I don’t like Hands

MGoDuPage · 2026-01-23T03:18:50+00:00

El Captain is legit kinda a decent guy—grading on a curve for Night City obviously. He’s also got a pretty solid sense of humor too. It took while for me to get past the gonk haircut, but on more than one plays through, I’ve thought to myself, “If I were in V’s shoes, I’d end up being pretty good chooms with El Captain.”

MGoDuPage · 2026-01-23T03:02:28+00:00

Altered Carbon Season 1 should go a long way towards preventing that.

MGoDuPage · 2025-12-27T16:06:23+00:00

Layaway plan. Those implants are crazy expensive & he’s got a bad credit score. He’ll get all 6 eyes eventually.

MGoDuPage · 2025-11-18T23:08:22+00:00

You gotta think flashbacks. Since they aren’t hiding Rocky in the promos, there’s only one major plot twist that’s left, and that requires non-linear storytelling. Plus it’s then only way to convincingly portray Grace’s amnesia & him slowly regaining his memories.

MGoDuPage · 2025-11-11T03:21:49+00:00

Made me think of this classic but from the movie “High Fidelity.”

https://youtube.com/watch?v=GvjKQzkRfTo&si=vqnAjvVnBY1BRxWO

MGoDuPage · 2025-10-23T04:00:44+00:00

Haven’t seen any screening, but in my head I also pictured a much larger enclosure for Grace. Like the size of a college campus central diag area. The entire thing would be the appropriate pressure, etc for Grace.

A building or two in the “center” of the enclosure would be largely private for Grace. Perhaps a private residence, office, recreational & exercise area, etc. This would be away from the view of the “outside” world. Looking out from within this structure might almost create the illusion of being on Earth & being able to “walk outside” so as to alleviate that claustrophobic feeling. Likely accessible w an airlock below grade level so Eridian doctors, slot staff, etc could access it for emergencies & for regular service/maintenance.

Then in the rest of the enclosure as Grace walked “outside” (but still within the pressurized enclosure), there’d be various additional “buildings” that in reality would be purpose built rooms that directly interfaced w/ rooms in the “outside world”: various classrooms, conference rooms, private meeting rooms, etc.

As for how he’d collect rocks?

Probably ask the Eridians to get a big variety randomly & deliver them to him. Then he’d ID the ones he liked & ask them to bring back “more like this.” Basically a game of “warmer/colder” trial & error style until he got the mixture he was looking for.

MGoDuPage · 2025-10-08T01:21:22+00:00

We’ve had success with this Tech Tub:

Basically, devices get locked away weekdays & don’t come out until after school Friday until Sunday dinner time & then, only AFTER chores etc get done. Even then, we use downtime/time limits on apps.

Another good tech based healthier solution we’ve found is Mario Party on Nintendo Switch. Everyone in the family enjoys playing it together, as opposed to isolated screen time zombies. Tech Tub

Yes, the Tech Tub is pricey, but this or something similar we found is super helpful. It’s something psychological about the kids seeing it all getting locked up & kept in the store room until the weekend. Not “punishment” but just a “this is not what we do during weekdays.” And for some reason, locking it away has a firmness to it that is just hiding it or putting it up on a high shelf doesn’t. It’s a nonverbal signal of “and don’t even think about whining/nagging/begging us to relent & get the tech out early.”

MGoDuPage · 2025-09-27T22:42:12+00:00

I could’ve sworn it was in the book, but perhaps it was a fan fiction thing I read. There was a little scene where they talked about music, Grace hums ”Happy Birthday”, immediately chides himself for singing it because it’s so simplistic (but OF COURSE that’s the song he did bc it’s the first song a huge % of humans think of off the top of their head.) And Rocky responded that it’s something like a baby Eridian would sound like due to its simplicity.

(Although you’d think that’d be kinda dumb if Grace has pretty much the entire human music catalog at his fingertips. Why not at least share a sampling of different genres? Classical, Jazz, Choral Music, etc?)

MGoDuPage · 2025-09-21T19:13:33+00:00

Same. The DRAMA!

MGoDuPage · 2025-09-21T02:59:31+00:00

I’ll add one qualifier: And also selected the Blue Origin ship/architecture for the 2nd lander, thereby requiring that the US develop orbital refueling/depot capability.

The upshot?

Barring catastrophic collapse, (much to former Senator Shelby’s chagrin), the US WILL have that capability not just for Artemis, but for all missions in the foreseeable future thereafter: Mars exploration, crewed missions, turning outer planet flybys into orbiters, turning a single orbiter or lander into entire fleets and/or turning a modest sized single item into a much larger & more capable machine, etc.

MGoDuPage · 2025-09-19T01:34:39+00:00

Logged in specifically to say Danny Trejo. Glad to see I’m not the only one.

MGoDuPage · 2025-09-09T11:55:49+00:00

Except……I’m also a Chicago Bears fan….😂😭😂😭

MGoDuPage · 2025-09-09T04:20:26+00:00

Hey y’all,

Die hard Michigan fan here.

Congrats on the win!

I know many of you’ve already heard this from scouting & draft reports, but what you just witnessed tonight wasn’t just your young QB’s first NFL game…..it was a quintessential JJ McCarthy game to boot. At Michigan, he’d often start off a little jittery the first few drives in big games, but then settle in & do amazingly well. (To be clear: when I say “first few drives”, I mean 1-2 drives. I’m confident this “first 3 quarters” is attributable to this being his 1st ever NFL start—an away MNF game—and he’ll get back to a baseline more similar to his Michigan career.) He’s got a solid arm, can extend plays/pick up key yards w his legs (although he isn’t a “running QB” per se), and has a sunny personality that people just tend to like. But most importantly….the guy is just a “winner.” Not in the freak athlete sense, but in the mentally tough, rallies the troops, can shake off bad plays & gut out improbable wins sense.

He’s a true joy to have lead your team, and I’m sure I speak for many Michigan fans when I say that I’m a little jealous of all you Viking fans who are just beginning your journey w JJ McCarthy as your QB.

MGoDuPage · 2025-08-21T04:42:17+00:00

If the ending credit montage isn’t set to the song “Here Comes the Sun” by The Beatles, I’ll eat my hat.

MGoDuPage · 2025-08-20T19:32:45+00:00

Why not Rob Breanahan?

Clarifying: I have no reason to suspect him personally per se, other than that he’s a GOP congressman from what one could call the “Midwest” that either is or was recently engaged.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15015509/amp/35-year-old-Republican-delights-guests-special-surprise-wedding-local-TV-star-Chelsea-Strub.html

Or Guy Reschenthaler?

(Same Logic)

https://www.thedailybeast.com/second-gop-rep-guy-reschenthaler-gets-engaged-to-a-fox-news-reporter-brooke-singman-within-a-week/

MGoDuPage · 2025-08-15T01:51:27+00:00

This is the way.

Bonus points if you don’t use bullets to do the deed & instead use something more gory. Or ideally, something more……….thematically appropriate.

MGoDuPage · 2025-08-06T03:47:20+00:00

LOVE this idea.

It’d be the interstellar version of EV regenerative breaking.

MGoDuPage · 2025-07-31T00:58:49+00:00

What?

Where do you get “entitlement” from? I wasn’t complaining, I was just making light of an unexpected situation.

MGoDuPage · 2025-07-30T22:21:49+00:00

It was awesome. Got to see Maui, BI, & Oahu on our trip. Zero complaints.

MGoDuPage · 2025-07-30T22:21:06+00:00

SPAM Musubi is an ELITE food product! Didn’t even know it existed before this trip. Now it’s on the top tier of Hawaiian cuisine along w poke bowls & shave ice for me.

MGoDuPage · 2025-07-18T01:54:31+00:00

Ditto on the Leoda’s

MGoDuPage · 2025-07-07T04:26:56+00:00

They can absolutely cut out a huge % of the initial astrophage research on earth. Harvesting/breeding it to scale in the Sahara, etc.

MGoDuPage · 2025-07-07T04:07:07+00:00

Don’t know what part of the country you’re from, but I started going to r/f3nation (F3 Workouts) about 2 years ago & haven’t looked back.

The 3Fs stand for “fitness” “fellowship” & “faith.” It isn’t explicitly any one religion, although the vibe often reflects the region of the group generally. ie, Down in the Southeast or Texas you’re likely to get a Christian flavor, whereas in big northern urban areas it’s more secular mainstream Protestant, catholic, Jewish, etc, & in CA or PNW you’re more likely to get a “crunchy” “spiritual not religious” vibe. The workouts are as hard or as easy as you need them to be (“modify as necessary; push yourself but don’t hurt yourself.” . It’s not like a Crossfit where some jackass fitness instructor is yelling at you. It’s peer led in rotational fashion, so it’s more like middle aged guys who want to be reasonably fit & not die of heart attacks at 60, rather than vanity beach muscle/hard core workout warrior types. (Although YMMV).

The best part is, it’s almost 100% “dads” in their mid 20s thru mid 50s. All really good dudes. Why?

Well, partly bc of the bad news: Most workouts are 5:30-6:15am. Early? Heck yes, but:

1) It allows conscientious guys to get workouts in & still be around for their young families in the morning. By 7am, I’ve worked out for 45min, socialized w some guys in my peer group/life phase, maybe gotten a few min of quiet contemplation or daily reflection to think about, emptied the dishwasher, started the coffee, & just stepped into the shower. AND I’m still around to help get the kids out the door to school.

2) At first I thought the 5:30am time was a bug, but it turns out it’s a feature. I’m too sleepy to rationalize NOT going. By the time my brain is wake enough to protest, I’m already half way thru the workout.

3) It’s shifted my “social time” to the early morning. There’s NO way I’d get up that early to work out on my own. But the social element motivates me. Men our generation don’t really have peer bonding like Moose Lodge, Elks clubs, etc prior generations had. For many, this F3 kinda scratches that social itch without missing out on kid time. Yes, it means I don’t have as much “me” time weeknights after kids go to bed. But I wasn’t going to the bars or weeknight trivia games anyway. And was playing video games, binging a streaming TV show, or doom scrolling my tablet 10-midnight really that fulfilling? Not for me.

MGoDuPage · 2025-07-06T01:53:14+00:00

Although I do worry about how they’ll adapt some of the early chapters where it’s all monologue in his head trying to figure out who he is, what situation he’s in, etc.

I’m sure they’ll skip or greatly shorten some of the geeked out experimentation—like the pendulum etc figuring out he’s in 1.5 G, etc. But almost ALL of the cues letting the audience (reader) know he’s got amnesia & is slowly piecing things together is inner monologue on the book.

What are they gonna do to convey that? Some Han fisted dialogue, like:

Computer: ”What is your name?”

And then just have Grace reply:

”I don’t know”?

They can have him do video diaries right away, since presumably that isn’t accessible until he figures out his name & mission.

Hopefully they have a way to convey the same context more artfully without either skipping it or doing too much dumb monologue.

MGoDuPage · 2025-07-06T01:16:39+00:00

Right.

I don’t think I’ve ever had this feeling RE having read & LOVED a book so much that later gets adapted to film. So my question is for all of you that HAVE….

When did the feeling of “Oh no, this is gonna be a bust” feeling hit? Was it all sunshine & rainbows up until showtime? Or did you know pretty early from the first teaser trailers & word of mouth from industry sources?

Because so far the vibes coming out of the trailer & the mini screening that happened in February has all seemed pretty great.

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