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UpperWestside

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  1. Hot Fuzz is just an awesome movie start to finish. I don’t think it’ll ever get old to see it.
  2. This is how my brother got a full-blooded husky. It was a pup out wandering around in the road and on his land. He took it in and Ghost has been great, but he does love to escape.
  3. This was a really cool movie to watch and I normally don’t like people that randomly talk during the movie, but one scene where he was running for what seemed like forever got some funny remarks from some people in the row in front of me. A lot of people clapped at the end as well. It was just a fun movie that needs to be experienced in a theatre setting. As others have said, Cruise may be a nutty Scientologist, but the guy makes some awesome movies and pulls off some incredible stunts.
  4. First thing that popped into my head.
  5. The difference being that Giannis won a title as the best player on his team and did it in Milwaukee of all places. I do not believe he will ever ask out unless the entire team falls apart and goes into a big rebuild. He has made it clear before how little he thinks of the super teams.
  6. I was going to go last night to see it, but my mother stayed an extra week (Very glad she did!) so I am probably going to see this on Wednesday instead. I am sure it’ll be fun.
  7. Absolutely true. They are human beings just like us, but they excel in turning heartbreak into humor. Born A Crime is a great read mostly because it focuses on stories he tells about growing up in Apartheid and some of the things that happened to him. The stories that stuck out were really funny. Crapping on the floor as a five or six year old (Just didn’t want to walk outside to use the facilities) and his mother bringing everyone from church over to pray for this evil omen as well as the Hitler story about a performance he did as a DJ. Watching him piece together his existence from childhood to becoming a comedian is pretty cool.
  8. I just saw Joy Ride. It checked boxes I enjoy in raunchy comedies and it was cool seeing four Asian women be the stars. It’s a little over an hour and a half so it’s not a long one. I would recommend it to anyone with a sense of humor that just wants to unwind and laugh.
  9. People can say what they want about his tenure on The Daily Show, but his autobiography was a great read. The parts about his mother are both heartbreaking, but awesome as well.
  10. I mean theoretically it could happen OR they make picks, even first rounders, that they stash overseas until they want them on the roster. I am not a fan of the hording of picks by anyone. The fault of this happening though is more with the inept GM’s handing these picks over so often.
  11. I will tell you how this works. You can package picks for higher slots OR you let someone trade for them and keep kicking the picks down the road. This is lifetime job security for everyone employed in the Land Thieves front office.
  12. A lot of this can be traced back to the Dream Team’s popularity and the growth basketball has seen since then. The Canadian team will be a good one for this competition. It would be really cool to see the African nations get some legit basketball federations that will spend money on infrastructure and training for players. I feel like the entire continent should be further along, but corruption in so many of those countries holds back, among many other things, athletic progress.
  13. I saw the roster for the US for this and it’s an interesting mix, but I don’t know that they can win the title with this group. Brunson at least means they will be in every game and have an edge to them though.I like Portis being on there as well. They should have an easy go of it in the 1st and 2nd rounds at the very least. https://www.yahoo.com/sports/usa-basketball-names-12-player-205941209.html
  14. I am planning on leaving in September 19th for a three week trip this time. I am still deciding about swimming with the Humpback Whales early in the trip or towards the end near Moorea. Either way if they are there the day I book a spot on a boat I will get out there to swim with those majestic creatures. I have swam with sharks in the open ocean near Hawaii which was really cool and after swimming with reef sharks, stingrays and the stunningly amazing Manta Rays in January on the lagoon at Bora Bora this would be really cool to get to do. I always remember and take into account that the ocean is their domain and not mine and I show respect for where I am. I look at it as a blessing just to be there seeing them even if just from the boat. Has anyone else swam with the Humpbacks during their mating season before? Also @Biff Tannen I sent a message to my friend about the question you had about Moorea. She should respond to me within the next day or so. I would imagine she might know a place or two there or at the very least her family will give some good recs that only a local could.
  15. Snoop is my favorite rapper, but Juve is easily my 2nd favorite. “Back that azz up” “I need a hot girl” and “Set it off” are songs I will listen to anytime and anywhere. I used to go to high school games in the inner city in Dallas and “Set it off” was a regular one played by the bands (One of the many reasons inner city high school football is more entertaining than any other high school football game.) Hearing this was awesome and thanks for posting it!
  16. Took my mom to see it last night after we left the Yankees game. She had never seen any of the Indiana Jones movies in a theatre. She had a blast and that’s really all that matters to me. The run time felt fine to me, but I am cool with longer movies. I go to see movies to relax and escape from the outside world for a bit, which is nice. This movie absolutely did that for me.
  17. I think seeing this should also get teams to think far more seriously about how they not only handle the physical health of their players, but also the mental aspect as well. I am all for lengthy fines and bans, but that doesn’t get to the root of the issue. As with German, I seriously doubt this was his first rodeo with physical violence. It’s just the first time he was reported. Get all of these players regular visits with therapists and behavioral specialists. If it saves just one person from getting hit or beaten and instead leads to someone being able to talk about their frustrations it is worth it.
  18. Not awesome and hopefully he winds up in jail. I have no sympathy for guys committing domestic violence and hitting a woman.
  19. That’s awesome. I was wondering why they were throwing out the first pitch. I couldn’t hear everything the PA guy said when they walked out. What an incredible moment for that family.
  20. Don’t worry there is, as always, a GM and organization that thinks they are the one that will fix that issue. Detroit wanted him before and they have first crack at him now. I would say that the Heat should pick him up and have him put in a storage closet with Udonis Haslem for 30 minutes. That might fix things.
  21. Cool man. It was kinda random to be shooting that scene at a tree lighting, but we just kinda stumbled into it and it didn’t take long. I want to say that the year before I heard Sal Valentinetti singing “New York, New York” in the same place. He was a contestant on America’s Got Talent that sings like a crooner. He sounds almost exactly like Sinatra singing that song, but was maybe 20 or so when he went on the show.
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