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Ridley’s Scott’s Alien test screening audience reacts to the chest burster, 1979
When an early test screening convened in Dallas, Texas (the second one after the sound didn’t work at the initial screening in St. Louis), Ridley Scott was so nervous, that he couldn’t even stay in the theater. More than that, he had to get a little sloshed.
“I kept having to talk around the block,” he told Empire Magazine for its definitive history of the Alien franchise, adding that he would grab an alcoholic beverage at a local watering hole. He’d return to the theater and ask, “Where are they now?” before leaving again.
Don’t Be This Guy
“I met this girl in January of this year at the start of the second semester at our university when we worked in one of the rec centers together. She was a freshman and I was a Junior. She started college a semester late (she said because of family issues) and said she was nervous about it, so I decided to show her around a bit. We got lunch a few times during the first month on campus and I gave her tours of the campus.
Linkage
See Mythbuster’s Kari Byron Now At 48 – Ned Hardy
Finding meaning in life is often talked about and inspired but this book goes a step farther and gives you a system to write and plan out the life you want to have – Amazon
5 Overlooked Plants That Can Survive In The (Almost) Dark – Apartment Therapy
Is Live Music Broken? It’s Not Just Ticketmaster, It’s Everything – The Ringer
Soon You’ll Be Able to Make Your Own Movie With AI – Vulture
The best TV episodes of 2022 – Polygon
Order breaking down in Buffalo following a blizzard with looters being shot at – Reddit
The Photos That Defined 2022 – VICE
Iranian chess player appears at Kazakhstan tournament without hijab for second day – Reuters
Box Office Milestone: ‘Avatar 2′ Crosses $1B Globally in 14 Days – Hollywood Reporter
Leonardo DiCaprio’s Worst Movie Is So Terrible It Has a 0% Rotten Tomatoes Score – Ned Hardy
This American-made bedside gun safe is the gold standard for all pistol box safes. With a 10-gauge steel body and an ultra-reliable Simplex lock, few safes can even compete – Amazon
The Best TV Shows of 2022 – Den of Geek
The $1.4B prison phone call industry gets an overhaul – The Hustle
The one hard and fast rule when your flight gets canceled or delayed and you’re stranded – Upworthy
TikTok is now banned on mobile devices issued by US House of Representatives – The Verge
Scientists develop blood test for Alzheimer’s disease – The Guardian
You Need to See Things Differently to Do Things Differently – Raptitude
The Dumping Grounds
You Can Learn A Lot About Femcels By The Memes They Post Online
What is the Car Extended Warranty Scam Call About?
When you buy a new-ish car, it will generally have a factory warranty. This means for a period of time and/or mileage- say, 5 years/100,000 miles- the dealer will handle otherwise expensive repairs.
When the warranty expires, the owner is completely financially responsible for repairs going forward. That can be a frightening prospect for many people, especially the elderly or poor.
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M82A91 “Silver Bullet” Tank Shell
For those that aren’t familiar, these are referred to as APFSDS shells (armor-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot). The working bit is an extremely long, extremely thin, extremely dense fin stabilized “dart” (the bright silver thing running up the middle), which is why they are also sometimes referred to as LRPs (long rod penetrators).
This is held centered in the barrel by a multi-piece “sabot” (the darker grey bit) that separates from the dart when it leaves the gun.
The sabot is made of relatively light material, but increases the surface area that the chamber pressure can work on, which means that the dart exits the barrel much much faster than it would with a smaller diameter barrel.
Father Teaches Son How To Deal With a Bully
So my son was being bullied pretty badly at school. People would make fun of his accent, use racial slurs towards him, throw open milk cartons at him at lunch, start rumors about him, they put his book bag in the toilet once, and a bunch of fucked shit kids do to each other.
My son had told on the main perpetrator to me and his mother and I went to the school and told them about my concerns and the school gave him a stern talking to which only stopped him for a few weeks and then he continued to bully my son.
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Linkage
Here’s What a $1 Million Retirement Looks Like in America – WSJ
Ranked: The Most Valuable NFL Teams in 2022 – Visual Capitalist
She Played ‘Mary Swanson’ in Dumb And Dumber. See Lauren Holly Now at 59 – Ned Hardy
If you need a high performance subwoofer, look no further. This sub has a small footprint but packs a huge punch! – Amazon
Here’s What’s Next for Pig Organ Transplants – Wired
The Signs That Your Finances Aren’t As Bad As You Think – Life Hacker
The Best Places to Travel in 2023 – Afar
27 Words You Should Never Use to Describe Yourself – INC
‘Out of control’: No one knows how much to tip – CNN
Psychedelic drugs may launch a new era in psychiatric treatment, brain scientists say – NPR
Big Tech’s Big Flops of 2022 – Recode
Scientists Find a Mammal’s Foot Inside a Dinosaur, a Fossil First | The last meal of a winged Microraptor dinosaur has been preserved for over a 100 million years – Gizmodo
This hose is nearly impossible to kink or break. The material has no “memory” of its coiled state, either, so it lies flat when you unroll it and wraps up easily at the end of the day – Amazon
Whatever Happened to Erik Per Sullivan, ‘Dewey’ From Malcom in the Middle? – Ned Hardy
20 Eerie Last Known Historical Photographs – Linkiest
What the Hell Is Going on Over at Southwest Airlines? – Inside Hook
Evidence unearthed by podcasters frees 2 Georgia men imprisoned for 25 years – NBC
Americans duped into losing $10 billion by illegal Indian call centres in 2022 – Deccan Hearld
TikTok admits to spying on U.S. users as effort to ban the app heats up – Mashable
James Webb Space Telescope’s 1st year in space has blown astronomers away – Space