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Yeah and him not being nominated for directing was a travesty. He only got one nomination and that was for a producer on a few good men. When he died I had the same thought. You list off his first batch and it’s amazing. I watched The Sure Thing again shortly after he died, The Rewatchables covered it, and I forgot how much of the movie I remembered and liked.

This room was nice until someone came in smelling like **** and diesel.

I certainly take it for granted and especially when going to other parts of the country. My only problem is it's hard to find one that serves alcohol. La Pita here does. There's a Sahara down near Comerica park that has a nice bar. To me that knocks it down from a nice dinner to just casual food. I do have a friend that has a place, I won't say which, who will give me a Corona while I wait for my carry out. He doesn't sell it. He trades food with a bar down the street and they give him a case of beer. A lot of it is religious as a lot of Muslims will not/cannot go to a place that serves alcohol. Next time you come try Malek Al Kabob.

In a movie group I belong to A Few Good Men came up and damn... for me that was peak cinema. What I mean is that in the early 90's it seemed like we could go see a good movie at the theater any time. Maybe it was my age at the time or the fact i had a friend who was a manager at the Star Theater who gave me a huge stack of Free Passes that they gave out when something bad happene. THey could not refuse these, even when it said 'no passes' for new releases. For about 7 years I didn't pay for a movie. Anyway... just take a look at box office numbers from like 92-97.... And A Few Good Men? Aside from the main case you had Noah Wylie, Cuba Gooding Jr, Christopher Guest, Josh Malina all in minor roles. Has Guest ever done that? Just a straight role. Obviously Reiner is a good friend of his...

Paul Ehrlich died the other day. I first became aware of him from my conservative/libertarian days of reading PJ O Rourke and he wrote about the famous bet Ehrlich and Julian Simon made.

Thanks for doing this. One stop shopping.

Right out of central casting. Dave is still with us. One of 4 moon walkers still alive. He may have become a shuttle commander like John Young and Ken Mattingly but he was part of a scandal on Apollo 15 where they took some stamps and covers up and later sold them. It was a very big deal at the time so he was sent away to run a NASA out post. Prior to that he was well regarded. He was a tech advisor on the Apollo 13 movie.

March 16, 1966 - Gemini 8 launches and comes home early after a near deadly situation. Neil Armstrong and David Scott performed the first docking of two spacecraft in orbit. A major hurdle for the Apollo lunar missions. It was the 40th anniversary of the Goddard rocket mentioned above. Shortly after they docked they starting in a roll and assumed the problem was the agena rocket they docked with so they released it. That made it worse and they were rolling almost one revolution a second, nearing blackout. They stabilized by using the reaction control system which meant the mission was over. The first man to walk on the moon and the first man to drive on the moon nearly died in space.

Oh totally. Unless the guy was ok with it. I’m sure he wasn’t but who knows.

It's illegal/violation of HIPPA for a medical entity or medical person or an employer. But if someone else knows they can say whatever they want.

I love BTTF. Probably a 'You had to be there' thing but it's quintissential 80's and Spielberg. I love that it's very obviously a movie set. You got the integration with music and Huey Lewis. I have a list of "perfect" movies and it's on there, along with Jaws. Part of the criteria is accessibility. I get that violence and sex might turn off people so it consists of movies you could pretty much show in any setting and it will work.

That’s who they think they are doing it for.

They will never admit something he does is a bad idea. This regime doesn't care about popularity or politics at this point. They don't need voters. They are just making themselves rich. Milk it all for another 10 months and after that let the dem congress do what they want. they can impeach a dozen times, no removals will take place. There's zero consequences to be had for Trump and his circle. They don't even care about the GOP anymore. They got elected and are making billions. Vance and Cruz and Rubio can deal with the leftovers while the Trumps and the billionaires ride off.

I have PBS Documentaries on in the background talking about Apollo... b/c what else would I have on after burning through 2 episodes of the Sopranos and one of Better Call Saul? These TPS reports write themselves.

I'm in my non finished basement office

In other words... "I'll just decide.. then when prices stabilize I will take credit for it". He's the guy who beats his wife then makes her say thanks when he stops

I think he and POTUS should prove it out

It aged fine. I am not embarrassed at all by my middle eastern neighbors. They are fine people. In fact I am worried about them because assholes like you and your president may now make life difficult for them. They are a few days away from celebrating the end of Ramadan and I can't wait to smell and taste the wonderful goodies they will share with us. I missed them in my fitness classes at the gym. You on the other hand are a certified bigot and racist. I'm quoting this post to confirm it for everybody who has you on block/ignore to see for themselves. You should just leave here. You provide zero value to this MB. It would be better off without you. Nobody will miss you. And while you are at it it would be best if you never visited Dearborn or Michigan again. We don't really require your presence.

I have a friend that shares that crap every day. Apparantly gas was $14 a gallon somewhere.... they even said "THIS IS NOT A HOAX or FAKE"

I'm not interested at all in the WBC this time of year especially. It'd be different if it were in the off season. But it's just replacing spring training games. It's not the olympics.

That fridge and stove still works. Probably moved to a garage or someone's cottage on a lake.

I didn't say I want a balanced schedule, just something with more variety rather than loaded with divisional games. I think they've moved away from the extreme. I checked the Tigers last year and they played divisional opponents 13 games. That's fine. They played 13 NL teams. That surprised me. That's good. Looks like a home and home with the West and East AL teams.

It's what he's always wanted and he found someone dumb enough to do it

I would rather watch the Reds or Marlins instead of the white sox for the 15th time. I don't think increasing division play impacts who wins the division any more. I could be wrong. But if everybody in the divison is playing each other then half will win and half will lose.

They're touching it with their shovels due to having to keep digging those holes