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Dec 9, 2017 11:25:07 GMT -8
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Post by Darth on Dec 9, 2017 11:25:07 GMT -8
Only if you let the monkey play with your organ.
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Post by nuraman00 on Dec 11, 2017 21:02:17 GMT -8
Only if you let the monkey play with your organ. I'd be sent to the slammer if I let that happen. You wouldn't be set to the slammer if a monkey licked you by the monkey's own will. |
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Post by nuraman00 on Dec 13, 2017 14:04:06 GMT -8
I started reading the book, Living Out Loud: Sports, Cancer, and the Things Worth Fighting For, by Craig Sager.
How much one likes it will depend on how much one likes the stories.
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Post by nuraman00 on Dec 13, 2017 15:03:35 GMT -8
OT, but it's always bothered me how in TV shows and movies, people have cross-gender siblings/cousins if they are kids, but if they're adults, it's almost always a same gender sibling, or even cousins.
It's hard to find a TV show or movie in which adults have cross-gender siblings, and that aspect is an important part of the character development, and the siblings are featured throughout the entirety of the show or series.
The best one will see is a character guest starring for a few episodes.
For example, on "Frasier", Daphne had all brothers. They appeared around the time of Daphne's wedding to Donny, but that's about it.
On "Friends", Joey had all sisters. Some of them appeared during an episode here or there, but it wasn't a prominent part of the show.
It might take more work to show character development between adult cross gender siblings/cousins, and have that relationship be an important part of the entirety of the show or movie, but it's more reflective of real life. I wish it happened more.
About the only examples I can find are on "Friends", Ross and Monica were cross gender siblings, and that relationship was featured throughout the show's run.
Also, on 7th Heaven, Reverend Camden had a sister named Julie. At first, she was introduced as an alcoholic character.
But a few years later, she went through rehab, and became a more prominent part of the show. Ok, I see she appeared in a total of 18 episodes. Considering the show had 243 episodes, that's still not many.
I mention all of this because Sager mentioned how his relationship with his sister evolved over the years. He went from being the bratty younger brother whom she had to babysit, to a peer and someone who cared for his nieces.
It would be good if TV shows and movies could show that kind of cross-gender relationship between siblings and cousins.
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Dec 13, 2017 17:33:57 GMT -8
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Post by Darth on Dec 13, 2017 17:33:57 GMT -8
I started reading the book, Living Out Loud: Sports, Cancer, and the Things Worth Fighting For, by Craig Sager. How much one likes it will depend on how much one likes the stories. I never read two books at once unless sonetimes when one has short stories.I know some people do I guess because it keeps things fresh? It would drive me nuts. I would have trouble bouncing from one world to the next especially if both were fantasy books. |
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Post by nuraman00 on Dec 14, 2017 11:21:22 GMT -8
I started reading the book, Living Out Loud: Sports, Cancer, and the Things Worth Fighting For, by Craig Sager. How much one likes it will depend on how much one likes the stories. I never read two books at once unless sonetimes when one has short stories.I know some people do I guess because it keeps things fresh? It would drive me nuts. I would have trouble bouncing from one world to the next especially if both were fantasy books. Yeah, I never read two books at once either. It's not exactly in the format of every chapter being a short story. But every chapter does have a theme to it, and seems self contained. |
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Dec 27, 2017 20:18:08 GMT -8
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Post by Darth on Dec 27, 2017 20:18:08 GMT -8
Update
1.How The Light Gets In. Book 9 of the wonderful Louise Penny mystery series. This one was perhaps the best yet. Lots of ongoing storylines wrapped up. If you like mysteries (Agatha Christie type) or know somebody who does these are great. But read them in order to get the full flavor of this zany cast of characters in this small village.
2. The Long Way Home book 10 of the series. By far the worst in the series. There wasn’t even a mystery to speak of really until the end. The whole book was far fetched. Most reviewers agree with me. But I hear she bounces back in book 11.
3. The Emperors Tomb by Steve Berry. A pretty good thriller with lots of bonus points for teaching me about Chinas first emperors terra cotta army. An amazing archeological discovery I had never even heard of. Look it up. UNBELIEVABLE!!! Thousands upon thousands of these 400 pound statues were found and made in an incredibly short period of time. Each one unique. Horses and Chariots. IIRC it spans 12 square miles. China won’t even let anyone dig up the room he is in.
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Post by CJ on Jan 1, 2018 19:09:03 GMT -8
The Old Man and the Sea
Good book.
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Post by BillLaimbeer on Jan 1, 2018 19:36:09 GMT -8
The Old Man and the Sea Good book. My money is on the marlin. |
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Post by nuraman00 on Jan 3, 2018 11:37:57 GMT -8
Update 1.How The Light Gets In. Book 9 of the wonderful Louise Penny mystery series. This one was perhaps the best yet. Lots of ongoing storylines wrapped up. If you like mysteries (Agatha Christie type) or know somebody who does these are great. But read them in order to get the full flavor of this zany cast of characters in this small village. 2. The Long Way Home book 10 of the series. By far the worst in the series. There wasn’t even a mystery to speak of really until the end. The whole book was far fetched. Most reviewers agree with me. But I hear she bounces back in book 11. 3. The Emperors Tomb by Steve Berry. A pretty good thriller with lots of bonus points for teaching me about Chinas first emperors terra cotta army. An amazing archeological discovery I had never even heard of. Look it up. UNBELIEVABLE!!! Thousands upon thousands of these 400 pound statues were found and made in an incredibly short period of time. Each one unique. Horses and Chariots. IIRC it spans 12 square miles. China won’t even let anyone dig up the room he is in. Great info, thanks. |
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Post by kinglurker on Jan 7, 2018 15:22:09 GMT -8
It's nothing wrong with reading two books at once, I know authors who even write two books at once.
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Post by nuraman00 on Jan 7, 2018 17:05:14 GMT -8
It's nothing wrong with reading two books at once, I know authors who even write two books at once. I agree, I know that too. For me though, it's hard for me to keep track of things if I read two books at once. It's better for me to focus on one at a time. |
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Jan 7, 2018 18:54:47 GMT -8
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Post by Darth on Jan 7, 2018 18:54:47 GMT -8
Yeah. It’s just personal style. Whatever floats someone’s boat is all that counts. It would drive me crazy.
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Post by nuraman00 on Jan 8, 2018 12:50:37 GMT -8
I'm not much of a multi tasker in general.
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Post by nuraman00 on Jan 10, 2018 15:59:46 GMT -8
I started reading the book, Living Out Loud: Sports, Cancer, and the Things Worth Fighting For, by Craig Sager. How much one likes it will depend on how much one likes the stories. I finished the book last month. I was getting annoyed at first, because it jumped from his childhood, and how he liked sports and played for the high school basketball team, to his cancer. It seemed that he had skipped the part about how he got into broadcasting. That had been something I was looking forward to reading. About how he got his start, and the journey his professional career took before landing with TNT. But, he eventually got to those parts. In between chapters detailing his cancer treatment, he'd flash back to earlier parts of his life. This book is also unique because Craig Sager Jr. wrote several chapters during important moments. So, you'd read one chapter about the latest cancer development. Then the next chapter would be Sager Jr.'s account of the development. It was cool to get both perspectives. This was an informative book both about Sager's life, and what goes on when facing cancer. It was a little weird reading about someone's life that was so recent, especially during the events between 2014 - 2016. I kept thinking that I'm reading something that happened just a little while ago. |
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Post by CJ on Jan 10, 2018 17:43:37 GMT -8
I started reading the book, Living Out Loud: Sports, Cancer, and the Things Worth Fighting For, by Craig Sager. How much one likes it will depend on how much one likes the stories. I finished the book last month. I was getting annoyed at first, because it jumped from his childhood, and how he liked sports and played for the high school basketball team, to his cancer. It seemed that he had skipped the part about how he got into broadcasting. That had been something I was looking forward to reading. About how he got his start, and the journey his professional career took before landing with TNT. But, he eventually got to those parts. In between chapters detailing his cancer treatment, he'd flash back to earlier parts of his life. This book is also unique because Craig Sager Jr. wrote several chapters during important moments. So, you'd read one chapter about the latest cancer development. Then the next chapter would be Sager Jr.'s account of the development. It was cool to get both perspectives. This was an informative book both about Sager's life, and what goes on when facing cancer. It was a little weird reading about someone's life that was so recent, especially during the events between 2014 - 2016. I kept thinking that I'm reading something that happened just a little while ago. Did they talk about the time where Craig ditched his family to run off with a cheerleader, didn't pay any child support but still got his son to give him a bone marrow transplant on two separate occasions, forgot to give him the money he promised him to help return the favor, then disinherited his kids from his first marriage? A real SOB, if the stories I've read have any truth to them. |
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Post by nuraman00 on Jan 10, 2018 22:04:38 GMT -8
I finished the book last month. I was getting annoyed at first, because it jumped from his childhood, and how he liked sports and played for the high school basketball team, to his cancer. It seemed that he had skipped the part about how he got into broadcasting. That had been something I was looking forward to reading. About how he got his start, and the journey his professional career took before landing with TNT. But, he eventually got to those parts. In between chapters detailing his cancer treatment, he'd flash back to earlier parts of his life. This book is also unique because Craig Sager Jr. wrote several chapters during important moments. So, you'd read one chapter about the latest cancer development. Then the next chapter would be Sager Jr.'s account of the development. It was cool to get both perspectives. This was an informative book both about Sager's life, and what goes on when facing cancer. It was a little weird reading about someone's life that was so recent, especially during the events between 2014 - 2016. I kept thinking that I'm reading something that happened just a little while ago. Did they talk about the time where Craig ditched his family to run off with a cheerleader, didn't pay any child support but still got his son to give him a bone marrow transplant on two separate occasions, forgot to give him the money he promised him to help return the favor, then disinherited his kids from his first marriage? A real SOB, if the stories I've read have any truth to them. No, he didn't phrase it like that. With regards to meeting Stacy, he transitioned it by saying "his first marriage was falling apart". For the 2nd bone marrow transplant, most of that was written from Sager Jr.'s point of view. There wasn't any hostility in those chapters. At the time of the writing, Sager Jr. talked about how this helped him have an even stronger connection with his dad, and how he enjoyed that. As for the inheritance stuff, it's possible Sager gifted his older kids stuff before he died. It's also possible he felt his adult kids were established, so he wanted to focus on the two younger ones. According to tweets, Sager Jr. says he didn't want anything from the inheritance either. But then this next tweet says the timing of the will change bothered him: Not sure what to think right now. Let's see how these latest developments progress. |
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Jan 11, 2018 2:52:34 GMT -8
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Post by Darth on Jan 11, 2018 2:52:34 GMT -8
Googled him because I didn’t know who he was. That’s a terrible man, IMO, if that will and marrow stuff is true.
Curious. What interested you about him to make you want to read his story? Were you a fan?
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Post by CJ on Jan 11, 2018 5:01:12 GMT -8
Did they talk about the time where Craig ditched his family to run off with a cheerleader, didn't pay any child support but still got his son to give him a bone marrow transplant on two separate occasions, forgot to give him the money he promised him to help return the favor, then disinherited his kids from his first marriage? A real SOB, if the stories I've read have any truth to them. No, he didn't phrase it like that. With regards to meeting Stacy, he transitioned it by saying "his first marriage was falling apart". For the 2nd bone marrow transplant, most of that was written from Sager Jr.'s point of view. There wasn't any hostility in those chapters. At the time of the writing, Sager Jr. talked about how this helped him have an even stronger connection with his dad, and how he enjoyed that. As for the inheritance stuff, it's possible Sager gifted his older kids stuff before he died. It's also possible he felt his adult kids were established, so he wanted to focus on the two younger ones. According to tweets, Sager Jr. says he didn't want anything from the inheritance either. But then this next tweet says the timing of the will change bothered him: Not sure what to think right now. Let's see how these latest developments progress. Could be the kids are just choosing to take the high road. You found some good stuff though. I usually stay pretty even keeled especially when it comes to commenting on celebrities, but something just kind of struck a nerve on this one. It's been hard to find conclusive info but it don't look good. |
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Post by BillLaimbeer on Jan 11, 2018 7:58:56 GMT -8
From what I've read, it seems the 2nd wife has some issues. In addition to having the will changed as he was on his death bed to give her everything, she wouldn't even allow his kids to visit their dad during the final days.
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