Why is it Monday again?

Because the universe has a sick sense of humor?

Because the universe has a sick sense of humor?

I don't want to start any blasphemous rumors / but I think that God's got a sick sense of humor / And when I die I expect to find Him laughing.

Sorry.

ION, NASA downplays still-unannounced findings from Mars - Boing Boing

Just before Thanksgiving, the lead mission scientist for the Curiosity rover told NPR that his team had found something that would "be one for the history books." Naturally, we all began speculating about the presence of life, giant obelisks, and half-buried Statues of Liberty. Yesterday, however, a different NASA spokesman basically asked the world to not get its hopes up too high, revising the level of importance down from "earthshaking" to "interesting". So far, nobody has said what, exactly, was discovered.

So no direct evidence of life, then. Maybe organic molecules?

I second Jesse's BAH!

Is Tom Cruise directing or producing the Reacher movie? I didn't pay attention to that. (I checked he's producing). I don't like him for casting himself in the role he's not suited for.

BAH to the quote too.

I had issues with Katherine Higel and Debbie Reynolds casting in the Stephanie Plum movie.

Usually when this happens the same cuts are what goes out to all of the English speaking audiences, right?

I don't think so. I think there are different censorship standards in each country. When I was researching Eyes Without A Face, it was noted that they had to make different cuts for each country where it was released.

Then Liv said, "You mean that they can't get married? I'm going to say something bad about republicans. They're bitches!"

So much love.

I like the warning, especially.

But LeN, botox and playing the odds don't have the same goals (well, outside of win), so I'm not sure why they'd be mutually exclusive--you can play all the odds and then lose because you are still telling your opponent what's in your hands (I'm assuming "without looking at your cards" is out of scope at this time), or you can play the odds and have your face not give anything away (through nerves of steel, or facial muscles of concrete).

I don't like him for casting himself in the role he's not suited for.

But we have no idea who cast him.

I assumed since Tom Cruise is also a producer for the movie it was a similar situation with Ben Affleck casting himself as the lead in Argo.

ita, I see your point. but I'm arguing the larger point: which is more effective gameplay? If you are a good poker player, you know how to play in such a way that you are disciplined and focused. If you can do that, you likely can learn how to control your face (or do it in such a way that it is misleading).

botox isn't going to help you with tells that are not in the face. which most of them may be.

I assumed since Tom Cruise is also a producer for the movie it was a similar situation with Ben Affleck casting himself as the lead in Argo.

I don't get how we know either of them wasn't handed the script with the intention of casting them, though. The Rrgo script got to Affleck after five years of work on it. Is the assumption that it was handed to him as a director with no intention of him appearing in it too?

And then someone handed Cruise this script to bring him on board as a producer but not as an actor?

Those are two really dodgy bets for the other producers to make. Even before you get to news like:

Tom Cruise is mulling an opportunity to get involved in a new action-driven literature-turned-film series that revolves around the exploits of a man with the initials J.R. – and no, the role in question would not be that of Jack Ryan. Rather, Cruise could play ex-army cop Jack Reacher in an adaptation of Lee Child’s novel One Shot.

If you are a good poker player, you know how to play in such a way that you are disciplined and focused. If you can do that, you likely can learn how to control your face (or do it in such a way that it is misleading).

What %age of poker players do you estimate are good enough to have no tells? From my (admittedly non-participatory) knowledge, even advanced players have tells. If there's no downside to cutting out how many you give, hey, knock yourself out. If your tell is fiddling with your glass, don't drink at the table. If it's nervous chatter, maybe wear something uncomfortable that reminds you not to talk. And if it's a facial twitch, nuke it.

I don't know if anyone is suggesting that it will take you from obvious to zero tells--just that it's a tool that potentially applies to a reasonable portion of players, and if you are in the group, what's the harm?