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My issue with the line about Tony also being Steve's friend is that there is a huge difference in the friendship between Tony and Steve and Steve and Bucky. Steve gets back his best friend from childhood, the only person left (other than Peggy who isn't doing well) who remembers him before he was Captain America. That's just one part of it. They didn't do a good job of establishing Tony and Steve's friendship in the movies but even if they had it still doesn't reach the level of friendship Steve and Bucky have.
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I think Matt Damon has a shot at winning because he made what could have been very boring sequences on Mars interesting and engaging. That takes skill.
Also the previews for The Revenant to me scream "I'm desperate for an Oscar."
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I know most of the actors make multiple picture contracts. i wonder if they get raises for each one or if it's the same pay for all the movies they contracted for? I wonder too if they could ever re-negotiate like if they were in something else and won a bunch of awards if they could get more money?
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Yeah, Brenda was pretty annoying after Kelly and Dylan became a thing, but I do kind of feel for her. No one was on her side during that whole thing. Not even her brother. I always remember the episode where Brenda finds the diary and then the episode flashbacks to the 60s and instead of going on some trip with the gang, she stays home and Brandon gives her crap about it, and it's like, I get why she is trying to not put herself into a situation where she probably would have no fun. I feel like she started to break away from the group at the time and even the one year she was in college with them, it never felt like she was still part of the gang really anymore. In college, it took less than ten seconds for the gang to believe that rumor about how she got the lead role in the play. As much as Brenda was annoying, I always felt for her because it seemed like she never really had a true person to count on in the gang and that kind of makes me sad.
I totally agree with this. I felt for Brenda when she didn't fit in back in Minnesota and then when she got back to BH, she didn't fit in there anymore. I never understood why Brandon wasn't on her side senior year with the whole triangle. I did feel sorry for her and I think that's one reason why I always preferred her to Kelly, especially after everything Kelly did and she still thought she was better than Val (who I also preferred!).
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What I didn't get in this episode is why Jackie didn't call the other parents or at least tell Mel who she was going out with that his kid is at an illegal rave!? If I were a parent and found out my kid wanted to go to one of these, I'd the call the other parents!
I know there's a little more follow-up with Emily, but in my mind her relationship with Brandon was more detailed and lasted longer than it really did.
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. It's the only way breast meat is palatable. Soooo juicy!
My mom always cooks the turkey in the oven breast side down and then flips it for the last hour so it gets brown. That makes the breast juicy!
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I like the individually wrapped twizzlers at Halloween.
I love the story about how they got rid of the ridges in the can of cranberry sauce and there was such an outcry they had to bring back the ridges.
I work in healthcare so we don't get holidays off. They're rotated so you don't work the same one every year and we do get paid well to work them. The only one I care about is Christmas. I'll work any of the others but I always hate when it's my turn to work Christmas.
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When I was in college a group of us went to the health center to get help for another friend who was depressed and had made comments about suicide. They were so angry and never spoke to us again. However, they're still alive and while it hurt at the time I knew it was the right thing to do. At least they were alive to hate us. I hope now they're grateful for what we did, but even if they're not it was still the right thing.
I'm trying to get over finding out my supervisor, who is amazing, is leaving. That just ruined my weekend and I'm so depressed about it. It's going to add more work for me and another coworker, but I don't care about that. I just want one of the best supervisors I've ever had to stay!
My favorite Thanksgiving dish is stuffing. The kind from the box, not even homemade. I love that stuffing with some turkey gravy on it.
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Every time I hear Adidas I think of Phoebe from Friends:
"Are you in there little fetus?
In nine months will you come greet us?
I will buy you some Adidas."
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I think we all need to remember as well that being supportive and helpful says more about us as people than about the scammer. Unfortunately, there are people who would take advantage but I think becoming less trusting lets those people win in some way. Even with donating it still says more about you then the person scamming you for your money. I always give some money to homeless people with dogs because anything to do with animals pulls my heartstrings and maybe it's a scam and I"m out a little money, but if it isn't a scam then that person and their dog can get a hamburger from McDonalds.
I've been wanting to do that genetic testing to see what all I am and the percentages. I posted earlier about my ancestry and I know it's at least 8, but I have a feeling there may be more. I might look into doing that.
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I don't post very often either, but I do check in to this thread because it is so filled with nice people. I was taken by WW's story too. What gave me pause was that after the long break the posts weren't written the same. They just didn't seem to be as coherent and put together. I don't think it crossed my mind that it was a scam or a long con.
I don't post much about my life, because it's boring. Sometimes I feel like posting something that makes me think someone would figure out who I am. Probably that would only be the case if someone I knew in real life also posted in here and I didn't know it. I still feel uncomfortable posting information that somehow might identify me. That's also why I don't post much.
I can't remember who mentioned the NY state and lab stuff and I am in laboratory/transfusion medicine and NY is notorious for their regulations. If places there send out to another lab (like Mayo clinic) the people at the sendout lab working on the NY samples, have to be licensed by the state of NY. Not all states have their own licensure (we have national licenses), but some states do require it in addition to the national. However, as far as I"m aware NY is the only one to require it of people in other states who are testing samples from NY. It's crazy.
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One of my favorite bits, when David is ranting off to Brandon, is when he mentions how Scott "wasn't cool like you, Kelly, and Steve" (paraphrasing here) and damn, how sad is it that our gang in considered the barometer of what is cool at West Bev?
I can kind of see how they were the cool kids. You have Kelly and Donna who are both blonde, skinny, rich. The mother Donna eventually ends up with is into the whole "high society" thing. Steve's mom is a famous actress and he and Kelly dated. He's on the track team, at least for one episode, and apparently that's where the cool kids are. Dylan's father is a criminal which is cool and he's rich with the bad boy vibe going on. What I can't figure out is how the Minnesota twin transplants ended up in the cool crowd. Of course, Andrea only sort of ended up in the group because of Brandon. It's a bit of a stretch, but I don't think it's crazy that they were the cool kids.
On another note, they never really bring up the fact that David could've been killed. If the gun had gone off in the other direction then he would've been shot. I'm in transfusion medicine and based on how quickly a AAA (Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm) can bleed out, before someone hits the ground, if the bullet shredded that aorta then it's conceivable to die from a gut shot.
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Well collegiate and post collegiate Kelly was nothing if not a huge fan of situational ethics.
I agree with this so much. Actually these podcasts have made me realize that I didn't actually always hate Kelly. I just hated who she was after high school and after all these years that just turned into I always hated her. I'm actually enjoying her now as a character.
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I never really understood the hyphenating with -American afterwards. At what point do you stop? I'm 8 different things and it would be ridiculous to say all of them (English, Norwegian, Irish, German, Scottish, Welsh, French-Canadian, Cherokee). My great-grandparents emigrated from Norway so that's the closest I am generation wise to another country.
I just wonder if maybe things might be better if everyone in the US just referred to themselves as Americans, rather than immediately highlighting a difference? (that's probably naive thinking, but one can hope).
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wanderwoman - I'm so sorry to hear about everything you're going through, but just try to keep your mind on the good stuff. Giving yourself a little break, like with the Starbucks, is definitely a good idea!
I know you had mentioned getting to know the NICU nurses when Maisie was there, are you still in touch with any of them or could you reach out to them? Working in a NICU they're probably familiar with case workers and social workers and may be aware of some help or services that you don't know about. It might be another avenue to look down.
I agree that you need to document everything when dealing with your soon-to-be ex. I work in a laboratory and one of our rules is if it wasn't documented, it didn't happen. If you can get everything written or better yet recorded if possible then it will help you when fighting for support or custody/visitation arrangements.
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This show makes me feel old because they have Eddie and Cordelia as parents of college-aged children!
I did love the BSB scene, that was hilarious! I'm just watching this show as nothing makes sense and it's completely absurd which makes it enjoyable to watch.
I also liked the sign in the background for days a Kappa hasn't been murdered.
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Also, a healthy young woman, even outside a hospital setting, should not die from giving birth. It was 1995, not 1895. Does that mean that the co-ed in the flash-back is alive? Maybe it means nothing. Part of my issue with this show is that the showrunners want you to try to solve the mystery, but the tone is so absurd, you can't tell a plot hole (of which there are many) from a clue. Ugh!! I'm a sucker for a good mystery, I'm just not sure with this show how tied together its going to be.
I work in transfusion medicine and trust me there a lot of young women who go into labor, have something tear and experience post-partum hemorrhage. Not to mention anyone of any age can get preeclampsia or HELLP syndrome, both of which can cause death if not recognized and treated in time. Since she didn't receive any prenatal care there's now way of knowing if she was at risk for anything either.-
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Bathtub baby - Boone (Nick Jonas)
Red Devil - Boone and someone else working with him (maybe GiGi)
I think he's getting back at the sorority that let his mom die. I think GiGi was the girl holding the baby. I also think Grace's mom was the one who wasn't going to miss Waterfalls (Bethany?).
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My mom always stated that her marriage came first because the best thing you can give your child is a healthy, happy, home and the way to do that was to make sure your marriage was a good one. My parents have been very happily married for over 35 years and we have a great family.
The difference between this and the Duggars is that my parents actually did take an interest in me and raised me, rather than having 19 kids and just passing the babies off to sister moms. Obviously, if something happens that makes the marriage a bad one, like cheating, then there definitely needs to be thought about what's best for the kids and the wronged spouse. The Duggars aren't going to think that there is anything better than sticking by your husband and becoming a better wife so he doesn't stray again. That probably means pushing the kids away and paying even more attention to Josh, since obviously he wasn't getting what he deserved at home. At least that's what I assume they're thinking based on what we know about them and their beliefs.
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For some reason, I always thought the grunion run was in the next episode with Kelly and Kyle and he was with the group. I was looking at the episode guide on IMDB and there are a lot less summer episodes than I remember. I'm apparently combining episodes and thinking there were more at the same time.
I remember though when Sandy mentioned her age and at the time thinking she was so old and now I'm older than that. I also find myself agreeing with the Walsh parents and not the kids which also tells me I'm old.
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Buzzfeed has what the original cast looks like now vs when we met them 25 years ago! Some have aged quite well and others not so much.
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I grew up in a landlocked state so I was surprised to learn when I briefly lived in LA that there weren't these beach clubs. I know the Beverly Hills one couldn't exist because Beverly Hills isn't by the beach, but I thought maybe there was something like Malibu Sands (Saved by the Bell).
I started watching 90210 when it was in syndication on FX and they definitely had the original music at that point. Watching the episodes now on DVD or Hulu, it's obvious the music has been changed. The worst is when David plays the song for Emily Valentine over the school radio. That's one of the more egregious changes in music.
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I thought Ziva was disrespectful as well when she first came in. Also, I always felt the teasing between Kate and Tony was more sibling-esque fun. Whereas with Ziva, it felt like there was a mean streak behind it. She invited everyone over for dinner, except Tony, and then rubbed it in his face. That was just cruel in my opinion. Tony and McGee seemed to have a real good foundation and I felt that Ziva kind of got McGee to be a little mean too. I got really sick of Mossad by the time Ziva left. The first seasons were about investigating Navy crimes and then all of sudden it became about terrorism and the Mossad and Ziva's family and it just got old.
I like Bishop. I think she made the dynamic change in a good way. I like Tony and McGee being the more senior agents and her learning from them. It seems everybody is more mature now.
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Yes indeed. To me, it was very significant that Josh actually cried when Boob and Me-chelle were boarding the stinkbus to leave him in Maryland at his big new house and FRC job. He was a 25-year old married man with 3 kids at the time - and he was crying? And on-camera to boot? I mean, it wasn't a death in the family. They were just - basically - separating as parents and adult children have done for 1000s of years. But he wasn't ready for it because of the unnatural and unhealthy way he was raised.
I would knock Josh and his family for a lot of things, but not this. I went to Europe by myself at 16, I went 2000 miles away to college, I then moved back near my parents for 8 years. When I moved away again, 1500 miles at the age of 30, and my parents drove away I cried. It's because my parents are two of my best friends and I was going to miss being around them and being able to hang out with them. Crying when you move away from your family is not a sign of a unhealthy childhood. There are plenty of signs that it was unhealthy for Josh and the other kids, but that's not one of them in my opinion.
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Captain America: Civil War (2016)
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http://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/captain-america-civil-war-trailer-breakdown/
This is an article with some explanation from the Russos. They say that they're doing these Accords instead of the Registration Act. Due to the differences between the comics and movies already they wanted to make it more personal and have the reason why people pick different sides be something meaningful to them. It seems like this is one of those movies that is "based on" something and therefore not entirely accurate when it comes to the source material. I have a feeling it will end differently than it did in the comics.