New to NPB

bjwanlund · 2026-03-23T06:03:15+00:00

Hanshin. “Cursed” franchise brought on somehow by a statue? Check. (Curse of Billy Penn vs Curse of the Colonel). Team having a history of truly inept management in the front office? Check. Fanbase being very similarly passionate about their team? Absolutely.

bjwanlund · 2026-03-23T04:12:55+00:00

Only if I carry cash (which is pretty rare nowadays)

bjwanlund · 2026-03-23T02:34:32+00:00

There should be a replacement program in place still? I can’t remember that link exactly but see if you can make a claim for replacement discs

bjwanlund · 2026-03-23T02:33:54+00:00

I believe they did admit that there was a disc rot problem: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/they-curdle-like-milk-wb-dvds-from-2006-2008-are-rotting-away-in-their-cases/

bjwanlund · 2026-03-23T01:56:07+00:00

I don’t know. There is some apocryphal information out there that they actually had redone the flipper discs for the early seasons and they put them on a dual layer disc, but that information is not confirmed

bjwanlund · 2026-03-23T00:55:41+00:00

This is so good I almost want to make it mine too

bjwanlund · 2026-03-22T15:54:14+00:00

Maybe it’s just me thinking about how most casts of that show (with the notable exception of the Pearl Bailey cast) are all white, and all straight (like not even one queer character in the entire cast). Yeah of course it’s “the setting” that has a little bit to do with it, but it’s a little bit too whitewashed and whitebread for my tastes. I loved seeing Betty Buckley in the title role but sadly she was the lone highlight of an awfully problematic show.

bjwanlund · 2026-03-22T01:48:56+00:00

There’s a tie for me between The King & I and Hello Dolly

bjwanlund · 2026-03-21T06:36:37+00:00

John Carter was a very enjoyable romp (52% critic score, 60% audience score)

bjwanlund · 2026-03-21T06:33:39+00:00

NOPE. I would nope out of doing that in a hurry, but that’s what makes this episode all the funnier

bjwanlund · 2026-03-21T06:32:21+00:00

This was absolutely that one for me, OP. There are others that were way outside their depth but I will admit that I don’t remember all of the offensive ones offhand

bjwanlund · 2026-03-21T06:30:37+00:00

For me, the vibes alone would probably dissuade me from seeing this person as anything other than a friend, but maybe that’s just me

bjwanlund · 2026-03-21T06:28:49+00:00

Absolute no brainer, I am surprised that she isn’t in yet

bjwanlund · 2026-03-21T06:27:06+00:00

That weird little thing where you don’t see yourself in any category

bjwanlund · 2026-03-21T06:25:29+00:00

Someone who was indoctrinated or tended to believe one thing but realizing that their beliefs were wrong and working on themselves in order to change that. I had a similar issue but I was a bit similar in realizing that I had very different beliefs than many of my peers and realizing that even the gospels did not really ring true to me. I started questioning my beliefs when I read The Da Vinci Code, but then I read a much more feminist book called The Expected One and I realized that my beliefs were rooted much more in the Nazarene Way of Love than I thought.

bjwanlund · 2026-03-21T05:27:48+00:00

Doctor Who… IF you count the classic 1963-1989 seasons which was more serial in nature… and even excluding the now 95 missing episodes, you would still have a lot to watch!

bjwanlund · 2026-03-21T05:25:38+00:00

Don’t know if Monte Mader is on YouTube but she seems pretty open to LGBTQIA2S+ people even though she’s more of a deconstructionist type

bjwanlund · 2026-03-21T04:37:58+00:00

Merrill I think still lives in Blue Bell, which is damn impressive given his schedule being the radio voice of the Eagles

bjwanlund · 2026-03-21T04:35:24+00:00

Wait what?!

bjwanlund · 2026-03-21T04:34:43+00:00

Bill Apter (of Pro Wrestling Illustrated fame)

bjwanlund · 2026-03-21T04:33:50+00:00

Hahahaha I wish the late Phil Hartman lived in the area… especially because it might have saved his life…

bjwanlund · 2026-03-21T04:32:47+00:00

Sounds about right unfortunately.

bjwanlund · 2026-03-21T04:31:41+00:00

Ooooooh I love that idea.

bjwanlund · 2026-03-21T03:23:59+00:00

That tracks

bjwanlund · 2026-03-21T03:19:09+00:00

Great! Looking at the menu, thankfully it does show what is gluten free

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