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+1 you glorious bastard.

Have you tried De Molen? That's a great beer and I can get it in North Carolina easily. Their barrel aged stouts are very good. Also, I was over in Amsterdam last year and had some good beer there (a lot doesn't make it to the States). They seemed pretty interested in brewing styles popular in the US (IPA's and…

Yeah, the one thing about the Y is that they are all different. The Y near my parents house is amazing - much more customer friendly and a much better gym. I would yearn for that Y. My old Y was all about an extremely nice looking new building that was completely non-functional and pleasing old members (hehehehehe,…

Oh god, the Handball players are the worst. The worst. Also, the Y I went too had this group of old guys that would monopolize one of the free weight areas. They wouldn't let you work in or give it up. Space is always at a premium at this gym. And they would openly mock people for not being strong (I am not…

I actually quit the Y. $50 a month! But, they had the arm chairs too. The old dudes would sit naked in them. Once I had to go to the Y barber (I needed a haircut badly, new to the city, didn't know where to go) and it was an "experience." There was an old guy in the chair in front of me. As he is getting done, I…

Don't know. Don't want to know. You change and get out. Snitches get stitches. Eyes down, head down. And no, I didn't graduate from Penn State (too soon?)

What was the music Drew. I demand to know!

YMCA. It's an old man type place. They have a barber shop in the locker room. For $20 you get a terrible old school haircut and terrible advice. However, the Barber did once get in a fight in the shower. I think he's seen things.

I was at the gym once and a guy was playing music off his phone with no headphones for the entire locker room to hear. He was really rocking out. Get pumped for a big workout brah! It was Nickel Back. It was god awful. He looked exactly as one would expect, right down to the barbed wire tattoo. I'm not sure what…

I love taking vacations alone. I used to not take vacations because I thought it was sad. I was single and thought vacations were meant for couples. And, my friends idea of vacations (Vegas, whatever) sucked. But then I got off my ass and take one vacation a year (week off). Normally it's hiking related. I go…

RKO!!!! RKO!!!!

Has there ever been a good movie made about the American Revolution? I can't really think of one. I can think of a few about the Civil War. The only, what I would call good movie about the Colonial Period would be Michael Mann's Director's Cut (NOT Theatrical release) of Last of the Mohicans. I may be wrong or…

I would include Heat in the least of great Pacino movies. Heat was an amazing movies, save for the women characters. Michael Mann can't write parts for women - and the Ashley Judd, Amy Brenneman, and Diane Venora roles were just so bad. So, so, bad. But, Heat was still awesome.

Potentially true (haven't read them). And hate is too strong a word. I disliked his character on TV - but he seemed like a decent human being. Those were strange times. Writing comics and the like seemed to be a desirable career (Look Who's Talking and Full House) - yes I am using two examples to support a broad…

Well they used to have real people with real jobs. Then they started getting jobs for them. My brother (Not me! I'm still clean!) watched it and I remember seeing that MTV would just get them a job at a record company or radio station. What?

What? The Challenge is still happening? To be fair, I haven't watched MTV since Real World San Francisco. I was upset when Puck got kicked off, but as I got older I realized he was an asshole. End.

You could take the payout over time and then securitize the revenue stream for a lump sump as well (probably not best idea). You've have to do a time value of money calculation and see. For most people the value of getting the money now would trump the benefit of lower taxes over the course of payment. Basically, a…

Oh yeah, I wasn't going with decisions that I disliked. I was saying how the Tea Party reacted. I think the failure of the Court, or what I term as a failure, comes from a lack of individuals with any expertise outside of academia. I think the Court could stand to get people with experience administering/executing…

My favorite was the response to the Affordable Care Act's decision. The Supreme Court's decision was unconstitutional - even though the body that decides such matters, per the Constitution - made the wrong decision. If only we had Inquisitions! I think the push toward STEM education is really a push away from…