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05-14-2024, 05:18 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Herndon, VA
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Canadian writer and Nobel prize winner Alice Munro dies at 92
I think winning a Nobel Prize for literature makes you famous enough for in here. Plus the "what are you reading" thread has vanished off the front page, so this one is easier to find. |
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05-14-2024, 07:27 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Maryland
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I have a couple of Munro collections on my shelf, but I've not read them yet. I probably should.
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05-14-2024, 08:03 PM
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lolzcat
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Herndon, VA
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You really should. I've read a couple of the collections and picked up a few more on second-hand bookstore visits, she was a great writer.
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05-17-2024, 05:09 PM
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This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off.
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: In Absentia
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Dabney Coleman died at 92. Surprised by the age, just off the top of my head.
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05-17-2024, 05:23 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: The Mountains
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Cloak & Dagger is one of my favorite 80's kids movies.
I end up watching it every few years. It is bonkers and violent. |
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05-19-2024, 06:39 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2009
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05-24-2024, 09:21 AM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Land O Lakes FL
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"The blind soldier fought for me in this war. The least I can do now is fight for him. I have eyes. He hasn’t. I have a voice on the radio, he hasn’t. I was born a white man. And until a colored man is a full citizen, like me, I haven’t the leisure to enjoy the freedom that colored man risked his life to maintain for me. I don’t own what I have until he owns an equal share of it. Until somebody beats me and blinds me, I am in his debt."- Orson Welles August 11, 1946 |
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05-24-2024, 09:44 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2013
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I was not a fan. He made a mockery of documentaries. He was more interested in pushing an agenda than facts.
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05-24-2024, 09:50 AM
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Favored Bitch #1
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: homeless in NJ
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Oh wow. I always enjoyed his stuff.
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05-24-2024, 09:52 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: homeless in NJ
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I find this comment a bit odd. A lot of documentaries push an agenda. Blackfish comes to mind. |
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05-25-2024, 05:43 PM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
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Yesterday, 12:23 PM
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Death Herald
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas
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RIP Bill Walton. The basketball hall of famer, and all-time annoying sportscaster passed away from cancer at the age of 71
NBA champion, Hall of Famer Bill Walton dies at 71 - ESPN
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Land O Lakes FL
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Walton might be the greatest “what could been” stories all of sports and still became a hall of famer. As far as his announcing, one man’s annoying is another man’s weird/quirky/interesting.
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"The blind soldier fought for me in this war. The least I can do now is fight for him. I have eyes. He hasn’t. I have a voice on the radio, he hasn’t. I was born a white man. And until a colored man is a full citizen, like me, I haven’t the leisure to enjoy the freedom that colored man risked his life to maintain for me. I don’t own what I have until he owns an equal share of it. Until somebody beats me and blinds me, I am in his debt."- Orson Welles August 11, 1946 |
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Yesterday, 12:53 PM
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This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off.
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: In Absentia
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Seems fitting in a way that he passed as the Pac 10/12 dissolves into nothing but a memory. It's almost like he had nothing left to do in his life (professionally speaking of course).
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M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete." Last edited by Ksyrup : Yesterday at 12:54 PM. |
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Yesterday, 12:57 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Puyallup, WA
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I was one of the few, it seems, that enjoyed his announcing. He loved the game and enjoyed life and that came through on his broadcasts. As I got older I came to appreciate how differently he approached a broadcast compared to his peers. |
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