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re: World War Z
Posted by hogfly on 3/3/26 at 12:03 pm to St Augustine
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I don’t know if I could disagree with an opinion more regarding a book/ movie
I’ve listened to the audiobook probably 5x. I thought the movie was absolute horseshite and didn’t deserve the same title.
Ditto.
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re: Anyone catch the premiere of Marshals on CBS tonight?
Posted by hogfly on 3/3/26 at 10:01 am to CU_Tigers4life
Did anyone catch the label on the prescription bottle that Kayce's ex-Seal buddy was taking? Dude had made reference to spending years "crushing pills" after getting out of the SEALs before finding new meaning in the Marshals. But that scene seems to indicate that he's still got his demons.
re: Trailer for DTF St. Louis - starring Jason Bateman and David Harbour (HBO)
Posted by hogfly on 3/2/26 at 11:02 am to hogcard1964
First episode came out last night.
re: Favorite bands that aren’t that popular
Posted by hogfly on 3/2/26 at 10:41 am to PillageUrVillage
I already posted earlier, but this is specific to the OP. If you like Vampire Weekend, here are some other bands that you might like but haven't heard of (some of them were in my previous list):
Born Ruffians
Ra Ra Riot
Bishop Allen
Postal Service
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Broken Social Scene
Born Ruffians
Ra Ra Riot
Bishop Allen
Postal Service
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Broken Social Scene
re: Trailer for DTF St. Louis - starring Jason Bateman and David Harbour (HBO)
Posted by hogfly on 3/2/26 at 9:27 am to wildtigercat93
I dug it and will continue to watch. It hits that sweet spot of quirky, dark comedy character study that I enjoy. Writing is pretty on point.
Just finished Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Really fun Sci-fi with an interesting premise (lots of evolution and alternate technology). There are 3 books out, and I believe some more planned. I've started the second book, but a lot of people give the sequels mixed reviews.
The 1st book works well as a self-contained standalone, so don't engage the "incomplete" series rule that a lot of us work off of these days.
The 1st book works well as a self-contained standalone, so don't engage the "incomplete" series rule that a lot of us work off of these days.
If Vampire Weekend is the benchmark here, then most of what I listen to isn't "popular."
Some bands and artists that are "lesser known" that have put out stuff recently that I like:
Good Looks
Kevin Morby
Friendship
The Beths
Wild Pink
Florry
Wednesday (they're blowing up due to recently released album)
Big Thief (sort of silly to put them on a non-popular list, but anyway)
Ratboys (also blowing up due to new album)
PUP
Some older Indie Bands that were VW contemporaries that I love:
Wolf Parade (probably one of my favorites of all time)
Bishop Allen
Coconut Records
Beirut
Noah and the Whale
Sleigh Bells
Chairlift
Cults
Broken Social Scene
Cold War Kids
Fruit Bats
FIDLAR
Some bands and artists that are "lesser known" that have put out stuff recently that I like:
Good Looks
Kevin Morby
Friendship
The Beths
Wild Pink
Florry
Wednesday (they're blowing up due to recently released album)
Big Thief (sort of silly to put them on a non-popular list, but anyway)
Ratboys (also blowing up due to new album)
PUP
Some older Indie Bands that were VW contemporaries that I love:
Wolf Parade (probably one of my favorites of all time)
Bishop Allen
Coconut Records
Beirut
Noah and the Whale
Sleigh Bells
Chairlift
Cults
Broken Social Scene
Cold War Kids
Fruit Bats
FIDLAR
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The ones made by Bettergoods are my favorite atm.
Definitely. They're all really solid... though the Margherita needs more basil.
Finally finished the Empire of the Vampire trilogy by Jay Kristoff. I'll admit that, due to the length of the books, it felt like a bit of a slog at the end. But that's MAINLY because I really wanted to get to the end to see how it all concluded. So the, quite lengthy, descriptions and such kind of bogged things down a bit. That being said... the pay off at the end was excellent.
Recommend this one for fans of grimdark, dark fantasy, vampires, and interesting narrative tropes (two different unreliable narrators telling their stories to someone who has them imprisoned with simultaneous action taking place in the present time that the story is being recorded as well as in the flashbacks the unreliable narrators are telling from the past). Anyway, the whole thing pulls together, and it's pretty great. But... they're big books and there are 3 of them.
If things like... an 800 year old vampires that looks like a young child and make people's bodies explode or weird sex scenes between celtic werewolves and half-breed vampires involving lots of.. biting.. turn you off. Then probably stay away. :lol:
Recommend this one for fans of grimdark, dark fantasy, vampires, and interesting narrative tropes (two different unreliable narrators telling their stories to someone who has them imprisoned with simultaneous action taking place in the present time that the story is being recorded as well as in the flashbacks the unreliable narrators are telling from the past). Anyway, the whole thing pulls together, and it's pretty great. But... they're big books and there are 3 of them.
If things like... an 800 year old vampires that looks like a young child and make people's bodies explode or weird sex scenes between celtic werewolves and half-breed vampires involving lots of.. biting.. turn you off. Then probably stay away. :lol:
We have finally started putting our Spring Break trip together. Going with another family. 5 total teenagers between both families. Rolling in to San Jose on Saturday. Going to go to Buen Camino bike park for the 21st and 22nd for a couple of days of shuttled mountain biking for the 5 of us who all ride. The rest of the crew will find other activities in that area.
Then we go to Quepos area where we have a house on the trail to Playa La Mancha. We plan on doing some DIY fly fishing in that area and will likely do one day of guided inshore for my younger son and I fly fishing for roosters while the other family with teenagers does a day of offshore for billfish. A few of our group also surf, so they'll probably surf on the days we're fishing. Haven't fully booked out other experiences yet, so we're open to suggestions in the Manuel Antonio / Quepos area.
Then we go to Quepos area where we have a house on the trail to Playa La Mancha. We plan on doing some DIY fly fishing in that area and will likely do one day of guided inshore for my younger son and I fly fishing for roosters while the other family with teenagers does a day of offshore for billfish. A few of our group also surf, so they'll probably surf on the days we're fishing. Haven't fully booked out other experiences yet, so we're open to suggestions in the Manuel Antonio / Quepos area.
re: Costa Rica - La Fortuna, Monteverde, and Manuel Antonio (Recommendations Needed)
Posted by hogfly on 2/23/26 at 1:53 pm to TheJunction
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How did y'all handle cash? Did you get colonels in the US, or from an ATM in country?
When we went last time, we just did ATMs for the most part. The only time we had an issue was in Montezuma when the ATM ran out of cash and wasn't going to get replenished until the next day, which was a pain in the arse as we were also scheduled to eat at a cash only restaurant that night (we ended up changing our dining plans). I have no idea if that's a regular occurrence or not, but that was the only time we ran into an issue.
re: The Pitt Season 2 (Spoilers)
Posted by hogfly on 2/20/26 at 2:10 pm to TigerMan327
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The deaf lady shite is so dumb. She can clearly read and write from when Santos told her to hang on for a bit.. They are acting like it's impossible to communicate with her.
Exactly my thoughts. Not to mention just using a tablet or something with text to speech and/of for her to type. Most likely, if she's deaf, she can type well and would be fine if they'd throw a laptop in front of her.
I appreciate them showing the difficulties that someone from the deaf community might experience, but they've made it pretty unrealistic and frustrating to watch (which I guess was the point).
re: GQ Article - Is Zone 2 Cardio really better for you?
Posted by hogfly on 2/20/26 at 9:36 am to NWHoustonTiger
I'm mainly coming from the gravity mountain biking world, but Zone 2, at least in that world, is usually considered how you establish your "base" fitness in the offseason with the Zone 2 tapering down as the season nears (though perhaps not entirely disappearing) and more performance-specific workouts (sprints, intervals, etc..) ramping up. Then once you get into the season, it's more about maintenance and recovery.
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I guess I'm wrong at this point but I assumed the cancer mom's husband was desperate for them to discharge her with a mountain of pain pills because he was getting into them himself.. Thought I remember an earlier episode where they make a point to say that she is going thru them faster than prescribed -- I could easily be wrong though.
This was my initial suspicion as well. It's still nagging in the back of my mind, but I've pretty much decided that they're going in another direction with it.
re: Costa Rica - La Fortuna, Monteverde, and Manuel Antonio (Recommendations Needed)
Posted by hogfly on 2/17/26 at 12:47 pm to Power-Dome
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I haven't looked into CR too much but it is interesting to me. It is no problem to just rent a car and drive around at will to all these smaller towns on outskirts of rainforest? Is that what everyone is doing?
Yes. Most people just rent vehicles in Costa Rica, and it's very simple and easy to get around there. Get a 4WD or AWD vehicle when you go, as a lot of the roads can be pretty rough, especially in the rainy season.
We drove, overland, from Tamarindo area to Montezuma a few years back in the rainy season. It was... a little sketchy. Very remote, very rough roads, lots of exposure, roads looked like they could be subject to washout or rockslides on any given day.
When we got to Montezuma, some ex-pats were like, "You all drove here? Damn.. most people just take the ferry in the rainy season. That road is wild." :lol:
the best meal I've had there (in summertime admittedly) was at Fraser Valley Distillery. Good food and good atmosphere. Once again, this was during the summer, though.
re: New Dishwasher Recommendations
Posted by hogfly on 2/11/26 at 10:38 am to madamsquirrel
My Bosch dries everything very well except tupperware. Not sure if it's the material or the fact that tupperware has lots of little crevices and such in the design that hold water.
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This fantasy book youtuber i follow absolutely swears by that series and hes read alot of stuff. Interested to hear your take on it
I'm about halfway through the first book, and I am really enjoying it. To the point that I'm staying up later than I normally do once i get in bed to read at night. I think that the one thing that is a LITTLE weird is that it sometimes feels a little Young Adult in the writing style... but the content is very, very far from Young Adult and is pretty dark and edgy. Maybe the reason it feels a little YA is that in the backstory plotline (it starts in media res with the middle-aged protagonist as a captive and telling his story to a historian), the characters are like 14-15 years old.
Started Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff (part of a 3 book series). It's pretty much post-apocalyptic Victorian fantasy with vampires and half-blood vampire hunters. Really enjoying the world building. Very dark, but I'm digging it.
re: Is nicotine good for you?
Posted by hogfly on 2/10/26 at 9:21 am to CrawfishElvis
What's crazy to me is the genetic tolerance for nicotine. I remember that Gladwell's tipping point talked about it to some degree that many people don't have the tolerance for nicotine to develop a true addiction. They tend to get sick or have unpleasant effects if they use amounts of nioctine that really hit the addiction threshold levels.
I started dipping when I was in 6th grade. Dipped copenhagen through high school. Smoked in college. Dipped again when we moved to Colorado and dipped on and off when we first started having kids. Went about 10 years without any nicotine except when I might bum a dip from someone camping or fishing or whatever because my youngest son gave me a guilt trip when he was a little kid about not wanting me to get mouth cancer. Didn't really ever have any issues taking it or putting it down. Part of that is probably because I can't dip at my job (education), so I didn't really have the option of constantly using it.
That being said, I'm also the guy that will have a few drinks, take a dip, and immediately regret it because I start spinning and feeling like shite. I also always took "small dips" compared to a lot of my friends. When we'd smoke while drinking, I'd often get woozy/dizzy/buzzed after a couple of drags and need to put my cigarette out.
Now that I've started using Velo and can track specific numbers of my use and my friend's use, I realized that I don't have the genetic makeup to intake large amounts of nicotine. I have a buddy who doesn't even use velo except when we're drinking, and he'll literally take 3 of my 6mg pouches and toss them in his mouth like it's nothing. After a few drinks, 1 6mg pouch makes me uncomfortable. I have another friend who basically pulls out a 6mg and then puts another one in immediately, basically having a pouch in his mouth all day. I usually have to wait an hour or more between pouches for me or I have an adverse effect.
Anyway, I've been enjoying the velos in the last year or so. I usually do 4-5 pouches a day, and I don't notice much affect other than some increased focus like caffeine and it helps with my oral fixation.
I started dipping when I was in 6th grade. Dipped copenhagen through high school. Smoked in college. Dipped again when we moved to Colorado and dipped on and off when we first started having kids. Went about 10 years without any nicotine except when I might bum a dip from someone camping or fishing or whatever because my youngest son gave me a guilt trip when he was a little kid about not wanting me to get mouth cancer. Didn't really ever have any issues taking it or putting it down. Part of that is probably because I can't dip at my job (education), so I didn't really have the option of constantly using it.
That being said, I'm also the guy that will have a few drinks, take a dip, and immediately regret it because I start spinning and feeling like shite. I also always took "small dips" compared to a lot of my friends. When we'd smoke while drinking, I'd often get woozy/dizzy/buzzed after a couple of drags and need to put my cigarette out.
Now that I've started using Velo and can track specific numbers of my use and my friend's use, I realized that I don't have the genetic makeup to intake large amounts of nicotine. I have a buddy who doesn't even use velo except when we're drinking, and he'll literally take 3 of my 6mg pouches and toss them in his mouth like it's nothing. After a few drinks, 1 6mg pouch makes me uncomfortable. I have another friend who basically pulls out a 6mg and then puts another one in immediately, basically having a pouch in his mouth all day. I usually have to wait an hour or more between pouches for me or I have an adverse effect.
Anyway, I've been enjoying the velos in the last year or so. I usually do 4-5 pouches a day, and I don't notice much affect other than some increased focus like caffeine and it helps with my oral fixation.
re: Things To Do in Bentonville
Posted by hogfly on 2/10/26 at 9:00 am to Billy Blanks
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Crystal Bridges is so damn boring to me.
Is it the collection itself or what? So many museums are cool and all because they're historic buildings in historic urban spaces that provide a sense of history... but Crystal Bridges is so unique in both its setting and architecture for an art museum. I really enjoy just going and sitting and existing within that space for a time, whether it's some little reading nook with a view or a bench outside on the grounds.
They've also reorganized the collection now, so that it's not just chronological like it has been in the past, which I think is a good change. I'm looking forward to the opening of the expansion, which appears to be happening fairly soon.
If you're not into modern architecture, I can see the whole thing being a turnoff, but I dig it.
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