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[HadThomasVokounOnFortSt 878]

Deadpool... Meh. Not into those movies.

[e_prime 1,936]

I like GoT. I will probably not see Deadpool in the theatre.

Also, BoS, NIN rules!!

Also: Man in the High Castle on Amazon is incredible. Alternate History: The Axis powers win WWII. Nazi Germany occupies the East Coast. Japan the Pacific States. DMZ in the middle.

Edited January 20, 2016 by e_prime

[BottleOfSmoke 5,965]

Also, BoS, NIN rules!!

Indeed. They are (well, *he* is) the band I've been a fan of the longest (25 years!), seen the most live, and gone to the most extreme lengths to do so lol. Call Trent a sellout if you want, but he will always be a genius to me. Though I greatly prefer older NIN stuff, I'm never *not* interested in what Trent is doing.

[jimmyemeryhunter 2,747]

I thought the dude from nin and Alan Rickman were the same dude when I was younger.

[kickazz 5,459]

when i was growing up I respected Stevie a lot but I had a huge boy crush on Fedorov.

Then Zetterberg came along and stole my heart.

Anyone have any man crush or crush in general to share?

Edited January 24, 2016 by kickazz

[HadThomasVokounOnFortSt 878]

Larkin, I fan boy the s*** out of him.

[Echolalia 2,961]

elon musk. I mentioned in somewhere else around here.

A long but very thorough and awesome read about him and his endeavors here: http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/05/elon-musk-the-worlds-raddest-man.html

[NerveDamage 4,176]

I just had a rofl moment, and had to share it.

Remember the Prince Sketch in Charlie Murphy's true hollywood stories of Chappelle's Show?

Well, apparently Prince just delivered the coup de grace to Dave Chappelle with his new album Breakfast can Wait, but see for yourselves

https://youtu.be/R4SYIfhzMmU?t=190

[kickazz 5,459]

I love Chappelle. One the best natural stand up comedians of all time.

[NerveDamage 4,176]

I love Chappelle. One the best natural stand up comedians of all time.

did you watch more of the interview? there's a part in another clip when he's telling his kids are big Pacquiao fans and how he took 'em to Macau to watch the fight and there's some awkward pause..., like it caught everybody off guard and even he acts surprised because of their reaction. I was hoping he said something like "why you act surprised, I'm Rich B*tch!"

[TheXym 2,606]

Chappelle was a talented comic, for sure. I always enjoyed his stuff.

A bit late, but Trent Reznor is one talented dude. He wasn't a super technical virtuoso, but the guy was a great songwriter and arranger.

Speaking of musicians, is anyone else planning on getting the new Dream Theater concept album that dropped today?

[jimmyemeryhunter 2,747]

Chappelle was a talented comic, for sure. I always enjoyed his stuff.

A bit late, but Trent Reznor is one talented dude. He wasn't a super technical virtuoso, but the guy was a great songwriter and arranger.

Speaking of musicians, is anyone else planning on getting the new Dream Theater concept album that dropped today?

I'm going to listen to a few songs, see if I get into it, and if I do I'll buy it.

Also, I seen this on reddit and figured you'd enjoy it.

It's called an ama(ask me anything) where he just answers random people's questions, John petrucci came in and answered some questions.

https://m.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/438pam/ama_hey_i_am_john_petrucci_from_dream_theater_ask/

[BottleOfSmoke 5,965]

Sweet jesus it's good to be back!

Don't ever leave me again, LGW!

[jimmyemeryhunter 2,747]

Woohoo!

Ha.

[NerveDamage 4,176]

Boards shall be shaken, sticks shall be splintered... A game-day, a Red day... Skate Now!

...Skate!, Skate for ruin and the world's ending!

(in short... I found a picture on twitter)

Edited February 5, 2016 by NerveDamage

[HadThomasVokounOnFortSt 878]

Dropped my iPhone 6 and scuffed up 3 sides very good in the gray part. Wonder if I can get that fixed? Worse day

[NerveDamage 4,176]

Dropped my iPhone 6 and scuffed up 3 sides very good in the gray part. Wonder if I can get that fixed? Worse day

If the screen got scratched you can probably replace it, but in my experience, it's never the same, but they might replace the entire unit at a mac store, check their policies.

Edited February 10, 2016 by NerveDamage

[Echolalia 2,961]

Is anyone here a good woodworker?

[55fan 5,133]

Is anyone here a good woodworker?

That's a loaded question.

When I was young and able, I could do simple things like replacing a door and building a deck. Now I'm hard pressed to change a lightbulb.

[Echolalia 2,961]

That's a loaded question.

When I was young and able, I could do simple things like replacing a door and building a deck. Now I'm hard pressed to change a lightbulb.

Its a genuine question! I've recently found myself in the world of wood working and I have very little actual experience but a lot of plans that I need to fulfill. I have this weird combination of obsessive behavior combined with adhd which results in me picking up hobbies very easily and feverishly pursuing how to accomplish whatever task I set myself, but then somewhere along the path of pursuing my goal I discover something new and interesting, which inevitably results in more discovered passions based on the tangential research or prep, which I also have to pursue at an obsessive pace.

I was playing a board game with some friends a few months back when one of the dice rolled off the table and we never found it. To this day its still missing. So I thought it would be a good idea to get a board game table with raised walls (among other things), expect they're super expensive and I have a very particular set of features in mind for what I want. So I figured, well maybe I can just build it myself. So I made a lot of concepts on paper, drafted up some designs, came to a decision on one in particular design I liked and made a 3d model of it on my computer to really see how it will all come together.

Then I wondered if the table set at the scale I designed it as would fit nicely in my house. So I then modeled half of the entire house I'm moving into soon (to scale) on my computer. Not just the room the table was supposed to go into. Half the house. I don't know why. This involved learning a bunch of stuff that I didn't know how to do on this particular program. It also involved measuring and recreating all of our livingroom and dining room furniture, only to find out the scale of my table is too big, and for conceptual reasons I can't scale it down. I still need to build it, though. But its on the bottom of my priority list because its not practical for me at the moment.

But I figured a smaller table would fit in a particular part of the house nicely, so then I set out to design a small dining room table, because that's more practical. Did some research, watched a lot of youtube videos and read a bunch of articles, made my designs, and created a 3d model of it on my computer. Cool! That will look awesome!

But the problem is I don't have anywhere to actually start building this thing yet, and no work surface either. So before I can make the table I need to make a work bench! That will make building my table much easier! So I research what makes a good work bench and watch a bunch of youtube videos and one of the youtube videos leads me to another youtube video which leads me to another and eventually I get to some video on how to make dovetail joints which is entirely unrelated to workbenches or tables, but a fascinating thing that I think would look awesome on a box. Now I want to make a nice box for something, but again, I "can't" just yet because I don't have a workbench or a vice or any of these things that would make the job convenient.

So I have to start small. I'm going to make a board game table eventually so I might as well make a board game to go along with it. I choose Settlers of Catan. I do a bunch of research and planning and all that stuff and I did in fact build my own game without managing to get sidetracked too much and it turned out very nice but now I need a nice box for it, so I'm back to dovetail joints on that box I want to design, and a nice workbench to build it on.

Anyway, I have like 4 projects that I need to do now, and after seeing a bunch of different people use different tools online I have questions that I want answered because these things need to be taken care of.

And this is how losing a single die has resulted in me building a Settlers of Catan board game, making 2d and 3d designs for a kitchen table, a board game table, a work bench, and recreating my new house on 3d software.

Edited February 11, 2016 by Echolalia

[NerveDamage 4,176]

Who's going?

http://www.freep.com/story/sports/columnists/mitch-albom/2016/02/11/mitch-albom-hockey-play/80220944/

Edited February 11, 2016 by NerveDamage

[55fan 5,133]

I hear you, Echolalia.

I have no workbench (l live in a trailer house) but the NE corner of my bedroom is my "tool room". When I was young and able, I would consider putting in a drawer that would roll out in my kitchen cabinets and somehow via planning to build a kitchen island, I'd be making plans for a gazebo.

Many's the time I caught myself and said, "Just ____ the _______ and get on with it."

Fortunately, I'm an old redneck with deep redneck roots. For your situation, I'd have duct taped a couple of hardware store yardsticks to an old card table and put that up when it was game night.

BTW- "woodworking" being a loaded question was in reference to the alternate definition of "wood". Some can work it; some can't.

[NerveDamage 4,176]

and the idiot of the year award goes to...

https://twitter.com/GoodTimeHaver/status/697894680189669378

[jimmyemeryhunter 2,747]

ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME

https://youtu.be/G1UgcMrhW3c

[Echolalia 2,961]

I hear you, Echolalia.

I have no workbench (l live in a trailer house) but the NE corner of my bedroom is my "tool room". When I was young and able, I would consider putting in a drawer that would roll out in my kitchen cabinets and somehow via planning to build a kitchen island, I'd be making plans for a gazebo.

Many's the time I caught myself and said, "Just ____ the _______ and get on with it."

Fortunately, I'm an old redneck with deep redneck roots. For your situation, I'd have duct taped a couple of hardware store yardsticks to an old card table and put that up when it was game night.

BTW- "woodworking" being a loaded question was in reference to the alternate definition of "wood". Some can work it; some can't.

lol i got that!