Everything posted by Hellraiser97
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Mad Men
I had a similar. When my older brother was headed back to UT one thanksgiving, my dad went ot check my brothers car for air in the tires, fluids, etc. Came back in with a bottle of vodka under each arm (that cheap crap in the plastic bottle, McCormicks or something?) Brother was pissed. Dad was grinning. I was scheming. A few months later parents were gone and I had a big party. Took a screw driver, popped those caps off without breaking the safety seal and poured the vodka into milk jugs. Filled the bottles with water and put them back. My parents drank a reasonable amount, but it was alwasy scotch or bourbon, so in the next 4-5 years, they didn't finish the bottle of decent vodka they had much less get into my brother's stash. Day finally comes and my dad is getting ready to make something with vodka for everyone at Christmas. I ask him if I can see the bottle, he hands it to me, and I proceed to chug down like that scene in Animal House. My parents just stare at me in horror. I didn't drink the whole thing, but I slammed it back down and said "Thanks, I really needed that!" Then my brother starts laughing, I start laughing and my parents are realize something is up. Brother had taught me that trick about popping tops without breaking the seal. He says "You son of a bitch, you drank my vodka years ago, didn't you?" I say "yes, and it was a hell of a party!" Then we explained what I'd done. Mom thought it was hilarious. Dad was impressed but then made me get in the car and go buy him two new bottles!
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Nuremberg
Took my dad to see it day after Thanksgiving. Like Sbbruin, no new info, but it was entertaining. I thought Russell Crowe did a phenominal job.
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Most annoying Christmas Movies
Didn't he flee the country? Not sure he's allowed back in yet. I enjoyed that movie, though there were a few parts that seemed overly dramatisized.
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Gun to your head: name your favorite book ever
Dragonlance Chronicles, Dragons of Autumn Twilight First tried to read it when I was in elementary school (4th grade maybe?) but I was too young I think. Picked it up again in middle school and proceeded to blow throw the books as fast as they could publish them for about the next decade. My first introduction to D&D and since I never got to play the tabletop games, only D&D until I played Baldur's Gate in 1998.
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Most annoying Christmas Movies
And this qualifies because they are all the EXACT SAME MOVIE I used to get stuck watching these with my ex and her family. My FIL and I would crack jokes like "Is this the one where one of them returns to a small town, discovers their true love, has a big misunderstanding and then they get back together at the end?" The looks my ex and MIL would give us were something. I would also nominate White Christmas. I actually enjoyed it the first time, maybe the second time, but it was a family tradition for my ex to watch it EVERY Christmas Eve. Even hearing the damn song now is triggering to me.
- ATTN: SHEEPFUCKERS (Week 15 2025)
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Dungeon Crawler Carl
Release date for Book 8 is official! May 26th https://www.amazon.com/Parade-Horribles-Dungeon-Crawler-Carl/dp/B0FXY2JG27
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Want to watch CFB for free? NO MORE if the broadcasters get their way.
Posting on the football board as this directly affects watching CFB. Many of us, particularly older folks (and cheap bastards like me), rely on OTA boardcasts to watch a large numbers of games. Whether that's because boardcast channels aren't available (looking at you Sling) or just looking to cut costs (with the Sling daypass, I've been able to keep my costs this year under $50 total). Stole this from a reddit post in r/cordcutters: The FCC has reopened comments (deadline early 2026) on letting stations encrypt primary ATSC 3.0 channels — the exact thing that is already forcing CBS in some markets to fall back to lower-quality 1.0 or BLOCKING recording/playback entirely on HDHomeRun, Plex, Tablo, etc. If encryption wins without strong rules, we lose: • The ability to watch/record on the device we choose • Fair-use recording and ad-skipping • Truly free, open over-the-air TV on the public airwaves Public comments have stopped this before — they can again. Filing takes literally one minute here: → https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings/express Proceeding: 16-142 (no space before the number) Copy/paste examples (or write your own): Shorter version- Proceeding 16-142 The FCC charter for public broadcast TV provides that those radio frequencies are for the use by the public. ANY encryption at all on those frequencies violates that charter. Please ban encryption/DRM on primary ATSC 3.0 channels OR require permanent unencrypted ATSC 1.0 simulcasts. Free OTA should stay open to any antenna and any tuner — no paywall on public airwaves. Longer version- Proceeding 16-142 The FCC charter for public broadcast TV provides that those radio frequencies are for the use by the public. ANY encryption at all on those frequencies has been a violation of that charter. Any company that considers their content too valuable to broadcast unencrypted should not be granted a license to use the public airwaves. Encryption on primary broadcast channels would destroy over-the-air TV for millions who use HDHomeRun, Plex, Tablo, etc. I urge the FCC to prohibit redistribution-control descriptors on the main program stream OR make full-quality 1.0 simulcasts permanent for any station that encrypts its 3.0 signal. Every single comment submitted to the FCC gets read. Let’s not lose free OTA to DRM.
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Ken Burns: The American Revolution 11/16
Would it? The UK effectively bought every slave in the empire and didn't pay the debt off for a 150 years. Had they made the same offer to the US South, would there still have been so much desire to hang onto slavery?
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Ken Burns: The American Revolution 11/16
Some other things I learned in that mini series that I'd also never heard before was that at some point, maybe 1778 or 1779, the british bascially offered the colonials everything they had been asking for prior to the delcaration of independence, and that there was actually a fair amount of support for the colonials in Britain as those people viewed the Colonials as just fighting for the same rights every British citizen should have.
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Ken Burns: The American Revolution 11/16
I watched a BBC documentary mini-series about 20 years ago called Rebels and Redcoats. It was really great and it was the first time I'd heard the revolution described as a Civil War.
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Scott Wilson
RIP Scott I didn't know him well, but met him around the same time as Aus-97Horn. He was definitely a legend.
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Dungeon Crawler Carl
Finished it book 7 on my drive last week. My new favorite line from the book:
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Texas vs. Mississippi State - 3:15pm on SEC Network
I know that was winning. It didn't feel like winning. It didn't really look like winning. But it was winning.
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Scifi/Fantasy Book Recs
Just started this last night after finishing up Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 7 (audiobook). I'm listening to this, but I may have to switch to reading. I'm about 20% in, story is interesting and drops in lots of little refreshers, without being a slog, since it's been about a decade since the last book. However, the narrator is driving me nuts. She's way too chipper and while her voicing the main character is fine, the way she is voicing all the male charaters is less than optimal.
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Dungeon Crawler Carl
I am sad. I will likely finish Book 7 tomorrow on my drive to Dallas. I NEED the Book 8 audiobook to come out!!!!!
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Arch Manning: Scores every way possible
Until we fix the offensive line issues, any QB we put back there is going to suck. Arch may never reach the potential everyone thought he had, but with an even decent offensive line, his performance would be markedly better.
- Texas vs. ou - 2:30pm on ABC
- Texas vs. ou - 2:30pm on ABC
- Texas vs. ou - 2:30pm on ABC
- Texas vs. ou - 2:30pm on ABC
- Texas vs. ou - 2:30pm on ABC
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Scifi/Fantasy Book Recs
I'm on the fence on this one. The story and characters I was 50/50 on. Some of their writing has always driven me nuts (the constant "Everything was exactly the same...except it wasn't"). What killed me though, and I had problems with the Expanse as well because of it, is the narrator (I listened to all of these). I just can't stand the way he enunciates things. When the next volume comes out, I think I'm going to try to actually read it.
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SEC Catch-all Thread
- SEC Catch-all Thread
YOU ARE GEORGIA'S DADDY! Greatness - SEC Catch-all Thread
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