nealnan8

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re: Easter Sunday 2025...Whatcha listening to?

Posted by nealnan8 on 4/20/25 at 4:31 pm

Vincent (Starry Night) - Don McLean
10 or 12 various Jon Prine songs
Horses (album) - Patti Smith
Enigmatic Ocean - Jean Luc Ponty

re: People who fan themselves during services are annoying

Posted by nealnan8 on 4/20/25 at 12:45 pm

I once saw a Polish family bring a large box fan to church, only to be frustrated because their extension cord wasn't long enough.

re: Official fishing shirts at church scoring thread

Posted by nealnan8 on 4/20/25 at 12:37 pm

I'm pretty sure that Jesus had no dress code for the sermon on the Mount.

re: Man v Dog - a trending debate topic

Posted by nealnan8 on 4/20/25 at 8:33 am

I would get in a ring with a German Shepherd, and after the initial hand/paw shake, I would get in a defensive posture, carefully circling the ring for many years, until my worthy opponent developed a nasty case of canine hip dysplasia. When the pain became unbearable for him, I would then distract him by producing his favorite squeaky toy. It is at this precisely this time that I would make my move...

re: Beyonce's "Cowboy Carter" World Tour Is About To Kick-Off And Ticket Sales Are Abysmal,

Posted by nealnan8 on 4/20/25 at 8:17 am

She's the Anti-John Prine. Nuff said.

re: Do LSU fans jerk off to 2019

Posted by nealnan8 on 4/20/25 at 7:55 am

We don't have to go back that long. We use Nov. 30, 2024.

SEC Rant

re: Southern university abruptly closes campus after 179 years

Posted by nealnan8 on 4/20/25 at 7:13 am

Just read that Gaylord Perry is listed as an alumnus of this school.

You wonder how much the cutting of grants and government hand-outs will hurt small, struggling colleges like this? There probably will be more of these closings in the near future.

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re: What are some ways you see "inequity aversion" play out in real life?

Posted by nealnan8 on 4/20/25 at 6:58 am

If I have a full cart at the grocery store check-out, I will let someone behind me who only has a few items pay for my groceries.

re: This day in history: pol pot takes power, ushering in worst per capita genocide in history

Posted by nealnan8 on 4/19/25 at 7:16 pm

quote:
Because they didn’t have guns

The ARVN didn't have guns?

re: What musical genre do you just not get?

Posted by nealnan8 on 4/19/25 at 5:39 pm

Whatever genre uses auto-tune for the lead vocals for the whole friggin song.

re: Father of the year!

Posted by nealnan8 on 4/19/25 at 5:10 pm

quote:
Nerds get bullied

Cowards bullie nerds, and brag about it on TD.

re: I wonder if this nurse makes house calls

Posted by nealnan8 on 4/18/25 at 7:08 pm

That's not a covered part of the plan.

re: What is the largest city that didn’t buckle to the anti-confederate trends?

Posted by nealnan8 on 4/18/25 at 4:11 pm

That would be Dogpatch. They still have that statue of Jubilation T. Cornpone up.

re: Wonder why this does not happen in an UK, Canadian or Australian school or university

Posted by nealnan8 on 4/18/25 at 6:28 am

Yes, those damn liberal teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary.

re: It just keeps getting better!!! Harvard FAFO!

Posted by nealnan8 on 4/17/25 at 7:41 pm

quote:
Harvard is officially a private university and should
not be receiving government funding at all.

This is a correct statement. It is also correct to say that as a private institution they have no obligation to turn over any private records to the government for any reason.

Political Talk

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re: What musical genre do you just not get?

Posted by nealnan8 on 4/16/25 at 7:01 pm

quote:
AC/DC
ZZ Top

These are Heavy Blues Bands.

...

Also known as Blues Rock. And there is a huge difference between blues and blues rock.

re: What 100 yr old saw the most dramatic change in their lifetime?

Posted by nealnan8 on 4/16/25 at 5:58 pm

1825 - 1925

mass marketed medicines / medicine is brought into the modern age
Western hemisphere - borders and nations established during this time are
mostly intact today, with some exceptions
electricity
telegraph, the telephone
assembly - line manufacturing
crude oil discovered in the US in 1784, changing.... everything
the US rises to power to lead the world

re: Peter Dinklage is starring in an upcoming movie called.....

Posted by nealnan8 on 4/16/25 at 5:43 pm

quote:
A Machiavellian dwarf in a medieval Italian court brings the kingdom to the brink of ruin by manipulating the prince he serves.

Why am I thinking of a Men Without Hats video from the early 80s?

Movie/TV Board

re: Best live albums...........

Posted by nealnan8 on 4/15/25 at 7:25 pm

Johnny Cash - Live At San Quentin
Peter Gabriel - Secret World Live Tour - unbelievable sound quality.
Tom Waites - Nighthawks At The Diner
The Band - The Last Waltz (all live except for a few songs)
Grand Funk Live -pure, hard drivin' rock n' roll
Sade Live from San Diego 1993 - video concert- one of the finest touring
bands ever, plus excellent sound quality.