Alec Baldwin in Glengarry Glen Ross (the famous "Coffee's for closers" monologue). 5-6 minutes on screen and he stole the whole movie. ("Third place is you're fired.)
The Pogues' cover of Eric Bogle's WW1 song, "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda". Shane's damaged voice and weary despair just fit the song perfectly:
"And the band played Waltzing Matilda/as they carried us down the gangway/but nobody cheered/they just stood and stared/and they…Â
I work in IT; when we've had female techs they've gotten some appalling sexism from customers who seem to think if you don't have a Y chromosome you can't install a firewall or fix their Mac or something. You'd think, several decades into the 21st century, that this attitude would…Â
Americans are famously monolingual, but *don't* assume that no one in earshot speaks your language. *Especially* if you speak Spanish; it's the most commonly taught 2nd language in the US.
for the dating-an-ex question it depends on the time. If it was someone I dated 5 years ago, just fine. If my ex dumps me for my friend, then we have a problem. Some of these questions need better answers.
waking up at 8:30am on a Saturday? Count yourself *lucky* if your kids aren't up by 7am.
on #16, for some reason I never minded reading the same thing over and over but it drove my wife nuts, so I usually did the read-before-bed thing. My kids are both adults now but I can still…Â
some more information on 14, the Oklo reactor: uranium has 2 naturally occurring isotopes, U-238 and U-235. 235 has a shorter half-life (700 million years vs. over 4 billion years for U-238), and it can sustain a nuclear chain reaction whereas U-238 cannot. The Hiroshima bomb was…Â
anyone ever fly into or out of the old Kai Tak airport in Hong Kong? I talked to a couple people that flew out of there for business and it sounded absolutely terrifying. Tall buildings lining the approach and a very tight turn required to line up with the runway.
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