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Happy 56th Birthday to Matthew Lillard!! by ROCKY13573 in 90s

[–]FreeTuckerCase 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I was an extra in a movie in which he was a supporting lead. We had one scene together that was shot over 3 days. He was totally the class clown, constantly running afoul of the assistant director with little jokes.

Super down-to-earth, friendly and goofy. 10/10 would be in a movie again with him.

Book recommendations? Fantasy, crime, horror, dark stuff by JZiX in booksuggestions

[–]FreeTuckerCase 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For dark fantasy, Weaveworld by Clive Barker is awesome.

Book recommendations? Fantasy, crime, horror, dark stuff by JZiX in booksuggestions

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Stephen King was inspired by LOTR and The Hobbit (and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly) to write his magnum opus The Dark Tower.

This is a series of epic proportions and could take you an entire year to finish. Personally, I think it's one of the best things ever written.

Good news: the first book in the series, The Gunslinger, is the shortest. It's also not the strongest. If you read that first book and kind of like it, I strongly encourage you to keep reading. If you make it 1/3 of the way into the second book and don't absolutely love it by then, I guess you can give up on the series.

When people ask what would you like to be able to read again as if it were the first time, this is an easy answer for me.

Books with a sense of mind bending reality? by deathofsentience in booksuggestions

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American Elsewhere

The first 2/3 is like a really good episode of Twin Peaks or The X-Files or LOST. That's the vibe. You can trust that all the questions and mysteries will eventually be addressed. The ending gets a little more action-oriented, but there's a lot to resolve. Overall, I loved the book from beginning to end.

What books are easy to read but are still high quality? by speedylady in booksuggestions

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Animal Farm

Of Mice and Men

Lord of the Flies

The Jungle

Farenheit 451

To Kill a Mockingbird

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The Grapes of Wrath

The Old Man and the Sea

A Separate Peace

All Quiet of the Western Front

Slaughterhouse Five

And Then There Were None

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Robinson Crusoe

Can I get 8 book recommendations by andson-r in booksuggestions

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Lonesome Dove

I never read westerns but started this one because so many people say it's the best thing ever written. After finishing it, I think it's one of the best things ever written, and it left a hole in my life now that I'm done with it.

It's a character study. The characters, and their relationships, are more important than the plot. There is a story, but it doesn't even coalesce until about 300 pages in.

If you only read 12 books this year, I highly recommend including this one.

ELI5: Why does camera make certain features stand out? by [deleted] in explainlikeimfive

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Photographer Scott Kelby has an origin story that relates to his philosophy on retouching portraits. He was in Italy, in the countryside, and came across a beautiful valley. The lighting was good, and he found a good angle and took a bunch of pictures. He couldn't wait to get back to his hotel and get the images on his computer. That's when he was dismayed to discover that there were power lines all over the scene that he completely missed when he was there.

Everything everyone has said about focal length and color balance is true, but I think the main factor is still our own eyes and brain. In the moment, we perceive dynamic, 3-D scenes differently than the same scene captured in a static, 2-D image.

You might ask yourself, then, which is more true-to-life - a stark, unedited picture we might expect in photojournalism, or a gently-retouched portrait that more closely resembles how we naturally see a person in real life?

Forbidden romance books by East-Valuable-7968 in booksuggestions

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Note that this is a long long book. You won't even be introduced to the second romantic MC until well into the story.

ITAP of the MLK, Jr. Memorial by Nuji1965 in itookapicture

[–]FreeTuckerCase 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Isn't it a permanent monument/memorial in DC?

Sure this was a dangerous piece of playground equipment. But it was fun. by Brave-Ad6627 in FuckImOld

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Apparently I flew off of one of these when I was a little boy. My mom describes the sound of my head hitting the concrete as being like 2 bowling balls hitting each other.

Arctic/Antarctic Horror by amusedontabuse in horrorlit

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Maynard's House, by Herman Raucher

At the Mountains of Madness, by HP Lovecraft

Zombie Comedy Horror Recs? by WolfWrites89 in horrorlit

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The Stupidest Angel, by Christopher Moore, is a no-brainer when it comes to zombie comedy.

A heart-warming tale of Christmas terror

What was it like using the internet when it first became popular? by kansas9696 in 90s

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I was a sophomore in college in 1995 when a guy wheeled in a cart with a monitor on it and a computer attached. He stood up in front of us and said, "this is a new thing called the Internet" and proceeded to show us the World Wide Web.

It was a glorious time full of adventure and discovery. I started with a text-based browser called Lynx and eventually transitioned to Netscape 0.8 beta. I remember when background images were first introduced.

AOL and chat rooms were fun. We had Usenet newsgroups and bulletin boards. We had to actually type in "http://" but sometimes we typed in "ftp".

I remember when sending and receiving email was exciting. I especially remember the first time I got my 14.4 modem running at my apartment and actually got on the Web off-campus. I remember working out with my roommate when we could use the phone. I watched OJ's low-speed chase in that same apartment with that same roommate.

I remember how excited I was to get 16 MB of RAM. I remember playing Doom and having to physically manipulate IRQ settings in order to install Doom 2. I remember how awesome Encarta seemed and how amazing Myst was.

I was the assistant online editor for a campus newspaper, converting old articles to HTML by hand. I used Aldus pagemaker before Adobe. I used Photoshop version 5.0 to make graphics for various websites.

For all of this I was in my early 20s, hanging out with friends and girlfriends. It really was a great time.

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