A stand-up comic once said, “You never learn anything on a good night.”
A stand-up comic once said, “You never learn anything on a good night.”
Imagine if you will, a kindergarten class, in five, six, or seven years.....
Katie Ledecky won the gold medal at the 2012 Olympics in the 800-meter freestyle. SHE WAS 15 YEARS OLD! According to wikipedia, she was the youngest member of the entire U.S. Olympic team (not just the swim team, the entire team). YOUNGEST MEMBER OF THE ENTIRE OLYMPIC TEAM!
Applicable quote: “Total alkalinity is a measure of the total alkaline substances found in the pool water.”
The first parameter you bound is hardness. When that is in spec, you bound alkalinity. When that is in spec you adjust pH. When pH is OK, then you control Cl¯.
The Olympics as a concept are brilliant. As executed, they are complete bullshit. Doping. Tape delay. Idiotic commentary (somebody should find the most contaminated body of water in Brazil then throw Michele Tafoya into it). Corruption.
The only advantage of tape delay is that I can record, then watch at my…
The actress who played El is scary good. Awe inspiring.
Some character on TV (who?) has a dog named Bark Ruffalo.
Her getting nominated for Best ...Supporting... Actress for True Grit was a complete joke. Should have been Best Actress. She was in almost every scene, is the emotional center of the movie, is the character that has the “True Grit” of the title, and does an remarkable acting job.
She was 13 when the movie was filmed,…
Meets Species
I’d like to meet for coffee and chat but (all the following statements are true):
1. I slept late
2. My dog is on my lap
3. I’m too busy wasting my life browsing the internet
To each their own. I wouldn’t walk across the street to hear Celine Dion for free.
High-energy (contemporary but pseudo-80s) pop from the movie “Sing Street”. The scenes in the video with the band in red suits are a fantasy sequence in the movie—in the main character’s imagination.
Ben Brantley described her as “moonlighting here as an astonishingly assured actress”. I would call that a more than “decent” review.