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mchookem

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  1. well if he's paying 60%+ in taxes, i agree he should definitely get a professional!
  2. wait, wait, go back...someone in this country is claiming to pay 60% or more in taxes??
  3. Trump may very well not even be on the ballot in CO lol
  4. that Indian bread 🤤 never had anything like it since those days 🤘
  5. agreed...but i did have that thought re: Gosling. i came away feeling he absolutely stole the movie, but not intended as a slight to Robbie. can't imagine another actor nailing that role so well. i don't really get the America Ferrara nod either...was that role really that impactful?? i mean not really, and any number of generic actresses could have been cast there. *shrug* yeah... this is a pretty good point. i remember when word of the movie first came out and thinking 'um, okay' and assuming i would have zero interest in it... and then seeing the names associated with it and being all 'huh, well that's interesting!' Gerwig managed to produce something really funny and thought provoking, not to mention the cultural zeitgeist. BUT... she's nominated for that effort in the screenplay category, so there's that.
  6. i think i relayed earlier what a difficult time my college-age niece is having getting birth control prescribed in North Texas... anyways she was just visiting here in Denver and we passed a Planned Parenthood place and i was remembering and telling her about the 'good old days' - yes, in Texas - where my friends and i in high school in Houston would drive ourselves to PP and get free pap smears, pregnancy and std tests, and birth control. she was amazed... and it really brought home just how much Texas has regressed in my lifetime. it's seriously mind-boggling. 😐
  7. i am this friend in a few friendships, not to the physical exclusion of their wives but definitely when it comes to discussion or argument (two of them are aggy lol). one wife is grateful her wife has someone else to engage with on the topic, one wife is amused and expresses things like 'man i wish i liked football so i could get excited like y'all!' and the third basically just says 'yeah, what he said!' to everything he says...despite being a Texas grad herself 😐 but she's like that about literally everything (follows his lead on all). anyways, the last is the only one where there sometimes feels some tension, especially when specifically discussing Texas/aggy stuff (sec move, jimbo, etc). thanks to surly i'm well-versed in aggy shenanigans, but when we get into it (good-naturedly of course) there's def a sense of her 'defending her man', again despite her being a Texas grad. i've learned to just roll my eyes 🙄 your transition makes a lot more sense now, i would have done the same! ChiTownDoc is married?? 😁
  8. it's not like RDJr has been nominated as many times as Leo or Pacino or Paul Newman were before they finally won...i mean talk about 'bodies of work'! Gosling and RDJr have both been nominated 3 times, including this year. i'm not necessarily saying Gosling deserves to win more, just that it wouldn't be a travesty if he did. he killed that role. and yes there is some irony that he's the one that got a nod lol. oh well...Hollywood's always been full of horses 🐎 😄
  9. mchookem

    LBGTQ

    correct, a very specific connotation. also, not that it matters, but it's my bff's nephew, not mine. i'm the one with the anorexic, vegan, OCD, over-acheiving, strident Israel-protesting niece. 😆😜
  10. Leo and Margot both missed out, interesting. love that I'm Just Ken got a nod! 😆 though I don't see it beating Billie. Supporting Actor might be the strongest category. i called Deniro getting his third Oscar, he was incredible in a beneficent sociopath way. but RDJr was great as well and it just might be his turn...🤔 having said that...Gosling absolutely stole the show and i would love if he took it 😆 good year for movies imo.
  11. Frankie Valli was in several episodes.
  12. mchookem

    LBGTQ

    well. that's just weird then. 😕
  13. mchookem

    LBGTQ

    here is a puzzle...my bff has a nephew in his 20s that transitioned in the last 5 years or so. he is very close to the extended family, at all family gatherings, etc. my bff's octogenarian parents remain very accepting and loving (as does the entire family) which in and of itself is wonderful and amazing. the nephew is also black (technically a 'step' nephew, grandson, etc), which i'm sure makes life even more challenging for him. the puzzle...over the holiday gatherings he was wearing a 'Let's Go Brandon' rubber wristband. 😐 has the 'LGB' been ironically co-opted by the LGB-TQ community somehow? otherwise...i don't get it.
  14. dunno about HEB but in Denver happy eggs are WAAAY cheaper at Trader Joe's than anywhere else (like almost $5 cheaper!! 😮). god Safeway sucks 😒
  15. also clearly he did not see the Better Call Saul finale thread in that forum bc yikes.
  16. LA Confidential is a masterpiece and is in my top 5 forever. a complicated story with lots of important characters laid out so well it's easily followed, beautifully shot and scored, perfect sets and costumes, and then the stellar acting on top. it feels like a real place and time. the only thing i hate is learning what a creep Spacey is bc i absolutely loved him in this. boo!
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