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I'm surprised Mark Kelly participated in that seditious-ish video. We are a purple border state which has tried in the past to enforce deportation when Dem admins weren't doing their job. It doesn't seem like it would help him as much as hurt him. Although, his reelection isn't until 11/28, so maybe he doesn't care.

Somehow I have never seen this movie. But as luck would have it, it came up in my Netflix recs because 11/30 is the last day they will carry it. So I've started watching it. I spend about 15 minutes each day slow watching a show (usually a series) while I stretch, so I should end around that date. Thanks. I'm really enjoying your team so far. Josey Wales kinda threw me for a loop. That's probably my favorite western, but at that point in the draft I was focusing on what I'd consider more "chalky" picks. Now I'm sad that I'll never get Josey. But it made me rethink my approach to the draft. On a related note, I took a 2 hour class/presentation last week on Clint Eastwood's westerns which was incredibly educational. We learned about his early days doing bit roles for Universal (they didn't renew his contract because he spoke through his teeth and squinted too much, heh heh). Then a part in Rawhide which led to being cast in Fistful of Dollars. Fistful was a throw-away movie: a studio from Italy teamed with one in Spain to shoot two films (saving money on props). I don't even remember the name of the "main" one. But Fistful was the first western by Sergio Leone, and he created this concept of the western anti-hero. They chose Clint because he was known to American audiences from Rawhide, but wasn't a star to command a large salary. But as they say, the rest is history. Leone also pioneered the "less-is-more" tension of the shootout. To that point, most shootouts were a few seconds, maybe 30 tops. The shootout at the end of Good Bad Ugly, though, was 6 minutes long. Not a word is spoken. We watched the whole thing, I forgot how good that was. Clint liked to do different takes on classic western themes. Josey Wales, for instance, was inspired by the John Wayne movie The Searchers, which I just learned from Wiki was AFI's pick for best western ever. In that movie, Wayne was also a confederate soldier who lost some of his family to a raid, but by Comanches, not soldiers. The movie centers around Wayne's journey to find and rescue this family members who were abducted, killing the Comanche chief in the end. In Josey, the Comanches are NOT the bad guys, and it explores if white folk can co-exist with them.

5.7 John Wick, Keanu Reeves, Hero 6.1 Paul Crewe, The Longest Yard, Sports

https://brunchsnobrestaurant.com/menu It's in the same strip mall as my dentist -- I went from toof cleaning to some coffee and breakfast food. I tried the lobster omelet, which is new I think and has a bunch of ingredients I love, so I thought I'd try it. It was kinda meh. This place usually provides an inordinate amount of food done well, but there was not enough lobster in it to put that word in the name IMO. My favorite thing on the menu is the soft shell crab benedict. I also like the "cluckers" which include one or two large chicken thighs, but we just had chicken legs for dinner last night (and I'm having leftover tonight).

Really? That seems quite short-sighted. Then again, I readily call myself an Islamophobe. I don't fear individual Muslims -- I've worked with many and consider some friends. But a concentration of Islamism is anathema to Western culture. I present as evidence: much of Europe. I fear that happening to our country. And it seems that about 1/2 of you are somewhere between oblivious and welcoming, built on a framework of fear of being labeled rrrrrracist!

Sorry, I was at the dentist and then brunch. 4.1 Doc Holliday, Val Kilmer, Tombstone - Wildcard One of my favorite roles/performances ever, in one of my favorite movies.

I was planning to draft everyone taken this round. 3.7 Ron Burgundy, Anchorman, funny Give me a few for the next one

2.01 - Hannibal Lecter, Anthony Hopkins, villain. Have the lambs stopped screaming, Clarice?

1.09 (or whatever) - He's saved the world 27-ish times, and banged a smoking broad countless times. Bond. James Bond. Hero.

Why don't you take Toofy's place and join the draft?

Vader is on the Mount Rushmore of villains... ... mostly.

Just busting your balls.

I thought about putting spoiler tags on it.

Eh, he turned into a good guy in the end.

Serrated is a must for bread. Our bread knife is the one cheap one in the drawer -- you don't need a finely honed knife to saw off a slice of bread. But we don't have our knives out/in a block, so looks don't matter. Agree on steak knives. We have two sets of Henckels for some reason; one with smaller serrations (think sharp butter knife) and one with larger serrations. I always use the larger serrated ones.

We usually drive to a few vacation homes a year in the higher AZ country. We always take at least our Wusthof santoku (with the notches in the blade) with us; it's our most used knife. Usually also a serrated paring knife which is hella useful. Also a non-stick pan for eggs; for some reason most places don't stock one it seems, and you can get them cheap.

Those look interesting. I'm intrigued by the tungsten slicing knife. I wonder how heavy it would be; tungsten is about the densest metal you can get. But that weight would be helpful in slicing difficult things.

You are probably right that Wusthof and Henckels are on the "low" end of "high" end knives, at least from a price perspective but probably performance as well. I think we started getting them in 1993 from our wedding registry, and 32 years later we're still using them. My point about German was not so much the location of current manufacture, but whether or not you get the German style (20% blade angle) or Japanese (15% blade). Ima look into these Globals. My wife is a good cook and recognizes the value of a good knife. The question is, is there a knife we can use that we don't already have?

I vote that it still counts. Biff was clear that we were picking characters, not actors.

If a character is in multiple movies / a franchise, do we need to pick one of the movies? If so, does that mean somebody else could pick that same character but a different movie? I vote for we get that character for all movies.

For more info for Biff, the Japanese knives (Global) have 15 degree blades, whereas German (Henckels) are 20 degrees. So the Japanese knives have finer edges (not necessarily sharper), but for a pro chef like Bier who wants to slice sushi, they can be useful. Our carving knives are mostly Wusthof, and our steak knives are Henckels, and we love them both. We do have a few Japanese blades (Wolfe) which I'm not as happy with, but maybe we use them too much on everyday stuff and should save them for the finer cuts like Bier says. If I were a guy starting a good knife set, I'd stick with the Krauts, either Henckels or Wusthof. If both are comparably available in your area, you could handle a few and see if one feels better in your hand. If one is easier to get, I'd probably just go with those. Now that I've flaunted my ignorance, I'll let Bier correct me.

Miss these guys. RIP fellas.

What did you do with the dog?

Interesting. Puts a different spin on the "chick you'd like to bang" category. I'm a bit busy later in the week but I'll give it a go. In.

Nice! Celebration, or just another day for a Geek?