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He's always been a "one for them, one for me" actor, where "them" = the bank account.
I mean, dude was in Species ... which he did *after* Schindler's List.
I mean, dude was in Species ... which he did *after* Schindler's List.
August 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
He's always been a "one for them, one for me" actor, where "them" = the bank account.
I mean, dude was in Species ... which he did *after* Schindler's List.
I mean, dude was in Species ... which he did *after* Schindler's List.
I honestly don't think so. Vance is in the safest spot. Just keep quiet, good things will happen. No unforced errors.
It'd be a guy at the FBI friendly with a DOGE guy (e.g. an FBI guy connected to its Palantir contracts), and it got to Musk. "Hey Elon, you'll never guess what my buddy told me..."
It'd be a guy at the FBI friendly with a DOGE guy (e.g. an FBI guy connected to its Palantir contracts), and it got to Musk. "Hey Elon, you'll never guess what my buddy told me..."
July 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I honestly don't think so. Vance is in the safest spot. Just keep quiet, good things will happen. No unforced errors.
It'd be a guy at the FBI friendly with a DOGE guy (e.g. an FBI guy connected to its Palantir contracts), and it got to Musk. "Hey Elon, you'll never guess what my buddy told me..."
It'd be a guy at the FBI friendly with a DOGE guy (e.g. an FBI guy connected to its Palantir contracts), and it got to Musk. "Hey Elon, you'll never guess what my buddy told me..."
Needs to be someone from the FBI that was weirdly close to Musk, and leaked to him as an elbow, buddy-buddy, remember-me-later thing.
IMO, it's someone tied to Palantir and Thiel, and therefore to Musk.
IMO, it's someone tied to Palantir and Thiel, and therefore to Musk.
July 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Needs to be someone from the FBI that was weirdly close to Musk, and leaked to him as an elbow, buddy-buddy, remember-me-later thing.
IMO, it's someone tied to Palantir and Thiel, and therefore to Musk.
IMO, it's someone tied to Palantir and Thiel, and therefore to Musk.
But I just described ALL the Batman villains … they were all original takes at some point.
Here: Bane was a new, original villain. Harley Quinn, too.
The Court of Owls is bad fanfic. Ooo, you’re saying Gotham had a secret society this whole time and they’re smarter than Batman? GTFO, Mary Sue.
Here: Bane was a new, original villain. Harley Quinn, too.
The Court of Owls is bad fanfic. Ooo, you’re saying Gotham had a secret society this whole time and they’re smarter than Batman? GTFO, Mary Sue.
June 8, 2025 at 10:09 PM
But I just described ALL the Batman villains … they were all original takes at some point.
Here: Bane was a new, original villain. Harley Quinn, too.
The Court of Owls is bad fanfic. Ooo, you’re saying Gotham had a secret society this whole time and they’re smarter than Batman? GTFO, Mary Sue.
Here: Bane was a new, original villain. Harley Quinn, too.
The Court of Owls is bad fanfic. Ooo, you’re saying Gotham had a secret society this whole time and they’re smarter than Batman? GTFO, Mary Sue.
That's funny, because I *hate* 99 percent of fanfic like this. Incorrigible, self-aggrandizing Mary Sue. Like a restaurant promoting the menu as an expression of the chef's personal vegetable journey.
Just say something new w/ the ingredients. Batman has a new villain. Who is it? Ready, set, go.
Just say something new w/ the ingredients. Batman has a new villain. Who is it? Ready, set, go.
June 6, 2025 at 9:48 PM
That's funny, because I *hate* 99 percent of fanfic like this. Incorrigible, self-aggrandizing Mary Sue. Like a restaurant promoting the menu as an expression of the chef's personal vegetable journey.
Just say something new w/ the ingredients. Batman has a new villain. Who is it? Ready, set, go.
Just say something new w/ the ingredients. Batman has a new villain. Who is it? Ready, set, go.
"Help, I'm being held prisoner in a fortune cookie factory..."
Oldest joke in the world. Remains a sure kill, though.
Oldest joke in the world. Remains a sure kill, though.
June 5, 2025 at 10:27 PM
"Help, I'm being held prisoner in a fortune cookie factory..."
Oldest joke in the world. Remains a sure kill, though.
Oldest joke in the world. Remains a sure kill, though.
Jack Nicholson created the homeless crisis that started in the 80s.
His performance in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was so impactful/powerful, it accelerated national DE-investment in residential mental health facilities. Rather than fix the bad places, the country simply closed them.
His performance in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was so impactful/powerful, it accelerated national DE-investment in residential mental health facilities. Rather than fix the bad places, the country simply closed them.
May 29, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Jack Nicholson created the homeless crisis that started in the 80s.
His performance in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was so impactful/powerful, it accelerated national DE-investment in residential mental health facilities. Rather than fix the bad places, the country simply closed them.
His performance in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was so impactful/powerful, it accelerated national DE-investment in residential mental health facilities. Rather than fix the bad places, the country simply closed them.
It's interesting to see my American friends suddenly afraid of the Irish. Like, guys, I've been here the whole time. Yes, I would like to bite everyone in the building. But no, I can't do any crazy step-dancing. We all have different skillsets.
April 23, 2025 at 10:41 PM
It's interesting to see my American friends suddenly afraid of the Irish. Like, guys, I've been here the whole time. Yes, I would like to bite everyone in the building. But no, I can't do any crazy step-dancing. We all have different skillsets.
Now the guy's got Paulie as a partner. Any problems, he goes to Paulie. ... But now the guy's gotta come up with Paulie's money every week, no matter what. Business bad? "Fuck you, pay me." Oh, you had a fire? "Fuck you, pay me." Place got hit by lightning, huh? "Fuck you, pay me."
April 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Now the guy's got Paulie as a partner. Any problems, he goes to Paulie. ... But now the guy's gotta come up with Paulie's money every week, no matter what. Business bad? "Fuck you, pay me." Oh, you had a fire? "Fuck you, pay me." Place got hit by lightning, huh? "Fuck you, pay me."
Creatives should be paid. But I always laugh heartily that Monteiro screws up the Goodfellas metaphor and undermines his own point. FYPM means, "You knowingly got in business with a violent criminal that is overtly stealing from you, and you have no way to stop it from happening."
April 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Creatives should be paid. But I always laugh heartily that Monteiro screws up the Goodfellas metaphor and undermines his own point. FYPM means, "You knowingly got in business with a violent criminal that is overtly stealing from you, and you have no way to stop it from happening."
Where’s My Little Surprise?
YouTube video by Justine Stafford
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April 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM
But ... but ... who will run the BBQ at Sunday's tailgate? The French??? What the hell do they know about food?
April 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
But ... but ... who will run the BBQ at Sunday's tailgate? The French??? What the hell do they know about food?
"Killed the Internet."
Don't fall into the "it was better back in my day" trap. :-)
Historical analogy: Roughly 20 years after TV had fully penetrated homes, people were decrying the new "relevance movement" and wanted to go back to the old days of 1950s shows.
www.britannica.com/art/televisi...
Don't fall into the "it was better back in my day" trap. :-)
Historical analogy: Roughly 20 years after TV had fully penetrated homes, people were decrying the new "relevance movement" and wanted to go back to the old days of 1950s shows.
www.britannica.com/art/televisi...
Television in the United States - Relevance Movement, Late 1960s, Early 70s | Britannica
Television in the United States - Relevance Movement, Late 1960s, Early 70s: After the introduction of television to the public in the 1940s, a distinct dichotomy emerged between entertainment program...
www.britannica.com
March 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
"Killed the Internet."
Don't fall into the "it was better back in my day" trap. :-)
Historical analogy: Roughly 20 years after TV had fully penetrated homes, people were decrying the new "relevance movement" and wanted to go back to the old days of 1950s shows.
www.britannica.com/art/televisi...
Don't fall into the "it was better back in my day" trap. :-)
Historical analogy: Roughly 20 years after TV had fully penetrated homes, people were decrying the new "relevance movement" and wanted to go back to the old days of 1950s shows.
www.britannica.com/art/televisi...
The Lords of Discipline
March 17, 2025 at 1:31 AM
The Lords of Discipline
Pro, but overrated. It's a film school project. A very good one. It gets an A in visuals, but it doesn't elevate the source material in terms of character, story, etc. I totally get that that is the point. But it's doesn't move past "fun project, glad it was done."
March 12, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Pro, but overrated. It's a film school project. A very good one. It gets an A in visuals, but it doesn't elevate the source material in terms of character, story, etc. I totally get that that is the point. But it's doesn't move past "fun project, glad it was done."
I was always fond of Shake Baby Jesus.
March 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I was always fond of Shake Baby Jesus.
Oh what the hell did I just do fine I'm a founding member howdy.
March 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Oh what the hell did I just do fine I'm a founding member howdy.
Thanasis update should take only seconds. He's over there at the end of the bench in streetclothes.
March 8, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Thanasis update should take only seconds. He's over there at the end of the bench in streetclothes.
Every time I visit Canada, I return with multiple bottles of Tylenol-with-codeine, muscle relaxers and pseudoephedrine for my side hustle as a meth cook.
March 7, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Every time I visit Canada, I return with multiple bottles of Tylenol-with-codeine, muscle relaxers and pseudoephedrine for my side hustle as a meth cook.
Every video that shows someone doing a home improvement project and makes it look easy.
March 6, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Every video that shows someone doing a home improvement project and makes it look easy.
Not even as a speed challenge?
March 5, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Not even as a speed challenge?
It's amazing how things get memory-holed. Read about the "Rural Purge" in Hollywood, where seemingly out of nowhere, US culture fundamentally shifted. and nobody really knows why. It just kinda happened.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_p...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_p...
Rural purge - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 28, 2025 at 11:44 PM
It's amazing how things get memory-holed. Read about the "Rural Purge" in Hollywood, where seemingly out of nowhere, US culture fundamentally shifted. and nobody really knows why. It just kinda happened.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_p...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_p...
Visiting relatives in Ireland, and one of them says, "Do you want to see our castle?"
"Your WHAT?"
"Castle, yeah. We're the caretakers. Let me get the keys and we'll walk over..."
"Your WHAT?"
"Castle, yeah. We're the caretakers. Let me get the keys and we'll walk over..."
February 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Visiting relatives in Ireland, and one of them says, "Do you want to see our castle?"
"Your WHAT?"
"Castle, yeah. We're the caretakers. Let me get the keys and we'll walk over..."
"Your WHAT?"
"Castle, yeah. We're the caretakers. Let me get the keys and we'll walk over..."
When I come home and put the bag on my counter, the next move is the Ceremonial Gordian Knot Severance via scissors.
February 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM
When I come home and put the bag on my counter, the next move is the Ceremonial Gordian Knot Severance via scissors.
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.
I will not be shamed for this.
I will not be shamed for this.
February 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.
I will not be shamed for this.
I will not be shamed for this.