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  1. Hi All. Today, I got to do a small tour of Prague. Too much to see in just a few short hours of course, and these pics don't do the place justice, but I saw a castle!
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  2. Here are some pics of Dresden and a museum I visited!
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  3. Flash Gordon and Highlander, Queen crushed movies.
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  4. I can't believe that none of us has mentioned Flash Gordon. The Thunder Buddies are disappointed.
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  5. Some of my favorites: 1. Braveheart. 2. Pulp Fiction. Quenton knows how to pick good songs. 3. Conan the Barbarian (don't drive to this, especially in rush hour with a battle axe!) 4. I also like the Star Trek soundtracks, especially Star Trek 2 and 3 5. GOTG 6. Master and Commander on the far side of the world.
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  6. No pictures yet, but I landed in Prague today!
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  7. Mandatory retirement age for all of them, I'd be fine with 70. These people stay for the power and control, and nothing more.
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  9. Q got into one of the private schools for next year. That's a relief. It's a really small school (22 kids max per grade/class) so I hope that's the right fit.
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  10. Bit random, but this new age of working from home a lot more brings some changes. When ploughing on with some routine spreadsheet work, I find it nice to pop a CD (alright grandad! ), with a classic soundtrack! Have been enjoying loads of popular classics, but standouts are: 1. Star Trek 3 (expanded score 2 disc set) - just love this! Recent purchase and defo my fave of the ST films! 2. Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome - I know the film divides opinion, but I am a fan and this disk is packed with the instrumental tracks as well as the big T’s two songs. Lovely stuff! 3. All the Bonds! So many versions of this out there, but basically all the main songs to the JB films. Nice to have on in the background! 4. Local Hero - film is fantastic and so unlike anything else. The score is a big part of that being so successful. So I prefer a largely instrumental score, just to avoid distractions when working, but with a few exceptions like above and also things like Pulp Fiction or other belters!
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  11. It was Captain Panaka who mentioned sitting ducks in TPM. Incidentally, there is a line in the original 1977 Star Wars novelization where Kenobi mentions that "Even a duck has to be taught to swim" to Luke Skywalker.
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  12. Who Wants to Live Forever? It's such a perfect song for Highlander. Queen really nailed it!
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  13. From now on, I am going to finish all of my sentences this way.
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  14. Trainspotting was epic when it came out and holds up pretty well.
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  15. Some other good scores, no particular order: 1. Gladiator 2. Blade Runner 3. The Godfather 4. Last of the Mohicans 5. Superman Some good soundtracks: 1. Goodfellas 2. Casino 3. Trainspotting 4. Dazed and Confused 5. Sopranos (OK, not a movie, but they chose good songs)
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  16. Yeah, the bank refunded it all while they do their investigation.
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  17. Thanks! He is asking for more food and drinks today so far this morning. Hopefully this keeps up and he gets back to his normal self soon
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  18. New students signed up for next year...I swear to god...
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  20. Personally, I shy away from referbs. I'm not to keen on HP and for the Optiplex, Dell generally has weak power supplies, making upgrading your video card a challenge. I would say just save your money up and get a rig you really want instead of compromising.
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  21. You need a dangly chandelier. I fully admit my bedroom is minimalist. I need to change up the comforter but I can never find anything I like. It's white and teal chevron currently which I'm pretty sure screams 2015.
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  23. You shouldn't be buying a PC with a 4 core processor in this day and age. No less that 6 cores with Multi-threading. Walmart carries this Ryzen 5 5500 rig for $800. https://www.walmart.com/ip/CyberPowerPC-Gamer-Master-Gaming-Desktop-AMD-Ryzen-5-5500-16GB-AMD-Radeon-RX-6700-10GB-1TB-SSD-Black-GMA6800WST/1593349367?athbdg=L1103&from=/search
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  24. Looks good, if not original. I'd like to know if they will connect it to Prometheus and Covenant. I know it isn't a popular sentiment, but I enjoyed those films, and hope they do connect the films to Romulus. The only thing is the title reminds me more of Star Trek than Alien.
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  25. I'm amped that it it looks and feels like a horror movie, like the original... in a way that Prometheus and Covenant did not. Those movies had decent stories, but they weren't horror movies. They were sci-fi action movies with a couple horror scenes put in. I actually love Alvarez's Evil Dead remake, so I am pretty amped for this one.
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  26. It is. I garden in it already. I also bought a purple one that’s like shorts. All cotton!
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  27. There's frogs and snakes and iguanas seen on Dagobah, too. Real world animals and concepts have existed in Star Wars since the beginning.
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  28. I’ll see your wager of Star Trek 3 and raise with the Star Wars Trilogy. Actually, I might check out that Soundtrack. It looks like it could be very good.
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  29. Go on social media for a bit and you'll find yourself asking this question.
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  30. It's definitely going to be Bloodline Rules. It makes a Cody win that much better.
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  31. I get it. Things like that tend to break immersion for some people. I think a knife fight in Star Wars is pretty stupid, but I've seen (and heard) a ton of stupid shit in the last 10 years of Disney Star Wars, so it's right in line with everything else
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  32. Seeing a knife fight in SW throws me off. I don’t think I’ll ever get used to it. It’s similar to when they were on boats in The Mandalorian. When someone pulls a knife it takes me right out of the story.
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  33. Can’t go wrong with Flash & Highlander - turned me into a big fan of the band! Those tracks elevate those great films so much.
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  34. Of all the new ones this was the one I thought sounded most interesting. But judging by the trailer it's more of the same. Disney flogging a dead horse I'll prolly binge it once it's completely released through less reputable means.
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  35. My favorite Star Trek score is Jerry Goldsmith's for ST:TMP Highlander's original music by Michael Kamen is great too
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  36. I never go into a Star War hoping it sucks. I hope this is good.
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  37. More of the same. Average visuals, stunt/fight work we've seen a hundred times before in other flicks. No droids and way too many human characters for my liking. All of the costumes, particularly the extras look brand spanking new off the rack and seem to be created by the same person who works on all of the other ugly Disney Star Wars streaming shows. The whole thing looks and feels like fan fiction which is in line with everything we've been subjected to since 2015.
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  38. I’m reading this book right now for research, but it’s pretty cool and I’m shocked it’s not more famous or was ever adapted into a movie. It’s Werewolf of Paris by Guy Endore. It basically does for werewolves what Dracula did for vampires. Published in the 1930s, it’s not the first werewolf story ever published, but it pre-dates the first werewolf movies, and clearly served as some inspiration. It’s sort of the blueprint for all werewolf tropes in modern pop culture. Like Dracula it took bits of mythology from around the world, combined it with a historical figure of sorts, and turned it into a horror story with a fair amount of gore, violence, incest, other fun stuff. It’s only recently back in print, so if you’re a werewolf nerd, grab it.
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  39. It looks a little Kung-Fu for me, but it's a new era we haven't seen, so maybe it's cool if it has a bit of a stylistic shift. I WISH it was the far future of the SW we know, but I;'ll take the past. As I mentioned before, I have a friend who wrote on this. She hasn't told me any details other than that for the most part it was a fun ride, but they wrote the whole season years ago at this point and she was nowhere near shooting-- but the main thing is that Leslie Hedlund, the show runner, is pretty big fan girl and she wanted to hit the familiar tropes and ideas, but also wanted to mix it up. So hopefully that comes across.
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  40. True Detective S01 has a killer soundtrack. From The Melvins, Sleep and Black Angels to Steve Earle, Townes Van Zandt, Vashti Bunyan and Bo Diddly. Fuckin killer
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  41. My top 5 SCORES: 1. Halloween 3 (Movie is a mess, but if you're into John Carpenter music it's low-key his best and you can hear hints of so many of his other great themes being worked out. It's only missing the classic Halloween theme. To that-- 2. Halloween 2018 (Carpenter revisits his classic theme and score with a more modern sensibility. I work to this constantly) 3. Fight Club (Dust Bros. doing the Millennial break beat thing, love it for the gym) 4. Wrath of Khan (Even though Horner plagiarizes himself regularly and the best bits of this score are recycled in Aliens and Cocoon, it's still burned into my brain). 5. Tron Legacy (One of the most epic scores ever. Daft Punk, who I normally appreciate and enjoy more than love, made an electro masterpiece). *-- John Williams honorable mention. (TBH, it's kind of a no brainer that Williams in his prime did some of the most cinematic themes out there. I can't name one. I don't really ever put him on to listen to, but there's literally no other composer of whom I can instantly think of at least 5-6 iconic themes they are responsible for. Star Wars, Jaws, Close encounter, Raiders, Superman-- I mean come on. **-- Honorable mention two, Danny Elfman. I don't love all his scores by any means, but the Batman theme was so iconic, and for a time he was so unique in his compositions, he deserves some credit. My Top 5 SOUNDTRACKS: 1. Purple Rain (no explanation needed) 2. Top Gun (don't listen to it as much these days, but back then it was on constant repeat) 3. Natural Born Killers (Trent Reznor made a mix tape!) 4. Any Tarantino Movie (the guy knows how to drop the needle) 5. Repo Man (no lie, my introduction to punk music as an 80s kid)
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  42. Conan The Barbarian is definitely on my list. It's an amazing orchestral soundtrack. 1. Top Gun. Cheap Trick, Kenny Logins, Berlin. There's some solid 80's pop music on their. Mighty Wings by Cheap Trick is awesome. 2. Heavy Metal. Black Sabbath, Devo, Cheap Trick, Stevie Nicks, Grand Funk Railroad and several others I can't think of at the moment. 3. Conan The Barbarian. This is my favorite movie from Arnold, but I'd be pressed to not like Predator and Terminator 2 just as much. 4. Vision Quest. Journey, John Waite, Red Rider and even Madonna. It's a good listen when I'm in the mood for some 80's pop rock. 5. Saturday Night Fever. I'm not really a disco fan, but this movie was imbedded in my early teen years. It's grown on me over the years. Honorable mentions to Star Wars Trilogy, Superman, Fast Time at Ridgemont High and TRON.
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  43. Batdance. That is all.
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  44. I was just invited to my first cat birthday party. The lady is like 45. Like, do I bring a gift?
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  45. That’s really cool! Sorry you didn’t get to spend more time there, but those are great pictures. I’m glad you’re getting to see awesome places there.
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  46. Like, if I was a bachelor...Christmas lights year round...everywhere. Not like the LED light strips with app...I mean old school Christmas lights that flash and have midi versions of Christmas songs.
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  47. Woooooo, bullet dodged. Our school board tonight miraculously voted to not move 6th grade into middle school. This is such a relief to me. E has made so much progress but there's still so much ground to cover. It is my hope that he will not need paraeducator support in middle school. If we don't have to worry until 7th, I think that might be achievable. If Q does well at the new school, they sounded open to accepting E if he no longer needs the writing support. I think that small environment would be much better for him, as well. When I brought it up, they said they had a few kids with ASD and they seem like they offer more 504/IEP support than other private schools in our area. I think if Q does well, we will have a good idea of whether they will be able to support E.
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  48. Yeah, that PC probably is more than you need, but you can certainly game on it if you needed to. It would be super fast for just day to day stuff, with the M.2 drive, and I5 Processor, alone. If all you are doing is grading papers, word processing, and web browsing, you could go with something less expensive like this one and still be decently future proof: https://www.ibuypower.com/store/rdy-element-mr-001 *ASROCK motherboards are made by ASUS, which is a good brand.
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