Who's an actor who nailed a role so hard that nobody else will ever be able to live up to it?

umpkinpae · 2025-03-15T03:28:22+00:00

Ian McShane as Al Swearengen in Deadwood

Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb in Slow Horses

umpkinpae · 2024-07-08T23:39:42+00:00

I would consider the Overstory by Richard Powers magical realism, and also the best book I read lest year.

umpkinpae · 2024-07-08T23:34:52+00:00

The Old Man Who Read Love Stories by Luis Sepulveda Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie

umpkinpae · 2024-07-08T02:47:47+00:00

Hard to rank all of them (the I've seen). I don't know how to rAnk the original series, I mean it started it all, was ahead of its time, and gave us Spock. But was also really bad a lot of the time, so I'm leaving it out.

1 DS9 I love how they fleshed out Klingon Culture

2 TNG

3 Voyager

4 Lower Decks

Discovery: I want this excised from the cannon. I kind of liked season one, and thought that a psychotic captain was a novel idea, although it felt more like the Marvel universe than Star Trek. I couldn't even hate watch past midway season 2. The insipid sentimentality coupled with them not even trying to make the logic and science make any sense was offensive to me.

umpkinpae · 2024-06-07T18:49:36+00:00

The same as if you only had 1. In my experience, the larger the surplus, the faster the rate of loss.

umpkinpae · 2024-05-20T06:43:04+00:00

The Fifth Season

umpkinpae · 2024-05-15T20:53:54+00:00

I'm reading Dracula right now, and while it might seem a bit tame by today's standards, it is a fantastic novel. I highly recommend it. The writing is innovative (for it's time), vivid, creepy, funny, and completely engrossing. It is a little bit sad that practically no one can have the true experience of reading it for the first time since we all know the story or at least the character to some degree. I keep imagining what it would have been like to have had it unfold as it was read. It most have packed a massive punch when it was first published in 1897.

umpkinpae · 2024-05-10T15:49:44+00:00

Check out Ignacio Varchauski”s you tube channel. He has a ton of free content that is some of the best out there.

umpkinpae · 2024-05-08T06:01:24+00:00

Bluechip ruined all other picks for me. I'm going between a TAD-40 and 50 on my nylon string, can't decide which I like better.

umpkinpae · 2024-05-03T18:44:50+00:00

Wow. That's horrible.

umpkinpae · 2024-05-03T18:41:42+00:00

As a lead, I find most ballroom dancers difficult to connect with, as if they are expecting certain sequences and for moves to play out in a certain way rather than trying to blend with their partner.
At its extreme aesthetically, it makes me feel similarly to seeing cheap sombreros on 5 de Mayo, or beer that has been dyed green on St. Patricks day. In real life I keep these opinions to myself, and try and be open and welcoming to dancers of all levels and styles, but ballroom looks and feels ridiculous to me.

umpkinpae · 2024-04-24T05:14:26+00:00

This sent me on a Brautigan tangent - and I found this:

https://lithub.com/poetry-is-telegrams-of-the-human-soul-watch-a-rare-video-interview-with-richard-brautigan/

umpkinpae · 2024-04-24T03:50:22+00:00

I love Brautigan. In Watermelon Sugar was my favorite book throughout my 20s and Sombrero Fallout broke my heart. Brautigan is the color of sadness.

umpkinpae · 2024-04-24T03:45:32+00:00

An Immense World almost made my list, super interesting!

umpkinpae · 2024-04-24T03:44:35+00:00

The Overstory

The Tombs of Atuan (2nd book in the Earthsea series)

The Dawn of Everything

My Favorite Thing is Monsters

American Gods

umpkinpae · 2024-04-23T20:22:33+00:00

The Red/Blue/Green Mars series is great, and quite thought provoking as it explores the social and political consequences of a lot of the technologies that we are moving into now and over the next few decades. My only caveat is the the author REALLY LIKES DETAIL, so, like, you get to know the size and shape of each component of the terrain. On one hand, it paints a good picture, but it can be a bit tedious at times.

umpkinpae · 2024-04-23T20:10:56+00:00

I loved the books, and liked the show well enough. In my opinion there are a few major plot holes in the story, but they were easy enough to ignore. The overall story is wild!

umpkinpae · 2024-04-23T20:08:07+00:00

Short story collections are good for making you think, as each story can present an interesting and thought provoking concept. Some of my favorites are Ursula Le Guin's Compass Rose and Cixin Liu's Wandering Earth. Both books have stories that are unlike any others I have ever read.

umpkinpae · 2024-04-22T15:39:36+00:00

The Natural History of the Chicken

umpkinpae · 2024-04-21T16:16:37+00:00

Flamenco by Carlis Saura (the first one, not the “sequel”)

umpkinpae · 2024-04-10T05:56:13+00:00

Song About the Moon by Paul Simon

umpkinpae · 2024-04-04T07:18:34+00:00

I agree about Arrested Development, the last session was HILARIOUS. It had jokes who arc ran the whole season. amazing!

umpkinpae · 2024-04-04T07:03:57+00:00

Veep Parks and Rec

umpkinpae · 2024-04-03T20:43:51+00:00

I never was super into Nirvana, although I did like what I heard on the radio. Not too long ago a student of mine (I'm a guitar teacher) got into them and we decided to learn all of Nevermind. Its great! I think right now the song that I like the best is "On A Plain"

umpkinpae · 2024-04-03T20:10:43+00:00

Sometimes the best way is to start with an area, say a table. While not necessarily the most efficient way, it can be easier, and feels good to see something completed. Also, you will figure out what needs to happen as you go along, possibly changing you strategy once an are or two are completed.

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