The OT Thread

Post #1081 » by **Mr. E** » Wed Jan 7, 2015 7:03 pm

Good point, moofs! :lol:

I need to check the weather conditions for that game. Winter storm games are awesome (as long as you're watching from your couch)!

spolgar · Post #1082 » by **spolgar** » Thu Jan 8, 2015 7:53 pm

OMG.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_4O_TUVb8A

This is amazing?

Nebula1 · Post #1083 » by **Nebula1** » Thu Jan 8, 2015 8:51 pm

We saw The Gambler... it was ok. Marky Mark was pretty good and the story moved along at a nice rate, but his character was tough to root for. If you like Mark, it's not his best film, but still a good watch.

Nebula1 · Post #1084 » by **Nebula1** » Fri Jan 9, 2015 2:14 pm

Also wanted to note that we saw Nightcrawler and it was much better than expected. I watched it twice.

Post #1085 » by **bwgood77** » Sun Jan 11, 2015 9:43 pm

RaoulDuke79 wrote::D

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/24876269/new-south-park-holiday-episode-will-feature-jj-watt-redskins-again

Speaking of JJ Watt, I'm surprised more people don't think he should be MVP. This poll is quite lopsided in favor of Rodgers (though I think there may have been a flurry of votes coming from the Bucks forum).

viewtopic.php?f=139&t=1362254

Post #1086 » by **jwise44** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 12:01 pm

Anybody else hate waking up at 5? I can't wait for this week to be over...430 or 5 every day this week except thursday because omar is having another surgery

Post #1087 » by **jwise44** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 12:02 pm

Nebula1 wrote:We saw The Gambler... it was ok. Marky Mark was pretty good and the story moved along at a nice rate, but his character was tough to root for. If you like Mark, it's not his best film, but still a good watch.

I saw the gambler and I wasn't impressed

Mark was good, but it felt like they left out half of the movie (no backstory for important characters)

I'm a little biased though, any movie that has michael k williams gets a good rating from me...he is my dogs namesake (omar)

Nebula1 · Post #1088 » by **Nebula1** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 12:53 pm

jwise44 wrote:
Nebula1 wrote:We saw The Gambler... it was ok. Marky Mark was pretty good and the story moved along at a nice rate, but his character was tough to root for. If you like Mark, it's not his best film, but still a good watch.

I saw the gambler and I wasn't impressed

Mark was good, but it felt like they left out half of the movie (no backstory for important characters)

I'm a little biased though, any movie that has michael k williams gets a good rating from me...he is my dogs namesake (omar)

You should try Nightcrawler. It's sneaky good.

Also I saw The Interview and thought it was pretty funny, if you like those guys. I didn't know what to expect with the film but I thought it was very well done and I'll watch it again.

Post #1089 » by **jwise44** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 6:12 pm

Nebula1 wrote:
jwise44 wrote:
Nebula1 wrote:We saw The Gambler... it was ok. Marky Mark was pretty good and the story moved along at a nice rate, but his character was tough to root for. If you like Mark, it's not his best film, but still a good watch.

I saw the gambler and I wasn't impressed

Mark was good, but it felt like they left out half of the movie (no backstory for important characters)

I'm a little biased though, any movie that has michael k williams gets a good rating from me...he is my dogs namesake (omar)

You should try Nightcrawler. It's sneaky good.

Also I saw The Interview and thought it was pretty funny, if you like those guys. I didn't know what to expect with the film but I thought it was very well done and I'll watch it again.

Wanted to see night crawler so bad. My friend and I are starting up a movie review site and he said he would be surprised if jake didn't win an Oscar I wished I saw it

Nebula1 · Post #1090 » by **Nebula1** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 7:16 pm

Oscar Nominees List

Full list: http://oscar.go.com/nominees?cid=oscars ... t_cadillac

Best Picture:

American Sniper
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash

Best Actor:

Steve Carell
Brad Cooper
Benedict Cumberbatch
Michael Keaton
Eddie Redmayne

Best Actress:

Marion Cotillard
Felicity Jones
Julianne Moore
Rosamund Pike
Reese Witherspoon

Original Screenplay:

Birdman
Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Nightcrawler

inquisitive · Post #1091 » by **inquisitive** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 5:30 am

Harden bought Mobley's old home in Royal Oaks overlooking the golf course designed by Fred Couples for only $2mil

http://www.latimes.com/business/realest ... story.html

inquisitive · Post #1092 » by **inquisitive** » Sun Jan 18, 2015 12:00 am

two guys broke into someone's truck in River Oaks and stole an ipad, cash, and checkbook...they then recorded a short message flashing money...now they're in jail...talk about a segment of stupid criminals.. :lol:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Irhu6iTagFA[/youtube]

inquisitive · Post #1093 » by **inquisitive** » Sun Jan 18, 2015 6:48 pm

The fall in oil prices has affected a couple of my friends. They were laid off. One from Schlumberger and the other from Halliburton. Things aren't going too well in Houston.

inquisitive · Post #1094 » by **inquisitive** » Sun Jan 18, 2015 6:58 pm

Nebula1 · Post #1095 » by **Nebula1** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 7:36 pm

Ok John Wick was much better than anticipated and a pretty fun watch.

Lots of Russian bad guys in the movies these days...

Nebula1 · Post #1096 » by **Nebula1** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 5:58 pm

Birdman was amazing with the way it's shot.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/m ... itu-761407

Fade in: a hotel room in New York City in early October. Acclaimed Mexican filmmaker Alejandro G. Inarritu is lying on the floor, with his legs straight up against a wall, trying to find his "yoga knowledge" and keep calm before his latest film, Birdman, makes its North American premiere at the New York Film Festival. Which will be — he checks his watch — in less than two hours. There's just enough time before his red-carpet call to do a relaxed phone interview with THR.

Read more Oscars: 'Birdman' Cinematographer Reveals Secrets Behind Movie's Ingenious "Single Shot" Look

As calm and serene as he seems at the moment, you'd never suspect that the 51-year-old filmmaker (whose credits include the 2006 Oscar-nominated Babel) had just completed one of the most harrowing projects of his career. Sure, Birdman is a comedy, Inarritu's first, telling the story of Riggan Thomson, a washed-up former superhero actor trying to reclaim his prestige with a stage production based on a Raymond Carver short story (Michael Keaton, in a brilliant bit of meta-casting, alongside Edward Norton as a high-strung, hard-to-handle Broadway star and Emma Stone as Riggan's just-out-of-rehab daughter). But it's also the first feature film Inarritu has made that looks like it was shot in one long, continuous take, much as Alfred Hitchcock did in Rope. In fact, the movie is made up of a series of long, one-take scenes that have been seamlessly stitched together, but never mind. It was creative choice that made Birdman, from Fox Searchlight and New Regency, a total nightmare to film and edit.

More at link

moofs · Post #1097 » by **moofs** » Sun Feb 1, 2015 4:43 pm

inquisitive wrote:The fall in oil prices has affected a couple of my friends. They were laid off. One from Schlumberger and the other from Halliburton. Things aren't going too well in Houston.

My personal advice is save while you can.
3 months savings as emergency fund is fantastic general practice.

inquisitive · Post #1098 » by **inquisitive** » Sun Feb 1, 2015 8:01 pm

moofs wrote:
inquisitive wrote:The fall in oil prices has affected a couple of my friends. They were laid off. One from Schlumberger and the other from Halliburton. Things aren't going too well in Houston.

My personal advice is save while you can.
3 months savings as emergency fund is fantastic general practice.

probably more than that...like a year that you need to save. it took one of my other friends 5 months before he found a comparable job that he used to earn in the IT field....not sure how much he got for unemployment though.

moofs · Post #1099 » by **moofs** » Mon Feb 2, 2015 4:08 am

inquisitive wrote:
moofs wrote:
inquisitive wrote:The fall in oil prices has affected a couple of my friends. They were laid off. One from Schlumberger and the other from Halliburton. Things aren't going too well in Houston.

My personal advice is save while you can.
3 months savings as emergency fund is fantastic general practice.

probably more than that...like a year that you need to save. it took one of my other friends 5 months before he found a comparable job that he used to earn in the IT field....not sure how much he got for unemployment though.

Yeah, I should have added an "at least". Le oops.

Ideally, and under normal circumstances, recommended is minimum of 3 and try to have at least 6.
Under recession circumstances, I totally agree with you.

Reason I pointed to the lower was because I know an increasing number of people who seem to be having trouble even hitting that low number.

Of course, those numbers, again, are recommended MINIMUMS, not recommended PERPETUALS.

Post #1100 » by **jwise44** » Mon Feb 2, 2015 10:29 pm

I wish I could have kept my "no job plan" in omar

French bulldog sperm is worth a lot....blue french bulldog is worth more, but he had to get snipped since one wouldn't descend