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Showing posts with label Robert DeNiro. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Robert DeNiro. Show all posts
Thursday, November 07, 2024
Friday, August 11, 2023
Godfather II
- Francis Ford Coppola was burned out and suggested Martin Scorsese as a replacement.
- The movie is both a prequel (Robert DeNiro) and a sequel (Al Pacino)
- The courtroom scenes were based loosely on The Valachi Papers
- Who knew? The woman young Vito helps not get evicted was supposed to be Sonny Corleone's grandmother.
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Jonathan Turley on whether Anthony Fauci had the legal authorization to act as he did. May also open him up to prosecution and maybe financial restitution.
- Steven Pressfield on DeNiro sits in a chair. Good stuff.
- Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell - everyone knew but nobody did anything (from former Reddit CEO in 2020)
- Average credit card rate now over 22%. Thanks Joe! (Via)
Sunday, July 19, 2020
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Mickey Rourke and Robert DeNiro have a beef? I'd take Mickey Rourke in that battle.
- Beach guide for Southern Maine
- The Highest Good: An Introduction to the Four Stoic Virtues
- Google sued for allegedly tracking app users even if they opt out. "Don't trustChina Google. China Google is asshole!"
- Notre Dame cathedral's new spire will be an exact replica of the old one. Would like to see this one day (before all the great cathedral's are burnt down).
- Mickey Rourke and Robert DeNiro have a beef? I'd take Mickey Rourke in that battle.
- Beach guide for Southern Maine
- The Highest Good: An Introduction to the Four Stoic Virtues
- Google sued for allegedly tracking app users even if they opt out. "Don't trust
- Notre Dame cathedral's new spire will be an exact replica of the old one. Would like to see this one day (before all the great cathedral's are burnt down).
Saturday, July 11, 2020
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Fascinating thread about the possible inspiration for Lord of the Rings
- Matt Taibbi - If it's not "Cancel Culture," what kind of culture is it?
- Interesting data. My take-away is that overall deaths are back to where they were pre-Wuhan Virus,
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb - Lebanon: from Ponzi to Antifragility
- Robert DeNiro says the coronavirus decimated his finances. And just like that Rocky and Bullwinkle II and a Bad Grandpa sequel are green-lit.
- On this day in history
- Lying liars who lie.
- Fascinating thread about the possible inspiration for Lord of the Rings
- Matt Taibbi - If it's not "Cancel Culture," what kind of culture is it?
- Interesting data. My take-away is that overall deaths are back to where they were pre-Wuhan Virus,
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb - Lebanon: from Ponzi to Antifragility
- Robert DeNiro says the coronavirus decimated his finances. And just like that Rocky and Bullwinkle II and a Bad Grandpa sequel are green-lit.
- On this day in history
- Lying liars who lie.
Saturday, May 02, 2020
Flotsam and Jetsam
Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.
If the Libertarian Party would simply change their official name to "Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash" they would quadruple their votes. Easily!... The movie Heat would have been much more interesting if Al Pacino hunted Robert DeNiro with just a bow and arrow... Alex Jones "I'll eat your ass." How many people click on that thinking "Eat your ass" meant something else altogether. Or maybe I'm just watching too much porn in quarantine... Starting to worry that Elon Musk is slowly morphing into the origin story of a super powerful Jame Bond or Doctor Who villain. He has an army of autonomous cars he can control and a fleet of spaceships. And nobody in history has been better prepared to build a giant underground lair with his Boring Machine company... I'm at the point where I'm concerned that some of my favorite local bars and restaurants may not re-open. And those that do re-open - I'm concerned I won't remember the bartender's names or the bartenders will be newly hired... For the record - put me in the camp that's perfectly happy seeing what Jarrett Stidham can do as the starting QB for the New England Patriots. If he stumbles Brian Hoyer can step in much better in this offense than an outsider like Andy Dalton... If the bars and restaurants open in Vermont, New Hampshire or Maine before those in Massachusetts - I will be spending my weekends up north. Enough already!...
If the Libertarian Party would simply change their official name to "Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash" they would quadruple their votes. Easily!... The movie Heat would have been much more interesting if Al Pacino hunted Robert DeNiro with just a bow and arrow... Alex Jones "I'll eat your ass." How many people click on that thinking "Eat your ass" meant something else altogether. Or maybe I'm just watching too much porn in quarantine... Starting to worry that Elon Musk is slowly morphing into the origin story of a super powerful Jame Bond or Doctor Who villain. He has an army of autonomous cars he can control and a fleet of spaceships. And nobody in history has been better prepared to build a giant underground lair with his Boring Machine company... I'm at the point where I'm concerned that some of my favorite local bars and restaurants may not re-open. And those that do re-open - I'm concerned I won't remember the bartender's names or the bartenders will be newly hired... For the record - put me in the camp that's perfectly happy seeing what Jarrett Stidham can do as the starting QB for the New England Patriots. If he stumbles Brian Hoyer can step in much better in this offense than an outsider like Andy Dalton... If the bars and restaurants open in Vermont, New Hampshire or Maine before those in Massachusetts - I will be spending my weekends up north. Enough already!...
Saturday, December 28, 2019
Flotsam and Jetsam
Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.
It could be argued that anti-Semitism is so rampant in the Democratic Party that if a Democratic Presidential candidate today called New York City "Hymie Town" that candidate would actually go up in the Democratic polls... If you watch the movie To Kill a Mockingbird backwards it is the story of a black man brought back from the dead to break up some furniture... Getting this off my chest - when it was announced Tom Cruise would play fictional character Jack Reacher there was an outcry because in the books Reacher was 6'5" while Cruise is just 5'7". Yet I don't think anyone blinked an eye at 5'10" Robert DeNiro playing real life 6'4" Frank "the Irishman" Sheeran... NSA Employee of the Month... The offseason announcement that all true Red Sox fans are waiting to hear is "Today we placed Wally the Green Monster on irrevocable waivers"... Just saying but if this point if either Oprah or the Rock decided to run for President as a Democrat then the nomination would be all but theirs for the asking - you know that's true... Love this JRR Tolkien story...
It could be argued that anti-Semitism is so rampant in the Democratic Party that if a Democratic Presidential candidate today called New York City "Hymie Town" that candidate would actually go up in the Democratic polls... If you watch the movie To Kill a Mockingbird backwards it is the story of a black man brought back from the dead to break up some furniture... Getting this off my chest - when it was announced Tom Cruise would play fictional character Jack Reacher there was an outcry because in the books Reacher was 6'5" while Cruise is just 5'7". Yet I don't think anyone blinked an eye at 5'10" Robert DeNiro playing real life 6'4" Frank "the Irishman" Sheeran... NSA Employee of the Month... The offseason announcement that all true Red Sox fans are waiting to hear is "Today we placed Wally the Green Monster on irrevocable waivers"... Just saying but if this point if either Oprah or the Rock decided to run for President as a Democrat then the nomination would be all but theirs for the asking - you know that's true... Love this JRR Tolkien story...
Thursday, November 21, 2019
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Groundbreaking trial in US rapidly cools trauma victims with catastrophic injuries to buy more time for surgery. The more click-baity are calling this "suspended animation."
- Too funny!
- From cooling to heating - a startup backed by Bill Gates has achieved innovative "solar oven" capabilities about equal to a quarter of the surface of the Sun. Concentrated solar energy.
- I shouldn't laugh at this (and I can't help but hear it in my head in Christopher Walken's voice)
- Billionaire Guy Laliberte (founder of Cirque du Soleil) in trouble for growing marijuana on his private island in Tahiti
- Interesting interview of Al Pacino (in which Bob DeNiro sometimes participates)
- Groundbreaking trial in US rapidly cools trauma victims with catastrophic injuries to buy more time for surgery. The more click-baity are calling this "suspended animation."
- Too funny!
- From cooling to heating - a startup backed by Bill Gates has achieved innovative "solar oven" capabilities about equal to a quarter of the surface of the Sun. Concentrated solar energy.
- I shouldn't laugh at this (and I can't help but hear it in my head in Christopher Walken's voice)
- Billionaire Guy Laliberte (founder of Cirque du Soleil) in trouble for growing marijuana on his private island in Tahiti
- Interesting interview of Al Pacino (in which Bob DeNiro sometimes participates)
Friday, March 03, 2017
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- How can you not like Tim Tebow?
- Just how much pee is in that pool? 20 gallons!?! I'm never swimming again! Oh it's only one-hundredth of one percent? Nevermind.
- I could watch this over and over (wait I just did).
- Because ESPN and unnamed league sources have been so reliable regarding the Patriots in the past
- Cool - how Robert DeNiro's landlord landed a role in Goodfellas.
- I would so love this if the "two private citizens" were a rich couple who wanted to be the first members of the "Moon High Club"
- How can you not like Tim Tebow?
- Just how much pee is in that pool? 20 gallons!?! I'm never swimming again! Oh it's only one-hundredth of one percent? Nevermind.
- I could watch this over and over (wait I just did).
- Because ESPN and unnamed league sources have been so reliable regarding the Patriots in the past
- Cool - how Robert DeNiro's landlord landed a role in Goodfellas.
- I would so love this if the "two private citizens" were a rich couple who wanted to be the first members of the "Moon High Club"
Friday, July 08, 2016
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- It will be tough to convince me that Pat Riley didn't want Dwayne Wade to leave Miami.
- With peace, Columbia is poised for greater prosperity
- Heh heh
- 2002 as the exact year Robert DeNiro gave up? Then how do you explain The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle in 2000?
- Wow - paralyzed man walks after stem cells from his nose transplanted into his spinal cord
- It will be tough to convince me that Pat Riley didn't want Dwayne Wade to leave Miami.
- With peace, Columbia is poised for greater prosperity
- Heh heh
- 2002 as the exact year Robert DeNiro gave up? Then how do you explain The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle in 2000?
- Wow - paralyzed man walks after stem cells from his nose transplanted into his spinal cord
Tuesday, June 14, 2016
Top 5 Robert DeNiro Movies
Here are what I consider Robert DeNiro's Top 5 movies.
1. Raging Bull
2. Goodfellas
3. Taxi Driver
4. The Godfather II
5. (tie) Casino (tie) A Bronx Tale
Casino from 1995 is the "newest" movie on the list. Ronin (1998), Jackie Brown (1997) and Heat (1995) would be on almost any other actor's Top 5 but after 1998 DeNiro's been seemingly trading on his past roles.
1. Raging Bull
2. Goodfellas
3. Taxi Driver
4. The Godfather II
5. (tie) Casino (tie) A Bronx Tale
Casino from 1995 is the "newest" movie on the list. Ronin (1998), Jackie Brown (1997) and Heat (1995) would be on almost any other actor's Top 5 but after 1998 DeNiro's been seemingly trading on his past roles.
Friday, August 23, 2013
Flotsam and Jetsam
Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.
Kids today probably think that mustard gas is something that happens to you the day after eating a pastrami sandwich... 22 cast members and one almost cast members describe how their auditions for SNL went... I wonder if the people who now know they will be losing their healthcare because of Obamacare were allowed to change their vote if it would have been enough to elect Mitt Romney... Gabe Kapler has a great take on the PED guessing game... I wonder who would win an MMA fight in the octagon - Joe Rogan or Jay Glazer... After hearing of Elmore Leonard's death I re-watched the first season of Justified and the Tarantino flick Jackie Brown. I have come to think that Robert DeNiro's best role was as Louis Gara the pot smoking criminal...
Kids today probably think that mustard gas is something that happens to you the day after eating a pastrami sandwich... 22 cast members and one almost cast members describe how their auditions for SNL went... I wonder if the people who now know they will be losing their healthcare because of Obamacare were allowed to change their vote if it would have been enough to elect Mitt Romney... Gabe Kapler has a great take on the PED guessing game... I wonder who would win an MMA fight in the octagon - Joe Rogan or Jay Glazer... After hearing of Elmore Leonard's death I re-watched the first season of Justified and the Tarantino flick Jackie Brown. I have come to think that Robert DeNiro's best role was as Louis Gara the pot smoking criminal...
Wednesday, August 03, 2011
Flotsam and Jetsam
Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.
The Humanitarian Bowl has become "The Famous Idaho Potato Bowl." It saddens me that I'll no longer be amused by thoughts of the Human Fund sponsoring the Humanitarian Bowl but that is more than made up for by the hope that someday I'll get to hear Brent Musberger say, "This is for all the Potatoes!"... What were the biggest tactical mistakes that Stringer Bell made in Seasons 2 and 3 of The Wire? Why did he make these mistakes?... How is it possible that Adrian Gonzalez has a stolen base? I hope the catcher who gave that up never lives it down... Very interesting. You really can't argue with their logic. Why Van Halen had brown M&Ms contractually removed... Just occurred to me - if Every Flavor Beans include things like earwax, do you think they have a vagina flavored one?... 11 Bizarre or Shocking TV Deaths... I'm still ticked that Derek Jeter skipped All-Star Game. He could have gone and just tipped his cap (sarcasm)... Barack Obama is turning out to be as badly cast in the role as President as Robert DeNiro was in his role as Fearless Leader in The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle. Would be great to have had those two flip flopped just so I can hear Obama say "Squirrel and moose!"
Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.
The Humanitarian Bowl has become "The Famous Idaho Potato Bowl." It saddens me that I'll no longer be amused by thoughts of the Human Fund sponsoring the Humanitarian Bowl but that is more than made up for by the hope that someday I'll get to hear Brent Musberger say, "This is for all the Potatoes!"... What were the biggest tactical mistakes that Stringer Bell made in Seasons 2 and 3 of The Wire? Why did he make these mistakes?... How is it possible that Adrian Gonzalez has a stolen base? I hope the catcher who gave that up never lives it down... Very interesting. You really can't argue with their logic. Why Van Halen had brown M&Ms contractually removed... Just occurred to me - if Every Flavor Beans include things like earwax, do you think they have a vagina flavored one?... 11 Bizarre or Shocking TV Deaths... I'm still ticked that Derek Jeter skipped All-Star Game. He could have gone and just tipped his cap (sarcasm)... Barack Obama is turning out to be as badly cast in the role as President as Robert DeNiro was in his role as Fearless Leader in The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle. Would be great to have had those two flip flopped just so I can hear Obama say "Squirrel and moose!"
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