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The Dark Rattler
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Duncan Malloy from Con Air.
Duncan Malloy is one of the characters in the 1997 film, Con Air. He is portrayed by Colm Meaney. Here is he sitting in his silver Corvette convertible, wearing a gray suit, white button down shirt, black tie with white stripes and sunglasses.
December 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last tv show you watched are trying to save you. Who’s coming to save you?

I'm not sure if I'll be saved so much as the kidnappers will get so annoyed they'll just set me free in order to get away from all of these people.
Cast of Modern Family.
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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*laughs nervously in Taz*
a cartoon drawing of AEW commentator and former professional wrestler Taz. He is wearing a blue suit with an orange tie. This particular drawing is popular among the Official Bothamania page and fandom.
November 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Commando.

I just learned that this game had nothing to do with the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie of the same name. I always thought they were supposed to be tied together in some way.
Cover art for the Nintendo Video game, Commando. Commando, released as Senjō no Ōkami[a] in Japan, is a 1985 run and gun video game developed and published by Capcom for arcades. The game was designed by Tokuro Fujiwara. It was distributed in North America by Data East, and in Europe by several companies including Capcom, Deith Leisure and Sega, S.A. SONIC. Versions were released for various home computers and video game consoles. It is unrelated to the 1985 film of the same name, which was released six months after the game. Commando was a critical and commercial success, becoming one of the highest-grossing arcade video games of 1985 and one of the bestselling home video games of 1986. Though not the first military-themed run and gun video game, it spawned numerous clones following its release while popularizing the genre. Its influence can be seen in many shooter games during the late 1980s to early 1990s. The player takes control of a soldier named Super Joe, who starts by being dropped off in a jungle by a helicopter, and has to fight his way out single-handedly, fending off a massive assault of enemy soldiers. - Wikipedia.
November 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Name 4 Films from 4 Decades.

(They don't have to be from the same movie franchise but it is more fun that way, I think.)
Cover photo for the 1968 movie, The Love Bug. The Love Bug is a 1968 American sports adventure comedy film directed by Robert Stevenson from a screenplay by Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi, based on the story "Car, Boy, Girl" by Gordon Buford. It is the first installment in the Herbie film series. The film follows the adventures of a sentient Volkswagen Beetle named Herbie, Herbie's driver, Jim Douglas (Dean Jones), and Jim's love interest, mechanic Carole Bennett (Michele Lee). It also features Buddy Hackett as Jim's enlightened, kind-hearted friend, Tennessee Steinmetz, who creates "art" from used car parts. English actor David Tomlinson portrays the villainous Peter Thorndyke, the owner of an automobile showroom and an SCCA national champion who sells Herbie to Jim and eventually becomes his racing rival. The Love Bug was originally given a limited release on December 24, 1968, and was later widely released on March 13, 1969 by Walt Disney Productions. It received positive reviews from critics, and received $51.2 million against a budget of $5 million. The film was followed by a sequel titled Herbie Rides Again (1974). - Wikipedia Cover photo for the 1977 movie, Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo. Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo is a 1977 American sports adventure comedy film directed by Vincent McEveety and written by Arthur Alsberg and Don Nelson. The film is the third installment in the Herbie film series and the sequel to Herbie Rides Again (1974). In the film, Dean Jones returns as champion race car driver Jim Douglas (reprising his role from The Love Bug, the first film in the series), joined this time by his somewhat cynical and eccentric riding mechanic Wheely Applegate (Don Knotts). The film follows Douglas, Herbie and Applegate as they participate in the fictional Trans-France Race, a road race from Paris, France, to Monte Carlo, Monaco. - Wikipedia Cover photo for the 1980 movie, Herbie Goes Bananas. Herbie Goes Bananas is a 1980 American adventure comedy film directed by Vincent McEveety and written by Don Tait. The film is the fourth installment in the Herbie film series and the sequel to Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977). This movie stars, Cloris Leachman as Aunt Louise Trends, Harvey Korman as Captain Blythe, Stephan W. Burns as Peter "Pete" Stancheck and Charles Martin Smith as Davy "D.J." Johns. - Wikipedia. Cover photo for the 2005 movie, Herbie Fully Loaded. Herbie: Fully Loaded is a 2005 American sports comedy film directed by Angela Robinson from a screenplay written by Thomas Lennon, Robert Ben Garant, Alfred Gough, and Miles Millar. The film stars Lindsay Lohan as the youngest member of an automobile-racing family, Michael Keaton as her father, Breckin Meyer as her brother, Justin Long as her romantic interest, and Matt Dillon as a competing racer. Herbie: Fully Loaded features cameo appearances by many NASCAR drivers, including Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart, and Dale Jarrett. Produced by Robert Simonds, Herbie: Fully Loaded is the sixth and final installment in the Herbie film series, following the television film The Love Bug (1997), and the first theatrical feature film since Herbie Goes Bananas (1980). It serves as a legacy sequel to the previous films. Principal photography took place from August to November 2004, with cinematographer Greg Gardiner, at various locations in California, including the Riverside International Raceway and Auto Club Speedway; Hansen Dam in Los Angeles; and at Walt Disney Studios in Burbank. During post-production, editing was completed by Wendy Greene Bricmont, and the score was composed by Mark Mothersbaugh. The film premiered at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway on May 10, 2005, and Walt Disney Pictures released it theatrically in the United States on June 24. Distributed by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Herbie: Fully Loaded was a box office success, grossing over $144 million worldwide against its production budget of $50 million. The film received mixed reviews from critics and moviegoers, but a positive response from fans of the Herbie franchise. - Wikipedia
November 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Entrapment and The Thomas Crown Affair. Both came out in 1999. Both have James Bond actors playing art thieves being pursued by female insurance investigators.
Cover photo for the 1999 movie Entrapment. Entrapment is a 1999 heist film directed by Jon Amiel and written by Ronald Bass. It stars Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones and includes Will Patton, Ving Rhames and Maury Chaykin. The film focuses on the relationship between an investigator and a professional thief as they attempt a heist at the turn of the millennium. Simon West and Antoine Fuqua were both in talks to direct before Amiel was hired. Principal photography took place from June to October 1998 at locations in Britain and Malaysia. The score was composed by Christopher Young, and British singer Seal performs "Lost My Faith" over the end credits. Entrapment was released theatrically in the United States on 30 April 1999 and in the United Kingdom on 2 July. It received mixed reviews from critics, and grossed $212 million worldwide on a $66 million production budget. - Wikipedia Cover photo for the 1999 movie, The Thomas Crown Affair. The Thomas Crown Affair is a 1999 American romantic heist film directed by John McTiernan and written by Leslie Dixon and Kurt Wimmer. It is a remake of the 1968 film of the same title. Starring Pierce Brosnan, Rene Russo, and Denis Leary, it follows Thomas Crown, a billionaire who steals a painting from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and is pursued by an insurance investigator, with the two falling in love. Produced by United Artists and Irish DreamTime, the film was released on August 6, 1999. It grossed $124.3 million worldwide, against a budget of $48 million, and received generally positive reviews from critics. - Wikipedia.
November 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Name a film with an airplane.

I was a huge fan of this movie and Chuck Norris as a kid.
Cover art for the movie, The Delta Force. The Delta Force is a 1986 American action film starring Chuck Norris and Lee Marvin (in his final film appearance) as leaders of an elite group of Special Operations Forces personnel based on the real life U.S. Army Delta Force unit. Directed, co-written and co-produced by Menahem Golan, the film features Martin Balsam, Joey Bishop, Robert Vaughn, Steve James, Robert Forster, Shelley Winters and George Kennedy. It is the first installment in The Delta Force film series. Two sequels were produced, entitled Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection and the direct-to-video Delta Force 3: The Killing Game. The Delta Force was "inspired" by the hijacking of TWA Flight 847. - Wikipedia
November 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Name a Black and White film.
Cover photo for the 1962 film, the Manchurian Candidate. The Manchurian Candidate is a 1962 American neo-noir political thriller film directed and produced by John Frankenheimer. The screenplay is by George Axelrod, based on the 1959 Richard Condon novel The Manchurian Candidate. The film's leading actors are Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, and Janet Leigh, with co-stars Angela Lansbury, Henry Silva, and James Gregory. The plot centers on Korean War veteran Raymond Shaw, part of a prominent political family. Shaw is brainwashed by communists after his Army platoon is captured. He returns to civilian life in the United States, where he becomes an unwitting assassin in an international communist conspiracy. The group, which includes representatives of the People’s Republic of China and the Soviet Union, plans to assassinate the presidential nominee of an American political party, with the death leading to the overthrow of the U.S. government. - Wikipedia
November 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Name an underrated film.

It has to be Interstellar.
Cover photo for the movie, Interstellar. An astronaut is seen walking on a barren planet with the tag line, "The end of Earth will not be the end of us" Interstellar is a 2014 epic science fiction film directed by Christopher Nolan, who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother Jonathan Nolan. It features an ensemble cast led by Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Bill Irwin, Ellen Burstyn, and Michael Caine. Set in a dystopian future where Earth is suffering from catastrophic blight and famine, the film follows a group of astronauts who travel through a wormhole near Saturn in search of a new home for mankind. - Wikipedia.
November 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Your last meme is your moral philosophy.
Man: I think I might have ADHD, because I can't remember where I parked my Ford. Woman: That's not how ADHD works. Man: But I keep losing my Focus. Woman: Get out.
November 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Cover picture for the 1990 movie, The Memphis Belle. At a U.S. Army Air Force base in England, the crew members of B-17 bomber Memphis Belle prepare for their 25th and final sortie into enemy German territory. Bomber Capt. Dennis Dearborn (Matthew Modine) knows the mission is a dangerous one, but he's under pressure from Army public relations man Lt. Col. Bruce Derringer (John Lithgow) to earn a decisive victory for the Allies. Now, the Memphis Belle prepares to take flight as apprehension and dissention grow among Dearborn's crew. Also Starring Eric Stoltz, Sean Astin, Harry Connick Jr., Reed Diamond, Tate Donovan, D. B. Sweeney, Billy Zane, Courtney Gains and Neil Giuntoli
November 15, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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What two books would you leave out on your coffee table so a reporter can mention you have them. Doesn't matter if you've read them or not.
Cousy: His Life, Career, and the Birth of Big-Time Basketball by Bill Reynolds. The Star Wars Cook Book: Wookiee Cookies and other Galactic Recipes. Text by Robin Davis Photography by Frankie Frankeny
November 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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I took a screenshot from IG because someone commented perfectly and I wanted to see how right they actually are a year from now.
cannon72 on Instagram says: They're checking the room temperature. Expect to see them in *gasp* more places at the same time, with photogs to get people used to the idea. My bet is a divorce next spring because it was too much & Usha wants to concentrate on raising their young children, a soft launch mid/late summer, engaged just before the midterms & a Christmas wedding because they prayed on it together & God gave them the sign they're soulmates. This was in response to the Erika Kirk and JD Vance picture posted above.
November 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Also, I know a lot of the book is redacted but Fair Game by Valerie Plame was a really good read when it first came out.
Cover for the book Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House by Valerie Plame
October 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Hiding in Plain Sight by Sarah Kendzior
Cover art for the book Hiding in Plain Sight by Sarah Kendzior
October 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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If You see This, Post 4 Female Characters You Love
Sally Field as Aunt May in The Amazing Spider-man movies. Marissa Tomei as Mona Lisa Vito in the movie My Cousin Vinny. Iman Vellani as Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel from the TV Series Ms. Marvel and the movie The Marvels. Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy from the TV series Modern Family
October 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Respond with the same actor as a Hero and a Villain.
Gary Oldman played James Gordon in Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises. Gary Oldman played Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg in The Fifth Element, directed by Luc Besson.
October 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Creed Bratton from the TV Series, The Office saying, We had a funeral for a bird.
October 27, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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The worst candy to get on Halloween isn't even candy. It was these grotesque abominations to my pallet!
A picture of gross Popcorn Balls that some evil people who loved to see children suffer would routinely give out on Halloween night. Blech
October 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Without downloading any pics, describe what it's like to date you.
Reminder to never stop the HUSTLE Have a nap Use the couch for Napping Sleep during the day (nap) Take frequent naps Lie down and nap Enjoy a nice nap
October 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Four books to get to know me.

I included the Thrawn trilogy as one of the choices because there are no rules that I can't, so there!
Bob Newhart: I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things that Strike Me as Funny Published September 19th, 2006 Into the Darkness (1999) is a fantasy novel by American writer Harry Turtledove, the first book in the Darkness series. The Thrawn trilogy, also known as the Heir to the Empire trilogy, is a trilogy of novels set in the Star Wars universe, written by Timothy Zahn between 1991 and 1993. The first book marked the end of a notable drought of new Star Wars material over a four-year period, between the 10th anniversary of the original 1977 film's release and the release of Heir to the Empire (1991). That's Amore A Son Remembers Dean Martin As fascination with the Rat Pack thrives in films and on television, Dean Martin remains one of the group's most enigmatic members. The Hollywood image of Dean Martin with a martini in one hand and a woman in the other continues to dominate public perception. Now, Dean's son Ricci reveals the husband and father few people knew, a man who hated parties, adored his mother-in-law, and found utter contentment in a slice of buttered bread. In That's Amore: A Son Remembers Dean Martin, Ricci Martin takes readers on a tour through his childhood, from the star-studded parties to the exploration of "three marriages, eight kids, one family," to the treasured one-on-one time he shared with his father. He also discusses Dean's first meeting with Jerry Lewis and divulges his father's version of the Martin and Lewis breakup. Ricci Martin addresses the key relationships in his father's life, allowing readers to view the Rat Pack years, "The Dean Martin Show," and Dean's divorce from Jeanne through a son's eyes. That's Amore reveals the triumphs, tragedies, and escapades that colored Ricci's childhood, including his brother Dean Paul's death. More than 100 photos from the private Martin family album enhance Ricci Martin's portrait of his father, creating a complete, honest picture of the Rat Pack legend.
October 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Albert: No, no, stop, I have to go back and clean off the plate! Your videos take too long, Monsieur!
Albert the Pug in desperation to eat more sweets off the plate his owner put out for him.
October 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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I wonder if Mike Johnson will ask Trump if they can settle on a number of how many members are in said Party next.
Actor James Gregory, playing Senator John Iselin in the 1962 movie, the Manchurian Candidate that also starred Frank Sinatra, Angela Lansbury and Laurence Harvey. In this famous scene he says that he has prove they're are members of the Communist Party within the Department of Defense.
October 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Hidalgo is a 2004 epic biographical western film directed by Joe Johnston and written by John Fusco. Based on the legend of the American distance rider Frank Hopkins and his mustang Hidalgo, it recounts Hopkins' racing his horse in Arabia in 1891 against Bedouins riding pure-blooded Arabian horses. The film stars Viggo Mortensen, Zuleikha Robinson, and Omar Sharif. - Wikipedia
October 21, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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I'm an adult. I'm having chocolate cake for breakfast.
A piece of chocolate cake with white chocolate chips on top. It's placed on a blue and white patterned plate.
October 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM