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  1. On 9/13/2019 at 4:51 PM, dogbreath said:

    Breaker Morant - Court and war movie for one of the first colonial v. guerilla actions.  English hate the film and Australians honor it. 

    Breaking Away - Funny, poignant and captures the magic of being someone else at 19.

    Philadelphia Story - Full of rapid wit and comeuppances.

    Chinatown - Huston is a perfect villain for this detective story.  And Nicholson and Dunaway are terrific.

    Spinal Tap - Such a fine line between stupid and clever. 

    Young Frankenstein - tough to decide between Blazing Saddles and this, but find this more consistent to the end.  

    Melvin and Howard - Highlight is title characters singing 'bye bye blackbird' in the desert rain, but movie is packed with so much humanity.  

    Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf - Loved reading the play and love the movie and actors, but it could be replaced.  Japanese or Chinese 'To Live' movies or French 'Grand Highway'' are contenders. 

    Trainspotting - like Breaking Away there are centrally four guys who figured out what to do at 19.  Read the book after seeing the movie. It was great too, but watching  the movie the first time was a shot of adrenaline and it still brings me joy. 

    Matewan - Sayles fan and movie has his recurring actors, but this movie on WV union wars is a cut above his usual quality.  Hearing Hazel Dickens singing 'Hills of Galilee' is a treat. Became a Chris Cooper fan after this movie. 

     

    Giving a small exposition for why these are my favorites. 

  2. Had a great time doing several day and night snorkeling trips from Caye Caulker.  Sampled three separate snorkel companies and all were very good. 

    Got to see lots of lobster at night and then the next several days eat lots of lobster. 

    Spent last two days at Secret Beach staying in the cabanas.  We brought our own masks/snorkels so went around the piers and looking at patterns on the floor. Watched parts of Euro and Copa quarters at the bar when taking breaks from the water.  

    Came home to snorkel in the San Marcos on Monday and Tuesday. 

    Best part was having the kids together.  It had been 19 months since they've seen each other.  

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  3. Came home from vacation and Jamaica-US 2019 GC recording was on YTTV.  Watched some and it would be nice to have Morris and Long for depth for WCQ's.  Altidore was good in this game, Zardes was not. Nice to see Pulisic and McKennie making plays. Cannon was fine. Arriola was better than I remember.  

    Bradley looked better as a passer than anytime I've seen Yueill. Need Busio, Williamson and Acosta to move Yueill off the WCQ roster for the fall. 

     

     

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  4. Slightly disagree on super deep with experience.  Started a freshman forward. Sixth man was a soph (a phenominal soph). Top nine players were five junior/seniors, three sophs and one freshman. No argument that the team was poorly coached. 

    This years team will have seven of top eight players being a junior or senior.  

    1st Team: Allen, Mitchell

    2nd Team: Jones

    3rd Team: Ramey

    Scholar/Athlete of the Year: Disu

     

     

     

  5. It seems funny to say, but Texas has never had this quality of players with so much experience.  Barnes teams always seemed to have a player(s) leave a year early while other programs like Kansas, UNC kept their players a year longer. 

    Senior guards: Ramey, Jones, Febres.

    Sophomore guard: Askew

    Senior forwards: Allen, Bishop

    Junior forwards: Disu, Mitchell

    Junior and Senior scrapper: Cunningham, Benson

    Freshman wing: Tyson

     

  6. The episode where Neal finds out his dad is cheating by biking around (eventually alone) testing the garage door remote on houses in different neighborhoods.

    That shit hit home.  Or the scene where the kid at school tells everyone about how your dad took his mom, his brother and him to the movies on a fucking Tuesday night.  Oh wait, that was real life and not on the show.  

     

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  7. Headed to Belize at end of this month with my two adult kids.  They are scuba certified, but I'm not and prefer to snorkel.  Where are the good spots or connections for snorkeling?  We've done the day snorkel trips from Caye Caulker before where we swim with the lemon sharks and manta rays, but would like more reef action.

    Placencia sounds like a good option. Any tips on staying there and things to do?

    My son and I did the ATM Cave a couple of years ago, are there any other cave tours worth doing?

    Appreciate any responses.

     

  8. 2 hours ago, alincoln said:

     

    Mexico may not beat the US for 10 years outside of Azteca if the US fed hires a real coach.  It's all over for the Mexicans and they know it.  

    Mexico is going to lustily recruit dual eligibles that develop in the US system.  And they have a successful professional and minor league system to plug them in to.  They will be competitive, but with Canada's developing quality players and potential of Jamaica with more English developed players Mexico will not dominate Concacaf in the future.

    US needs quality coaching equal or above Tata to dominate in the future.   

  9. Gregg comments that Reyna was still good, but had to take him off for Aaronson.  Did it not occur to him to take off Llegett and put Reyna in midfield.  Gregg appears to have bought in to the story of Acosta making good on a second chance and that seems to be the reason to play him.  Fuck that.  If is better then use that someone.  

    Two eysores from last night were Yueill and Llegett.  What are the metrics on Yueill's forward passing ?  If can't accomplish line-breaking passes then he needs to be off the field.  Llegett's touch was slow and that made his decision making delayed.  No need to comment on his free kicks as it was obviously bad.

    US looked way too cocky with ball at their feet.  Did they expect Honduras to just roll over? That attitude will be cured by facing Mexico.

    So if Adams can't play the 6 because he's frequently hurt. McKennie doesn't have the positional discipline to play the 6. Musah has never played the 6.  Yueill is a null and void player at the 6.  Acosta at the 6 is a fantasy perpetuated by Gregg.  Is it double pivot time?

    Dest tried harder at defense this game.  If Long and Richards weren't hurt, I'd go for a five in the back.  We'll get Richards back, but Ream and Miazga as backups scare me. 

    Glad for the win, but the team looked like shit.  

  10. On 3/14/2021 at 7:28 PM, Chopper said:

    Rome rocks. 9/10th through the first season so far, streaming one or two eps per night. Only disappointment is the cinematography, or lack of it. 

    In the middle of season 1 of Rome.  Hoping it doesn't end with toxoplasmosis.

  11. 16 hours ago, PittsburghTiger said:

    What a cast of actors.

    My great aunt's father was Dutch Cota (Robert Mitchum) in the movie.  She was a generous and classy lady.  Her husband (my great uncle by blood) was an ass, but that shit is hereditary.  This movie is not too long for me and is fantastic.

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  12. 7 minutes ago, Knoxtnhorn said:

    The preliminary roster (Nations League):

    Goalkeepers: Ethan Horvath (Club Brugge, Belgium), Sean Johnson (New York City), David Ochoa (Real Salt Lake), Zack Steffen (Manchester City), Matt Turner (New England), DeAndre Yedlin (Besitkas, Turkey)

    Defenders: John Brooks (Wolfsburg, Germany), Reggie Cannon (Boavista, Portugal), Sergiño Dest (Barcelona, Spain), Aaron Long (New York Red Bulls), Mark McKenzie (Genk, Belgium), Matt Miazga (Anderlecht, Belgium), Tim Ream (Fulham, England), Bryan Reynolds (Roma, Italy), Chris Richards (Hoffenheim, Germany), Antonee Robinson (Fulham, England), Miles Robinson (Atlanta), Sam Vines (Colorado), Walker Zimmerman (Nashville)

     

    Midfielders: Brenden Aaronson (Red Bull Salzburg, Austria), Tyler Adams (RB Leipzig, Germany), Kellyn Acosta (Colorado), Luca de la Torre (Heracles Almelo, Netherlands), Sebastian Lletget (LA Galaxy), Weston McKennie (Juventus, Italy), Yunus Musah (Valencia, Spain), Owen Otasowie (Wolverhampton, England), Cristian Roldan (Seattle), Jackson Yueill (San Jose)

    Forwards: Paul Arriola (D.C. United), Tyler Boyd (Besiktas, Turkey), Konrad de la Fuente (Barcelona, Spain), Daryl Dike (Barnsley, England), Nicholas Gioacchini (Caen, France), Christian Pulisic (Chelsea, England), Gio Reyna (Borussia Dortmund, Germany), Josh Sargent (Werder Bremen, Germany), Jordan Siebatcheu (Young Boys, Switzerand), Tim Weah (Lille, France), Gyasi Zardes (Columbus)

    I would have liked to see Green on this list.

  13. Velvet Underground - Velvet Un

    Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes

    Clash - Clash

    Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures

    Gang of Four - Entertainment

    Patti Smith - Horses

    Ramones - Ramones

    Zeitgeist - Translate Slowly 

    The Flatlanders - More a Legend Than a Band (recorded in 72, but not released until 90). Love the musical saw in this.

    Old No. 1  - Guy Clark

    Lyle Lovett - Lyle Lovett

     

     

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  14. 14 minutes ago, longhornmatt said:

    Allen is going to need the ball in his hands on offense in the half court.   He’s not a spot up on the perimeter and wait for a PG to distribute kind of player.  Neither is Jones, really, for that matter.  I don’t know that a PG pounding the air out of the ball fits real well with that group, especially since Allen isn’t a big three point shooting threat if we’re having him space the floor while a PG tries to create.

    Fully agree here.  Allen is going to be a Culver type and I'll take the Swede as a better fit as he reminds of Moretti.  I hope that Larrson's late decision to join the portal is due to talking to Allen.    

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