HortensePowdermaker

re: Does Peyton Manning's Regular Season Greatness even Matter anymore?

Posted by HortensePowdermaker on 9/24/13 at 10:55 am

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So to base his legacy on how many rings he has is lazy analysis.

I agree. How many total playoff games has he played? Is it a statistically significant number? Luck dominates small sample sizes.

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re: Dexter series finale

Posted by HortensePowdermaker on 9/24/13 at 10:05 am

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I am actually okay with the general idea behind the ending (Dex realizing he can never live a normal life and that he kills everyone closest to him... so he runs away to isolate himself).

Me too. In theory, it wasn't terrible.

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It is just the execution of it was pathetic. The acting and writing were laughable at times. For that ending to work you really have to feel the anguish in Dex which was impossible with his acting and the ridiculous scenarios that were happening everywhere (hurricane etc).

I kind of think you are just supposed to take the last 15 minutes as symbolic. They have been abandoning the confinements of technology and logistics for so many seasons now, that it must have made more sense for them not to even try.

re: Paul Dietzel has passed away at the age of 89

Posted by HortensePowdermaker on 9/24/13 at 9:31 am

RIP

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re: Anyone have a still picture of onside kick

Posted by HortensePowdermaker on 9/23/13 at 6:21 pm

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I wouldn't say a full yard, but anyone who thinks he touched it AFTER 10 yards, is a complete retard... or Troll... or BOTH.

I think he touched it about a foot before 10 yards...I just don't think the angle shown on TV CONCLUSIVELY conveys this.

re: Even Alabama can't get its students to stay for a full game.

Posted by HortensePowdermaker on 9/23/13 at 6:18 pm

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lack of booze is affecting everyone in the conference

When was this ever not the case?

re: Here's the full Shaq interview for those who missed it (Video)

Posted by HortensePowdermaker on 9/23/13 at 6:11 pm

All the people bitching about the half-empty stadium affecting recruiting...it would be hard to believe that just this one Shaq appearance didn't literally DWARF the theoretical impact of that.

re: Anyone have a still picture of onside kick

Posted by HortensePowdermaker on 9/23/13 at 6:07 pm

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Seemed like the only view ESPN gave was field level looking down the 45 yd line from the LSU side.

At first, I thought AU had made a play. On first review, I didn't think there was conclusive evidence to the contrary. But upon furthre review I think the AU kicker touched it prematurely.

This. Although I'm 99% confident that he almost had to have touched it before the 45, I don't believe the replay actually does show him conclusively touching it - because we have no depth from that angle. I was very surprised that they overturned it.

re: Fairfax to take Blackberry private

Posted by HortensePowdermaker on 9/23/13 at 2:53 pm

I think these Canadian institutions get a lot of pressure to invest in Canadian businesses. Will be interesting to see. Prem is awesome, though.

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Fairfax to take Blackberry private

Posted by HortensePowdermaker on 9/23/13 at 12:54 pm

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BlackBerry Ltd. (TSX:BB) says it has signed a deal to be bought by a consortium led by its largest shareholder in a deal valued at U$4.7 billion.

The consortium led by Fairfax Financial Holdings. Ltd. (TSX:FFH) has offered US$9 per share in cash for the smartphone maker.

Under the deal, the consortium would all acquire of the outstanding shares of BlackBerry not held by Fairfax, which owns approximately a 10 per cent in the company.

Hard to know what to think. Seems like the ultimate melting ice cube, but the Fairfax guy is a legend.

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re: Tesla - Buy or Sell?

Posted by HortensePowdermaker on 9/23/13 at 11:32 am

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There may be electric car companies one day. Only time will tell if Tesla is one of them.

And there will be big competition from BMW and the like. I think that plug-in cars are here to stay and a lot of us will be buying them in the next 10 years. What's much less clear is if Tesla will be good at doing so. I say do not invest in this type of stuff.

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re: Busting out the extended edition LOTRs

Posted by HortensePowdermaker on 9/21/13 at 3:32 pm

The characters you listed do go through conflict, but it's always of the sort that is "powerful external evil making them not be themselves because they are actually good people". They all fell under the spell of the ring. Even Aragorn and Gandalf are tempted by it. To me, that doesn't really make them more complex.

But I would much rather watch LOTR movies than GoT TV show.

re: Busting out the extended edition LOTRs

Posted by HortensePowdermaker on 9/21/13 at 12:18 am

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LOTRs

I love the books and the movies, but Game of Thrones has really cast a shadow over these, IMO, and shown just how one-dimensional the characters are. Everyone is either totally good or totally bad with no shades whatsoever.

I guess the movies are faithful to the books in this regard.

Hard to beat the music. It really is great.

My favorite shot of all time of any movie is in FotR when Gandalf's wagon turns the corner as he pulls up to Bilbo's door. It's a slow zoom shot from a boom that is so perfectly framed and timed that it brings tears to my eyes.

re: Seinfeld characters who deserved spinoffs

Posted by HortensePowdermaker on 9/19/13 at 6:24 pm

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Jay Remenschneider

Very nice. Could be about his horse-eating.

re: Derek

Posted by HortensePowdermaker on 9/19/13 at 1:22 pm

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Dandy Lion

Merchant has a new show coming out too.

Streaming game on XBox?

Posted by HortensePowdermaker on 9/17/13 at 10:07 pm

I got roped into a function where the people (if you can call them that) don't have cable. Should I be able to somehow stream the game via ESPN through an XBox?