That’s a frond. A fraud is how you gauge if you can pay for something with your money on hand and/or expected income.

Well if you’re comparing 333 Commerce St building (topped out in 1993) with Barad-dûr, as depicted in Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy (released in 2001-2003), then you maybe should ask why Peter Jackson’s art inspiration (specifically illustrator Alan Lee) based their depiction of Sauron’s tower on the AT&T building (although maybe the architect of the building in Nashville did also draw their inspiration from Alan Lee’s art, timeline become muddled here).

I could find no other depiction of Barad-dûr prior to Jackson’s which had that same forked design, most artists drew a sinister-looking but traditionally spired tower design, with the eye peering through a window in the clouds to some effect.

Tolkien’s book describes the tower like this:

“Then at last his gaze was held: wall upon wall, battlement upon battlement, black tower of adamant, he saw it: Barad-dûr, Fortress of Sauron. All hope left him…

…and then he saw, rising black, blacker and darker than the vast shades amid which it stood, the cruel pinnacles and iron crown of the topmost tower of Barad-dûr. One moment only it stared out, but as from some great window immeasurably high there stabbed northward a flame of red, the flicker of a piercing Eye”

No mention of the two-prong fork design that I could find.

1993 Dodge Caravan

Many year ago I lost my job and just as I got a new job but before my insurance could kick in, my appendix ruptured. I had to get surgery and was in the hospital for 3 days, the bill came to something like $25,000.

I negotiated with the hospital, they reduced it to $11,000 and set me on a payment plan. After I paid off the $11,000 they sent me to collections for the other $14,000. Those fuckers.

I refused to pay it and it tanked my credit rating, which made it difficult to get a home loan five years after.

I hope the fumes are unpleasant.

“Ya can’t have a Lemon party without old Dick!”

Well then fuck delta.

That behavior is not limited to Americans.

I know a guy who drank some WaterWetter and got pretty sick. He was an idiot.

A work of fiction isn’t a bridge either. It’s a journey.

My analogy would liken it more to a cross-country trip to some fabled destination. You embark on the trip and have great music great friends/family in the car. See great sights, stop at great places along the way and enjoy great regional foods. Then you get to the destination and it’s a big let down.

Was the whole trip a waste? Not in my opinion. Sure, the destination was a letdown but think of all the fun you had getting there.

I think it’s a reference to Depeche Mode’s famous live album & documentary from 1989.

Stop the train and lock it down and hold it ransom. Refuse to release the train’s brakes until they pay $[desired amount].

“The guards switch out the video tapes every night at 1:00am. That’s when we’ll make our move…”.

• every bad heist movie

Musk is a piece of shit.

She’s doing her job. Which is to represent her constituents, vote against his policies, and hinder his agenda.

What else would you have her do?

I tried to engage with a devout trumper about his. They REFUSED to admit that trump was in any way involved with Epstein, despite photographic & video evidence. They ALWAYS furnished some excuse or deflection. Mostly involving Biden “sniffing little girls hair.”

Seriously. These people are deranged. There’s no breaking them from the cult.

Aw that’s a shame. My kid loves NFS Heat. It’s his most favorite game.

She is doing something about it. She’s doing her job. Which is to represent her constituents, vote against his policies, and hinder his agenda.

What else would you have her do?

Oh daaamn!

Heh I remember several years ago, I bought a cool vintage 10-speed bike which was lovingly restored by a local bike co-op, it wasn’t ever a top of the line pro racing bike or anything, just a nice old street bike for casual riding. The co-op did a great job making it like new, but with subtle finishing accents.

I posted some pics of it on r/bicycling on Reddit to get their feedback, advice. SUCH SNOBBERY! My god, you’d think I took a shit in the middle of the lobby floor of The Ritz-Carlton. They made me feel wholly unwelcome and unwanted.