to the filmmakers' (Scorsese, Shrader, Chapman, Rolf/Shapiro, Herrmann) talent that you believe they relate to Travis. The film is meant to be from his perspective. (Was surprised it wasn't Schoonmaker)
It really depressed me that Alonso is so fearful about re-entry that it led him to miss out on Venice. We've failed as a country and as citizens on so many levels.
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Suspect is a hoarder who files using the 'oldest on the bottom' system
There wasn't anything sleazy about their meeting--he paid good money up front while she was working in the country illegally
Off-black Sabbath blink-181 Okay Young Cannibals
Hey courses in Pannesivania are notoriously difficult
Huh, only a few golf courses there--guess Vlad picked the location
God: "No. *I* am your father" Jesus on cross: "No. No. That's not true. That's impossible!" God: "Search your feelings, you *know* it to be true!"
Beloved Aunt
Thank you for prompting me to look up 'dupa'
Hoo-hoo-hoo
Not intelligence level of course, just the mindset of "At least something I have control over is definitely being accomplished"--which everyone needs sometimes
Taps (1981) had Sean Penn, Giancarlo Esposito, and of course Tom Cruise
Morgan Freeman on Electric Company I always say 'Dignan!' when I see Owen Wilson
Was at a late-'80s Cavs game where Mel Turpin literally moving pick'd Jordan off the court into the scorer's table
I will read whatever is expressed to me via Copperplate Gothic Bold
While I've long thought Kurosawa's original was prime material for a 21st-century american remake, personally I would have enjoyed seeing a LA-based tech bro or some such as the ransom target--but definitely going to see it
So many...(partly because I lived in Asia for a number of years, and I'd be the only one to get the american dialogue jokes)...but the latest one that came to mind was the Rian Johnson Star Wars movie (which was mostly terrible), where I was the only one laughing at the 'Hardware Wars' reference
Gingrich made the roadbeds Reagan cleared the land Nixon declared eminent domain Goldwater drew the lines on the map (@rickperlstein.bsky.social wrote a series of books about it)
Oh come on, maybe Last Picture Show isn't your personal favorite Bogdanovich--but not even top five? Such a great film, even for just the supporting perfrmances--Cloris Leachman, Ben Johnson, Ellen Burstyn, Eileen Brennan...
The Plantagenets were total freaks, though (even by standards of the time), it wasn't difficult to embellish their history
Certainly you would know better than I but: preview release vs. wide release isn't still a thing? Major market vs. 'regular' market?
Bros before hoes?
Yeah I never knew they made a 'Johnny Mnemonic' machine
--Ever heard of the Sullivan Act? Nora: Oh, that's all right, we're married.
I'll be damned, his name WAS Toby all along!
Someone asks about the provenance of an engraved piece and he leans over and reads the inscription, speaking in perfect Arcado-cypriot
Oh and just wanted to add that I'll be checking the book out; been interested in Cypriots ever since I visited there--lovely people and beautiful country (if very hot when I was there)
Movie?--Yeah. It's pretty clear that Incredibles=FF+'mid-'60s James Bond movies+CGI+a dash of Brad Bird's libertarianism
Would fit for the tree theme, though
*Cyprus
Actually the owners probably love it because it means the next 20-yr.-old Dominican phenom is EVEN MORE dependent on his mlb team
Have been since the late '80s
They turned off replies under the video because everyone would have said: "You really should pick 'Drive My Car'".
The Fathers' Day gift when the kids actually know their dad
Explaining the cultural milieu of More Songs About Buildings and Food is simply good parenting
While I understand and agree with the larger point, it never says 'freelance'? It says 'voluntary position' and 'volunteers'?
That's incredible! But if the night-time festivities start with you hiding in a closet I would suggest NOT posting about it.
1988 Craig is very happy with the Dunning move
The weirdest is when you're there long enough that you start dreaming in that language
Yeah, I was going to say, while I agree with the sentiment; I hope she's not teaching english
It's entitled "For the millionth time--Mia and I never married and she wasn't my step-daughter: A Novel"
Recorded in one session!
Good for Joe Dante but someone does NOT understand what the prop meant in the film
McConnell (whispers): "We'll be dead before anyone is held accountable for this, anyway"
McConnell (whispers): "We'll be dead before anyone is held accountable for this, anyway"
Kneel before the 1.43:1 aspect ratio.
This is how you know he's a real new yorker: he knows what new yorkers enjoy the most--being touched by other people on the subway
Burr did the capping
That's nice singin'. They remind me of "Up With People".
If I remember correctly, the trump campaign was slow to release medical records--people fill the gaps with weird things
Movie rec.: Phil Morrison's Junebug (2005)--bit tonally inconsistent but some great under- and overstated performances; coming from a small-town family a lot of the identity themes hit me pretty hard; still my favorite Amy Adams performance--comes off as a pollyanna-ish idiot but is much more
They deliberately shot at a cute Aussie woman. On camera. No court order if it's at people with 'enough' melanin in their skin.
Kikuchi stole the fireworks guy's girlfriend?
The Local Jukebox Repair Workers' Union lost countless man-hours to that guy
And here the extent of my thinking about that show was the monkey having to carry around a bucket 24/7 to transport the male wonder twin when he turned into liquid water
If your relative from Chicago starts talking and acting like a completely different person--this is why. They've been Freaky Friday'd.
Wow haven't seen that in 30+ years but always loved Saturday Night and Sunday Morning from the same director
Felt the same way when people whose diapers I had changed turned 30
Filming locations for the series 'Such Brave Girls': The Wirral Knowsley Gayton West Kirby Higher Bebington Thurstaston Shotwick Heswall, Merseyside Hooton
Slugs!
No one tell him their capital is named after President James Monrovia, author of the Alice Munro doctrine
Just sayin': Even when Hitler/NSDAP was the only legal party to vote for, they never received as many as 50 million votes; Trump had over 77 million in the last election
