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oSuJeff97

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  1. Yes exactly. And if so, that's a terrible, awful, horrible idea.
  2. I know that the knee-jerk reaction is to not like "re-makes" but has anyone read the Fletch books? I haven't; and, from what I understand the original films were *very* loosely based on the books, because the books were really more straight-forward detective stories instead of the more farcical versions that the movies where because it was mostly just Chevy Chase being Chevy Chase... which is fine... I celebrate 1980s Chevy Chase as much as anyone... But I do think it's not a terrible idea if they want to do something more faithful to the books, which is what I understand they are trying to do... but yeah the trailer seems like they are just trying to re-create the originals or at least sell the film that way, which is probably a very bad idea if it's a different animal than the originals.
  3. My favorite story about this -- So I had this friend in college who smoked like a chimney. God only knows how many packs this dude fired down every day. Our junior year, he decided that he really needed to quit and so he did. A few months after he quit, we're driving down the road going wherever in Stillwater and "Don't Speak" comes on the radio. We're just sitting there listening to it and about halfway through the song - he just says (very seriously and with a total straight face), "You know... when I hear the lyrics to this song, I feel like it's my cigarettes singing to me..." I was fucking dying. You and me We used to be together, everyday together Always, I really feel that I'm losin' my best friend I can't believe this could be the end It's so hilariously perfect and dead-on... I think about that every time I hear that song to this day.
  4. Tom Petty Wildflowers (already posted) is the first that comes to mind. The other one that jumps to mind - mainly because it was my personal divorce album - is True Sadness by The Avett Brothers. It was released in May 2016, the same year my first wife and I divorced. I wouldn't call the whole thing a divorce album, per se, but it's definitely for all of the Seth Avett songs, as he had just gone through it. I pretty much listened to it non-stop that year. There is, of course, "The Divorce Separation Blues", which is obviously pretty on the money, but this song, in particular, gave me all of the feels at the time:
  5. Oh hells yes. Now we're really cooking with gas.
  6. Judge you? Throw in the Siren/Bird Lady from last season and now we're cooking with gas.
  7. I'd say when they are "elite" people still pay attention... does a large swath of the country really pay that much attention if Miami is basically just firing out 7-5 seasons every year? Because other than the rare 10-win season with Mark Richt in 2017, that's basically what they've been doing for the past two decades. Since they fired Larry Coker after the 2006 season, they've only finished the year ranked 4 times and are a staggering 1-10 in bowl games. But yeah, I get that they still have "the brand", but that brand value was based on them being elite in college football from basically 1980-2001. I just wonder, how long do you have to be just barely above average for that "brand" to lose some of its value?
  8. The Venn diagram of people who complained about Skylar and the people who complained about every episode of The Sopranos that focused on Tony's home/family life instead of mafia stuff is a perfect circle.
  9. The Miami thing is fascinating to me. How is it that a small private school that doesn't draw dick and basically has all of its historical success on the field confined to a 20-year window that ended 20 years ago so valuable to broadcast networks? The power of the "U" brand, I suppose. But damn, it's like the thing with Nebraska... exactly how long do you have to suck before some of that value starts to erode away?
  10. Super solid advice here. My first wife and I would have failed all three of these, so having the miscarriage and then getting divorced before we had kids was 100% a blessing, even if it felt like blowing up my life in my late 30s/early 40s was an awful, terrible thing.
  11. I think this is born of two things: 1. Our administration actually thinks and behaves like adults, not psycho message board posters (*cough* Aggy *cough*). 2. Our administration is pretty confident that we end up in an acceptable spot when all of the dust finally settles; and that spot could very well be the Prestige Worldwide version of the SEC when it expands to 18-24 schools, so it's best to not go burning bridges in the short term.
  12. Yeah. It’s something I thought about a lot before I finally had kids. Luckily I do have lots of nieces and nephews, but still… glad I have my two kids now. On a related note, it’s interesting that my first wife (who finally told me she didn’t want kids after I had burned through my 30s) used to always talk about how she didn’t want to be alone and a “burden” in her later years is heading directly down that path. She hasn’t been able to establish any kind of relationship since we were divorced 5+ years ago and is now in her mid-40s staring spinsterism directly in the face. Some people just can’t get out of their own way enough to avoid what they are actively trying to avoid.
  13. Yeah I don't know how it will work out exactly, in terms of what it means for the character, but I do think she is somehow "saved" by Jimmy. It was so good having Kim and Jesse in that scene together last week, given both of their roles in Walter's/Jimmy's lives. Did they both bear some responsibility? Absolutely. But unlike Walter and Jimmy, both were shown to have remorse and ultimately feel responsible for their actions; both were also pushed much, much farther to the "dark side" than they would have gone otherwise if not for Walter/Jimmy.
  14. Yep. In particular, Seehorn, Dalton and Fabian were EXCELLENT additions to the cast that helped take this show to the next level.
  15. I don't know if I'd call BCS *completely* different... it was much more different in the early seasons for sure... the past few seasons, save for the Gene/Omaha stuff, has been pretty similar to Breaking Bad. But it's a good question. One that immediately comes to mind is Frasier. While just as funny/great as Cheers, it was a much different show.
  16. I don't know.... Gilligan/Gould are very good at subverting expectations. I would be very surprised if Jimmy/Saul/Gene died just because that's also how Walter ended. Walter was a murderer whose only atonement could come through sacrificing his life for Jesse. Saul is con man, not a murderer. He deserves punishment, but not death. And the person he needs to save is Kim. I think he somehow steps forward and gives himself up to the Feds or the Albuquerque DA or whomever to save Kim from going to jail.
  17. Roger that. And on this topic, how fucking stupid is it that NFL makes them do this? Like what exactly is the point? A “non-bleeped” version of the show exists, but you’re going to “bleep” subsequent airings *on HBO* because…. Reasons? So fucking stupid.
  18. So this is random, but were the curse words “bleeped” for anyone else? I know in the past they “bleeped” them for second runs on HBO and also the streaming versions on HBO Max, but they “first run” of each episode on HBO always had them. I thought I had “recorded” the first run episode on HBO (via YouTube TV) the other night but the curse words were “bleeped” when I watched. Wondering if somehow I didn’t catch the first airing or the NFL pulled some shit this year and wouldn’t let curse words air…? (Which wouldn’t surprise me)
  19. Another great touch in this week's episode was how Derek is just as much of a dork as a vampire as he was a human.
  20. Haha yeah.... my wife and I talked about that last night. The burned up "half Baron" had me fucking rolling every time he was on screen. We also love "The Sire" because he's just so fucking absurd, lol. But yeah "new Baron" definitely has some potential. I think it's his "checklist" of wishes for Nandor isn't it?
  21. Yeah as a very new parent with two kids now, the other thing I'm learning is how totally different sleeping habits can be. My boy (now almost 18 months) was an absolute fucking terrorist for the first 3-4 months. My wife and I had to sleep in shifts because he was up every 2-3 hours like clockwork all night that whole time and often had to be rocked back to sleep even after a bottle. It was awful. We were both zombies until he started going stretches of at least 4-5 hours. But now he's a great sleeper. We put him down 7:30-8:00 and he'll normally wake up 7:30-8:00 but is happy to stay and mess around in bed until 8:30 most mornings. My daughter (2 months now) is the complete opposite of what my boy was. We literally had to wake her up to feed her the first 2-3 nights we were home. Now she has settled into basically only getting up once a night...we give her a last bottle around 10:00 and then she usually doesn't wake up until in between 4:00-5:30, and then immediately goes back to sleep after the bottle. She even will sometimes sleep until 6:00-7:00... and then again typically right back to sleep for another 3-4 hours. My boy never did that until he was like at least 4-5 months old. So who knows how she'll do when we she gets a little older and gets more into the scheduled sleep/nap schedule, but for now it's awesome considering her age.
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