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9 hours ago, partofme said:
I won’t have health insurance after the end of this month, and I have prescriptions I need for my thyroid and for migraines and I don’t want to have to get Cobra.
I totally understand this. I have found options which can be used if you can't get prescription meds. One is called Good RX - which makes drugs affordable even without insurance. I used it for a prescription my insurance wouldn't pay for.
I also recommend natural alternatives. I go to this site a lot and have found viable health solutions there.
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Been a while!
Much of the music I hear on the radio just bums me out! Then again, the top 40 hasn't been a thing for me in quite a while either! Much of the music I get into these days tends to be stuff someone turns me onto or via accident. I've been getting into J-Pop bands lately. Definitely didn't expect that since it's not even in English (some songs do have some English phrases in them however), but I've been enjoying the ride so far. The beats are strong and when translated, the messages are quite beautiful. A few times I've come across covers done in English which do their best to convey the message or theme of the originals.
Thanks to an anime I've discovered called Dr. Stone, I've come to enjoy not only the show but the music used for its opening and closing credits! One of my faves is from the first season's opening credits, "Good Morning World" from The Burnout Syndromes. I cannot get enough of this song! It really gets you going!
I have heard that some fans have been attracted to similar rocking tunes from other anime shows like My Hero Academia et al. YouTube can be a rabbit hole for stuff like this!!
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Hi guys! Been a while!
I show up to work as usual and do my normal schtick. Then a producer asks me if I have any problems. I asked why and he said my edit partner wasn't there and his replacement would be in around 4!
After a choice naughty word, I got to work in the earlier hour my partner would have worked on - but didn't miss anything. Apparently my supervisor sent an email about this (which was buried amongst a ton of other emails that don't even pertain to me!) but didn't bother to follow up with a text about this to make sure. It's not like he hasn't texted me in the past about things like this before. I was also surprised my edit partner didn't text me either as when we left, he was prepared to come in as usual. I blame my supervisor more however.
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On 2/5/2024 at 12:16 PM, desusperius said:
So when they repetrified Tsukasa, why didn’t the people who had their hands on the Medusa all get petrified too?
I wondered about this too (did the manga mention it? I hadn't read it but I'm seriously thinking about getting it). My guess it it was the device being almost out of juice and therefore a very limited range.
My question however was how Senku was able to wear that stun gun device (specifically, the battery plate taped to his chest) without being noticed! He was knocked off the cliff with Tsukasa and dragged him to shore before facing Hyoga and he wouldn't have had to time to either carry it with him or put it on ahead of time. The stun gun scene was worth it though!!
I've been watching the show a few times and still enjoy the hell out of it! Each time I notice something different I had missed the first time around. Some of it has to do with spotting Senku's emotions. In Episode 6 when he digs up Taiju, you see a closeup of his eye. It has that look that says, "I'm so glad to see you buddy! " before he puts his cool science user face on and starts claiming how sick he was of his face and how 3700 years was a nice break! Does anyone else think that Senku's desire for manpower (a legitimate need) was second only to wanting to revive Taiju because he needed a friend/company in Stone World as well?
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I decided to sign up at crunchyroll just to take in this show. I freaking love it!!
I have no clue why this isn't as popular as other shows that were released around the same time like My Hero Academia et al. It's a compelling story with great characters and makes even the most passive person interested in science and how things work. One thing I love is how the stakes are high, and not everything goes the way the folks at the Kingdom of Science wants them to. It's realistic in how the science and progress builds upon itself.
Not to mention the philosophical questions this show inspires! Would you be able to do what Senkou did if YOU were the one to wake up after 3700 years? Would you make the same decisions he did? Was Senkou right about trying to bring everyone back and make things more or less as they were - or was Tsukasa right when he wanted to limit who to bring back?
I saw a recent story that the final season of the show will be released within a year or so - which is supposed to wrap up the story (which includes Senkou's plans to go to the moon to find out about Why -Man).
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On 1/16/2023 at 6:17 PM, Lantern7 said:
Anyone watching the current season on Toonami?
Been trying to catch up on newer episodes. Most of the time, I catch the movies which have been airing on local cable channels. Only two are dubbed, one is subtitled but still entertaining.
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On 6/3/2021 at 7:45 PM, Lantern7 said:
Anyone else watching?
Just started tuning into this show. Very fascinating and much better than the swill we've been getting from Hollywood lately.
It's been running Saturday nights on Adult Swim and I'm doing everything I can to keep up. So far, a very compelling story!
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He was 50.
I know he's better known for his work in soaps, but his role in PMP was memorable to fans of Charmed.
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21 hours ago, Angeltoes said:
I have a suspicion that those two had a fling that she took more seriously than he did. A few years after he died she was talking about him and it bordered on hero-worship with a little bit of possessiveness thrown in. If not, she at least had a massive crush on him.
That seemed to carry over to some degree in the show. I had always thought Jack and Janet could have made a nice romantic couple when the show was coming to an end.
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4 hours ago, Laura Holt said:
I can't remember now if John Ritter was a particularly big star when the show started - better known than the two women, yes, but it's not like he was a major name.
He was a bit better known for two reasons:
1) He was the son of Tex Ritter, who was a movie cowboy star in the 30s and 40s so he had some 2nd generation connections in Hollywood.
2) He had paid his dues doing small parts in other TV shows before Three's Company like, M*A*S*H, The original Hawaii 5-0, and The Waltons (he was a semi regular for a while as a pastor).
However Three's Company definitely put him on the map as a comic actor. Joyce Dewitt wasn't well known and Suzanne at the time was best known for being the "Girl in Convertible" in American Graffiti.
In a different passage, the WB Ranch (formerly known as The Columbia Ranch) home of famous house facades for tons of TV and films is being demolished. The studio is making room for new studio space.
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On 6/15/2023 at 6:00 PM, BetterButter said:
Velma’ Renewed for Season 2 at Max
More like they just needed to put their split season allowance somewhere - rather than an actual renewal.
I'll give the show credit for making even the toughest YT reviewers nearly cry while watching this show.
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3 hours ago, Browncoat said:
Or they could pretend the character is simply gaining weight, then send her off to a "fat farm" where she loses the weight in the form of "eight pounds and six ounces"
Poor Erica Kane on All My Children got that treatment too!
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2 hours ago, Blergh said:
I also thought Oliver Douglas of Green Acres (1965-1971)was an idiot for buying the Old Haney Place without even seeing it first
Not to mention how ramshackle it was! He STILL loved it despite the condition it was in or the constant repairs.
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A couple for October:
QuoteThis former A list actor is being investigated for death of a friend he says was just a hiking accident and the friend slipped and fell down a hill. Authorities now think the friend was pushed because of what the actor did afterwards.
Methinks this has to do with the death of Julian Sands, but who could the other actor be? What did he do afterwards?
QuoteMoving Parts: This A list social media star (#1) who also is a judge on a competition show and has millions of followers on social media is in a secret relationship with this B-/C+ list actor (#2) whose claim to fame are a couple of movies and a Super Bowl commercial with an A+ list celebrity chef (#3/Guy Fieri) and working at a Disney park. #2 was previously married to a $15 Cameo actress (#4) and if you get her name then super bonus points. #1 and #2 met at the wedding of this A+ list YouTuber with many millions of followers who used to be a professional athlete (#5). There is a very good chance that #2 cheated on #4 while they were married because if you mention #2 to #4 on social media you immediately get blocked. Apparently, the cheating thing is still big in the life of #2 because even though he is about to elope with #1, he is still on Tinder. #1 forgave #2 the first few times she caught him on there and then he started using a different name. Maybe don't do the whole elope thing? #1 though has already hired a photographer who specializes in elopement weddings. Who knew there was such a thing.
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2 minutes ago, Spartan Girl said:
Did it ever occur to Christopher on Gilmore Girls that he didn’t automatically have to marry Sherry just because she was pregnant? That it was possible to be there as a father to the new baby while committing to a relationship with Lorelei (and not breaking his promise to Rory)?
THIS! I haven't seen GG in forever (didn't even make it to the bitter end) but that plot development should not have happened! I thought it might have been nice that Lorelei and Christopher finally got together as adults.
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A few for the end of September:
QuoteReader Blind: Staff at a plush hotel in London recollect boys being snuck into the premises by the security detail looking after this A list actor during his visit there. They say that the scared boys looked young enough to be teens. Secret auditions for a reboot perhaps? Let’s hope so.
Reboot of what exactly?
QuoteThis closeted A- list singer solo and in a group is sleeping with a model and is spending tons of money on her.
Beyonce?
QuoteThis former A- list singer is about to get his YouTube account demonetized because all of his content is stolen from others and they have had enough.
QuoteThe A+ list singer and the NFL player are filming a commercial for the big game. That would explain a lot of this.
Obviously Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce! I figured as much since the "relationship" seemed to come out of nowhere and seemed like a publicity stunt from the beginning.
QuoteThis married boy bander is not sober and the college student he has been with for the past six months is probably not helping his marriage or sobriety.
QuoteThis former fairy tale actress has been stalking an ex and his new significant other.
Could this be the Snow White actress? Rachel Zegler.
QuoteThis A- list actor who has what looks to be a movie franchise, had to go to the doctor. He was trying to leave a hookup as quickly as he could and got a zipper stuck on his member. He couldn't get it unstuck and had to rush to the doctor. The hookup he was trying to bail on, gave him a coat and drove him.
Ouch! At least the hookup was nice enough to take him to a doctor.
And for the piece de resistance:
QuoteThe Disappearances: Probably because it was this former A list mostly television actress said it, that it was widely discounted. She has a long time substance abuse addiction and has been hospitalized for it numerous times. She said that about a decade ago during one of her earlier hospitalizations that she was kidnapped from the rehab for three or four days and was raped by several different men who also took blood and tissue samples from her and also a variety of drugs which left her in and out of consciousness. At one point she passed out and when she woke up she was back in her rehab bed. When she tried to tell her story to staff at the rehab or in therapy they told her she was just processing being sober and had healing to do.
Fast forward six months or so and there was the daughter of a record company executive who was at the same rehab and had the same story. No one knew it was the same story until the girl died and it turned out the actress was a friend of the family and they got to talking and the stories matched up.
Fast forward two years and the permanent A list "singer" had the same story she was telling anyone who would listen, but we discounted her like we did the actress. Fast forward a few years after that and this singer/threesome partner/celebrity/affair haver said the same thing happened to her. Again, discounted because of past statements she made. She ended up dead. I had not heard anyone say anything about it between that time and now. Then, this past week, someone said the same thing happened to them and they only found out about it because they were talking the actress about their experiences in rehab.
Not only who, but why?
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8 hours ago, CrazyInAlabama said:
I really don't understand why it took so long to indict and arrest this person, he's been saying for years, including in a memoir, that he was involved.
With everyone else dead, he was the only living link and they couldn't prove anything (supposedly) that he had anything to do it. SWAT raided his house over a month ago, and apparently someone found evidence of some kind after all this time sitting on the case. Last word was they have evidence he gave the gun to the shooter who killed Tupac.
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2 hours ago, Blergh said:
If they weren't going to cast any African-Americans on the show, WHY have the characters blandly sing a song that is considered one of the best songs of the genre of African-American spirituals?
Unfortunately those were decisions made by people long since dead so we can only speculate. They may have been restricted to using singers contracted by the studio as opposed to hiring anyone from the outside, but that's just a guess.
The Modernaires sang the show's title tune during the closing credits during the first season, but maybe they weren't available to sing anything further.
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On 9/26/2023 at 6:58 PM, Blergh said:
in that toney New York suburb
Was the location of the hometown ever established? I know the exteriors were shot at Columbia Ranch in LA (where the Bewitched House and Leave it to Beaver house are) but I don't think the town even had a name much less a location. It easily could have been a Philly suburb, Connecticut, Long Island or Westchester.
On 9/26/2023 at 6:58 PM, Blergh said:Hazel (1961-1966) was a cute sitcom but it bugged me that somehow Hazel, her neighbors,etc
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On 9/26/2023 at 6:58 PM, Blergh said:ONLY seemed to know/employ other servants of Western European extraction and no other ethnicity.
Actually, depending on where one lived (and in some cases when), it would not necessarily be out of place. In fact, many of the immigrants in the show were from Europe because prior to 1965, they had priority. I suppose if the show had limped along into 1970 they might have had a black maid appear.
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I caught an episode of Hazel called "How to Lure and Epicure" (1962). In the episode, a new Italian restaurant opens up in town and the owner desperately wants a fancy food critic (the kind who makes or breaks places) to give him a good review. He tries a meal there and didn't seem impressed. Hazel and her friends go to work, cooking or reworking many of the dishes and succeed and getting the critic's attention. Something goes wrong and he ends up not giving the good rating after all and leaves. Then, the owner's worried about closing, but when the Baxter family go for one last meal at the place (expecting it to close soon), the see a line out the door! The owner informs them that a local critic wrote up about the restaurant in the local paper so rather than focusing on tourists, he'll focus on local clientele.
Now, it just doesn't make sense to advertise for tourists when as far as we've seen, the town the series takes place in is not a touristy sort of place (it was shot at the Columbia Ranch street where you'll find the house from Bewitched and Leave it to Beaver among many other familiar exteriors). It's essentially a suburb, not a tourist trap, it would make sense to seek out locals to eat out at the restaurant not reach out to tourists from out of town!!
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It's been an unusual day for me today at the office. First, I come in today and naturally, one of the top stories is the recap of the Life is Beautiful music festival. It's the 10th anniversary of some big named musical acts performing in open staging areas with plenty of fans crowding in to watch. It began on Friday night and ran through Saturday. I was looking for video, but to my surprise I found none. How? Why?
I asked the producer, who tole me we were unable to film any of this even because we don't bother sending photogs on nights we do not have a 10pm show (which was this Saturday since for the duration, we'll be all football games during the afternoon and evenings). So, rather than send a photog to film some new broll of this big event, even if they weren't going to use it until Sunday night or Monday morning, they chose to not cover it at all. Instead we used mostly still photos from various Twitter pages. If I had been management I would have screamed! Of course if I HAD been management, I wouldn't have let this happen. This gave me flashbacks to when I first started working there, we didn't even have people sitting at the news desk listening to the scanners on weekends and often didn't cover things like parades and people would ask why we didn't have any video of these things. Well, now you know.
Then while editing a story about Kelly Clarkson (who sang on the Strip - with a karoke machine) I downloaded the link given to me (it came from her twitter account). We use various downloading websites to get YT vids and FB vids, etc. to edit them into stories. Naturally I used the same one we've been using for a while. When I searched for the video I thought I downloaded, I found something, how shall I put it... NSFW! I was shocked and don't know how this happened since I opened the link in the computer and it was the video I wanted not the NSFW one. I tried another download and fortunately, the correct video came in this time. I contacted my supervisor immediately, explained what happened and said he'd have our tech guys delete from the system immediately. He knows I don't download anything without permission and I certainly do not surf unsuitable material either at work or at home. It's still a mystery.
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14 hours ago, Egg McMuffin said:
The Katmandu episode of Happy Days is so incredibly lame. But I’d love to see the Katmandu pilot that they did film, and that ABC passed on. Did it take place in the early 60s like Happy Days?
I don't know if a specific pilot was made, the episode we saw may have been it - a backdoor pilot. Whether or not it would have taken place in the past is a toss up since many other spinoffs from HD took place in the (then) present. Laverne and Shirley I think was the only one to take place in the same time frame as HD.
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3 hours ago, Blergh said:
At least on the Island, the Professor and the Skipper got to enjoy being in the company of Ginger and Mary-Ann (who, in turn, enjoyed being in the Professor's company) while Thurston and Lovey got to enjoy being in each other's company. As for Gilligan himself? Well, he seemed to like the one-shot, unexplained Gladys the Gorilla's company more than the women Castaways' so go figure!
I'd always thought Gilligan and Mary Ann had couple potential (not to mention they were good friends in real life). Then again, Gilligan was kind of like that eternal child who didn't know how to deal with girls.
7 hours ago, Blergh said:On a far more comedic note, not just the Skipper but all the other Castaways proved to be idiots for thinking they could rely on Gilligan for ANYthing since he constantly messed up and blew even the simplest tasks from the very beginning! Seriously, it would have been better had they just taken divvied his tasks among the six of them and exiled him to the other side of the Island.
I remember Nick at Nite used to have a promo based on the Ton Loc song, "Wild Thing" in which one of the lines was, "Gilligan is such a screw up, I think they'll probably kill him!"
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28 minutes ago, Spartan Girl said:
He dumped her. He dumped her over kissing her ex and not coming clean about it right away, even though she apologized and still wanted to be the relationship. Then he turned around and took the Mode job out of pure spite, doing everything he could to make her look bad, humiliating her and slut-shaming her and accusing her of sleeping with Daniel to get ahead and shooting down every story idea she proposed…all because he secretly wanted her back? Instead of forgiving her and trying to make their relationship work when he had the chance?!
In what universe does that make sense, let alone be even remotely acceptable behavior?!
It's not acceptable! In fact there's a word for it: "Crazymaking". Some might also use the term, gaslighting but the former term is just as fitting. Only a complete psychotic must have written that script.
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Interpreting Dreams: Are Dreams Really Wishes Our Hearts Make Though?
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Had an interesting dream last night.
I dreamt I was brushing my hair, and with every stroke, the hair looked more and more beautiful! It became shiny and just plain gorgeous! A very happy and positive dream. What could it mean? That I'm OK with things? Or something deeper?