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[quote] I avoid chain steakhouses like the plague…. Either nice steak place or I’ll cook it at home. [/quote] Agreed. If I'm going to eat a cheap steak, I'll just cook something at home. I couldn't tell you the last time I've been to a steakhouse that wasn't "high end" or ordered a steak that w...

[quote] It' s not like there will be zero movies being made, but he's stating the obvious. Movies aren't the lead dog in our culture anymore.[/quote] I would say the Oscar ratings continually dwindling is evidence of this. I remember once upon a time when the Oscars was as big as the super bo...

[quote] He wasn't though lol. Vince Young was[/quote] VY certainly outperformed Reggie in the championship game, but Bush undoubtedly had a better regular season (which the Heisman is based on). VY's regular season stats were somewhat pedestrian as Texas had a great defense and VY rarely took...

[quote] My god the poli board has become an isolationist circle jerk of uneducated morons. [/quote] To be fair, you can't expect a goober from the backwoods of middle America to understand that what happens on the other side of the world can impact us at home. Thus, allies are necessary....

[quote] What surprised me was he only has 260 career homers as he turns 32. You would think he would have more, especially since he hit 62 in one season[/quote] Late bloomer. I'm not sure when he landed in the majors, but he wasn't good until he was 27 or so....

[quote] Top 10 but people need to pump the brakes with the MJ comparisons. Kobe is reminiscent of Jordan. Edwards is more similar to D Wade when you look at the size, style, and explosiveness[/quote] I see shades of Wade, Kobe, and I hate to say it... Jordan. His mid-range game reminds me ...

Her nose looks weird now and she's obviously getting older, but Beyonce in her prime was absolutely gorgeous....

[quote]Hansbrough and Morrison are the two that stand out the most to me.[/quote] IIRC hansborough was a low draft pick so nobody expected that his talents would translate to the NBA, whereas Morrison was a lotto pick and was expected to excel. sticking with the Gonzaga theme, drew timme is a ...

I remember he seemed like a totally normal, humble and cool dude on the Super Bowl postgame panel a few years back after they beat the rams....

[quote] Pros would be diversification, serving as a hedge against inflation and economic uncertainty given that its purchasing power tends to hold up over time (e.g. high inflation or market downturns). Cons: lower returns and can lose value more frequently than stocks in ordinary economic conditio...