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02-13-2024 , 12:54 PM

#276

marknfw

Gaming Commissioner

Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 13,145

Isn't every dickshot "ugly"?

02-13-2024 , 02:04 PM

#277

Zeno

Le Misanthrope

Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 22,410

Only for golfers.

02-14-2024 , 03:50 PM

#278

mrbaseball

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 13,135

It's Valentines Day
It's Ash Wednesday

But more importantly pitchers and catchers report!

02-14-2024 , 06:06 PM

#279

golddog

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 6,783

Finally got the last of my 1099s, so spent the afternoon in tax land. All finished up, 44 pages of stuff.

Now, some of those are instructions, next year's estimated tax vouchers, and the like, but over 30 are forms and schedules to be submitted on tax day.

I guess I'm gonna need extra postage.

02-14-2024 , 09:51 PM

#280

REDeYeS00

always sloppy

Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 22,937

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Cole

I have never seen Ghost Dog. I guess I need to.

sometimes Jarmush paints with a heavy brush
but when Ghost Dog was released at the end of last century, with Forest and RZA, it was of a particular time and place that resonates

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dominic

(Seven Samurai is not my favorite Kurosawa)

open to share your favorite Melville?

02-14-2024 , 09:55 PM

#281

REDeYeS00

always sloppy

Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 22,937

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrbaseball

It's Valentines Day
It's Ash Wednesday

But more importantly pitchers and catchers report!

the e-pit-om-e of mrbaseball in one post

02-14-2024 , 10:53 PM

#282

John Cole

Lounge Nighthawk

Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 18,254

Quote:

Originally Posted by REDeYeS00

sometimes Jarmush paints with a heavy brush
but when Ghost Dog was released at the end of last century, with Forest and RZA, it was of a particular time and place that resonates

open to share your favorite Melville?

Favorite Melville: Army of Shadows followed by Le Samurai.

We share a birthday, Melville and I.

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02-14-2024 , 10:56 PM

#283

John Cole

Lounge Nighthawk

Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 18,254

Quote:

Originally Posted by golddog

Jesus Christ. I can do my taxes for free, no paperwork. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not.

Even better these past couple years since I no longer live in one state and work in another.

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02-15-2024 , 12:24 AM

#284

Phat Mack

Twat-Waffle

Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 12,023

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Cole

Favorite Melville: Army of Shadows followed by Le Samurai.

We share a birthday, Melville and I.

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Mine is Moby Dick. I try to re-read it every couple of years. I always forget how hilarious the early parts are.

02-15-2024 , 12:29 AM

#285

Phat Mack

Twat-Waffle

Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 12,023

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrbaseball

It's Valentines Day
It's Ash Wednesday

But more importantly pitchers and catchers report!

Quote:

Originally Posted by REDeYeS00

the e-pit-om-e of mrbaseball in one post

I'm so happy. I often try to hide the fact that the NFL bores me to tears, but on this day a lot of friends come out of the woodwork to confess the same thing.

02-15-2024 , 12:56 AM

#286

John Cole

Lounge Nighthawk

Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 18,254

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phat Mack

I'm so happy. I often try to hide the fact that the NFL bores me to tears, but on this day a lot of friends come out of the woodwork to confess the same thing.

A+

As Tom Boswell titled one of his books: Why Time Begins on Opening Day.

Baseball reminds me of my dad who said after the Red Sox won the World Series in 2004, "Now I can die a happy man."

He died the next year.

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02-15-2024 , 04:32 PM

#287

mrbaseball

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 13,135

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Cole

Opening day is, was and will always be my favorite day on the sports calandar and one of my favorite days in general for many reasons. Spring is upon us and anything seems possible. It's a magical day.

02-15-2024 , 07:12 PM

#288

mrbaseball

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I looked up that Boswell book on Amazon. It's $47 for the paperback! I guess I'll check to see if its in my local library. I have to think it's out of print or it wouldn't cost so much?

02-15-2024 , 10:52 PM

#289

John Cole

Lounge Nighthawk

Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 18,254

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrbaseball

I looked up that Boswell book on Amazon. It's $47 for the paperback! I guess I'll check to see if its in my local library. I have to think it's out of print or it wouldn't cost so much?

Wow. I had the paperback, probably still do, but all my books are in boxes at my son's house. I doubt I'll ever have them again. It's the one thing I miss about having a home.

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02-15-2024 , 10:53 PM

#290

John Cole

Lounge Nighthawk

Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 18,254

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrbaseball

I agree completely. We are all reborn and hope springs eternal.

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02-16-2024 , 03:07 AM

#291

Dominic

Tripod

Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 74,324

Quote:

Originally Posted by REDeYeS00

La Cercle Rouge

02-16-2024 , 06:01 PM

#292

mrbaseball

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 13,135

Happy Friday! Anybody give up booze for lent? Yeah, me either, or is it me neither? They both sound perfectly acceptable to me but then again what the hell do I know?

Remember to pace yourself, it is a 3 day weekend. Christmas to Presidents day is most condensed holiday period of the year. Enjoy it while you can as they spread out from here on!

02-17-2024 , 12:10 PM

#293

Phat Mack

Twat-Waffle

Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 12,023

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dominic

(Seven Samurai is not my favorite Kurosawa)

I didn't like Seven Samurai when I was young because I was embarrassed by the sentimentality and social commentary, but I saw it in a revival house before the plague and my admiration for it has grown. It's enthralling, and a masterpiece of movie making and story telling.

02-17-2024 , 02:11 PM

#294

John Cole

Lounge Nighthawk

Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 18,254

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrbaseball

There's one thing I could give up for lent.

Most Fridays I take the kids out for dinner. Last night we went to a really good barbecue place, but there's a long wait. My daughter, granddaughter, and her friend go back to the car to wait, and my son-in-law and I grab a seat at the bar. I didn't know it was a whiskey bar until the bartender told me they have almost any bourbon I could think of. They had Blanton's. I had Blanton's.

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02-17-2024 , 02:14 PM

#295

John Cole

Lounge Nighthawk

Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 18,254

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phat Mack

It does have that Western trope you see in films such as Shane and The Searchers. The wise gunfighter, in this case the samurai, can never join the world they might long to be part of and need to walk away at the end.

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02-18-2024 , 10:44 AM

#296

Phat Mack

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Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 12,023

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Cole

I'm not sure that samurai long to join the villagers, although Katsushiro may long to keep "joining" Shino. Look to my forthcoming review for the definitive word on this subject.

02-18-2024 , 04:57 PM

#297

Zeno

Le Misanthrope

Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 22,410

We all walk away in the end. But we all also walk into it; note the first scene in Yojimbo. Even if it is just chance.

02-18-2024 , 05:06 PM

#298

lastcardcharlie

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 10,464

I had given up for Lent, but Sunday is the end of my financial week, and there is a narrative going on in a local bar.

02-18-2024 , 05:45 PM

#299

lastcardcharlie

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 10,464

Mike's going to Ireland, Nisa's going to Albania, Katy's got a cold, Jack's looking for work, and they're complaining about some crazy woman who wants to use Matt's blender to make soup for the Palestinians, and send it to them in biodegradable packaging.