Spot ON with your GoT observation. I said to my wife several times during the last few seasons “this show is a freaking soap opera with the occasional massive set piece thrown in.” People constantly reading dramatic lines at each other, ad nauseam.

You mean any other Spielberg movie, or any other movie in general. Because if it’s the latter, I present to you every Robert Altman movie ever.

Also, whatever happened to “Gen Y”?  In the 90s, the general understanding was that I was a Gen Xer (born in 1973) and the kids born in the late 70s into the early 80s were Gen Y.  Then that concept just randomly disappeared and most of those kids got jammed into Gen X and/or Millenial.

A perfect example of the dialog in the movie that made it so ... non-actory. The famous “ET phone home” scene is capped by Gertie saying very quietly under Elliot’s shouting, “I think he wants to call somebody.”

Good stuff. Sorry about your dad.

I don’t think TROS is very good, but to suggest it is far worse than Phantom Menace or AOTC is simply absurd.

No one can tell you precisely how your body is going to react to a virus, and thus inevitably there is some guess work and hedging here. HOWEVER, there is a quite valuable piece of information here, from a statistical perspective: if you have a dry cough AND a fever, you should call your doctor to see if you should be…

I love this. [re. the snot] “Wow ... sounds distracting.”

I run with my PB Pros and so far so good.  No issues with speaker distortion.  I have the exact same issue with these inner ear bud speakers, by the way.  I simply can’t imagine these will stay in while I’m running

“I think people who say “it’s just the flu,” have never actually had the flu before.

I can’t believe RON PAUL is still alive.  I’m genuinely shocked.  Had to check a few sources.

We are probably of similar vintage.  It’s DEPRESSING when someone suggests PJ is “classic rock.”  Ugh.  I’m so old, apparently.  

what about Taargus Taargus?

I came down here to say “this appears to be everything I hoped it would be.”  And then I saw your comment and I thought “HappyInParaguay gets it.”

formula for success right there

“This thing has to make it’s way through the majority of us before things start to get better.”

Yeah, this notion that Saul is somehow going to create a thriving practice by giving these folks the ability to call him for free is ... quite a stretch.  He’s been practicing long enough to know that 99% of the folks he’s giving the phones to have zero ability to pay him.  

You say “The fourth paragraph is full of mistakes and misunderstandings” but your itemized list identifies precisely one “mistake or misunderstanding” (the cocaine vs meth thing). The rest of your list is a criticism of Donna’s piece because she didn’t write something consistent with your opinion of the episode. Your…

I would’ve said this 15 years ago and I’ll say it today: Joe v. the Volcano and Heaven’s Gate are both masterpieces in their own right. Joe is joyous. It’s not a so bad it’s good movie. It’s a fantastic movie. And Heaven’s Gate is stunning in its ambition. Gorgeous to look at. It definitely has something going on. You…

a potential room temp Coke, no less.