KenJennings

I don't really care what the economic impact would be, we'd all be better off if Facebook had just never come back online.

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There's a bit on "Me Doing Stand Up", and it's not in every version of the recording, where he's talking about drawing the blinds in his bedroom. And he's saying how you only draw the blinds when you're about to do something shameful. You'd never draw the blinds when you're baking a pie for the old lady down the street. She doesn't do much baking for herself anymore, why she's got arthritis in her hands and has lost the ability to kneed. Those tangential little comments. Good Lord, I'm going to miss those. I've been thinking about why this loss hurts so much. When someone dies that's older or even just washed up, you feel sad, but you can accept it because they didn't really have anything left to say. You could close the book knowing the story had been written to completion. I don't feel that way here. I still need Norm, I could use his perspective, I still find a lot of utility in the way he thinks and communicates. There just isn't another source of that, and the demand isn't sated. I feel a greedy sense of loss. I just wasn't ready to close this book. But I'm so thankful to have read what I got.

I've had a link to this video in my signature for many years. It is my favorite joke of all time, and probably always will be.

Ten years ago I would've said Old Time Rock and Roll by Bob Seger. But I fear that has slipped from Classic Rock to Oldies. Which is weird, because it's not even THAT old. I just feel like it played to an older sound than a lot of other songs in that era. So now, I think I'd go with a song that's just two years newer with Don't Stop Believing by Journey. It's definitely overplayed, but almost universally one that people sing along to. It's got the easy to digest four chords of pop rock, and vocals that just pull you in as a wannabe participant. It's bright, uplifting and energetic- and I think it best defines today's view of classic rock.

That will happen when you have nothing to really apologize for.

Crush him with a boulder! lol

Richards is a fantastic choice. The smear campaign going on against him is despicable, and people should be ashamed for parroting it without actually looking into the facts. (Richards literally did nothing wrong, and the court dismissed all of the accusations against him.) And there's also the nonsense notion that he "hired himself", when it's been clear that this is Sony picture's decision. He won the job by being a great choice. Lose the politics and get over the fact that it's not your guy.

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In your opinion who was your team's worst coach? It doesn't have to go back through all of history. You can just consider the guys who you've actively watched. But during your time as a fan, which coach do you feel least helped your favorite franchise? As a Vikings fan, there are three coaches that I will often hear argued as our worst; Leslie Frazier, Brad Childress and Mike Tice. Les Frazier was a great defensive coach and was respected by the locker room, but often acted like Adrian Peterson could be our whole offense. He just never constructed an offense that could compete, and we relied on our defense to generate points too much. There's no doubt he's better suited to be a defensive coordinator, but I don't think he was the worst coach. Brad Childress was a bit of a clown and had so many personality conflicts with the team that he wasn't ever going to be a long term solution. But he kept a creative playbook and had a great eye for personnel. The 2009 Vikings punched above their weight in no small part because of Chilly. But it was clear he didn't command respect from his players, and things unraveled badly in 2010. Mike Tice was liked by the locker room, but only managed a .500 record and never won the division in four full seasons; despite inheriting a solid team. We also foolishly lost Randy Moss under his leadership. Worse were the discipline issues that arose in that era. The Vikings were constantly penalized on and off the field; and that whole love boat incident happened under his watch. It was an embarrassing time to be a Vikings fan. So Mike Tice takes the cake for worst Vikings coach since I started watching football in the 90s. Who is your team's worst?

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And on this Captain Picard Day, we get a teaser for Picard Season 2.

There's a lot of Star Trek out there right now, and we've got a half dozen threads about different aspects of it; so I hope this thread can be a one stop shop for news and reactions to all of it.

I haven't had a chance to give it a proper listen yet, but from what I've heard, it didn't grab me. I loved Terrestrial, which sounded just like something from their awesome "Others" EP; but most of the rest has had a more melancholy, more grey sound than I've come to expect from Frost. I could be way wrong about this if I give it another listen... but I was hoping to hear notes more in line with the direction Frost was going with the high energy and vibrant colors of "Others", and was a bit disappointed it's not quite that.

There was a low budget sci-fi show that ran for a few years on UPN around 2000 called Seven Days that surrounded a secret government project that could send one man back in time seven days to prevent disasters. Norman Lloyd was one of the main cast members, Dr. Mentnor, who was the head of the science behind the project. I used to really enjoy that show when I was a kid; and was recently shocked to hear that he was still around. Sad now to hear that he's passed- but what a hell of a life he lived. "Dream not of today, Mister Picard."

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This one makes me laugh. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YaDI5EAxbNA "Carl, what's you done?!"

Rescue breaths are still taught in my CPR recertification courses: I've been told that the only reason they ever introduced the 'hands-only' method is because a lot of people were too squeamish to do rescue breaths, so they wanted to make it clear that compressions alone are still much better than nothing- if that's all you're comfortable doing. Rescue breaths do still increase survival odds.

The pessimism about Star Trek is really unfounded. The Kelvin movies aged pretty well, and knowing they're just a side project for the franchise, I can find them enjoyable. Though Into Darkness was awful, Beyond was a legitimate treat. I'd like to see the new movie put a proper bow on the Kelvin timeline. Discovery started off terrible, but continues to consistently improve. It's become almost watchable with season 3, and only looks to be getting better. Picard was a terrific follow up to Nemesis, and I'm ecstatic to see where they take it with Q in season 2. I love seeing Picard back in action, and I love the new characters. Can't wait for more. Lower Decks is a brilliant love letter to the franchise with a ton of great jokes for die hard fans. Strange New Worlds has a lot of potential and a killer cast lined up. Seriously, Anson Mount is the perfect Captain Pike... And the section 31 show could go a lot of different great directions. I hope to God it's a Romulan war show with some Enterprise callbacks. For its ups and downs, modern Trek has turned out more good than bad, and it's only becoming increasingly good. I'm pumped for more.

Was really upset to see the Truck race and heat races ruined by rain today. If they can get weather to cooperate, it's going to be a blast. But if it rains, it's a disaster because you can't easily dry mud. I've been looking forward to this weekend since it was announced. And NASCAR really needs to remove the windshields on the cars when they're running dirt tracks. These are growing pains worth figuring out. NASCAR on dirt is a winning formula, but there are hiccups in making it work.

One of the most quotable lines ever, "Here's some money, go see a Star War."

I've watched a lot but not today. I know there was a fight today but I can't find out what precipitated it. Did he try to hit another car on pit road? Daniel Hemric had to take a wide entry into his pit stall and made it difficult for Gragson to get into his stall in front of Hemric. So as Gragson jockeyed into his stall, he had his car in reverse and intentionally shot back slightly just to knock in Hemric's nose- while crewmen were working on the car.

Anyone been watching the Xfinity series? Noah Gragson is quickly becoming the most dislikable driver in all of NASCAR. It's baffling to me that Dale Jr is still tolerating his behavior. I hope after his antics on pit road this week, NASCAR suspends him. Dude is just a trashy person, and even the sagely elder statesman of NASCAR, Mike Joy has all but called him out on it.