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Schlegel wrote: ↑Thu Jun 11, 2020 12:28 amHomemade molasses cookie for dessert.

I love molasses cookies.

The movie's amazing before Clarence jumps in the river. It's just about the most amazing "slice of life" movie of the 30s & 40s we've ever had. I don't really give a shit about the third act and the alternate history part: but I watch with close attention everything up until then. That...

Thanks for the review, been idly wondering about maybe buying it. I've bought things from him in the past. Covers his scandal throughout in an somewhat apologetic but slightly defiant manner-- not even close to the apology that people are demanding. I think that's fucked up. He's the only one of the...

https://morningchalkup.com/2020/06/07/glassman-to-nine-year-affiliate-owner-you-are-delusional/# Oh my. It's made the Wash Post sports page! Reebok, gyms cut ties with CrossFit amid consumer demands for corporate action against racism Corporate America is trying to show support for the Black Lives ...

Fat Cat wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 1:15 amCDC just confirmed a .2% death-rate for COVID-19.

3% needing hospitlization, tho.

Bram wrote: ↑Fri May 22, 2020 7:44 pm High School

Did Not Enjoy:

The Great Gatsby

I hated GG when I read it in HS. Re-read it when I was 30, and loved it.

Fat Cat wrote: ↑Wed Apr 15, 2020 5:50 pmPrediction: Trump cornholes the black voters and makes those chicks hit the streetz.

Yeah, probable.

nafod wrote: ↑Thu May 21, 2020 1:34 amConfession, I’ve never read To Kill a Mockingbird. Or seen the movie.

I started it when my stepdaughter started it, when she was in high school. Middle school? I'm gonna say high school.

Got stuck about 50 or 100 pages in, haven't finished it. She just got her Masters.

Fat Cat wrote: ↑Thu May 21, 2020 12:46 am Also, if you haven't seen it, definitely check out The Night Manager (also Le Carré) miniseries starring Tom Hiddleston.

Loved it. House was excellent; I also like that really tall girl.

How so? Do Republicans tend to run the most crowded areas in the US? Turd, you got any reading you can recommend to a libtard who wants to learn pro's & con's of single-payer health care proposals? The simplistic view is, if the NHS can work in the UK, and whatever Canada has can work for them,...

Just finished The Honourable Schoolboy by John le Carré (1977). It's the sequel to Tinker-Tailor-Soldier. The first le Carré I've ever read. First ~50 pages or so I thought the prose was crazy ; very weird style. Then I caught on or something, and was hooked. Devastating ending. Been on a spy kick s...

Schlegel wrote: ↑Wed May 20, 2020 3:56 amGrant Morrison is frequently guilty of this

Love Grant Morrison; but the best "episode" of every one of his story arcs, is always the penultimate one. Still love him, though.

Here is my theory. Many artists owe their success to both their talent as well as those around them who are able to channel the talent. Editors, publishers, agents, directors, etc. There are people who act as natural brakes and curb these artists worse tendencies. Stephen King was an author who spe...

As a standalone song. In the context of the album, which is a little folkish, the original works better.

Interesting tidbit in the thread: a fabric mask that would otherwise be ineffective, if you soak it in salt solution and then let it dry, it becomes very effective. Something about the salt penetrating the viral contaminate as it passes, and recrystallizing, destroying it. https://www.nature.com/art...

Turdacious wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 5:52 pmNicholas Christakis has some great threads on twitter on several aspects of COVID19 that are worth reading. This one on immunity is particularly good:

Thanks for that.

Turdacious wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2020 12:30 amDC is close to that. The business district is nearly deserted, restaurants are takeout only, and schools are closed/online classes only.

Same in Maryland.

TLDR: Deaths heavily concentrated among the old and sick; China's draconian quarantine measures have likely been effective. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2762130?guestAccessKey=bdcca6fa-a48c-4028-8406-7f3d04a3e932&utm_source=For_The_Media&utm_medium=referral&utm_camp...

Detective novels! Loved the movie Knives Out. Saw it with the wife and 10yo (his review: Captain America makes the movie); then took my mom & stepdaughter to see it a couple weeks later. Gave me a yen for some old-style locked-room whodunnit action. While stepD was home for break, she & I wa...

Range by David Epstein. Highly enjoyable. Got through the first 40 pages or so, and it seemed he was just making the same point over and over. A good point, but a bit repetitive. Did you find it broke this pattern as you continued? I don't really remember: but probably not. The thing you're describ...

Two track. Three-ish chapters of the OT and slower through the NT. I like the two track for variety's sake, especially reading it before bed. I'm a history teacher, so reading the King James is almost professional development for European history. For the OT, you may want to consider reading the bo...

Today: Ken Starr, lead prosecutor in Clinton impeachment hearings: “There is now proof that the President (Trump) committed the crime of bribery...This has been one of those bombshell days.” Starr is still an idiot. There is now evidence that the President committed the crime of bribery. Not proof ...

Fat Cat wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 6:05 pmDemocrat presidential candidate Robert Francis O'Rourke says that he will take away the tax-exempt status of churches if they do not believe in same-sex marriage.

Uh oh! That's how the anti-choice "movement" started!