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It’s not the subjective part. It’s the complain for no reason and label a movie as terrible because they didn’t enjoy it. If I see a movie I do not connect with I will not consider it to be bad. I take the stance that even though I did not connect fully to it that it doesn’t mean the movie is not good. Others folks may love it and I think that’s cool. No movie is made for every single person that sees it. There is a difference in looking at movies like that versus bringing unwarranted negativity towards a movie. This forum has a couple of posters that regularly do this and I just cannot fathom the wasting of energy in writing some of the things I have seen. I did not really connect as a child to the original Beetlejuice. I was young and I just remember thinking it was kinda gross because of the bugs. Now I laugh about that. I think, and this is just my opinion, but I think this is a movie that will probably bring back some good memories for folks who liked the first one. How they portrayed old man Deetz was great I thought, especially since there was a snowball’s chance in hell he would actually be in this movie because of, well, the actual actor being a felon.

One of my friends in Dallas went to this game. It was his first, and likely last, visit to the Tacklebox. He said seeing this cult up close was, well, he could not find the right words to describe it.

Those corpsman were some of the unsung heroes of so many of the Pacific War battles. The Japanese were trained to target them and would regularly leave wounded American soldiers in the open just to draw in and kill the corpsman and fellow soldiers that would rush to their aid. Just horrific stuff. Glad your grandfather made it home and that you are here to be able to share stories about him.

The dedication to duty of that generation is unmatched in our history. Story after story after story of young men doing all that they could, often to their last full measure, to help their brothers-in-arms. Your grandfather must have been quite the man.

I probably am on the lower end of expected casualties with my quoted estimate. Yes I do think that it could have hit seven digits in American casualties alone. While the civilians in Hiroshima and Nagasaki obviously suffered mightily from those two bombs being dropped, it did bring the war to a far shorter end. The casualties in both civilian and military lives for Japan would’ve been in the millions had Hirohito not made that tape.

I saw an early screening last night. It did what it was supposed to do and be a fun movie. I enjoyed seeing this cast together. Winona Ryder is an actress that is just good at almost whatever she does. The movie was quick and to the point. As a child the original Beetlejuice was not a movie I watched more than once, but this one, for me at least, is something I would watch again. I am sure we will have a few people here gripe and moan about something in this movie, because, dumb reasons. Some of y’all are hard-wired to complain about things. I would also add that there is a scene where some of your maga aunts and uncles are not going to be real happy. It was quick and there was no acknowledgment or dialogue, but when you saw him you knew the message that was being sent. I mentioned it to a friend last night on my way home and he laughed for a good bit and said “Yeah Keaton probably wanted that scene put in there.”

A grueling exercise regimen.

I think there was an inevitable sense that those serving in the Pacific War knew that they would not be going home before an invasion took place of the home islands. The amount of casualties that would have resulted from an attack on the Tokyo Plain alone would have been staggering. Those bombs saved tens of thousands of American lives. Japan was ready to sacrifice their entire country and its people rather than surrender. My own grandfather was called into service with the navy (Was late in the war and he never got deployed) and I have often thought that had the war continued he would’ve been sent to be part of that invasion force. That could’ve been it for him before he even left his teenage years.

Last week I began a masters program through Arizona State University. It will give me a masters degree in World War II history. I am thankful that I can do this remotely and that the degree is the only one of its kind offered by a university in the US. It is done in conjunction with the National World War II museum in New Orleans and there are lectures on there from people that run that museum, which is pretty awesome. The faculty that run this program at Arizona State is from across the World War II spectrum and the knowledge I will gain with this degree will serve me well in my travels in the South Pacific countries I will be living in at various points in the future. I am going to transfer my current job to Honolulu starting in January. I am doing this because I want access to the South Pacific nations and also because I want to work at a museum in Hawaii to help further the knowledge I can learn on this journey. I wish there were more schools with a curriculum based on this war, but this fits the bill for my interests and what I will spend the rest of my life doing. Just gotta remember how to do that Fork’em Devils hand sign!

Three years and counting since my last visit to Texas. My nephew can feel free to come meet me when he’s old enough to leave the state on his own since his dad won’t bring him on a plane to come visit. I feel bad about not having seen my five year old niece except on FaceTime in the last three years, but I’m good with staying completely away from the entire state. What a banana republic/3rd world dumpster fire y’all have going on down there.

How much of the overall increase is from games where the Fever are the opponent? Like a solid number showing the percentage of fan increase due to games played at home against them.

Garbage teams gonna do garbage things. Stilll you would think the league office might want to start handing out some hefty fines and suspensions for this stuff since the excessive fouls are targeting the face of the league. Or they can just let this keep happening and continue to turn people off to the sport.

It’s too late for you now. The Venezuelans already have you on the list of new neighborhoods they are coming to claim imminent domain over.

Well they asked them really politely “Are you Venezuelan gang members?” Then the gang members who are secretly MS-13 plants said “Why yes of course we are. Why would you think that we are not Venezuelan?” Pretty conclusive evidence right there.

Going to go out on a limb and guess 80 percent of the crowd was there to see Clark. No way they showed up to watch the home team that’s now 11-20 on the season. It’s also not a super long drive for people to make from Iowa or Indiana.

I watched The End of Us with Blake Lively this week and enjoyed it. It’s, in my opinion, a woman’s empowerment movie with uplifting tones, but mixed in with the real world strife she and her mother suffered from in the movie. It was worth seeing. Slingshot was a really interesting sci-fi psychological thriller about three men on a flight to Saturn’s moon Titan. It showed how the mind can break down under prolonged stress. Laurence Fishburne was one of the leads and I liked the way the twists were shown as the movie progressed. Really well done I thought.

It’s somewhat incredible to me that she has made it this far as a player without being able to be good at aspects of the game that are taught to players while they are in elementary school. Not everyone is going to have Magic Johnson’s ability to lead the break, but to dribble like you just started playing basketball last week is something that is worthy of the Torbush gif.

That sums it up in fairly nice terms. If you told me Dennis Rodman had another daughter besides Trinity that was a basketball player who would rebound and completely neglected shooting and that this was her I wouldn’t believe you because the Worm put bunnies in for 2. She is, well, just someone I would never want taking any shot for my team. I would trust Ben Simmons shooting a three in Game 7 of the Finals for the win before I would trust Reece to make a layup

Looks like Clark and Co. completely embarrassed Chicago tonight. She is just a flat out baller. Indiana is going to be great if they can add more shooting next year. Surround Clark with wings that can run the floor and shoot and this team is going to be on the level the Aces have been at the two prior seasons to this one.

This is a show that likely gets a new home I think. Probably has another season or two in the tank to do.

What sucks here, besides the obvious loss of life in these floods, is that the violence will just not end. Human beings, as a whole, are just not capable of living at peace with their neighbor. You can take that to mean the people next to you or the country nearest you. So many areas of the world suffer under similar circumstances and needlessly so.

I am not in your position of having to monetarily be the backbone of a family. The question I would pose to you is this. If your occupation ceased to exist tomorrow would your family love and value you still? I think you know the answer to the question, but sometimes reminding yourself of that can bring at least some momentary peace in the hectic moments in life.

I did not say it was the QB who would be the best player. Having the best player doesn’t mean a great deal. This is especially so when it’s someone that doesn’t have the ball in their hands every play.

I would venture the review you read probably was over the top, but probably not unwarranted. I liked that there was some actual thinking going on while watching this. Sometimes you can figure everything out quickly, but this one had some cool twists that made the story interesting in the end.

Good job there resorting to insults. I keep it above board in that respect. Your opinion is just that, an opinion. My opinion is also, and this might be shocking, also an opinion. Nothing more and nothing less. If differing opinions are beneath someone as important as you are that cannot afford to waste your time then just please do not respond anymore.