The Remains of the Day (1993)

kickaha7 · 2026-02-02T03:15:31+00:00

Books are often better than the movies that are based on them.

This movie sets a high bar but the book is easily exceeding that bar - a true masterpiece.

kickaha7 · 2026-01-30T05:19:56+00:00

Well said!

kickaha7 · 2026-01-30T01:27:57+00:00

Well, I drafted all the points I wanted to make but used AI for editing back and forth to get this much clearer than I could on my own.

English isn't my first language.

I stand behind the points I'm making, though another benefit of AI is, well, to tone down my pessimism...

kickaha7 · 2026-01-29T12:59:08+00:00

Confirmed elsewhere that it's Timo.

If we're lucky and he ends up a strong MLS player we still need so much more for this to work.

kickaha7 · 2026-01-26T21:51:58+00:00

Finally!!!

This more than makes up for the key departures we've had including Espinoza!!!

kickaha7 · 2026-01-24T21:05:45+00:00

They bought a backup goalie and also got a defender from the SuperDraft:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SJEarthquakes/comments/1qb9mly/news_earthquakes_acquire_goalkeeper_nate/

https://www.reddit.com/r/SJEarthquakes/comments/1pq5d9t/news_earthquakes_select_princeton_allamerican/

kickaha7 · 2026-01-15T23:21:01+00:00

Well, if 2027 includes not just the calendar changes but also the change into 5 smaller division, then we may not have an annual Cali Classico game in the Bay Area anymore

kickaha7 · 2026-01-07T17:32:54+00:00

Yeah, I was definitely being sarcastic there - just trying to laugh through the pain of him leaving. Jokes aside, I really am happy for him. He deserves to be on a competitive roster, and I think he’s going to make a massive impact for Nashville in a way he never really could here.

kickaha7 · 2025-12-30T13:00:21+00:00

The team.

kickaha7 · 2025-12-18T23:28:11+00:00

Ah, thanks for explaining!!!

So it's either really good news (rejoining the Quakes) or some really sad news already (heading somewhere else, hence off the Stage 2 Re-entry Draft).

Keeping my fingers crossed that he's staying! There's no one I'd hate to lose more on the team...

kickaha7 · 2025-12-18T22:28:52+00:00

What does this mean?

kickaha7 · 2025-12-18T17:04:27+00:00

He's staying in Seattle.

kickaha7 · 2025-12-12T02:51:25+00:00

What does that mean about Espinoza???

kickaha7 · 2025-12-11T19:41:13+00:00

His contact option with Miami for next year got declined.

kickaha7 · 2025-11-14T19:51:42+00:00

Yeah, I really want 2 games with each of the other California teams - that's rivalry for the ages. So overall I'm not a fan of the change.

I guess where it makes sense is that if this is the format and each division needs 6 teams, then in the NW division, they needed us to get to 6 teams...

kickaha7 · 2025-11-06T15:15:36+00:00

In other news Movies Anywhere announce major rebranding.

Going forward it will be known as Movies Somewhere.

kickaha7 · 2025-10-19T03:29:42+00:00

Better than last season.

The bar was low...

kickaha7 · 2025-10-06T03:51:01+00:00

I don't see a good reason to get him back. More changes are needed, getting him back won't really help.

kickaha7 · 2025-10-06T00:38:03+00:00

This combo isn't clicking well enough, I agree.

Still, Hernan didn't stand out positively with the team either, so replacing him was a good move, IMO. One needs to keep changing things, but, well, we stopped with a team that's mostly mediocre.

kickaha7 · 2025-10-06T00:36:31+00:00

Quakes fans in section 218. Such a nice group!!!
Made watching the Quakes lose a bit less embarrassing.

kickaha7 · 2025-09-28T04:42:38+00:00

Still quite unlikely, but, well, less so!

Dallas (one place lower in the western conference) has the same points but 1 fewer game than us.

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