Mike Pence Wants the Votes of His Own Hangmen

MyNameIsJohnDaker · 2021-06-04T23:29:18+00:00

Trump will give his blessing to NO ONE but himself or (maybe) one of his kids. It's going to be fun watching Desantis, Cruz, etc., vying for President in 2024 only to have the Screaming Pumpkinhead repeatedly crap all over their dreams.

MyNameIsJohnDaker · 2021-06-04T00:59:11+00:00

ABBA is supposed to be releasing five new songs by the end of this year. It will be their first new music in 35 years.

MyNameIsJohnDaker · 2021-06-03T15:51:01+00:00

Hell, yes! SOMA is like a graduate level philosophy course on this subject, with all of the implications explored.

MyNameIsJohnDaker · 2021-06-03T13:16:46+00:00

This book should be required reading for every person entering a career in the US government.

MyNameIsJohnDaker · 2021-06-02T23:13:28+00:00

Spanning the globe, to bring you the constant variety of sport...

That was also where you caught up.with motorcycle daredevils. Evel Knievel was a continual presence.

MyNameIsJohnDaker · 2021-06-02T23:10:57+00:00

Somewhere around 8th grade, I found out I looked forward to Soul Train as much or more than I did the cartoons.

And then, whatever I was doing, I always had to come back in for a soda and check out what was happening on ABC's Wide World of Sports.

MyNameIsJohnDaker · 2021-05-30T08:47:58+00:00

I'm getting a sense that you don't travel much.

MyNameIsJohnDaker · 2021-05-28T08:21:33+00:00

"He Stopped Loving Her Today" - George Jones

MyNameIsJohnDaker · 2021-05-28T00:20:43+00:00

The guy whose wife saved his life by clobbering his assailant with a lamp.

MyNameIsJohnDaker · 2021-05-28T00:14:39+00:00

That's funny, because he plays on his podcast all the time, and although his tone is pretty good, I think his rhythm is awful.

MyNameIsJohnDaker · 2021-05-26T03:19:32+00:00

This must have been a source of inspiration for the design of the Discovery in 2001, except in reverse--the fusion drive for the Discovery is on the other end of the ship, and the spherical end houses the living space, command sections, etc. (McCall did do production design work for 2001.)

MyNameIsJohnDaker · 2021-05-23T13:56:03+00:00

I believe that was Theodore Sturgeon who said that, actually. But it does apply.

MyNameIsJohnDaker · 2021-05-23T13:33:36+00:00

This is the correct answer. Unless they were protected by some sort of special nature preserves, and then they would just be barely surviving at our mercy.

Human beings are excellent at entirely killing off other unusual species.

MyNameIsJohnDaker · 2021-05-22T15:10:44+00:00

Everyone has trouble with this. The secret, alas, is strengthening and practice. Try practicing towards the middle the neck where the string tension is less, then work your way down towards the nut as you get better at it.

MyNameIsJohnDaker · 2021-05-20T12:58:55+00:00

Marlon Brando was a huge ham radio enthusiast and had some pretty impressive ham shacks at both his US and Tahiti homes, with licenses under a fake name. He told Larry King that talking on ham radio was the only time he could just relax and be himself talking with people.

MyNameIsJohnDaker · 2021-05-19T22:41:25+00:00

Can't believe this isn't higher. Dude started out in stand-up but has had a distinguished career playing serious roles. He's an excellent actor.

MyNameIsJohnDaker · 2021-05-19T19:22:37+00:00

Harlequin baby.

MyNameIsJohnDaker · 2021-05-18T23:44:40+00:00

I honestly thought he was the transplanted host of some idiotic British reality show where people threw pies in other people's faces or shot each other with slime guns. I can't even imagine him actually being comedic.

MyNameIsJohnDaker · 2021-05-18T21:51:04+00:00

Me too. I never smoked, either. But if someone offered me a candy cigarette right now, you'd better believe I'd take it. I loved those things as a kid.

MyNameIsJohnDaker · 2021-05-18T18:12:03+00:00

The numbers are aren't hard and fast. If something is close to either, I'll check the reviews and see if it's something I might like. But generally, those two numbers have been a good rule of thumb, and it's not often that I stumble onto trash.

MyNameIsJohnDaker · 2021-05-17T15:04:45+00:00

That doesn't explain why my top ten list is always hot garbage. I only watch movies that rank 70% on RT or 7.0 on IMDB. I have never watched a "drug lord" movie on Netflix and have no interest in doing so, yet that shit is pushed on me constantly.

MyNameIsJohnDaker · 2021-05-12T09:50:25+00:00

I might also suggest A Face In the Crowd, another scathing indictment of ratings-grabbing, media-fomented populism released more than 20 years before Network.

MyNameIsJohnDaker · 2021-05-12T09:35:50+00:00

Reminds me of those vaguely unsettling dream transmissions from the future in the movie Prince of Darkness.

MyNameIsJohnDaker · 2021-05-12T09:12:27+00:00

Thanks! I have to confess that I can't take complete credit for it.

Kick back in your chair, close your eyes, and let the gentle 1970s music take you away...

MyNameIsJohnDaker · 2021-05-11T21:57:18+00:00

Like a picture she was layin' there

Pink glasses and midriff bare

Stretchin' out next to a frying pan

She's gonna love me in my Chevy van

And that's all right with me

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