osopoco

2nd best fry cook on Venus. mucho gusto! chee pono!

[osopoco @wildernessIzzy]

@JeremyBranham You are absolutely RIGHT!

[Native American History @_nativeamerica]

Our hearts ache as we announce the passing of John Kinsel Sr., a cherished elder and one of the immortal Navajo Code Talkers. At 107, he leaves behind a legacy of unbreakable bravery forged in the fires of Bougainville, Guam, and Iwo Jima. From 1942 to 1946, as a U.S. Marine, he wielded his sacred language, the uncrackable code, to weave the vital communications that defied the enemy and tipped the scales of World War II.

[osopoco @wildernessIzzy]

@miles_commodore Your countdowns are very fun for me-not kidding around. Maybe it’s time for a top 10 of your all time top 10 countdowns??

[History With Jacob @HistoryWJacob]

In the winter of 1874, six men walked into Colorado's San Juan Mountains looking for gold.

A blizzard blocked their way home for months.

In the end, only one man came out:

Alferd Packer stumbled into Los Pinos looking well-fed, carrying a skinning knife and in possession of cash and personal items belonging to the other men.

He claimed the others died from the cold, one by one but nobody believed him.

Packer was convicted of murder because cannibalism was not a crime then.

Today there's a grill named after him at CU Boulder.

[osopoco @wildernessIzzy]

@brianmctaggart Aw mannnnn! I just bought the Sundays-only season ticket package!!!

[Jeffrey Sprigg @JeffreySprigg]

@end3of6days9 The KLOL sign is wrong. That was 101.1 on the dial.

[Miles Commodore @miles_commodore]

Aunt Esther: Who you calling ugly, suckah?

Fred: I'm calling you ugly. I could stick your face in some dough and make some gorilla cookies!

[Hector Parra @HectorStoic]

¿Cuál elegiría yo?

Si quiero disfrutar cada trayecto: Honda.

Si quiero dormir tranquilo durante los próximos 15 años: Toyota.

[Frank Brown @FrankBr05713205]

I teach auto shop at a small high school. We work on students cars, teachers cars, students parents cars and some community people cars. We only charge for parts and not labor, so we saved some people a lot of money last school year. This last school year we did 126 oil changes, 68 brake jobs, 85 alignments, 4 steering racks, 22 tune ups, 32 struts, 20 shock absorbers, 4 transfer cases, mounted and balanced 82 new tires, 4 timing chains, 15 valve cover gaskets, 14 thermostats, 4 radiators, 12 in tank fuel pumps, 8 EVAP canisters, 6 exhaust manifolds, 4 mufflers, 15 AC repairs including evacuate and recharge, 8 alternators, 22 batteries, 9 starters and so much more! Proud of those students I am!

[Five Tool Youth @FiveToolYouth]

#MuncyWS F: @StixBaseballTX 2030 Premier 7, 5 Star Oklahoma 2030 Majors 4
PoG: @VanIsmert 1-2, 2B, 3 RBI, BB
Notable: @RC27forlife 2-4, 2B, R

[National Memorial Day Concert @MemorialDayPBS]

On D-Day, June 6, 1944, Charles Durning was among the thousands of Americans who stormed the beaches of Normandy. Today, we honor his legacy by sharing the Purple Heart recipient’s powerful firsthand account from the 2004 National Memorial Day Concert.
#MemDayPBS #DDay #CharlesDurning #WWII

[osopoco @wildernessIzzy]

@SanAntonioTim We going all the waaaaayyyyyyyy

[Five Tool Youth @FiveToolYouth]

.@StixBaseballTX 2030 Premier's Van Ismert hoses the runner at home from right field. #FiveToolDefense

Colleyville Heritage (TX) 2030 #uncommitted

#MuncyWS

Profile: https://t.co/CxtP76p6aC

[ElaineStark @ElaineSstark]

La frase más corta de Toy Story 3 fue la más difícil de grabar.

El director le dijo al actor de Andy: "Estás despidiéndote de un ser querido."

Así que John Morris grabó la frase "Thanks guys" más de 50 veces. Terminó llorando.

Y así nos hizo llorar a todos.

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

There’s a reason one line from Secondhand Lions has stayed with people for more than 20 years.

And it’s not just because the line is beautiful.

It’s because the movie quietly makes you live the idea before it ever says it out loud.

Secondhand Lions looks simple on the surface.

A lonely boy named Walter is sent to spend the summer with two eccentric old uncles in Texas, played by Michael Caine and Robert Duvall.

The men tell impossible stories about their younger days:

The French Foreign Legion.
The Sahara Desert.
Sword fights.
A kidnapped princess.
A once-in-a-lifetime love.

The stories sound ridiculous.

And the movie does something incredibly smart:

For almost the entire runtime, it refuses to tell you if any of it is true.

That uncertainty becomes the entire engine of the film.

Walter wants to believe the stories.

Not because they make logical sense.

But because the idea that his uncles were once brave adventurers and great lovers feels bigger, warmer, and more meaningful than the possibility that they’re simply lonely old men inventing fairy tales.

And without realizing it…

You start doing the exact same thing.

As the audience, you’re placed in Walter’s position.

You can’t verify any of the stories either.

You just slowly find yourself wanting them to be true.

And eventually, you choose to believe them anyway.

That’s what makes the movie so emotionally powerful.

Most films explain their themes through dialogue.

Secondhand Lions does the opposite.

It makes you experience the theme first.

Then, near the end, Robert Duvall’s character finally says the famous line:

“Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to believe in the most.”

On paper, it sounds like a nice quote.

Maybe even sentimental.

But by the time the movie says it, the line hits like a freight train because you suddenly realize:

The movie already made you do exactly that.

You already believed.

Not because you had proof.

Because believing felt meaningful.

The film never argued its point logically.

It built an emotional experience that quietly guided you into making the choice yourself.

That’s why the performances matter so much.

Robert Duvall has to feel believable both as a legendary adventurer and as an old man who might be inventing everything.

Michael Caine has to tell these impossible stories with just enough warmth and sincerity that you lean toward faith even while your rational brain hesitates.

Their chemistry isn’t just charming.

It’s structural.

Without it, the movie’s central illusion collapses.

And then the film does one final clever thing.

Near the ending, it lightly suggests that the stories may actually have been true after all.

But by then, it almost doesn’t matter.

Because the truth was never the point.

You had already chosen belief long before the movie offered confirmation.

The reward came from believing when certainty wasn’t available.

That’s the quiet brilliance of Secondhand Lions.

It isn’t really a movie about adventure stories.

It’s a movie about why human beings need stories in the first place.

Why we choose hope over cynicism.
Wonder over detachment.
Meaning over proof.

And why some things become true for us emotionally long before they can ever be proven logically.

That’s why people remember that line decades later.

Not because it sounds wise.

But because by the time they hear it, the movie has already revealed something about them.

[osopoco @wildernessIzzy]

@GregRajan JD!!

[Scott Roberts @ScottRoberts]

Every false religion has this in common:

A dead founder/prophet.
A false gospel.
A system of works.
No assurance of forgiveness.

Christianity stands alone because Jesus Christ rose from the dead.

There is one Savior, one cross, one empty tomb, and one way to God.

[SportsTalk 790 @SportsTalk790]

Here's what is sounded like on SportsTalk790 as the @Astros completed a no-hitter vs the Rangers to win it 9-0, with @raford3 on the call! #ChaseTheFight

[Robert Ford @raford3]

Booth view of the final out of tonight’s no-hitter. Thanks to Steve Sparks for the video.

[Julia Morales @JuliaMorales]

COMBINED NO-HITTER!!!!!