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The theater I go to just redid their dolby BTX, or whatever, and a few of those gunshots scared the shit out of me. They were crazy loud. And I wonder whose idea it was for Jesse Plemons to wear those glasses. Man, he really knows how to play those type of roles.

Agreed! If anything my argument here is those high standards should based on education/occupation, not on income. That’s all I was trying to say. But of course that’s just a general point. You do what works for you, cuz clearly it’s working!

Apologies. I did not intend to sound hostile. I get a little exasperated probably because I just assume that everyone has read the same depressing stuff that is constantly in the news about dating, starting from the book by the OK Cupid founder and the massive troves of data regarding the dating preferences of men vs women to…..(basically, men pay more attention to women the younger they are, with age 18 being prime age for women, to age 51 being the prime age of contact for men on the same dating apps) all the articles in various magazines on those same massive troves of data, which are all of the exact same thing. (Let’s not forget that the more educated a woman is, the more difficult it is for her to find a partner, because men actually prefer non-educated women, while educated men are preferred by women). And let’s not forget the book by Nancy Jo Sales, which I believe was titled “My Life in the Dating Inferno”. Basically, any single woman over the age of 40 is often hit over the head with “you are more likely to get struck by lightning than to marry a man after age 35” and then once one starts to approach the age of 50, well….might as well get three cats, and good thing you’ve got a great career? We all get told to “lower our standards” when that is the last thing we need to be doing.

Maybe one is: @mcbigski, is that your truck? I thought @Week said just one time.

Balderdash. 47 is definitely not old. There's tons of guys your age or older who are smokin'. My husband, for example, is MUCH older than you are, would have women falling all over him if I wasn't in the picture. I worry for you, BFC. That attitude isn't gonna get you anywhere.

Ummm. Do you not know your fellow posters? None of us are getting paid! I do this because I enjoy it.

You’re gonna have to up your game to get paid for it.

This show is absolutely exemplifies everything that's wrong with the whole idea of a show being only 10 epsiodes for a season. It's wrong because I want more. I've not read the book (yet), and it seems, based on comments above, there's been some divergence? But is one more episode enough to wrap this up? My goodness this show is so good. (The Kay comment above was also apt, I thought)

I watched Civil War last Sunday. And my thoughts are that the battle scenes during the movie show exactly what they are supposed to. How terrifying and bloody a civil war in the U.S. would be. But story wise, the movie is a let down. But I would still watch it again for the battle scenes. Especially for the audio during the battles. BANG!

SIgh. And I thought I was the crazy one (see the phobia thread) But since I am crazy, I do actually have hope for the Ukraine Aid this time. I put the odds at 90% to 10% it passes.

You say that, but I make a heel of myself around here and nobody's paying me anything. Can you imagine what I'd do for money!?!

Do you have a Phobia? They are a pain. This is the first definition that came up when googled. A phobia is an uncontrollable, irrational, and lasting fear of a certain object, situation, or activity. I have a phobia of floating away, and then falling from a great height. Yeah, I KNOW it is crazy, and I KNOW it is irrational. I KNOW how gravity works. But my phobia still makes it's appearance known under certain circumstances. (After riding roller coasters repeatedly, while driving though wide open country, and while walking across long bridges) Intellectually I know my fears are nonsense. And I know what I fear is impossible. But I'm still terrified every time, no matter how many times I force myself to take the actions to prove to myself the fear is groundless. Do you have a phobia?

Probably a Maester. So far it's either been a character beyond The Wall or a Maester.

He’s 5-5 with me. Ex-Machina and Annihilation were great. I just saw Civil War and really liked it. Men and Devs were both solid at the very least. I hope he’s not done with making movies like he supposedly said recently. Although now seeing conflicting reports of that. Who knows?

Not to give away the kind of ending ASOIAF has in store, but we are reading altogether different stories. Many of the key passages of the story's cluster of central mysteries work akin to an optical illusion. Where the squares of a necker cube shift when looked at in a different way, so do shift the logics of passages like Barristan's "looked to me instead of Stark" and Ned's "children of her body." How much of their stuff have you watched or read? I find their Catelyn takes pretty absurd. Almost any time they mention Catelyn it's a textbook study in motivated reasoning. Still, never is a strong word.

Bangs covered around half my face getting out of the shower, the back and sides were shoulder length and very curly. Now I'd say the top is two to three inches in the front going to one to two in the back. Hard to tell because of the product. Sides and back of my head are buzzed to a five or six with a slight fade. Also got a comb and styling gel that might work better. Still have the small spot in the back that's thinning a bit, but people say it really isn't that noticeable. We all see our flaws more than most of the people around us. I don't think I'll grow it out like that again though. Short hair just looks better on me. Wish I looked good with a buzz cut, but I don't and I know it because a lot of girls in HS told me. I'd buzz it before the start of each sport season cause I hated helmet hair and long hair playing basketball really sucks if you can't tie it back.

I mean… That being said, I do agree the series has been rather scattershot thus far and moreover is a decidedly acquired taste I myself can often take or leave. They seemed to have aligned the storylines now though, so hopefully it ends strong.

Ok, Nepo - Pragg a draw in the French exchange variation. And wins for Caruana (Vidit), Gukesh (Abasov) and Nakamura (Firouzja). Thus Nepo, Gukesh and Nakemura sit on 7.5/12 with Caruana in pursuit with 7/12. Tomorrow's a rest day. And then we enter the two final rounds. Round 13 has Nepo-Naka as top pairing. Nepo also still has to play Caruana in the Final round. With Naka having to deal with Gukesh then.

Sure, if we were reading an altogether different story. I don't know about reputation, I know only my opinion and that is that their stuff is usually ridiculous tbh. Instead of finding possible clues to something and trying to work out a cogent theory, they seem to have ideas they find interesting and then try to shoehorn these ideas into the text. It obviously never fits, but I'm sure they have their share of fans.

What can I say, it's part of our culture here:

Like a few people already said the problem is that the Riverlands are too divided, but that is because of lack of leadership, at least of respectable leadership, all other kingdoms use to be independant with a ruling dynasty, and except for the Reach they all are still ruled by that dynasty. The Reach as the advantage that it is just too big and too populous but the Tyrells are also very good at the mariage game, something that the Tully's are actually not that good at. If the Riverlands had a ruling house from old royal stock like a Mudd, a Justman or even a Teague then it would most likely be more prosperous and united. As so far for the cities the problem is not of population but of number of disunited cities, Saltpans is so small because it has to compete with Lord's Harroway's Town upstream from it and close to where all the branch of the Trident merge, and Maidenpool is also not very far and before being sacked 3 times was most likely the biggest town in the riverlands.

If it weren't for some of Ned's actions and choices, Benjen would have married Catelyn and ruled Winterfell, and Ned would have taken the black. As to what those were, I leave you to your books. What's the reputation of order of the green hand's stuff? I mean, in what way does the Benjen manipulated Jon theory go with their other stuff?

Miami is in a bad spot long term. Butler's contract isn't great, but they could dump it in a year. Bam is a nice player on a good deal, but he doesn't have much value if they have to rebuild (which they should). Herro's contract is good enough to get something. Overall I just don't think this roster has much left in them and they shouldn't cling to how they overperformed the last few seasons.

How long was it? And how short is it now?

You asked me to use my imagination? Are you sure about this? So lemme picture it. So to get in the mood, you went to a restaurant, had a fine bottle wine, then you went home and put on some music, which I just assume was the Beetlejuice musical. Yeah, I think I am getting the picture.