Random, Pointless Lists

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Sorry, Oscar noms just came out so I have Oscar on the brain at the moment…

Winners of Best Actor Academy awards for playing real, historical people.

1929/30George Arliss
As Benjamin Disraeli in Disraeli
1933 Charles Laughton
As King Henry VIII in The Private Life of Henry VIII
1936 Paul Muni
As Dr. Louis Pasteur in The Story of Louis Pasteur
1938 Spencer Tracy
As Fr. Edward J. Flanigan in Boys Town
1941 Gary Cooper
As Sgt. Alvin York in Sergeant York
1942 James Cagney
As George M. Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy
1950 José Ferrer
As Cyrano de Bergerac in Cyrano de Bergerac
1956 Yul Brynner
As King Mongkut in The King and I
1966 Paul Scofield
As Sir Thomas More in A Man For All Seasons
1970 George C. Scott
As Gen. George S. Patton in Patton
1980 Robert De Niro
As Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull
1982 Ben Kingsley
As Mohandas K. Gandhi in Gandhi
1984 F. Murray Abraham
As Antonio Salieri in Amadeus
1989 Daniel Day-Lewis
As Christy Brown in My Left Foot
1990 Jeremy Irons
As Claus von Bülow in Reversal of Fortune
1996 Geoffrey Rush
As David Helfgott in Shine
2002 Adrien Brody
As Wladyslaw Szpilman in The Pianist
2004 Jamie Foxx
As Ray Charles in Ray
2005 Philip Seymour Hoffman
As Truman Capote in Capote
2006 Forest Whitaker
As Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland
2008 Sean Penn
As Harvey Milk in Milk
2010 Colin Firth
As King George VI in The King’s Speech
2012 Daniel Day-Lewis
As Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln
2013 Matthew McConaughey
As Ron Woodroof in Dallas Buyers Club
2014 Eddie Redmayne
As Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything
2015 Leonardo DiCaprio
As Hugh Glass in The Revenant
2017 Gary Oldman
As Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour
2018 Rami Malek
As Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody

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You are not alone

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Shopping list (for stew night)

  1. Chicken
  2. Corn
  3. Green Peppers
  4. Chili
    …
    …
    …
  5. Onions

(optional: rattlesnake, Velveeta, hair)

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List of US States who were previously home to NHL teams without a current team:

Georgia

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Bram Stoker Novels/Novellas, Ranked

  1. Dracula
  2. The Snake’s Pass
  3. The Man
  4. Lady Athlyne
  5. The Watter’s Mou
  6. The Shoulder of Shasta
  7. Miss Betty
  8. The Lady of the Shroud
  9. The Primrose Path
  10. Jewel of the Seven Stars
  11. The Mystery of the Sea
  12. Lair of the White Worm
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a pointless list of potential pointless lists I could post:

List of Disney parks I have not visited in order I would most like to visit.
List of Disney parks I have not visited in order of actual possibility I may visit one day.
Order I recommend reading the Jack McKinney Robotech Novels.
Top 10 Transformers I don’t own but I wish I did.
Top 5 fast food places not available in Vancouver I want to hit up when in the US.
Best retired LEGO themes.
5 Kickstarter Boardgames I’ve backed and yet to actually play.
6 locally available fast food chicken places in order I would order from.

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I’m starting to think my “To-Do” list is getting pretty pointless, because a hundred other things always seem to pop up. :laughing:

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My 10 favorite albums of all time.

  1. Macalla by Clannad
  2. Murmur by R.E.M.
  3. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars by David Bowie
  4. Dubnobasswithmyheadman by Underworld
  5. Rain Dogs by Tom Waits
  6. Who’s Next by The Who
  7. Signals by Rush
  8. Houses of the Holy by Led Zeppelin
  9. Morrison Hotel by The Doors
  10. Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

(This doesn’t include The Beatles, of course, who get their own category.)

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Random list of pointless things

  1. spheres
  2. orbs
  3. blobs
  4. liquids not in a pointed container
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Ten SNES/Super Famicom games worth playing that aren’t developed or published by Nintendo, Squaresoft, Konami or Capcom:

The Firemen (Human Entertainment)
King Arthur’s World (Argonaut/Jaleco)
Gunman’s Proof (Lenar/ASCII)
Super Aleste/Space Megaforce (Compile/Toho)
Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (Quest)
Street Racer (Vivid Image/Ubisoft)
The Lost Vikings (Silicon & Synapse/Interplay)
Super Bomberman (Hudson Soft)
E.V.O. Search For Eden (Almanic Corporation/Enix)
Addams Family Values (Ocean)

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  1. The One Of All The MST3K Events
  2. That One Where I Went To Europe
  3. My Third Birthday Party
  4. The One Where The Dogs Were Puppies And The Cats Were Pissed
  5. The Baby Pics One Where You Can’t Tell Which Kid Is Which
  6. My Parents Wedding
  7. The Redwoods Vacation
  8. The Dumb One Full Of Pics I Thought Were Cool As A 7 Year Old
  9. The One That’s Mostly Junior High School Pics When “Dressing Up” Meant “Corduroy”
  10. Buttafuoco
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E.V.O. was great! Creative and weird and fun.

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Junk Food and Their Wine Pairings

  1. Pizza Rolls (any “flavor”) --young Barbera
  2. Fritos–Brut Champagne or good Cava/Cremant
  3. Ham & Cheese Hot Pockets–Rioja (Crianza, though a good Verdejo could work)
  4. Oreos–Tawny Port
  5. Hot Dogs (mustard/ketchup)–MD 20/20 Grape, idk.
    Sort your life out, mate. Hot dogs without chili and onions is like a restroom without toilet paper: gross.
  6. Microwaveable Burritos–Lodi Zinfandel or Primitivo
  7. Oodles of Noodles–Riesling. Do it!
  8. Chef Boyardee anything–The most readily available red blend your grocery store has. Or a 40 oz.
  9. Chicken Tenders–Sancerre
  10. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups–La Tâche.
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How much space would you allow between #s 1 and 2 there?

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Not as much as you might think. In some ways, The Snake’s Pass is a better novel. It lacks only an iconic vampire.

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The Women of Martial Arts
I can’t include them all, and some biggies will be missing, but here are 5 I dig the most

Cheng Pei Pei
One of the early stars of the golden age, Cheng is Martial Arts royalty. We recently saw her in Mulan, she played the baddie in Crouching Tiger, and is probably best loved and known for playing Golden Swallow in two films, by two master directors, Chang Cheh and King Hu (Come Drink With Me). I’m also a fan of Lady Hermit

Nora Miao
What Pei Pei was to Shaw Brothers, Nora was to Golden Harvest. Known by many as Bruce Lee’s go-to leading lady, Miao also headlined several Wuxia winners, my favorites being The Comet Strikes and The Blade Spares None. I own a bunch of her movies, with Bruce and otherwise, and in 2020 I had, what I called, a “Nora-Palooza” (which just means I watched and reviewed several of her movies). Like this one…

Yanin Jeeja
I haven’t seen a lot of her movies, but it’s all about Chocolate, Chocolate rocks.

I love the way Yanin imitates other fighters in this movie, M.A. aficionados will be able to spot her doing all the greats from Tony Jaa to Jackie Chan. My favorite moment is when she replicates Bruce Lee’s Ice House fight, complete with cat-like howl. Awesomeness!

Zhang Ziyi
Known for doing more artistic type MA movies, she’s pure grace and a marvelous actor. Zhang made a splash with audiences in Crouching Tiger, which lead to hits like Hero and the House of Flying Daggers

Angela Mao
Lady Whirlwind is such a legend that Shout Factory issued a box set collection to highlight her skills. She has a small role in Bruce Lee’s Enter the Dragon and can be seen in King Hu’s The Fate of Lee Khan and in her second film, The Invincible Eight, she shared the screen with Nora Miao. I’ve been told I need to see Hapkido, if I’m to maintain my martial arts cred.

To Round it to an even 10

  • Kelly Hu
  • Michelle Yeoh
  • Meiko kaji (Lady Snowblood)
  • Shih Szu (co-stared with Pei Pei in Lady Hermit and starred in the sequel, The Black Tavern)
  • Cynthia Rothrock - Rifftrax royalty
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My favorite Messier catalog objects (that I have observed myself):

  1. M45 - Pleiades star cluster
  2. M13 - Hercules globular cluster
  3. M31 - Andromeda galaxy
  4. M42 - Orion Nebula
  5. M57 - Ring Nebula
  6. M44 - Beehive Cluster
  7. M8 - Lagoon Nebula
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  1. Lisa
  2. Angela
  3. Pamela
  4. Renee

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Step 1: Collect the underpants

Step 2: …

Step 3: Profit!

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