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[Suicane75]

Originally Posted by molson

Could you break down the Dharma and Greg finale when you get a chance? Thanks.

Please. While one of my all time favorite sitcoms, it pretty much jumped the shark in a big way with the introduction of Kevin Sorbos character and the ridiculous car crash that ended season 4. There might better a better definition of "comfort tv" than the first 3 seasons though. I still write ABC letters asking them when Dharma & Greg and Sports Night are coming back, cause my Tuesdays have been rather empty since.

[Suicane75]

Originally Posted by Shkspr

Suicane75 turned into Izulde so gradually I didn't even notice.

Son........

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by Shkspr

Suicane75 turned into Izulde so gradually I didn't even notice.

Wow. Ouch

SI

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by Suicane75

Please. While one of my all time favorite sitcoms, it pretty much jumped the shark in a big way with the introduction of Kevin Sorbos character and the ridiculous car crash that ended season 4. There might better a better definition of "comfort tv" than the first 3 seasons though. I still write ABC letters asking them when Dharma & Greg and Sports Night are coming back, cause my Tuesdays have been rather empty since.

Wait? Kevin Sorbo joined something that wasn't Hercules or Hercules in Space?

SI

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by GoldenEagle

The headline on Google News is "Obama expected to nominate Chuck Hagel as Security of Defense"

I read that as "Obama expected to nominate Chuck Norris as Security of Defense"

SI

[Suicane75]

Originally Posted by sterlingice

Wait? Kevin Sorbo joined something that wasn't Hercules or Hercules in Space?

Sorbo actually appears to be a pretty cool guy who doesn't mind making fun of himself. I think he got unfairly typecast because of Hercules.

[Suicane75]

Originally Posted by sterlingice

Wow. Ouch

SI

Knock that shit off, both of you.

[DaddyTorgo]

Originally Posted by sterlingice

Wait? Kevin Sorbo joined something that wasn't Hercules or Hercules in Space?

SI

Hey - I actually liked the plot (and some of the execution) of "Hercules in Space" (as you call it).

Bummed that it's not on Netflix Instant actually.

[Izulde]

Haters gonna hate.

[cuervo72]

Dharma still looks pretty hot in the ads for that show with President Lonestar.

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by Suicane75

Sorbo actually appears to be a pretty cool guy who doesn't mind making fun of himself. I think he got unfairly typecast because of Hercules.

Actually, that was kindof my impression of him, too. Whenever there was a parody episode of Hercules, he came off of it well (I still remember the episode title of "For Those of You Just Joining Us"- an excellent example of that).

SI

[M GO BLUE!!!]

Originally Posted by britrock88

Someone put you in your place, M GO BLUE!!!

Women do that all the time.

[cartman]

Whatever happened to The Indigo Girls? They were pretty big back in the early 90s, and haven't heard much since then.

[Matthean]

Still putting out stuff but I know the darker haired one does solo stuff as well.

A girl I went to school with posted on FB that she's going to be a grandmother. Being a grandmother at 41 seems odd during these times.

[Suicane75]

Originally Posted by cartman

Whatever happened to The Indigo Girls? They were pretty big back in the early 90s, and haven't heard much since then.

They're still rocking out with their cocks out. They make good tunes.

[cartman]

Well darkness has a hunger that's insatiable
And lightness has a call that's hard to hear

[cartman]

Not sure they ever got over losing the New Artist Grammy to Milli Vanilli

[Matthean]

Chrome seems to really hate Flash. I keep running into issues with Flash so some times I'm forced to use Firefox.

[Logan]

I watched "The Fighter" on Netflix streaming last night and then stayed up until 3am watching all three of the Gatti-Ward fights on Youtube. Damn those were amazing.

[molson]

Originally Posted by Logan

I watched "The Fighter" on Netflix streaming last night and then stayed up until 3am watching all three of the Gatti-Ward fights on Youtube. Damn those were amazing.

And the fight where the announcers are trashing Ward for sucking before he suddenly hits the kidney (or perhaps liver) punch for the KO is pretty much exactly as depicted in the movie (I think they actually used the real announcer audio in the movie):

BOXING Micky Ward VS Alfonso Sanchez Round 7 - YouTube

[cuervo72]

Damn, Jillian looks good in those workout pants.

[Matthean]

Originally Posted by molson

And the fight where the announcers are trashing Ward for sucking before he suddenly hits the kidney (or perhaps liver) punch for the KO is pretty much exactly as depicted in the movie (I think they actually used the real announcer audio in the movie):

BOXING Micky Ward VS Alfonso Sanchez Round 7 - YouTube

If not reused, recreated.

[Chief Rum]

Y'all can relax on the East Coast now. Mr. Collosal has apparently migrated to California.

http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/...ishing+frenzy/

[molson]

It's kind of weird that Sid Caesar is still alive. When you look back at his contemporaries, he's been the only one left for quite a while now.

[cuervo72]

Depends on how you define contemporaries - Brooks, Reiner, and Simon worked with him and are still around.

[Logan]

Originally Posted by molson

And the fight where the announcers are trashing Ward for sucking before he suddenly hits the kidney (or perhaps liver) punch for the KO is pretty much exactly as depicted in the movie (I think they actually used the real announcer audio in the movie):

BOXING Micky Ward VS Alfonso Sanchez Round 7 - YouTube

Yep that was the only other clip I sought out. Pretty remarkable hearing the announcing at the time. I agree that it was probably just recreated since they had those guys in to do commentary for the movie anyway.

[molson]

Originally Posted by cuervo72

Depends on how you define contemporaries - Brooks, Reiner, and Simon worked with him and are still around.

True, but I think of them as his writers and errand boys and stuff, the kids that looked up to Sid Caesar. Though I guess in reality, they were all close to the same age. Caesar was a major television star more than 60 years ago, and I'm not sure there's anyone else living that can claim that.

[Matthean]

Went to use some Google apps when I was forced to create a GMail account to use them. This makes e-mail account number six.

FYI, I had been using my Hotmail address just perfectly fine.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Matthean

Went to use some Google apps when I was forced to create a GMail account to use them. This makes e-mail account number six.

You will be assimilated.

[PilotMan]

Some pretty cool stuff in here:

27 Science Fictions That Became Science Facts In 2012 | MyScienceAcademy

[mauchow]

Originally Posted by PilotMan

Some pretty cool stuff in here:

27 Science Fictions That Became Science Facts In 2012 | MyScienceAcademy

Definitely some fun stuff to ponder for the future.

[JediKooter]

Been watching this show called 'Survivors' from the mid 70s on the BBC to tide me over until The Walking Dead returns. I have to say, not too bad of a show. Only on season 1 right now, but, it's really not that bad and recommend it.

[PilotMan]

Originally Posted by JediKooter

Been watching this show called 'Survivors' from the mid 70s on the BBC to tide me over until The Walking Dead returns. I have to say, not too bad of a show. Only on season 1 right now, but, it's really not that bad and recommend it.

There is a 2008 version (from the BBC) that my wife and I watched that was pretty good too.

[JediKooter]

Originally Posted by PilotMan

There is a 2008 version (from the BBC) that my wife and I watched that was pretty good too.

Ah yes. I saw those listed. From the reviews, it seems like people liked the older version better, so I decided to watch those first and then watch the newer version.

[Suicane75]

I don't know what's worse. Losing money gambling, or knowing you have to stop and losing the rush. And fuck the Clippers and fuck the Spurs.

[gstelmack]

Originally Posted by PilotMan

Some pretty cool stuff in here:

27 Science Fictions That Became Science Facts In 2012 | MyScienceAcademy

My favorite quote so far:

DARPA was also hard at work this year making robots to track humans and run as fast as a cheetah, which seems like a great combination with no possibility of horrible side effects.

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by gstelmack

My favorite quote so far:

DARPA was also hard at work this year making robots to track humans and run as fast as a cheetah, which seems like a great combination with no possibility of horrible side effects.

Nope. None whatsoever



SI

[Matthean]

Originally Posted by gstelmack

My favorite quote so far:

DARPA was also hard at work this year making robots to track humans and run as fast as a cheetah, which seems like a great combination with no possibility of horrible side effects.

Good thing we aren't perfecting invisibility cloaks or finding ways to hijack brains.

[M GO BLUE!!!]

Annoying.

Gmail has a limit as to the length of an email address.

I was trying to create spieslikeuswasthegreatestmovieevermade.idontcareifyouthinkitwasfletchlives.itwasspieslikeus.endofstory.cannonballrunpart3wasprettygoodthough at gmail.com but it couldn't do it.

[JediKooter]

Spies Like Us had B.B. King in it. Game over.

[Chief Rum]

Try leaving off the Cannonball Run part.

[stevew]

Glad to see that comedian/actor Larry Miller has made a recovery from a serious head injury. He seems like a really good guy.

[Scoobz0202]

So, thought this was pretty cool. Amazon has a new thing called AutoRip. If you have a bought a cd through Amazon since 1998 you can be eligible for the MP3 version of it. If so, it will automatically be put into your Amazon Cloud MP3 thing. So, if you have used Amazon a lot over the last fifteen years for physical cd's then this might be something you want to check out.

They claim they are adding new titles all the time to this service.

[gstelmack]

The Muppets soundtrack was auto-added to my Cloud account...

[Neon_Chaos]

So much fucking win. WTF. Watch it through.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Didn't see the news of the weird handy, this thread seems as good as any though. Basically a story about what vanity plates have been allowed in Georgia compared to what vanity plates were rejected. No rhyme or reason to them, from trashy to religious, the difference seems to come down to which employee handles the application.
Georgia bans some vanity license plates on a whim | www.ajc.com

[molson]

A co-worker of mine's son died from liver failure/cirrhosis of the liver at age 31. I guess I knew it was possible to drink yourself to death that young but, damn, that's young. I was trying to get a sense of what that takes, I mean, I've thrown down quite a few in my days. Is this a level of drinking that I couldn't even comprehend, or is it something that can just sneak up on you with less lifetime alcohol consumption that you'd expect it would take. It was kind of the perfect storm in his case - he had liver problems last year, reached the "you absolutely can't drink anymore" stage, and then binged continuously since then and just dropped completely out of the medical follow-up stuff he needed to do (not that it would have mattered with all the drinking).

So it did make me wonder what kind of consumption we're talking about to get to that point. I'm sure everybody's different but as best as I can tell from my amateur 5-minute research, something like 3-5 drinks a day is the average threshold that will damage most livers over time. I wonder if that translates into 21-35 a week for weekend drunks, or if one or the other is worse. While this can happen in one's 30s (and even younger), this kind of gave me into a window of what it must be like your 50s, when drinking catches up to more and more of your peers and family members. I haven't been around any problem drinking in my own family so these are kind of new thoughts. Which does make even the thought of drinking a lot less enticing.

[rowech]

Originally Posted by molson

A co-worker of mine's son died from liver failure/cirrhosis of the liver at age 31. I guess I knew it was possible to drink yourself to death that young but, damn, that's young. I was trying to get a sense of what that takes, I mean, I've thrown down quite a few in my days. Is this a level of drinking that I couldn't even comprehend, or is it something that can just sneak up on you with less lifetime alcohol consumption that you'd expect it would take. It was kind of the perfect storm in his case - he had liver problems last year, reached the "you absolutely can't drink anymore" stage, and then binged continuously since then and just dropped completely out of the medical follow-up stuff he needed to do (not that it would have mattered with all the drinking).

So it did make me wonder what kind of consumption we're talking about to get to that point. I'm sure everybody's different but as best as I can tell from my amateur 5-minute research, something like 3-5 drinks a day is the average threshold that will damage most livers over time. I wonder if that translates into 21-35 a week for weekend drunks, or if one or the other is worse. While this can happen in one's 30s (and even younger), this kind of gave me into a window of what it must be like your 50s, when drinking catches up to more and more of your peers and family members. I haven't been around any problem drinking in my own family so these are kind of new thoughts. Which does make even the thought of drinking a lot less enticing.

My dad died in September from it and he had just turned 60. When I was in about 6th grade I first started noticing his drinking scotch. For about the next ten years he would need a newer bottle of scotch every other night. That took him up to around 2000 or so and then it got even worse. Yet, he still kept going. I can't imagine how much somebody drank to die at 31 unless he had a bad liver to start with or was taking other drugs as well.

[stevew]

Originally Posted by molson

A co-worker of mine's son died from liver failure/cirrhosis of the liver at age 31. I guess I knew it was possible to drink yourself to death that young but, damn, that's young. I was trying to get a sense of what that takes, I mean, I've thrown down quite a few in my days. Is this a level of drinking that I couldn't even comprehend, or is it something that can just sneak up on you with less lifetime alcohol consumption that you'd expect it would take. It was kind of the perfect storm in his case - he had liver problems last year, reached the "you absolutely can't drink anymore" stage, and then binged continuously since then and just dropped completely out of the medical follow-up stuff he needed to do (not that it would have mattered with all the drinking).

So it did make me wonder what kind of consumption we're talking about to get to that point. I'm sure everybody's different but as best as I can tell from my amateur 5-minute research, something like 3-5 drinks a day is the average threshold that will damage most livers over time. I wonder if that translates into 21-35 a week for weekend drunks, or if one or the other is worse. While this can happen in one's 30s (and even younger), this kind of gave me into a window of what it must be like your 50s, when drinking catches up to more and more of your peers and family members. I haven't been around any problem drinking in my own family so these are kind of new thoughts. Which does make even the thought of drinking a lot less enticing.

I wonder if he also had something like Hepatitis

[stevew]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Didn't see the news of the weird handy, this thread seems as good as any though. Basically a story about what vanity plates have been allowed in Georgia compared to what vanity plates were rejected. No rhyme or reason to them, from trashy to religious, the difference seems to come down to which employee handles the application.
Georgia bans some vanity license plates on a whim | www.ajc.com

I remember something dumb like my MIL couldn't get Buck Em (her last name) but could get Buck Em2