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Joakim Jahlmar
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I need to see Dodgeball in its entirety at some point. Obviously.
Bruce, would you say that the Alvin Maker series holds up in equal measure, or is Ender's Game THE way to go? Only asking since my girlfriend has the first two or three Alvin Maker books in her shelf, whereas neither of us has Ender's Game.
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Geoff Gibson
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I need to see Dodgeball in its entirety at some point. Obviously.
The scene with the Unicorns was guest directed by Bergman. It was horrifying, cheerful, numbing and moving all at once. I laughed, I cried, I climaxed and soiled myself all at once. It was a smorgsboard of emotion.
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Bruce Buchanan
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Yes, you need to see Dodgeball! Tropic Thunder, too.
Sadly, I haven't read any of the Alvin Maker books, although they certainly are on my to-read list. I have read some of the Ender's Game sequels and I'd agree with Steve. They are good, but the first book is a classic.
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Al Cook
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Bruce and Joakim; I loved the entire Alvin Maker series so far (I'm looking
forward to him finally writing the last book), but he lost me on the Ender
Series (and almost completely as a reader of any of his other stuff) with the
whole "wishing makes it so" duex ex machina (anti-) climax to the third
book in that series, "Xenocide".
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Michael Penn
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No I love Citzen Kane.
*****
I forgive you, Geoff. "D
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Moyer Hall
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Jeeze bring up a stiller movie and a popular street game and the board resurrects itself...again!
I loved dodgeball (the game and the movie). But it seem I rarely got to
play it. The one thing I was good at!
The really sad thing about P.E. in high school was for each semester, the
coaches would have you play one sport for 6 weeks, then switch to
another. So you would play say, racquetball for 6 weeks, then Volleyball
(f'n hate that sport) then softball. By the fourth and fifth week, I would
actually start getting good, then BAM...sport change.
After signing up to to do Basketball, Football and Softball for my first
semester in 10th grade, I was miserable, when I knew I should had just
signed up for the weight lifting class. I told the coach I was horrible at
sports and wanted to switch, he was sympathetic, but wouldn't let me.
So... I talked to my counselor, switched my P.E. from my later afternoon
English class, was able to get into weight lifting for the WHOLE semester,
lost a ton of weight, received a P.E. award at the end of the year, and
gave a subtle F.U. to the coach that wouldn't let me switch originally.
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Bruce Buchanan
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Moyer, I'm glad things worked out for you. But just speculating here - maybe the coach was simply trying to encourage you when he wouldn't let you switch.
Most teenagers are too quick to give up on something when they struggle. I know I was at that age. I took piano lessons for 12 years growing up and there were times when I wanted to quit, but my parents wouldn't let me. Looking back, I'm so happy they didn't cave in.
Perhaps that's all the coach was trying to do. Now, I understand there's a point where a kid is just miserable and there's no need in prolonging his or her agony. But I also think there are times when an authority figure (parent, teacher, coach, etc.) is right to force a kid to stick with something, even when they want to quit.
Just something to think about.
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Juan Jose Colin Arciniega
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Grumble...grumble...Influenza alarm in Mexico...i get a call from my boss saying that i could take the day off due to that...and when i'm finally relaxing, a couple of hours later, i got a call from her again...false alarm and back to work...
Well...at least my partner and i got morning sex....
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Tom French
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I took piano lessons for 12 years growing up and there were times when I wanted to quit, but my parents wouldn't let me. Looking back, I'm so happy they didn't cave in.
It occured to me as I read your statement that I've been playing the piano for 37 years! When the hell will I get good????
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Geoff Gibson
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It occured to me as I read your statement that I've been playing the piano for 37 years! When the hell will I get good????
I've been playing guitar 20 and I still suck.
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Jodi Moisan
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Don your gym teacher sucked, it broke my heart to read that. Slaughterball, man that should be labeled abuse. Here in Yorktown, dodgeball is played with these foam balls that look like they were made by the Nerf company.
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Donald Miller
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I loved Slaughter ball ! It was a fun game from all perspectives, as a target it was quite a challenge, as a thrower, a great way to release some tension, and as a spectator just thrilling. Like I said, it was all about the coach keeping it fair and tolerating no bullying.
Man but those red rubber balls sting when they hit the small of your back.
D-
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