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technically I guess I can't get mad if they lose this won because my rule is just win the series and they already took the first two.

yeah episodes 6 and 7 were great, we watched them back to back which I think is the best way to view it.

Wow, I really enjoyed Oppenheimer. What a cast. So many familiar faces, even in bit parts. I can't wait for it to come on streaming so I can watch again. I can't sit through 3 hours though. Like a pro I rationed my sour patch kids down to the credits. I'm assuming Cillian Murphy is a shoo in for the Oscar, nomination for sure. I read some criticism about them not showing any Japanese or Native Americans affected but I think that's fine. It's called Oppenheimer. It's about him. I was a little underwhelmed by the bomb scene though. I guess I had higher expectations so that's not to say it's a dud by any means.

The Dixie Chicks in 2003 say hello Travis Tritt The right wingers have always been about cancel culture. In some cases they can't even keep it straight on where we are supposed to shop or consume.

It's very possible I missed something about Bud Light but what did they do to suggest their core consumer is "****ty"? From my understanding all they did was send a can of bud light to a trans influencer who then posted about it online.

Bud Light kept me a good boy up to my mid 20's. I hate it. Could never drink it. For the longest time I just assumed I didn't like beer. Then in 1996 or so I was handed a Killian's Irish Red and as they say it was all downhill from there. I'm not opposed to cheap beer but Bud LIght is something I just cannot drink. I'd rather go with iced tea or water in a scenario if that's my only lighter option. I went to a local show in Hamtramck last year and it was midweek so I had Miller High Life all night. It was fine. For lighter beers I usually go with an Atwater Dirty Blond or a variation of Founders All Day.

Going to see Oppenheimer tonight. Been on vacation for a week so what better way to come back than being out until midnight. Barbie is also cool. I like the fact there’s two movies getting all kinds of love right now.

Yes. They mark the safe paths with trees.

Self own. This just proves right wingers love sub mediocre crap. Liberals weren’t drinking bad beer or listening to weak pseudo country music with fake cowboys.

Because of family considerations it will probably never happen but I would love to spend a winter on the island. I watched a PBS doc on winter living and it seemed fascinating. There’s a great Facebook page called Mackinac Island News and Views. The winter posts are my favorite.

During our search we found decent places not near the beach area. Depends where you want to be. If beach access isn’t important it will open things up. If it is then expect to pay $300-600 a night. It was to us.

It is. Many there don’t even bother with HVAC. Every day starts out overcast then around 9ish it starts to become blue sky. I will say my experience last week is it’s warmer than the temperature indicates. It was a hot 78. We were in pacific beach and everything is 20 min away. Hit up the USS Midway. Torrey Pines. La Jolla. Balboa Park. The Zoo. Gas lamp district. Coronado island. And a few beach days.

I blame Aldean’s wife.

I’m hanging in the lobby at Comerica park waiting to talk to my rep and Max Clark and his family came in. Didn’t get a picture. Nice kid though.

I would have stayed forever. But it’s expensive. The condo we were in sold for $4.7M recently.

Kind of bummed I have to miss this game. Sister in law is in town. I just got back from San Diego an hour ago. On Sunday we went downtown and walked by Petco. Sublime was in concert.

You know what. I am thinking of Profiles in Courage. He won the Pulitzer for that. But his top speechwriter when he was president , Ted Sorensen said he wrote a lot of it.

I love the pushback against fantasy films for "not being accurate".

Tim Raines too, although that got rectified. "He's not as good as Rickey Henderson". "Well, not many were...." I think the HOF voters during the 80s and mid 90s had too high of standards as they judged the players from the late 60s to 80's. Not every HOF member has to be a top 5 at their position and it seems the voters had that standard. To me the HOF is about how you were rated against your peers. I once saw a chart that showed the % of active players who would become HOF'ers and there was a marked drop, even adjusting for the fact it takes some longer to get in so naturally it would be lower until it "catches up"

Did Freehan suffer because when he was winding down his career and becoming HOF eligible you had Johnny Bench, Carlton Fisk, and Gary Carter setting new standards for catchers?

My issue with using AI for something like that is it seems like it would take me just as long to ask the question as it would be to just write the email. In my job I'm often faced with the dilemma of trying to systematically process something or manually. Often times manual wins out because the prep work and explanation to our tech people would take longer, or if not longer, would be more difficult. Manual processes also allows for some multi tasking, ie doing it during a meeting, (or while I am watching Wimbledon)

Looks like I picked the right time to go to California on vacation

On top of that… he probably didn’t even write it