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This leads me to a question that I apparently have to ask here rather than in OTW... which is sad: Who's gotten vaccinated and have you had any side effects? I just got the J & J one about 5 hours ago because I just wanted one 'n done. No side effects so far... not even pain at the injection site.

Oh man... the 1st was just "all right?" Could be an age thing, but I consider that movie a classic. Wife and I love the 1st movie and have watched it several times. We're going to watch the 2nd tomorrow with her parents like it's going to the movies. I already know it's going to be a bunch of similar/recycled jokes, but we're bound to enjoy it. Coming to America was peak Eddie Murphy to me.

Maybe he's lobbying for a job????

The Cardinals???? I thought he wanted to be on a competitor????

So @ScottLaw mentioned this in the book thread, but I was wondering what people's opinions are of The Stand on CBS All Access? I actually just watched the first episode and I liked it. To me, it appears to be very true to the book, but it jumps all over the place in terms of time, unlike the book. I could see why that would make it confusing for anyone who hasn't read the book, but since I have, at least the 1st episode made sense and was pretty true to the book. I'm just curious if anyone's watched the show? If you have, did you or did you not read the book and do you think that helped or hurt your experience watching the series?

Has Ray Donovan on Showtime been discussed? Wife and I are 4 episodes in and we're liking it so far. Good acting and good mix of drama and situational comedy. Liev Shreiber is pretty awesome in it so far.

Is he better than Yeldon? Whatever slivers of seriousness existed in the OP, it was always McCoy as 3rd in the RB depth chart behind Singletary and Moss.... so essentially in Yeldon's role.

Absolutely on Jurassic Park and even more so on The Lost World... book was fantastic, movie was all right then terrible after the gymnastics scene. Also really liked a few of his other books, including The Andromeda Strain and Micro.

See. I'm over the "must reads" at this point. Some of the "must reads" truly are... but it's really all dependent on taste. I loved plenty of "the classics" like King Lear, The Stranger by Camus, Catch 22, etc. 2 books I absolutely detested are considered "must reads." Hated Moby Dick. Hated War and Peace. In fact I stopped reading War and Peace 400 pages in... which is a fraction of the book. Oscar Wilde once said "taste is indefensible." It's the truth. This thread is meant to see if we can find some with similar tastes who might open us up to new books and authors. I actually just got 2 books this week that were direct recommendations from @Hapless Bills Fan and @GoBills808. I can't wait to read the books, but even if I don't like them it says nothing about them or me. It's just different taste.

If he goes to Cleveland for more money, then he was lying about wanting to play for a contender. I don't really understand how anyone views them as contenders next year. They lucked out from playing the Bengals twice, the Steelers backups (and still almost lost), the Jags (and almost lost), and the entire NFC East. I guess they're contenders now because they beat the Titans and the Colts last year? Is that it? Anyway... let Watt go to Cleveland for more money if he wants. If he wants to play for a ring... I'm sure he has Beane's and McDermott's number by now.

This is what all of us thought, but Shady was noticeably better and more productive in a more limited role in the following year with the Chiefs.

This is largely tongue in cheek with shades of seriousness, but I was watching Shady this morning on GMFB being interviewed and it seems like he really embraced the "veteran mentor" role with Tampa Bay, where his contract has expired. Based off what Beane and McDermott have said publicly they still appear to have a lot of faith in both Singletary and Moss. And they also like the guys behind them. Yeldon's contract is up and so the team will probably add at least another RB. Shady claims he still has something left in the tank and plans to play and, at the very least, will be fresh from having almost an entire year off in Tampa. Last year with the Chiefs he was pretty productive with over 100 carries and 4.6 YPC along with 28 receptions. That's a helluva lot more than we got out of Yeldon this year. McCoy has 2 straight years winning a Super Bowl ring and he said on GMFB that he wants to play another year, but it needs to be with a contender because he can't go from playing on 2 Super Bowl Teams to crap (my word, not his). He already has a relationship with Josh and other players on the Bills. There's obviously familiarity. I actually think the "hometown discount" thing applies here to an aging veteran who would already be pretty cheap. And if he can be used as a 3rd down back out of the backfield for blitz pickups and receptions (that he' might actually catch in AFC Championship games unlike Singletary... BAAAZIIIINNNNGGG!! ) then it's just an added bonus. Now, I really don't think this will happen. I don't even know what the relationship is like between him and Beane and McDermott and I kinda doubt OBD will want to bring him back. But given our apparent commitment to Moss and Singletary (much to our dismay, perhaps), maybe Shady shouldn't be out of the question and we should consider letting him come home to chase a 3rd straight ring....

One of my Graduate classes focusing on Postmodernism essentially revolved around Pynchon's works. Gravity's Rainbow was good, but there's a disgusting scene in that book that haunts me to this day.

I don't know if those theatrical releases are going to stick. It's clear theatres won't be fully reopened until at least the Fall and with the fact that Disney has already kicked the can of the Black Widow release this far down the line, I'll be surprised if they settle for losing the money they'll lose by opening it in limited theatres with 25-50% capacity.

I actually just ordered A History of the World in Six Glasses on Amazon because it sounds like the kind of nonfiction read I enjoy. Thanks for the recommendation!

Objectively... do you think it's fair to say you're underplaying your public view of Allen not just in 2018 but also in 2019?

Can you acknowledge that you're pretty clearly not objective, either? Now... correct me if I'm wrong... but weren't you one of the more vocal "Allen doubters" on this message board? Sorry, I may be confusing you with someone else or conflating your ridiculously-negative-clinging-to-a-past-long-gone-username with your recent opinions of Allen, but I generally get the sense you're one of those vocal ones here still with one foot in the boat. NO ONE IS SAYING DESHAUN WATSON ISN'T GREAT!!!

That was the first Syracuse game I watched all season. Fun watching them come from behind like that, but it was also against mediocre competition. What does everyone think our odds are of making the tournament?

I love the show, but I am 2 1/2 decades removed from my comic reading/collecting days so I am missing probably 99% of the Easter Eggs. The actors are great, but I'm a little wigged out by the fact that she's an Olsen sister. I think I'm most looking forward to the Loki show. Falcon and Winter Soldier looks like it'll be a more traditional, action packed Marvel "movie," although I will say I am a little disappointed in the character they initially appear to favor in that show because the other is probably one of my favorite Marvel characters and I think he was cast well. Notice I'm trying not to give any spoilers.

Lucky you!

I might be a homer, but that doesn't mean I'm wrong. What you should probably do is ignore me if these are the best arguments you bring to discussion involving me. By the way, did I say Watson had a bad year? In fact, didn't I say he was really good this year? All I said was that his year is being blown out of proportion and provided evidence as to why. And also that in this "Allen vs Watson" discussion--ya know, the original purpose of this discussion--Allen is better than Watson and you do NOT make that player for player trade.

Way to completely twist what I said.

Murray????? Seriously???? I strongly disagree.

Yes, he played great amidst the worst of circumstances, but if you are objectively framing his season, there's NO REASON to push 2020 as Watson's best season or anything close to it. It's not just the 7 TDs he scored in blowout losses/garbage time. It's also the 9 TDs he scored in 3 of his 4 wins against the 2 worst defenses in the league of Detroit and Jacksonville. That's 16 of his 36 TDs. Good year for Watson. Bravo for doing what he could with that team... but can we please stop presenting it as some kind of magical year that's a notch on his belt towards the HOF? Read what I wrote. That's not what I said even though it's clearly what you're hoping I said.