That he called that a top three movie for him is funny. He must’ve watched only three movies this year. I did enjoy the movie. It was funny and it did what it was supposed to do. I like Jack Black and Paul Rudd. It was a stupid fun movie, but fun nonetheless.
If he wanted to keep it real he’d be in the Sunny South at Annie Mae’s if that place is still open and he’d finish the night somewhere in the Four Deuce neighborhood shooting off a few rounds while yelling out “F the police.”
Wait until you get Chrispy’s current iteration, one in which it looks like he used to make actual posts going back to 2022. I think his current handle is Vegas64 as that is the one made three years ago. It was not hard to figure out it was him when he posted about an interaction with a billionaire where he had to prove to himself something odd. Easily the strangest person this side of the gru chatbot.
Seyfried’s acting in this was pretty good. Sweeney was, well, she did what her fans want to see. She got naked and that’s about it. Her acting in Christy and Eden was actually good. The only part of this where her acting was above par was when she was angry in the 2nd half of the film. I hope for her sake she finds some way to be in movies where she doesn’t have to get naked for anyone to show up and watch it because hoo boy she is not going to age well.
Watched about 15 or so plays. That was enough for me. Manny Diaz still runs nothing defensively despite that being his side of the ball. Sims is out, 35 other guys didn’t play today, but mainly Sims is done. Thanks for one final backbreaking INT before you begin your nondescript career that never involves football again. Hope 2026 brings a Division 1 caliber offensive line and perhaps a transfer QB that understands how to consistently throw the forward pass. Dillingham squeezed just about all he could from this team so no complaints with him.
I am really pumped up for this one. I mean not only is Gary Danielson going to the horse glue factory, but the Jeff Sims Experience mercifully ends as well. I will celebrate by watching a few minutes of the game while fishing this morning out here. Maybe the kid from Columbus/Benjamin gets to play since all the upperclassmen are injured or off to the NFL. It’d be awesome to see some vintage Manny Diaz run defense today against a QB that only excels at running.
I am contemplating getting an ocean kayak again so that I can get out and fish further from shore. Right now getting further from shore involves swimming out 200 yards or so and dropping the bait, usually mackerel or baby squid. I enjoy swimming so that is okay with me. Still would like a fishing kayak again though so I can sit and fish on top of them.
I think Udoh is staying for his senior season so he should get the chance tomorrow to see significant carries with Raleek Brown heading to the draft. Since Manny Diaz is the head coach he could have a really big game and that would be a good springboard for him heading into next year. We can’t throw the football with Sims so line up and run the triple option against Duke to make the game fun.
Bowls are mostly fun. I had a blast being at the Hawai’i Bowl. That game meant something to both teams and they both played hard the entire game. The Hawai’i fans were so happy when they won. You can’t replicate the joy I witnessed from these folks. Hawai’i is their pro team and to see them play their last game out here for the year was really cool for them. I’ll go again next year to it as well because the atmosphere for the game is just cool.
My friend who is a lifelong fisherman out here would’ve kept this to eat it. I just toss them all back. Semi-paying attention because the waves always make me want to take a nap so nice to get this one before I pass out for a bit.
This book, for the purposes of what I’m doing in life, is a wealth of knowledge about the Japanese side that of what happened in the lead up to Pearl Harbor. I have found that there is plenty of folks who can tell me a fairly good bit about America leading up to the war, but we do not spend much time academically on why Japan did what they did. This book adds to historical events and things that were said and done to Japan that put them on a war footing. It was foolish at the time and even more so in retrospect. There’s only so much I can read about the battles before it is just entirely repetitive. The nuts and bolts of the conflict, especially the entirety of the Pacific War, is of great interest to me. I bought some other books this evening to also help me learn more about the Solomons and the Pacific people in general. There is a real lack of books written about their experiences in the war. They do exist though and the two I got were recommendations from someone who stayed with a housemate in the Solomons that fought at Bougainville with the rebels before making his way to the Solomons as a 13 year old. They are historical fiction, but she told me I will better understand the South Pacific and the people I will cross paths with by reading them. Looking forward to more great non-class work reading.
Definitely not a traditional musical. I am not a fan of those either. This was just really good music. It was a younger crowd at my showing and they seemed to really enjoy it.
The key word in the first sentence that needs to be added is it WAS ours. We are not living in that country anymore. Our country is run by fascists now. Fascists take what they want. They took the Kennedy Center and slapped his name on it. Once that happened that place no longer stood as an honorable American institution. It’s now just another tool used by American fascists so if it ever gets destroyed I won’t be upset. Build a new one once this bout with fascism ends. Right now the people controlling it are an enemy to Americans who are not fascists.
That place can kick rocks. Hope it burns to the ground at some point for willingly putting that goblin’s name on there without any pushback.. The person that wrote that letter also deserves to get hit repeatedly in the face by a wrecking ball.
The Commentariat there is top flight and really funny most of the time, but especially on this. Some longtime people in those comments going back to the Deadspin days.
It’s about never forgetting the joy you had as a kid. Too many folks lose this part of themselves. A lot of folks wind up going through some extensive therapy to rediscover their inner child. John Bradshaw, a Texan, did some great pioneering work in this area. Kinda feel like the last two Avatar movies are something he would’ve enjoyed. I have always tried to remember how cool it was as a kid to experience cool things. This movie, for me, made me feel like a kid again. That is a good thing to stay in touch with your inner child emotionally. It’s why movies like this never get old to me.