Jordan Lund
Hey, he’s like, just this guy, you know?
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6·1 year ago+1 for the Dark Tower books.
But I’d note, there’s a dramatic tonal shift between the first half and the last half.
After book 4, you lose the flashbacks to Roland’s youth and it’s a straight through narrative for books 5, 6 and 7.
I think the accident that almost killed him put the fear of god in him.
Hey, I’ve been doing this 30 years and just learned it today, you have NOTHING to feel bad about. :)
Or cheese.
Glad you enjoyed it! I enjoyed figuring it out!
7·1 year agoI was wondering what had happened, seemed like things got super quiet. Flipped over to my lemmy.world account and it was back to normal.
Plus, NORMALLY in reporting like this, there would be a link to see if the readers vehicle is impacted. I don’t think Reuters even bothered.
https://owners.kia.com/us/en/recalls.html
Says it’s updated as of 9/26.
3·1 year agoI was part of the hardcore build it yourself crew for years and years, but I find now that for the last 10 years or so now, and especially with the death of places like Fry’s and all the bullshit Newegg pulled, it’s way easier and cheaper to buy a pre-built box that’s maybe 90-95% there, then tweak what you need to tweak.
Get that manufacturers warranty and forget trying to part it out yourself.
$3,500 here.
5·1 year agoPretty much. Try getting a job without online access, or applying for state and federal benefits. Or getting a doctor through your insurance plan.
“I demand summary judgement!”
“GRANTED!”
“No… not like that…”
IIRC this is the case where his lawyers neglected to ask for a jury trial, so it’s all on the judge and he IS NOT having it…
Found liable for sexual assault and defamation in civil court isn’t quite the same as “convicted sex offender” in criminal court.
For example, he doesn’t (yet) have to join a sex offender registry.
2·1 year agoIt’s a little bit more than that, but we won’t know what until the trial on Monday.
Possible outcomes:
Trump org is dissolved.
Assets are seized.
Trump, Jr., and Eric are banned from ever being corporate officers in NY.
5 year ban on obtaining loans.
Sounds like someone wasn’t able to ship product and had their licensing pulled…
1·1 year ago2 people + snacks, I’m lucky if it’s ONLY $50.
You better have your operations in order!
Open the scanner and quicktravel everywhere…
Now, when it comes to “Marvel regurgitation”, yeah, they could, and should, be doing better. They essentially re-use the same basic plot over and over again and will keep doing it until they hit one that doesn’t make a billion dollars.
I’m a lifelong comic book fan and I love that nerd culture is finally taking over, but I swear to god, I don’t need another superhero movie where the hero and villain have a joined origin story and the villain is just a bigger, badder version of the hero.
Seriously.
Iron Man - Iron Monger
Incredible Hulk - Abomination
Iron Man 2 - Whiplash
Thor - Loki (both sons of Odin)
Captain America - Red Skull
Avengers - Loki + Alien InvasionIron Man 3 - Extremis
Thor: Dark World - Dark Elf invasion
Captain America: Winter Soldier - Bucky
Guardians of the Galaxy - Ronan - First one to break formula.
Avengers: Age of Ultron - Ultron joined origin with Vision.
Ant-Man - Yellow JacketCaptain America: Civil War - Avengers vs. Avengers
Doctor Strange - Kaecilius
Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 - Pete’s Dad
Spider-Man: Homecoming - Vulture, Pete’s girlfriend’s dad.
Thor: Ragnarok - Hela, evil firstborn sister.
Black Panther - Killmonger
Avengers: Infinity War - Tying it all together.
Ant-Man and the Wasp - Ghost, a victim of Pym tech.
Captain Marvel - Yon-Rogg
Avengers: Endgame - Tying it all together.
Spider-Man: Far From Home - Mysterio (Stark Tech villain vs. Stark Tech hero)
I recognize that Christie isn’t exactly Shakespeare, but why adapt a book and change literally everything about it?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallowe’en_Party
It’s not in Venice, the house is not haunted, there’s no seance… I guess some of the names are the same?
Did they really “fall” for it though? Or did they just spread it because it fit their agenda?