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GhostOfTomJoad

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  1. BIL may be close to finding his bottom. Today marks his 6th trip to ER/hospital this year after a mysterious "episode." This will be an overnighter as they try to get him hydrated & his blood chem balanced out. This episode involved an unwitnessed seizure. In fact, it appears that many of his medical issues have been brought on by a hellacious cycle of binge drinking followed by attempts to dramatically reduce--but not altogether quit--drinking almost cold turkey. The SIL admitted via text that she feels like god's punishing him in spite of how good he's been doing in reducing his drinking (or as a friend of mine whose wife has just finished her 2nd rehab stint told me, "he's doing a better job of hiding how much he's drinking"). For the first time the phrase "medically supervised detox" is being discussed. It remains to be seen if he'll accept that path or continue to try & convince his wife & family that he doesn't have a problem with alcohol & if the doctors just knew how to fix those other issues everything would be fine. My friend whose wife is battling the disease shared with me what he learned from an al-anon meeting: We didn't cause it. We can't control it. And we can't cure it. Thanks to those who continue to share openly their struggles & victories over this disease.
  2. Thousands of times driving drunk? Who does he think he is? Eddie Sutton?
  3. This is the thread for guys who think women's breasts feel like bags of sand.
  4. Russell retired!
  5. That is 100% woman right there.
  6. It's a pretty fascinating story about how that song came together & well worth digging into. Briefly, the execs at Paramount wanted to release a single to promote the film but didn't have any money. The director, Taylor Hackford,got involved, which led to him consulting a friend who used to work @ Warner Bros records & at the time had just begun managing Jennifer Warnes. Jennifer immediately said she wanted to perform a duet w/ Joe Cocker. They convinced Hackford & others that the contrast of their smooth/rough voices would parallel the characters Winger & Gere were portraying. The music was already there as part of the score that had been written. They spliced the song together from existing parts, added some lyrics & there it was. Cocker had to be coaxed to record the song in the studio w/ Warnes. He was terrified at first, but they nailed it in a couple takes. Hackford loved it & and knew it was the perfect song for the ending of his film. The studio execs thought it was garbage & tried to force Hackford to use 'On the Wings of Love' by Jeffrey Osborne. It was only because they were out of money & time that Hackford was allowed to get his way.
  7. Is he talking Finebaum or just some random, bald, pencil-necked dude?
  8. Stay off the Justin Blackmon Expressway, Gordon. Nothing good comes from that route.
  9. Is on TCM in 15 minutes. "I wouldn't have made this if it weren't for you. " "Get the hell out if here ." "Thank you, sergeant."
  10. That's the perfect scene stealing trio right there. 3 minutes per episode
  11. Yeah, in the replay it's clear Max stayed wide. Still seems like Norris was trying to overtake sooner than he needed to in a tough turn.
  12. Holy shit. Norris just fucked 'em both.
  13. Archie Bunker Hawkeye Pierce George Costanza
  14. My wife was in Spring last weekend visiting her twin sis (no pics). She told me how the aggy BIL made a total ass of himself after they won game 1 by drunkenly screaming, whooping & cursing at the moon from his backyard. He's friends with most of his neighbors & everyone's known him to be a drunken, loud buffoon over the years. I'm wondering what got destroyed by him throwing it in their pool last night after the loss?
  15. Losing keeps them hungry? They've gotta be some starving corpse sonsabitches after 85 years of not winning shit.
  16. Losing keeps them hungry? They've gotta be some starving corpse sonsabitches after 85 years of not winning shit. Losing keeps them hungry? They've gotta be some starving corpse sonsabitches after 85 years of not winning shit. Losing keeps them hungry? They've gotta be some starving corpse sonsabitches after 85 years of not winning shit.
  17. Oilers tied it 1-1 on a beautiful breakaway.
  18. And this isn't the site motto because....?
  19. Binged all 3 + watched the Fincher version again this weekend. Although the Swedish version (mostly) followed the source material more closely, they also ignored some aspects completely (like the Blomkvist/Erika relationship & its impact on Lisbeth's actions). Overall, they were ok. I still preferred Fincher's interpretation.
  20. You clicked on a link from PRONG HORN. What on earth did you expect?
  21. That makes sense. Same thing happened w/ Master & Commander as I recall.
  22. Does this mean every other scene will begin with someone having coffee and sandwiches? 😉 Or, on the positive side, is Blomkvist having sex with every other woman he encounters and if so, are they hot?
  23. Yeah, Claire Foy played her in The Girl in the Spider's Web which I think was based on the unfinished 4th book by Stieg Larsson. I've never watched it & have heard nothing about it that makes me want to seach for it. Apparently both Craig & Mara really liked their characters & wanted to make the next 2, but Fincher said he wasn't interested & that was the end of it.
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