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I made a silly thread Another silly music thread This one bout a not great song For some it was an irritable day, but bapo! listened to Excitable Boy Singing bout headless Thompson gunners all day long I was hoping that you would rhyme 'thread' with 'thread.' Nicely done. My Zevon knowledge begins ...

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A couple of hours later, and I'm hearing Warren Zevon's voice in my head. That's not too bad. Everybody else in this thread is angry at rass, but I was able to turn his underhandedness into a positive.

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I love this Reaves trade. The Pens won back to back Cups because they were the fastest, most-skilled team in the league. Then Tom Wilson hurt their feelings, so their GM changed direction and acquired Ryan Reaves and a bunch of other big, slow guys. A few years later, the Rangers were building aroun...

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Just listened to it for maybe the first time. I think this is one of those songs that I knew about without ever hearing it. I was so lost in my own bubble in 2007, so it's possible this bypassed me completely. I knew that it was a risk playing it, because now it might be stuck in my head. But if I b...

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Helm (just posted 89 points over 5 years for a mere $19.25 million) and Glendening leaving (Dallas) means Danny DeKeyser is the last Ken Holland guy on the roster, at a quick glance. While they all had their roles and were often effective in them, this does not really sadden me. I can understand th...

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I see Georgiev wants out of New York. Maybe the Rangers are still spooked by Tom Wilson's shadow and will trade Georgiev to Edmonton for Kassian. I don't know if the pipeline is still open without Gorton, but Arizona would make some sense too. I know a certain Rangers fan who thinks Christian Dvora...

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Darren Helm to Colorado on a cheap one-year deal. I've been overrating Helm ever since I saw him have one good game 10 years ago. Has he had any more since then? I see Georgiev wants out of New York. Maybe the Rangers are still spooked by Tom Wilson's shadow and will trade Georgiev to Edmonton for K...

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I wrote about Burke's book in another thread. It goes against everything I think and believe in, yet I found it wildly entertaining. And yeah, his story of drafting the Sedins is even wilder than I had remembered. Arizona trades Kuemper to Colorado for a first-rounder and Conor Timmins. Excellent tr...

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Josh Ho-Sang signs a tryout contract with Toronto. Really rooting for this guy, but I'm not getting my hopes up. I always feel bad for guys who are that good at age 15 or 16, then get surpassed by their peers. [Sean Day likes this] Oof. Yeah. Granted exceptional status in the CHL, then just...never...

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Josh Ho-Sang signs a tryout contract with Toronto. Really rooting for this guy, but I'm not getting my hopes up. I always feel bad for guys who are that good at age 15 or 16, then get surpassed by their peers. The Devils just gave away Will Butcher to Buffalo. What happened there? Just not as good a...

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I'll have to go back and find the threads that I missed, even if it's too late to vote. Hopefully the rest of yinz voted for the best anthems, and there weren't any more major oversights like St. Kitts and Nevis. Nepal is my favorite of this group. Not as strong as its regionmate Bhutan, but still '...

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babo?! I'll save my Oilers thoughts for the offseason thread. Do we have an offseason thread? No? Great. Let's talk about something else. We now have an offseason thread! I wasn't around when the Oilers traded Caleb Jones for Duncan Keith, so it's almost like it didn't happen, right? His on-ice decl...

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This has been a 'sort by new' kind of day. I think I read that 60 signings were announced in the first 2 hours of free agency. It's been hard to keep up. I've been hoping for the Pens and Oilers to sign or trade for a shiny new goalie like Raanta or Mrazek or Kuemper. Nothing doing yet. Kuemper is s...

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brian wrote: ↑Sun Jun 06, 2021 7:19 pm (not to threadjack)

I mean, there seems to be more interest in this fight than Habs/Jets. And Ocho Cinco is on the undercard. And Mauro Renallo is on commentary. I know where my interest lies tonight.

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I'll save my Oilers thoughts for the offseason thread. Do we have an offseason thread? No? Great. Let's talk about something else.

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As a fan of UConn Men's basketball, I share in your frustration. They know our preferences, what we read and don't read. I've never clicked on a Julio Jones article, so why show me 14 of them? The hockey coverage is still excellent, but I have to search for it more than I used to. There are probabl...

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If Mayweather actually kills Paul it’ll be hilarious. I don't want to derail this thread, but man, I have some complicated thoughts about all of this. Anyway, I hope that Fleury's daughter is happier tonight. We all love Fleury already, but I guess we have to love his daughter now, too, even if she...

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I count at least 6 separate articles about the Panthers trade for Darnold on the "front page" and at least one other on the fallout for other teams after the trade, along with 5 distinct photos of Darnold. Are you enjoying the Julio Jones coverage? Five of the top six headlines at the top...

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Anybody else watching tonight? I'm here for the Habs. I don't usually root for a team that's up 2-0, but I guess I'm finally a Carey Price fan, so I'll ride this out for a bit longer.

Shamefully, I'll probably miss the Avs/Vegas game for the Mayweather/Paul farce. Don't judge me.

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sancarlos wrote: ↑Sat Jun 05, 2021 10:18 pm I find the slim Asian woman in the Discover commercial very attractive, and that isn’t normally my type.

Shouty and obnoxious isn't usually my type, either.

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govmentchedda wrote: ↑Sat Jun 05, 2021 9:17 pm No love for Dr. Rick, or the GEICO aunts?

I think I know who Dr. Rick is, and I've heard good things. I'll unmute my television the next time I see him.

Geico has been consistently great for decades, going back to the caveman days.

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But they have other commercials to pick from. Like any of the half-dozen from that series. And they've probably made more in the two or three years since then. (I'm not sure since I usually mute commercials. I only pay attention if I see an emu or Lily or Flo.)

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It's all foreplay until Tampa/Colorado. Well, we thought that last year, too. (I was happy with Dallas in the final because I wanted to see Heiskanen win the Conn Smythe, but Colorado/Tampa would have been a better series.) Okay, Isles/Bruins is a real series now. This is fun. I love the playoffs. ...

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Hopefully they name her CEO CEOs usually don't have on-screen roles, and Lily doesn't strike me as the Lee Iacocca type. Also, I'm rather appalled that Discover resurrected that commercial with the woman yelling in her office. I can't remember what she yells because I always mute it, but just seein...

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Hello, hockey people. I don't want to talk about the Pens, Oilers, Leafs, Scheifele, Reaves, or Tom Wilson. Is there anything left? Probably! But I'm not really into any of the current series(es). I'm watching them, of course, because what else would I be doing? But I don't really care. I probably w...

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the delivery on “hotdog or chick-(beat)-ennn” is great I've admired the Liberty Mutual guy's work for a couple of years now, but these commercials are beginning to make me uneasy. Okay, so he's married, or involved in some sort of relationship. And the woman also has an emu...sidekick? Are they all...

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Thanks again, guys. That was fun.

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brian wrote: ↑Thu Apr 01, 2021 9:23 pm I'm not really certain if I get the reason for this fight scene to be honest.

They got to use some wrestling moves. That's reason enough.

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Unrelated to anything but this construction site: 'rebar' is one of my favorite words.

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I haven't commented much because I'm just enjoying the ride. Altho I did kind of want to fight rass when he questioned Piper's range.

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Kind of surprised at how quickly he turned vigilante. Didn't appear to be much soul searching that led up to that bank scene.

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Set design by Shepard Fairey.

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Didn't this just happen in Los Angeles two or three days ago?

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'Music by John Carpenter.' Thanks for pointing that out last time.

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When I woke up this morning, I was more excited about this movie than I was about the opening of baseball season. I don't know how I've gone this long without seeing it. Especially considering how much I love Roddy Piper.

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I wonder if he would actually even be a memorable celebrity if it weren't for his over-publicized romance with Elizabeth Taylor. Well, it's hard to discount that. He was pretty notorious for a while there. He and Taylor were condemned by the Vatican, after all. It's also hard to discount the effect...

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Okay, that was worth unblocking Twitter for. Thanks, rass. (Not to ruin the magic, but his journal entries about Lucille Ball are the meanest in a book full of mean-spirited entries.) I think I've talked before about my favorite trash-movie, 'Candy' (1968) . It's one of those dumb comedies with a hu...

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I rewatched 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' (1966), then watched 'Look Back in Anger' (1959). They're both stage adaptations, so they're very actory. But he's great in them, if you're into that kind of thing. And then I made the mistake of watching 'The Klansman' (1974). Burton is the one kind-hea...

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This is a Richard Burton thread for the rest of the day. I've been going thru a phase. Just read his diaries. Now reading a couple of bios. Watching a movie here and there. I've never really cared about actors before. (I'm more of a writer/director guy.) I've especially never cared about somebody wh...

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‡ McDavid was fined $5K for his elbow on Koktaniemi earlier this week. I would have been happier with a 1- or 2-game suspension. Dirty play. I saw a breakdown that alleged that McDavid made 81$ for that elbow. If they aren't going to suspend people for this shit, they should be fire proportionally ...

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