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    Am I the only one who didn't know this -- Michelle Monaghan?

    Michelle Monaghan grew up in Winthrop and graduated from East Buchanan High School in Winthrop. Why am I just hearing about this now? She's always been one of my favorite actresses and now I'm finding she's native to the same state I'm from.
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    Ron Falenchek Go Fund Me page

    I didn't see this posted anywhere, so forgive me if I missed it. Falenchek is experiencing some severe health problems and financial issues. Go Fund Me
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    Marshals

    The only thing worse than Gary Grimes wooden, understated acting in this new series is the insufferable Logan Marshal-Green and his weak as water melodrama each week that does nothing to further the plot. I get so tired of his stoic suffering and grating personality as the boss of this elite...
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    wi-fi extender

    Does anyone know how these work? I have AT&T internet and it sounds like all I have to do is sign up for a wi-fi extender so the apartment in the garage has better service and no new equipment is needed. Is that true? Or do I need a piece of equipment to extend my wi-fi? I'd rather it be a...
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    Debit card compromised

    Anybody else ever have this happen? I got an alert on my phone that a charge against my account for over $4,000 had been denied. So I called my bank to make sure it wasn't some sort of scam to get my account number, and sure enough, they had stopped a payment in that amount. So I had to go...
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    Life Below Zero

    I just found out that they've canceled one of my favorite shows, Life Below Zero. Makes me wonder if it was the hardship on the filming crews to go to such remote places enduring the ice, snow and cold to bring this show to TV. I was just fascinated by this show and I'm not happy that it was...
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    Double stuffed Oreos

    Is it just me or are the double-stuffed Oreos lacking in the double stuffing department of late? It seems to me that double-stuffed now look suspiciously like regular Oreos, or how they used to look, and the regular Oreos have less filling in them too. Do I need to start buying the triple...
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    In memoriam

    Every year, it seems, one or more of the people mentioned in the in-memoriam segment of the Oscars catches me by surprise. This year, it was Val Kilmer, who I had no idea had died. All in all, it was a bad year for iconic actors as we lost Robert Duvall, Robert Redford, Diane Keaton, Kilmer...
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    Friday OT - Quit acting up

    Since Angie didn't have one today, I thought I'd try my first Friday OT. Tell us about your acting experience. Are you a good actor, a terrible actor, were you in school plays, did you ever have any embarrassing experiences on stage? I'll go first. I'm a terrible actor. I've been in exactly two...
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    Cooking myths and other common misconceptions

    Cooking myth No. 1 (IMO): It's crucial to let a steak rest before slicing into it after cooking. WRONG! It's not crucial and the benefit of letting it rest is negligible to begin with. The idea is that resting the steak allows the juices, which migrate toward the center of the steak during...
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    Why is canceling a subscription so hard?

    Never mind, I know why it's so hard -- so you give up in frustration and keep paying in perpetuity. I went to cancel my 247 subscription as the promotional period was about to end and followed the instructions to a T. I was told to go to my settings on the 247 site, then under the subscriptions...
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    Movie you didn't think was that good, but sticks with you longer than it should (spoilers)

    I just finished watching The Six Triple Eight on Netflix. For the most part, I thought it was a rip off of Tuskegee Airmen only with women and not nearly as compelling a plot. I mean, come on. Mail sorting during World War II? And let's face it, it's not like they had any great impact on the...
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    The Equalizer canceled

    I can't say I'm surprised because it seems like every show I get attached to is cancelled eventually, but I can see why they cancelled this one. The show strayed too far from its premise of a mystery vigilante helping the oppressed or downtrodden when they had nowhere else to turn. They started...
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    Celebrity net worth

    I occasionally like to look at celebritynetworth.com to see how much some people are worth nowadays. I saw a post on Robert Carradine, which got me to wondering what he'd been doing in his career lately (if anything) and that got me to wondering how much he was worth. So I looked it up. The...
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    Worst advice you ever got

    What's the worst advice you ever got or maybe pearl of "wisdom" from some rando that you took to heart? I'll go first. I heard once, I don't know whether it was on the radio or where I heard it, that a sign of maturity is that you can do things by yourself and still have fun. For some reason...
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    Car battery life

    I was watching a Youtube video of a guy in Arizona who had dead batteries on two of his vehicles. (I know, scintillating stuff). One battery, a premium Walmart battery with a warranty, was only a year and a half old. Turns out the warranty was no good, because he had already used it when he got...
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    Bad parenting?

    I want to preface this by saying I was inspired to ask this question after watching Judge Judy, who seems to think that kids should not be left to their own devices outdoors and should be supervised at all times, even when out riding bikes in the neighborhood. I was not raised that way. In...
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    Pirates (TV show)

    I just finished watching Pirates: Behind the Legends on the National Geographic Channel, and I learned a few things. For instance, Jack Sparrow was based on a real pirate John Ward, who went by the nickname Jack and had a tattoo of a swallow on his arm that his mentor and friend was unfamiliar...
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    Greatest "B" side recordings ever

    For you youngsters who have no idea what a B side is, it refers to the song on the flip side of a 45 record. The A side is the song being released in the hopes it's a hit. The B side is usually mostly filler, just so it's not a blank space. Here's my nominee. It became this group's only No. 1 hit.
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    Most annoying ritual in sports

    When did it become a thing to trot around in the dugout with a trident or a samurai helmet or, gawd forbid, a powdered wig after you hit a home run? It has to be one of the silliest, newest, most annoying rituals in sports, right up there with the log chains, axes, title belts defenders run and...