St. John

She was pretty cute, and as I recall she did fine in some other early films: The Ice Storm, Go, Wonder Boys, The Gift.

Btw, I see that Obama clarified his opinion:

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Here's the clip (with captioning). You can decide for yourself how seriously he takes the questions.

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"John, we'd like you to climb 150 ft up these rickety ladders the men have lashed together, then dangle off the side, without any harness, mind. But don't worry, a few workmen will be there to talk you through it. And if you should die, think of the delighted faces of the children!"

"Right, then."

I think ”they’re real” also was a bit of a joke. But he essentially said that he hadn’t seen any evidence of their existence, and if the govt had the evidence, he didn’t think they’d hide it from the president. IDK how people would get “he knows something“ from that.

I just watched the film of him climbing Nelson’s Column, then hanging off the side on a board attached to ropes to show how it’s cleaned. That’s nuts, and even more crazy that they got a cameraman to go up with him.

Don't fool yourself, girl

All of his records hit the same vibe, but they hit every time.

Is there a song that you like to sing?

Banking is in their blood

Also interesting how, in the last photo, it appears that you're being kissed by a 40-ish Bob Dylan

That's my manager

Usually time heals, if I ever was upset, but I still look down on Mariners fans who say things like, "It's past time for the M's to honor Alex Rodriguez, a franchise legend and one of my childhood heroes, by retiring his number." No, you absolutely do not have to hand it to A-Rod. Never.

Oh, I see, it was a bar! For some reason I was picturing a natural landmark in a park where you'd go hiking.

I feel like people used to be maimed or killed on bobsled runs somewhat on the regular, but now the tracks seem safer?

In geologic years, that’s really saying something.

I didn‘t know that there’s a real place called Crocodile Rock. Do locals get mad when people call it “Croc Rock?”

Does Carnegie Hall still just tack on an extra midnight show to meet the public demand for jazz superstars (or anything else), anymore?

And the one year he actually made the All-Star team was just a half-season, which was a problem. The other year he wound up with big numbers, he really wasn’t so great thru most of the season, until he suddenly got scorching hot down the stretch when it was too little, too late for the team.

Why can’t the Twins be run by the Pohlad who produces movies?

I get that NFL teams have their sea ticket holders over a barrel, but it’s crazy to me that baseball fans let even one team get away with that PSL scam.

He’s a mediocre/bad hitter who plays poor defense, 90 wRC+ and -0.6 fWAR last year, age 34. If he had any value on the field, they could put up with him for one more year—or they could trade him. But, no.

In Detroit, he was the starting 3B most of those years, when Cabrera was 1B and Victor Martinez was the dedicated DH. In his couple years in CIN, they had Votto, and Winker as another poor-fielding OF-DH. Asking him to learn both OF & 1B when it’s not needed could be a lot.

Cuddyer also was initially a SS, who had a good arm that they didn’t want to waste at 1B. So they hoped to make use of it at 3B, or Super Utility, and finally in RF.

Maybe just because of roster makeup. The Phillies had Hoskins at 1B, then decided to move Harper there after his injury. Meanwhile, Schwarber also was on the team.

Trevor Noah also used to say that Trump is an “African President.” The Daily Show would mock up a picture of him wearing African ceremonial military garb.

I‘d completely forgotten, but some adults would say that about me when I was a kid. Well, maybe it was just my mother.

I had a childhood friend, now a music teacher, who could play “Linus and Lucy” and “The Entertainer“ as a kind of party trick. Anywhere there’s a piano, if people hear those tunes, they light up.

Not one hockey player?

Who’s the most famous alum of your high school?

Notable Mariners fan who made this song:

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Randy's back injury led to the M's deciding against committing to an extension with him. And who knows, A-Rod losing the MVP because the Seattle writers gave their 1st-place votes to Griffey (later justified by WAR!) may have pushed him a little towards wanting out of Seattle ASAP, too.