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I was just thinking if Zeno were alive today, his favorite lyric in all of rock & roll would be from Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ On A Prayer”: Whoa, we're half way there…

I used to like Ranch, but after a few years of ubiquity, I almost entirely stopped eating it. Now, it’s only a dip for things like fried appetizers (mushrooms, zucchini, onions). Sorry, I take a Germanic approach and eat it like schnitzel. Specifically, with a brown or mushroom gravy, and...

Not to intentionally flatter you, but… Sometimes, it’s about the attractiveness of the salesperson. “Car show girls” exist for a reason. In my own life, my paternal grandfather- peeved by my preferentially casual wardrobe- once took me shopping for dress shirts at Maison Blanche in NOLA. (I...

IMHO, most sci fi films- including many mentioned in this thread- could be described as being “flimsy” or sci-fi in name only. That doesn’t disqualify them for me. YMMV.🤷🏾‍♂️

Re: Godzilla Since the people who made the film explicitly stated that Gojira was an ancient creature mutated by radiation, prodded to rampage by the hydrogen bomb’s effects, and directly referenced real world events like the radioactive poisoning of the fishing boat Lucky Dragon #5 (shortly...

There’s too many already listed in this thread that would be contenders on my list, and some I’ve not seen mentioned. Sooooo I’m…not gonna even try.

Here’s an absolutely untouchable performance of DeBussy’s “Clair de Lune”:

I’m pullin’ for ya!

Rick Wakeman (famously of Yes) was a classically trained pianist, and often slipped snippets of classical music into his solos or did homages in his writing. He did an aloof classical variations, but I think it was played mostly on piano. OTOH, Jon Lord (Deep Purple’s keyboardist) also drew...

Regarding steak cuts not prepared as steaks: There was a place in Austin called McKlesky’s (sp?), and they made the best steak sandwiches I’ve ever had. They used whole, thin-cut ribeyes, and marinated them overnight in red wine. That place became our game group’s go-to as soon as we...

“Pride goeth before a fall”- sometimes literally. My grandmother used a walker for YEARS and then one night decided she didn’t need it for a quick bathroom trip. Took a couple steps and fell and broke her hip. She never left the hospital after a cascade of other health issues related to her...

See also Phillip Glass, Vangelis, Jean Michael Jarre and many others.

Emerson, Lake & Palmer/Emerson, Lake & Powell/ELP did several modern interpretations of classical pieces. One of my favorite modern reinterpretations of that era was Eumir Deodato’s jazz fusion (IOW, not electronic) take on “Also Sprach Zarathustra”.

Mod Note: @dbm @Neonchameleon Y’all seem to have forgotten this is a [+] thread. Dial it back several notches and/or disengage, please.

3.5 & 4Ed did have ways for supernatural characters to exhibit certain supernatural abilities at will, so there’s no reason why 5th couldn’t as well. My personal favorites were things like Reserve feats and certain psionic abilities. There were also some variant classes and late-edition base...

Jesus Montero has died. https://www.yahoo.com/sports/mlb/breaking-news/article/former-yankees-top-prospect-jesus-montero-dead-at-35-190237830.html

Doug Martin has died. https://www.yahoo.com/sports/nfl/breaking-news/article/doug-martin-a-former-buccaneers-and-boise-state-rb-dies-at-36-205904119.html

Tangent: I was a teen/young adult during the Satanic Panic, and I remember the lawsuits & allegations involving Ozzy Osbourne, Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. The backwards satanic messages; people driven to suicide by their music. Etc. Fast forward to 2023 or so. I’m sitting in my dentist’s...

Sam Rivers has died. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/music/articles/sam-rivers-limp-bizkit-bassist-003455750.html