Skram

Had some Angels Envy last night at Yardhouse. That was an enjoyable boubon.

Mine is close between the originals, episode 4 or 5. I went with A New Hope, because, well, it started it all and was such a classic "heroes journey" tale, and it was the original that started it all. As a kid, I would have easily said Episode 6, it was the first movie I remember being truly excited for and standing in a long line at the Cinedome in Orange for.., there, that should date myself! I was 12 at the time, so I was in the prime demographic for Ewoks! You can add me to the long list of people that has not been impressed by the new trilogy. I think the best by a large margin, of the Disney generation of movies is Rogue One. I also liked Solo, at least liked it much more than what seems to be the accepted view of the movie.

It was a bit weird for me with Panera, I went there occasionally for a while, better than fast food, you know, that kind of thing. I think it was when I got one of their soups and my thought was "this is boil in a bag soup" and it just changed my whole attitude towards them. I have gone there a couple times since out of a lack of choice, and nothing has changed my opinion for the better.

I need to go back and watch his Bond movies. I'm not sure if he was a bad Bond or he just suffered from some bad scripts.

Next vote, did Angelsjunky wash his hands before eating his frittata?

Wow, very sad to hear this. RIP Brandon.

Yes, listened to the Audiobook after hearing him on Joe Rogan's podcast. Nothing like hearing the LA County Sheriff letting a felon on probation go with underage girls, drugs, stolen cars on his property and stolen credit cards in his pocket. "We didn't have enough evidence to hold him."

I just got the S10, and so far am very pleased, the camera is great. I didn't think the s20 was worth the jump in price, but that is just my personal decision, the specs on it are phenomenal. I was replacing a very old Motorola Droid Turbo with 64MB and 3GB of RAM, so the s10 is a big jump for me.

If you are interested in doing a deeper dive into understanding Fentanyl and its role in our opoid epidemic, I highly recommend Fentanyl Inc., by Ben Westhoff. He actually went undercover and visited a lab in China where they make it. He explains why it is so fatal, how easy it is to get it, how no one actually asks for Fentanyl, but it ended up in every illegal drug now. You may not agree with all his conclusion, but you will be much better informed on the subject.

Serious question, do you think it is fair to call a guy with 2 5+ WAR seasons since 2011 a 5 WAR player? (6.3, 2.2, 3.0, 3.0, 3.5, 1.3, 5.0) Of course, you may have just been responding to the people that said they weren't impressed by him this year. Also, given that if he opts out you are certainly looking at another year, do you favor resigning him, given that 3+ WARs are a pretty rare sight for players over 33?

I am quite sure they weren't throwing as hard way back in Cy Young's era. Also, they weren't throwing as hard for as long, for the most part, if you aren't getting into the 90's coming out of high school, you aren't getting a division 1 scholarship.

Never heard it spun that way, Hadrian's Wall was built as a marker that the Roman Empire would not try to expand beyond (the first emperor to end the philosophy of expanding the empire for expansions sake)., then he built a wall as a rampart to defend against raids. So you are saying that Trump needs to keep invading neighbors, looting and subjugating them in order to not being seen as a "Clownstick?" I see our analogy to the long slow fall of Rome much more related to the political system being used as a way to enrich the politicians and politically protected classes, and not worry about the well-being of the country.

That may be a bit of a stretch. If EVERY Stein voter voted for Clinton, then you get MI and WI, but still not PA. You have to assume that some of those 30K far left-wing voters would have left their check box empty rather than voting for the Democrat who gave speeches at $200K a pop to Goldman Sachs! Besides, if we didn't have 3rd party candidates, then you have to ask how many Gary Johnson votes would have gone for Trump.

Apparently it was model homes built inside an abandoned stadium. The whole thing was demolished in the late 90's. http://www.snopes.com/osaka-baseball-stadium-neighborhood/

I like reading these articles about the mindset and strategies of pitchers. Sometimes it is a chess game trying to out think you opponent, other times you are just thinking too much. I think especially for an emotional pitcher like Hector it must be hard to get into a high-pressure situation and realize the key is to throw softer!

Well, Stradling, we will just have to examine other aspects of your life to get your total Angelswin Idiot Composite Rating.

I think I would lean towards this being a good idea for a player. (Granted, this is the first I am hearing about.) I guess to really analyze it you would have to see the number of young prospects that make over 33 million in endorsements. Then that number would have to be higher than that to account for the present value of future dollars (a dollar today is worth more than a dollar 10 years from now.) Then there is the consideration that this is an insurance policy against either injury, or just not being able to excel at the Major League level. The final piece would be what others have mentioned, if he is making enough money to make this a bad deal, it won't have a huge financial impact on his life.

This article is very interesting and worthy of its own discussion. if it is true, Cobb is the victim of a lying hack and his lies became the narrative for his life.

Serious question Adam, even if that R was next to Rand Paul's name?

I have zero excitement about Jeb Bush running for President. I think he will be a great choice if Republicans care about status quo, big donors, and still being seen as the party of the rich. He will also join the long list of "moderate electable" candidates that finish in second place. If he does get elected he will be just another Republican who thinks deficits don't matter and fiscal responsibility means spending at a slightly slower rate than Democrats. I would still hold my nose and vote for him against Hillary, Warren, or (gulp) Biden.

I read what everyone is writing and I hope this works out, but all I can think about is when Josh Hamilton gets injured or just plain chokes away into non-existence, Grant Green isn't going to fill in that clean spot they way Howie did, not a chance. I hope Dipo has another trick up his sleeve.

Doc Rivers talked about probably having to use a Surface instead of an iPad now that Ballmer owns the team. He did not seem very enthusiastic about it.

The Saudis announced that they weren't going to cut production a couple days ago. Prices aren't going up anytime soon. I think there is a bit of a Saudi power play here. They can pull oil out of the ground cheaper than anyone on the planet. So they get to squeeze Iran, Russia and the US fracking boom at the same time.

I thought there was probably a chance for victory with clearly defined goals and a mission defined by the military, not politicians. Oh, and none of this fiction about somehow it isn't a war if we only do airstrikes

That would mean you would support the right of a murderer to decide the length of someones life without the consequence of having his life shortened. Interesting.