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In the 2nd epiosode of the new Black Mirror there's a fun easter egg. If you don't want to know then don't read. Highlight the text in the box.

It’s hard to beat a team 4 times in a row.

“Those who can’t, teach”

Could also be a case where the ones we think of as good hitters made enough money where they don’t have to coach after playing. years ago someone shared an article or excerpt about a promising player who basically had to be left alone until they failed because the coaches and org knew he’d never listen or believe them until that happened.

Some are saying it’s the best SW since the original trilogy. I think I read that each episode takes place like a year apart.

I understand that part of the change could be a reaction to needing more revenue. In the case of my deli and with most small businesses that change hands… the new owner has to cover two nuts now. The purchase plus themselves. Someone spends a lifetime building something and they need their payoff, rightfully so. Just doing the same old thing might not be enough.

My favorite local deli was bought in January of this year. The owner died in 2023 and the kids didn’t want to keep it. No problem there. But now the new owner is a young guy and is on the surface keeping it the same but now their social media is about getting the influencers. They are hyping up DoorDash and uber eats. The counter is littered with business cards from local people. That cheapens it to me. This is a place that’s been around since I was in high school. It’s a legend among Ford workers at lunctime. And frankly any “infuencer” not familiar with this place is an amateur foodie. This guys is acting like he discovered something. And I know they have changed suppliers because the pickles are different. The napkins are. Even the wrap on my sandwich is a little off. I’m giving them a few more weeks before I bail on my Tuesday tradition. This was literally my favorite thing to eat all week.

Definitely depends on the show I admit. When I rewatched better call Saul I preferred the binge due to the pacing. we binged the first 2 seasons of white lotus and that was fine as it’s not so deep. But with severance we binged the first season and few episodes of season 2 to catch up so I think we missed some things by jumping ahead immediately. No time to think.

Did he post a Bible verse too?

It is 8 minutes.

According to AI, the most distant detectable star is 28 billion light years away. Our sun is 8 seconds away. In decimal point terms the sun is .0000158 light years away and that star, Earendel, is 28,000,000,000 light years away. It's just mind boggling what we're learning via the Hubble. Even just looking at the Milky Way. Life could be so advanced in other places that the equivalent of them looking at us could be like us looking at a couple of cells. They may not have contacted us due to our primitive nature. It could also mean that anybody looking at us is in fact looking at the past. They might see an unhinabited earth or even dinosaurs and say "Nah, don't need that. Nothing there for us."

first game I'll attend since opening day which makes it all real now.

Henry Ford II taking credit for Lee Iacocca's work. Lee was told not to do it but he set up a secret team that worked off hours out of a since demoished hotel in Dearborn. Regarding Apollo 13 Grumman, who made the Lunar Module, sent North American Aviation an invoice for towing the Command and Service Module.

To me it's a mathematical certainty that there's some form of life out there.

The crew of Apollo 16 took this photo of earth about an hour after their trans lunar injection burn. Lakes Michigan and Superior are visible in the middle around 3/4 the way up.

Just get the **** out of here with this bull****. Nobody wants to read it. It’s beyond parody and indefensible and unintelligent. Post all you want but understand everybody is laughing at what you say. There is a terrorist running our country and you support and defend him so that makes you a terrorist lover. No different than Bin Laden.

was it in a movie or TV show or video game or commercial? But.... it's not like people are unaware of music before their time. ONe person could have liked it and then word spreads.

The two that stand out from memory that I really liked were called Be Right Back and another with Aaron Paul called Beyond the Sea.

This refers to The Last of Us. Black Mirror is anthology though. When we started to watch it, we picked episode 1, and we quit after a few minutes. Then we watched other episodes and "got it" and went back and watched. Once you realize the nature of the show it makes it easier to stomach and get into. I've heard this from others that for some reason their very first episide may not have been the best one to figure out the show's structure.

what do you think the state of the Tigers would be on April 16 if I told you they would be 3-5 in Skubal/Flaherty starts.

I have nothing to back it up but I bet hus casino bankruptcies were either intentional or due to cheating.

The Nick Offerman episode is one of the greatest TV episodes ever.

But socialism....

Boxing decided to go hard niche and stay with the PPV format. They have a very strong core following though. I stayed with it until the early 2000's when it was on HBO every Friday. Then kids....

I assume their only consideration at this point is whether they have someone better vs can we extract anything more of value from someone who's getting paid by us one way or another. Personal feelings about saving face don't enter into the calculations. Make a decision when you have to.