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I just had to post this because it’s rather amusing.

Original from http://www.madatoms.com/site/blog/sci-fi-superfan-reference-chart

It’s missing Farscape though…
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Sometime back in 2002 a friend of mine from the Boston area introduced me to the movie The Boondock Saints.  I liked it so much, I bought it on DVD (and still wonder why the hell it didn’t make a theatrical run).  Thanks Trish!

The sequel is out now, and it’s badass.  Damn good.  So to whore my little niche on the web out to Hollywood, here goes:

The original movie (1999):

I was on a nice vacation, spending some time out at the lake.  My sister and her boyfriend stayed over a few days and they had a song on their iPod called “Kaiowas” by Sepultura.  The version they had was from the “Under a Pale Grey Sky” album.  It’s a live cut, pretty badass.

It’s an instrumental song consisting of very prominent drums and acoustic guitars (obviously with pickups).

I found myself thinking, since this is mostly drums and strummed guitars, I betcha this would sound really sweet if a pipe and drum ensemble played this.  Lots of drums, and the bagpipes could take up background drones and then a few pipers could do the guitar piece.  Royal Scots Dragoon Guards could do it quite handsomely.

Of the places I play poker, there is one relatively new player (for about a month now) who has horrendous manners at the table… The type of person you’d like to strangle just for their overall mannerisms and conduct. Such as a very derisive laugh when she wins, and a loud whoop when she or a friend of her’s wins against someone else.

Having been playing consistently for over a month, she still fucks up when betting (like not meeting the minimum). A bit of a calling station, quite a donkey and bad player. E.g. I was in late position, so I decided to steal the blinds (and her call) with 5000 and A-6. She calls (early position) it with K-7 o/s, and gets a K on the turn. I was favored 3-2 pre-flop, then 3-1 before the turn.
So my advice to anyone playing poker, don’t be a donkey. Read some etiquette rules here

So I was in a tourney the other night, rather insane cards and hands.
Session 1, before the first blind increment:

• Kc-As-7s; Ks; Kd. I have: Qs-9s (nut-flush). Opponent: Ad-7d (full-house)
• 6-8-9 (rainbow); Th (10 of hearts); Js. I have: 7d-5d (low straight, big blind). Opponent: K-Q
• 2d-3h-8s; J; 5. I have 3d-3s (all-in after the flop). Opponent: A-4 (donkey)
• There were at least 2 other full houses too! It was nuts.

Session 2:

• 10’s were coming up like mad. There were two hands back-to-back that had 10 paired on the board. A third hand after that had another person win with pocket 10’s.
• Short-stacked, one raiser, and one all-in (less than raiser) in front of me, I went all in with Qd-Td (10’s were going so well that game, I figured what the hell). Raiser calls with A-J o/s, all-in has A-K o/s. Flop: T-8-4; J; T. A bit donkey-ish of me.