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mchookem

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  1. i feel like it's always worth noting when certain posters slip up and acknowledge things like the economy is actually doing pretty well lol.
  2. what is going on lol Jason Bourne + Unbreakable + Highlander? no idea, but we're in 😜 noticed this, some of the weird perspective shots. otherwise it's pretty good looking.
  3. don't make fun... i'm a pretty good cook but i honestly have never made a simple pomodoro sauce. my family only ever ate 'spaghetti with meat sauce' growing up, and my mate is a pretty adamant carnivore... i've made a million versions of bolognese, vodka sauce, carbonara, alfredo, shrimp/clam/mussels sauces... but never just a simple tomato sauce. but he's getting older and his appetite is changing, so i made this last night... as usual i didn't follow a specific recipe so lmk if i omitted something crucial. something this simple needs high caliber ingredients...fresh spaghetti from local Italian market, high quality olive oil and San Marzano tomatoes...only other ingredients were Goodfellas-sliced garlic, crushed red pepper, dash oregano, s/p, and a bunch of fresh basil that i left whole on the stalk and removed before serving, simmered just shy of two hours. def not fancy but damn if it didn't taste terrific. he said i could cook it again lol 😄 ETA oh yeah i also put a parmesan rind in there!
  4. i've also gone a little nuts recently haha... in the coming months we're going to: Black Pumas Gary Clark Jr. The Black Keys Glass Animals im not even seeking any of these out lol... i just keep randomly coming across mentions, look them up and i'm like 'huh...i can do that!' my mate (who is of a different generation and race) enjoys completely different genres of music...i don't think he's thrilled about tagging along 😄 we saw Glass Animals at Moody before we moved to Denver... he does actually enjoy them i think. he was surprised Dave Bayley was a wispy little brit lol. he said, quote, "that white boy's got some rhythm" 🕺 i do think he will enjoy the others...if he doesn't it's just i mean it's not like I'm dragging him to Tool 😆
  5. sheesh...between Peck and Masterson, anybody i know asks for a letter of support im gonna be like
  6. someone told him 'so turns out this abortion stuff is a losing issue, we need to turn this around, maybe start touting it as a state issue...' and he's a fucking moron who is now just repeating that over and over. he's said the phrase "state's rights" more in the last two weeks than probably his entire life...just prior to that he's on camera bragging about being the one who got rid of abortion. 🙄 is so gotdamn obvious lol
  7. man, Lewis got me choked up here! username checks out ending was very meta and very funny. i think several scenes felt too forced this season. like the initial 'joke' would be funny but then they would just take it too far trying to make it extra funny - too much yelling, too much physicality, kind of running a joke into the ground at times. Leon never stopped being funny to me. exceptional show. those intro notes are going to stick around for eternity. good job, Larry...you created two of the funniest and most memorable shows in television history, and i'm thankful for it! 😊 i wonder if he'll actually retire now?
  8. was it Big12Warzone? 🤔 i was there either before shaggy existed, or i just hadn't found shaggy yet. it was def small and obscure, and i remember several of those names, i don't think i've ever seen any iteration of them on shaggy or surly. it was dominated by Texas fans but there were quite a few from other B12 schools. and it was rough. i think that's honestly why i have such a thick skin here, even as a female, kind of a baptized by fire thing lol
  9. we first had our French exchange student in 2017, when I was still capable of being shocked and surprised at how quickly things started going to shit after his election. one night i just went off at whatever shit was on the news and ended up on a tirade about just how fucking GROSS he was!!! she didn't know what gross meant...so she learned a new expressive english word that will always mean 'Trump' to her #csb
  10. btw... seriously, what the fuck is it with him and such random capitalization? is he actually German??
  11. pure time waster...but i sometimes end up down a rabbit hole watching those vids where people are reacting to various things. most are boring, but sometimes they are educational/interesting (i.e. classically trained musicians react to Danny Carey live), amusing/snarky (that high end chef reacting to terrible home cooks: "hideous, 2 out of 10...i'd eat it. fuck, i hate myself."), and sometimes just really fun... was watching some earlier today and this one was just a blast... i think i enjoy these in particular bc they remind me of what it felt like to watch these movies for the first time. their reactions are so fun and genuine that you get caught up in remembering how fucking awesome it was walking out of the theater 😄 or how mindblowing the climax was, how you end up thinking about it for days after...or going back and watching it again. the viewers are almost always young (millennials, genZ), and these movies are so much a part of the zeitgeist fabric for specific times and places in my life that i forget that there are whole generations of people that actually haven't seen Pulp Fiction, or Se7en, Usual Suspects, Sixth Sense, Heat, and so on. anyway...PF was such a groundbreaking inflection point in American cinema... this particular scene was really a joy to watch so thought i'd share 😊 lol at "who the fuck is Fonzie?!" and "oh hell naw...i'm with Vince!"
  12. everybody probably knew this was coming out except me lol...but this trailer when i went to my rewatch of Dune II in IMAX looks fun. it's on the list as long as it doesn't suck ass. i loved the originals, creepy and fascinating memories in my childhood. the recent remakes have all been good stories.
  13. part of the reason this hits so hard is before she responds you can see that he is telling the truth... in that moment he believes he can and will change. we, like Kay, know he won't...but he's so convincing - and convinced - that we have a slight moment of 'yeah, he might change...' i'll go with this one:
  14. sorry, i had to take my posrep back lol...there are a few 'sane responses' hypothesizing actual possible factors explaining high Finn happiness levels...but there's literally NONE calling out the blatant horrifying racist remarks 😳 like, nobody is responding with "motherfucker you did NOT just say that!" i like to think that would be the reaction of the majority of surly posters, even in DT. gotdamn.
  15. i mean...if this could be spread far and wide to the maga universe with the message 'watch this to see how voting for Bobby can help get Trump back!' wouldn't that...be bad for Trump?
  16. IF YOU WANT TO ACTUALLY KEEP YOUR JOB...then yes, unequivocally and unquestionably, you accept it. IF YOU DON'T...well, you tell the company owner to go fuck himself and accept the consequences. 'reasonable and simple' have absolutely nothing to do with it. is it fair, is it just, is it right? is it hurtful, is it shitty, is it vindictive? completely irrelevant, all of it. even the folks in this thread who like and support you and think you are correct in your position are telling you this, including mr. sanctimonious 'everybody here is such a loser except me of course' jackass ^up there. i'm sorry, but that's literally how the world works.
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